FFA · First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund.
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
What's happening
- FFA is up 0.06% today, trading at $23.11. — Live quote
- Volume today (401) is well below its 3-month average of 27,270. (Finnhub fundamentals)
- Reports earnings on 2026-09-07, 4 days away. (Finnhub earnings calendar)
Deterministic template sentences filled in from the same sourced figures shown elsewhere on this page -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.
Performance Overview (Trailing returns vs S&P 500 benchmark)
Valuation Measures & Ratios
Glossary — what these abbreviations mean
- 1. TTM
- Trailing twelve months — the sum of the last four reported quarters, not a calendar year or the single latest quarter.
- 2. EPS
- Earnings per share — net income divided by diluted shares outstanding.
- 3. Beta
- A stock's historical volatility relative to the overall market. Above 1 means it has moved more than the market; below 1, less.
- 4. EV (Enterprise Value)
- Market cap plus total debt minus cash — roughly what it would cost to buy the whole company, debt included.
- 5. Forward P/E
- Price divided by analysts' estimated earnings for the next 12 months, instead of trailing actual earnings.
- 6. PEG Ratio
- P/E divided by expected earnings growth rate. A lower number can indicate a stock is cheap relative to how fast it's expected to grow.
- 7. Price / Book
- Share price divided by book value (assets minus liabilities) per share.
- 8. ROE
- Return on equity — net income divided by shareholders' equity, a measure of how efficiently a company turns equity into profit.
- 9. ROA
- Return on assets — net income divided by total assets, a measure of how efficiently a company turns assets into profit.
- 10. MRQ
- Most recent quarter — the single latest reported period, as opposed to TTM. The Financials section's "Quarterly" view below shows MRQ-style figures.
- 11. YoY
- Year over year — percent change versus the same period one year earlier, used for growth figures like those on Compare cards and the Screener.
Short Interest
Source: FINRA Rule 4560 consolidated short interest, settlement date 2026-08-14. Reported bi-monthly with a reporting lag — not real-time.
Quotes and the 1-day extended-hours chart: Yahoo Finance. Longer historical charts: Alpaca (IEX feed) — real-time but IEX-only volume (~2.5% of consolidated market volume). Fundamentals + earnings: Finnhub.
Price history
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Technical signal summary
Calculating from the latest year of daily price history…
Show Technical Analysis Breakdown ▾ 10 Indicators
Signals describe daily price patterns—not the company’s value and not a recommendation to buy or sell. Read several together; no single indicator predicts what happens next. “Overbought” and “oversold” are conditions, not promises of a reversal.
Indicators None active
Free IEX historical data only goes back to ~2021 — 5Y/Full show whatever's actually available, not a promise of that much history. Indicators are computed client-side from these same price bars; earnings markers ("E") come from Finnhub's free tier (~last 4 quarters + next upcoming) — older quarters aren't available. The move-highlight dots are a heuristic (|% change| vs rolling volatility) with a best-effort headline lookup, not a claim of causation.
Peer and sector context
Balanced evidence
A deterministic summary of sourced facts—not an AI verdict.
Potential strengths
- Trailing 52-week price return is +9.6%. Finnhub market metrics ↗
Potential concerns
- Latest SEC filing is Form 4, filed 2024-12-17; review it for current changes and risks. SEC EDGAR ↗
Rule-based facts only; absence from either side is not evidence, and this is not a recommendation.
More on FFA
No accessible free API for these — links go to the source directly.
Financials
Institutional holders
SEC Form 13F filers holding FFA as of the latest reported quarter. 13F only covers investment managers with $100M+ in assets — this is not a complete ownership picture, and does not include insiders (see Recent SEC filings below) or non-13F-eligible holders.
Insider activity
Directors, officers, and 10%+ owners' reported transactions from SEC Form 4. A filing reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings · checked 25 most recent filings · covers 2004-12-21 to 2024-12-16
Recent transactions
- Most recent: BOWEN JAMES A (Director) — Open market sale of 4,003 shares on 2024-12-16.
Deterministic template sentences filled in from the SEC Form 4 figures in the tables below -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.
Insider purchases & sales, last 6 months
Counts only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) — grants, option exercises, tax withholding, and gifts are excluded since they aren't a market buy/sell decision.
Insider roster
| Name | Title | Most Recent Transaction | Date | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN JAMES A | Director | Open market sale | 2024-12-16 | 4,003 |
| DENISE M KEEFE | Director | Open market purchase | 2022-03-07 | 250 |
| KUGLER DOUGLAS W | Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor | Open market purchase | 2020-02-28 | 1,350 |
| KADLEC THOMAS R | Director | Open market purchase | 2006-02-17 | 850 |
| ERICKSON RICHARD E | Director | Open market purchase | 2005-12-28 | 114 |
| FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LP | Affil. of Issuer's Advisor | Open market sale | 2005-12-23 | 5,236 |
| NIELSON NIEL B | Director | Open market purchase | 2004-12-21 | 200 |
Recent transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-16 | BOWEN JAMES A | Director | Open market sale | 4,003 | $21.01 |
Recent SEC filings
Official company reports and insider transaction filings. Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.
Source: SEC EDGAR submissions · updated 2026-09-03 12:03 UTC
| Filed | Form | Report period | Official filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-17 | 4 | 2024-12-16 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2023-09-26 | 8-K | 2023-09-26 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2023-09-12 | 8-K | 2023-09-11 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2023-06-23 | 8-K | 2023-06-22 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2022-09-30 | 8-K | 2022-09-02 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2022-09-02 | 8-K | 2022-09-02 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2022-03-08 | 4 | 2022-03-07 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2022-03-07 | 4 | 2022-03-04 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2021-10-21 | 8-K | 2021-10-20 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2021-09-17 | 8-K | 2021-09-17 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2020-10-20 | 8-K | 2020-10-20 | View on SEC.gov → |
| 2020-06-17 | 8-K | 2020-06-17 | View on SEC.gov → |
Recent news
Headlines about FFA (First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund.). Links open the publisher — we don’t host full articles.
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FFA: Beware Of The AI Risk With This High-Yielding Covered Call Fund
SeekingAlpha · 2026-08-22 -
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund Issues Notice Regarding June 2026 Distribution
Yahoo Finance · 2026-06-30 -
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund declares $0.3875 dividend
Seeking Alpha · 2026-06-11 -
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund Declares its Quarterly Distribution of $0.3875 Per Share
Yahoo Finance · 2026-06-10 -
FFA: Potential For Tax-Efficient Income & Dividend Raises
Seeking Alpha · 2026-05-26 -
FFA Equity Fund With Call-Overlay, 7.27% Yield, 10% Discount, And Decent Growth
Seeking Alpha · 2026-03-15 -
FFA: Deep Discount Opportunity Going Into 2026
Seeking Alpha · 2025-12-22 -
FFA: Tax-Efficient Distributions From An Option Fund
Seeking Alpha · 2025-10-02
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