First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXG) Stock Price Up 0.7%

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXG) rose 0.7% during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $66.68 and last traded at $66.47. Approximately 20,920 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 35% from the average daily volume of 32,203 shares. The stock had previously closed at $65.98.

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund Stock Up 0.7 %

The business has a fifty day moving average of $65.94 and a 200 day moving average of $62.79. The firm has a market cap of $425.42 million, a P/E ratio of 16.65 and a beta of 0.47.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. J Arnold Wealth Management Co increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 293,570.6% in the third quarter. J Arnold Wealth Management Co now owns 1,010,227 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,957,000 after acquiring an additional 1,009,883 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter worth about $19,997,000. Raymond James & Associates increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 63.2% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 199,218 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,569,000 after acquiring an additional 77,175 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 20.6% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 255,259 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,402,000 after acquiring an additional 43,552 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PGIM Custom Harvest LLC increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 322.3% in the third quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC now owns 49,837 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,007,000 after acquiring an additional 38,037 shares in the last quarter.

About First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Consumer Staples 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 Staples 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.