First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FYX) Sees Strong Trading Volume

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FYX) shares saw an uptick in trading volume on Friday . 56,819 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 46% from the previous session’s volume of 38,787 shares.The stock last traded at $82.92 and had previously closed at $83.22.

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.1 %

The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $84.44 and its 200 day moving average price is $80.50. The company has a market cap of $820.41 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.86 and a beta of 1.27.

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 28th were given a dividend of $0.2776 per share. This represents a $1.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 27th. This is an increase from First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 1.3% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 776,457 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,582,000 after acquiring an additional 9,680 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 626,386 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,487,000 after buying an additional 31,689 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 571,768 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,855,000 after buying an additional 3,696 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 252,742 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,828,000 after buying an additional 18,162 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 17.9% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 220,410 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,131,000 after buying an additional 33,427 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Small Cap Core index. The fund tracks an index of small-cap stocks selected based on quantitatively driven growth and value factors. FYX was launched on May 8, 2007 and is managed by First Trust.