First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FAD)

NASDAQ: FAD · Real-Time Price · USD
150.11
-0.36 (-0.24%)
Aug 7, 2025, 4:00 PM - Market closed
-0.24%
Assets$307.32M
Expense Ratio0.64%
PE Ratio27.40
Shares Out2.00M
Dividend (ttm)$0.76
Dividend Yield0.51%
Ex-Dividend DateJun 26, 2025
Payout FrequencySemi-Annual
Payout Ratio13.96%
Volume19,839
Open151.53
Previous Close150.47
Day's Range149.19 - 151.53
52-Week Low113.03
52-Week High152.17
Beta1.14
Holdings679
Inception DateMay 8, 2007

About FAD

Fund Home Page

The First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FAD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Multi Cap Growth index. The fund tracks an index that uses fundamental factors to select and weight growth stocks from the Nasdaq US Select Indices. FAD was launched on May 8, 2007 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Equity
Category Mid-Cap Growth
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FAD
ETF Provider First Trust
Index Tracked NASDAQ AlphaDEX Multi Cap Growth Index

Top 10 Holdings

5.22% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.FIX0.57%
Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR0.56%
GE Vernova Inc.GEV0.54%
Roblox CorporationRBLX0.53%
SoFi Technologies, Inc.SOFI0.52%
EMCOR Group, Inc.EME0.51%
Super Micro Computer, Inc.SMCI0.51%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.IBKR0.51%
Robinhood Markets, Inc.HOOD0.50%
Amphenol CorporationAPH0.48%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jun 26, 2025$0.0688Jun 30, 2025
Dec 13, 2024$0.3113Dec 31, 2024
Sep 26, 2024$0.3848Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024$0.0518Jun 28, 2024
Dec 22, 2023$0.1919Dec 29, 2023
Sep 22, 2023$0.0686Sep 29, 2023
Full Dividend History

Performance

FAD had a total return of 25.61% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.71%.

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