Is First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund financially healthy?
Not really
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund carries heavy debt: it would take 4.3 years of earnings to pay it off.
The numbers behind it
Net debt / EBITDA4.3 years
Cash vs. debt$4M vs. $653M
Current ratio2.8×Short-term assets for each $1 of bills due within a year
Interest coverage9.3×How many times operating profit covers the interest bill
How we decide
We measure debt in years of earnings (net debt / EBITDA): under 1 is very comfortable, 1 to 3 is manageable, above 3 is heavy. A company that earns less than 3 times its interest bill also counts as weak.
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026.