FXZFirst Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the StrataQuant Materials Index.
By First Trust · Launched 2007
Annual Cost
0.64%
#3,346 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$393M
#1,789 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+33.5%
Track Record
19 years
#475 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$13,394+33.9%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Large
Strategy
Index enhanced
Sector
MaterialsIndex tracked
StrataQuant Materials Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 44.7% of fundmoderately concentrated
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
5.8%
RBC BEARINGS INC
5.0%
NEWMARKET CORP
4.8%
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC
4.4%
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
4.3%
CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC
4.3%
NUCOR CORP
4.2%
MOSAIC COMPANY (THE)
4.1%
MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC
3.9%
RELIANCE INC
3.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Basic Materials
72.3%
Industrials
23.4%
Consumer Cyclical
4.3%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
22.8%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-49.4%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.22Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.32Moderate downside risk
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the StrataQuant Materials Index.
- Strategy
- Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the StrataQuant Materials Index using an indexing investment approach. The Index is designed to identify stocks in the materials sector from the Russell 1000 Index with potential for greater capital appreciation, utilizing the AlphaDEX selection methodology.
- Inception date
- May 8, 2007
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-08-03