FTHY - First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund

What this means for you

Sit Investment is known for pushing closed-end funds to narrow the gap between price and value. For now it has told the regulator it is not seeking changes. One other large investor owns more than 5% of this fund and has said the same; that is common for banks, brokers and index funds that hold shares for their clients.

Nothing is required of you. If an investor changes its mind, it must file a new notice within days, and it will show up here.

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What happened, and when

1. May 12, 2026

   Morgan Stanley raised its stake to 8.9% (from 7.6%), as a passive investor.

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2. Feb 11, 2026

   Morgan Stanley now owns 7.6%, as a passive investor.

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3. Jan 6, 2026

   Sit Investment now owns 6.6%, as a passive investor.

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About this fund

• Run by First Trust Advisors L.P. Part of the First Trust Advisors L.P fund family. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Size: about $512 million of holdings, as of Aug 31, 2026. As of Aug 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Borrowing: the fund borrows about 22% on top of its own money, as of Aug 31, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of Aug 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• The fund's own example of what borrowing does: in a year in which the holdings returned -10%, a share would return about -14%; at +10%, about +11.4%. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Costs: 1.8% a year in management fees; 3.5% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended May 31, 2026. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
  Among the 19 funds we follow that invest in high-yield bonds, 18 charge a lower management fee and 15 charge less in total, at their last yearly reports. Both numbers are measured against the fund's own money, not the money it borrows on top, so a fund that borrows more shows higher costs on both counts.
• Payouts: last fiscal year (ended May 31, 2026) the fund paid $1.50 a share. $0.90 of that was income; $0.60 was your own money back, not income. Most funds announce their monthly or quarterly payout on their own website, not in a filing with the regulator, so a cut or a raise there does not show up here until the next yearly report. A few funds do file a notice about a fixed payout; those appear under What happened, and when. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (May 31, 2026): $14.21. The shares traded at $13.83, about 2.7% below that. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• How the holdings did: down 1.4% over the last three months we have (June-Aug 2026), before the share price is taken into account. As of Aug 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• First reported to the regulator in 2020.

How this has changed

• Payouts per share: $1.50 in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026; $1.53 in the year ended May 31, 2025; $1.56 in the year ended May 31, 2024.As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Of that, your own money back rather than income: $0.60 in the year ended May 31, 2026; $0.64 in the year ended May 31, 2025; $0.65 in the year ended May 31, 2024.As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Costs, including interest on borrowed money: 3.5% a year in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026; 3.26% a year in the year ended May 31, 2025; 3.34% a year in the year ended May 31, 2024.As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Size of the holdings: about $523 million at May 29, 2026; $552 million at May 30, 2025; $563 million at May 31, 2024. From the fund's quarterly holdings reports. Original documents: May 29, 2026 →, May 30, 2025 →, May 31, 2024 →.
• Borrowing: about 22% on top of its own money at May 29, 2026; 25% at May 30, 2025; 21% at May 31, 2024. From the fund's quarterly holdings reports. Original documents: May 29, 2026 →, May 30, 2025 →, May 31, 2024 →.
• The fund had about 36.8 million shares at May 31, 2026, about the same as at May 31, 2024.As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →

What these lines mean: a payout that is your own money back, what a fund costs, borrowing.

What a holder made

• The year ended May 31, 2026: the shares returned +6.8%, counting payouts; the holdings +5.1%. The holdings figure is what the fund's investments earned, before the share price is taken into account. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• The year ended May 31, 2025: the shares returned +13.2%, counting payouts; the holdings +8.8%. As of May 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• The year ended May 31, 2024: the shares returned +16.7%, counting payouts; the holdings +11.3%. As of May 31, 2024, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• The year ended May 31, 2023: the shares returned -6.3%, counting payouts; the holdings -1.9%. As of May 31, 2023, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• The year ended May 31, 2022: the shares returned -11.7%, counting payouts; the holdings -9.7%. As of May 31, 2022, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Those five years together: the shares returned +16.8%. $10,000 of shares bought at the start (June 1, 2021) would have become about $11,700 by May 31, 2026, with every payout counted, before tax. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• The holdings over the last twelve months we have, to Aug 31, 2026: +0.8%. The quarterly reports carry no share price, so this is the holdings alone. As of Aug 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Of the 15 funds that invest in high-yield bonds with a fiscal year ending within six months of this one, 5 reported a higher share return for that year and 9 a lower one. As of May 31, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• A past year says nothing about the next one. All figures are the fund's own, from its reports to the regulator.

Why the shares and the holdings can differ: the gap between price and value. Why payouts count: a payout that is your own money back.

What the fund holds

Mostly bonds (87%), the rest loans. About 87% issued in the U.S.

1. 1011778 B.C. Ulc / New Red Finance, Bculc 4 10/15/30 144A - 2.6%
2. Rocket Companies, Rkt 6.125 08/01/31 144A - 2.5%
3. Transdigm, Tdg 7.125 12/01/31 144A - 2.1%
4. OneDigital Borrower LLC, OneDigital Health and Benefits Second-lien Term Loan 525 2032-06-02 - 1.7%
5. United Rentals (North America), Uri 6 12/15/29 144A - 1.5%
6. US Foods, Usfood 4.625 06/01/30 144A - 1.4%
7. Fair Isaac, Fairic 6 05/15/33 144A - 1.4%
8. Performance Food Group Company, Pfgc 4.25 08/01/29 144A - 1.3%
9. Standard Building Solutions, Bmcaus 4.375 07/15/30 144A - 1.3%
10. Quikrete Holdings, Quikho 6.375 03/01/32 144A - 1.3%

As of Aug 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →