FLOT vs NPFD
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF against Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund: cost, size, returns, what they hold and how much of it is the same.
Fee gap
—
same fee
1-year return gap
13.8 pts
FLOT is ahead
Larger fund
FLOT
$11.7B
Side by side
| FLOT | NPFD | |
|---|---|---|
| Fund | iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF | Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund |
| Issuer | iShares | Nuveen |
| Category | Floating Rate | Floating Rate |
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | — |
| Assets | $11.7B | $415M |
| Average daily dollar volume | $110M | $1.4M |
| Listed | Jun 14, 2011 | Dec 16, 2021 |
| FrenzyCap score | 90 | 48 |
| 1-month return | −0.2% | −2.3% |
| 3-month return | −0.2% | −7.3% |
| Year to date | −0.0% | −9.8% |
| 1-year return | −0.1% | −13.8% |
| 30-day volatility | 1.6% | 16.2% |
| Worst drawdown, 1 year | −0.7% | −16.6% |
| Trailing 12-month yield | 4.25% | — |
| Holdings | 567 | — |
| Top 10 weight | 8.3% | — |
| Look-through P/E | — | — |
| Holdings vs fair value | — | — |
| Holdings above 200-day average | — | — |
| Net flow, latest 3 reported months | +$1.0B thru Jul 2026 | — |
| 30-day implied volatility | — | — |
| Holdings as of | as of Nov 6, 2026issuer data |
Returns are price returns and exclude distributions. Flows are each fund's own latest reported months and may not cover the same period.
More: full overlap table · FLOT holdings · NPFD holdings
Fund data comes from each fund's SEC filings and issuer disclosures and is shown with the date it is as of. SEC portfolio and flow filings become public about 60 days after the period they cover. Nothing here is investment advice; see Terms.