First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FAD)

NASDAQ: FAD · Real-Time Price · USD
147.90
+1.60 (1.09%)
Jul 14, 2025, 2:46 PM - Market open
1.09%
Assets $288.29M
Expense Ratio 0.64%
PE Ratio 26.03
Shares Out 1.95M
Dividend (ttm) $0.76
Dividend Yield 0.52%
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 26, 2025
Payout Frequency Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio 13.61%
Volume 21,555
Open 147.12
Previous Close 146.30
Day's Range 147.12 - 147.97
52-Week Low 113.03
52-Week High 150.37
Beta 1.14
Holdings 678
Inception Date May 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

4.74% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
SoFi Technologies, Inc. SOFI 0.51%
Coinbase Global, Inc. COIN 0.49%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL 0.49%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. IBKR 0.47%
Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD 0.47%
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR 0.47%
Carnival Corporation & plc CCL 0.46%
Super Micro Computer, Inc. SMCI 0.46%
Carvana Co. CVNA 0.46%
EMCOR Group, Inc. EME 0.46%
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Dividends

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

Performance

FAD had a total return of 17.78% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.66%.

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