First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Short Interest Down 92.5% in May

Posted by Doug Wharley on Jun 10th, 2026

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 30 shares, a decline of 92.5% from the May 14th total of 398 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,585 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.5%

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund stock traded up $0.34 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $66.58. The stock had a trading volume of 441 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,053. The stock has a market cap of $13.32 million, a P/E ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.82. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a 12 month low of $49.04 and a 12 month high of $72.63. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $68.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $64.96.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 26th were issued a $0.1554 dividend. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 26th.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its holdings in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 3,365.8% in the fourth quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $160,000 after buying an additional 2,659 shares during the last quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC increased its holdings in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 32.5% in the third quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 17,298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $969,000 after buying an additional 4,238 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,522,000.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

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The First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FDTS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US Small Cap index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 400 small-cap companies selected from the S&P Developed Markets ex-US BMI based on S&P’s AlphaDex selection methodology. FDTS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.