First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class A (FPEAX)
NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
19.44
+0.10 (0.51%)
May 30, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
1.09%
Fund Assets 251.34M
Expense Ratio 1.41%
Min. Investment $2,500
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.97
Dividend Yield 4.78%
Dividend Growth 1.59%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date May 30, 2025
Previous Close 19.34
YTD Return 1.13%
1-Year Return 6.63%
5-Year Return 21.81%
52-Week Low 18.85
52-Week High 20.05
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 199
Inception Date Feb 25, 2011

About FPEAX

The First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class A (FPEAX) seeks to provide current income and total return. FPEAX seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its net assets in preferred stock and debt instruments similar in many respects to preferred stock such as hybrid securities.

Category Preferred Stock
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FPEAX
Share Class Class A
Index ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred H TR

Performance

FPEAX had a total return of 6.63% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.67%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
FPEIX Class I 1.06%
FPEFX Class F 1.31%
FPERX Class R3 1.66%
FPECX Class C 2.16%

Top 10 Holdings

16.35% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Wells Fargo & Company WFC 2.18%
Barclays PLC BACR.V8 PERP 1.97%
Energy Transfer LP ET.V7.125 PERP G 1.86%
Bank of America Corporation BAC 1.74%
JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.V6.875 PERP NN 1.66%
Invesco Preferred ETF PGX 1.51%
Credit Agricole SA ACAFP.V6.7 PERP 144A 1.46%
LAND O'LAKES INC - Land O' Lakes Inc LLAKES.8 PERP 144A 1.33%
BNP Paribas SA BNP.V8.5 PERP 144A 1.32%
Deutsche Bank AG DB.V6 PERP 2020 1.32%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
May 30, 2025 $0.0886 May 30, 2025
Apr 30, 2025 $0.0884 Apr 30, 2025
Mar 31, 2025 $0.0884 Mar 31, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 $0.0884 Feb 28, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 $0.0884 Jan 31, 2025
Dec 31, 2024 $0.0883 Dec 31, 2024
Full Dividend History