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First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund

Ticker: FXU ISIN: US33734X1845
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ETF Concentrated top holdings
Morningstar
★★★★
TER
0.64%
Fund size
$890.61M
Holdings
40
Top 10
40.7%
Issuer
First Trust
$47.46 -2.02%
Price as of 2026-08-21 · NYSE ARCA

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month -4.53%
6 Months -4.56%
1 Year +9.41%
5 Years +10.97% p.a.+68.24%
10 Years +9.13% p.a.+139.45%
Since inception +7.69% p.a.+317.65%
Calendar year returns
YTD +6.40%
2025 +21.86%
2024 +22.50%
2023 -2.12%
2022 +3.68%
2021 +17.67%

Key stats

AUM
890.61M
Expense ratio
0.64%
Holdings
40
1Y return
9.41%
Volatility (1Y)
13.64%
52-week range
36.03 - 50.85
Section 1

Fund overview

Fund profile data from fundamentals.

The fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the securities that comprise the index. The index is a modified equal-dollar weighted index to objectively identify and select stocks from the Russell 1000® Index in the utilities sector that may generate positive alpha relative to traditional passive-style indices through the use of the AlphaDEX® selection methodology.

Category Utilities
Issuer First Trust
Domicile USA
Section 2

Exposure breakdown

Exposure breakdown shows how the fund is allocated across assets, sectors, regions, and size buckets.

Asset allocation

Stock US
99.82%
Cash
0.18%

Sectors

Utilities
93.06%
Energy
4.41%
Industrials
2.54%

Regions

North America
100.00%

Market cap mix

Medium
63.36%
Small
30.60%
Big
5.87%
Section 3

Top holdings

Concentrated top holdings

Top holdings show which underlying securities drive the fund most.

Edison International
4.57%
National Fuel Gas Company
4.40%
Consolidated Edison Inc
4.34%
OGE Energy Corporation
4.26%
Exelon Corporation
4.22%
PG&E Corp
4.13%
Essential Utilities Inc
4.00%
UGI Corporation
3.67%
Clearway Energy Inc Class C
3.62%
Pinnacle West Capital Corp
3.46%
Section 4

Performance & risk

Historical return and risk indicators over fixed windows.

Returns

YTD return 12.34%
1M return -4.53%
6M return -4.56%
1Y return 9.41%
3Y return 18.59%
5Y return 68.24%
10Y return 9.72%

Risk

Volatility (1Y) 13.64%
Volatility (3Y) 15.17%
Sharpe ratio (3Y) 0.84
Beta 0.70
52-week range 36.03 - 50.85
Section 5

Portfolio characteristics

Fund concentration and composition metrics from source fields.

Overview

Holdings count 40
Top 10 weight 40.65%
Expense ratio 0.64%
Fund size 890.61M
Turnover 0.00%
Avg. market cap 23.68K

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol FXU
Name First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund
Asset type ETF
Exchange NYSE ARCA
Currency USD
ISIN US33734X1845
Country USA
Code + exchange FXU.NYSE ARCA
Last price date 2026-04-06
Fundamentals updated 2026-04-07

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