First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Shares Down 2.7% – What’s Next?

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) fell 2.7% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $69.38 and last traded at $69.78. 5,636 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 74% from the average session volume of 3,235 shares. The stock had previously closed at $71.73.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $13.91 million, a PE ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.84. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $68.29 and its 200 day moving average price is $64.30.

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

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 26th were given a dividend of $0.1554 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FDTS. Citadel Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 32.5% during the 3rd quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 17,298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $969,000 after purchasing an additional 4,238 shares during the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its position 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 valued at $160,000 after purchasing an additional 2,659 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 4th quarter valued at about $2,522,000.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

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.