First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (FXG)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index. The FXG ETF contains 42 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.

Price $58.89 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield1.4%
Expense ratio0.63%
Average spread0.051%
1Y roundtrip cost0.681%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Monthly returns heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2022-0.0%0.7%2.6%1.6%0.1%-5.1%4.0%-1.4%-9.2%3.6%-3.2%
20211.5%0.4%9.6%1.1%2.2%-3.7%-1.4%2.2%-1.6%2.2%-0.4%8.4%20.6%
2020-4.5%-8.9%-7.6%11.2%5.3%-1.1%5.8%2.2%-3.1%-1.3%8.2%0.9%6.9%
20196.7%-0.9%3.1%3.6%-7.0%3.9%0.4%2.8%2.9%-1.7%2.8%3.0%19.6%
20183.5%-5.2%-1.7%-0.6%-3.2%4.8%-1.4%3.3%-1.1%-0.3%0.5%-9.9%-11.2%
2017-0.2%2.3%-0.9%2.8%-2.2%-0.4%1.8%-1.2%-1.0%-0.4%6.7%0.7%7.9%
2016-2.2%2.3%4.1%0.7%1.0%3.9%1.4%-1.9%-3.3%-0.8%-4.1%3.9%5.0%
2015-0.2%6.6%-0.5%-2.6%3.4%-1.9%3.8%-5.0%-3.2%4.8%-0.3%1.9%6.7%
2014-4.1%6.2%1.8%-0.2%6.7%1.9%-5.3%4.7%-0.8%3.9%5.1%0.0%20.0%
20136.6%4.0%9.2%0.3%0.7%0.1%7.7%-3.2%2.5%5.4%1.4%1.7%36.5%
2012-0.4%4.2%2.0%-0.7%-4.7%3.6%-3.9%2.5%1.0%0.2%4.8%0.6%9.2%
2011-0.6%6.8%3.9%4.7%4.1%-1.1%-2.0%-3.1%-6.0%5.7%0.4%0.4%13.1%
5.9%18.5%25.6%21.9%6.5%4.8%10.9%2.0%-23.0%21.4%25.1%11.6%

Historical Dividends

Monthly dividend heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
20220.200.140.270.61
20210.210.210.220.220.85
20200.190.210.140.180.73
20190.170.190.200.260.82
20180.070.180.560.160.97
20170.170.140.120.220.65
20160.150.360.120.150.78
20150.390.090.120.150.74
20140.100.220.100.110.53
20130.050.080.100.110.34
20120.130.340.47
20110.060.120.18
0.000.001.700.000.002.000.000.001.950.000.002.02

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security % Assets
Top 0 Weights0.00%

Compare with similar ETFs

FXG IHE KXI PBJ VDC XLP
Product nameFirst Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX FundiShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETFiShares Global Consumer Staples ETFPowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio ETFVanguard Consumer Staples ETFConsumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund
IssuerFirst TrustiSharesiSharesInvescoVanguardSPDR
Price$58.89$170.275$53.82$43.51$175.18$67.87
Expense Ratio0.63%better0.42%better0.43%0.63%better0.1%better0.12%
Average Spread0.051%0.070%0.204%0.115%0.034%0.015%
AUM$265,919,000$338,229,000$568,540,000$97,978,200$5,589,260,000$11,233,100,000
Shares4,515,5171,986,37410,563,7222,251,85531,905,785165,508,772
Average Daily Volume102,66910,99084,35673,030235,42312,318,597
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Inception Date2007-05-082006-05-012006-09-122005-06-232004-01-261998-12-16
Index TrackedStrataQuant Consumer Staples IndexDJ US Select / PharmaceuticalS&P Global 1200 Consumer Staples (Sector) Capped IndexDynamic Food & Beverage Intellidex IndexMSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 IndexS&P Consumer Staples Select Sector Index
CategoryConsumer Staples EquitiesHealth & Biotech EquitiesConsumer Staples EquitiesConsumer Staples EquitiesConsumer Staples EquitiesConsumer Staples Equities
Asset ClassEquityEquityEquityEquityEquityEquity
Asset Class SizeLarge/Mid CapsLarge/Mid CapsLarge CapsLarge/Mid/Small CapsLarge CapsLarge Caps
Value or GrowthBlendGrowthBlendBlendBlendBlend
RegionNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America
CountriesU.S.U.S.BroadU.S.U.S.U.S.
Annual Dividend Rate$0.826$3.186$1.372$0.431$4.352$1.821
Annual Dividend Yield0.014%0.019%0.025%0.010%0.025%0.027%
Number of Holdings424790299632
YTD Return-3.93%-13.59%-16.01%-2.68%-10.85%-10.34%
Beta0.770.830.730.760.710.71
Upside Beta-0.010.000.080.090.200.24
Downside Beta-0.010.09-0.020.100.150.19
Volatility 1Y16.93%17.50%15.91%17.06%17.02%17.16%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y0.760.590.060.780.500.47
Treynor Ratio 3Y0.010.010.000.010.010.01

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