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First Trust Preferred Securities & Income ETF (FPE)

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Price: $17.50; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $6.3B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.83%; Category 0.92%
Yield: 5.98%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 1.3%+0.7%; Category 0.6%
3Y CAGR: 9.0%+2.1%; Category 7.0%
5Y CAGR: 2.4%+1.2%; Category 1.2%

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First Trust Preferred Securities & Income ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.1%	-1.1%	+0.2%	-0.2%	+1.3%	+9.0%	+2.4%	+4.6%	+4.5%
Preferred Stock average	-1.1%	-0.9%	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%	7.0%	1.2%	2.9%	3.5%
Difference	0.0%	-0.2%	-0.7%	-0.9%	+0.7%	+2.1%	+1.2%	+1.6%	+1.1%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 1.9% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
WFCPL	Wells Fargo & Co 7 1/2 % Non Cum Perp Conv Pfd Shs -A- Series -L-	1.92%

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Utilities100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds51.8%
Preferred shares48.2%
Convertibles1.0%
Cash0.0%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

A1.5%
BBB79.1%
BB15.4%
B0.5%
Other3.5%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Preferred Stock
Ticker: FPE
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 11 Feb 2013 (13.6 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.83% (category 0.92%)
Holdings turnover: 42% (category 40%)
Distribution yield: 5.98%
Beta, 3 years: 0.72
Total net assets: $6.3B
Average duration: 7.29 years
Average maturity: 10.01 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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