(PFF) iShares Preferred Income - Ratings and Ratios

Exchange: NASDAQ • Country: USA • Currency: USD • Type: Etf • ISIN: US4642886877

Preferred Stock, Bonds, Derivatives, Cash

Description: PFF iShares Preferred Income October 30, 2025

The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (NASDAQ:PFF) tracks an index of U.S. preferred stocks, allocating at least 80% of its assets to the index’s component securities and allowing up to 20% for futures, options, swaps, cash, and cash equivalents to manage exposure and liquidity.

As of the most recent filing, PFF carries an expense ratio of 0.46% and delivers a distribution yield around 5.5%, reflecting the higher income profile of preferred securities. The fund’s top holdings are concentrated in the financial sector-particularly banks and insurance companies-making its performance sensitive to changes in Federal Reserve policy and the broader interest-rate environment. Additionally, the average effective duration of the portfolio is roughly 5 years, indicating moderate interest-rate risk relative to pure equity ETFs.

For a deeper quantitative breakdown of PFF’s risk-adjusted return profile, you might explore the ValueRay platform.

PFF ETF Overview

Market Cap in USD 14,711m
Category Preferred Stock
TER 0.46%
IPO / Inception 2007-03-26

PFF ETF Ratings

Growth Rating 40.6%
Fundamental -
Dividend Rating 64.3%
Return 12m vs S&P 500 -14.5%
Analyst Rating -

PFF Dividends

Dividend Yield 12m 6.48%
Yield on Cost 5y 7.49%
Annual Growth 5y 1.84%
Payout Consistency 94.5%
Payout Ratio %

PFF Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m 60.8%
Growth Correlation 12m 37.3%
Growth Correlation 5y 21.9%
CAGR 5y 8.23%
CAGR/Max DD 3y (Calmar Ratio) 0.66
CAGR/Mean DD 3y (Pain Ratio) 2.24
Sharpe Ratio 12m -0.92
Alpha -19.93
Beta 1.110
Volatility 7.78%
Current Volume 3216.1k
Average Volume 20d 2736.9k
Stop Loss 30.5 (-3.2%)
Signal -0.64

What is the price of PFF shares?

As of October 30, 2025, the stock is trading at USD 31.52 with a total of 3,216,074 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.19%, over one month by -0.30%, over three months by +2.50% and over the past year by +2.26%.

Is iShares Preferred Income a good stock to buy?

Partly, yes. Based on ValueRay´s Analyses, iShares Preferred Income (NASDAQ:PFF) is currently (October 2025) ok to buy, but has to be watched. It has a Growth Technical Rating of 40.56 and therefor an somewhat technical positive rating according to historical growth.
Based on momentum, paid dividends and discounted-cash-flow analyses, the fair value of PFF is around 30.15 USD . This means that PFF is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -4.35%.

Is PFF a buy, sell or hold?

iShares Preferred Income has no consensus analysts rating.

What are the forecasts/targets for the PFF price?

Issuer Target Up/Down from current
Wallstreet Target Price - -
Analysts Target Price - -
ValueRay Target Price 34.1 8.2%

PFF Fundamental Data Overview October 30, 2025

Market Cap USD = 14.71b (14.71b USD * 1.0 USD.USD)
Beta = 1.11
Revenue TTM = 0.0 USD
EBIT TTM = 0.0 USD
EBITDA TTM = 0.0 USD
Long Term Debt = unknown (none)
Short Term Debt = unknown (none)
Debt = unknown
Net Debt = unknown
Enterprise Value = 14.71b USD (14.71b + (null Debt) - (null CCE))
Interest Coverage Ratio = unknown (Ebit TTM 0.0 / Interest Expense TTM 0.0)
FCF Yield = 0.0% (FCF TTM 0.0 / Enterprise Value 14.71b)
FCF Margin = unknown (Revenue TTM is 0 or missing)
Net Margin = unknown
Gross Margin = unknown ((Revenue TTM 0.0 - Cost of Revenue TTM 0.0) / Revenue TTM)
Tobins Q-Ratio = unknown (Enterprise Value 14.71b / Total Assets none)
Interest Expense / Debt = unknown (Interest Expense 0.0 / Debt none)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US default 21%)
NOPAT = 0.0 (EBIT 0.0 * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = unknown (Total Current Assets none / Total Current Liabilities none)
Debt / Equity = unknown (Debt none)
Debt / EBITDA = unknown (Net Debt none / EBITDA 0.0)
Debt / FCF = unknown (Net Debt none / FCF TTM 0.0)
Total Stockholder Equity = 0.0 (from calculated bookValueOfEquity)
RoA = unknown (Net Income 0.0 / Total Assets none)
RoE = unknown (Net Income TTM 0.0 / Total Stockholder Equity 0.0)
RoCE = unknown (EBIT 0.0 / Capital Employed )
RoIC = unknown (NOPAT 0.0, Invested Capital 0.0, EBIT 0.0)
WACC = 10.11% (E(14.71b)/V(14.71b) * Re(10.11%) + (debt-free company))
Discount Rate = 10.11% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Fair Price DCF = unknown (Cash Flow 0.0)

Additional Sources for PFF ETF

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