First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FEX)

NASDAQ: FEX · Real-Time Price · USD
104.93
+1.42 (1.37%)
Dec 20, 2024, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
1.37%
Assets $1.26B
Expense Ratio 0.60%
PE Ratio 17.18
Shares Out 12.20M
Dividend (ttm) $1.24
Dividend Yield 1.18%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 13, 2024
Payout Ratio 20.22%
1-Year Return +15.84%
Volume 109,466
Open 103.10
Previous Close 103.51
Day's Range 103.10 - 105.52
52-Week Low 88.04
52-Week High 113.17
Beta 1.06
Holdings 378
Inception Date May 8, 2007

About FEX

Fund Home Page

The First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FEX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Large Cap Core index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of large-cap stocks selected from the S&P 500 based on the S&P's AlphaDex selection methodology. FEX was launched on May 8, 2007 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Equity
Category Large Blend
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FEX
ETF Provider First Trust
Index Tracked NASDAQ AlphaDEX Large Cap Core Index

Top 10 Holdings

6.52% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
AppLovin Corporation APP 1.06%
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR 0.85%
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. UAL 0.71%
Axon Enterprise, Inc. AXON 0.68%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL 0.57%
Synchrony Financial SYF 0.57%
Expedia Group, Inc. EXPE 0.53%
Fox Corporation FOXA 0.52%
Snap-on Incorporated SNA 0.52%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL 0.51%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 13, 2024 $0.419 n/a
Sep 26, 2024 $0.350 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024 $0.255 Jun 28, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 $0.211 Mar 28, 2024
Dec 22, 2023 $0.399 Dec 29, 2023
Sep 22, 2023 $0.303 Sep 29, 2023
Full Dividend History

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