First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FPA) Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.15

First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FPA) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th will be given a dividend of 0.1513 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 25th.

First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.0%

NASDAQ FPA opened at $53.10 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $132.75 million, a P/E ratio of 10.39 and a beta of 1.05. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $52.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.38. First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund has a 52 week low of $34.57 and a 52 week high of $58.89.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Waverton Investment Management Ltd grew its stake in shares of First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund by 7.1% during the third quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 181,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,782,000 after acquiring an additional 12,090 shares in the last quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP lifted its stake in shares of First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund by 11.9% in the third quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP now owns 46,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,725,000 after acquiring an additional 4,915 shares in the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC lifted its stake in shares of First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund by 14.5% in the first quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 42,208 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,835,000 after acquiring an additional 5,339 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund in the second quarter worth about $850,000. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. purchased a new position in First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund in the second quarter valued at about $130,000.

First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Asia Pacific Ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund (FPA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund selects and weights 100 stocks from the S&P Asia Pacific Ex-Japan BMI Index based on their growth and value factors. FPA was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.