First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEX) Reaches New 1-Year High at $99.21

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEX) reached a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as $99.21 and last traded at $99.21, with a volume of 1680 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $98.94.

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Stock Up 0.2 %

The firm has a market capitalization of $1.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.41 and a beta of 1.06. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $94.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $87.78.

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 22nd will be issued a dividend of $0.2108 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 21st.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 4.2% during the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,509,584 shares of the company’s stock valued at $122,427,000 after buying an additional 61,420 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its position in shares of First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 22.9% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 509,705 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,957,000 after buying an additional 94,813 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 467,862 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,184,000 after purchasing an additional 12,886 shares in the last quarter. Imprint Wealth LLC raised its position in First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 8,301.0% in the second quarter. Imprint Wealth LLC now owns 305,544 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,554,000 after purchasing an additional 301,907 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG raised its position in First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 7.2% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 259,263 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,376,000 after purchasing an additional 17,447 shares in the last quarter.

About First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Large Cap Core 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 Defined Large Cap Core Index (the Index). The Index is an enhanced index created and administered by Standard & Poor’s, which employs the AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to select stocks from the S&P 500 Index.