First Trust Enhanced Equity Income:FFA

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    Overview

    As of 4/24/2025. NAV as of 4/23/2025.

     Share
    Price
    NAVPremium/
    Discount
    Current$18.62$19.35-5.48%
    52 Wk Avg$19.88$20.82-4.54%
    52 Wk High$21.24$22.18-2.08%
    52 Wk Low$15.00$17.98-9.21%
    Regular Distribution TypeManaged Distribution
    Distribution Rate7.52%
    Distribution Amount$0.3500
    Distribution FrequencyQuarterly
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Basic Information

    Investment Objective

    The Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and gains and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund pursues an integrated investment strategy in which it invests substantially all of its Managed Assets in a diversified portfolio of common stock of U.S. corporations and U.S. dollar-denominated equity securities of foreign issuers.

    Capital Structure

    As of 4/24/2025

    Total Investment Exposure:$386.769M
    Total Common Assets:$386.769M
    Common Shares Outstanding:19,988,085
    Annual Expense Ratios

    As of 12/31/2024

      Per Common Share
    Management Fees1.00%
    Other Expenses:0.12%
    Baseline Expense: N/A
    Interest Expense:N/A
    Total: 1.12%
    Fund Management

    Fund Sponsor
    First Trust Advisors L.P.

    Portfolio Managers
    Douglas W. Kugler, Jeffrey Bilsky, Peter M. Schofield

    Basics
    Category: Equity-Covered-Call Funds
    Ticker: FFA
    NAV Ticker: XFFAX
    Average Daily Volume (shares): 28,366
    Average Daily Volume (USD): $0.556M
    Inception Date: 8/26/2004
    Inception Share Price: $20.00
    Inception NAV: $19.06
    Tender Offer: No
    Term: No
    Fiscal Year End: December 31
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    Distributions

    As of 4/24/2025

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Distribution History

    Enter declared start and end dates to display distribution history below. Income, Long Gain, Short Gain and ROC breakdowns will only be shown for the past year.

    Declared Date Payable Date Ex Date Distrib Amount Income Long Gain Short Gain ROC

    *Indicates a Special Distribution: A distribution disbursed in addition to the normal distributions paid out by the company.

    Key Information Regarding Distributions
    Avg. Earnings Per Share:
    As of 12/31/2024
    $0.0540
    Annualized Distribution Rate on NAV:
    As of 4/24/2025
    7.24%
    Total Return on NAV (12 months):
    As of 4/24/2025
    8.69%
    Total % Portfolio Effectively Leveraged:
    As of 4/24/2025
    0.00%

    Pricing Information

    Premium/Discount Information
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Premium/Discount Information

    As of 4/24/2025

    PeriodAvg Discount
    6 Month-4.67%
    1 Year-4.54%
    3 Year-4.31%
    5 Year-3.94%
    Z-Score

    As of 4/24/2025

    PeriodZStat
    3 Month-0.51
    6 Month-0.87
    1 Year-1.11
    Pricing History
    Date NAV Premium / Discount

    Performance

    Calendar Year Total Returns

    As of 3/31/2025
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Covered Call

    Past 20 Years

    Return YearPriceNAVCategory - PriceCategory - NAV
    YTD-5.05%-2.68%-1.69%-1.59%
    202421.45%20.55%20.28%15.88%
    202324.74%20.49%13.04%18.33%
    2022-20.17%-16.07%-14.68%-13.17%
    202128.70%24.36%28.89%20.78%
    202010.94%16.66%4.93%7.90%
    201943.46%30.72%28.63%22.38%
    2018-13.86%-9.48%-11.75%-7.93%
    201728.93%16.03%23.10%16.38%
    201610.00%8.29%8.90%8.17%
    2015-1.50%-0.14%1.86%0.11%
    201414.82%10.91%7.53%4.80%
    201320.56%22.16%19.68%17.79%
    201217.81%13.36%  
    2011-7.34%1.72%  
    201016.63%14.87%  
    200945.22%19.61%  
    2008-37.06%-32.08%  
    2007-3.61%7.57%  
    200617.47%6.98%  
    2005-6.84%3.28%  
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Annualized Total Returns

    Returns for periods less than one year are cumulative rather than annualized

    As of 3/31/2025
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Covered Call

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Portfolio Characteristics

    Portfolio Characteristics
    Number of Holdings:
    As of 12/31/2024
    59
    Annual Portfolio Turnover:
    As of 12/31/2024
    21.00%
    Asset Allocation

    As of 12/31/2024

    Top Sectors

    As of 12/31/2024

    Sector%Portfolio
    Sensitive (Super Sector)53.30%
    Technology35.20%
    Cyclical (Super Sector)26.62%
    Defensive (Super Sector)18.78%
    Financial Services15.19%
    Healthcare10.34%
    Communication Services8.73%
    Consumer Cyclical6.49%
    Consumer Defensive6.32%
    Industrials5.89%
    Top Holdings

    As of 12/31/2024

    HoldingValue% Portfolio
    Apple Inc$42.07M9.95%
    Microsoft Corp$41.01M9.70%
    NVIDIA Corp$24.17M5.71%
    Alphabet Inc Class C$19.04M4.50%
    JPMorgan Chase & Co$15.82M3.74%
    Broadcom Inc$10.43M2.47%
    Arthur J. Gallagher & Co$8.94M2.11%
    Amazon.com Inc$8.89M2.10%
    AbbVie Inc$8.17M1.93%
    Chubb Ltd$7.87M1.86%
    Country Allocation

    As of 12/31/2024

    Country% Portfolio
    United States - Equity95.64%
    Switzerland - Equity1.86%
    Canada - Equity1.20%

    Closed-end fund historical distribution sources have included net investment income, realized gains, and return of capital. For more detailed information on the distributions of a specific fund, please visit the sponsor's website.

    NOTES:

    Distribution type sourced from Morningstar. In general, managed distributions may be sourced from net investment income, realized gains and return of capital. CEFConnect.com does not undertake to disclose specific information about closed-end fund distribution sources. For specific information about a fund's distribution sources, visit the fund sponsor's website.

    The following information applies to closed-end funds in general: Fund shares are not guaranteed or endorsed by any bank or other insured depository institution, and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Shares of closed-end funds are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of principal invested. There can be no assurance that fund objectives will be achieved. Closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount to their net asset value. NAV returns are net of fund expenses, and assume reinvestment of distributions.

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