Summary
First Trust Income Opportunities ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 60. The ten largest make up 34% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.85%
- Fund size
- $80.3M
- Positions
- 60
- Dividend yield
- 7.26%
- Running since
- 2016
What speaks for it
- It has been running since 2016.
What to watch
- 94% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.85% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.75%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 33% from its high.
- A small fund with $80.3M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $383.8K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -1.6%
- 3 months
- -4.3%
- This year
- -1.3%
- 1 year
- -0.4%
- 3 years
- +27%
- 5 years
- -11%
- 10 years
- +15%
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 US Dollar 5.6%
- 2 VRInvesco Variable Rate Investment Grade ETF VRIG 4.0%
- 3 ETEaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund ETG 3.3%
- 4 ETEaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund ETO 3.3%
- 5 EVEaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund EVT 3.3%
- 6 HTJohn Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund HTD 3.1%
- 7 GDThe Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust GDV 3.0%
- 8 UTCohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc UTF 2.9%
- 9 BSBlackRock Science and Technology Trust BST 2.9%
- 10 TYTri-Continental Corporation TY 2.8%
Positions in the fund: 60. The ten largest make up 34% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 25%
- Technology 16%
- Utilities 14%
- Healthcare 10%
- Energy 9.5%
- Other 25%
By country
- United States 94%
- Other countries 5.6%
Largest sector: Financials (25%). Largest country: United States (94%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $85.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,981
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $85.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,981.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +1.4%
- Deepest drop
- -33%
- Yearly volatility
- 8.3%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 1.4%. Deepest drop in these years: 33% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 7.26%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.14
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.64 per share, which is 7.26% of today's price. The last payment was $0.14 on Oct 14, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $383.8K
- Shares a day
- 17K
On an average day about $383.8K of the fund changes hands.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CC CCEF Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF | United States | 0.74% | $33.8M | -2.1% | Pays out | 23% |