Summary
First Trust Senior Loan Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 376. The ten largest make up 13% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.70%
- Fund size
- $2.49B
- Positions
- 376
- Dividend yield
- 6.31%
- Running since
- 2013
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 13% of the fund.
- A large fund with $2.49B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $12.3M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2013.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one sector (Basic materials).
- 84% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.70% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.20%).
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
- -0.7%
- 3 months
- -0.9%
- This year
- -3.4%
- 1 year
- -3.0%
- 3 years
- -2.6%
- 5 years
- -7.4%
- 10 years
- -8.7%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 US Dollar 3.5%
- 2 WHATABRANDS LLC WHABRA TL B 1L USD 1.4%
- 3 IRB HOLDING CORP ARGIHC TL B 1L USD 1.3%
- 4 TRANSDIGM INC TDG TL K 1L USD 1.2%
- 5 QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC QUIKHO TL B 1L USD 1.1%
- 6 POST HOLDINGS INC 6.25%, due 02/15/2032 1.0%
- 7 CLARIOS GLOBAL LP POWSOL TL B 1L USD 1.0%
- 8 1011778 BC ULC BCULC TL B5 1L USD 1.0%
- 9 ABG INTERMEDIATE HLDGS 2 AUTBRA TL B 1L USD 0.9%
- 10 GARDA WORLD SECURITY GWCN TL B 1L USD 0.9%
Positions in the fund: 376. The ten largest make up 13% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Basic materials 100%
By country
- United States 84%
- Canada 3.0%
- Luxembourg 1.3%
- United Kingdom 1.3%
- Other countries 10%
Largest sector: Basic materials (100%). Largest country: United States (84%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $70.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,322
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $70.00 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 $3,322.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -0.9%
- Deepest drop
- -9.0%
- Yearly volatility
- 2.9%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 0.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 9.0% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 6.31%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.23
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.79 per share, which is 6.31% of today's price. The last payment was $0.23 on Oct 21, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $12.3M
- Shares a day
- 278K
On an average day about $12.3M of the fund changes hands.