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First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF Stock AnalysisComprehensive stock analysis for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF (HYLS) including live price, Snowflake performance metrics, financial statements, and investment research.Stock AnalysisHYLS
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Home🔹Stocks🔹First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF

First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF

🇺🇸HYLS•NASDAQ

First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF

🇺🇸HYLS•NASDAQ
Market cap
$1.63B
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Mkt Cap
$1.63B
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HYLS
First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF
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Company Overview

Overview

What the company does, where it operates, and who runs it.

About First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF

Industry
Asset Management - Bonds
Sector
Financial Services
CEO
Not available
Headquarters
MA, US
Industry
Asset Management - Bonds
Sector
Financial Services
CEO
Not available
Headquarters
MA, US
Description

The First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide capital appreciation.

Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in high yield debt securities that are rated below investment grade at the time of purchase or unrated securities deemed by the fund's advisor to be of comparable quality.

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Financial Data

Stock Data

Price chart, volume, and trading data.

Fair Value

What FRC thinks it is worth vs. the current price.

FRC's fair value estimate for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF, and the rating behind it. HYLS last traded at $40.19; the estimate is read against that market price. FRC analysts run the firm's valuation model across the companies on this platform to estimate what each one is worth, rather than republishing a consensus average. Shows the current estimate, our rating, and when it was last revised. A free account covers 7 company valuations a month; a paid subscription is unlimited.

Financial Ratios

Profitability, returns, valuation, and leverage ratios.

Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF. Starting points for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF: beta 0.67 — an Asset Management - Bonds name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.

Dividend Analysis

Yield, payout ratio, and dividend coverage metrics.

Dividend history, yield and payout sustainability for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF. First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF paid $2.73 per share over the last year — a 6.8% yield at the current $40.19 price. Per-share payments, yield over time, payout ratio and growth streak, with coverage measured against free cash flow.

Earnings Analysis

EPS history, beat rate, and upcoming earnings reports.

Reported vs. expected earnings history for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.

Financial Statements

Income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.

Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF. First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF has reported as a listed company since 2013. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.

Peer Comparison

Comparables

List of peer companies in the same industry.

First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF valued side by side against its closest peers. First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF is measured against Asset Management - Bonds peers within the Financial Services sector. Peer-relative multiples and operating metrics, so the valuation is read in the context of its own sector rather than in isolation.

Ownership & News

Institutional Ownership

Premium

Which funds and firms own the stock.

Which institutions hold First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF, and how their positions are changing. At a $1.63B market value, institutional positions materially move First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF's register. Top holders, position sizes, and quarter-over-quarter accumulation or distribution from regulatory filings. Included with FRC Premium.

Insider Trading

Premium

Recent buying and selling by company executives.

Buying and selling by First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF executives and directors. Shares of First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF have traded between $39.49 and $42.40 over the past 52 weeks — context for the timing of the transactions below. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.

Senate Trading

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U.S. Senator disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. Senate disclosures naming First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF. First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF is a $1.63B Financial Services company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.

House Trading

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U.S. Representative disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. House of Representatives disclosures naming First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF. Representatives' reported transactions in this security, shown next to the company's fundamentals. Included with FRC Premium.

News

Latest headlines and market coverage.

Latest headlines and company announcements for First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF. Coverage tracks First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF within Asset Management - Bonds (Financial Services). Press releases and market coverage, newest first.

Peer companies

  • BALT — Innovator Defined Wealth Shield ETF
  • BSVO — EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF
  • CGSD — Capital Group Short Duration Income ETF
  • EWA — iShares MSCI Australia ETF
  • FPEI — First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF
  • FTCB — First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF
  • FXU — First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund
  • IYJ — iShares U.S. Industrials ETF

ETFs holding First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF

  • MDIV — Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund (19.76%)
  • LDSF — First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (11.96%)
  • HISF — First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (10.11%)

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