First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class A (FPEAX)

Fund Assets	208.03M
Expense Ratio	1.41%
Min. Investment	$2,500
Turnover	43.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.97
Dividend Yield	4.68%
Dividend Growth	1.14%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	n/a

Previous Close	19.87
YTD Return	4.24%
1-Year Return	7.79%
5-Year Return	21.26%
52-Week Low	18.85
52-Week High	20.05
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	209
Inception Date	Feb 25, 2011

About FPEAX

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in preferred securities and other securities with similar economic characteristics.

• Fund Family: First Trust
• 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 7.79% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.84%.

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

16.69% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Bank of America Corp	BAC.V6.625 PERP	2.52%
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	2.24%
Barclays PLC	BACR.V8 PERP	2.04%
JPMorgan Chase & Co	JPM.V6.875 PERP NN	1.72%
Credit Agricole SA	ACAFP.V6.7 PERP 144A	1.51%
LAND O'LAKES INC - Land O' Lakes Inc	LLAKES.8 PERP 144A	1.39%
BNP Paribas SA	BNP.V8.5 PERP 144A	1.38%
HARTFORD INSUR GRP INC/T - Hartford Insurance Group Inc/The	HIG.F 02.12.47 ICON	1.31%
Charles Schwab Corp/The	SCHW.V4 PERP H	1.30%
Lloyds Banking Group PLC	LLOYDS.V8 PERP	1.27%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Jun 30, 2025	$0.0885	Jun 30, 2025
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