First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU)

NYSEARCA: FXU · Real-Time Price · USD
42.19
+0.02 (0.05%)
At close: Jun 27, 2025, 4:00 PM
42.19
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: Jun 27, 2025, 6:30 PM EDT
0.05%
Assets $1.66B
Expense Ratio 0.64%
PE Ratio 17.41
Shares Out 39.10M
Dividend (ttm) $0.93
Dividend Yield 2.21%
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 26, 2025
Payout Ratio 39.11%
1-Year Return +26.70%
Volume 276,638
Open 42.29
Previous Close 42.17
Day's Range 42.13 - 42.58
52-Week Low 32.67
52-Week High 43.44
Beta 0.67
Holdings 43
Inception Date May 8, 2007

About FXU

Fund Home Page

The First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the StrataQuant Utilities index. The fund tracks a tiered, equal-weighted index of large- and mid-cap utility firms in the US. Holdings are selected and weighted based on growth and value metrics. FXU was launched on May 8, 2007 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Equity
Category Utilities
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol FXU
ETF Provider First Trust
Index Tracked StrataQuant Utilities Index

Top 10 Holdings

42.08% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
NRG Energy, Inc. NRG 6.42%
Vistra Corp. VST 5.03%
UGI Corporation UGI 4.40%
Sempra SRE 4.33%
Evergy, Inc. EVRG 4.08%
Waste Management, Inc. WM 4.04%
Edison International EIX 3.54%
The AES Corporation AES 3.50%
Clearway Energy, Inc. CWEN 3.43%
PG&E Corporation PCG 3.30%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 26, 2025 $0.2016 Jun 30, 2025
Mar 27, 2025 $0.2105 Mar 31, 2025
Dec 13, 2024 $0.2647 Dec 31, 2024
Sep 26, 2024 $0.2566 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024 $0.2153 Jun 28, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 $0.1759 Mar 28, 2024
Full Dividend History

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