FXGFirst Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund

Grow my money19y track recordRanked #1,251 of 3,055 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.63%

#3,444 of 6,040 · average

Fund Size

$231M

#2,329 of 6,040 · mid-size

Return (1Y)

-0.7%

Track Record

19 years

#482 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,286+2.9%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index enhanced

Sector

Consumer staples

Index tracked

StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 40.0% of funddiversified

CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC

4.6%

COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC

4.4%

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC

4.2%

SEABOARD CORP

4.1%

INGREDION INC

4.0%

MCKESSON CORP

3.8%

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC

3.8%

FRESHPET INC

3.7%

FLOWERS FOODS INC

3.6%

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP

3.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.8%

Cash

0.2%

By sector

Consumer Defensive

84.9%

Consumer Cyclical

5.9%

Healthcare

4.9%

Industrials

3.5%

Basic Materials

0.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

13.9%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-28.3%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

-0.13Below average

Sortino (3Y)

-0.18Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index.
Strategy: Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index using an indexing investment approach. The Index identifies stocks in the consumer staples sector from the Russell 1000 Index with potential for greater capital appreciation, employing the AlphaDEX selection methodology.
Inception date: May 8, 2007
Fund family: First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18