First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FKU) Shares Up 1.3% – What’s Next?

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FKU)’s stock price traded up 1.3% during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $37.98 and last traded at $37.78. 8,503 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 71% from the average session volume of 29,773 shares. The stock had previously closed at $37.31.

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $64.23 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.45 and a beta of 1.18. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $38.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $39.65.

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th were issued a dividend of $0.6439 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund stock. Benjamin Edwards Inc. purchased a new stake in First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FKU) during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 57,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,394,000. Benjamin Edwards Inc. owned 3.01% of First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund at the end of the most recent reporting period.

First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (FKU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 75 companies selected based on NASDAQs AlphaDEX selection methodology. FKU was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.