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First Trust Income Opportunities ETF
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FCEF ETF Dividends: First Trust Income Opportunities ETF

Dividend yield, distribution history, ex-dividend dates, and payment schedule analysis. Track payout frequency, income trends, and dividend growth metrics.

Annual Dividend (TTM)
$1.8925
Monthly
Dividend Yield
8.33%
Last ex-date: Apr 30, 2026
5-Year CAGR
-11.03%
Compound annual growth rate
Dividend Growth
19.78%
Year-over-year change

First Trust Income Opportunities ETF (FCEF) Dividend Distribution Statistics

Comprehensive dividend metrics including income yield, payout ratio, CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), and distribution frequency analysis

Payment Schedule & Details

Distribution frequency, ex-dividend dates, and cash payment information

FrequencyMonthly
Last Payment$0.1350
Last Ex-DateApr 30, 2026
Last Payment DateApr 30, 2026

Dividend Growth Metrics

CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), TTM (Trailing Twelve Months), and payout trends

TTM Growth (YoY)19.78%
3-Year CAGR-21.81%
5-Year CAGR-11.03%
10-Year CAGR8.41%

Historical Distribution Averages

Multi-year dividend payment averages and yield history analysis

5-Year Average$1.3315
10-Year Average$1.2375
First PaymentOct 21, 2016

Historical Dividend Distribution Trend Chart

Visualize dividend payout amounts, distribution growth trends, income yield patterns, and stock splits over time

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First Trust Income Opportunities ETF (FCEF) Dividend Payment History & Calendar

Complete distribution history with ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment schedule, cash amounts, and payout frequency

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First Trust Income Opportunities ETF (FCEF) complete dividend distribution history and payment calendar table showing all ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment schedule dates, declaration dates, cash dividend amounts in USD, and payout frequency. Data sorted chronologically by most recent ex-dividend date first. Track income yield and distribution trends.
Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayment DateDeclaration DateAmountFrequency
Apr 30, 2026-Apr 30, 2026-$0.1350Monthly
Mar 11, 2026Mar 11, 2026Mar 31, 2026Mar 10, 2026$0.1375Monthly
Feb 28, 2026-Feb 28, 2026-$0.1350Monthly
Feb 11, 2026Feb 11, 2026Feb 27, 2026Feb 10, 2026$0.1350Monthly
Jan 31, 2026-Jan 31, 2026-$0.1350Monthly
Jan 13, 2026Jan 13, 2026Jan 30, 2026Jan 12, 2026$0.1350Monthly
Dec 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025Dec 31, 2025Dec 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Nov 12, 2025Nov 12, 2025Nov 28, 2025Nov 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Oct 14, 2025Oct 14, 2025Oct 31, 2025Oct 13, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Sep 11, 2025Sep 11, 2025Sep 30, 2025Sep 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Aug 12, 2025Aug 12, 2025Aug 29, 2025Aug 11, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Jul 11, 2025Jul 11, 2025Jul 31, 2025Jul 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Jun 11, 2025Jun 11, 2025Jun 30, 2025Jun 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
May 13, 2025May 13, 2025May 30, 2025May 12, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Apr 11, 2025Apr 11, 2025Apr 30, 2025Apr 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Mar 11, 2025Mar 11, 2025Mar 31, 2025Mar 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Feb 11, 2025Feb 11, 2025Feb 28, 2025Feb 10, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Jan 14, 2025Jan 14, 2025Jan 31, 2025Jan 13, 2025$0.1350Monthly
Dec 11, 2024Dec 11, 2024Dec 31, 2024Dec 10, 2024$0.1350Monthly
Nov 13, 2024Nov 13, 2024Nov 29, 2024Nov 12, 2024$0.1350Monthly
Oct 11, 2024Oct 11, 2024Oct 31, 2024Oct 10, 2024$0.1350Monthly
Sep 11, 2024Sep 11, 2024Sep 30, 2024Sep 10, 2024$0.1350Monthly
Aug 13, 2024Aug 13, 2024Aug 30, 2024Aug 12, 2024$0.1300Monthly
Jul 11, 2024Jul 11, 2024Jul 31, 2024Jul 10, 2024$0.1300Monthly
Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024Jun 28, 2024Jun 10, 2024$0.1250Monthly
May 14, 2024May 15, 2024May 31, 2024May 13, 2024$0.1250Monthly
Apr 11, 2024Apr 12, 2024Apr 30, 2024Dec 22, 2023$0.1250Monthly
Mar 12, 2024Mar 13, 2024Mar 28, 2024Mar 11, 2024$0.1250Monthly
Feb 13, 2024Feb 14, 2024Feb 29, 2024Feb 12, 2024$0.1200Monthly
Jan 11, 2024Jan 12, 2024Jan 31, 2024Jan 10, 2024$0.1200Monthly
Dec 12, 2023Dec 13, 2023Dec 29, 2023Dec 11, 2023$0.1200Monthly
Nov 14, 2023Nov 15, 2023Nov 30, 2023Nov 13, 2023$0.1200Monthly
Oct 11, 2023Oct 12, 2023Oct 31, 2023Oct 10, 2023$0.1200Monthly
Sep 12, 2023Sep 13, 2023Sep 29, 2023Sep 11, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Aug 11, 2023Aug 14, 2023Aug 31, 2023Aug 10, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Jul 11, 2023Jul 12, 2023Jul 31, 2023Jul 10, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Jun 13, 2023Jun 14, 2023Jun 30, 2023Jun 12, 2023$0.1175Monthly
May 11, 2023May 12, 2023May 31, 2023May 10, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Apr 11, 2023Apr 12, 2023Apr 28, 2023Apr 10, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Mar 14, 2023Mar 15, 2023Mar 31, 2023Mar 13, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Feb 14, 2023Feb 15, 2023Feb 28, 2023Feb 13, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Jan 11, 2023Jan 12, 2023Jan 31, 2023Jan 10, 2023$0.1175Monthly
Dec 13, 2022Dec 14, 2022Dec 30, 2022Dec 12, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Nov 14, 2022Nov 15, 2022Nov 30, 2022Nov 10, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Oct 12, 2022Oct 13, 2022Oct 31, 2022Oct 11, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Sep 13, 2022Sep 14, 2022Sep 30, 2022Sep 12, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Aug 11, 2022Aug 12, 2022Aug 31, 2022Aug 10, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Jul 12, 2022Jul 13, 2022Jul 29, 2022Jul 11, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Jun 14, 2022Jun 15, 2022Jun 30, 2022Jun 13, 2022$0.1175Monthly
May 11, 2022May 12, 2022May 31, 2022May 10, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Apr 12, 2022Apr 13, 2022Apr 29, 2022Apr 11, 2022$0.1175Monthly
Mar 11, 2022Mar 14, 2022Mar 31, 2022Mar 10, 2022$0.1150Monthly
Feb 11, 2022Feb 14, 2022Feb 28, 2022Feb 10, 2022$0.1150Monthly
Jan 11, 2022Jan 12, 2022Jan 31, 2022Jan 10, 2022$0.1150Monthly
Dec 14, 2021Dec 15, 2021Dec 31, 2021Feb 2, 2021$0.1100Monthly
Nov 12, 2021Nov 15, 2021Nov 30, 2021Nov 10, 2021$0.1100Monthly
Oct 13, 2021Oct 14, 2021Oct 29, 2021Oct 12, 2021$0.1100Monthly
Sep 14, 2021Sep 15, 2021Sep 30, 2021Sep 13, 2021$0.1050Monthly
Aug 11, 2021Aug 12, 2021Aug 31, 2021Feb 2, 2021$0.1050Monthly
Jul 13, 2021Jul 14, 2021Jul 30, 2021Feb 2, 2021$0.1050Monthly
Jun 11, 2021Jun 14, 2021Jun 30, 2021Feb 2, 2021$0.1000Monthly
May 11, 2021May 12, 2021May 28, 2021May 10, 2021$0.1000Monthly
Apr 13, 2021Apr 14, 2021Apr 30, 2021Feb 2, 2021$0.1000Monthly
Mar 11, 2021Mar 12, 2021Mar 31, 2021Feb 2, 2021$0.0900Monthly
Feb 11, 2021Feb 12, 2021Feb 26, 2021Feb 10, 2021$0.0900Monthly
Jan 12, 2021Jan 13, 2021Jan 29, 2021Jan 11, 2021$0.0900Monthly
Dec 11, 2020-Dec 31, 2020Dec 10, 2020$0.0900Monthly
Nov 12, 2020-Nov 30, 2020Nov 10, 2020$0.0900Monthly
Oct 14, 2020-Oct 30, 2020Oct 13, 2020$0.0900Monthly
Sep 11, 2020-Sep 30, 2020Sep 10, 2020$0.0925Monthly
Aug 11, 2020-Aug 31, 2020Aug 10, 2020$0.0925Monthly
Jul 14, 2020-Jul 31, 2020Jul 13, 2020$0.0925Monthly
Jun 11, 2020-Jun 30, 2020Jun 10, 2020$0.0975Monthly
May 12, 2020-May 29, 2020May 11, 2020$0.0975Monthly
Apr 13, 2020-Apr 30, 2020Apr 9, 2020$0.0975Monthly
Mar 11, 2020-Mar 31, 2020Mar 10, 2020$0.0975Monthly
Feb 11, 2020-Feb 28, 2020Feb 10, 2020$0.0975Monthly
Jan 14, 2020-Jan 31, 2020Jan 13, 2020$0.0975Monthly
Dec 11, 2019-Dec 31, 2019Dec 10, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Nov 13, 2019-Nov 29, 2019Nov 12, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Oct 11, 2019-Oct 31, 2019Oct 10, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Sep 11, 2019-Sep 30, 2019Sep 10, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Aug 13, 2019-Aug 30, 2019Aug 12, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Jul 11, 2019-Jul 31, 2019Jul 10, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Jun 11, 2019-Jun 28, 2019Jun 10, 2019$0.0975Monthly
May 14, 2019-May 31, 2019May 13, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Apr 11, 2019-Apr 30, 2019Apr 10, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Mar 12, 2019-Mar 29, 2019Mar 11, 2019$0.0975Monthly
Feb 12, 2019-Feb 28, 2019Feb 11, 2019$0.0950Monthly
Jan 11, 2019-Jan 31, 2019Jan 10, 2019$0.0950Monthly
Dec 11, 2018-Dec 31, 2018Dec 10, 2018$0.0950-
Nov 9, 2018-Nov 30, 2018Nov 8, 2018$0.0950Monthly
Oct 11, 2018-Oct 31, 2018Oct 10, 2018$0.0950Monthly
Sep 11, 2018-Sep 28, 2018Sep 10, 2018$0.0950Monthly
Aug 10, 2018-Aug 31, 2018Aug 9, 2018$0.0950Monthly
Jul 11, 2018-Jul 31, 2018Jul 10, 2018$0.0950-
Jun 12, 2018-Jun 29, 2018Jun 11, 2018$0.0950Monthly
May 11, 2018-May 31, 2018May 10, 2018$0.0950Monthly
Apr 11, 2018-Apr 30, 2018Apr 10, 2018$0.0950Monthly
Mar 13, 2018-Mar 29, 2018Mar 12, 2018$0.0900Monthly
Feb 13, 2018-Feb 28, 2018Feb 12, 2018$0.0900Monthly
Jan 11, 2018-Jan 31, 2018Jan 10, 2018$0.0900Monthly
Dec 21, 2017-Dec 29, 2017Dec 20, 2017$0.0900Monthly
Nov 21, 2017-Nov 30, 2017Nov 20, 2017$0.0900Monthly
Oct 20, 2017-Oct 31, 2017Oct 19, 2017$0.0900Monthly
Sep 21, 2017-Sep 29, 2017Sep 20, 2017$0.0900Monthly
Aug 22, 2017-Aug 31, 2017Aug 21, 2017$0.0700Monthly
Jul 21, 2017-Jul 31, 2017Jul 20, 2017$0.0700-
Jun 22, 2017-Jun 30, 2017Jun 21, 2017$0.0750Monthly
May 23, 2017-May 31, 2017-$0.0850Monthly
Apr 21, 2017-Apr 28, 2017-$0.1000Monthly
Mar 23, 2017-Mar 31, 2017Mar 22, 2017$0.1100Monthly
Feb 22, 2017-Feb 28, 2017Feb 21, 2017$0.1000Monthly
Jan 20, 2017-Jan 31, 2017Jan 19, 2017$0.1100Monthly
Dec 21, 2016-Dec 30, 2016Dec 20, 2016$0.0921Monthly
Nov 22, 2016-Nov 30, 2016Nov 21, 2016$0.1100Monthly
Oct 21, 2016-Oct 31, 2016Oct 20, 2016$0.1000Monthly

Frequently Asked Questions About First Trust Income Opportunities ETF Dividends

What is the dividend yield for FCEF?

FCEF has a dividend yield of 8.33% based on current price and annual dividend payments.

When does FCEF pay dividends?

FCEF pays dividends monthly. View the payment history table for specific ex-dividend and payment dates.

What is the ex-dividend date for FCEF?

The most recent ex-dividend date for FCEF is April 30, 2026. See the full history in the payment table below.

Has FCEF increased its dividend?

Review the growth metrics section to analyze FCEF's dividend growth trends and historical payout patterns.

How much dividend does FCEF pay annually?

FCEF pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share based on recent distributions.