First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF (FPE)
AMEX · inception 2013-02-11 · beta 0.72 · avg volume 1,222,312 · holdings as of 2026-10-15 · prices through 2026-10-16
AUM$5.9B
Holdings99
Top-10 weight10.3%
1-yr return-1.6%
Max drawdown 5y-19.4%
Volatility 1y4.1%
Performance vs S&P 500 (SPY)
■ FPE■ SPY
Total return
1m
3m
6m
YTD
1y
3y
5y
FPE
-2.0%
-3.3%
-3.0%
-2.3%
-1.6%
+29.0%
+11.6%
SPY
+0.3%
+2.9%
+7.5%
+11.7%
+15.1%
+80.0%
+84.9%
Rebased to 100 five years ago, weekly adjusted closes. Max drawdown is the largest peak-to-trough fall in that window (trough 2023-03-20). 3y and 5y returns are cumulative.
Top holdings
#
Ticker
Name
Weight
1
BANK OF AMERICA CORP Variable rate
2.66%
2
WFC-PL
Wells Fargo & Company, Series L, 7.500%
1.87%
3
BARCLAYS PLC Variable rate
1.75%
4
CITIGROUP INC Series HH, Variable rate
1.37%
5
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., Series U,
1.31%
6
BNP PARIBAS Variable rate
1.27%
7
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Variable rate
1.27%
8
CREDIT AGRICOLE SA Variable rate
1.22%
9
XELLL
Xcel Energy Inc., 6.250%, Due 10/15/2085
1.16%
10
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Variable rate, due 02/15/
1.15%
Exposure
Sector
Unclassified76.4%
Financial Services15.1%
Utilities4.3%
Communication Services2.3%
Real Estate1.0%
Consumer Cyclical0.5%
Energy0.2%
Consumer Defensive0.2%
Country
Unclassified76.4%
US19.6%
BM2.7%
NL0.9%
CA0.4%
Weights of holdings joined to company profiles; bonds, cash and derivatives fall under Unclassified.
InsiderStreet scores of the holdings
Holdings-weighted score
Score
Percentile vs ETFs
Overall
43/100
—
Quality
61/100
—
Profitability
54/100
—
Balance sheet
46/100
—
Earnings quality
74/100
—
Growth
47/100
—
Value
71/100
—
Momentum
64/100
—
Risk (safety)
58/100
—
Portfolio fundamentals
Value
P/E
11.2
P/B
1.5
P/S
1.9
Earnings yield
8.9%
FCF yield
11.8%
ROE
10.9%
Net margin
16.9%
Revenue growth (yoy)
+22.6%
Dividend yield
5.80%
Debt / equity
2.62
Scores are weighted by holding; 10% of the fund's weight is in companies we score. Percentile ranks the fund among ETFs with at least half their weight scored. A score describes the holdings, not the outlook for the fund.
Most similar ETFs by holdings overlap
ETF
Name
Overlap
Shared holdings
AUM
FPF
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred &a
85.7%
83
$961.4M
HPS
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
30.0%
29
$378.6M
JHPI
John Hancock Investments - Preferred Income ET
29.6%
22
$116.5M
CPXAX
Cohen & Steers Preferred Sec & Inc A
29.5%
28
$6.9B
HPI
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
29.2%
29
$363.6M
HPF
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
29.2%
29
$283.6M
Overlap = sum over shared holdings of the smaller of the two weights.