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First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEMS) Increases Dividend to $0.52 Per Share

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First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEMS - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 25th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 26th will be paid a dividend of 0.5218 per share by the exchange traded fund on Monday, June 30th. This represents a $2.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 26th. This is a 457.5% increase from First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund's previous quarterly dividend of $0.09.

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FEMS traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $40.08. 13,912 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 35,094. The stock has a market cap of $254.51 million, a PE ratio of 7.64 and a beta of 0.92. The company's fifty day moving average is $38.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $37.83. First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a fifty-two week low of $32.31 and a fifty-two week high of $42.26.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund stock. Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in shares of First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEMS - Free Report) by 4.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 96,673 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock after buying an additional 4,279 shares during the quarter. Royal Bank of Canada owned 1.52% of First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund worth $3,593,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

About First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

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The First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FEMS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX EM Small Cap index. The fund aims to outperform other index funds by selecting small-cap emerging markets securities using quantitative metrics. FEMS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.

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