First Trust Senior Loan Fund (FTSL)
Description
The FTSL ETF contains 0 constituents. It is focused on holdings in the region.
Price $44.58 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 4.03% |
| Expense ratio | 0.86% |
| Average spread | 0.022% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.882% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -0.0% | -0.5% | -0.4% | 0.2% | -3.4% | -2.2% | 3.0% | 0.8% | -2.6% | 1.2% | -4.0% | ||
| 2021 | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.3% | -0.5% | 1.2% | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -1.7% | -10.7% | 5.6% | 3.6% | -0.3% | 2.0% | 1.2% | -0.4% | -0.2% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | 2.0% | -0.8% | 2.1% | -0.8% | -0.1% | 0.9% | -0.2% | 1.1% | -0.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 9.8% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | -0.0% | -0.1% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.5% | -0.1% | -1.0% | -3.2% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | 0.6% | -0.2% | 0.4% | 0.5% | -0.0% | 0.7% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 0.6% | -0.2% | 0.3% | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -0.3% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 0.5% | -0.4% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | -0.1% | 1.0% | 7.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | -0.6% | 0.7% | -0.3% | -0.7% | 0.2% | -1.3% | -0.9% | 0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | -0.3% | 0.4% | -1.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | -0.5% | 1.4% |
| 2013 | -1.5% | 1.0% | -0.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% | |||||
| 7.3% | 2.0% | -8.7% | 10.2% | 1.7% | -4.2% | 10.3% | 2.6% | -2.4% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 1.3% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 1.40 | |||
| 2021 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 1.52 |
| 2020 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 1.66 |
| 2019 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 2.13 |
| 2018 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 1.95 |
| 2017 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 1.75 |
| 2016 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 1.79 |
| 2015 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 1.70 | |
| 2014 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 1.82 |
| 2013 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 1.31 | ||||
| 1.36 | 1.32 | 1.34 | 1.18 | 1.51 | 1.53 | 1.54 | 1.52 | 1.55 | 1.34 | 1.35 | 1.50 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Top 0 Weights | 0.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FTSL | FLBL | GSID | PFLD | SEIX | SSLY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust Senior Loan Fund | Franklin Liberty Senior Loan ETF | Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF | AAM Low Duration Preferred & Income Securities ETF | Virtus Seix Senior Loan ETF | Syntax Stratified SmallCap ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | Franklin | Goldman Sachs | AAM | Virtus | Syntax |
| Price | $44.58 | $23.17 | $41.1799 | $20.5 | $23.246 | $38.743 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.86% |  0.45% | 0.2% | 0.45% | 0.57% | 0.4% |
| Average Spread | 0.022% | 0.173% | 0.267% | 0.195% | 0.430% | 0.336% |
| AUM | $2,672,560,000 | $173,126,000 | $254,882,000 | $77,199,400 | $47,710,100 | $16,088,000 |
| Shares | 59,949,791 | 7,472,000 | 6,189,481 | 3,765,823 | 2,052,402 | 415,250 |
| Average Daily Volume | 738,434 | 37,627 | 6,273 | 41,930 | 29,247 | 433 |
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| Inception Date | 2013-05-01 | 2018-05-30 | 2020-05-12 | 2019-11-19 | 2019-04-24 | 2020-05-28 |
| Index Tracked | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index | ICE 0-5 Year Duration Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index | No Underlying Index | Syntax Stratified SmallCap Index |
| Category | High Yield Bonds | High Yield Bonds | Foreign Large Cap Equities | Preferred Stock/Convertible Bonds | Total Bond Market | Small Cap Blend Equities |
| Asset Class | Bond | Bond | Equity | Multi-Asset | Bond | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Mid/Small Caps | ||||
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | |||
| Region | Europe | North America | ||||
| Countries | Broad | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | U.S. | |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.798 | $1.031 | $1.188 | $1.047 | $1.106 | $3.579 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.040% | 0.044% | 0.029% | 0.051% | 0.048% | 0.092% |
| Number of Holdings | 0 | 141 | 979 | 0 | 47 | 601 |
| YTD Return | -4.09% | -4.02% | -25.76% | -15.42% | -4.41% | -23.10% |
| Beta | -0.13 | 0.03 | 0.75 | 0.32 | 0.09 | 1.17 |
| Upside Beta | -0.02 | 0.03 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.67 |
| Downside Beta | 0.06 | -0.21 | -0.49 | -0.81 | -0.15 | -0.37 |
| Volatility 1Y | 4.97% | 4.71% | 20.09% | 9.21% | 3.94% | 25.32% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.04 | -0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |