Summary
First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 164. The ten largest make up 12% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.80%
- Fund size
- $788.9M
- Positions
- 164
- Dividend yield
- 2.21%
- Running since
- 2011
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 12% of the fund.
- It has been running since 2011.
What to watch
- Costs of 0.80% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 37% 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
- -2.3%
- 3 months
- +1.9%
- This year
- +19%
- 1 year
- +23%
- 3 years
- +65%
- 5 years
- +22%
- 10 years
- +54%
- Avg. market cap
- $24.8B
- P/E
- 5.7x
- Forward P/E
- 5.6x
- P/S
- 0.4x
- P/B
- 0.9x
- P/FCF
- 5.8x
- EV/EBITDA
- 4.9x
- Dividend yield
- 2.63%
- ROIC
- 9.8%
- ROE
- 18.1%
- Gross margin
- 24.8%
- Operating margin
- 17.0%
- Net margin
- 14.4%
- Payout ratio
- 14.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.7x
- Beta
- 0.81
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 51% 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 PEPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras PETR4.SA 1.4%
- 2 KOCoca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. KOFUBL.MX 1.2%
- 3 TBBBB Foods TBBB 1.2%
- 4 PTPTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited PTTEP.BK 1.2%
- 5 FUFibra UNO FUNO11.MX 1.2%
- 6 PGPGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. PGE.WA 1.2%
- 7 UGUltrapar Participações S.A. UGPA3.SA 1.2%
- 8 COEmpresas Copec S.A. COPEC.SN 1.2%
- 9 26Wan Hai Lines Ltd. 2615.TW 1.2%
- 10 TMTata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited TMPV.NS 1.1%
Positions in the fund: 164. The ten largest make up 12% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy sector
- Technology 29%
- Industrials 20%
- Energy 14%
- Basic materials 8.9%
- Utilities 6.1%
- Other 22%
By country
- Taiwan 31%
- China 15%
- India 9.7%
- Brazil 9.5%
- Other countries 35%
By company size
- Mega cap 1.1%
- Large cap 52%
- Mid cap 45%
- Small cap 1.5%
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. Counted from the companies that make up 87% of the fund.
Largest sector: Technology (29%). Largest country: Taiwan (31%). Largest size group: Large cap (52%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $80.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,763
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $80.00 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 $3,763.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +4.4%
- Deepest drop
- -37%
- Yearly volatility
- 20%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 4.4%. Deepest drop in these years: 37% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.21%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.28
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.72 per share, which is 2.21% of today's price. The last payment was $0.28 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $3.26M
- Shares a day
- 100K
On an average day about $3.26M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 5.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 64 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 39%
- Fairly valued 7.9%
- Overvalued 54%
On average the companies inside trade for 5.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 54% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 51% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UE UEVM VictoryShares Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF | United States | 0.53% | $241.5M | +3.9% | Pays out | 30% |
FL FLTW Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF | United States | 0.19% | $3.40B | +73% | Pays out | 20% |