First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund (FCA)

NASDAQ: FCA · Real-Time Price · USD
20.47
+0.15 (0.74%)
Oct 31, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
0.74%
Assets $9.36M
Expense Ratio 0.80%
PE Ratio 4.24
Shares Out 450,002
Dividend (ttm) $1.10
Dividend Yield 5.41%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 26, 2024
Payout Ratio 23.16%
1-Year Return +11.61%
Volume 6,437
Open 20.19
Previous Close 20.32
Day's Range 20.19 - 20.47
52-Week Low 16.82
52-Week High 24.12
Beta 0.50
Holdings 52
Inception Date Apr 18, 2011

About FCA

Fund Home Page

The First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund (FCA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX China index. The fund tracks the Defined China Index. The alpha-seeking index employs a quantitative methodology to select stocks based on both value and growth factors. FCA was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Equity
Category China Region
Region Asia-Pacific
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FCA
ETF Provider First Trust
Index Tracked NASDAQ AlphaDEX China Index

Top 10 Holdings

35.10% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Pop Mart International Group Limited 9992 4.95%
Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co.,Ltd. 900948 4.11%
Great Wall Motor Company Limited GWLLF 3.59%
China Hongqiao Group Limited 1378 3.50%
Sinotruk (Hong Kong) Limited 3808 3.45%
Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited 0868 3.38%
Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited 0392 3.25%
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited 0358 2.98%
China Railway Group Ltd Class H 390.HK 2.98%
BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited 0285 2.91%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 26, 2024 $0.5414 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024 $0.3709 Jun 28, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 $0.1026 Mar 28, 2024
Dec 22, 2023 $0.0847 Dec 29, 2023
Sep 22, 2023 $0.4496 Sep 29, 2023
Jun 27, 2023 $0.5224 Jun 30, 2023
Full Dividend History

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