First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (FKU)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX United Kingdom Index. The FKU ETF contains 75 constituents. It is focused on value holdings in the Europe region.
Price $26.75 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 7.59% |
| Expense ratio | 0.8% |
| Average spread | 0.785% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 1.585% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -4.6% | -5.6% | -2.3% | -5.1% | -1.1% | -10.9% | 6.2% | -10.5% | -8.4% | -0.2% | -42.5% | ||
| 2021 | -1.5% | 7.8% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 4.3% | -2.7% | 0.3% | 2.0% | -5.9% | 3.2% | -3.3% | 6.1% | 19.8% |
| 2020 | -4.5% | -11.4% | -31.3% | 15.9% | 5.4% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 7.4% | -3.9% | -3.7% | 16.5% | 9.1% | 4.2% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | 3.7% | -0.7% | 3.0% | -6.7% | 4.5% | -2.6% | -4.5% | 6.2% | 5.6% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 30.2% |
| 2018 | 5.3% | -3.9% | -0.5% | 3.7% | 1.9% | -2.0% | -1.7% | -3.3% | 0.9% | -8.8% | -3.8% | -4.5% | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3.1% | 5.7% | 1.9% | -2.7% | 4.3% | -0.7% | 2.9% | 2.4% | -0.9% | 3.9% | 23.5% |
| 2016 | -9.2% | -3.7% | 7.9% | 1.1% | 1.6% | -13.4% | 3.7% | 1.4% | -0.9% | -6.8% | 0.3% | 2.1% | -16.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | 7.8% | -4.9% | 5.9% | 3.9% | -1.5% | 0.7% | -5.0% | -2.6% | 5.4% | -2.0% | -2.4% | 5.7% |
| 2014 | -2.7% | 9.3% | -4.8% | 0.5% | -0.4% | -1.5% | -3.5% | 0.4% | -4.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.0% | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | -0.6% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 0.8% | -2.9% | 9.0% | -1.5% | 5.9% | 4.2% | 1.8% | 4.9% | 27.8% |
| 2012 | -2.0% | 2.1% | -11.5% | 5.5% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 4.2% | 3.3% | 1.1% | 3.5% | 10.9% | ||
| -1.1% | 4.5% | -28.7% | 40.1% | 0.1% | -25.7% | 21.7% | -12.2% | -5.9% | 4.9% | 15.1% | 28.5% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.32 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 1.69 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.23 | 0.48 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 1.31 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.56 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.13 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 1.37 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 1.64 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 1.17 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.85 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 1.06 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 1.29 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.08 | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.99 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.86 | ||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.24 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| SEGRO plc | 2.66% |
| Entain PLC | 2.63% |
| 3i Group plc | 2.61% |
| Tritax Big Box REIT Plc | 2.56% |
| Investec plc | 2.56% |
| SSE plc | 2.50% |
| Future plc | 2.49% |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 2.23% |
| IMI plc | 2.12% |
| Abrdn plc | 2.11% |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 2.10% |
| Ashtead Group plc | 2.09% |
| Glencore plc | 2.07% |
| Kingfisher Plc | 2.06% |
| B&M European Value Retail SA | 1.95% |
| Top 15 Weights | 34.74% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FKU | FLV | FMIL | GSID | HDIV | STLV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund | American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | Fidelity New Millennium ETF | Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF | High Dividend Yield ETF | iShares Factors US Value Style ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | American Century | Fidelity | Goldman Sachs | QRAFT | iShares |
| Price | $26.75 | $55.29 | $27.48 | $41.1799 | $27.983 | $24.731 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.8% |  0.42% | 0.59% | 0.2% | 0.75% | 0.25% |
| Average Spread | 0.785% | 0.163% | 0.218% | 0.267% | 0.250% | 0.162% |
| AUM | $60,182,900 | $219,939,000 | $55,854,400 | $254,882,000 | $4,893,700 | $6,121,540 |
| Shares | 2,249,827 | 3,977,918 | 2,032,547 | 6,189,481 | 174,881 | 247,525 |
| Average Daily Volume | 15,860 | 5,494 | 38,697 | 6,273 | 680 | 217 |
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| Inception Date | 2012-02-14 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-06-03 | 2020-05-12 | 2020-02-27 | 2020-01-14 |
| Index Tracked | Nasdaq AlphaDEX United Kingdom Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index | No Underlying Index | Russell US Large Cap Factors Value Style Index |
| Category | Europe Equities | Global Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | All Cap Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | ||
| Value or Growth | Value | Value | Blend | Blend | Blend | Value |
| Region | Europe | North America | Europe | North America | North America | |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | Broad | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $2.03 | $2.265 | $0.569 | $1.188 | $0.694 | $0.733 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.076% | 0.041% | 0.021% | 0.029% | 0.025% | 0.030% |
| Number of Holdings | 75 | 47 | 121 | 979 | 102 | 199 |
| YTD Return | -36.04% | -8.67% | -6.15% | -25.76% | -11.75% | -15.98% |
| Beta | 0.30 | 0.81 | 0.93 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.92 |
| Upside Beta | -0.14 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.63 | 0.68 |
| Downside Beta | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.12 | -0.49 | 0.18 | 0.08 |
| Volatility 1Y | 31.73% | 16.35% | 21.04% | 20.09% | 15.77% | 19.30% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | -0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |