First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund
FGM
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in mil. unless spec.- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400 Wheaton IL United States of America 60187
- IPO Date
- Feb 17, 2012
- CIK
- 0001510337
- Website
- ftportfolios.com
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- First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund (FGM) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks investment results corresponding generally to the price and yield, before fees and expenses, of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Germany Index. The fund employs the proprietary AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to identify approximately 40 German equities from the S&P Germany BMI universe, utilizing a tiered equal-weighting approach that ranks stocks based on growth factors such as three-, six- and 12-month price appreciation, sales to price, and one-year sales growth, as well as value factors including book value to price, cash flow to price, and return on assets; it offers exposure primarily to large- and mid-cap companies across sectors like industrials (approximately 46%), consumer cyclical (23%), and others including automobiles, energy, and materials, with top holdings such as Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Siemens Energy AG, RWE AG, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, and Aurubis AG. Launched on February 14, 2012, and domiciled in the United States with shares listed on Nasdaq, the fund targets investors seeking enhanced returns from the German equity market and maintains assets under management of approximately $72 million as of late 2025, with a net expense ratio of 0.80% and quarterly distributions. On July 14, 2015, the fund underwent a significant change by switching its underlying index from the Defined Germany Index to the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Germany Index, which altered its stock selection and weighting methodology and may impact the comparability of performance prior to that date. First Trust Advisors L.P., the fund's investment adviser based in Wheaton, Illinois and founded in 1991 alongside affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., continues to manage FGM as part of its broader suite of over 180 AlphaDEX and other ETFs, with recent firm-wide developments including the November 2025 launch of the First Trust Enhanced Stocks, Bonds & Gold ETF (ESBG) and ongoing distributions declared for 156 ETFs in December 2025, though no specific acquisitions, partnerships, or strategic shifts directly affecting FGM were reported in the last 1-2 years. The fund provides geographic focus exclusively on Germany within Europe, with liquidity supported by authorized participants and trading available in markets including the United States and Mexico.