# First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (FPF) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $17.45, market value $1.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 6.9×** (5-yr avg 3.5×, 3-yr avg 3.5×). First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 6.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 3.5×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 8.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 8.7×.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 1.9%** (5-yr avg 12.7%). Free cash flow equals 1.9% of the market value, below its five-year average of 12.7%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual.
- **Earnings yield: 14.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 14.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.7%**. 98.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 9.8%**. 9.8% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 6.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.4% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -56.5%**. Revenue fell 56.5% over the last year.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -53.9%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -53.9% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 2/9**. 2 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $4 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 9.46%** ($1.65 per share, trailing). First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 9.46%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 84%** (495% of free cash flow). 84% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.9%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 0.9% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -1.4%** (YTD -2.1%, 3-mo -1.4%). The shares are down 1.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -11.6%** (1.4% above the low). Trading 12% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 34**. An RSI of 34 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.36** (volatility 9%). Beta of 0.36 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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