First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund
$54.44−1.22 (−2.20%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.80%
- Fund size
- $36M
- 1Y return
- +20.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.65%
- Holdings
- 76
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $55.22
- 52W range
The ETF.net FKU Grade
Score 27 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 7Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.FScore 19Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 21Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 65Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 28Category rank
Our read on FKU
DMost UK funds hand you the London giants in order of size. FKU runs a rules-based screen on growth and value metrics instead, then reweights about 80 British stocks by rank. Same market, very different slice. Live since 2012.
The fund seeks investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX United Kingdom Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Not a cap-weighted clone: the AlphaDEX rules rank UK stocks on growth and value metrics, so the market's biggest names don't automatically get the biggest weights.ftportfolios.com
- Holds about 80 British stocks, one of the better-balanced portfolios among single-country Europe funds, so no single name carries the whole thing.
- Running since 2012 against a published Nasdaq index, so the selection rules are public and there's a long live record to inspect. Distributions come quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The 0.80% expense ratio sits at the high end for single-country Europe funds (DAX charges 0.20%, EWL 0.50%), and it's the main reason this one lands in the lower tier of the group.
- Thinly traded on a small asset base, so spreads can be wider and sizeable orders push the price around more than in the category's household names.
- One country, one market: UK equity only, so British economic and political news sets the tone. The factor screen also means it can look nothing like the headline UK index.
FKU Holdings
- Stocks
- 76
- 24%
- CCC.L
Sectors
- Financials23.5%
- Consumer Discr.15.9%
- Industrials13.2%
- Cons. Staples11.8%
- Materials9.2%
- Technology6.6%
- Energy6.2%
- Communication6.1%
- Real Estate4.1%
- Health Care2.1%
- Utilities1.4%
Geography
- United Kingdom89.15%
- Switzerland3.21%
- Bermuda2.20%
- Ireland1.75%
- United States1.47%
- Hong Kong1.26%
- Greece0.49%
- Mexico0.46%
Developed 97% · Emerging 3%
FKU 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 | FKU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.0% |
| 1 month | −2.2% |
| 3 months | +5.9% |
| 1 year | +20.7% |
| 3 years | +23.4% |
| 5 years | +9.2% |
| 10 years | +8.6% |
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 | FKU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.0% | |
| 2025 | +38.0% | |
| 2024 | +8.0% | |
| 2023 | +20.6% | |
| 2022 | −24.1% | |
| 2021 | +20.5% | |
| 2020 | −6.1% |
FKU in the news
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FKU Dividends
- 3.65%
- $2.03
- $1.10 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $1.10 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.53 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.64 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.45 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.54 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.26 |
FKU Risk
- 15.3%
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.
- 1.16
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.
- −41.1%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FKU Cost
- The middle half of Europe Region funds
- Median 0.51%
10 of the 12 Europe Region funds charge less.