CSSD vs EVPF: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Cohen & Steers Short Duration Preferred and Income Active ETF

CSSDCNYSE Arca

Eaton Vance Preferred Securities and Income ETF

EVPFBNasdaq

Overlap

No data

Expense ratio

EVPF −0.10pt a year

CSSD0.49%EVPF0.39%

Avg volume · 30D

EVPF 1.01×the volume

CSSD15.4KEVPF15.5K

CSSD vs EVPF Performance

Jul 31, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

−0.5%CSSD−1.5%EVPF

Expense ratio: CSSD 0.49%; EVPF 0.39%, better
Fund size: CSSD $63M; EVPF $54M
Holdings: CSSD 187; EVPF 81
Avg volume (30D): CSSD 15.4K sh; EVPF 15.5K sh, better
NAV per share: CSSD $24.49; EVPF $48.13
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for CSSD, EVPF, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	CSSD	EVPF
Cost30% weight	C53	A90Higher
Mission25% weight	C50	Not scored
Risk15% weight	A89Higher	B60
Tradability15% weight	D28	B56Higher
Holdings10% weight	B68Higher	C53
Durability5% weight	D33	D34Higher

Rank among Preferred Securities funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. CSSD and EVPF are both graded against the same 31 Preferred Securities funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Preferred Securities⁠

Category · 31 funds

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EVPF ranks 3rd and CSSD 15th of 31 funds in the Preferred Securities Category.

Rank 1APFFDGlobal X U.S. Preferred ETFScore 73
Rank 2APFFiShares Preferred and Income Securities ETFScore 71
Rank 3BEVPFEaton Vance Preferred Securities and Income ETFScore 68
Rank 4BPFFVGlobal X Variable Rate Preferred ETFScore 66
Rank 13BPFLDAAM Low Duration Preferred and Income Securities ETFScore 56
Rank 15CCSSDCohen & Steers Short Duration Preferred and Income Active ETFScore 54
Rank 16CNPFINuveen Preferred and IncomeScore 53

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

CSSDCCohen & Steers Short Duration Preferred and Income Active ETF

EVPFBEaton Vance Preferred Securities and Income ETF

In short

CSSD A preferred-securities specialist brings its short-duration playbook to an ETF: actively run, aimed at investment-grade institutional preferreds, and built to carry less interest-rate risk than the standard preferred fund. New in 2025 and still small.

EVPF Eaton Vance's preferred-securities team, ETF-wrapped: an active, concentrated run at the preferred and hybrid market for 0.39% a year, under the category's median fee. Active stock-picking in a corner usually sold by the index.

Stated mandate

CSSD The Fund seeks total return through high current income and capital appreciation, with capital preservation as a secondary objective.

EVPF The Fund seeks total return and current income, primarily through preferred securities and other income-producing securities.

Why people hold it

CSSD Actively managed rather than index-bound, targeting short-duration investment-grade institutional preferreds that the fund flags as a potentially tax-efficient income source.
Short duration is the whole point: less rate sensitivity than long-dated preferred portfolios, with capital preservation written in as a secondary objective.
The 0.49% expense ratio sits right at the preferred-fund median, and well under FPE's 0.83% for active preferred exposure.

EVPF Active in a category built on indexes: Eaton Vance's fundamental team picks across preferred and hybrid securities instead of owning whatever a benchmark lists.morganstanley.com
At 0.39% a year, with no waiver propping it up, it undercuts index heavyweights PFF and PSK (0.45% each) and sits below the category median. Rare pricing for an active mandate.
Income is the mandate, not a byproduct: total return plus current income from preferred securities, with distributions declared monthly under the prospectus.
For a fund launched in 2026, the package lands in the upper tier of the roughly thirty US preferred ETFs on cost and mandate clarity.

Worth knowing

CSSD Launched in December 2025, so there is little history to judge the strategy on inside an ETF wrapper.
Small asset base and light trading for now, which can mean wider spreads than the category's heavyweights.
Index-based rivals undercut it on price: EVPF at 0.20% and PFFV at 0.25%. Active management is the reason for the gap.

EVPF Born March 2026, so there is no multi-cycle record of how the managers steer through a rate shock or a credit wobble.
Smaller and thinner-traded than the category's index incumbents, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than in the biggest preferred funds.
About 80 positions in preferred and hybrid securities, a rate- and credit-sensitive corner that ranks below bonds in the capital stack.sec.gov

Full CSSD profile⁠

Full EVPF profile⁠

CSSD vs EVPF Holdings

How CSSD and EVPF differ

No overlap figure

Two bond funds rarely hold the same issues.

Level by level

Countryby domicile73.6%
Asset classFixed Income100%

Sector

No Sector split for CSSD and EVPF.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in CSSD and EVPF, widest gap first
Country	More in CSSDMore in EVPF	CSSD	EVPF
United States	EVPF +18.3 points	38.8%	57.1%
United Kingdom	CSSD +6.6 points	11.4%	4.8%
France	CSSD +6.2 points	9.4%	3.2%
Canada	CSSD +4.6 points	20.4%	15.8%
Netherlands	CSSD +3.3 points	5.2%	1.9%
Finland	EVPF +2.4 points	0.0%	2.4%
Switzerland	CSSD +2.1 points	4.3%	2.2%
Japan	EVPF +1.7 points	0.6%	2.3%
Other countries (8)	EVPF +0.4 points	9.9%	10.3%

Outside the US: CSSD 98% developed, 2% emerging. EVPF 92% developed, 8% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

CSSD19.6%
EVPF25.5%

Securities held

CSSD184
EVPF78

Asset class

CSSD: Fixed Income
EVPF: Fixed Income

Holdings

Two bond funds rarely hold the same issues, so this page lists no shared Holdings. CSSD holds 184 securities, EVPF 78.

All 179 CSSD holdings⁠All 81 EVPF holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

CSSD vs EVPF Cost

Overpaying CSSD vs EVPF

$1,894

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

CSSD 0.49%
$9,792
EVPF 0.39%
$7,898

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

CSSD 0.49%
EVPF 0.39%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	CSSD	EVPF	Overpaying
10	$883	$705	$178
20	$3,394	$2,725	$669
30	$9,792	$7,898	$1,894

Expense ratio

0.49%CSSD
0.39%EVPF, cheaper

EVPF0.39%CSSD0.49%

0.23%2.11%

Middle half of Preferred Securities funds
Median 0.50%

EVPF 3rd cheapest of 31 funds

CSSD 14th cheapest of 31 funds

CSSD vs EVPF Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Last payment: CSSD $0.13; EVPF $0.28
Ex-dividend: CSSD Oct 29, 2026; EVPF Oct 30, 2026
Paid on: CSSD Oct 30, 2026; EVPF Pays Nov 5, 2026
Frequency: CSSD Monthly; EVPF Monthly

Distribution history

Per share, 2025 to 2026, same scale for both

CSSDMonthly · 11 paymentsAll CSSD payments⁠

EVPFMonthly · 8 paymentsAll EVPF payments⁠

CSSD vs EVPF Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: CSSD 0.09EVPF 0.21; Market = 1

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