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First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund

FXH NYSE Arca

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund

137.44USD
+26.50 (+23.89%) 1 Year · close Oct 30

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Fund size
1.06B
as of Feb 2020
Expense ratio
0.62%
per year
Dividend yield
0.31%
Quarterly
Volatility · 1Y
16.1%
Average Risk
Beta
0.62
vs the market
52-week range
104.35138.16
01 Performance

How FXH has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 30
Strong performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
+0.4 pts
0%10%20% FXH +24.3% Price +23.9%

Over 1 year, FXH returned +24.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +0.4 pts to the price move.

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
16.1%Average Risk

A typical year sees the price swing about ±16% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−12.3%
0%-7%−12.3%

Deepest fall −12.3% on Mar 27, 2026 — 79 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 18% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
FXH tends to move+6.2%

A beta of 0.62 means FXH has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio 1.24 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

Uptrend
137.44
  • 12-day average135.20 +1.7%
  • 26-day average133.55 +2.9%
  • 50-day average131.85 +4.2%
  • 200-day average122.84 +11.9%

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

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought69.8

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

Health Care · InvestableMkt Size — tracking the StrataQuant Health Care Index.

  • Assets under management1.06BUSD
  • Expense ratio0.62%per year
  • Holdings77
  • Risk score4.8Medium

Launched May 2007. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.

05 Dividends

What it pays you

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

Dividend yield0.31%

About 3 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
0.43
Frequency
Quarterly
Last paid
Sep 24, 2026

Last 12 months

0.43 USD / share
0.14Dec 120.29Sep 24
06 Themes

Where FXH shows up

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07 Profile

About First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund

  • Featured in 3 curated themes
  • 77 holdings
Ticker
FXH
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Health Care
Industry
InvestableMkt Size
Benchmark
StrataQuant Health Care Index
All key statistics

Details

NameFirst Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund
TickerFXH
ISIN-
CUSIP-
ExchangeNYSEARCA
CategoryHealth Care
Sub CategoryInvestableMkt Size
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateMay 10, 2007
BenchmarkStrataQuant Health Care Index

Shareas of Oct 30, 2026

Close Price USD137.44
52W Low / High 104.35 / 138.16
1Y Total Return24.12%
Strong
1Y Volatility15.90%
Average Risk
Beta0.62
12M Dividends0.4317
Last Dividend DateSep 24, 2026
Dist. FrequencyQuarterly
Dividend Yield0.31%

Dataas of Feb 27, 2020

AUM1.1 B
Discount/Premium-0.075%
NAV79.76
Shares Outstanding13 M
Volume 20D Avg81 K
Nbr of Holdings77
Risk RankMedium
Net Expense0.620%
Options availableYes
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