EMLP
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund · First Trust
US Sectors
1Y Return
+17.9%
Expense Ratio
0.95%
AUM
$4.1B
Dividend Yield
2.81%
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+7.7%
Issuer
First Trust

Overview

Actively managed energy infrastructure — pipelines, utilities and power producers picked by the Energy Income Partners team.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
LNGCheniere Energy7.6%
WMBWilliams Companies6.9%
ENBEnbridge Inc.6.2%
EPDEnterprise Products5.4%
NEENextEra Energy4.8%
KMIKinder Morgan4.4%
SRESempra3.9%
DTMDT Midstream3.6%
ETEnergy Transfer3.4%
PPLPPL Corp.3.1%

Fund Details

Benchmark
Alerian Midstream Energy Select
# Holdings
~60
Inception
Jun 2012
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Structure
Active ETF
Distribution
Quarterly
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+7.7%
Avg Annual Yield (10Y)
3.78%

Investment Thesis

EMLP blurs the line AI just made valuable: its managers roam across pipelines AND regulated utilities AND independent power — the whole electron-and-molecule value chain feeding data-centre demand — rather than being trapped in one index's definition. A decade of steadier-than-midstream returns plus the +18% year justify active management's premium here better than most categories.

Who It's For

Energy-infrastructure investors who want a manager allocating between pipes and power as the cycle shifts. The diversified, lower-drama entry to the energy-income complex.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016$18.67--
2017$18.11-3.0%
2018$16.48-9.0%
2019$19.77+20.0%
2020$17.40-12.0%
2021$21.23+22.0%
2022$22.08+4.0%
2023$24.29+10.0%
2024$30.36+25.0%
2025$34.00+12.0%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
20164.20%
20174.00%
20184.50%
20194.00%
20204.60%
20213.70%
20223.60%
20233.40%
20242.90%
20252.90%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016$2.2B--
2017$2.4B+9.1%
2018$2.2B-8.3%
2019$2.5B+13.6%
2020$1.8B-28.0%
2021$2B+11.1%
2022$2.4B+20.0%
2023$2.6B+8.3%
2024$3.2B+23.1%
2025$3.5B+9.4%

Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.

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