Summary
First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 188. The ten largest make up 9.8% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.58%
- Fund size
- $1.28B
- Positions
- 188
- Dividend yield
- 0.13%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 9.8% of the fund.
- A large fund with $1.28B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 13%.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 99% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.58% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 31% 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
- -13%
- 3 months
- -12%
- This year
- 0.0%
- 1 year
- +0.8%
- 3 years
- +63%
- 5 years
- +31%
- 10 years
- +238%
- Avg. market cap
- $330.3B
- P/E
- 32.4x
- Forward P/E
- 25.1x
- P/S
- 5.0x
- P/B
- 7.4x
- P/FCF
- 28.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 22.8x
- Dividend yield
- 0.49%
- ROIC
- 13.9%
- ROE
- 32.4%
- Gross margin
- 56.2%
- Operating margin
- 14.8%
- Net margin
- 12.3%
- Payout ratio
- 15.8%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.7x
- Beta
- 1.14
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 43% 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 SNSharkNinja, Inc. SN 1.1%
- 2 EXExpedia Group, Inc. EXPE 1.0%
- 3 EXExpeditors International of Washington EXPD 1.0%
- 4 MEMedpace MEDP 1.0%
- 5 WDWorkday WDAY 1.0%
- 6 CPCorpay CPAY 1.0%
- 7 AAgilent Technologies A 1.0%
- 8 OKOkta OKTA 0.9%
- 9 GHGuardant Health GH 0.9%
- 10 NTNatera NTRA 0.9%
Positions in the fund: 188. The ten largest make up 9.8% of it.
Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 35%
- Industrials 25%
- Healthcare 11%
- Consumer cyclical 9.7%
- Financials 8.0%
- Other 11%
By country
- United States 99%
- Switzerland 0.7%
- United Kingdom 0.4%
By company size
- Mega cap 22%
- Large cap 78%
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 (35%). Largest country: United States (99%). Largest size group: Large cap (78%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $58.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,782
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $58.00 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 $2,782.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +13%
- Deepest drop
- -31%
- Yearly volatility
- 23%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 13%. Deepest drop in these years: 31% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.13%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.07
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.20 per share, which is 0.13% of today's price. The last payment was $0.07 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $2.56M
- Shares a day
- 16K
On an average day about $2.56M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 32.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 9.0%
- Fairly valued 10%
- Overvalued 81%
On average the companies inside trade for 32.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 81% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 43% 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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FC FCTR First Trust Lunt U.S. Factor Rotation ETF | United States | 0.65% | $47.0M | -8.2% | Pays out | 35% |