First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FPA) Announces Dividend Increase – $0.37 Per Share

First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FPA) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 24th will be paid a dividend of 0.3666 per share on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 24th. This is a 142.3% increase from First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.

First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund Trading Down 2.6%

NASDAQ FPA traded down $1.34 on Thursday, hitting $49.62. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 350 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,092. First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund has a 52-week low of $35.73 and a 52-week high of $58.89. The firm has a market cap of $111.64 million, a P/E ratio of 10.39 and a beta of 1.10. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $48.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $49.58.

About First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund

The First Trust Asia Pacific Ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund (FPA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund selects and weights 100 stocks from the S&P Asia Pacific Ex-Japan BMI Index based on their growth and value factors. FPA was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.