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FXZFirst Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund

Grow my money19y track recordRanked #1,014 of 2,992 in this goal

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 · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,394+33.9%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Large

Strategy

Index enhanced

Sector

Materials

Index tracked

StrataQuant Materials Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

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+ years
Volatility (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