First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Trading 1.2% Higher – What’s Next?

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS)’s share price rose 1.2% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $71.60 and last traded at $71.68. Approximately 210 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 91% from the average daily volume of 2,228 shares. The stock had previously closed at $70.86.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Price Performance

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $68.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $67.92. The firm has a market cap of $10.75 million, a PE ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.85.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were issued a $0.7453 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 25th. This is a positive change from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $2.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Citadel Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 28.9% during the second quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 30,215 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,981,000 after acquiring an additional 6,775 shares during the last quarter. City Holding Co. acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $583,000. Finally, Noble Wealth Management PBC purchased a new stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter valued at $131,000.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FDTS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US Small Cap index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 400 small-cap companies selected from the S&P Developed Markets ex-US BMI based on S&P’s AlphaDex selection methodology. FDTS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.