First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX) Stock

FYX

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund FYX · NASDAQ

$138.38 -1.15% (-$1.61)

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 4.0% of the fund.

Yearly costs: 0.58%
Fund size: $1.37B
Positions: 526
Dividend yield: 1.10%
Running since: 2007

What speaks for it

Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 4.0% of the fund.
A large fund with $1.37B under management.
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%.
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 (0.43%).

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.

1 month: +2.0%
3 months: -2.5%
This year: +22%
1 year: +26%
3 years: +81%
5 years: +41%
10 years: +200%

Avg. market cap: $2.82B
P/E: 11.7x
Forward P/E: 11.1x
P/S: 0.6x
P/B: 1.3x
P/FCF: 7.3x
EV/EBITDA: 8.0x
Dividend yield: 5.33%
ROIC: 2.5%
ROE: 9.6%
Gross margin: 44.4%
Operating margin: 8.7%
Net margin: 5.7%
Payout ratio: 62.7%
Net debt/EBITDA: 2.2x
Beta: 1.08

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 18% 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
AP
Appian Corporation APPN 0.4%
2
DX
DXC Technology Company DXC 0.4%
3
CD
CareDx, Inc CDNA 0.4%
4
KS
Kohl's Corporation KSS 0.4%
5
HO
Harley-Davidson HOG 0.4%
6
ST
Stagwell STGW 0.4%
7
AS
Academy Sports and Outdoors ASO 0.4%
8
FI
FIGS, Inc. FIGS 0.4%
9
AM
Amplitude AMPL 0.4%
10
SL
Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. Common Stock SLDE 0.4%

Positions in the fund: 526. The ten largest make up 4.0% of it.

Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

By sector

Financials 21%
Healthcare 16%
Consumer cyclical 14%
Technology 12%
Industrials 12%
Other 27%

By country

United States 97%
Bermuda 1.9%
Puerto Rico 0.5%
Ireland 0.4%
Other countries 0.5%

By company size

Large cap 0.1%
Mid cap 64%
Small cap 36%

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 (21%). Largest country: United States (97%). Largest size group: Mid cap (64%).

What does it cost me?

Expensive

This fund 0.58%

Middle of comparable ETFs 0.43%

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

+26%

-19%

+17%

+10%

+12%

20212022202320242025

A year on average, 10 years: +12%
Deepest drop: -28%
Yearly volatility: 16%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 28% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out

0.96

0.75

1.12

1.63

0.72

20212022202320242025

Yield: 1.10%
Payments a year: 3
Last payment: $0.51

Over the last 12 months it paid $1.52 per share, which is 1.10% 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: $4.78M
Shares a day: 35K

On an average day about $4.78M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather cheap

P/E of the companies inside: 11.7
Average Bulios Score: 57 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

Undervalued 46%
Fairly valued 6.8%
Overvalued 47%

On average the companies inside trade for 11.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 47% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 18% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

Similar funds

Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.

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FY FYT First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund	United States	0.70%	$178.6M	+29%	Pays out	58%
DF DFMC U.S. Micro Cap Portfolio ETF	United States	0.43%	$75.8M	-	Pays out	41%
AV AVSC Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF	United States	0.25%	$3.20B	+25%	Pays out	40%
EE EES WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund	United States	0.38%	$688.1M	+21%	Pays out	40%
FY FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund	United States	0.70%	$1.35B	+20%	Pays out	38%
KB KBFR Innovator U.S. Small Cap Managed 10 Buffer ETF	United States	0.79%	$6.52M	-	Pays out	36%