First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund
$65.30+0.28 (+0.44%)
- 0.60%
- $251M
- +1.8%
- 0.74%
- 0M sh
- $65.19
- low $61.86high $72.50
The ETF.net FXD Grade
D
Score 36 out of 100
- 13 of 15
Score 36 of 100 falls in the D 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 14 of 15Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B58 out of 100Rank 5 of 15Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D33 out of 100Rank 10 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A88 out of 100Rank 1 of 15Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C52 out of 100Rank 9 of 15
Our read on FXD
DMost consumer discretionary ETFs buy the sector as it comes. FXD screens it first: First Trust's AlphaDEX rules rank names on growth and value metrics, landing on roughly 120 holdings. A rules-based stock picker in index clothing, running since 2007.
The Fund seeks investment results that generally track the price and yield performance of the StrataQuant® Consumer Discretionary Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- The AlphaDEX screen ranks consumer names on growth and value metrics instead of just size, so the lineup can look very different from the plain sector index.ftportfolios.com
- Roughly 120 holdings spread the bet across retailers, restaurants, homebuilders and autos rather than parking most of the money in a couple of megacaps.
- It does what the label says: close tracking of the StrataQuant Consumer Discretionary Index, with no style drift away from US consumer discretionary equity.
- Live since 2007, so the methodology has run through housing busts, retail shakeouts and a pandemic rather than being a recent backtest.
Worth knowing
- The screen carries a toll: 0.60% a year, against a peer-group median of 0.35% and cap-weighted rivals like XLY, FDIS and VCR charging under a tenth of a percent.
- Volume is thin next to the sector's giants, so bid-ask spreads matter more at the moment you trade.
- Screened weights are a different bet from the headline sector: results can diverge from plain cap-weighted consumer discretionary exposure in either direction.
FXD Holdings
- Stocks
- 111
- 16%
- MAT
Sectors
- Consumer Discretionary68.7%
- Communication10.7%
- Industrials9.1%
- Consumer Staples6.4%
- Technology5.0%
Geography
- United States94.56%
- Switzerland1.49%
- Canada1.46%
- United Kingdom1.24%
- Finland0.61%
- Sweden0.32%
- Bermuda0.31%
FXD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FXD$10,178
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 | FXD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −4.5% |
| 1 month | −1.7% |
| 3 months | −5.4% |
| 1 year | +1.8% |
| 3 years | +10.5% |
| 5 years | +2.6% |
| 10 years | +7.3% |
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 | FXD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −4.5% | |
| 2025 | +6.7% | |
| 2024 | +10.6% | |
| 2023 | +23.4% | |
| 2022 | −21.6% | |
| 2021 | +22.7% | |
| 2020 | +13.0% |
FXD in the news
FXD Dividends
- 0.74%
- $0.48
- $0.14 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FXD Risk
- 18.1%
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.
- 0.31
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.
- −33.7%
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.
- 1.14
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FXD Cost
0.60%
FXD0.60%
- The middle half of Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
12 of the 14 Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Consumer Discretionary (Broad)
- CIYCiShares U.S. Consumer Discretionary ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return −2.5%
- CRSPDInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return −3.2%
- CRXIiShares Global Consumer Discretionary ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return −4.0%
- DITBiShares U.S. Home Construction ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return −14.7%
- FPEZInvesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclicals Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.97%1 year return +0.4%