First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund
$57.42+0.41 (+0.71%)
- 0.80%
- $88M
- −0.4%
- 1.88%
- 0M sh
- $57.01
- low $54.50high $71.12
The ETF.net FGM Grade
C
Score 41 out of 100
- 10 of 12
Score 41 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F7 out of 100Rank 11 of 12Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A93 out of 100Rank 7 of 11Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F15 out of 100Rank 12 of 12Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C44 out of 100Rank 7 of 12Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B55 out of 100Rank 7 of 12Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D36 out of 100Rank 9 of 12
Our read on FGM
CMost Germany ETFs hand you the blue chips in market-cap order. FGM screens German stocks on growth and value marks and weights them by rank instead, landing on roughly 40 names. A different Germany, at a premium price.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the Nasdaq AlphaDEX® GermanyTM Index, an equity index focused on companies assigned to Germany.
Why people hold it
- Not a cap-weighted rerun: the AlphaDEX screen ranks German companies on growth and value measures, then weights by rank rather than size.
- Roughly 40 holdings, so the screen actually shows up in the portfolio instead of getting diluted across a broad market list.
- Running since 2012 and still doing one job: German equities, one named index, tracked closely.
Worth knowing
- At 0.80% a year it sits above most single-country Europe funds, and four times the 0.20% charged by the cheapest German blue-chip tracker (DAX).
- A small fund that trades lightly next to the big country ETFs, so spreads and order size are worth watching.
- One country, one screen, few dozen stocks: the ride follows Germany's cycle and the factor tilt, not a diversified basket.
FGM Holdings
- Stocks
- 42
- 39%
- TKA.DE
Sectors
- Industrials30.2%
- Consumer Discretionary20.4%
- Materials11.3%
- Health Care11.1%
- Communication6.7%
- Financials6.6%
- Technology3.9%
- Consumer Staples3.7%
- Real Estate3.4%
- Utilities2.7%
Geography
- Germany100.00%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
FGM Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FGM$9,957
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | FGM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −7.1% |
| 1 month | −9.8% |
| 3 months | −9.1% |
| 1 year | −0.4% |
| 3 years | +19.5% |
| 5 years | +3.8% |
| 10 years | +7.0% |
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 | FGM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −7.1% | |
| 2025 | +63.6% | |
| 2024 | +1.4% | |
| 2023 | +13.3% | |
| 2022 | −30.5% | |
| 2021 | +6.1% | |
| 2020 | +17.2% |
FGM in the news
FGM Dividends
- 1.88%
- $1.07
- $0.19 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FGM Risk
- 18.7%
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.
- 0.84
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.
- −48.3%
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.
- 1.16
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FGM Cost
0.80%
FGM0.80%
- The middle half of Europe Region funds
- Median 0.51%
10 of the 12 Europe Region funds charge less.
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- BEWDiShares MSCI Sweden ETFExpense ratio 0.51%1 year return +11.5%
- CHEDJWisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity FundExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +12.0%
- CGREKGlobal X - MSCI Greece ETFExpense ratio 0.56%1 year return +27.1%
- DFKUFirst Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX FundExpense ratio 0.80%1 year return +17.6%