First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FAB) Short Interest Update

Posted by Stanley Muller on Oct 9th, 2026

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FAB – Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,155 shares, an increase of 5,191.9% from the September 15th total of 173 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,205 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:FAB traded down $0.26 during trading on Friday, reaching $100.68. 846 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,646. First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund has a fifty-two week low of $83.76 and a fifty-two week high of $108.60. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $104.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $101.16. The firm has a market cap of $156.05 million, a PE ratio of 11.94 and a beta of 0.89.

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 24th were issued a $0.5387 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 24th. This is an increase from First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.3468. This represents a $2.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.1%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in FAB. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund by 3.4% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 6,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $649,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund during the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund by 25.5% in the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $221,000 after acquiring an additional 475 shares in the last quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund by 3.2% in the second quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 34,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,471,000 after acquiring an additional 1,056 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Centaurus Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund in the first quarter worth approximately $105,000.

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

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The First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FAB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Multi Cap Value index. The fund tracks an index that uses fundamental factors to select and weight value stocks from the Nasdaq US Select Indices. FAB was launched on May 8, 2007 and is managed by First Trust.