---
ticker: "FYC"
name: "First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/FYC"
grade: "C"
score: 46
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Growth Index"
category_rank: "28 of 35"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# FYC: First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund

Grade **C**, Score 46 of 100. Rank 28 of 35 in US Growth Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 0 | 35 of 35 |
| Mission | 86 | 26 of 32 |
| Risk | 49 | 16 of 35 |
| Tradability | 42 | 22 of 35 |
| Holdings | 80 | 4 of 35 |
| Durability | 59 | 17 of 35 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 263 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | PENG | Penguin Solutions Inc. | 0.88% |
| 2 | LIND | Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. | 0.72% |
| 3 | RXO | RXO, Inc. | 0.72% |
| 4 | APPN | Appian Corporation | 0.72% |
| 5 | AMPL | Amplitude, Inc. (Class A) | 0.72% |
| 6 | SLDE | Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. | 0.71% |
| 7 | CLOV | Clover Health Investments, Corp. | 0.70% |
| 8 | XERS | Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. | 0.69% |
| 9 | CLMT | Calumet, Inc. | 0.68% |
| 10 | ETON | Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 0.68% |
| 11 | FLYW | Flywire Corporation | 0.68% |
| 12 | ATLC | Atlanticus Holdings Corporation | 0.68% |
| 13 | FA | First Advantage Corporation | 0.68% |
| 14 | STGW | Stagwell Inc. | 0.67% |
| 15 | VSTS | Vestis Corporation | 0.67% |
| 16 | ECPG | Encore Capital Group, Inc. | 0.67% |
| 17 | ASTH | Astrana Health Inc. | 0.67% |
| 18 | VIR | Vir Biotechnology, Inc. | 0.66% |
| 19 | KALU | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation | 0.66% |
| 20 | BJRI | BJ's Restaurants, Inc. | 0.66% |
| 21 | FTRE | Fortrea Holdings Inc. | 0.66% |
| 22 | DK | Delek US Holdings, Inc. | 0.66% |
| 23 | AGL | agilon health, inc. | 0.66% |
| 24 | NHC | National HealthCare Corporation | 0.66% |
| 25 | PBI | Pitney Bowes Inc. | 0.65% |
| 26 | AAMI | Acadian Asset Management Inc. | 0.65% |
| 27 | GEO | The GEO Group, Inc. | 0.65% |
| 28 | CXW | CoreCivic, Inc. | 0.65% |
| 29 | PEB | Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | 0.65% |
| 30 | PNTG | The Pennant Group, Inc. | 0.65% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/FYC. Please cite the page URL.