PREF — Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF
Data updated: 2026-05-13
PREF — Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Corporate Bond · $1.44B AUM · 0.55% expense ratio · 6.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
PREF Fund Overview
PREF — Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF is a US ETF managed by Principal Exchange-Traded Funds, categorised as Long Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: Principal Exchange-Traded Funds
- Category: Long Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $1.44B
- 1-year return: 6.1%
- Ticker: PREF
- SEC CIK: 0001572661
- SEC series ID: S000054767
- Share class ID: C000172043
PREF Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Principal Funds, Inc - Government Money Market Fund | 3.11% |
| Metlife, Inc. | 2.91% |
| Bank Of Nova Scotia | 2.57% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 2.56% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | 2.54% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.42% |
| Pnc Financial Services | 2.04% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 1.90% |
| Enbridge, Inc. | 1.84% |
| Huntington Bancshares | 1.68% |
PREF Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 98.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.6% |
PREF Performance
Total returns for PREF (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.3% |
| 1 year | 6.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.2% |
PREF Risk Information
Risk metrics for PREF, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.1%
PREF Costs and Fees
PREF costs about $55 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.55%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.55%
- Portfolio turnover: 14%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PREF Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF had net inflows of $278.54M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $8.52M |
| 2026-02 | $0 |
| 2026-01 | $39.15M |
| 2025-12 | $30.48M |
| 2025-11 | $24.74M |
| 2025-10 | $41.03M |
PREF Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Metlife, Inc. | 2.91% |
| Bank Of Nova Scotia | 2.57% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 2.56% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | 2.54% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.42% |
| Pnc Financial Services | 2.04% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 1.90% |
| Enbridge, Inc. | 1.84% |
| Huntington Bancshares | 1.68% |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1.53% |
PREF Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.