FPE — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF
Data updated: 2026-06-22
FPE — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Corporate Bond · $6.37B AUM · 0.83% expense ratio · 10.8% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FPE Fund Overview
FPE — First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III, categorised as Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III
- Category: Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $6.37B
- 1-year return: 10.8%
- Ticker: FPE
- SEC CIK: 0001424212
- SEC series ID: S000034980
- Share class ID: C000107588
FPE Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Bank Of America Corp. | 2.52% |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 2.07% |
| Barclays PLC | 1.65% |
| Nextera Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. | 1.40% |
| Jp Morgan Chase & Company | 1.35% |
| Xcel Energy, Inc. | 1.25% |
| Credit Agricole SA | 1.23% |
| Citigroup, Inc. | 1.20% |
| Bnp Paribas SA | 1.13% |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 1.09% |
FPE Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 71.1% |
| Equity | 27.7% |
FPE Performance
Total returns for FPE (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 1.0% |
| 1 year | 10.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 10.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.3% |
FPE Risk Information
Risk metrics for FPE, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 4.4%
FPE Costs and Fees
FPE costs about $83 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.83%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.83%
- Portfolio turnover: 42%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.18 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FPE Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF had net inflows of $489.30M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $24.51M |
| 2026-03 | −$61.44M |
| 2026-02 | $22.99M |
| 2026-01 | $81.26M |
| 2025-12 | $92.15M |
| 2025-11 | $9.14M |
FPE Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Bank Of America Corp. | 2.52% |
| Barclays PLC | 1.65% |
| Jp Morgan Chase & Company | 1.35% |
| Credit Agricole SA | 1.23% |
| Citigroup, Inc. | 1.20% |
| Bnp Paribas SA | 1.13% |
| Charles Schwab Corp. (the) | 1.07% |
| Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (the) | 1.06% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the) | 1.04% |
| Bank Of Montreal | 1.01% |
FPE Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF 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.