FDHCX — First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-22
FDHCX — First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Intermediate Corporate Bond · $55.60M AUM · 1.25% expense ratio · 5.2% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FDHCX Fund Overview
FDHCX — First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by First Trust Series Fund, categorised as Intermediate Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: First Trust Series Fund
- Category: Intermediate Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $55.60M
- 1-year return: 5.2%
- Ticker: FDHCX
- SEC CIK: 0001497778
- SEC series ID: S000038285
- Share class ID: C000121471
FDHCX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 5.96% |
| AthenaHealth Group Inc | 1.73% |
| OneDigital Borrower LLC | 1.55% |
| White Cap Supply Holdings LLC(f/k/a White Cap Buyer LLC) | 1.33% |
| Dish Network Corp. | 1.26% |
| Baldwin Insurance Group Holdings LLC (the) | 1.26% |
| Crc Insurance Group LLC | 1.20% |
| Whatabrands LLC | 1.13% |
| Opal Bidco SAS | 1.11% |
| Cco Holdings LLC / Cco Holdings Capital Corp. | 1.04% |
FDHCX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 65.9% |
| Loans | 27.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 6.0% |
FDHCX Performance
Total returns for FDHCX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.4% |
| 1 year | 5.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 6.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.2% |
FDHCX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FDHCX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.6%
FDHCX Costs and Fees
FDHCX costs about $125 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.25%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.60%
- Portfolio turnover: 84%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FDHCX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund had net outflows of $12.65M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$588.56K |
| 2026-03 | −$2.39M |
| 2026-02 | −$1.36M |
| 2026-01 | −$3.45M |
| 2025-12 | −$5.44M |
| 2025-11 | −$1.93M |
FDHCX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Dish Network Corp. | 1.26% |
| Baldwin Insurance Group Holdings LLC (the) | 1.26% |
| Crc Insurance Group LLC | 1.20% |
| Cco Holdings LLC / Cco Holdings Capital Corp. | 1.04% |
| Fair Isaac Corp. | 1.02% |
| Echostar Corp. | 1.02% |
| Ardonagh Finco Ltd. | 1.00% |
| Cloud Software Group, Inc. | 0.97% |
| Molina Healthcare, Inc. | 0.93% |
| Qxo, Inc. | 0.93% |
FDHCX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.