FTSL: First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
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FTSL at a glance
FTSL returned +3.63% over the past year and +5.12% a year over five years. Its worst drop in that year was -2.33%, smaller than 91% of ETFs on Redstone, and its Sharpe ratio of -0.04 beats 36% of ETFs on Redstone. It yields 6.26%.
Current Drawdown
0.00%
Rolling Volatility
2.81%
Dividends
FTSL dividends
Yield
6.26%
Paid, past year
$2.79
Pays
Monthly
Growth a year
+12.5%
Per share, by year
Yearly return over 5 years
FTSL paid $2.79 a share over the past year, every month. Its yearly rate rose from $2.13 in 2022 to $3.03 in 2025, 12.5% a year. With dividends reinvested it returned +5.12% a year over five years, against -1.43% on price alone.
›All 60 payments since Nov 23, 2021
- Oct 21, 2026$0.225
- Sep 24, 2026$0.225
- Aug 21, 2026$0.225
- Jul 21, 2026$0.225
- Jun 25, 2026$0.23
- May 21, 2026$0.235
- Apr 21, 2026$0.235
- Mar 26, 2026$0.235
- Feb 20, 2026$0.24
- Jan 21, 2026$0.24
- Dec 12, 2025$0.24
- Nov 21, 2025$0.24
- Oct 21, 2025$0.245
- Sep 25, 2025$0.245
- Aug 21, 2025$0.245
- Jul 22, 2025$0.2525
- Jun 26, 2025$0.2525
- May 21, 2025$0.2575
- Apr 22, 2025$0.2575
- Mar 27, 2025$0.26
- Feb 21, 2025$0.2625
- Jan 22, 2025$0.2675
- Dec 13, 2024$0.275
- Nov 21, 2024$0.28
- Oct 22, 2024$0.29
- Sep 26, 2024$0.29
- Aug 21, 2024$0.29
- Jul 23, 2024$0.2875
- Jun 27, 2024$0.2875
- May 21, 2024$0.2925
- Apr 23, 2024$0.295
- Mar 21, 2024$0.30
- Feb 21, 2024$0.30
- Jan 23, 2024$0.3075
- Dec 22, 2023$0.3025
- Nov 21, 2023$0.295
- Oct 24, 2023$0.295
- Sep 22, 2023$0.30
- Aug 22, 2023$0.305
- Jul 21, 2023$0.29
- Jun 27, 2023$0.285
- May 23, 2023$0.285
- Apr 21, 2023$0.285
- Mar 24, 2023$0.285
- Feb 22, 2023$0.285
- Jan 24, 2023$0.285
- Dec 23, 2022$0.27
- Nov 22, 2022$0.228
- Oct 21, 2022$0.228
- Sep 23, 2022$0.21
- Aug 23, 2022$0.165
- Jul 21, 2022$0.155
- Jun 24, 2022$0.1525
- May 24, 2022$0.1425
- Apr 21, 2022$0.1425
- Mar 25, 2022$0.1425
- Feb 18, 2022$0.1425
- Jan 21, 2022$0.1475
- Dec 23, 2021$0.1475
- Nov 23, 2021$0.122
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Profile
About FTSL
The First Trust Senior Loan Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide high current income. The Fund’s secondary investment objective is the preservation of capital. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in first and second lien senior floating rate bank loans.
From its prospectus, filed May 26, 2026- Category
- High Yield Bonds
- Expense ratio
- 0.70%
- Fund size
- $2.5B
- Inception
- May 2013
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