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FYTFIRST TRUST SMALL CAP VALUE ALPHADEX FUND

FIRST TRUST SMALL CAP VALUE ALPHADEX FUND

$72.53+0.66% today
527452-WK
Price & daily flows
69.163.157.072.53DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +27.1% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$174Massets under management
expense ratio
net flow, trailing month
20Kavg daily volume, 30 days
262holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed April 24, 2024 · beta 0.70
Sector weights
Finance36.53%
Financial Services26.21%
Financials25.59%
Consumer Discretionary25.05%
Consumer Cyclical16.88%
Industrials14.77%
Real Estate8.94%
Consumer Defensive7.72%
Energy Minerals6.39%
Transportation5.63%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.15%
Bermuda0.65%
Ireland0.46%
Luxembourg0.41%
Germany0.31%
Other0.17%
Cayman Islands0.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month+1.6%
3 months+10.8%
6 months+12.9%
YTD+27.1%
1 year+28.6%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
13Kshares traded
The case against FYT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FYT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M739× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF0.18%$77.4B+$322M446× the assets · +$322M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF0.18%$50.4B+$51M290× the assets · +$51M in over the monthHead-to-head
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF0.15%$47.9B+$574M276× the assets · +$574M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M195× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
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