FEMS — First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-21
FEMS — First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FEMS Fund Overview
FEMS — First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Alphadex Fund II, categorised as Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap 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 Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $251.80M
- 1-year return: 16.7%
- Ticker: FEMS
- SEC CIK: 0001510337
- SEC series ID: S000036655
- Share class ID: C000112037
FEMS Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Td Securities (usa) LLC | 3.30% |
| Iteq Corp. | 2.01% |
| Holy Stone Enterprise Company Ltd. | 1.98% |
| Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman As | 1.71% |
| Europower Enerji Ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri Sanayi Ticaret As | 1.56% |
| Topoint Technology Co. Ltd. | 1.53% |
| Kaori Heat Treatment Co. Ltd. | 1.48% |
| Chipmos Technologies, Inc. | 1.20% |
| Amtran Technology Company Ltd. | 1.12% |
| Thaifoods Group Pcl | 1.02% |
FEMS Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.3% |
FEMS Performance
Total returns for FEMS (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 8.4% |
| 1 year | 16.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.2% |
FEMS Risk Information
Risk metrics for FEMS, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.3%
FEMS Costs and Fees
FEMS costs about $80 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.80%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.80%
- Portfolio turnover: 114%
- Brokerage commissions: 22.33 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FEMS Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund had net outflows of $24.60M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $0 |
| 2026-05 | $0 |
| 2026-04 | $0 |
| 2026-03 | −$4.49M |
| 2026-02 | $0 |
| 2026-01 | −$2.24M |
FEMS Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FEMS Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-14
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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.