First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FYX) Raises Dividend to $0.51 Per Share

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FYX) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 24th will be given a dividend of 0.5101 per share on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 24th. This is a 16.8% increase from First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.44.

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

Shares of FYX traded down $0.86 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $135.87. 1,059 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 31,844. The company has a market cap of $1.35 billion, a PE ratio of 13.79 and a beta of 1.05. First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund has a 52-week low of $103.42 and a 52-week high of $147.18. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $142.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of $134.93.

About First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

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.