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First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund FAD · NASDAQ

$176.42 +0.83% (+$1.44)

Summary

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 675. The ten largest make up 4.8% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.63%
Fund size
$577.6M
Positions
675
Dividend yield
0.09%
Running since
2007

What speaks for it

  • Costs of 0.63% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.75%).
  • Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 4.8% of the fund.
  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 13%.
  • It has been running since 2007.

What to watch

  • 98% of the fund is in one country (United States).
  • In the last five years its price once dropped by 32% from its high.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-3.4%
3 months
-5.3%
This year
+8.1%
1 year
+8.8%
3 years
+80%
5 years
+42%
10 years
+241%
Avg. market cap
$333.5B
P/E
34.7x
Forward P/E
28.1x
P/S
5.6x
P/B
8.4x
P/FCF
27.3x
EV/EBITDA
23.9x
Dividend yield
0.42%
ROIC
15.6%
ROE
37.7%
Gross margin
56.3%
Operating margin
15.5%
Net margin
13.1%
Payout ratio
14.5%
Net debt/EBITDA
1.2x
Beta
1.17

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 21% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Widely spread
  1. 1
    EX
    Expedia Group, Inc. EXPE 0.5%
  2. 2
    EX
    Expeditors International of Washington EXPD 0.5%
  3. 3
    SN
    SharkNinja, Inc. SN 0.5%
  4. 4
    NE
    Newmont NEM 0.5%
  5. 5
    CP
    Corpay CPAY 0.5%
  6. 6
    WD
    Workday WDAY 0.5%
  7. 7
    RO
    Ross Stores, Inc. ROST 0.5%
  8. 8
    A
    Agilent Technologies A 0.5%
  9. 9
    WA
    Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies WAB 0.5%
  10. 10
    PW
    Quanta Services PWR 0.5%

Positions in the fund: 675. The ten largest make up 4.8% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

By sector

By country

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.

Largest sector: Technology (31%). Largest country: United States (98%). Largest size group: Large cap (49%).

What does it cost me?

Cheap
A year from $10,000
$63.00
Over 20 years
$3,009

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $63.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,009.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 10 years
+13%
Deepest drop
-32%
Yearly volatility
21%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 13%. Deepest drop in these years: 32% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
0.09%
Payments a year
3
Last payment
$0.05

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.15 per share, which is 0.09% of today's price. The last payment was $0.05 on Sep 24, 2026.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Yes
Traded a day
$2.29M
Shares a day
13K

On an average day about $2.29M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather expensive
P/E of the companies inside
34.7
Average Bulios Score
64 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 34.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 83% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 21% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

Similar funds

Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.

Fund Domicile Size 1-year change Dividends
FT
FTC First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund
United States 0.58% $1.28B +7.6% Pays out 50%
FT
FTGU.DE First Trust US Large Cap Core AlphaDEX UCITS ETF
Ireland 0.75% $118.4M +24% Reinvests 38%
FE
FEX First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund
United States 0.57% $1.56B +17% Pays out 38%
SI
SIZE iShares MSCI USA Size Factor ETF
United States 0.15% $425.9M +11% Pays out 32%
JM
JMOM JPMorgan U.S. Momentum Factor ETF
United States 0.12% $2.67B +19% Pays out 31%
EU
EUSA iShares MSCI USA Equal Weighted ETF
United States 0.09% $1.86B +11% Pays out 31%

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