First Trust Senior Etf Profile
| FTSL Etf | USD 45.31 0.04 0.09% |
PerformanceWeakest
| Odds Of DistressLow
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First Trust is selling for 45.31 as of the 13th of February 2026. This is a 0.09 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The etf's lowest day price was 45.29. First Trust has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years, but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 15th of November 2025 and ending today, the 13th of February 2026. Click here to learn more.
Under normal market conditions, the fund seeks to outperform each of the primary index and secondary index by investing at least 80 percent of its net assets in first lien senior floating rate bank loans. Senior Loan is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. More on First Trust Senior
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| Thematic Ideas | (View all Themes) |
| Business Concentration | High Yield ETFs, Corporate ETFs, Bank Loan, First Trust (View all Sectors) |
| Issuer | First Trust |
| Inception Date | 2013-05-01 |
| Entity Type | Regulated Investment Company |
| Asset Under Management | 2.34 Billion |
| Average Trading Volume | 293,981.8 |
| Asset Type | Fixed Income |
| Category | Corporate |
| Focus | High Yield |
| Market Concentration | Blended Development |
| Region | Global |
| Administrator | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| Advisor | First Trust Advisors L.P. |
| Custodian | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| Distributor | First Trust Portfolios L.P. |
| Portfolio Manager | William Housey, Jeffrey Scott |
| Transfer Agent | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| Fiscal Year End | 31-Oct |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Number of Constituents | 340 |
| Market Maker | Susquehanna |
| Total Expense | 0.86 |
| Management Fee | 0.85 |
| Country Name | USA |
| Returns Y T D | (0.64) |
| Name | First Trust Senior Loan Fund |
| Currency Code | USD |
| Open Figi | BBG004HQLWL8 |
| In Threey Volatility | 1.74 |
| 1y Volatility | 1.52 |
| 200 Day M A | 45.8826 |
| 50 Day M A | 45.828 |
| Code | FTSL |
| Updated At | 12th of February 2026 |
| Currency Name | US Dollar |
| In Threey Sharp Ratio | 1.35 |
First Trust Senior [FTSL] is traded in USA and was established 2013-05-01. The fund is listed under Bank Loan category and is part of First Trust family. The entity is thematically classified as High Yield ETFs. First Trust Senior currently have 3.01 B in assets under management (AUM). , while the total return for the last 3 years was 7.2%.
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First Trust Senior Risk Profiles
The market premium is part of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which most analysts and investors use to calculate the acceptable rate of return on investment in First Trust. At the center of the CAPM is the concept of risk and reward, which is usually communicated by investors using alpha and beta measures.
| Mean Deviation | 0.0868 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 0.1316 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 0.1204 | |||
| Variance | 0.0145 |
First Trust Senior Technical Analysis
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The output start index for this execution was zero with a total number of output elements of sixty-one. First Trust Senior Tanh Of Price Series is a hyperbolic price transformation function.
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First Etf Analysis Notes
First Trust is is formed as Regulated Investment Company in the United States. ETF is managed and operated by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. The fund has 340 constituents with avarage daily trading value of 294 K. The fund charges 0.85 percent management fee with a total expences of 0.86 percent of total asset. The fund retains about 10.68% of assets under management (AUM) in fixed income securities. First Trust Senior last dividend was 0.165 per share. Under normal market conditions, the fund seeks to outperform each of the primary index and secondary index by investing at least 80 percent of its net assets in first lien senior floating rate bank loans. Senior Loan is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. To learn more about First Trust Senior call the company at NA.First Trust Senior Investment Alerts
| First Trust Senior is not yet fully synchronised with the market data | |
| First Trust Senior has some characteristics of a very speculative penny stock | |
| The fund retains about 10.68% of its assets under management (AUM) in fixed income securities |
First Trust Thematic Classifications
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First Trust Outstanding Bonds
First Trust issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. First Trust Senior uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most First bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when First Trust Senior has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.
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