First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund
$60.42+0.31 (+0.52%)
- 0.63%
- $205M
- −1.0%
- 2.09%
- 0M sh
- $59.56
- low $57.29high $69.50
The ETF.net FXG Grade
D
Score 31 out of 100
- 12 of 13
Score 31 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.F14 out of 100Rank 11 of 13Mission
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.F24 out of 100Rank 13 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D36 out of 100Rank 9 of 13Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A77 out of 100Rank 3 of 13Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B58 out of 100Rank 6 of 13
Our read on FXG
DMost consumer staples ETFs just buy the sector by size. FXG runs a rules-based screen on growth, value and profitability, then holds roughly 40 names, a deliberately different shape cut from the same shelf. On the tape since 2007.
The fund seeks investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield of the StrataQuant® Consumer Staples Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Ranks staples stocks on growth, value and profitability rather than market size, then holds roughly 40 of them. A different portfolio shape from the cap-weighted default.ftportfolios.com
- Live since 2007 through several market cycles, and it has tracked its StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index closely.
- Plain vanilla plumbing: a 1940 Act equity fund with no leverage or derivatives in the mandate, paying distributions quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The screen costs money: 0.63% a year against a 0.40% category median, while index peers XLP, VDC and FSTA charge under a tenth of a percent.
- Thinly traded next to the sector's giants, so bid-ask spreads and limit orders matter more here.
- A concentrated screened basket can move well away from the standard staples benchmark, in either direction.
FXG Holdings
- Stocks
- 41
- 40%
- FRPT
Sectors
- Consumer Staples84.3%
- Consumer Discretionary5.7%
- Health Care5.2%
- Industrials4.0%
- Materials0.8%
Geography
- United States96.45%
- Netherlands3.55%
FXG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FXG$9,900
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 | FXG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.6% |
| 1 month | −2.6% |
| 3 months | −5.2% |
| 1 year | −1.0% |
| 3 years | +3.9% |
| 5 years | +3.1% |
| 10 years | +4.6% |
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 | FXG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.6% | |
| 2025 | −2.7% | |
| 2024 | +3.2% | |
| 2023 | +2.0% | |
| 2022 | +3.3% | |
| 2021 | +21.7% | |
| 2020 | +4.8% |
FXG in the news
FXG Dividends
- 2.09%
- $1.26
- $0.33 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FXG Risk
- 14.8%
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.
- −0.18
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.
- −16.0%
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.
- 0.51
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FXG Cost
0.63%
FXG0.63%
- The middle half of Consumer Staples (Broad) funds
- Median 0.38%
9 of the 12 Consumer Staples (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Consumer Staples (Broad)
- CRSPSInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return +5.3%
- CTRUOVanEck Consumer Staples TruSector ETFExpense ratio 0.14%1 year return —
- DPBJInvesco Food & Beverage ETFExpense ratio 0.64%1 year return +3.8%
- DFTXGFirst Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +4.2%
- DPSLInvesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.76%1 year return +3.4%