First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FAD)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Multi Cap Growth Index. The FAD ETF contains 672 constituents. It is focused on growth holdings in the North America region.
Price $93.95 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 0.43% |
| Expense ratio | 0.63% |
| Average spread | 0.277% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.907% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -12.4% | -1.0% | 3.0% | -9.5% | -0.1% | -9.6% | 11.0% | -3.0% | -9.0% | 4.9% | -25.7% | ||
| 2021 | 2.8% | 3.2% | -1.6% | 4.0% | -0.1% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 3.7% | -4.6% | 6.7% | -2.3% | 2.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -7.1% | -16.3% | 14.2% | 9.5% | 3.2% | 6.5% | 5.7% | -1.7% | -1.1% | 13.8% | 7.2% | 34.6% |
| 2019 | 9.8% | 6.0% | 0.6% | 2.9% | -5.4% | 7.0% | 2.0% | -2.1% | -1.4% | 1.2% | 3.3% | 1.0% | 24.8% |
| 2018 | 5.4% | -2.1% | 0.2% | -0.3% | 5.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 6.4% | -0.6% | -12.0% | 0.9% | -10.2% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 23.2% |
| 2016 | -6.4% | -0.0% | 6.5% | -0.4% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 4.3% | -0.9% | 0.1% | -5.6% | 5.4% | -0.4% | 6.6% |
| 2015 | -1.5% | 5.0% | 1.4% | -3.6% | 3.3% | 0.1% | 2.3% | -5.7% | -3.8% | 6.2% | 0.8% | -1.8% | 2.9% |
| 2014 | -3.0% | 4.5% | -0.5% | -2.5% | 2.0% | 3.9% | -3.4% | 4.2% | -3.7% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 8.9% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | 1.5% | 4.3% | -0.2% | 4.1% | -1.5% | 5.6% | -2.9% | 6.0% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 33.5% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | 3.7% | 2.7% | 0.3% | -6.4% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 2.1% | -1.8% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 10.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | 4.8% | 2.9% | 2.6% | -1.6% | -1.1% | -3.6% | -8.7% | -7.3% | 13.0% | -0.9% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| 9.6% | 21.6% | 4.3% | 9.0% | 14.5% | 12.8% | 27.4% | -0.8% | -20.9% | 22.6% | 31.0% | 4.1% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.29 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.33 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.37 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.12 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.15 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.33 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.20 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.22 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.14 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.27 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.09 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.11 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare Inc Class A | 0.71% |
| KKR & Co. Inc. | 0.56% |
| Avis Budget Group, Inc. | 0.52% |
| Zscaler, Inc. | 0.51% |
| Tesla Inc | 0.51% |
| Blackstone Inc. | 0.51% |
| Carlyle Group Inc | 0.50% |
| Albemarle Corporation | 0.49% |
| EPAM Systems, Inc. | 0.49% |
| Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 0.49% |
| SVB Financial Group | 0.48% |
| HubSpot, Inc. | 0.47% |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 0.46% |
| Nucor Corporation | 0.46% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.46% |
| Top 15 Weights | 7.62% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FAD | FNY | FTC | IWP | VOT | VTI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund | First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund | First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund | iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF | Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | First Trust | First Trust | iShares | Vanguard | Vanguard |
| Price | $93.95 | $55.7001 | $87.76 | $78.98 | $170.19 | $183.27 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.63% |  0.7% |  0.6% | 0.23% | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| Average Spread | 0.277% | 0.144% | 0.091% | 0.051% | 0.088% | 0.005% |
| AUM | $191,981,000 | $313,797,000 | $952,107,000 | $10,910,100,000 | $8,230,550,000 | $218,586,000,000 |
| Shares | 2,043,441 | 5,633,695 | 10,848,987 | 138,138,131 | 48,360,973 | 1,192,697,649 |
| Average Daily Volume | 16,800 | 41,987 | 35,263 | 902,383 | 204,810 | 4,790,727 |
| Home page | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site |
| Inception Date | 2007-05-08 | 2011-04-18 | 2007-05-08 | 2001-07-17 | 2006-08-17 | 2001-05-24 |
| Index Tracked | NASDAQ AlphaDEX Multi Cap Growth Index | NASDAQ AlphaDEX Mid Cap Growth Index | NASDAQ AlphaDEX Large Cap Growth Index | Russell Midcap Growth | CRSP US Mid Growth | CRSP U.S. Total Market |
| Category | All Cap Equities | Mid Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | All Cap Equities | Mid Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Blend |
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0.404 | $0.023 | $0.502 | $0.696 | $1.317 | $3.112 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.004% | 0.000% | 0.006% | 0.009% | 0.008% | 0.017% |
| Number of Holdings | 672 | 226 | 187 | 381 | 180 | 3831 |
| YTD Return | -24.98% | -24.88% | -26.62% | -30.97% | -32.81% | -23.23% |
| Beta | 1.04 | 1.15 | 1.00 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.00 |
| Upside Beta | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.34 | 0.18 | 0.28 |
| Downside Beta | -0.18 | -0.30 | -0.16 | 0.15 | -0.14 | 0.11 |
| Volatility 1Y | 26.43% | 28.55% | 25.66% | 31.51% | 30.61% | 23.43% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.50 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |