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First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund FAD

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund Equity · US
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Last price 178.66 USD Change: Up +2.24 Percent change: Up +1.27%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Net expense ratio
0.63%
Prospectus 1 Dec 2025
Net assets
$577.4M
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
678
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
0.09%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FAD) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$178.66 on 20 Oct 2026. Its net expense ratio is 0.63% a year, from its prospectus dated 1 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$577.43 million as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 678 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.15 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 0.09%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.63%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
0.63%
Management fee
0.50%
Prospectus date
1 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
28 Nov 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$577,428,972
Total assets
$581,108,793
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
22 Sep 2026 (53 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 678 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

FAD top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS AMERICA INC. No identifier reported 0.57% $3.3M Repurchase agreements United States USD
2 INCYTE CORP INCYTE CORP COM US45337C1027 0.51% $2.9M Equity (common) United States USD
3 FORTINET INC FORTINET INC COM US34959E1091 0.51% $2.9M Equity (common) United States USD
4 DATADOG INC DATADOG INC CL A COM US23804L1035 0.50% $2.9M Equity (common) United States USD
5 EBAY INC EBAY INC COM US2786421030 0.49% $2.8M Equity (common) United States USD
6 INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP INC INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP INC COM CL A US45841N1072 0.49% $2.8M Equity (common) United States USD
7 MORGAN STANLEY MORGAN STANLEY COM NEW US6174464486 0.49% $2.8M Equity (common) United States USD
8 EMCOR GROUP INC EMCOR GROUP INC COM US29084Q1004 0.46% $2.7M Equity (common) United States USD
9 CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP COM US1720621010 0.46% $2.7M Equity (common) United States USD
10 UNITED RENTALS INC UNITED RENTALS INC COM US9113631090 0.46% $2.7M Equity (common) United States USD
11 ROSS STORES INC ROSS STORES INC COM US7782961038 0.46% $2.6M Equity (common) United States USD
12 DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CL C US24703L2025 0.45% $2.6M Equity (common) United States USD
13 ILLUMINA INC ILLUMINA INC COM US4523271090 0.45% $2.6M Equity (common) United States USD
14 QUANTA SERVICES INC QUANTA SERVICES INC COM US74762E1029 0.45% $2.6M Equity (common) United States USD
15 ANALOG DEVICES INC ANALOG DEVICES INC COM US0326541051 0.45% $2.6M Equity (common) United States USD
16 KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM US49338L1035 0.44% $2.5M Equity (common) United States USD
17 AMPHENOL CORP AMPHENOL CORP CL A US0320951017 0.44% $2.5M Equity (common) United States USD
18 CUMMINS INC CUMMINS INC COM US2310211063 0.43% $2.5M Equity (common) United States USD
19 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC ORD SHS IE00BKVD2N49 0.43% $2.5M Equity (common) Ireland USD
20 MEDPACE HOLDINGS INC MEDPACE HOLDINGS INC COM US58506Q1094 0.42% $2.4M Equity (common) United States USD
21 COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC COM US1999081045 0.42% $2.4M Equity (common) United States USD
22 TALEN ENERGY CORP TALEN ENERGY CORP COM US87422Q1094 0.42% $2.4M Equity (common) United States USD
23 WESTERN DIGITAL CORP WESTERN DIGITAL CORP COM US9581021055 0.41% $2.4M Equity (common) United States USD
24 ARISTA NETWORKS INC ARISTA NETWORKS INC COM SHS US0404132054 0.41% $2.4M Equity (common) United States USD
25 WOODWARD INC WOODWARD INC COM US9807451037 0.41% $2.4M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 678 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.99%
Repurchase agreements 0.57%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.06%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 96.13%
Ireland 1.83%
Cayman Islands 1.01%
Bermuda 0.70%
LR 0.28%
Switzerland 0.24%
Netherlands 0.16%
British Virgin Islands 0.12%
Bahamas 0.10%
Jersey 0.05%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.62%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Technology 19.45%
Industrials 15.43%
Consumer Discretionary 15.09%
Health Care 11.91%
Finance 8.24%
Real Estate 3.53%
Utilities 1.93%
Telecommunications 1.86%
Energy 1.01%
Consumer Staples 0.83%
Basic Materials 0.76%
Unknown 0.73%
Miscellaneous 0.35%
Health Technology 0.21%
Communications 0.16%
Other (2) 0.08%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 81.6% of net assets (82% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.1540
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
0.09%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
24 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.1540) ÷ latest price ($178.66) × 100 = 0.09%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (18 payments)
FAD distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
24 Sep 2026$0.0520
25 Jun 2026$0.0710
26 Mar 2026$0.0220
12 Dec 2025$0.0090
25 Sep 2025$0.0760
26 Jun 2025$0.0690
13 Dec 2024$0.3110
26 Sep 2024$0.3850
27 Jun 2024$0.0520
22 Dec 2023$0.1920
22 Sep 2023$0.0690
27 Jun 2023$0.1130
24 Mar 2023$0.2040
23 Dec 2022$0.2780
23 Sep 2022$0.1240
24 Jun 2022$0.1020
25 Mar 2022$0.0640
23 Dec 2021$0.1140

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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