PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF
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Our read on PBQQ
Most buffer funds make you pick a start date. PBQQ holds four PGIM Nasdaq-100 buffer ETFs on staggered quarterly schedules, so one ticker spreads your entry across the calendar instead of betting on a single day.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation by providing exposure to stocks in the Nasdaq-100 Index through a rolling ladder of four PGIM Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETFs intended to limit downside risk.
Why people hold it
- Cheapest in its buffered-Nasdaq peer group at 0.50%, versus a 0.79% cohort median and the 0.69% Calamos (CPNS, CPNJ) and 0.79% Innovator (NJUL) options.
- One ticker, four staggered outcome periods. A sleeve resets each quarter, so no single day's cap and buffer sets the terms for the whole position.businesswire.com
- The ladder is rebalanced back to equal weight quarterly, keeping the four start dates evenly represented rather than letting one drift dominant.businesswire.com
- Stands among the strongest builds in the buffered Nasdaq-100 group we track, with cost doing much of the heavy lifting.
Worth knowing
- The buffers and caps sit inside the underlying funds and apply across each one-year period, so mid-period value can trade outside those lines.businesswire.com
- Thinly traded next to plain Nasdaq-100 funds, so spreads carry more weight at the moment you transact.
- Launched at the end of 2024, so the record is short and covers one stretch of market weather.
PBQQ Holdings
- Other
- 6
- 101%
- PQJA
Geography
- United States100.00%
PBQQ Performance
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PBQQ$11,727
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | PBQQ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.1% |
| 1 month | +2.1% |
| 3 months | +3.6% |
| 1 year | +17.3% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | PBQQ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.1% | |
| 2025 | +15.5% |
PBQQ in the news
PBQQ Dividends
- $0.0042 per share
- Irregular
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
PBQQ Risk
- 8.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.28
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −12.9%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.64
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
PBQQ Cost
0.50%