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About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund
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Inception date
Apr 18, 2011
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
ISIN
US33737J1741
FDT employs a rather involved strategy in an attempt to deliver market-beating performance. It focuses on the ex-US space and scores each security twice, by both growth and value characteristics, assigning whatever score is highest as the stock's style score. It then takes the top 300 stocks and breaks them into quintiles, giving higher-scoring quintiles greater weight in the index. The fund does set constraints on geographic weighting. FDT is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually. On November 1, 2020, First Trust consolidated four single country funds into FDT: First Trust Australia AlphaDex Fund (FAUS), First Trust Canada AlphaDex Fund (FCAN), First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDex Fund (FHK) and First Trust South Korea AlphaDex Fund (FKO).
Classification
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Non-Energy Minerals
Finance
Producer Manufacturing
Stocks99.79%
Non-Energy Minerals14.82%
Finance13.05%
Producer Manufacturing11.94%
Consumer Durables9.94%
Transportation9.42%
Energy Minerals5.88%
Industrial Services5.69%
Electronic Technology5.61%
Utilities5.30%
Health Technology3.94%
Process Industries2.72%
Retail Trade2.47%
Consumer Non-Durables2.16%
Distribution Services1.72%
Commercial Services1.40%
Communications1.13%
Miscellaneous0.97%
Technology Services0.87%
Consumer Services0.67%
Health Services0.10%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.21%
Cash0.21%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia53.87%
Europe28.15%
North America11.93%
Oceania4.09%
Middle East1.96%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FDT invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Non-Energy Minerals, with 14.82% stocks, and Finance, with 13.05% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Asia region.
FDT top holdings are Sumitomo Pharma Co.Ltd. and Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp., occupying 0.80% and 0.75% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FDT last dividends amounted to 0.41 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.98 USD in dividends, which shows a 139.45% decrease.
FDT assets under management is 674.94 M USD. It's risen 0.78% over the last month.
FDT fund flows account for 122.65 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, FDT pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.02%. The last dividend (Sep 30, 2025) amounted to 0.41 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
FDT shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on Apr 18, 2011, and its management style is Passive.
FDT expense ratio is 0.80% meaning you'd have to pay 0.80% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FDT follows the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FDT invests in stocks.
FDT price has fallen by −0.44% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 37.46% increase. See more dynamics on FDT price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 1.02% over the last month, showed a 3.50% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 41.32% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 1.02% over the last month, showed a 3.50% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 41.32% in a year.
FDT trades at a premium (0.48%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.