All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

PFF: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

PFF real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PFF returned −0.22% over the past year and −1.71% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 30, 2007, PFF is up +25.21% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.17%/yr, and is currently −15.54% below its real total-return high on Sep. 2, 2021.

Data ending Mon Aug. 10, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2007-03-30💬 to Mon 2026-08-10 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
PFF
×
+25.21%
+1.17%/yr
+2.66%/yr
R2=0.518
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2007-03-30💬 to Mon 2026-08-10 Start
Value
End
Value
PFF
×
$10,000.00
2007-03-30
$12,521.08
2026-08-10

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-10

  YTD YoY
PFF
×
−1.71% −0.22%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
PFF
×
−15.54%
on 2026-08-10
from 2021-09-02 peak
−66.39%
on 2009-03-06
from 2007-04-03 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-08-10 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
PFF
×
−0.22% +2.25%
+1.12%/yr
+9.37%
+3.03%/yr
−14.44%
−3.07%/yr
−3.98%
−0.41%/yr

Annual Returns

Year PFF
2026 (YTD) −1.71%
2025 +2.14%
2024 +4.24%
2023 +5.68%
2022 −23.15%
2021 +0.10%
2020 +6.44%
2019 +13.34%
2018 −6.41%
2017 +5.86%
2016 −0.75%
2015 +3.51%
2014 +13.24%
2013 −2.46%
2012 +16.19%
2011 −4.85%
2010 +12.16%
2009 +34.81%
2008 −24.00%
2007 −14.59%