First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund (FXL)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the StrataQuant Technology Index. The FXL ETF contains 109 constituents. It is focused on growth holdings in the North America region.
Price $87.53 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 0.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.61% |
| Average spread | 0.069% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.679% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -11.1% | -2.2% | 1.2% | -10.3% | 0.0% | -9.6% | 10.8% | -6.2% | -11.3% | 1.0% | -37.7% | ||
| 2021 | -0.3% | 4.0% | -2.0% | 4.1% | 0.3% | 4.6% | 1.1% | 2.2% | -4.2% | 7.9% | -1.3% | 1.0% | 17.4% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -7.2% | -12.7% | 16.4% | 13.3% | 6.6% | 7.1% | 4.6% | -2.7% | -1.0% | 16.2% | 6.9% | 48.5% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | 7.8% | 0.6% | 7.0% | -9.8% | 8.0% | 4.1% | -3.7% | -2.2% | 1.9% | 6.4% | 2.8% | 35.2% |
| 2018 | 8.2% | 0.3% | -1.2% | -1.6% | 5.4% | -1.3% | 0.5% | 11.8% | 0.5% | -12.7% | 2.4% | -7.2% | 5.0% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1.5% | 5.0% | -2.7% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 6.7% | 1.4% | -1.1% | 31.4% |
| 2016 | -9.0% | 0.9% | 8.3% | -3.8% | 5.6% | -1.3% | 5.6% | 3.2% | 2.6% | -1.9% | 4.8% | 0.6% | 15.7% |
| 2015 | -3.4% | 9.1% | -1.7% | -0.2% | 4.1% | -4.9% | -1.0% | -7.1% | -2.6% | 7.0% | 0.8% | -2.4% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | 5.9% | -1.5% | -3.8% | 3.6% | 4.8% | -2.4% | 5.5% | -3.1% | 1.2% | 5.6% | -0.0% | 16.0% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | 1.0% | 3.6% | 0.1% | 3.6% | -1.6% | 6.6% | -1.1% | 5.8% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 5.7% | 33.2% |
| 2012 | 10.4% | 3.9% | 3.0% | -2.7% | -11.4% | 2.2% | 0.5% | 3.9% | -1.1% | -5.9% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 10.0% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | 5.1% | -1.6% | 3.3% | -2.3% | -4.5% | -7.8% | -9.6% | -7.4% | 15.9% | -3.8% | -1.5% | -9.7% |
| 22.5% | 33.0% | -1.6% | 10.0% | 17.4% | 0.2% | 28.8% | 7.0% | -22.8% | 21.7% | 38.2% | 8.5% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.23 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.14 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.27 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.11 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.14 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.43 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.12 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.22 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.10 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.08 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare Inc Class A | 2.51% |
| Zscaler, Inc. | 1.77% |
| ON Semiconductor Corporation | 1.75% |
| IAC/InteractiveCorp. | 1.73% |
| HubSpot, Inc. | 1.73% |
| Brooks Automation, Inc. | 1.70% |
| Atlassian Corp. Plc Class A | 1.68% |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 1.62% |
| Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1.59% |
| Dell Technologies Inc Class C | 1.56% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.56% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 1.55% |
| Arrow Electronics, Inc. | 1.54% |
| MongoDB, Inc. Class A | 1.54% |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 1.53% |
| Top 15 Weights | 25.36% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FXL | IXN | JHMT | SKYY | VGT | XSW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund | iShares Global Tech ETF | John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF | First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund | Vanguard Information Technology ETF | SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | iShares | John Hancock | First Trust | Vanguard | SPDR |
| Price | $87.5283 | $43.06 | $66.4 | $60.35 | $312.17 | $107.84 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.61% |  0.43% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.35% |
| Average Spread | 0.069% | 0.093% | 0.211% | 0.066% | 0.026% | 0.139% |
| AUM | $1,877,690,000 | $3,950,020,000 | $48,647,100 | $3,548,550,000 | $38,227,300,000 | $353,738,000 |
| Shares | 21,452,434 | 91,733,025 | 732,637 | 58,799,473 | 122,456,520 | 3,280,207 |
| Average Daily Volume | 48,757 | 366,510 | 14,839 | 482,580 | 1,020,163 | 19,317 |
| 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 | 2001-11-12 | 2015-09-29 | 2011-07-05 | 2004-01-26 | 2011-09-28 |
| Index Tracked | StrataQuant Technology Index | S&P Global 1200 Information Technology Sector Index | John Hancock Dimensional Technology Index | ISE CTA Cloud Computing Index | MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index | S&P Software & Services Select Industry |
| Category | Technology Equities | Technology Equities | Technology Equities | Technology Equities | Technology Equities | Technology Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid/Small Caps |
| Value or Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth |
| 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 | $0.354 | $0.342 | $0.433 | $0.807 | $2.858 | $0.092 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.004% | 0.008% | 0.007% | 0.013% | 0.009% | 0.001% |
| Number of Holdings | 109 | 126 | 151 | 64 | 341 | 181 |
| YTD Return | -33.55% | -32.89% | -35.25% | -42.05% | -31.46% | -34.79% |
| Beta | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.13 | 1.27 |
| Upside Beta | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.73 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.17 |
| Downside Beta | -0.22 | 0.07 | -0.01 | -0.38 | 0.02 | -0.35 |
| Volatility 1Y | 31.23% | 29.96% | 33.28% | 41.15% | 31.50% | 36.75% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.07 | 0.79 | 0.22 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |