First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class C (FPECX)

Fund Assets	251.34M
Expense Ratio	2.16%
Min. Investment	$2,500
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.91
Dividend Yield	4.75%
Dividend Growth	1.69%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 31, 2025

Previous Close	19.21
YTD Return	-1.96%
1-Year Return	5.44%
5-Year Return	20.88%
52-Week Low	n/a
52-Week High	n/a
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	199
Inception Date	Feb 25, 2011

About FPECX

The First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class C (FPECX) seeks to provide current income and total return. FPECX 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
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: FPECX
• Share Class: Class C
• Index: ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred H TR

Performance

FPECX had a total return of 5.44% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.82%.

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%
FPEAX	Class A	1.41%
FPERX	Class R3	1.66%

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%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Mar 31, 2025	$0.0759	Mar 31, 2025
Feb 28, 2025	$0.0761	Feb 28, 2025
Jan 31, 2025	$0.0758	Jan 31, 2025
Dec 31, 2024	$0.0757	Dec 31, 2024
Nov 29, 2024	$0.0757	Nov 29, 2024
Oct 31, 2024	$0.0759	Oct 31, 2024