First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund (FSZ)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Switzerland Index. The FSZ ETF contains 42 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Europe region.
Price $47.25 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 4.61% |
| Expense ratio | 0.8% |
| Average spread | 0.825% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 1.625% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -5.9% | -4.2% | 0.6% | -6.8% | -5.5% | -4.7% | 4.6% | -6.9% | -9.5% | 2.2% | -36.0% | ||
| 2021 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 3.7% | 5.5% | -1.2% | 5.4% | 1.2% | -7.2% | 6.1% | -2.1% | 5.3% | 19.4% |
| 2020 | -1.6% | -7.6% | -14.7% | 7.0% | 5.4% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 7.4% | -0.6% | -4.6% | 11.4% | 5.9% | 16.2% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 4.2% | -3.4% | 8.0% | -4.9% | -2.4% | 2.3% | 3.8% | 2.2% | 4.6% | 24.1% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | -5.1% | -1.2% | -0.8% | -0.5% | -1.0% | 2.7% | 1.2% | -3.0% | -8.2% | -2.8% | -3.1% | -15.7% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | 2.0% | 3.6% | 5.3% | 5.5% | -0.6% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 27.7% |
| 2016 | -7.3% | 0.4% | 7.4% | 1.5% | -0.9% | -2.5% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 2.9% | -3.3% | 0.1% | 2.4% | 4.4% |
| 2015 | -1.2% | 7.5% | -0.2% | 4.2% | -0.5% | -3.1% | 2.3% | -4.8% | -4.6% | 6.5% | -1.6% | 2.8% | 7.2% |
| 2014 | -1.7% | 7.5% | -0.4% | 2.5% | -1.1% | -0.6% | -4.6% | 2.0% | -6.8% | -1.3% | 2.2% | -3.3% | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | 2.6% | -1.9% | 3.9% | -0.4% | -1.2% | 7.7% | -1.9% | 6.0% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 27.1% |
| 2012 | -2.6% | 1.3% | -12.4% | 5.0% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 5.3% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 7.5% | ||
| 4.4% | 4.5% | -6.1% | 26.1% | -8.3% | 3.1% | 21.5% | 0.5% | -12.9% | 7.6% | 12.8% | 23.5% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.32 | 0.51 | 1.83 | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 0.59 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 1.16 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 0.77 | 0.15 | 0.92 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.01 | 0.98 | 0.09 | 1.08 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 0.78 | 0.78 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 0.79 | 0.79 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.43 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.72 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.01 | 0.78 | 0.79 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 0.04 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.78 | ||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.78 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Bachem Holding AG Class B | 5.22% |
| BKW AG | 5.05% |
| VAT Group AG | 4.59% |
| Clariant AG | 4.07% |
| Swiss Prime Site AG | 3.94% |
| UBS Group AG | 3.73% |
| Swisscom AG | 3.67% |
| Kuehne & Nagel International AG | 3.59% |
| Credit Suisse Group AG | 3.23% |
| Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA | 3.17% |
| Straumann Holding AG | 3.14% |
| ABB Ltd. | 3.06% |
| PSP Swiss Property AG | 3.04% |
| SIG Combibloc Group Ltd | 3.02% |
| Sulzer AG | 2.75% |
| Top 15 Weights | 55.27% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FSZ | EXI | KOKU | RESD | TPLC | TTAI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund | iShares Global Industrials ETF | Xtrackers MSCI Kokusai Equity ETF | WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged International Quality Dividend Growth Fund | Timothy Plan US Large Cap Core ETF | TrimTabs All Cap International Free-Cash-Flow ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | iShares | Xtrackers | WisdomTree | Timothy | TrimTabs |
| Price | $47.25 | $95.47 | $65.6427 | $22.169 | $30.53 | $24.661 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.8% |  0.43% | 0.09% | 0.3% | 0.52% | 0.61% |
| Average Spread | 0.825% | 0.262% | 0.396% | 0.135% | 0.229% | 0.365% |
| AUM | $70,804,800 | $317,950,000 | $509,156,000 | $5,558,080 | $161,649,000 | $57,338,800 |
| Shares | 1,498,514 | 3,330,364 | 7,756,477 | 250,714 | 5,294,748 | 2,325,081 |
| Average Daily Volume | 2,849 | 10,853 | 340 | 1,350 | 37,357 | 8,310 |
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| Inception Date | 2012-02-14 | 2006-09-12 | 2020-04-08 | 2016-11-03 | 2019-04-29 | 2017-06-28 |
| Index Tracked | Nasdaq AlphaDEX Switzerland Index | S&P Global 1200 Industrials Sector Index | MSCI Kokusai Index | No Underlying Index | Victory US Large Cap Volatility Weighted BRI Index | No Underlying Index |
| Category | Europe Equities | Industrials Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities | Mid Cap Growth Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend |
| Region | Europe | North America | North America | Europe | North America | Europe |
| Countries | U.S. | Broad | Broad | Broad | U.S. | Broad |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $2.179 | $1.958 | $1.633 | $0.85 | $0.332 | $0.734 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.046% | 0.021% | 0.025% | 0.038% | 0.011% | 0.030% |
| Number of Holdings | 42 | 203 | 1248 | 240 | 332 | 124 |
| YTD Return | -31.33% | -21.85% | -23.46% | -27.40% | -20.51% | -32.51% |
| Beta | 1.02 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.73 | 1.00 | 0.88 |
| Upside Beta | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.61 | 0.46 |
| Downside Beta | -0.34 | -0.20 | -0.18 | -0.47 | 0.47 | 0.25 |
| Volatility 1Y | 28.55% | 21.20% | 22.00% | 19.08% | 21.75% | 21.10% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.07 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | -0.13 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |