First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Stock Jumps 0.2% – Here’s Why

Posted by Shane Hupp on Oct 20th, 2026

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS – Get Free Report)’s stock price was up 0.2% on Monday. The company traded as high as $69.63 and last traded at $69.3550. Approximately 1,351 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 35% from the average daily volume of 2,072 shares. The stock had previously closed at $69.22.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.2%

The firm has a market cap of $10.40 million, a P/E ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.86. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $70.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $68.68.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 24th were issued a dividend of $0.2838 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 24th. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. This is a decrease from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.7453.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Citadel Advisors LLC grew its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 28.9% during the second quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 30,215 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,981,000 after buying an additional 6,775 shares during the last quarter. City Holding Co. acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $583,000. Finally, Noble Wealth Management PBC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $131,000.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

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The First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FDTS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US Small Cap index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 400 small-cap companies selected from the S&P Developed Markets ex-US BMI based on S&P’s AlphaDex selection methodology. FDTS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.