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First Trust Germany AlphaDEX® Fund (FGM)
Investment Objective/Strategy - The First Trust Germany 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® Germany™ 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 Germany™ Index that meet certain criteria.
  • Nasdaq constructs the Index by ranking the eligible stocks from the Nasdaq Germany™ 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 40 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
TickerFGM
Fund TypeInternational Equity
Investment AdvisorFirst Trust Advisors L.P.
Investor Servicing AgentBank of New York Mellon Corp
CUSIP33737J190
ISINUS33737J1907
Intraday NAVFGMIV
Fiscal Year-End12/31
ExchangeNasdaq
Inception2/14/2012
Inception Price$30.00
Inception NAV$30.00
Rebalance FrequencySemi-Annual
Total Expense Ratio*0.80%
* As of 5/1/2024
Current Fund Data (as of 10/4/2024)
Closing NAV1$39.39
Closing Market Price2$39.26
Bid/Ask Midpoint$39.32
Bid/Ask Discount0.18%
30-Day Median Bid/Ask Spread30.37%
Total Net Assets$9,848,324
Outstanding Shares250,002
Daily Volume18
Average 30-Day Daily Volume393
Closing Market Price 52-Week High/Low$41.02 / $33.13
Closing NAV 52-Week High/Low$41.12 / $33.24
Number of Holdings (excluding cash)40
Top Holdings (as of 10/4/2024)*
Holding Percent
Siemens Energy AG 5.87%
Commerzbank AG 4.67%
Deutsche Bank AG 4.27%
Hochtief AG 4.22%
Porsche Automobil Holding SE 3.79%
Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares) 3.59%
Mercedes-Benz Group AG 3.58%
Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG 3.54%
Deutsche Lufthansa AG 3.51%
Rheinmetall AG 3.51%

* Excluding cash.  Holdings are subject to change.

NAV History (Since Inception)
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Distribution Information
Dividend per Share Amt (as of 10/6/2024)4$0.8000
30-Day SEC Yield (as of 9/30/2024)52.20%
12-Month Distribution Rate (as of 9/30/2024)63.01%
Index Yield (as of 9/30/2024)73.24%
Fund Characteristics (as of 9/30/2024)8
Maximum Market Cap.$265,215
Median Market Cap.$20,602
Minimum Market Cap.$3,560
Price/Earnings9.71
Price/Book0.93
Price/Cash Flow5.90
Price/Sales0.60
Bid/Ask Premium/Discount (as of 10/4/2024)
  2023 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024
Days Traded at Premium 116 35 36 17
Days Traded at Discount 134 26 27 47
Top Sector Exposure (as of 10/4/2024)
Industrials 31.62%
Consumer Discretionary 19.65%
Financials 17.26%
Materials 10.60%
Communication Services 9.56%
Information Technology 5.66%
Health Care 2.50%
Utilities 2.37%
Consumer Staples 0.78%
Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 Since Inception (as of 10/3/2024) *