Summary
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 451. The ten largest make up 23% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.45%
- Fund size
- $12.0B
- Positions
- 451
- Dividend yield
- 5.65%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 23% of the fund.
- A large fund with $12.0B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $87.8M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 47% of the fund is in one sector (Financials).
- 96% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -3.5%
- 3 months
- -4.6%
- This year
- -7.1%
- 1 year
- -9.1%
- 3 years
- +0.7%
- 5 years
- -27%
- 10 years
- -27%
- Avg. market cap
- $606.3B
- P/E
- 3.7x
- Forward P/E
- 2.8x
- P/S
- 0.7x
- P/B
- 0.5x
- P/FCF
- 1.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- -
- Dividend yield
- 5.99%
- ROIC
- -
- ROE
- 2.3%
- Gross margin
- -
- Operating margin
- -195.8%
- Net margin
- -908.1%
- Payout ratio
- 22.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -
- Beta
- 0.97
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 42% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 STSarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation STRC 3.5%
- 2 BABoeing BA 3.4%
- 3 GOAlphabet Inc. Depository Shs Repr 1/20th Conv Pfd Registered Shs GOOGM 2.3%
- 4 GOAlphabet Inc. Depository Shs Repr 1/20th Conv Pfd Registered Shs GOOGN 2.3%
- 5 SMSuper Micro Computer, Inc. SMCIP 2.2%
- 6 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.2%
- 7 WFWells Fargo & Company WFC-PL 2.1%
- 8 ORACLE CORPORATION 2.0%
- 9 BABank of America Corporation BAC-PL 1.4%
- 10 C-Citigroup Capital XIII TR PFD SECS C-PN 1.2%
Positions in the fund: 451. The ten largest make up 23% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Financials 47%
- Real estate 9.9%
- Utilities 8.8%
- Technology 8.6%
- Communication services 7.7%
- Other 18%
By country
- United States 96%
- Bermuda 2.1%
- Canada 1.0%
- United Kingdom 0.06%
- Other countries 0.8%
By company size
- Mega cap 24%
- Large cap 50%
- Mid cap 14%
- Small cap 11%
- Micro cap 2.1%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 90% of the fund.
Largest sector: Financials (47%). Largest country: United States (96%). Largest size group: Large cap (50%).
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- A year from $10,000
- $45.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,184
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $45.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,184.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -3.1%
- Deepest drop
- -28%
- Yearly volatility
- 7.7%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 3.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 28% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 5.65%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.16
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.63 per share, which is 5.65% of today's price. The last payment was $0.16 on Oct 1, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $87.8M
- Shares a day
- 3.1M
On an average day about $87.8M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 3.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 62 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 60%
- Fairly valued 5.1%
- Overvalued 35%
On average the companies inside trade for 3.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 60% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 42% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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