First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FTC) Shares Up 0.6%

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FTC - Get Free Report)'s share price shot up 0.6% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $118.40 and last traded at $117.68. 8,060 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 77% from the average session volume of 34,908 shares. The stock had previously closed at $116.99.

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $1.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.99 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $119.95 and a 200-day moving average price of $111.22.

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.0214 per share. This represents a $0.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.07%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 21st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FTC. Global Assets Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund during the 1st quarter worth $77,297,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its position in First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund by 10,857.2% in the fourth quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 320,170 shares of the company's stock valued at $35,078,000 after purchasing an additional 317,248 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its position in First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund by 76.2% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 295,812 shares of the company's stock valued at $32,409,000 after purchasing an additional 127,881 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its position in First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund by 211.5% in the first quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 182,825 shares of the company's stock valued at $22,539,000 after purchasing an additional 124,141 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Win Advisors Inc. bought a new position in First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund in the first quarter valued at about $12,737,000.

About First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (the Fund), formerly First Trust Large Cap Growth Opportunities AlphaDEX Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the Defined Large Cap Growth Index (the Index).

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