First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEM) Stock Short Interest Report for September

Posted by Lindsey Winhoffer on Oct 13th, 2026

First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEM – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 13,828 shares, a drop of 78.0% from the September 15th total of 62,848 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 114,850 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ FEM traded down $0.03 during trading on Monday, hitting $33.13. The company had a trading volume of 49,821 shares, compared to its average volume of 125,626. The firm has a market capitalization of $815.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.20 and a beta of 0.62. First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund has a fifty-two week low of $25.93 and a fifty-two week high of $35.61. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.81 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $32.21.

First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 24th were paid a $0.2849 dividend. This is a boost from First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1899. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 24th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Private Client Services LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund in the 3rd quarter valued at $223,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund by 7.5% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 17,854 shares of the company’s stock worth $571,000 after acquiring an additional 1,240 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund by 3.1% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 875,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,010,000 after purchasing an additional 26,228 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund by 141.8% during the 2nd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 58,953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,886,000 after acquiring an additional 34,577 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund by 4,381.1% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 18,731 shares of the company’s stock valued at $599,000 after purchasing an additional 18,313 shares during the period.

About First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund

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The First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (FEM) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX EM index. The fund tracks an index of emerging markets companies selected using a quantitative methodology and weighted in tiers. FEM was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.