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First Trust China AlphaDEX® Fund (FCA)
Investment Objective/Strategy - The First Trust China AlphaDEX® Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an equity index called the Nasdaq AlphaDEX® China™ Index.
There can be no assurance that the Fund's investment objectives will be achieved.
Index Description According to the Index Provider
  • The Index is an "enhanced" index created and administered by Nasdaq, Inc. ("Nasdaq") which employs the AlphaDEX® stock selection methodology to select stocks from the Nasdaq China™ Index that meet certain criteria.
  • Nasdaq constructs the Index by ranking the eligible stocks from the Nasdaq China™ Index on growth factors including 3-, 6- and 12- month price appreciation, sales to price and one year sales growth, and separately on value factors including book value to price, cash flow to price and return on assets. All stocks are ranked on the sum of ranks for the growth factors and, separately, all stocks are ranked on the sum of ranks for the value factors. A stock must have data for all growth and/or value factors to receive a rank for that style.
  • Each stock receives the best style rank from the previous step as its selection score.
  • The top 50 stocks based on the selection score determined in the previous step comprise the "selected stocks". The selected stocks are divided into quintiles based on their rankings and the top ranked quintiles receive a higher weight within the index. The stocks are equally-weighted within each quintile.
  • Each stock is then tested in order of its selection score rank to check if the weight assigned to that stock is outside the sector weighting constraints, which are set at 15% above the benchmark weight.
    • If the weight assigned to the stock, when added with the weight assigned to all higher ranking stocks in its sector, is greater than the constraint, then the stock's weight is lowered to the highest rank in the next quintile. Stocks previously lower in rank then move up one rank. Such stocks in the lowest quintile that violate a constraint are removed from the portfolio and replaced by the highest scoring stock not originally selected, subject to sector constraints. This process continues until all the sector weightings meet the constraint.
  • The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually.
Fund Overview
TickerFCA
Fund TypeInternational Equity
Investment AdvisorFirst Trust Advisors L.P.
Investor Servicing AgentBank of New York Mellon Corp
CUSIP33737J141
ISINUS33737J1410
Intraday NAVFCAIV
Fiscal Year-End12/31
ExchangeNasdaq
Inception4/18/2011
Inception Price$29.90
Inception NAV$29.90
Rebalance FrequencySemi-Annual
Total Expense Ratio*0.80%
* As of 5/1/2024
Current Fund Data (as of 1/24/2025)
Closing NAV1$20.02
Closing Market Price2$19.93
Bid/Ask Midpoint$19.95
Bid/Ask Discount0.35%
30-Day Median Bid/Ask Spread30.82%
Total Net Assets$45,038,922
Outstanding Shares2,250,002
Daily Volume6,551
Average 30-Day Daily Volume23,881
Closing Market Price 52-Week High/Low$24.11 / $17.26
Closing NAV 52-Week High/Low$23.19 / $17.40
Number of Holdings (excluding cash)50
Top Holdings (as of 1/23/2025)*
Holding Percent
China Hongqiao Group Ltd. 3.68%
Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd. (Class B) 3.42%
Xiaomi Corporation (Class B) 3.42%
Pop Mart International Group Limited 3.38%
PetroChina Company Limited (Class H) 3.34%
BOC Aviation Limited 3.30%
Geely Automobile Holdings Limited 3.27%
Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Class H) 3.24%
Orient Overseas (International) Limited 3.18%
China Southern Airlines Company Limited (Class H) 3.17%

* Excluding cash.  Holdings are subject to change.

NAV History (Since Inception)
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Overall Morningstar RatingTM (as of 12/31/2024)4

Among 87 funds in the China Region category. This fund was rated 5 stars/87 funds (3 years), 4 stars/66 funds (5 years), 4 stars/46 funds (10 years) based on risk adjusted returns.
Distribution Information
Dividend per Share Amt (as of 1/26/2025)5$0.0220
30-Day SEC Yield (as of 12/31/2024)62.88%
12-Month Distribution Rate (as of 12/31/2024)75.11%
Index Yield (as of 12/31/2024)85.68%
Fund Characteristics (as of 12/31/2024)9
Maximum Market Cap.$214,920
Median Market Cap.$11,449
Minimum Market Cap.$3,670
Price/Earnings9.01
Price/Book0.81
Price/Cash Flow5.25
Price/Sales0.53
Bid/Ask Premium/Discount (as of 1/24/2025)
  2024 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 2025
Days Traded at Premium 81 1 --- ---
Days Traded at Discount 171 14 --- ---
Top Sector Exposure (as of 1/23/2025)
Industrials 29.55%
Financials 14.81%
Energy 11.35%
Consumer Discretionary 9.96%
Information Technology 9.49%
Communication Services 6.85%
Utilities 5.57%
Materials 5.10%
Real Estate 4.78%
Health Care 2.54%
Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 Since Inception (as of 1/23/2025) *