First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the StrataQuant Utilities Index. The FXU ETF contains 42 constituents. It is focused on value holdings in the North America region.
Price $30.08 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 2.11% |
| Expense ratio | 0.62% |
| Average spread | 0.066% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.686% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -1.6% | -2.6% | 9.0% | -3.0% | 5.7% | -7.0% | 6.3% | 0.8% | -11.3% | -1.5% | -5.3% | ||
| 2021 | -2.0% | -4.0% | 11.9% | 3.6% | -1.2% | -1.4% | 3.0% | 2.8% | -6.0% | 4.1% | -2.1% | 9.2% | 17.9% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | -6.0% | -11.5% | 7.2% | 3.8% | -3.9% | 6.9% | -2.2% | -0.8% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 1.0% | 3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | 2.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | -1.8% | 3.3% | 0.5% | -0.0% | 3.8% | -0.3% | -2.6% | 2.1% | 11.3% |
| 2018 | -2.0% | -3.6% | 3.7% | 2.3% | -0.8% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 4.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 3.8% | -5.9% | 5.9% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | 2.1% | -0.9% | 0.3% | 2.0% | -2.4% | 1.7% | 1.4% | -3.0% | 1.4% | 0.8% | -4.1% | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 4.2% | 9.6% | -2.3% | 0.7% | 6.4% | 1.5% | -5.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% | -1.8% | 4.9% | 21.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -2.5% | -2.2% | 0.8% | -0.5% | -6.5% | 4.8% | -3.3% | 2.2% | 2.5% | -2.8% | 0.4% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 3.3% | 0.4% | 3.8% | -5.3% | 4.1% | -3.0% | 7.3% | 0.4% | 2.8% | 23.6% |
| 2013 | 4.7% | -1.1% | 4.6% | 5.6% | -3.8% | 2.0% | 3.8% | -3.3% | 1.5% | 4.7% | -3.1% | 1.3% | 17.1% |
| 2012 | -3.1% | 0.9% | 0.7% | -0.1% | -2.8% | 4.6% | 4.1% | -0.4% | 4.2% | -0.4% | -4.6% | 0.8% | 3.9% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 2.4% | -0.7% | -2.9% | -1.2% | -3.8% | 4.3% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 10.4% |
| 10.9% | -6.6% | 32.0% | 21.6% | 4.1% | 0.7% | 25.2% | -2.1% | -15.5% | 26.7% | -6.8% | 14.1% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.40 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.65 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.18 | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 1.13 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.68 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.64 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.46 | 0.99 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.70 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.87 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.53 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.84 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.55 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.33 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.62 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Top 0 Weights | 0.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FXU | FDL | FVD | PSR | RYU | VYM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund | First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund | First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund | PowerShares Active U.S. Real Estate Fund | Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF | Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | First Trust | First Trust | Invesco | Invesco | Vanguard |
| Price | $30.079 | $34.61 | $36.28 | $81.4 | $103.05 | $98.9 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.62% |  0.45% |  0.7% | 0.35% | 0.4% | 0.06% |
| Average Spread | 0.066% | 0.029% | 0.028% | 0.111% | 0.039% | 0.010% |
| AUM | $173,574,000 | $1,707,940,000 | $10,832,500,000 | $95,235,100 | $241,898,000 | $36,297,600,000 |
| Shares | 5,770,598 | 49,348,275 | 298,581,783 | 1,169,964 | 2,347,387 | 367,013,095 |
| Average Daily Volume | 242,392 | 1,171,653 | 1,216,042 | 11,957 | 64,073 | 1,966,927 |
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| Inception Date | 2007-05-08 | 2006-03-09 | 2003-08-19 | 2008-11-20 | 2006-11-01 | 2006-11-10 |
| Index Tracked | StrataQuant Utilities Index | Morningstar Dividend Leaders TR USD | Value Line Dividend (TR) | No Underlying Index | S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities Plus Index | FTSE High Dividend Yield Index |
| Category | Utilities Equities | Large Cap Value Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Real Estate | Utilities Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Real Estate | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Value | Blend | Blend | Blend | Value | 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 | $0.636 | $1.691 | $0.835 | $2.587 | $2.69 | $3.216 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.021% | 0.049% | 0.023% | 0.032% | 0.026% | 0.033% |
| Number of Holdings | 42 | 101 | 205 | 80 | 28 | 411 |
| YTD Return | -6.86% | -0.11% | -14.40% | -30.87% | -8.06% | -9.82% |
| Beta | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 1.25 | 0.92 | 0.90 |
| Upside Beta | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Downside Beta | -0.11 | -0.14 | 0.07 | -0.22 | -0.14 | -0.14 |
| Volatility 1Y | 19.25% | 17.10% | 16.44% | 22.34% | 20.04% | 17.52% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.16 | 0.51 | 0.17 | -0.30 | 0.01 | 0.44 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |