First Trust Income Opportunities ETF (FCEF)

NASDAQ: FCEF · Real-Time Price · USD
22.70
+0.04 (0.17%)
At close: Sep 26, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
22.66
-0.04 (-0.17%)
After-hours: Sep 26, 2025, 4:20 PM EDT
0.17%
Assets $60.10M
Expense Ratio 3.29%
PE Ratio n/a
Shares Out 2.66M
Dividend (ttm) $1.62
Dividend Yield 7.14%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 11, 2025
Payout Ratio n/a
1-Year Return +2.75%
Volume 13,684
Open 22.58
Previous Close 22.66
Day's Range 22.58 - 22.76
52-Week Low 18.85
52-Week High 22.96
Beta 0.84
Holdings 59
Inception Date Sep 27, 2016

About FCEF

Fund Home Page

The First Trust Income Opportunities ETF (FCEF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in target outcome asset allocation. The fund is an actively managed ETF that holds closed-end funds to get exposure to US and non-US equity, fixed income securities, and commodities. The fund's primary objective is to provide current income. FCEF was launched on Sep 27, 2016 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Asset Allocation
Category Global Moderately Conservative Allocation
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FCEF
ETF Provider First Trust

Top 10 Holdings

36.52% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio MISXX 8.52%
Invesco Variable Rate Investment Grade ETF VRIG 3.68%
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund ETG 3.31%
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund HTD 3.22%
Abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund ASGI 3.11%
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund EVT 3.06%
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund ETO 3.00%
The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust GDV 2.91%
Fs Credit Opportunities Corp n/a 2.88%
Source Capital SOR 2.83%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 11, 2025 $0.135 Sep 30, 2025
Aug 12, 2025 $0.135 Aug 29, 2025
Jul 11, 2025 $0.135 Jul 31, 2025
Jun 11, 2025 $0.135 Jun 30, 2025
May 13, 2025 $0.135 May 30, 2025
Apr 11, 2025 $0.135 Apr 30, 2025
Full Dividend History

News

First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Distribution for First Trust Income Opportunities ETF

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the Monthly distribution for First Trust Income Opportunities ETF, a series of First Trust Exchange-Trade...

17 days ago - Business Wire

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ETFs Of CEFs: Diversification And Higher Distributions

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

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FCEF: A Fund Of Funds Beating Competitors

First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF is an actively managed fund of funds. It has outperformed its competitors YYY and PCEF since 2016.

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

First Trust Announces Name Change for First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that as of Friday, April 8, 2022, First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF (Nasdaq: FCEF) will change its name to “First...

3 years ago - Business Wire

Income Lab Ideas: 'Fund Of Funds'

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CEF Beta Plays For An Eventual Recovery

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Closed-End Funds Without The Work: The Funds Of Funds

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