NYSE Arca · PREF · ETF
Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF (PREF) ETF price history
Every NYSE Arca trading session of Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF from Jul 11, 2017 to Sep 28, 2026: 2,317 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
PREF adjusted close, 2017 to 2026
- $19.00
- All time high, 2026
- $19.07
- 52 week high, $18.27 low
- 2,317
- Daily sessions since 2017
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2017 to 2026 series and minute bars.
PREF key facts
- Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF (PREF) closed at $18.39 on Sep 28, 2026 on NYSE Arca.
- PREF's all time high close is $19.00, set on Jul 6, 2026; its all time low close is $11.84 on Mar 19, 2020.
- PREF's 52 week range is $18.27 to $19.07.
- PREF returned +0.5% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +11.4% over five years.
- Since Jul 11, 2017 PREF returned +40%, +3.7% a year compounded.
- PREF's deepest drawdown was -23.0% from Feb 21, 2020 to Mar 19, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 2,317 daily sessions of PREF history from Jul 11, 2017 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
PREF price chart, 2017 to 2026
PREF returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -2.1% |
| 3 months | -2.9% |
| 6 months | +0.4% |
| Year to date | -0.9% |
| 1 year | +0.5% |
| 3 years | +25.1% |
| 5 years | +11.4% |
| 10 years | n/a |
| Since Jul 11, 2017 | +40.1% |
| Compound annual growth, 9.2 years | +3.7% |
PREF records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $19.00 on Jul 6, 2026
- All time low close
- $11.84 on Mar 19, 2020
- 52 week high
- $19.07 on Jun 30, 2026
- 52 week low
- $18.27 on Oct 14, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -23.0% from Feb 21, 2020 to Mar 19, 2020, recovered Aug 25, 2020
- Best single session
- +3.5% on Mar 13, 2020
- Worst single session
- -9.4% on Mar 18, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 3.3%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 49%
- Best calendar year
- 2019, +17%
- Worst calendar year
- 2022, -12%
PREF price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2017 starts on Jul 11, 2017; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $18.58 | $19.07 | $18.31 | $18.39 | -1.0% | 48.9M | 185 |
| 2025 | $17.24 | $18.59 | $16.95 | $18.57 | +7.6% | 60.7M | 250 |
| 2024 | $15.51 | $17.37 | $13.43 | $17.26 | +11.4% | 54.5M | 252 |
| 2023 | $14.51 | $15.54 | $13.74 | $15.49 | +7.4% | 61.7M | 250 |
| 2022 | $16.36 | $16.36 | $13.78 | $14.42 | -11.8% | 53.4M | 251 |
| 2021 | $15.98 | $16.64 | $15.79 | $16.35 | +2.1% | 25.7M | 252 |
| 2020 | $14.91 | $16.04 | $11.37 | $16.02 | +7.5% | 17.8M | 253 |
| 2019 | $12.66 | $14.93 | $12.62 | $14.90 | +17.3% | 6.7M | 252 |
| 2018 | $13.42 | $13.50 | $12.61 | $12.70 | -5.5% | 3.6M | 251 |
| 2017 | $13.13 | $13.45 | $13.13 | $13.43 | n/a | 1.7M | 121 |
PREF monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $18.39 | -2.0% |
| August 2026 | $18.77 | -0.1% |
| July 2026 | $18.79 | -1.0% |
| June 2026 | $18.98 | +0.5% |
| May 2026 | $18.88 | +0.6% |
| April 2026 | $18.77 | +1.5% |
| March 2026 | $18.49 | -1.8% |
| February 2026 | $18.82 | +1.0% |
| January 2026 | $18.63 | +0.3% |
| December 2025 | $18.57 | +0.6% |
| November 2025 | $18.47 | +0.1% |
| October 2025 | $18.45 | +0.7% |
About the PREF data
Daily bars. 2,317 sessions from Jul 11, 2017 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per NYSE Arca trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE Arca trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jul 11, 2017, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/PREF/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
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Common questions
PREF share price history
