Preferreds

If we look at the breakdown below of corporate bonds () and non-financial preferreds () we see that some of the weakness in bank preferreds (that we see in PFF) carried over into non-financial preferreds (that we see in PFXF).

A couple of bank preferreds like WFC.

EPR has at least two convertible preferreds which, because they can be converted into common, eliminates that risk (although the risk that the common also does poorly remains).

In this article, we take a look at a number of floating-rate preferreds such as the U.S. Bancorp Series A (), which are trading at yields north of 7%.

Investors may consider alternative mortgage REIT preferreds such as Arbor Realty and Rithm Capital which are anchored off non-LIBOR rates.

Security is one of the attributes that attracts investors to preferreds.

The preferreds are up by 7.85% on a total return basis over the last three years versus a negative return nearly at 30% for the commons.

These pay an annual coupon of $1.69 in monthly instalments which works out to be a yield of 6.75% with the preferreds currently trading at their redemption price.

We exited our position in Navigo Invest preferreds at around SEK 120, realizing a 30% IRR.

We have never really gone big into mREITs, but TWO preferreds caught our attention when they cratered in the illiquid market carnage of the early 2020 COVID outbreak.

Market Cap/(Long-term debt + Preferreds).

You see, many of these folks are concerned that preferreds–known for their outsized dividend yields funded by safe cash flows–will get swamped as interest rates rise.