First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FEX)

NASDAQ: FEX · Real-Time Price · USD
105.70
-0.96 (-0.90%)
Oct 21, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
-0.90%
Assets $1.30B
Expense Ratio 0.60%
PE Ratio 19.11
Shares Out 12.25M
Dividend (ttm) $1.22
Dividend Yield 1.15%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 26, 2024
Payout Ratio 21.97%
1-Year Return +34.59%
Volume 12,338
Open 106.44
Previous Close 106.66
Day's Range 105.58 - 106.44
52-Week Low 76.66
52-Week High 106.68
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

4.92% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. UAL 0.56%
Vertiv Holdings Co VRT 0.50%
Synchrony Financial SYF 0.49%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL 0.49%
Snap-on Incorporated SNA 0.49%
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR 0.49%
General Motors Company GM 0.48%
AppLovin Corporation APP 0.48%
PACCAR Inc PCAR 0.47%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL 0.47%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 26, 2024 $0.3502 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024 $0.255 Jun 28, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 $0.2108 Mar 28, 2024
Dec 22, 2023 $0.3994 Dec 29, 2023
Sep 22, 2023 $0.3029 Sep 29, 2023
Jun 27, 2023 $0.2439 Jun 30, 2023
Full Dividend History

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