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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
3.05% -7.99% 561.59M 141244.6
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
11.63% 35.00% -- Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment objective of the First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund is to provide current income. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its Managed Assets in high yield debt securities of any maturity that are rated below investment grade at the time of purchase or unrated securities determined by the First Trust Leveraged Finance Team to be of comparable quality. Such securities include U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt obligations and senior, secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans").
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name High Yield Bond
Category Index ICE BofA US High Yield TR USD
Global Category Name Fixed Income Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Global Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg Global Aggregate (^BBGATR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
ICE BofA US High Yield TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Jeffrey Scott 3.77 yrs
William Housey 3.77 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 25, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2017
2018
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2021
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2023
YTD
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6.91%
-26.12%
14.63%
5.55%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-3.44%
4.36%
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26.49%
6.47%
12.71%
-19.96%
17.30%
2.94%
6.38%
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14.64%
5.31%
3.68%
-12.84%
13.65%
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2.89%
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28.40%
6.81%
15.72%
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15.02%
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11.11%
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As of April 25, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of February 29, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 0.22% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 99.77% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment objective of the First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund is to provide current income. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its Managed Assets in high yield debt securities of any maturity that are rated below investment grade at the time of purchase or unrated securities determined by the First Trust Leveraged Finance Team to be of comparable quality. Such securities include U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt obligations and senior, secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans").
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name High Yield Bond
Category Index ICE BofA US High Yield TR USD
Global Category Name Fixed Income Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Global Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg Global Aggregate (^BBGATR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
ICE BofA US High Yield TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Jeffrey Scott 3.77 yrs
William Housey 3.77 yrs

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