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First TrustMid-Cap GrowthFAD · Nasdaq

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FAD)

Price
$176.89
—30 Oct 2026
Assets
$597.5M
Total net assets
Expense ratio
0.63%
Category 1.05%
Yield
0.08%
Trailing distributions
3Y CAGR
24.0%+3.0%
Category 21.0%
5Y CAGR
7.4%+5.1%
Category 2.3%
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First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period1M3M6MYTD1Y3YCAGR5YCAGR10YCAGRLaunchCAGR
ETF-2.4%-3.6%-0.8%+9.4%+8.8%+24.0%+7.4%+13.9%+10.0%
Mid-Cap Growth average-3.0%-2.5%-1.2%6.1%4.1%21.0%2.3%12.7%6.8%
Difference+0.6%-1.1%+0.5%+3.3%+4.7%+3.0%+5.1%+1.2%+3.2%

Holdings

The 10 largest positions make up 5.7% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
TickerHoldingWeight
PEverpure Inc Class A0.65%
DELLDell Technologies Inc Ordinary Shares - Class C0.61%
ILMNIllumina Inc0.61%
NTRANatera Inc0.60%
FTNTFortinet Inc0.57%
LITELumentum Holdings Inc0.56%
CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings Inc Class A0.55%
INCYIncyte Corp0.53%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc0.52%
DDOGDatadog Inc Class A0.52%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E
25.7
P/B
5.1
P/S
2.9
P/CF
17.5

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

11sectors
  1. Technology27.9%
  2. Industrials21.4%
  3. Health care18.3%
  4. Consumer discretionary10.5%
  5. Financial services8.8%
  6. Real estate4.0%
  7. Communication services3.0%
  8. Materials2.2%
  9. Consumer staples2.2%
  10. Energy1.1%
  11. Utilities0.8%

Asset mix

  • Stocks99.9%
  • Cash0.1%

ETF details

Issuer
First Trust
Category
Equity · Mid-Cap Growth
Ticker
FAD
Exchange
Nasdaq
Inception
8 May 2007 (19.5 years)
Structure
Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio
0.63% (category 1.05%)
Holdings turnover
106% (category 91%)
Distribution yield
0.08%
Beta, 3 years
1.27
Total net assets
$597.5M

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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