First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Shares Up 0.2% – Here’s Why

Posted by Tyrone Williams on Oct 19th, 2026

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS – Get Free Report) shares were up 0.2% on Monday. The company traded as high as $69.63 and last traded at $69.3550. 1,351 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 35% from the average session volume of 2,072 shares. The stock had previously closed at $69.22.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.2%

The stock has a market cap of $10.40 million, a P/E ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.86. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $70.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is $68.68.

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

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 24th were paid a $0.2838 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 24th. This is a decrease from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.7453. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Citadel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 6,775 shares in the last quarter. City Holding Co. acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $583,000. Finally, Noble Wealth Management PBC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $131,000.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

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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.