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FKUFirst Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund

Grow my money14y track recordRanked #1,987 of 2,966 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX United Kingdom Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2012

Annual Cost

0.80%

#4,195 of 5,568 · expensive

Fund Size

$38M

#3,822 of 5,568 · small

Return (1Y)Goal

+21.3%

Track Record

14 years

#978 of 5,568 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,911+19.1%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Europe

Cap

Large

Strategy

Index enhanced

Factor

Multifactor

Index tracked

Nasdaq AlphaDEX United Kingdom Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 26.7% of fundwell diversified

Fresnillo PLC
4.6%
Rio Tinto PLC
2.8%
Endeavour Mining PLC
2.8%
Lion Finance Group PLC
2.6%
International Consolidated Air
2.4%
Standard Chartered PLC
2.4%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc
2.3%
St James's Place PLC
2.3%
Barclays PLC
2.2%
M&G PLC
2.2%

Asset allocation

Stocks
96.0%
Other
3.6%
Cash
0.5%

By sector

Financial Services
28.6%
Basic Materials
18.3%
Consumer Cyclical
12.6%
Industrials
11.7%
Communication
7.0%
Consumer Defensive
6.4%
Healthcare
5.3%
Real Estate
4.0%
Other
6.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.8%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-54.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.95Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.40Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX United Kingdom Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in securities that comprise the Nasdaq AlphaDEX United Kingdom Index using an indexing approach. The Index employs the AlphaDEX methodology to select and weight securities from the Base Index.
Inception date
February 14, 2012
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-06-20