First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FAD)

NASDAQ: FAD · Real-Time Price · USD
164.16
+2.87 (1.78%)
Dec 19, 2025, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
1.78%
Assets$366.55M
Expense Ratio0.64%
PE Ratio29.18
Shares Out2.30M
Dividend (ttm)$0.15
Dividend Yield0.09%
Ex-Dividend DateDec 12, 2025
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Payout Ratio2.72%
Volume5,385
Open162.17
Previous Close161.29
Day's Range162.17 - 164.46
52-Week Low113.03
52-Week High167.45
Beta1.15
Holdings677
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

5.35% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Expedia Group, Inc.EXPE0.60%
Coherent Corp.COHR0.57%
Alphabet, Inc.GOOGL0.55%
Carvana Co.CVNA0.54%
Newmont CorporationNEM0.53%
Seagate Technology Holdings plcSTX0.53%
Lam Research CorporationLRCX0.52%
Rocket Lab CorporationRKLB0.51%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.GS0.50%
Tapestry, Inc.TPR0.49%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 12, 2025$0.0085Dec 31, 2025
Sep 25, 2025$0.0757Sep 30, 2025
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
Full Dividend History

Performance

FAD had a total return of 18.52% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.01%.

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