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First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT) Stock Price Up 0.8% - Should You Buy?

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First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT - Get Free Report)'s share price shot up 0.8% on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $69.67 and last traded at $69.50. 47,397 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 19% from the average session volume of 39,678 shares. The stock had previously closed at $68.98.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Trading Down 0.8%

The company has a fifty day moving average price of $66.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $60.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $540.25 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.95 and a beta of 0.96.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 26th were paid a dividend of $0.976 per share. This represents a $3.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.67%. This is a boost from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 26th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Arkadios Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 2.2% during the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 9,675 shares of the company's stock worth $564,000 after purchasing an additional 212 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank lifted its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 1.6% during the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 15,156 shares of the company's stock worth $883,000 after purchasing an additional 239 shares in the last quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 33,230 shares of the company's stock worth $1,797,000 after purchasing an additional 244 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 13,107 shares of the company's stock worth $709,000 after purchasing an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Harbour Investments Inc. increased its position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 8,210 shares of the company's stock worth $444,000 after acquiring an additional 265 shares during the period.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

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The First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (FDT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US index. The fund tracks an index of international, developed-market stocks, selected by growth and value factors and equal-weighted in tiers. FDT was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.

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