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First Trust Structured Credit Income Opportunities ETF (SCIO)

Multisector Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
20.60 USD +0.02 (0.097%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:39 a.m. EDT

The security offers a robust 5.7% yield driven by consistent quarterly distributions, yet the underlying price action reveals a distinct lack of directional momentum. Over the last fourteen trading days, the price has been virtually flat, oscillating tightly between $20.58 and $20.74, while failing to break out of the immediate range established by the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. This stagnation suggests the market is currently pricing in a neutral outlook where neither aggressive buying nor selling pressure is emerging. While the yield provides a steady income floor, the absence of price appreciation or technical breakout signals limits the total return potential in the near term, making it a suitable hold for income-focused investors but unattractive for capital appreciation plays.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.004218
MSTL_1180.005094
AutoETS0.005266
AutoTheta0.005419
MSTL0.007511

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 82%
H-stat 1.53
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.851
Excess Kurtosis 0.32

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.46% 5.87%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-25 0.095 0.459826
2026-05-21 0.095 0.463189
2026-04-21 0.095 0.459826
2026-03-26 0.095 0.463302
2026-02-20 0.095 0.454763
2026-01-21 0.095 0.457611
2025-12-12 0.095 0.458937
2025-11-21 0.100 0.481696
2025-10-21 0.105 0.504808
2025-09-25 0.115 0.555287
2025-08-21 0.115 0.555824
2025-07-22 0.115 0.558252
2025-06-26 0.115 0.556901
2025-05-21 0.115 0.567621
2025-04-22 0.115 0.567901
2025-03-27 0.108 0.528893
2025-02-21 0.108 0.530582
2025-01-22 0.108 0.536779
2024-12-13 0.314 1.559861
2024-11-21 0.138 0.681145
2024-10-22 0.138 0.679468
2024-09-26 0.123 0.598395
2024-08-21 0.105 0.514076
2024-07-23 0.105 0.518775
2024-06-27 0.100 0.492247
2024-05-21 0.100 0.496032
2024-04-23 0.090 0.447427
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 5.7

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 22.51
All Time Low 19.895
Ask 32.14
Ask Size 300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 424,200
Average Daily Volume3 Month 184,696
Average Volume 184,696
Average Volume10Days 424,200
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Category Multisector Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 20.61
Day Low 20.57
Dividend Yield 5.7
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 20.64552
Fifty Day Average Change -0.045518875
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0022047823
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -1.152736
Fifty Two Week High 21.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.0900002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.050253578
Fifty Two Week Low 20.43
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.17000008
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0083211
Fifty Two Week Range 20.43 - 21.69
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,709,217,000,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,708,992,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in structured credit investments. Structured credit investments are created through a securitization process, in which financial assets such as loans and mortgages are packaged into interest-bearing securities backed by those assets and issued to investors. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name First Trust Structured Credit Income Opportunities ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1865447744
Nav Price 20.58
Net Assets 445,757,632.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.7
Open 20.63
Previous Close 20.58
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0200005
Regular Market Change Percent 0.097184
Regular Market Day High 20.61
Regular Market Day Low 20.57
Regular Market Day Range 20.57 - 20.61
Regular Market Open 20.63
Regular Market Previous Close 20.58
Regular Market Price 20.6
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 124,917
Short Name First Trust Structured Credit I
Source Interval 15
Symbol SCIO
Total Assets 445,757,632
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.54011
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.54011
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 20.76036
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.16036034
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.007724352
Type Disp ETF
Volume 124,917
Yield 0.056999996
Ytd Return 2.00449