Summary
First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 226. The ten largest make up 8.5% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.73%
- Fund size
- $547.1M
- Positions
- 226
- Running since
- 2011
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 8.5% of the fund.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%.
- It has been running since 2011.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.73% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 34% 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
- -3.6%
- 3 months
- -6.8%
- This year
- +5.2%
- 1 year
- +2.8%
- 3 years
- +67%
- 5 years
- +28%
- 10 years
- +219%
- Avg. market cap
- $8.87B
- P/E
- 23.8x
- Forward P/E
- 20.4x
- P/S
- 2.4x
- P/B
- 6.3x
- P/FCF
- 14.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.8x
- Dividend yield
- 0.21%
- ROIC
- 11.3%
- ROE
- 33.0%
- Gross margin
- 57.3%
- Operating margin
- 10.2%
- Net margin
- -2.0%
- Payout ratio
- 4.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.4x
- Beta
- 1.20
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 38% 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 RERemitly Global, Inc. RELY 0.9%
- 2 PAPACS Group, Inc. PACS 0.9%
- 3 HAHaemonetics HAE 0.9%
- 4 GTGitLab Inc. GTLB 0.9%
- 5 COConcentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. CON 0.9%
- 6 COCoca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. COKE 0.9%
- 7 CHChime Financial, Inc. Class A Common Stock CHYM 0.9%
- 8 HAHalozyme Therapeutics HALO 0.8%
- 9 CAThe Cheesecake Factory Incorporated CAKE 0.8%
- 10 MAMatson, Inc. MATX 0.8%
Positions in the fund: 226. The ten largest make up 8.5% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Healthcare 23%
- Technology 21%
- Industrials 20%
- Consumer cyclical 13%
- Financials 9.1%
- Other 14%
By country
- United States 100%
- Ireland 0.3%
- Other countries 0.1%
By company size
- Large cap 29%
- Mid cap 71%
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: Healthcare (23%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Mid cap (71%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $73.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,456
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $73.00 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 $3,456.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +12%
- Deepest drop
- -34%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 34% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $0.03
The last payment was $0.03 on Jun 26, 2025.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $2.03M
- Shares a day
- 21K
On an average day about $2.03M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 23.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 64 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 25%
- Fairly valued 6.5%
- Overvalued 68%
On average the companies inside trade for 23.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 68% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 38% 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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