Summary
First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 41. The ten largest make up 40% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.63%
- Fund size
- $211.4M
- Positions
- 41
- Dividend yield
- 2.03%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 84% of the fund is in one sector (Consumer defensive).
- 96% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.63% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- It trades little: only about $791.9K changes hands a day.
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
- +6.1%
- 3 months
- -3.3%
- This year
- +2.3%
- 1 year
- -1.7%
- 3 years
- +6.9%
- 5 years
- +7.3%
- 10 years
- +35%
- Avg. market cap
- $45.0B
- P/E
- 15.5x
- Forward P/E
- 14.0x
- P/S
- 0.5x
- P/B
- 2.0x
- P/FCF
- 14.5x
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.1x
- Dividend yield
- 2.52%
- ROIC
- 11.3%
- ROE
- 21.1%
- Gross margin
- 26.0%
- Operating margin
- 10.5%
- Net margin
- 8.0%
- Payout ratio
- 39.1%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.4x
- Beta
- 0.51
Weighted average of the 40 largest companies, which make up 100% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 CACardinal Health CAH 4.3%
- 2 FRFreshpet, Inc. FRPT 4.3%
- 3 POPost Holdings, Inc. POST 4.3%
- 4 PPPilgrim's Pride Corporation PPC 4.0%
- 5 MKMcCormick & Company, Incorporated MKC 4.0%
- 6 INIngredion Incorporated INGR 3.9%
- 7 SFSmithfield Foods, Inc. SFD 3.9%
- 8 SESeaboard Corporation SEB 3.8%
- 9 STConstellation Brands, Inc. STZ 3.8%
- 10 MCMcKesson MCK 3.6%
Positions in the fund: 41. The ten largest make up 40% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Consumer defensive 84%
- Consumer cyclical 5.7%
- Healthcare 5.2%
- Industrials 4.0%
- Basic materials 0.8%
By country
- United States 96%
- Netherlands 3.6%
By company size
- Mega cap 4.2%
- Large cap 53%
- Mid cap 43%
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: Consumer defensive (84%). Largest country: United States (96%). Largest size group: Large cap (53%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- 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 slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +3.0%
- Deepest drop
- -18%
- Yearly volatility
- 15%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 3.0%. Deepest drop in these years: 18% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.03%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.33
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.26 per share, which is 2.03% of today's price. The last payment was $0.33 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $791.9K
- Shares a day
- 13K
On an average day about $791.9K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 15.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 62 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 39%
- Fairly valued 18%
- Overvalued 43%
On average the companies inside trade for 15.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 43% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (40), which make up 100% 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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