First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Stock Price Up 1% – Time to Buy?

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS)’s stock price traded up 1% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $71.66 and last traded at $71.5610. 1,721 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 29% from the average session volume of 2,416 shares. The stock had previously closed at $70.83.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Trading Down 2.1%

The stock has a market capitalization of $13.97 million, a PE ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $66.53 and a 200-day moving average price of $67.56.

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

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 25th were given a dividend of $0.7453 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 25th. This is an increase from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $2.98 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.3%.

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

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FDTS. Citadel Advisors LLC boosted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 4,238 shares during the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 3,365.8% during the 4th quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,000 after purchasing an additional 2,659 shares during the last quarter. Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,522,000. Noble Wealth Management PBC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $131,000. Finally, City Holding Co. bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $583,000.

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

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.