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About First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX
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Inception date
May 8, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
FXH tracks a quant-driven index that attempts to achieve excess returns by selecting health care stocks based on growth and value factors, and equal-weighting them in tiers. The portfolio offers noteworthy mid-cap exposure, downplaying familiar large-cap names relative to cap-weighted peer funds. Additionally, FXH underweights pharmaceuticals relative to the market, but allows a significant exposure to biotechnology and healthcare providers. Overall, this fund offers a smart beta approach to the US health care space, tilting away from big pharma and towards other facets of health care. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Health Technology
Health Services
Stocks99.93%
Health Technology66.32%
Health Services19.84%
Distribution Services5.34%
Technology Services5.07%
Finance3.35%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.07%
Mutual fund0.07%
Cash0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
North America95.43%
Europe4.57%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FXH invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Health Technology, with 66.32% stocks, and Health Services, with 19.84% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
FXH top holdings are Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., occupying 2.44% and 2.42% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FXH last dividends amounted to 0.06 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.07 USD in dividends, which shows a 8.60% decrease.
FXH assets under management is 891.10 M USD. It's fallen 2.70% over the last month.
FXH fund flows account for −322.78 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, FXH pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 0.34%. The last dividend (Jun 30, 2025) amounted to 0.06 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
FXH shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on May 8, 2007, and its management style is Passive.
FXH expense ratio is 0.62% meaning you'd have to pay 0.62% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FXH follows the StrataQuant Health Care Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FXH invests in stocks.
FXH price has fallen by −0.36% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −5.99% decrease. See more dynamics on FXH price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 4.38% increase in three-month performance and has decreased by −3.83% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 4.38% increase in three-month performance and has decreased by −3.83% in a year.
FXH trades at a premium (0.11%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.