FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF
$21.96−0.13 (−0.57%)
- Expense ratio
- 1.11%
- Fund size
- $1.1B
- 1Y return
- +20.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.79%
- Holdings
- 100
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $22.19
- 52W range
The ETF.net EIPI Grade
Score 53 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 4Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 95Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 81Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 77Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 93Category rank
Our read on EIPI
CFour First Trust closed-end energy funds were merged into one ETF in 2024, and this is the survivor: an Energy Income Partners portfolio of pipelines, utilities and energy majors that sells calls against part of the book and pays monthly.
The Fund seeks high total return with an emphasis on current shareholder distributions.
Why people hold it
- Run by energy specialist Energy Income Partners as sub-adviser: about 110 names across midstream, utilities and majors, chosen by hand rather than lifted from a sector index.businesswire.com
- Writes call options against part of the portfolio to turn energy volatility into premium, and sends cash out on a monthly cadence.stockanalysis.com
- ETF plumbing: shares create and redeem at net asset value, sidestepping the discount-to-NAV problem that dogged the four closed-end funds it absorbed.nasdaq.com
Worth knowing
- Fees run 1.11% a year against roughly 0.65% for the median active US equity ETF; cohort leaders like DFAU (0.12%) and FELC (0.18%) charge a sliver of that.
- One sector, one cycle. Commodity prices, pipeline volumes and utility rate decisions move the entire portfolio together.stockanalysis.com
- Calls sold against holdings cap the upside on that slice, so a sharp energy rally partly passes the fund by. Income comes at the cost of some appreciation.stockanalysis.com
EIPI Holdings
- Stocks
- 100
- 42%
- EPD
Sectors
- Energy67.9%
- Utilities27.8%
- Industrials3.8%
- Materials0.5%
Geography
- United States93.03%
- United Kingdom2.98%
- Canada2.42%
- France1.05%
- Luxembourg0.51%
EIPI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | EIPI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.3% |
| 1 month | −1.9% |
| 3 months | +3.0% |
| 1 year | +20.4% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EIPI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.3% | |
| 2025 | +12.3% | |
| 2024 | +12.8% |
EIPI in the news
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EIPI Dividends
- 6.79%
- $1.50
- $0.13 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.13 |
| May 21, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.13 |
EIPI Risk
- 11.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.26
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −12.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.31
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EIPI Cost
- The middle half of US Active Sector funds
- Median 0.65%
29 of the 33 US Active Sector funds charge less.