{
 "ticker": "EIPI",
 "name": "FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "income",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/eipi",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/eipi",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/eipi.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-18",
 "verdict": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EIPI paid 7.6% in cash and still finished 26.8 points behind XLE.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_1_year_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price",
   "value": "7.6%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "EIPI, cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price: 7.6%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+21.1%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "EIPI, total return, 1 year: +21.1%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_xle",
   "label": "Against XLE",
   "value": "\u221226.8 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "EIPI, against XLE: \u221226.8 pts, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "6.7%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "EIPI, latest payout, annualized: 6.7%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$1.1bn",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "EIPI, net assets: $1.1bn (issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.11%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Mar 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "EIPI, expense ratio: 1.11% (485BPOS XBRL, Mar 30, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "covered call",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Energy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy (proxy)",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "monthly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$1.1bn",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "6.7%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.11%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Mar 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_last_12_months_over_today_s_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, last 12 months, over today\u2019s price",
   "value": "6.7%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "May 6, 2024",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "monthly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_gap_between_ex_dates",
   "label": "Typical gap between ex-dates",
   "value": "30 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_wait_from_ex_date_to_payment",
   "label": "Typical wait from ex-date to payment",
   "value": "2 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "last_paid_per_share",
   "label": "Last paid, per share",
   "value": "$0.125 ex Aug 21, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sum_of_the_last_12_distributions",
   "label": "Sum of the last 12 distributions",
   "value": "$1.5",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Cash paid": "1.7%",
   "Price": "+3.3%",
   "Total return": "+5.1%",
   "XLE": "+20.4%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221215.4 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Cash paid": "3.4%",
   "Price": "+0.7%",
   "Total return": "+4.1%",
   "XLE": "+9.9%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22125.8 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Cash paid": "7.6%",
   "Price": "+12.8%",
   "Total return": "+21.1%",
   "XLE": "+47.8%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221226.8 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Cash paid": "22.6%",
   "Price": "+21.5%",
   "Total return": "+49.1%",
   "XLE": "+48.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "+1.2 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much has EIPI paid over the last year?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EIPI paid 7.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 12.8%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is EIPI ahead of XLE?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, EIPI returned +21.1% against +47.8% for Energy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy, so a holder was behind it by 26.8 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "How often does EIPI pay, and how much?",
   "a": "EIPI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 6.7% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ."
  },
  {
   "q": "When does EIPI next pay a distribution?",
   "a": "EIPI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Aug 21, 2026 at $0.125 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Sep 21, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does EIPI cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 1.11% a year."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-21",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}