FundNASDAQEurope

First Trust Germany AlphaDEX® Fund

FGM NASDAQ

First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund

57.42USD
+0.27 (+0.48%) 1 Year · close Oct 13

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Fund size
126M
as of Feb 2020
Expense ratio
0.80%
per year
Dividend yield
1.87%
Quarterly
Volatility · 1Y
21.1%
Above Average
Beta
0.81
vs the market
52-week range
55.2969.02
01 Performance

How FGM has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 13
Subpar performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs benchmark

Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
−51.4 pts
0%20%40% FGM +2.4% Index +53.7%

Over 1 year, FGM returned +2.4% with dividends reinvested — −51.4 pts behind its benchmark.

02 Risk

How bumpy is the ride?

Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.

Volatility

Annualized · 1Y
21.1%Above Average

A typical year sees the price swing about ±21% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−17.8%
0%-10%−17.8%

Deepest fall −17.8% on Oct 8, 2026 — 241 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 61% of the time.

Risk vs reward

1Y
Volatility →Return →More return, less riskIndex+53.7% · σ 14%FGM+2.4% · σ 21%

Over 1 year, FGM delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
FGM tends to move+8.1%

A beta of 0.81 means FGM has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio -0.08 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Downtrend
57.42
  • 12-day average58.23 −1.4%
  • 26-day average59.68 −3.8%
  • 50-day average60.92 −5.8%
  • 200-day average61.25 −6.3%

The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Oversold
OversoldOverbought22.3

RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.

Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.

04 Fund

Inside the fund

Europe · Germany — tracking the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Germany Index.

  • Assets under management126MUSD
  • Expense ratio0.80%per year
  • Holdings41
  • Risk score6.0Medium

Launched February 2012. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.

05 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield1.87%

About 19 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
1.07
Frequency
Quarterly
Last paid
Sep 24, 2026

Last 12 months

1.07 USD / share
0.04Dec 120.84Jun 250.19Sep 24
06 Themes

Where FGM shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold FGM. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

07 Profile

About First Trust Germany AlphaDEX® Fund

First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
  • 41 holdings
Ticker
FGM
Exchange
NASDAQ
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Europe
Industry
Germany
Benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics

Details

NameFirst Trust Germany AlphaDEX® Fund
TickerFGM
ISIN-
CUSIP-
ExchangeNASDAQ
CategoryEurope
Sub CategoryGermany
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateFeb 17, 2012
BenchmarkNASDAQ AlphaDEX Germany Index

Shareas of Oct 13, 2026

Close Price USD57.42
52W Low / High 55.29 / 69.02
1Y Total Return2.35%
Subpar
1Y Volatility20.95%
Above Average
Beta0.81
12M Dividends1.072
Last Dividend DateSep 24, 2026
Dist. FrequencyQuarterly
Dividend Yield1.87%

Dataas of Feb 28, 2020

AUM126 M
Discount/Premium-0.841%
NAV38.91
Shares Outstanding3.3 M
Volume 20D Avg7.1 K
Nbr of Holdings41
Risk RankMedium
Net Expense0.800%
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