Summary
First Trust AlphaDEX U.S. Technology Sector Index ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 110. The ten largest make up 17% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.70%
- Fund size
- $36.5M
- Positions
- 110
- Dividends
- Reinvested
- Running since
- 2014
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 17% of the fund.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 20%.
- It has been running since 2014.
What to watch
- 90% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 99% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.70% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.43%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 33% from its high.
- A small fund with $36.5M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $65.8K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.4%
- 3 months
- +14%
- This year
- +36%
- 1 year
- +29%
- 3 years
- +118%
- 5 years
- +89%
- 10 years
- +521%
- Avg. market cap
- $299.6B
- P/E
- 21.8x
- Forward P/E
- 17.8x
- P/S
- 2.9x
- P/B
- 4.5x
- P/FCF
- 21.7x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.9x
- Dividend yield
- 0.42%
- ROIC
- 13.3%
- ROE
- 24.1%
- Gross margin
- 61.4%
- Operating margin
- 14.0%
- Net margin
- 14.9%
- Payout ratio
- 9.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.5x
- Beta
- 1.55
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 67% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 TEAtlassian TEAM 1.9%
- 2 EPEPAM Systems EPAM 1.9%
- 3 CTCognizant CTSH 1.9%
- 4 NINIQ Global Intelligence Plc NIQ 1.8%
- 5 RBRubrik RBRK 1.7%
- 6 RNRingCentral, Inc. RNG 1.7%
- 7 PTPTC PTC 1.7%
- 8 MBMobility Global Inc MBGL 1.7%
- 9 ZMZoom ZM 1.6%
- 10 NTNetApp NTAP 1.6%
Positions in the fund: 110. The ten largest make up 17% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 90%
- Industrials 4.0%
- Communication services 2.9%
- Financials 2.0%
- Consumer cyclical 0.8%
By country
- United States 99%
- Cayman Islands 0.6%
- Australia 0.2%
- Other countries 0.07%
By company size
- Mega cap 17%
- Large cap 57%
- Mid cap 26%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Technology (90%). Largest country: United States (99%). Largest size group: Large cap (57%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $70.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,322
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $70.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,322.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +20%
- Deepest drop
- -33%
- Yearly volatility
- 29%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 20%. Deepest drop in these years: 33% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
No, it reinvestsThe fund pays nothing out. What its holdings earn stays inside and shows in the price.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $65.8K
- Shares a day
- 474
On an average day about $65.8K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 21.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 64 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 20%
- Fairly valued 5.9%
- Overvalued 74%
On average the companies inside trade for 21.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 74% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 67% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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