Symbols

FEM

First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund·NASDAQ

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Key Stats

Assets Under Management

549.62MUSD

Fund Flows (1Y)

35.90MUSD

Dividend Yield

2.86%

Discount/Premium to NAV

0.88%

Shares Outstanding

18.45M

Expense Ratio

0.80%

About First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund

Issuer

First Trust Advisors L.P.

Brand

First Trust

Home Page

http://www.ftportfolios.com/retail/ETF/ETFsummary.aspx?Ticker=FEM

Inception Date

Apr 18, 2011

Structure

Open-Ended Fund

Index Tracked

NASDAQ AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index

Management Style

Passive

Dividend Treatment

Distributes

Distribution Tax Treatment

Qualified dividends

Income Tax Type

Capital Gains

Max ST Capital Gains Rate

39.60%

Max LT Capital Gains Rate

20.00%

Primary Advisor

First Trust Advisors LP

Distributor

First Trust Portfolios LP

FEM does not promise broad exposure to emerging markets, trying instead to build a portfolio of stocks positioned to outperform. The fund uses a selection methodology focused on growth and value factors to screen firms by scoring each security twice by both growth and value characteristics, assigning whatever score is highest as the stock's style score. It then takes the 150 top-scoring stocks and breaks them into quintiles, giving higher-scoring quintiles greater weight in the index. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually.

Classification

Asset Class

Equity

	1-Month	3-Month	YTD	1-Year	3-Year	5-Year
Price Performance	+5.17%	+9.41%	+7.44%	+33.80%	+39.67%	+13.39%
NAV Total Return	+4.55%	+10.72%	+7.08%	+35.30%	+57.46%	+39.20%

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Holdings Analysis

Sector

Basic Materials

21.94%

Industrials

19.66%

Technology

14.89%

Energy

13.56%

Financial Services

7.51%

Communication Services

5.55%

Healthcare

5.54%

Consumer Cyclical

5.08%

Utilities

3.15%

Asset

Region

72.84%

15.67%

8.31%

2.82%

0.37%

Investment Style

Mega

Large

Medium

Multi

Small

Value

Blend

Growth

Multi-Cap Blend

Provides exposure to companies of various sizes that exhibit both growth and value characteristics. This category offers a diversified portfolio with a mix of market caps.

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Top 10 Holdings

Symbol

Ratio

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Class H)

1.61%

MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc

1.55%

Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (Class H)

1.54%

Jiangxi Copper Company Ltd. (Class H)

1.49%

Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd.

1.39%

China Hongqiao Group Ltd.

1.33%

Petro Rio S.A.

1.32%

Industrias Penoles, S.A.B. de C.V.

1.31%

Vibra Energia SA

1.30%

Elite Material Co., Ltd.

1.27%

Top 10 Weight 14.11%

172 Total Holdings

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Dividends

Dividend Payout History

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount
2025-09-25	2025-09-25	2025-09-30	0.283
2025-06-26	2025-06-26	2025-06-30	0.324
2025-03-27	2025-03-27	2025-03-31	0.039
2024-12-13	2024-12-13	2024-12-31	0.145
2024-09-26	2024-09-26	2024-09-30	0.325
2024-06-27	2024-06-27	2024-06-28	0.241
2024-03-21	2024-03-22	2024-03-28	0.095

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