PFXF
VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF
VanEck ETF Trust
ETFIndex fund
Expense ratio1
0.40%
Net assets2
$2.15B
Holdings2
114
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
9.45%

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 29, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the ICE Exchange-Listed Fixed & Adjustable Rate Non-Financial Preferred Securities Index (the Preferred Securities Index or the Index).

Strategy. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Funds benchmark index. For purposes of this policy, the term assets means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. The Preferred Securities Index is comprised of U.S. exchange-listed hybrid debt, preferred stock and convertible preferred stock issued by non-financial corporations (collectively, "Preferred Securities"). Hybrid debt securities are securities that have characteristics of both equity securities and debt securities. Hybrid securities usually pay interest or dividends and, in the event of an issuer's bankruptcy or default, holders of hybrid securities typically have claims that are senior to holders of the issuer's equity securities but subordinate to holders of the issuer's debt … The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Funds benchmark index. For purposes of this policy, the term assets means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. The Preferred Securities Index is comprised of U.S. exchange-listed hybrid debt, preferred stock and convertible preferred stock issued by non-financial corporations (collectively, "Preferred Securities"). Hybrid debt securities are securities that have characteristics of both equity securities and debt securities. Hybrid securities usually pay interest or dividends and, in the event of an issuer's bankruptcy or default, holders of hybrid securities typically have claims that are senior to holders of the issuer's equity securities but subordinate to holders of the issuer's debt securities. Preferred Securities generally pay fixed or variable rate distributions to preferred shareholders and such shareholders have preference over common shareholders in the payment of distributions and in the event of a liquidation of the issuers assets, but are junior to most other forms of debt, including senior and subordinated debt. Preferred Securities may be subject to redemption or call provisions and may include those issued by small- and medium-capitalization companies. As of December 31, 2024, the Preferred Securities Index included 99 U.S.-listed securities of 49 issuers. The Funds 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days prior written notice to shareholders. The Preferred Securities Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly. The Fund, using a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Preferred Securities Index by investing in a portfolio of securities that generally replicates the Preferred Securities Index. Unlike many investment companies that try to beat the performance of a benchmark index, the Fund does not try to beat the Preferred Securities Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its investment objective of seeking to replicate the Preferred Securities Index. The Fund is classified as a non-diversified fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer. The Fund may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Preferred Securities Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of December 31, 2024, each of the utilities, real estate, communication services and industrials sectors represented a significant portion of the Fund.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
Boeing Co. (The), Conv. Pfd. $196.22M 9.11%
Oracle Corp., Series D $135.32M 6.28%
ALBEMARLE CORP PFD ALB PRA $99.54M 4.62%
STRATEGY INC CL A PFD FRN PRP STRC $84.38M 3.92%
NEXTERA ENERGY INC PREFFERD STOCK NEEPS $67.44M 3.13%
The Southern Company STHNU $61.93M 2.87%
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Portfolio II GVMXX $61.80M 2.87%
HPE 7 5/8 HPEPC $58.29M 2.70%
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC SER A 7.5% PC 03/15/2028 MCHPP 7 1/2 $50.96M 2.36%
NEXTERA ENERGY INC PREFERRED STOCK 11/27 7.234 NEEPT $47.48M 2.20%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
3
Exited
2
Increased
2
Decreased
109
Unchanged
0

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Van Eck Associates Corporation Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of April 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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