First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXD) Stock Price Down 1.2% – Here’s Why

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXD) shares fell 1.2% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $67.29 and last traded at $67.29. 10,718 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 35% from the average session volume of 16,538 shares. The stock had previously closed at $68.11.

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.4%

The stock’s 50-day moving average is $66.64 and its 200-day moving average is $67.85. The stock has a market cap of $275.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.17 and a beta of 1.13.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Kestra Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 17,884 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,223,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the period. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund by 5.9% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 4,995 shares of the company’s stock worth $341,000 after purchasing an additional 278 shares during the last quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund by 9.0% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 3,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $253,000 after purchasing an additional 304 shares during the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 26,908 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,840,000 after purchasing an additional 447 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. increased its position in First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund by 12.8% in the third quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 4,607 shares of the company’s stock worth $314,000 after buying an additional 522 shares during the period.

About First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Consumer Discretionary Index (the Index). The Index is an enhanced index created and administered by the AMEX, which employs the AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to select stocks from the Russell 1000 Index. The AMEX constructs the Index by ranking the stocks, which are members of the Russell 1000 Index on growth factors, including 3, 6 and 12-month price appreciation, sales to price and one-year sales growth, and separately on value factors, including book value to price, cash flow to price and return on assets.