About this ETF
Under normal market conditions, the portfolio managers will invest at least 80% of the fund's net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in preferred securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Preferred securities in which the fund may invest include preferred stock, hybrid preferred securities that have characteristics similar to both preferred stock and debt securities, floating rate preferred securities, junior subordinated debt, senior unsecured debt obligations denominated in $25 par amounts, re-packaged preferreds, and convertible securities. The fund is non-diversified.
Description from the fund data provider · profile as of Aug 27, 2026.
Price Chart
Daily closing prices (price return, not total return). Comparison lines are normalized to percent change from the range start. Source: Financial Modeling Prep.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Incep.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price return | -1.08% | +2.38% | -0.34% | -0.75% | -5.68% | -0.51% | — | — | -2.49% |
| Total return | 0.00% | +4.69% | +3.30% | +3.42% | +0.85% | +5.97% | — | — | +3.18% |
* Annualized. Total return uses the dividend-adjusted price series (distributions reinvested); price return uses unadjusted closes. Performance through Sep 15, 2025. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fees
| Net expense ratio | 0.33% | Annual cost of a $10,000 investment | $33.00 |
Illustrative calculation only: expense ratio × $10,000. It excludes trading costs, bid/ask spreads, taxes and changes in investment value. Gross vs. net expense details and any fee waivers are in the prospectus.
Holdings
Holdings as of Apr 01, 2026 — portfolio reporting date from the data provider; holdings are not live positions. 123 rows in database.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight | Shares | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NextEra Energy Inc (conv) 6.93% 09-01-2025 | NEE-PR | 4.20% | 70.15K | $2.8M |
| 2 | Boeing Co/The (conv) 6.00% 10-15-2027 | — | 3.50% | 34.11K | $2.3M |
| 3 | Wells Fargo & Co (conv) 7.5% 12/31/2049 Series L | WFC-PL | 3.08% | 1.74K | $2.0M |
| 4 | Ares Management Corp (conv) 6.75% 10-01-2027 | — | 2.88% | 35.06K | $1.9M |
| 5 | Synchrony Financial (pfd) 8.25% Series B | SYF-PB | 2.56% | 68.66K | $1.7M |
| 6 | Apollo Global Management Inc (conv) 6.75%… | APO-PA | 2.40% | 21.17K | $1.6M |
| 7 | State Street Corp (pfd) 5.35% Series G | STT-PG | 2.11% | 64.50K | $1.4M |
| 8 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (conv) 7.63%… | — | 2.10% | 23.64K | $1.4M |
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase & Co 8.75 09/01/2030 | — | 2.03% | 1.14M | $1.4M |
| 10 | Morgan Stanley (pfd) 5.85% Series K | MS-PK | 1.88% | 53.51K | $1.3M |
| 11 | US Bancorp (pfd) 5.12% Series B* | USB-PH | 1.88% | 62.16K | $1.2M |
| 12 | Allstate Corp/The 6.50 05/15/2067 | — | 1.70% | 1.10M | $1.1M |
| 13 | Northwest Natural Holding Co 7.00 09/15/2055 | — | 1.60% | 1.05M | $1.1M |
| 14 | M&T Bank Corp (pfd) 7.50% Series J | MTB-PJ | 1.50% | 38.05K | $997.0K |
| 15 | Tennessee Valley Authority (pfd) 2.22% Series A | TVE | 1.50% | 42.74K | $995.8K |
| 16 | Capital One Financial Corp (pfd) 4.80% Series J | COF-PJ | 1.46% | 54.63K | $970.8K |
| 17 | Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (pfd) 5.50% Series E | AXS-PE | 1.40% | 46.97K | $931.9K |
| 18 | Affiliated Managers Group Inc (pfd) 5.88% | MGR | 1.38% | 45.14K | $917.8K |
| 19 | Charles Schwab Corp/The (pfd) 4.00% 06/01/2174… | — | 1.38% | 930.00K | $917.2K |
| 20 | Athene Holding Ltd 6.63 10/15/2054 | — | 1.32% | 891.00K | $879.3K |
| 21 | Capital One Financial Corp (pfd) 5.00% Series I | COF-PI | 1.31% | 46.16K | $872.4K |
| 22 | Bank of America Corp (pfd) 5.88% 09/15/2173… | — | 1.30% | 850.00K | $865.7K |
| 23 | SCE Trust V (pfd) 5.45% Series K | SCE-PK | 1.27% | 37.19K | $847.9K |
| 24 | Southern Co/The (pfd) 4.20% Series C | SOJE | 1.25% | 47.38K | $832.4K |
| 25 | SCE Trust VII (pfd) 7.50% Series M | SCE-PM | 1.21% | 36.13K | $802.7K |
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Sector Exposure
Geographic Exposure
Country weights as reported by the data provider. Developed/emerging/frontier labels follow the classification on the Methodology page. Currency hedged: No hedging indicated in the fund name.
Distributions
| Yield (TTM) | 101.31% | Paid (last 12 months) | $36.1700 |
| Frequency | Monthly | SEC yield | Not provided by our data source — see the issuer page |
| Last ex-date | Sep 15, 2025 | Last payment | $35.7771 (Sep 17, 2025) |
| Growth 1Y | +1559.48% | Growth 3Y / 5Y (ann.) | +181.88% / — |
| Ex-date | Record | Pay date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2025 | — | Sep 17, 2025 | $35.7771 |
| Sep 02, 2025 | Sep 02, 2025 | Sep 04, 2025 | $0.3929 |
| Aug 01, 2025 | Aug 01, 2025 | Aug 05, 2025 | $0.1412 |
| Jul 01, 2025 | Jul 01, 2025 | Jul 03, 2025 | $0.2646 |
| Jun 02, 2025 | Jun 02, 2025 | Jun 04, 2025 | $0.1318 |
| May 01, 2025 | May 01, 2025 | May 05, 2025 | $0.1504 |
| Apr 01, 2025 | Apr 01, 2025 | Apr 03, 2025 | $0.1878 |
| Mar 03, 2025 | Mar 03, 2025 | Mar 05, 2025 | $0.1370 |
| Feb 03, 2025 | Feb 03, 2025 | Feb 05, 2025 | $0.0587 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.3627 |
| Dec 02, 2024 | Dec 02, 2024 | Dec 04, 2024 | $0.1814 |
| Nov 01, 2024 | Nov 01, 2024 | Nov 05, 2024 | $0.1768 |
Trailing distribution yield = last 12 months of cash ÷ current price. It is NOT the SEC 30-day yield and distributions are not guaranteed to continue. The difference explained →
Risk Statistics
| Volatility 1Y / 3Y | — / — | Sharpe 1Y / 3Y | — / — |
| Max drawdown 1Y / 3Y | — / — | Sortino 1Y | — |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (3Y) | 0.24 | Correlation vs S&P 500 (1Y) | — |
| Downside deviation 1Y | — | Risk-free rate used | 3.71% (3M T-bill, FRED) |
Computed by ETF Explorer from daily dividend-adjusted closes; volatility and drawdown are annualized/period figures; S&P 500 exposure proxied by SPY. As of Aug 27, 2026. Formulas →
Liquidity
| Volume today | 49.28K | Average volume | 22.73K |
| AUM | $78.5M | Premium/Discount | -1.60% |
| Bid/Ask spread | Not provided by our data source. Check your broker's quote screen; spreads are widest at the open and close. | ||
Premium/discount compares the delayed market price with the last reported NAV — an indicative figure, not the official closing premium/discount. How ETF liquidity works →
Official Fund Resources
External links open the issuer's site or SEC EDGAR in a new tab. The prospectus and official documents are always the authoritative source — review them before investing.
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