Summary
First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 526. The ten largest make up 3.8% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.58%
- Fund size
- $1.34B
- Positions
- 526
- Dividend yield
- 1.13%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 3.8% of the fund.
- A large fund with $1.34B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 11%.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 97% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.58% 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
- -2.4%
- 3 months
- -5.9%
- This year
- +19%
- 1 year
- +24%
- 3 years
- +73%
- 5 years
- +42%
- 10 years
- +178%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.59B
- P/E
- 9.9x
- Forward P/E
- 10.1x
- P/S
- 0.6x
- P/B
- 1.2x
- P/FCF
- 6.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.1x
- Dividend yield
- 1.67%
- ROIC
- 4.4%
- ROE
- 14.0%
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Operating margin
- 12.5%
- Net margin
- 10.7%
- Payout ratio
- 16.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 5.1x
- Beta
- 1.08
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 17% 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 MAMattel MAT 0.4%
- 2 DXDXC Technology Company DXC 0.4%
- 3 ASAcademy Sports and Outdoors ASO 0.4%
- 4 SLSlide Insurance Holdings, Inc. Common Stock SLDE 0.4%
- 5 APAppian Corporation APPN 0.4%
- 6 EFEverforth, Inc. EFOR 0.4%
- 7 KSKohl's Corporation KSS 0.4%
- 8 CRComstock Resources, Inc. CRK 0.4%
- 9 FTFortrea Holdings Inc. FTRE 0.4%
- 10 MMMaximus, Inc. MMS 0.4%
Positions in the fund: 526. The ten largest make up 3.8% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 20%
- Healthcare 16%
- Consumer cyclical 14%
- Industrials 12%
- Technology 11%
- Other 27%
By country
- United States 97%
- Bermuda 1.8%
- Puerto Rico 0.5%
- Ireland 0.4%
- Other countries 0.5%
By company size
- Large cap 0.1%
- Mid cap 62%
- Small cap 38%
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 (20%). Largest country: United States (97%). Largest size group: Mid cap (62%).
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
- +11%
- Deepest drop
- -28%
- Yearly volatility
- 16%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 11%. Deepest drop in these years: 28% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.13%
- Payments a year
- 3
- Last payment
- $0.51
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.52 per share, which is 1.13% of today's price. The last payment was $0.51 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $4.42M
- Shares a day
- 33K
On an average day about $4.42M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 9.9
- Average Bulios Score
- 59 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 51%
- Fairly valued 8.3%
- Overvalued 41%
On average the companies inside trade for 9.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 51% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 17% 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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DF DFMC U.S. Micro Cap Portfolio ETF | United States | 0.43% | $73.9M | - | Pays out | 41% |
AV AVSC Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF | United States | 0.25% | $3.08B | +22% | Pays out | 40% |
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FY FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund | United States | 0.70% | $1.31B | +18% | Pays out | 37% |
SL SLYV State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF | United States | 0.15% | $4.71B | +17% | Pays out | 35% |