First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund
$70.89−1.30 (−1.80%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.80%
- Fund size
- $11M
- 1Y return
- +31.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.60%
- Holdings
- 403
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $71.67
- 52W range
The ETF.net FDTS Grade
Score 21 of 100 sits in the F 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 13Category 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.DScore 39Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 10Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 36Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 27Category rank
Our read on FDTS
FSmall caps outside the US, picked by rulebook instead of size: FDTS ranks developed-market small companies on growth and value marks, then holds roughly 400 of them. It has run this way since 2012.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX® Developed Markets Ex-US Small CapTM Index.
Why people hold it
- Runs a real screen. Stocks are ranked on growth and value marks under First Trust's AlphaDEX rules, not simply held because they are the biggest names on the board.ftportfolios.com
- Roughly 400 holdings across developed-market small caps outside the US, so no single stock carries the portfolio.
- Live since 2012, which means this methodology has a real-money record through several market cycles rather than a backtest. Cash goes out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The sticker is 0.80% a year against a 0.38% median in its international multifactor group. INTF charges 0.16%, FDEV 0.18%.
- A small fund that trades thinly, so bid-ask spreads and fill quality matter more here than with the giants of its peer group.
- Fee and thin trading land it in the bottom quartile of its peer group on our overall read, even though the basket itself is built well.
FDTS Holdings
- Stocks
- 403
- 6%
- 8387.T
Sectors
- Industrials21.6%
- Consumer Discr.19.3%
- Financials14.4%
- Technology11.9%
- Materials11.1%
- Cons. Staples5.3%
- Energy4.2%
- Real Estate4.0%
- Communication3.2%
- Utilities2.8%
- Health Care2.3%
Geography
- Japan45.73%
- Korea (the Republic of)17.92%
- United Kingdom7.27%
- Canada6.22%
- Hong Kong4.59%
- Australia3.42%
- Norway1.90%
- France1.66%
- 11.29%
Developed 78% · Emerging 22%
FDTS 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 | FDTS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +25.4% |
| 1 month | +3.3% |
| 3 months | +7.3% |
| 1 year | +31.8% |
| 3 years | +26.5% |
| 5 years | +12.0% |
| 10 years | +10.5% |
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 | FDTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +25.4% | |
| 2025 | +51.2% | |
| 2024 | +2.4% | |
| 2023 | +10.9% | |
| 2022 | −15.3% | |
| 2021 | +11.8% | |
| 2020 | +12.9% |
FDTS in the news
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FDTS Dividends
- 2.60%
- $1.88
- $0.75 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.63 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.62 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.72 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.50 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.38 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.14 |
FDTS Risk
- 16.6%
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.
- 1.17
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.
- −32.3%
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.
- 1.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FDTS Cost
- The middle half of International Small-Cap funds
- Median 0.44%
13 of the 16 International Small-Cap funds charge less.