First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEX – Get Free Report) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 36,100 shares, a growth of 568.5% from the September 30th total of 5,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 23,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days.
First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Stock Down 0.6 %
Shares of NASDAQ FEX traded down $0.58 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $104.52. 11,555 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,942. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $102.89 and a 200 day moving average of $99.07. First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund has a 1 year low of $76.65 and a 1 year high of $106.68. The stock has a market cap of $1.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.45 and a beta of 1.06.
First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 26th were given a dividend of $0.3502 per share. This is a positive change from First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 26th.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund
First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile
First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the Defined Large Cap Core Index (the Index). The Index is an enhanced index created and administered by Standard & Poor’s, which employs the AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to select stocks from the S&P 500 Index.
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