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First TrustPreferred StockFPEI · NYSE Arca

First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities & Income ETF (FPEI)

Price
$18.48
—30 Oct 2026
Assets
$1.9B
Total net assets
Expense ratio
0.85%
Category 0.92%
Yield
6.05%
Trailing distributions
3Y CAGR
10.1%+2.5%
Category 7.6%
5Y CAGR
3.5%+3.0%
Category 0.5%
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First Trust Institutional 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
Period1M3M6MYTD1Y3YCAGR5YCAGR10YCAGRLaunchCAGR
ETF+0.7%-1.7%-0.8%+0.1%+0.7%+10.1%+3.5%—+4.6%
Preferred Stock average-0.9%-3.3%-3.8%-2.1%-2.0%7.6%0.5%2.6%2.6%
Difference+1.7%+1.6%+3.0%+2.1%+2.7%+2.5%+3.0%—+2.0%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 1.7% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
TickerHoldingWeight
BBVAP2Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA FXDFR PFS PERPETUAL USD 200000 - 05946KA1.66%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

4rating buckets
  1. A1.3%
  2. BBB79.0%
  3. BB18.8%
  4. Other0.9%

Asset mix

  • Bonds70.6%
  • Preferred shares26.6%
  • Convertibles2.2%
  • Cash0.6%

ETF details

Issuer
First Trust
Category
Fixed Income · Preferred Stock
Ticker
FPEI
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Inception
22 Aug 2017 (9.2 years)
Structure
Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio
0.85% (category 0.92%)
Holdings turnover
38% (category 40%)
Distribution yield
6.05%
Beta, 3 years
0.71
Total net assets
$1.9B
Average duration
7.27 years
Average maturity
9.82 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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