profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund
$15.66+0.38% today
-16.7% in 1 year
1-year low $15.401-year high $19.30
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2024 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.94 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$301 million in 2022 to $122 million in 2025, with $120 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$100M
Free cash flow 2025$20M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$100M
Cash vs. debt$4M vs. $653M
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund vs. similar companies
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund | 7.9× · Cheap | ||
 PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 8.4× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 6.9× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | 6.7× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -301 | -22 | 279 | 122 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -302 | -24 | 277 | 120 | |
| -4.96 | -0.39 | 4.55 | 1.97 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 100.5% | 108.0% | 99.1% | 98.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,678 | 1,580 | 1,801 | 1,883 |
| Cash | 0 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| Total debt | 550 | 553 | 583 | 653 |
| Total liabilities | 554 | 560 | 602 | 665 |
| 1,124 | 1,021 | 1,199 | 1,218 | |
| 61 | 60 | 61 | 61 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -26.9% | -2.3% | 23.1% | 9.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 82 | 77 | 20 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 207 | 82 | 77 | 20 | |
| Dividends paid | 91 | 80 | 99 | 100 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 7.9×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 7.8×
- 47.0×
- –
- 2.1%
- 12.6%
- 9.1%
Profitability
- 47.0%
- 107.4%
- 98.7%
- 107.4%
- 7.7%
- 2.6%
- 10.2%
- 6.4%
- 8.1%
- –
Growth
- −56.5%
- −56.7%
- −2.6%
- −0.7%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 4.3×
- 0.54
- 34.7%
- 9.3×
- 2.75
- 2.75
- 0.08
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 32%of 852
Top 16%of 863
Bottom 2%of 860
Bottom 31%of 920
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2026 | 2.28 | – | – |
| Jul 7, 2025 | -0.31 | – | – |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 1.84 | – | – |
| Jul 8, 2024 | 2.71 | – | – |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 0.13 | – | – |
| Jul 10, 2023 | -0.51 | – | – |
| Jan 6, 2023 | -2.20 | – | – |
| Jun 22, 2022 | -2.76 | – | – |
9.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$91a year at today's yield, before tax
−0.7%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.79 in 2015 → $1.65 in 2025
How safe it looks
83.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 495.3%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
44No pass
Benjamin Graham
81Pass
Philip Fisher
45No pass
Peter Lynch
40No pass
Joel Greenblatt
36No pass
Charlie Munger
47No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund
Is First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund AI analysis
What does First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund do?
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund is a closed end fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. The fund is co-managed by Stonebridge Advisors, LLC. It invests in fixed income markets. It is in Asset Management - Income.
Does First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 9.1% a year, about 84% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $100 million in dividends.
Is First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund stock halal?
No. First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 16.7% over the past twelve months, to $15.66. It traded between $15.40 and $19.30 and is 18.9% below its high.
Who are First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund, Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund and Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.