FEM — First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-28
FEM — First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Emerging Markets Blend / Core Equity · $615.39M AUM · 0.80% expense ratio · 33.2% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FEM Fund Overview
FEM — First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Alphadex Fund II, categorised as Emerging Markets Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Alphadex Fund II
- Category: Emerging Markets Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $615.39M
- 1-year return: 33.2%
- Ticker: FEM
- SEC CIK: 0001510337
- SEC series ID: S000031795
- Share class ID: C000099049
FEM Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Rbc Dominion Securities Inc. | 3.62% |
| Yangtze Optical Fibre & Cable Joint Stock Ltd Co. | 3.15% |
| Prio SA | 1.77% |
| Elite Material Company Ltd. | 1.68% |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 1.58% |
| Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd. | 1.56% |
| PetroChina Co Ltd. | 1.49% |
| MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC | 1.46% |
| Accton Technology Corp. | 1.43% |
| Vibra Energia SA | 1.40% |
FEM Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.7% |
FEM Performance
Total returns for FEM (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 8.5% |
| 1 year | 33.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.1% |
FEM Risk Information
Risk metrics for FEM, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.1%
FEM Costs and Fees
FEM costs about $80 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.80%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.80%
- Portfolio turnover: 111%
- Brokerage commissions: 17.35 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FEM Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund had net inflows of $109.83M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $0 |
| 2026-02 | $80.21M |
| 2026-01 | $19.34M |
| 2025-12 | $0 |
| 2025-11 | $5.38M |
| 2025-10 | $0 |
FEM Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FEM Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.