The Ultimate Guide to VRP

Last Price $24.22 -0.17%

This page is a guide to VRP, the PowerShares Variable Rate Preferred ETF offered by PowerShares.

VRP Classification

All ETFs
1,754 funds
Asset Class
9 ETFs
Category
9 ETFs
Sub-Category
7 ETFs

VRP Key Metrics

Assets (Millions)
$353M
482nd highest out of 1754 funds in all funds.
Expense Ratio
0.50%
825th highest out of 1754 funds in all funds.
5-Year Return
N/A
1213th highest out of 1754 funds in all funds.
Turnover Ratio
6.00%
724th highest out of 1754 funds in all funds.

VRP Rank vs. Peer Groups

Metric VRP Preferred Stock Asset Class All Preferred Stock Category US Preferred Stock Sub-category
Assets (Millions) $3535th highest of 9 funds in asset class.5th highest of 9 funds in category.4th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
Expense Ratio 0.50%5th highest of 9 funds in asset class.5th highest of 9 funds in category.4th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
YTD Return 1.77%5th highest of 9 funds in asset class.5th highest of 9 funds in category.4th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
1 Month Return -0.02%4th highest of 9 funds in asset class.4th highest of 9 funds in category.4th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
3 Month Return -0.45%6th highest of 9 funds in asset class.6th highest of 9 funds in category.5th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
6 Month Return -1.29%6th highest of 9 funds in asset class.6th highest of 9 funds in category.5th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
1 Year Return 2.19%6th highest of 9 funds in asset class.6th highest of 9 funds in category.5th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
3 Year Return N/A9th highest of 9 funds in asset class.9th highest of 9 funds in category.7th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
5-Year Return N/A9th highest of 9 funds in asset class.9th highest of 9 funds in category.7th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
10 Year Return N/A8th highest of 9 funds in asset class.8th highest of 9 funds in category.6th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
Trailing 12 Month Yield 5.01%8th highest of 9 funds in asset class.8th highest of 9 funds in category.7th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
30 Day SEC Yield N/A9th highest of 9 funds in asset class.9th highest of 9 funds in category.7th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
Turnover Ratio 6.00%1st highest of 9 funds in asset class.1st highest of 9 funds in category.7th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
Net Holdings 976th highest of 9 funds in asset class.6th highest of 9 funds in category.5th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
Long Holdings 976th highest of 9 funds in asset class.6th highest of 9 funds in category.5th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
Short Holdings 17th highest of 9 funds in asset class.7th highest of 9 funds in category.5th highest of 7 funds in sub-category.
Weighting Top 10 Holdings 28.44%7th highest of 9 funds in asset class.7th highest of 9 funds in category.3rd highest of 7 funds in sub-category.

VRP Peer Group Leaders

Expense Ratio
SCHB: 0.04%
5-Year Return
BIB: 55.64%
Turnover Ratio
BSCN: 1.00%
Assets (Millions)
VTI: $371,488M

VRP Portfolio

Asset Class Weight
Preferred Weighting 56.97%
US Bond Weighting 37.71%
Non US Bond Weighting 2.57%
US Stock Weighting 2.12%
Other Weighting 0.46%
Cash Weighting 0.17%
Top Holdings Weight
Wachovia Cap Tr Iii FRN 3.82%
Gmac Cap Tr I Pfd 3.62%
Citigroup Cap Xiii Pfd 3.61%
General Elec Cap Corp Mtn Be FRN 2.96%
Pnc Finl Svcs Grp Pfd 2.76%
Wells Fargo & Co New Pfd 2.74%
Citigroup Pfd 2.50%
Prudential Finl FRN 2.43%
Us Bancorp Del Pfd 2.01%
Goldman Sachs Cap Ii FRN 2.00%

Other VRP Metrics

Management

Issuer
PowerShares
Inception Date
04/28/2014
Management Style
Passive
Benchmark
Wells Fargo Hyb&Pref; Flo&Var; Rate TR USD

Dividend Data

Dividend Frequency
Monthly
Capital Gains Frequency
N/A
Annual Dividend
$1.29
 
 

Pricing Data

Day Range
$24.20 / $24.29
Bid/Ask
$24.16 / $24.24
52 Week Low/High
$23.85 / $29.29
 
 

Other Information

Leveraged Fund
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
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