First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEMS) Increases Dividend to $0.45 Per Share

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEMS) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 25th will be given a dividend of 0.445 per share by the exchange traded fund on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 25th. This is a 46.7% increase from First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30.

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Stock Down 0.4%

NASDAQ FEMS opened at $45.76 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $47.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $45.63. First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a 12-month low of $39.07 and a 12-month high of $49.49. The company has a market capitalization of $253.97 million, a P/E ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 0.49.

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FEMS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX EM Small Cap index. The fund aims to outperform other index funds by selecting small-cap emerging markets securities using quantitative metrics. FEMS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.