FPE: First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF
Performance
Watchlist
Select an item
Summary
FPE at a glance
FPE returned +0.60% over the past year and +2.41% a year over five years. Its worst drop in that year was -4.44%, smaller than 86% of ETFs on Redstone, and its Sharpe ratio of -0.67 beats 17% of ETFs on Redstone. It yields 6.24%.
Current Drawdown
-1.89%
Rolling Volatility
7.24%
Dividends
FPE dividends
Yield
6.24%
Paid, past year
$1.08
Pays
Monthly
Growth a year
+3.6%
Per share, by year
Yearly return over 5 years
FPE paid $1.08 a share over the past year, every month. Its yearly rate rose from $0.95 in 2022 to $1.06 in 2025, 3.6% a year. With dividends reinvested it returned +2.41% a year over five years, against -3.33% on price alone.
›All 60 payments since Nov 23, 2021
- Oct 21, 2026$0.0818
- Sep 24, 2026$0.0997
- Aug 21, 2026$0.0888
- Jul 21, 2026$0.0812
- Jun 25, 2026$0.098
- May 21, 2026$0.0892
- Apr 21, 2026$0.0739
- Mar 26, 2026$0.0905
- Feb 20, 2026$0.0926
- Jan 21, 2026$0.0683
- Dec 12, 2025$0.122
- Nov 21, 2025$0.0956
- Oct 21, 2025$0.0732
- Sep 25, 2025$0.0845
- Aug 21, 2025$0.0986
- Jul 22, 2025$0.0772
- Jun 26, 2025$0.0839
- May 21, 2025$0.0923
- Apr 22, 2025$0.0783
- Mar 27, 2025$0.0925
- Feb 21, 2025$0.0861
- Jan 22, 2025$0.0748
- Dec 13, 2024$0.0931
- Nov 21, 2024$0.0904
- Oct 22, 2024$0.0722
- Sep 26, 2024$0.0925
- Aug 21, 2024$0.0938
- Jul 23, 2024$0.0669
- Jun 27, 2024$0.0965
- May 21, 2024$0.087
- Apr 23, 2024$0.066
- Mar 21, 2024$0.0886
- Feb 21, 2024$0.0876
- Jan 23, 2024$0.0706
- Dec 22, 2023$0.0857
- Nov 21, 2023$0.0956
- Oct 24, 2023$0.0604
- Sep 22, 2023$0.0889
- Aug 22, 2023$0.0986
- Jul 21, 2023$0.0762
- Jun 27, 2023$0.0767
- May 23, 2023$0.1038
- Apr 21, 2023$0.0687
- Mar 24, 2023$0.0989
- Feb 22, 2023$0.091
- Jan 24, 2023$0.0718
- Dec 23, 2022$0.0925
- Nov 22, 2022$0.0905
- Oct 21, 2022$0.0722
- Sep 23, 2022$0.0842
- Aug 23, 2022$0.0853
- Jul 21, 2022$0.0672
- Jun 24, 2022$0.086
- May 24, 2022$0.0853
- Apr 21, 2022$0.0623
- Mar 25, 2022$0.0856
- Feb 18, 2022$0.0745
- Jan 21, 2022$0.0674
- Dec 23, 2021$0.0802
- Nov 23, 2021$0.0825
Metrics
Risk Indicators
Profile
About FPE
The First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF’s investment objective is to seek total return and to provide current income. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in preferred securities and income-producing debt securities.
From its prospectus, filed Mar 2, 2026- Category
- Preferred Stock
- Expense ratio
- 0.83%
- Fund size
- $5.9B
- Inception
- Feb 2013
Comparisons