# First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (FFA) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $23.33, market value $466 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 4.9×** (5-yr avg 4.8×, 3-yr avg 4.8×). First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 4.9× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 4.8×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 5.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 5.7×.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 20.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 20.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.3%**. 99.3% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 17.0%**. 17.0% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 17.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 17.0% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 6.8%**. Revenue grew 6.8% over the last year.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 6.64%** ($0.78 per share, trailing). First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 6.64%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 15**. 15 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 5.3%/yr** (1-yr 8.1%). The dividend has grown 5.3% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 17.2%** (YTD 9.8%, 3-mo 5.7%). The shares are up 17.2% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -2.1%** (19.6% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 57**. An RSI of 57 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.83** (volatility 12%). Beta of 0.83 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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