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First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU)

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Price: $46.45; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $781.1M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.61%; Category 0.97%
Yield: 2.29%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 6.8%+1.9%; Category 5.0%
3Y CAGR: 18.2%+2.8%; Category 15.3%
5Y CAGR: 10.8%+2.0%; Category 8.8%

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First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

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

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-3.7%	-3.8%	-7.2%	+4.1%	+6.8%	+18.2%	+10.8%	+9.0%	+7.5%
Utilities average	-3.6%	-4.6%	-6.2%	3.2%	5.0%	15.3%	8.8%	9.3%	10.6%
Difference	-0.1%	+0.8%	-1.0%	+1.0%	+1.9%	+2.8%	+2.0%	-0.3%	-3.0%

Holdings

The 10 largest positions make up 40.9% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
UGI	UGI Corp	4.93%
NFG	National Fuel Gas Co	4.76%
AES	The AES Corp	4.45%
ES	Eversource Energy	4.30%
ED	Consolidated Edison Inc	4.28%
EXC	Exelon Corp	4.15%
WTRG	Essential Utilities Inc	3.81%
PCG	PG&E Corp	3.49%
DUK	Duke Energy Corp	3.36%
MDU	MDU Resources Group Inc	3.33%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E: 15.4
P/B: 1.9
P/S: 2.2
P/CF: 7.0

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Utilities92.4%
Energy4.8%
Industrials2.9%

Asset mix

Stocks99.8%
Cash0.2%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Equity · Utilities
Ticker: FXU
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 8 May 2007 (19.3 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.61% (category 0.97%)
Holdings turnover: 68% (category 47%)
Distribution yield: 2.29%
Beta, 3 years: 0.41
Total net assets: $781.1M

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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