Mid-Cap Growth · NASDAQ · USD · Data as of 2026-05-16
AUM
$480.20M
Expense ratio
0.63%
Yield
0.10%
YTD return
+9.95%
Last price
$181.00
Broad Equity · Coverage 75% · low
Today
71.1
Outlook
55.9
Block A (composite-derived)
51.5
Block C (market behavior)
84.8
Today overlay (Block D)
0.0
Outlook overlay (Block D)
0.0
today_score = clip(0,100, 50 + 0.15·(A−50) + 0.60·(C−50) + D_today). Block B (holdings rollup) is in Phase 3 development; β=0 caps the natural range at ~12.5–87.5 in Preview v0.9. Formula version tide-etf-v1.0.0.
51.5
Coverage 75% · medium
Liquidity
—
Expenses
45.0
Performance
—
Volatility
15.3
Dividend
4.4
Concentration
95.0
Smart Money
70.7
Activist
99.6
Formula version composite-v1.0.0. Axes hover to see why a sub-score is missing.
First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD) is an exchange-traded fund from First Trust in the Mixed asset class. Launched in 2007. Assets under management: 480,198,400.
The fund tracks the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Multi Cap Growth Index.
Bullish Whales composite rating: 51 out of 100. Evidence coverage 75% across 6 of 8 axes. Strongest axes: activist exposure, concentration, smart-money flow.
Annualized one-year realized volatility 19%, classified moderate. Weakest axes: dividend, volatility.
Top-10 weight 0%, diversified, led by SNDK. Trailing yield 0%.
etf_composite_score_current · activist_score, composite_score, concentration_score, confidence, coverage_pct, dividend_score, smart_money_score, volatility_scoreetf_fundamentals_td · dividend_frequency, yieldetf_holdings_top10 · holding_symbol, weightetf_universe · asset_class, aum_usd, benchmark, benchmark_provider, fund_type, inception_date, issuer, name, replication_method, ticker, volatility_1yFirst Trust Multi Cap Growth Fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to provide investors with exposure to U.S. growth stocks across the large-, mid-, and small-cap sectors. The fund seeks to track the performance of the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Multi Cap Growth Index, which employs a rules-based methodology to select stocks exhibiting strong growth characteristics. The primary function of the fund is to offer a diversified portfolio that includes a wide range of companies positioned for significant earnings growth. Notable features of the First Trust Multi Cap Growth Fund include its focus on multi-cap growth, allowing investors to benefit from the potentially high returns of emerging and established companies in the technology, healthcare, and consumer discretionary sectors, among others. The ETF provides investors with a way to gain broad exposure to a dynamic segment of the equity market without having to individually select stocks. In the financial market, the First Trust Multi Cap Growth Fund plays a role as a strategic asset for those looking to capitalize on growth opportunities within the U.S. market. It aims to strike a balance between capturing the upside potential of growth stocks and managing the inherent risks of such investments.
Net AUM change history is not yet available for this ETF. Fund-flow time series is a Phase B deliverable.
Current AUM: $480,198,400. AUM change is computed from rolling daily fundamentals snapshots; it reflects total net-asset deltas (creations/redemptions + market value moves), not pure share creations.
Fund documents (fact sheets, prospectuses, semi-annual reports) for FAD are coming soon. The BW fund-document archive will surface PDFs alongside a metadata index for searchability.