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Fidelity Preferred Securities & Income ETF

$21.22-0.26% today
212252-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of the fund's assets in preferred securities and other income-producing securities. It normally invests in all types of preferred securities and other income-producing securities such as contingent convertible securities and corporate hybrid securities. The fund primarily invests in securities rated at least BB by S&P, Ba by Moodys, comparably rated by at least one nationally recognized credit rating agency, or, if unrated, considered by FMR to be of comparable quality. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
21.321.221.221.22DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -3.1% so far this year. At 0.59% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$42Massets under management
0.59%expense ratio · $59 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
13Kavg daily volume, 30 days
204holdings
2021listed June 16, 2021 · beta 0.16
Sector weights
Finance53.34%
Financial Services52.56%
Corporate28.4%
Cash & Others18.15%
Other14.4%
Utilities11.89%
Communication Services6.16%
Energy5.83%
Government5.67%
Communications3.87%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States82.92%
Other14.66%
Bermuda1.09%
United Kingdom0.88%
Ireland0.32%
Hong Kong0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month-0.4%
3 months-1.6%
6 months-4.1%
YTD-3.1%
1 year-3.4%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-5.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against FPFD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FPFD on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-54bp on fee · 45× the assets · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF0.08%$15.1B+$209M-51bp on fee · 364× the assets · +$209M in over the monthHead-to-head
SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF0.06%$60.6B-53bp on fee · 1456× the assetsHead-to-head
VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund0.06%$58.1B-53bp on fee · 1396× the assetsHead-to-head
DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF0.08%$43.6B−$50M-51bp on fee · 1047× the assetsHead-to-head
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