First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 12th

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FYX) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 11th. Investors of record on Friday, December 12th will be given a dividend of 0.3713 per share on Wednesday, December 31st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 12th. This is a 37.9% increase from First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27.

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund stock opened at $116.13 on Friday. First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund has a fifty-two week low of $77.66 and a fifty-two week high of $118.07. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $110.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $104.56. The stock has a market cap of $952.27 million, a PE ratio of 13.79 and a beta of 1.14.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Flow Traders U.S. LLC boosted its position in First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 49.8% in the first quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 4,071 shares of the company’s stock worth $367,000 after purchasing an additional 1,354 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 280.6% during the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 59,665 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,375,000 after purchasing an additional 43,988 shares during the period. Comerica Bank boosted its holdings in shares of First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 2.7% in the 1st quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 24,893 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,243,000 after buying an additional 664 shares during the last quarter. Per Stirling Capital Management LLC. grew its position in First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 2.4% during the first quarter. Per Stirling Capital Management LLC. now owns 29,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,619,000 after buying an additional 670 shares during the period. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund during the first quarter worth about $1,531,000.

About First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

The First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Small Cap Core index. The fund tracks an index of small-cap stocks selected based on quantitatively driven growth and value factors. FYX was launched on May 8, 2007 and is managed by First Trust.