First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FTC) Sees Large Volume Increase – Here’s Why

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FTC) saw strong trading volume on Friday . 28,997 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 35% from the previous session’s volume of 21,404 shares.The stock last traded at $138.09 and had previously closed at $139.52.

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Trading Down 1.4 %

The firm has a market capitalization of $1.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.72 and a beta of 1.04. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $142.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $132.09.

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th were paid a dividend of $0.2752 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund by 12,202.4% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 521,991 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,610,000 after purchasing an additional 517,748 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC acquired a new position in First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund in the 3rd quarter valued at $56,552,000. Benjamin Edwards Inc. raised its position in First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund by 4,103.6% during the 3rd quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 46,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,130,000 after buying an additional 45,509 shares during the last quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. lifted its stake in shares of First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund by 161.0% in the 2nd quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 50,302 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,163,000 after acquiring an additional 31,028 shares during the period. Finally, CoreCap Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund during the second quarter worth about $2,758,000.

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (the Fund), formerly First Trust Large Cap Growth Opportunities AlphaDEX Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the Defined Large Cap Growth Index (the Index).