Summary
First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 452. The ten largest make up 4.2% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.62%
- Fund size
- $1.33B
- Positions
- 452
- Dividend yield
- 0.99%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 4.2% of the fund.
- A large fund with $1.33B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 97% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.62% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
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
- +1.5%
- 3 months
- -3.0%
- This year
- +10%
- 1 year
- +9.9%
- 3 years
- +59%
- 5 years
- +34%
- 10 years
- +167%
- Avg. market cap
- $8.02B
- P/E
- 9.5x
- Forward P/E
- 9.9x
- P/S
- 1.3x
- P/B
- 1.6x
- P/FCF
- 8.1x
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.2x
- Dividend yield
- 1.60%
- ROIC
- 77,928.9%
- ROE
- 25.4%
- Gross margin
- 47.3%
- Operating margin
- 22.0%
- Net margin
- 17.2%
- Payout ratio
- 15.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.9x
- Beta
- 1.07
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 20% 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 APAPA Corporation APA 0.4%
- 2 RRRange Resources Corporation RRC 0.4%
- 3 SMSM Energy Company SM 0.4%
- 4 ARAntero Resources Corporation AR 0.4%
- 5 CHOasis Petroleum CHRD 0.4%
- 6 CNCNX Resources Corporation CNX 0.4%
- 7 GGenpact G 0.4%
- 8 ADADT ADT 0.4%
- 9 CHChime Financial, Inc. Class A Common Stock CHYM 0.4%
- 10 COCoca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. COKE 0.4%
Positions in the fund: 452. The ten largest make up 4.2% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 19%
- Consumer cyclical 16%
- Industrials 15%
- Technology 13%
- Healthcare 12%
- Other 26%
By country
- United States 97%
- Bermuda 1.5%
- Netherlands 0.3%
- Switzerland 0.3%
- Other countries 0.4%
By company size
- Large cap 26%
- Mid cap 74%
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: Financials (19%). Largest country: United States (97%). Largest size group: Mid cap (74%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $62.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,964
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $62.00 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 $2,964.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +10%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 15%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.99%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.41
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.38 per share, which is 0.99% of today's price. The last payment was $0.41 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $1.87M
- Shares a day
- 13K
On an average day about $1.87M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 9.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 68 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 40%
- Fairly valued 8.5%
- Overvalued 52%
On average the companies inside trade for 9.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 52% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 20% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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FS FSMD Fidelity Small-Mid Multifactor ETF | United States | 0.15% | $2.49B | +13% | Pays out | 42% |