First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund
$95.48−2.02 (−2.07%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.80%
- Fund size
- $1.4B
- 1Y return
- +33.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.69%
- Holdings
- 298
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $96.39
- 52W range
The ETF.net FDT Grade
Score 38 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 9Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 42Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 65Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 66Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 73Category rank
Our read on FDT
DA 2011-vintage quant screen pointed at developed markets outside the US: rank stocks on growth and value signals, hold roughly 300 of them, ignore market cap. That conviction costs more than most multifactor rivals.
The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX® Developed Markets Ex-USTM Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Not a cap-weighted index in a costume. The AlphaDEX screen ranks developed ex-US stocks on growth and value measures, then holds roughly 300 of the survivors.ftportfolios.com
- Running since 2011, so this is a long live record for the strategy overseas, not a backtest with a ticker attached.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund with moderate trading activity, and it distributes on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- At 0.80% a year, it charges more than double the 0.38% median for international multifactor funds. INTF (0.16%) and FDEV (0.18%) run similar ideas for far less.
- That fee is the main reason it lands in the lower half of its international multifactor peer group, despite sound plumbing and a deep asset base.
- A growth-and-value screen builds a portfolio that can look nothing like a standard developed-markets index, so its path will diverge from EAFE-style funds.ftportfolios.com
FDT Holdings
- Stocks
- 298
- 9%
- 009150.KS
Sectors
- Industrials32.4%
- Consumer Discr.11.4%
- Financials10.9%
- Technology10.2%
- Materials9.6%
- Energy9.1%
- Utilities4.9%
- Real Estate4.8%
- Cons. Staples2.8%
- Communication2.6%
- Health Care1.3%
Geography
- Japan29.84%
- South Korea19.90%
- Hong Kong6.97%
- United Kingdom6.07%
- Canada5.58%
- Germany4.39%
- Israel4.31%
- Australia3.05%
- 19.90%
Developed 74% · Emerging 26%
FDT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | FDT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +24.2% |
| 1 month | +2.4% |
| 3 months | −1.5% |
| 1 year | +33.1% |
| 3 years | +28.3% |
| 5 years | +13.1% |
| 10 years | +10.1% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | FDT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +24.2% | |
| 2025 | +52.2% | |
| 2024 | +6.9% | |
| 2023 | +15.0% | |
| 2022 | −19.5% | |
| 2021 | +11.4% | |
| 2020 | +4.3% |
FDT in the news
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FDT Dividends
- 2.69%
- $2.62
- $0.78 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.78 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $1.11 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.41 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.98 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.79 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.87 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.93 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.28 |
FDT Risk
- 16.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.25
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −31.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.10
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FDT Cost
- The middle half of International Multifactor funds
- Median 0.35%
25 of the 30 International Multifactor funds charge less.