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About First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund
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Inception date
Apr 18, 2011
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
FLN aims to identify a portfolio of Latin American stocks that will outperform the market. It scores eligible securities by several factors, including momentum, growth, and valuation metrics, to determine their value and growth scores. Based on these scores, the top 50 holdings are sorted into tiers, with higher tiers getting more weight applying equal weighting within each tier. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Utilities
Non-Energy Minerals
Stocks89.03%
Finance25.27%
Utilities11.91%
Non-Energy Minerals10.97%
Retail Trade9.49%
Energy Minerals6.57%
Consumer Non-Durables5.80%
Transportation5.78%
Communications5.39%
Electronic Technology3.82%
Process Industries3.28%
Health Services0.75%
Bonds, Cash & Other10.97%
UNIT7.87%
Miscellaneous2.74%
Cash0.35%
Stock breakdown by region
Latin America70.82%
North America29.18%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FLN invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 25.27% stocks, and Utilities, with 11.91% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Latin America region.
FLN top holdings are Industrias Penoles SAB de CV and Embraer S.A., occupying 4.17% and 3.82% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FLN last dividends amounted to 0.27 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.10 USD in dividends, which shows a 61.35% increase.
Yes, FLN pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.77%. The last dividend (Jun 30, 2025) amounted to 0.27 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
FLN shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on Apr 18, 2011, and its management style is Passive.
FLN expense ratio is 0.80% meaning you'd have to pay 0.80% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FLN follows the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Latin America Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FLN invests in stocks.
FLN price has risen by 9.18% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 13.39% increase. See more dynamics on FLN price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 5.35% over the last month, showed a 12.75% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 17.77% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 5.35% over the last month, showed a 12.75% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 17.77% in a year.
FLN trades at a premium (0.45%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.