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First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Auto Components — 8.7%     
25,557  Aptiv PLC  $2,190,235 
138,519  BorgWarner, Inc.   5,785,939 
206,870  Garrett Motion, Inc. (a)   3,889,156 
196,466  Gentex Corp.   4,524,612 
293,139  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   5,631,200 
39,205  Lear Corp.   5,606,315 
45,245  Visteon Corp. (a)   2,987,075 
       30,614,532 
         
   Automobiles — 4.6%     
462,746  Ford Motor Co.   4,835,696 
109,511  General Motors Co.   4,265,453 
56,967  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   2,120,881 
3,631  Tesla, Inc. (a) (b)   866,683 
65,142  Thor Industries, Inc.   4,290,904 
       16,379,617 
         
   Building Products — 0.3%     
21,333  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   1,125,956 
         
   Distributors — 0.9%     
71,579  LKQ Corp. (a)   2,154,528 
6,155  Pool Corp.   1,130,920 
       3,285,448 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 2.8%     
15,982  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,048,093 
5,946  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   4,420,435 
127,286  H&R Block, Inc.   3,463,452 
       9,931,980 
         
   Entertainment — 6.2%     
50,797  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   2,136,014 
86,937  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)   3,374,025 
83,733  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   5,471,114 
3,466  Madison Square Garden (The) Co., Class A (a)   1,082,917 
8,544  Netflix, Inc. (a)   3,165,894 
144,744  Viacom, Inc., Class B   4,184,549 
18,295  Walt Disney (The) Co.   2,505,866 
       21,920,379 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%     
16,780  Costco Wholesale Corp.   4,119,993 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.3%     
16,899  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   1,082,550 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 15.6%     
103,118  Aramark   3,204,907 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
233,770  Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)  $2,188,087 
104,901  Carnival Corp.   5,754,869 
7,491  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   5,154,108 
33,448  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   3,933,485 
13,527  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   1,009,520 
113,172  Extended Stay America, Inc.   2,026,910 
32,926  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   1,054,949 
12,220  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   1,063,018 
73,314  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   5,625,383 
156,385  International Game Technology PLC   2,287,913 
16,662  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   1,117,187 
79,169  MGM Resorts International   2,108,270 
55,446  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   3,126,600 
26,585  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   3,215,190 
40,989  Starbucks Corp.   3,184,026 
170,331  Wendy’s (The) Co.   3,169,860 
118,468  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   5,631,969 
       54,856,251 
         
   Household Durables — 10.5%     
128,578  D.R. Horton, Inc.   5,697,291 
11,765  Garmin Ltd.   1,008,731 
24,057  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   946,884 
82,763  Lennar Corp., Class A   4,306,159 
42,177  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   5,746,616 
1,102  NVR, Inc. (a)   3,474,033 
190,288  PulteGroup, Inc.   5,986,460 
70,450  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   4,325,630 
146,976  Toll Brothers, Inc.   5,599,786 
       37,091,590 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 4.5%     
1,140  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   2,196,233 
54,698  eBay, Inc.   2,119,548 
332,947  Qurate Retail, Inc. (a)   5,676,746 
35,840  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   5,811,456 
       15,803,983 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.6%     
40,362  Brunswick Corp.   2,066,938 
         
   Machinery — 1.2%     
30,821  WABCO Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,081,933 
         
   Media — 7.5%     
3,103  Cable One, Inc.   3,290,825 
5,858  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   2,174,431 
76,216  Comcast Corp., Class A   3,317,682 
112,776  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   3,484,778 
128,207  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   4,502,630 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
48,344  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.  $1,111,912 
68,911  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   3,182,310 
115,313  Tribune Media Co., Class A   5,327,461 
       26,392,029 
         
   Multiline Retail — 5.4%     
25,544  Dollar General Corp.   3,220,843 
38,681  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   4,304,422 
59,079  Kohl’s Corp.   4,200,517 
221,411  Macy’s, Inc.   5,212,015 
25,310  Target Corp.   1,959,500 
       18,897,297 
         
   Personal Products — 0.9%     
18,406  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   3,162,335 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.9%     
8,201  AMERCO   3,060,367 
         
   Software — 0.2%     
14,338  2U, Inc. (a)   867,449 
         
   Specialty Retail — 17.6%     
5,955  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   990,436 
113,744  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   4,769,286 
3,968  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   4,080,334 
42,882  Best Buy Co., Inc.   3,190,850 
6,485  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   1,095,381 
14,552  CarMax, Inc. (a)   1,133,019 
144,538  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   5,347,906 
98,566  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   4,733,139 
33,524  Foot Locker, Inc.   1,917,908 
203,227  Gap (The), Inc.   5,300,160 
36,828  L Brands, Inc.   944,270 
18,557  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   2,099,539 
177,887  Michaels Cos. (The), Inc. (a)   1,999,450 
5,233  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   1,981,057 
119,161  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   5,471,873 
10,909  Ross Stores, Inc.   1,065,373 
9,623  Tiffany & Co.   1,037,552 
57,268  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   3,142,868 
41,561  Tractor Supply Co.   4,301,563 
15,255  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   5,323,690 
36,103  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   2,064,008 
       61,989,662 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 10.0%     
88,807  Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)   3,914,612 
10,078  Carter’s, Inc.   1,067,361 
51,069  Columbia Sportswear Co.   5,105,368 
113,616  Hanesbrands, Inc.   2,053,041 
24,794  Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)   4,372,422 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (Continued)     
12,060  NIKE, Inc., Class B  $1,059,230 
33,315  PVH Corp.   4,297,302 
7,833  Ralph Lauren Corp.   1,030,666 
120,886  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   3,827,251 
93,788  Tapestry, Inc.   3,026,539 
96,097  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   2,218,879 
35,061  VF Corp.   3,310,109 
       35,282,780 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   352,013,069 
   (Cost $329,328,989)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
488,863  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (c)   488,863 
   (Cost $488,863)     
         

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 1,223,909  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $1,224,000. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,251,260. (d)   1,223,909 
   (Cost $1,223,909)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.4%   353,725,841 
   (Cost $331,041,761) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.4)%   (1,345,837)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $352,380,004 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $779,800 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,223,909.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $37,916,264 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $15,232,184. The net unrealized appreciation was $22,684,080.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section): 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $352,013,069   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   488,863    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      1,223,909    —   
Total Investments  $352,501,932   $1,223,909   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Beverages — 8.7%     
294,587  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B  $18,909,540 
73,743  PepsiCo, Inc.   9,442,791 
       28,352,331 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 17.4%     
70,179  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   9,288,191 
714,316  Kroger (The) Co.   18,415,066 
90,245  Sysco Corp.   6,350,541 
345,159  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   12,615,561 
190,446  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   10,202,192 
       56,871,551 
         
   Food Products — 58.2%     
407,424  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   18,171,110 
170,287  Bunge Ltd.   8,924,742 
316,010  Campbell Soup Co.   12,226,427 
434,372  Conagra Brands, Inc.   13,369,970 
282,586  Flowers Foods, Inc.   6,143,420 
339,558  General Mills, Inc.   17,477,050 
52,467  Hershey (The) Co.   6,550,505 
134,602  Hormel Foods Corp.   5,376,004 
127,252  Ingredion, Inc.   12,057,127 
77,572  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   9,512,654 
104,997  Kellogg Co.   6,331,319 
538,198  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   17,889,702 
40,198  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   2,815,870 
59,995  McCormick & Co., Inc.   9,237,430 
120,687  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   6,136,934 
270,288  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   7,273,450 
160,623  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   18,115,062 
173,548  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   13,017,835 
       190,626,611 
         
   Household Products — 10.8%     
169,163  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   12,678,767 
18,773  Clorox (The) Co.   2,998,611 
43,952  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   3,199,266 
24,313  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   3,121,303 
28,951  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   3,082,703 
164,972  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   10,157,326 
       35,237,976 
         
   Personal Products — 3.8%     
56,848  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   3,004,417 
188,824  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   9,605,477 
       12,609,894 
         
   Tobacco — 0.9%     
34,080  Philip Morris International, Inc.   2,949,965 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   326,648,328 
   (Cost $321,869,317)     

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
688,664  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)  $688,664 
   (Cost $688,664)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   327,336,992 
   (Cost $322,557,981) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   17,084 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $327,354,076 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $25,353,166 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $20,574,155. The net unrealized appreciation was $4,779,011.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $326,648,328   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   688,664    —      —   
Total Investments  $327,336,992   $—     $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.               

 

 

 

 

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund (FXN)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Energy Equipment & Services — 7.7%     
46,652  Baker Hughes a GE Co.  $1,120,581 
845,781  Nabors Industries Ltd.   2,960,234 
207,520  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   2,820,197 
509,987  RPC, Inc.   5,247,766 
29,671  Schlumberger Ltd.   1,266,358 
       13,415,136 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 92.2%     
28,431  Anadarko Petroleum Corp.   2,071,198 
329,498  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   2,388,861 
37,301  Apache Corp.   1,227,576 
111,482  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   2,886,269 
827,493  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)   8,713,501 
63,833  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   4,107,654 
417,136  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)   1,213,866 
47,246  Chevron Corp.   5,672,355 
104,059  Cimarex Energy Co.   7,144,691 
675,372  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   6,051,333 
65,550  Concho Resources, Inc.   7,563,159 
87,183  ConocoPhillips   5,502,991 
97,475  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   4,482,875 
92,193  Devon Energy Corp.   2,963,083 
42,977  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   4,572,323 
45,857  EOG Resources, Inc.   4,404,565 
59,373  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   1,236,740 
1,031,737  Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)   4,849,164 
54,019  Exxon Mobil Corp.   4,336,645 
147,625  HollyFrontier Corp.   7,046,141 
64,633  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   1,284,258 
207,559  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   1,388,570 
348,233  Marathon Oil Corp.   5,933,890 
72,921  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   4,438,701 
198,597  Murphy Oil Corp.   5,409,782 
52,288  Noble Energy, Inc.   1,414,913 
87,907  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   5,175,964 
41,654  ONEOK, Inc.   2,829,556 
301,492  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   6,017,780 
93,428  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   3,137,312 
76,429  Phillips 66   7,204,962 
19,100  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   3,179,386 
415,871  SM Energy Co.   6,624,825 
68,598  Valero Energy Corp.   6,219,095 
278,256  Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)   7,621,432 
332,902  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   4,624,009 
       160,939,425 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   174,354,561 
   (Cost $210,800,857)     

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
330,989  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)  $330,989 
   (Cost $330,989)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   174,685,550 
   (Cost $211,131,846) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (175,983)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $174,509,567 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $2,231,419 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $38,677,715. The net unrealized depreciation was $36,446,296.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $174,354,561   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   330,989    —      —   
Total Investments  $174,685,550   $—     $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Banks — 26.8%     
316,683  Associated Banc-Corp.  $7,185,537 
245,059  Bank of America Corp.   7,493,904 
21,389  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   1,762,026 
291,631  Bank OZK   9,521,752 
151,823  BankUnited, Inc.   5,553,685 
108,981  BB&T Corp.   5,579,827 
41,454  BOK Financial Corp.   3,612,302 
176,183  CIT Group, Inc.   9,385,268 
135,832  Citigroup, Inc.   9,603,322 
208,036  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   7,530,903 
69,161  Comerica, Inc.   5,435,363 
29,113  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   1,759,299 
34,826  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   3,541,456 
140,946  East West Bancorp, Inc.   7,255,900 
637,846  F.N.B. Corp.   7,737,072 
335,110  Fifth Third Bancorp   9,657,870 
12,425  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   5,569,506 
129,773  First Hawaiian, Inc.   3,588,224 
604,540  First Horizon National Corp.   9,122,509 
533,216  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   7,422,367 
50,093  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   5,813,293 
429,281  KeyCorp   7,533,882 
32,295  M&T Bank Corp.   5,492,411 
179,771  PacWest Bancorp   7,109,943 
308,448  People’s United Financial, Inc.   5,333,066 
92,704  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   5,383,321 
41,341  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   5,660,823 
129,699  Popular, Inc.   7,484,929 
48,951  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   3,604,752 
477,822  Regions Financial Corp.   7,420,576 
39,595  Signature Bank   5,229,312 
362,919  Sterling Bancorp   7,773,725 
85,585  SunTrust Banks, Inc.   5,604,106 
7,587  SVB Financial Group (a)   1,909,800 
147,581  Synovus Financial Corp.   5,439,836 
326,785  TCF Financial Corp.   7,231,752 
123,854  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   8,017,069 
70,151  U.S. Bancorp   3,740,451 
307,326  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   5,335,179 
66,718  Webster Financial Corp.   3,544,727 
139,925  Wells Fargo & Co.   6,773,769 
123,560  Western Alliance Bancorp (a)   5,903,697 
50,209  Wintrust Financial Corp.   3,825,926 
148,892  Zions Bancorp N.A.   7,344,842 
       266,829,279 
         
   Capital Markets — 16.0%     
31,562  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   3,500,857 
26,390  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   3,873,260 
100,553  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   4,993,462 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
1,591,614  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A  $8,594,716 
3,951  BlackRock, Inc.   1,917,183 
35,421  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   3,599,128 
72,810  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   3,688,555 
92,873  Evercore, Inc., Class A   9,048,616 
27,233  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   7,512,768 
255,023  Franklin Resources, Inc.   8,821,246 
44,021  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   9,064,804 
32,581  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   1,767,193 
22,200  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   1,805,970 
437,673  Invesco Ltd.   9,615,676 
233,854  Lazard Ltd., Class A   9,092,244 
121,342  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   8,990,229 
20,562  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   5,723,021 
18,625  Moody’s Corp.   3,662,047 
160,217  Morgan Stanley   7,730,470 
40,248  Morningstar, Inc.   5,773,576 
42,504  MSCI, Inc.   9,579,551 
37,392  Northern Trust Corp.   3,684,982 
63,063  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   5,774,679 
16,016  S&P Global, Inc.   3,534,091 
102,738  State Street Corp.   6,951,253 
67,531  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   7,259,582 
142,341  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   3,498,742 
       159,057,901 
         
   Consumer Finance — 7.9%     
307,438  Ally Financial, Inc.   9,133,983 
61,859  American Express Co.   7,251,731 
103,458  Capital One Financial Corp.   9,604,006 
14,927  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   7,407,076 
71,260  Discover Financial Services   5,806,978 
584,371  Navient Corp.   7,894,852 
266,188  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   9,042,406 
399,975  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   8,539,466 
511,693  SLM Corp.   5,198,801 
264,936  Synchrony Financial   9,185,331 
       79,064,630 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%     
83,927  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   1,904,303 
67,666  Voya Financial, Inc.   3,714,187 
       5,618,490 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 16.1%     
59,284  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   8,441,449 
34,310  American Tower Corp.   6,700,743 
100,833  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   4,977,117 
311,097  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   5,117,546 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
8,397  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.  $1,687,209 
106,576  Brandywine Realty Trust   1,640,205 
184,027  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   3,290,403 
31,589  CoreSite Realty Corp.   3,456,152 
66,027  Crown Castle International Corp.   8,304,876 
55,274  Duke Realty Corp.   1,720,127 
21,935  EPR Properties   1,729,794 
14,886  Equinix, Inc.   6,768,664 
206,827  Equity Commonwealth   6,577,099 
44,365  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   5,177,395 
33,172  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   3,439,605 
131,472  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   5,308,839 
162,009  HCP, Inc.   4,824,628 
59,122  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   1,630,585 
64,245  Hospitality Properties Trust   1,670,370 
447,168  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   8,603,512 
49,108  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   1,711,905 
47,668  Iron Mountain, Inc.   1,548,257 
22,252  Kilroy Realty Corp.   1,711,401 
274,102  Kimco Realty Corp.   4,766,634 
42,652  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   3,526,041 
17,336  Life Storage, Inc.   1,651,947 
456,589  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   7,972,044 
44,306  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   1,567,989 
72,235  Outfront Media, Inc.   1,721,360 
217,541  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   6,978,715 
23,493  Prologis, Inc.   1,801,208 
53,626  Rayonier, Inc.   1,704,771 
25,397  SBA Communications Corp. (a)   5,174,131 
717,442  Senior Housing Properties Trust   5,761,059 
124,104  SITE Centers Corp.   1,643,137 
18,758  SL Green Realty Corp.   1,657,082 
42,545  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   1,721,371 
231,759  VICI Properties, Inc.   5,284,105 
230,207  Weingarten Realty Investors   6,662,191 
128,344  Weyerhaeuser Co.   3,439,619 
21,579  WP Carey, Inc.   1,711,646 
       160,782,931 
         
   Insurance — 16.5%     
67,612  Aflac, Inc.   3,406,293 
2,760  Alleghany Corp. (a)   1,812,989 
35,895  Allstate (The) Corp.   3,555,759 
17,532  American Financial Group, Inc.   1,815,088 
157,018  American International Group, Inc.   7,469,346 
29,706  Aon PLC   5,351,239 
104,597  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   3,533,287 
21,643  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   1,809,788 
17,763  Assurant, Inc.   1,687,485 
190,220  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   9,073,494 
165,715  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   7,483,689 
61,712  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   3,508,327 
232,887  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   9,732,348 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
57,279  Brown & Brown, Inc.  $1,818,608 
24,133  Chubb Ltd.   3,504,112 
77,984  CNA Financial Corp.   3,612,999 
7,802  Everest Re Group Ltd.   1,837,371 
138,738  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   5,542,583 
164,106  First American Financial Corp.   9,363,888 
14,768  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   1,781,168 
67,993  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   3,556,714 
115,182  Lincoln National Corp.   7,684,943 
35,266  Loews Corp.   1,808,793 
54,003  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   5,091,943 
158,825  MetLife, Inc.   7,326,597 
161,596  Old Republic International Corp.   3,613,287 
101,034  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   5,775,103 
117,235  Progressive (The) Corp.   9,161,915 
73,587  Prudential Financial, Inc.   7,778,882 
35,716  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   5,411,331 
41,252  Torchmark Corp.   3,616,150 
36,970  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   5,314,437 
149,893  Unum Group   5,534,050 
61,990  W.R. Berkley Corp.   3,799,987 
9,608  Willis Towers Watson PLC   1,771,139 
       164,945,132 
         
   IT Services — 8.5%     
90,730  CoreLogic, Inc. (a)   3,684,545 
59,271  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   8,884,130 
14,911  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   1,728,632 
321,716  First Data Corp., Class A (a)   8,319,576 
38,294  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   3,340,769 
27,419  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   7,154,988 
24,763  Global Payments, Inc.   3,617,131 
35,895  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   9,125,945 
81,389  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   9,178,238 
90,245  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   6,571,641 
32,466  Visa, Inc., Class A   5,338,384 
183,031  Western Union (The) Co.   3,558,123 
44,021  WEX, Inc. (a)   9,257,616 
44,678  Worldpay, Inc., Class A (a)   5,236,708 
       84,996,426 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.3%     
360,789  Chimera Investment Corp.   6,916,325 
930,010  MFA Financial, Inc.   6,984,375 
499,791  New Residential Investment Corp.   8,401,487 
75,628  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   1,743,225 
624,647  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   8,657,608 
       32,703,020 
         
   Professional Services — 0.5%     
14,230  Equifax, Inc.   1,792,268 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services (Continued)     
50,577  TransUnion  $3,522,688 
       5,314,956 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 2.5%     
170,910  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   8,899,284 
43,853  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   6,778,358 
741,357  Realogy Holdings Corp.   9,652,468 
       25,330,110 
         
   Software — 0.9%     
31,114  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   8,704,141 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.3%     
292,185  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   3,398,112 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   996,745,128 
   (Cost $924,583,410)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
2,996,592  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)   2,996,592 
   (Cost $2,996,592)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.2%   999,741,720 
   (Cost $927,580,002) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.2)%   (2,413,797)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $997,327,923 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $101,541,946 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $29,380,228. The net unrealized appreciation was $72,161,718.

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section): 
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $996,745,128   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,996,592    —      —   
Total Investments  $999,741,720   $—     $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Biotechnology — 25.6%     
96,582  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)  $5,400,865 
192,714  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   26,234,157 
68,606  Amgen, Inc.   12,302,428 
147,638  Biogen, Inc. (a)   33,844,535 
165,664  Bluebird Bio, Inc. (a)   23,496,125 
276,246  Celgene Corp. (a)   26,149,446 
402,892  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   39,761,411 
1,466,326  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   28,827,969 
322,044  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   20,945,742 
405,749  Incyte Corp. (a)   31,161,523 
429,917  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   31,955,731 
73,957  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   5,342,654 
31,764  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   10,899,499 
54,651  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   6,390,888 
355,819  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   24,117,412 
297,404  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   30,504,728 
35,412  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   5,983,920 
       363,319,033 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 24.2%     
45,829  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   14,879,760 
257,514  Baxter International, Inc.   19,648,318 
83,813  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   20,177,142 
339,436  Boston Scientific Corp. (a)   12,599,864 
87,982  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   25,507,741 
54,711  DexCom, Inc. (a)   6,623,861 
136,153  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   23,972,459 
197,768  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   20,057,631 
29,078  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   6,746,096 
137,001  Insulet Corp. (a)   11,816,336 
233,886  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   12,206,510 
36,755  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   18,768,206 
188,449  Masimo Corp. (a)   24,526,637 
143,024  Medtronic PLC   12,701,961 
177,286  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   23,844,967 
131,869  Stryker Corp.   24,911,373 
86,241  Teleflex, Inc.   24,680,449 
246,202  Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   33,525,326 
59,087  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   7,314,380 
       344,509,017 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 18.2%     
81,887  AmerisourceBergen Corp.   6,121,872 
22,694  Anthem, Inc.   5,969,203 
122,626  Centene Corp. (a)   6,322,597 
40,661  Chemed Corp.   13,287,202 
40,547  Cigna Corp.   6,440,485 
385,670  DaVita, Inc. (a)   21,304,411 
160,633  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   20,437,337 
24,463  Humana, Inc.   6,248,095 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
136,877  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)  $21,889,370 
1,284,549  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   35,928,836 
183,523  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   23,790,086 
188,854  Premier, Inc., Class A (a)   6,275,618 
232,846  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   22,441,697 
52,672  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   12,276,263 
194,794  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   24,713,515 
96,587  WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)   24,953,251 
       258,399,838 
         
   Health Care Technology — 3.8%     
227,743  Cerner Corp. (a)   15,133,522 
275,074  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   38,474,601 
       53,608,123 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 15.1%     
162,099  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   12,724,772 
114,140  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   34,348,150 
131,225  Bio-Techne Corp.   26,847,323 
907,929  Bruker Corp.   35,046,059 
240,287  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   33,753,115 
20,969  Illumina, Inc. (a)   6,542,328 
316,419  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   30,635,688 
127,532  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   35,383,753 
       215,281,188 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 12.9%     
438,895  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   20,377,895 
320,952  Catalent, Inc. (a)   14,385,069 
652,929  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   20,567,264 
161,399  Eli Lilly and Co.   18,890,139 
146,501  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   19,011,435 
46,611  Johnson & Johnson   6,581,473 
156,640  Merck & Co., Inc.   12,329,134 
919,541  Mylan N.V. (a)   24,818,412 
270,487  Perrigo Co. PLC   12,961,737 
306,758  Pfizer, Inc.   12,457,442 
208,051  Zoetis, Inc.   21,187,914 
       183,567,914 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,418,685,113 
   (Cost $1,433,266,625)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
4,276,712  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)   4,276,712 
   (Cost $4,276,712)     

 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%  $1,422,961,825 
   (Cost $1,437,543,337) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (1,862,330)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,421,099,495 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $67,867,120 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $82,448,632. The net unrealized depreciation was $14,581,512.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $1,418,685,113   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   4,276,712    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,422,961,825   $—     $—   

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 11.6%     
270,461  Arconic, Inc.  $5,809,502 
10,163  Boeing (The) Co.   3,838,464 
22,801  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   2,597,946 
7,633  General Dynamics Corp.   1,364,170 
54,480  HEICO Corp.   5,749,274 
18,709  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   4,164,249 
6,261  L3 Technologies, Inc.   1,368,529 
42,351  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   3,680,302 
5,452  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,354,877 
127,529  Textron, Inc.   6,759,037 
14,231  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   6,866,742 
10,025  United Technologies Corp.   1,429,665 
       44,982,757 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 2.0%     
68,096  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   5,408,184 
23,127  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   2,456,550 
       7,864,734 
         
   Airlines — 9.1%     
69,073  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   4,275,619 
80,147  Copa Holdings S.A., Class A   6,673,039 
125,085  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   7,291,205 
315,925  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   5,860,409 
99,567  Southwest Airlines Co.   5,399,518 
64,785  United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,756,795 
       35,256,585 
         
   Building Products — 1.7%     
24,233  A.O. Smith Corp.   1,273,929 
14,245  Allegion PLC   1,413,531 
104,937  Johnson Controls International PLC   3,935,138 
       6,622,598 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 5.3%     
606,634  ADT, Inc.   3,997,718 
19,180  Cintas Corp.   4,164,745 
106,629  Copart, Inc. (a)   7,178,264 
16,075  Republic Services, Inc.   1,331,332 
31,046  Rollins, Inc.   1,200,549 
24,870  Waste Management, Inc.   2,669,546 
       20,542,154 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 2.9%     
43,550  AECOM (a)   1,476,345 
70,225  Fluor Corp.   2,790,039 
171,188  Quanta Services, Inc.   6,950,233 
       11,216,617 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging — 1.3%     
45,739  Avery Dennison Corp.  $5,061,021 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 6.7%     
46,721  AMETEK, Inc.   4,119,391 
48,118  Eaton Corp. PLC   3,985,133 
18,871  Emerson Electric Co.   1,339,652 
21,904  Hubbell, Inc.   2,794,950 
95,784  nVent Electric PLC   2,677,163 
63,131  Regal Beloit Corp.   5,371,185 
114,806  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)   5,733,412 
       26,020,886 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.1%     
27,157  FLIR Systems, Inc.   1,437,691 
30,834  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   6,510,291 
       7,947,982 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 2.9%     
21,075  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   2,980,426 
8,131  Honeywell International, Inc.   1,411,786 
18,893  Roper Technologies, Inc.   6,795,812 
       11,188,024 
         
   IT Services — 7.2%     
29,363  Accenture PLC, Class A   5,363,739 
24,267  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   3,989,252 
111,123  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   6,588,483 
183,646  Genpact Ltd.   6,666,350 
64,445  Paychex, Inc.   5,433,358 
       28,041,182 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.5%     
7,149  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   5,327,864 
20,534  Waters Corp. (a)   4,384,830 
       9,712,694 
         
   Machinery — 20.7%     
55,735  AGCO Corp.   3,944,923 
28,765  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,347,928 
19,073  Caterpillar, Inc.   2,659,158 
130,606  Colfax Corp. (a)   3,940,383 
30,540  Crane Co.   2,597,427 
40,924  Cummins, Inc.   6,805,252 
24,252  Deere & Co.   4,016,859 
25,813  Donaldson Co., Inc.   1,382,028 
30,806  Fortive Corp.   2,659,790 
139,388  Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,704,345 
52,186  Graco, Inc.   2,674,532 
8,515  IDEX Corp.   1,333,960 
66,834  ITT, Inc.   4,046,799 
39,749  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   5,252,035 

 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
85,993  Oshkosh Corp.  $7,102,162 
94,815  PACCAR, Inc.   6,795,391 
15,058  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   2,726,703 
33,021  Snap-on, Inc.   5,556,774 
40,216  Terex Corp.   1,340,399 
56,310  Toro (The) Co.   4,119,076 
118,926  Trinity Industries, Inc.   2,564,045 
32,696  Xylem, Inc.   2,726,846 
       80,296,815 
         
   Marine — 0.4%     
17,203  Kirby Corp. (a)   1,405,829 
         
   Professional Services — 5.4%     
13,852  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   6,874,055 
62,505  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   6,002,980 
39,660  Robert Half International, Inc.   2,462,489 
38,861  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   5,484,842 
       20,824,366 
         
   Road & Rail — 9.9%     
34,540  CSX Corp.   2,750,420 
44,485  Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a)   3,943,595 
22,282  Kansas City Southern   2,743,806 
197,695  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   6,593,128 
35,437  Landstar System, Inc.   3,861,216 
6,914  Norfolk Southern Corp.   1,410,594 
8,949  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   1,335,907 
104,221  Ryder System, Inc.   6,565,923 
306,919  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   6,414,607 
15,456  Union Pacific Corp.   2,736,330 
       38,355,526 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.0%     
121,213  Xerox Corp.   4,043,666 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 6.4%     
188,084  Air Lease Corp.   7,252,519 
119,228  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,447,527 
62,490  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   5,227,289 
121,876  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   6,976,182 
       24,903,517 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.7%     
62,694  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.  $2,539,734 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   386,826,687 
   (Cost $376,280,571)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
1,047,376  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)   1,047,376 
   (Cost $1,047,376)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   387,874,063 
   (Cost $377,327,947) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (377,010)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $387,497,053 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $22,947,102 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $12,400,986. The net unrealized appreciation was $10,546,116.

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs      

A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $386,826,687   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,047,376    —      —   
Total Investments  $387,874,063   $—     $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%     
27,816  Hexcel Corp.  $1,966,869 
         
   Building Products — 10.4%     
48,445  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   4,198,728 
10,914  Lennox International, Inc.   2,962,605 
73,407  Masco Corp.   2,867,278 
102,066  Owens Corning   5,232,924 
       15,261,535 
         
   Chemicals — 31.2%     
5,037  Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   1,036,564 
35,199  Albemarle Corp.   2,642,037 
23,105  Cabot Corp.   1,048,505 
29,263  Celanese Corp.   3,157,185 
23,529  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   1,053,629 
25,885  Chemours (The) Co.   932,119 
53,287  DowDuPont, Inc.   2,048,885 
50,705  Eastman Chemical Co.   3,999,611 
10,897  Ecolab, Inc.   2,005,920 
12,521  FMC Corp.   989,910 
171,075  Huntsman Corp.   3,804,708 
10,935  Linde PLC   1,971,143 
57,200  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   5,046,756 
105,661  Mosaic (The) Co.   2,758,809 
166,270  Olin Corp.   3,606,396 
12,241  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   1,040,730 
2,233  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   1,015,635 
70,872  Westlake Chemical Corp.   4,943,322 
36,976  WR Grace & Co.   2,794,646 
       45,896,510 
         
   Construction Materials — 3.5%     
22,820  Eagle Materials, Inc.   2,074,566 
4,781  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,060,904 
16,248  Vulcan Materials Co.   2,049,035 
       5,184,505 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 18.3%     
35,711  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   2,099,807 
88,132  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,123,113 
152,315  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   2,114,132 
62,365  International Paper Co.   2,919,306 
50,678  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   1,001,397 
83,532  Sealed Air Corp.   3,894,262 
129,851  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   3,887,739 
31,265  Sonoco Products Co.   1,971,571 
100,326  WestRock Co.   3,850,512 
       26,861,839 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 3.6%     
24,045  Acuity Brands, Inc.   3,518,505 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment (Continued)     
150,410  GrafTech International Ltd.  $1,722,194 
       5,240,699 
         
   Machinery — 5.8%     
35,641  Ingersoll-Rand PLC   4,369,943 
88,205  Timken (The) Co.   4,229,430 
       8,599,373 
         
   Metals & Mining — 16.4%     
102,472  Alcoa Corp. (a)   2,733,953 
298,486  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   3,674,363 
82,423  Nucor Corp.   4,703,880 
53,283  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   4,899,905 
136,358  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   4,319,821 
246,760  United States Steel Corp.   3,849,456 
       24,181,378 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 3.2%     
96,865  Domtar Corp.   4,736,699 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.4%     
95,594  Versum Materials, Inc.   4,988,095 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.8%     
44,870  Fastenal Co.   3,165,578 
43,406  Univar, Inc. (a)   969,256 
       4,134,834 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   147,052,336 
   (Cost $157,553,134)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
229,248  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)   229,248 
   (Cost $229,248)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   147,281,584 
   (Cost $157,782,382) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (80,654)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $147,200,930 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $7,279,822 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $17,780,620. The net unrealized depreciation was $10,500,798.

  

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $147,052,336   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   229,248    —      —   
Total Investments  $147,281,584   $—     $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                      

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Communications Equipment — 8.1%     
130,641  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)  $40,797,878 
144,171  Cisco Systems, Inc.   8,066,367 
358,207  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   8,876,370 
676,237  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   26,948,044 
931,198  Juniper Networks, Inc.   25,859,368 
234,048  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   33,915,896 
274,406  Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.   46,772,503 
       191,236,426 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 6.4%     
174,000  Amphenol Corp., Class A   17,323,440 
426,486  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   36,042,332 
426,287  CDW Corp.   45,015,907 
173,926  Coherent, Inc. (a)   25,742,787 
235,162  Corning, Inc.   7,489,910 
617,997  Jabil, Inc.   18,669,689 
       150,284,065 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 5.4%     
6,613  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   7,928,722 
147,872  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   28,598,445 
117,313  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   26,376,655 
580,553  Match Group, Inc.   35,065,401 
749,660  Twitter, Inc. (a)   29,918,931 
       127,888,154 
         
   IT Services — 13.8%     
108,546  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   8,690,193 
303,688  Amdocs Ltd.   16,727,135 
142,823  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   8,058,074 
226,812  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   16,548,204 
511,042  DXC Technology Co.   33,595,901 
242,898  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   43,566,185 
162,505  Gartner, Inc. (a)   25,833,420 
103,523  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   8,437,124 
55,165  International Business Machines Corp.   7,737,995 
256,398  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   18,840,125 
496,571  Okta, Inc. (a)   51,658,281 
363,900  Sabre Corp.   7,554,564 
1,593,845  Switch, Inc., Class A   17,325,095 
318,016  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   43,612,714 
90,507  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   17,870,607 
       326,055,617 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 23.2%     
1,287,816  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   35,582,356 
234,148  Analog Devices, Inc.   27,217,364 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
196,264  Applied Materials, Inc.  $8,649,355 
109,292  Broadcom, Inc.   34,798,573 
2,202,753  Cypress Semiconductor Corp.   37,843,297 
612,012  Intel Corp.   31,237,092 
275,229  KLA-Tencor Corp.   35,086,193 
183,594  Lam Research Corp.   38,082,903 
391,344  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.   9,791,427 
93,826  Microchip Technology, Inc.   9,372,279 
993,984  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   41,806,967 
264,898  MKS Instruments, Inc.   24,108,367 
181,923  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   28,327,230 
371,819  NXP Semiconductors N.V.   39,271,523 
1,198,289  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   27,632,544 
108,516  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   8,204,895 
398,461  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   35,136,291 
412,463  Teradyne, Inc.   20,210,687 
107,506  Universal Display Corp.   17,157,958 
324,010  Xilinx, Inc.   38,926,561 
       548,443,862 
         
   Software — 36.4%     
61,663  Adobe, Inc. (a)   17,836,023 
89,938  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   17,609,860 
74,658  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   9,101,557 
365,525  Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (a)   40,262,579 
158,188  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   28,190,683 
646,848  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   44,878,314 
195,695  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   18,281,827 
169,129  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   18,012,238 
125,722  Intuit, Inc.   31,563,765 
205,150  LogMeIn, Inc.   16,904,360 
141,242  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   9,526,773 
139,329  Microsoft Corp.   18,196,367 
144,923  Oracle Corp.   8,018,590 
135,314  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   33,670,183 
217,213  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   43,992,149 
119,751  Pegasystems, Inc.   8,982,523 
270,650  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   33,944,923 
406,142  RealPage, Inc. (a)   26,484,520 
89,943  Red Hat, Inc. (a)   16,417,296 
381,089  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   44,347,327 
155,641  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   25,735,239 
166,665  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   45,251,214 
197,823  Splunk, Inc. (a)   27,307,487 
645,020  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   43,642,053 
356,764  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   43,196,985 
193,659  Tableau Software, Inc., Class A (a)   23,589,603 
178,324  Teradata Corp. (a)   8,108,392 
99,552  Ultimate Software Group (The), Inc. (a)   32,916,869 
182,068  VMware, Inc., Class A   37,165,541 
213,022  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   43,803,714 

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                      

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
483,310  Zendesk, Inc. (a)  $42,424,952 
       859,363,906 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.7%     
40,978  Apple, Inc.   8,223,055 
699,971  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   47,185,045 
1,597,460  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   25,255,843 
845,730  HP, Inc.   16,872,314 
1,131,198  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   25,859,186 
683,835  Western Digital Corp.   34,957,645 
       158,353,088 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   2,361,625,118 
   (Cost $1,933,857,115)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
2,521,420  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)   2,521,420 
   (Cost $2,521,420)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   2,364,146,538 
   (Cost $1,936,378,535) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (2,039,498)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $2,362,107,040 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $440,555,679 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $12,787,676. The net unrealized appreciation was $427,768,003.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $2,361,625,118   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,521,420    —      —   
Total Investments  $2,364,146,538   $—     $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 98.5%     
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 13.5%     
2,125,990  AT&T, Inc.  $65,820,650 
5,559,752  CenturyLink, Inc.   63,492,368 
579,522  Verizon Communications, Inc.   33,142,863 
         
       162,455,881 
         
   Electric Utilities — 41.1%     
484,668  Alliant Energy Corp.   22,890,870 
409,339  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   35,018,951 
907,645  Avangrid, Inc.   46,480,500 
381,064  Duke Energy Corp.   34,722,552 
477,795  Entergy Corp.   46,298,336 
393,875  Evergy, Inc.   22,773,853 
160,791  Eversource Energy   11,522,283 
911,823  Exelon Corp.   46,457,382 
280,295  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   11,626,637 
236,626  NextEra Energy, Inc.   46,009,559 
794,844  OGE Energy Corp.   33,653,695 
358,838  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   34,186,496 
1,839,969  PPL Corp.   57,425,432 
442,526  Southern (The) Co.   23,551,234 
406,716  Xcel Energy, Inc.   22,979,454 
       495,597,234 
         
   Gas Utilities — 4.6%     
111,070  Atmos Energy Corp.   11,366,904 
562,327  National Fuel Gas Co.   33,295,382 
206,032  UGI Corp.   11,230,804 
       55,893,090 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 2.8%     
1,263,967  AES Corp.   21,639,115 
439,170  Vistra Energy Corp.   11,967,383 
       33,606,498 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 16.3%     
310,957  Ameren Corp.   22,628,341 
372,472  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   11,546,632 
539,145  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   46,452,733 
148,816  Dominion Energy, Inc.   11,588,302 
275,059  DTE Energy Co.   34,577,667 
1,769,752  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   46,279,015 
384,601  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   22,941,449 
       196,014,139 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 20.2%     
10,076,063  Sprint Corp. (a)   56,224,432 
2,169,571  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   69,165,923 
661,456  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   48,279,673 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication Services (Continued)     
1,451,929  United States Cellular Corp. (a)  $69,837,785 
       243,507,813 
   Total Common Stocks — 98.5%   1,187,074,655 
   (Cost $1,178,317,503)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.9%     
23,211,152  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)   23,211,152 
   (Cost $23,211,152)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.4%   1,210,285,807 
   (Cost $1,201,528,655) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.4)%   (4,281,503)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,206,004,304 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $24,363,834 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $15,606,682. The net unrealized appreciation was $8,757,152.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Common Stocks*  $1,187,074,655   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   23,211,152    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,210,285,807   $—     $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.               

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Sector Funds

April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

The Funds are subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

• Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

• Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)

• Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

 

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10.2

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%     
256,215  Arconic, Inc.  $5,503,498 
9,627  Boeing (The) Co.   3,636,021 
14,462  General Dynamics Corp.   2,584,649 
7,664  Harris Corp.   1,291,384 
51,610  HEICO Corp.   5,446,403 
9,080  Northrop Grumman Corp.   2,632,383 
13,446  Raytheon Co.   2,387,875 
120,813  Textron, Inc.   6,403,089 
13,482  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   6,505,335 
9,497  United Technologies Corp.   1,354,367 
       37,745,004 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%     
28,143  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   2,279,583 
64,509  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   5,123,305 
26,991  FedEx Corp.   5,113,715 
       12,516,603 
         
   Airlines — 1.1%     
94,797  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   5,525,717 
94,323  Southwest Airlines Co.   5,115,136 
61,372  United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,453,516 
       16,094,369 
         
   Auto Components — 0.6%     
30,799  Aptiv PLC   2,639,474 
45,099  Lear Corp.   6,449,157 
       9,088,631 
         
   Automobiles — 1.0%     
557,662  Ford Motor Co.   5,827,568 
164,968  General Motors Co.   6,425,504 
8,747  Tesla, Inc. (a) (b)   2,087,821 
       14,340,893 
         
   Banks — 4.4%     
133,098  Bank of America Corp.   4,070,137 
78,922  BB&T Corp.   4,040,806 
78,693  Citigroup, Inc.   5,563,595 
150,655  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   5,453,711 
50,084  Comerica, Inc.   3,936,102 
145,606  Fifth Third Bancorp   4,196,365 
24,368  First Republic Bank   2,573,748 
386,142  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   5,375,097 
36,277  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   4,209,946 
310,875  KeyCorp   5,455,856 
15,591  M&T Bank Corp.   2,651,561 
29,937  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   4,099,273 
346,026  Regions Financial Corp.   5,373,784 
50,802  U.S. Bancorp   2,708,763 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
75,998  Wells Fargo & Co.  $3,679,063 
       63,387,807 
         
   Beverages — 0.6%     
102,605  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B   6,586,215 
9,987  PepsiCo, Inc.   1,278,835 
       7,865,050 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.3%     
70,658  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   6,973,238 
37,658  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   2,449,276 
56,927  Incyte Corp. (a)   4,371,994 
2,982  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,023,244 
50,139  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   3,398,421 
       18,216,173 
         
   Building Products — 0.8%     
132,546  Johnson Controls International PLC   4,970,475 
18,519  Lennox International, Inc.   5,026,983 
31,139  Masco Corp.   1,216,289 
       11,213,747 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.4%     
9,555  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   1,402,387 
72,818  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   3,616,142 
2,864  BlackRock, Inc.   1,389,727 
52,727  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   2,671,150 
184,681  Franklin Resources, Inc.   6,388,116 
25,502  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   5,251,372 
6,760  Moody’s Corp.   1,329,151 
116,026  Morgan Stanley   5,598,254 
30,781  MSCI, Inc.   6,937,422 
45,668  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   4,181,819 
5,814  S&P Global, Inc.   1,282,917 
55,801  State Street Corp.   3,775,496 
48,905  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   5,257,288 
       49,081,241 
         
   Chemicals — 3.2%     
12,820  Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   2,638,228 
49,653  Celanese Corp.   5,357,062 
45,923  DowDuPont, Inc.   1,765,740 
80,658  Eastman Chemical Co.   6,362,303 
20,801  Ecolab, Inc.   3,829,048 
79,670  FMC Corp.   6,298,710 
72,792  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   6,422,438 
179,285  Mosaic (The) Co.   4,681,131 
10,845  PPG Industries, Inc.   1,274,288 
2,842  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   1,292,627 
         

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
90,191  Westlake Chemical Corp.  $6,290,822 
       46,212,397 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.1%     
12,113  Cintas Corp.   2,630,217 
80,810  Copart, Inc. (a)   5,440,129 
30,456  Republic Services, Inc.   2,522,366 
29,411  Rollins, Inc.   1,137,323 
35,340  Waste Management, Inc.   3,793,396 
       15,523,431 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.3%     
19,464  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   6,078,413 
22,672  Cisco Systems, Inc.   1,268,498 
184,974  Juniper Networks, Inc.   5,136,728 
43,586  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   6,316,047 
       18,799,686 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.1%     
6,084  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,350,040 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.9%     
178,111  Ally Financial, Inc.   5,291,678 
44,796  American Express Co.   5,251,435 
74,922  Capital One Financial Corp.   6,955,009 
51,605  Discover Financial Services   4,205,292 
153,487  Synchrony Financial   5,321,394 
       27,024,808 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.2%     
105,779  Ball Corp.   6,340,393 
105,820  International Paper Co.   4,953,434 
159,592  WestRock Co.   6,125,141 
       17,418,968 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
243,112  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   5,516,211 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%     
195,163  AT&T, Inc.   6,042,246 
408,363  CenturyLink, Inc.   4,663,505 
62,103  Verizon Communications, Inc.   3,551,671 
       14,257,422 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.4%     
25,972  Alliant Energy Corp.   1,226,658 
43,848  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   3,751,196 
40,803  Duke Energy Corp.   3,717,969 
19,768  Edison International   1,260,605 
25,600  Entergy Corp.   2,480,640 
34,506  Eversource Energy   2,472,700 
97,672  Exelon Corp.   4,976,388 
29,418  FirstEnergy Corp.   1,236,439 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
38,420  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.  $3,660,273 
154,262  PPL Corp.   4,814,517 
47,372  Southern (The) Co.   2,521,138 
43,553  Xcel Energy, Inc.   2,460,745 
       34,579,268 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.8%     
44,260  AMETEK, Inc.   3,902,404 
60,777  Eaton Corp. PLC   5,033,551 
35,754  Emerson Electric Co.   2,538,177 
       11,474,132 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.4%     
25,922  Amphenol Corp., Class A   2,580,794 
63,509  CDW Corp.   6,706,550 
110,943  Corning, Inc.   3,533,535 
70,187  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   6,108,375 
75,795  TE Connectivity Ltd.   7,249,792 
60,596  Trimble, Inc. (a)   2,473,529 
29,209  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   6,167,188 
       34,819,763 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%     
167,108  Halliburton Co.   4,734,169 
45,949  National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   1,201,107 
84,282  Schlumberger Ltd.   3,597,156 
       9,532,432 
         
   Entertainment — 1.8%     
80,654  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   3,888,329 
12,044  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   1,139,965 
96,322  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   6,293,679 
13,732  Netflix, Inc. (a)   5,088,255 
218,038  Viacom, Inc., Class B   6,303,479 
22,049  Walt Disney (The) Co.   3,020,052 
       25,733,759 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.5%     
8,586  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   1,222,560 
24,846  American Tower Corp.   4,852,424 
6,098  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   1,225,271 
28,688  Crown Castle International Corp.   3,608,377 
10,287  Digital Realty Trust, Inc.   1,210,883 
80,056  Duke Realty Corp.   2,491,343 
5,402  Equinix, Inc.   2,456,289 
10,710  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   1,249,857 
16,251  Equity Residential   1,241,901 
4,232  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   1,195,540 
12,011  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   1,245,421 
         

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
39,108  HCP, Inc.  $1,164,636 
323,828  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   6,230,451 
150,933  Invitation Homes, Inc.   3,752,194 
33,281  Realty Income Corp.   2,330,003 
18,138  Regency Centers Corp.   1,218,329 
18,392  SBA Communications Corp. (a)   3,747,002 
20,656  Sun Communities, Inc.   2,542,340 
26,926  UDR, Inc.   1,210,324 
19,183  Ventas, Inc.   1,172,273 
31,549  Welltower, Inc.   2,351,347 
46,472  Weyerhaeuser Co.   1,245,450 
15,627  WP Carey, Inc.   1,239,534 
       50,203,749 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
248,794  Kroger (The) Co.   6,413,909 
77,387  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   4,145,622 
       10,559,531 
         
   Food Products — 1.9%     
113,523  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   5,063,126 
88,253  Conagra Brands, Inc.   2,716,427 
23,654  General Mills, Inc.   1,217,471 
10,660  Hershey (The) Co.   1,330,901 
54,695  Hormel Foods Corp.   2,184,518 
31,521  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   3,865,420 
21,332  Kellogg Co.   1,286,320 
32,669  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   2,288,464 
16,252  McCormick & Co., Inc.   2,502,321 
70,521  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   5,289,780 
       27,744,748 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
23,785  Atmos Energy Corp.   2,434,157 
44,174  UGI Corp.   2,407,925 
       4,842,082 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2%     
30,625  Abbott Laboratories   2,436,525 
4,305  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   1,397,747 
15,055  Baxter International, Inc.   1,148,696 
12,399  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   3,594,718 
37,087  Danaher Corp.   4,911,802 
19,194  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   3,379,488 
75,871  Hologic, Inc. (a)   3,518,897 
5,474  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   1,269,968 
4,291  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   2,191,113 
13,439  Medtronic PLC   1,193,518 
18,592  Stryker Corp.   3,512,215 
12,153  Teleflex, Inc.   3,477,946 
       32,032,633 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.6%     
15,393  AmerisourceBergen Corp.  $1,150,781 
4,265  Anthem, Inc.   1,121,823 
23,052  Centene Corp. (a)   1,188,561 
7,612  Cigna Corp.   1,209,090 
18,777  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   2,388,998 
40,727  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   2,608,972 
24,004  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   3,838,720 
40,839  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   3,936,063 
4,950  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   1,153,696 
36,603  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   4,643,822 
       23,240,526 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.7%     
42,793  Cerner Corp. (a)   2,843,595 
48,244  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   6,747,888 
       9,591,483 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9%     
120,669  Carnival Corp.   6,619,901 
8,616  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   5,928,153 
50,385  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   5,925,276 
20,081  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   1,346,431 
95,406  MGM Resorts International   2,540,662 
89,089  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   5,023,729 
42,717  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   5,166,194 
82,329  Starbucks Corp.   6,395,317 
54,512  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   2,591,500 
       41,537,163 
         
   Household Durables — 1.9%     
147,906  D.R. Horton, Inc.   6,553,715 
28,351  Garmin Ltd.   2,430,815 
124,676  Lennar Corp., Class A   6,486,892 
48,515  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   6,610,169 
1,769  NVR, Inc. (a)   5,576,737 
       27,658,328 
         
   Household Products — 0.5%     
51,554  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   3,863,972 
23,528  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   2,505,262 
       6,369,234 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.1%     
338,514  AES Corp.   5,795,360 
86,446  NRG Energy, Inc.   3,558,982 
235,126  Vistra Energy Corp.   6,407,183 
       15,761,525 
         

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%     
7,702  Honeywell International, Inc.  $1,337,298 
14,317  Roper Technologies, Inc.   5,149,825 
       6,487,123 
         
   Insurance — 4.3%     
48,963  Aflac, Inc.   2,466,756 
25,994  Allstate (The) Corp.   2,574,966 
113,708  American International Group, Inc.   5,409,090 
75,748  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   2,558,767 
15,672  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   1,310,493 
17,476  Chubb Ltd.   2,537,515 
100,470  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   4,013,776 
73,858  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   3,863,512 
83,412  Lincoln National Corp.   5,565,249 
86,263  MetLife, Inc.   3,979,312 
73,165  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   4,182,111 
84,898  Progressive (The) Corp.   6,634,779 
39,967  Prudential Financial, Inc.   4,224,912 
17,243  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   2,612,487 
29,873  Torchmark Corp.   2,618,667 
26,773  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   3,848,619 
43,345  W.R. Berkley Corp.   2,657,048 
       61,058,059 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.1%     
1,040  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   1,246,919 
22,031  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   4,260,795 
23,303  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   5,239,447 
111,685  Twitter, Inc. (a)   4,457,348 
       15,204,509 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.0%     
2,062  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   3,972,484 
98,874  eBay, Inc.   3,831,368 
383,000  Qurate Retail, Inc. (a)   6,530,150 
       14,334,002 
         
   IT Services — 4.4%     
6,954  Accenture PLC, Class A   1,270,287 
17,070  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,366,624 
13,991  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   2,239,959 
22,988  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   3,778,997 
50,686  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   3,698,051 
95,170  DXC Technology Co.   6,256,476 
27,731  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   2,419,252 
19,856  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,181,423 
32,280  Gartner, Inc. (a)   5,131,552 
8,966  Global Payments, Inc.   1,309,664 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
8,675  International Business Machines Corp.  $1,216,842 
20,795  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   5,286,921 
45,787  Paychex, Inc.   3,860,302 
58,940  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   6,646,664 
49,015  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   3,569,272 
47,378  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   6,497,419 
6,742  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   1,331,208 
15,674  Visa, Inc., Class A   2,577,276 
       63,638,189 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%     
15,229  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   1,195,476 
42,546  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,909,639 
6,772  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   5,046,901 
50,812  PerkinElmer, Inc.   4,869,822 
17,888  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   4,963,026 
24,315  Waters Corp. (a)   5,192,225 
       27,177,089 
         
   Machinery — 2.3%     
18,069  Caterpillar, Inc.   2,519,180 
31,014  Cummins, Inc.   5,157,318 
22,973  Deere & Co.   3,805,018 
29,183  Fortive Corp.   2,519,660 
8,067  IDEX Corp.   1,263,776 
8,529  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   1,327,368 
11,339  Ingersoll-Rand PLC   1,390,275 
71,856  PACCAR, Inc.   5,149,920 
21,397  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   3,874,569 
31,282  Snap-on, Inc.   5,264,135 
15,487  Xylem, Inc.   1,291,616 
       33,562,835 
         
   Media — 1.7%     
284,932  Altice USA, Inc., Class A   6,712,998 
77,260  CBS Corp., Class B   3,961,120 
7,058  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   2,619,859 
122,467  Comcast Corp., Class A   5,330,989 
135,906  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   4,199,495 
16,770  Omnicom Group, Inc.   1,342,103 
       24,166,564 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%     
474,814  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   5,844,960 
68,440  Newmont Goldcorp Corp.   2,125,747 
104,891  Nucor Corp.   5,986,129 
       13,956,836 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
20,521  Dollar General Corp.   2,587,493 
88,998  Kohl’s Corp.   6,327,758 
         

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multiline Retail (Continued)     
45,753  Target Corp.  $3,542,197 
       12,457,448 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.6%     
33,285  Ameren Corp.   2,422,149 
39,872  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   1,236,032 
44,079  CMS Energy Corp.   2,448,588 
43,300  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   3,730,728 
29,440  DTE Energy Co.   3,700,902 
85,420  NiSource, Inc.   2,372,968 
61,812  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   3,687,086 
9,726  Sempra Energy   1,244,442 
30,958  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   2,428,036 
       23,270,931 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.3%     
105,950  Apache Corp.   3,486,814 
187,597  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   4,856,886 
89,531  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   5,761,320 
49,686  Chevron Corp.   5,965,301 
55,157  Concho Resources, Inc.   6,364,015 
18,341  ConocoPhillips   1,157,684 
193,927  Devon Energy Corp.   6,232,814 
60,596  Exxon Mobil Corp.   4,864,647 
81,293  Hess Corp.   5,212,507 
124,220  HollyFrontier Corp.   5,929,021 
183,518  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   3,646,503 
366,268  Marathon Oil Corp.   6,241,207 
102,262  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   6,224,688 
148,492  Noble Energy, Inc.   4,018,193 
52,581  ONEOK, Inc.   3,571,827 
64,309  Phillips 66   6,062,409 
8,038  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   1,338,005 
29,460  Targa Resources Corp.   1,182,819 
72,148  Valero Energy Corp.   6,540,938 
42,620  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   1,207,425 
       89,865,023 
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
29,575  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   5,081,281 
23,100  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   1,220,835 
       6,302,116 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%     
76,969  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   3,573,671 
37,734  Eli Lilly and Co.   4,416,387 
29,435  Merck & Co., Inc.   2,316,829 
172,770  Mylan N.V. (a)   4,663,062 
24,318  Zoetis, Inc.   2,476,545 
       17,446,494 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 0.8%     
13,122  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)  $6,511,793 
18,314  TransUnion   1,275,570 
27,610  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   3,896,875 
       11,684,238 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
74,262  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   3,866,822 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.5%     
65,440  CSX Corp.   5,210,987 
24,169  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   2,283,487 
31,662  Kansas City Southern   3,898,859 
26,199  Norfolk Southern Corp.   5,345,120 
8,478  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   1,265,596 
21,963  Union Pacific Corp.   3,888,329 
       21,892,378 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.0%     
191,860  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   5,301,092 
34,884  Analog Devices, Inc.   4,054,916 
154,320  Applied Materials, Inc.   6,800,883 
16,283  Broadcom, Inc.   5,184,507 
68,385  Intel Corp.   3,490,370 
41,004  KLA-Tencor Corp.   5,227,190 
27,351  Lam Research Corp.   5,673,418 
29,509  Microchip Technology, Inc.   2,947,654 
148,085  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   6,228,455 
74,204  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   6,543,309 
48,272  Xilinx, Inc.   5,799,398 
       57,251,192 
         
   Software — 5.6%     
9,186  Adobe, Inc. (a)   2,657,051 
13,399  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   2,623,524 
23,567  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   4,199,875 
96,368  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   6,686,012 
29,155  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   2,723,660 
23,414  Intuit, Inc.   5,878,319 
31,136  Microsoft Corp.   4,066,362 
22,791  Oracle Corp.   1,261,026 
25,199  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   6,270,267 
15,458  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   2,555,980 
24,830  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   6,741,593 
29,472  Splunk, Inc. (a)   4,068,315 
96,095  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   6,501,788 
53,151  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   6,435,523 
28,851  Tableau Software, Inc., Class A (a)   3,514,340 
33,906  VMware, Inc., Class A   6,921,232 
31,737  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   6,526,079 
       79,630,946 
         

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail — 3.7%     
5,976  AutoZone, Inc. (a)  $6,145,180 
51,678  Best Buy Co., Inc.   3,845,360 
7,812  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   1,319,525 
35,074  CarMax, Inc. (a)   2,730,862 
233,779  Gap (The), Inc.   6,096,956 
6,378  Home Depot (The), Inc.   1,299,199 
33,546  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   3,795,394 
12,610  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   4,773,768 
26,295  Ross Stores, Inc.   2,567,970 
23,194  Tiffany & Co.   2,500,777 
92,018  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   5,049,948 
62,606  Tractor Supply Co.   6,479,721 
17,551  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   6,124,948 
       52,729,608 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.5%     
6,445  Apple, Inc.   1,293,318 
317,321  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   5,016,845 
125,998  HP, Inc.   2,513,660 
17,653  NetApp, Inc.   1,286,021 
102,240  Seagate Technology PLC   4,940,237 
127,348  Western Digital Corp.   6,510,030 
       21,560,111 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%     
150,700  Tapestry, Inc.   4,863,089 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
42,629  Altria Group, Inc.   2,316,033 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%     
76,136  Fastenal Co.   5,371,395 
53,570  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   7,549,084 
       12,920,479 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.1%     
11,741  American Water Works Co., Inc.   1,270,259 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
17,715  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)  $1,293,018 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,431,538,228 
   (Cost $1,290,524,038)     
         

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.2%     
$ 2,455,310  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $2,455,493. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $2,510,179. (d)   2,455,310 
   (Cost $2,455,310)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   1,433,993,538 
   (Cost $1,292,979,348) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (1,391,511)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,432,602,027 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $1,564,374 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,455,310.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $168,533,659 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $27,519,469. The net unrealized appreciation was $141,014,190.

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $1,431,538,228   $—     $—   
Repurchase Agreements   —      2,455,310    —   
Total Investments  $1,431,538,228   $2,455,310   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%     
18,449  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $624,683 
12,048  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   765,048 
11,567  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   1,317,944 
9,479  Hexcel Corp.   670,260 
9,491  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   2,112,507 
51,148  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   3,734,827 
15,078  Moog, Inc., Class A   1,411,904 
14,324  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   1,244,756 
5,532  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,374,757 
       13,256,686 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%     
48,791  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   3,321,691 
         
   Airlines — 1.3%     
46,722  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   2,892,092 
160,272  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   2,973,046 
60,372  SkyWest, Inc.   3,718,311 
49,604  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   2,697,465 
       12,280,914 
         
   Auto Components — 1.2%     
85,332  BorgWarner, Inc.   3,564,318 
14,883  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   1,304,792 
126,792  Gentex Corp.   2,920,020 
180,582  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   3,468,980 
       11,258,110 
         
   Automobiles — 0.5%     
55,147  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   2,053,123 
42,040  Thor Industries, Inc.   2,769,175 
       4,822,298 
         
   Banks — 7.2%     
92,109  Associated Banc-Corp.   2,089,953 
46,458  BancorpSouth Bank   1,416,040 
90,478  Bank OZK   2,954,107 
58,879  BankUnited, Inc.   2,153,794 
16,077  BOK Financial Corp.   1,400,950 
57,993  Cathay General Bancorp   2,133,562 
47,778  Chemical Financial Corp.   2,098,888 
54,660  CIT Group, Inc.   2,911,738 
40,105  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   1,505,542 
6,753  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   686,713 
40,995  East West Bancorp, Inc.   2,110,423 
247,364  F.N.B. Corp.   3,000,525 
3,219  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   1,442,917 
50,328  First Hawaiian, Inc.   1,391,569 
187,558  First Horizon National Corp.   2,830,250 
84,692  Fulton Financial Corp.   1,460,937 
48,677  Hancock Whitney Corp.   2,129,132 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
111,926  Home BancShares, Inc.  $2,147,860 
27,424  IBERIABANK Corp.   2,180,208 
55,318  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   649,986 
79,941  Old National Bancorp   1,365,392 
69,717  PacWest Bancorp   2,757,307 
79,746  People’s United Financial, Inc.   1,378,808 
35,952  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   2,087,733 
50,298  Popular, Inc.   2,902,698 
9,492  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   698,991 
5,119  Signature Bank   676,066 
35,186  Sterling Bancorp   753,684 
19,078  Synovus Financial Corp.   703,215 
36,023  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   2,331,769 
10,236  UMB Financial Corp.   715,087 
119,184  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   2,069,034 
18,088  United Bankshares, Inc.   709,773 
205,276  Valley National Bancorp   2,151,292 
47,918  Western Alliance Bancorp (a)   2,289,522 
29,208  Wintrust Financial Corp.   2,225,650 
43,306  Zions Bancorp N.A.   2,136,285 
       66,647,400 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.3%     
122,070  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,935,784 
9,720  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   543,542 
134,437  Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)   3,039,621 
12,500  Bluebird Bio, Inc. (a)   1,772,875 
24,566  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   1,857,435 
110,170  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   2,165,942 
24,122  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   1,127,221 
18,716  Genomic Health, Inc. (a)   1,204,000 
5,860  Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   505,015 
32,303  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,401,082 
7,441  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   537,538 
27,925  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   2,864,267 
       20,954,322 
         
   Building Products — 1.0%     
12,294  A.O. Smith Corp.   646,296 
14,453  Allegion PLC   1,434,171 
24,762  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   2,146,122 
27,537  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   1,453,403 
69,558  Owens Corning   3,566,239 
       9,246,231 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.8%     
6,120  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   678,830 
48,785  Eaton Vance Corp.   2,027,993 
28,814  Evercore, Inc., Class A   2,807,348 
7,921  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   2,185,166 
67,095  Federated Investors, Inc., Class B   2,061,829 
169,734  Invesco Ltd.   3,729,056 
54,414  Lazard Ltd., Class A   2,115,616 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
47,058  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.  $3,486,527 
5,327  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   1,482,664 
10,406  Morningstar, Inc.   1,492,741 
25,092  SEI Investments Co.   1,366,259 
37,273  Stifel Financial Corp.   2,224,080 
27,601  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   678,433 
       26,336,542 
         
   Chemicals — 2.5%     
31,985  Albemarle Corp.   2,400,794 
8,390  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   675,647 
31,492  Cabot Corp.   1,429,107 
52,921  Chemours (The) Co.   1,905,685 
145,734  Huntsman Corp.   3,241,124 
24,828  Ingevity Corp. (a)   2,855,468 
3,024  NewMarket Corp.   1,268,810 
141,641  Olin Corp.   3,072,193 
6,544  Quaker Chemical Corp.   1,464,678 
11,295  RPM International, Inc.   685,042 
19,340  Sensient Technologies Corp.   1,356,121 
33,599  WR Grace & Co.   2,539,413 
       22,894,082 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%     
307,753  ADT, Inc. (b)   2,028,092 
45,821  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   3,482,396 
12,679  MSA Safety, Inc.   1,393,549 
11,001  Tetra Tech, Inc.   711,985 
       7,616,022 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.9%     
70,221  Ciena Corp. (a)   2,693,677 
60,333  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   1,495,052 
21,893  Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.   3,731,662 
       7,920,391 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.2%     
22,094  AECOM (a)   748,987 
26,909  EMCOR Group, Inc.   2,264,123 
35,626  Fluor Corp.   1,415,421 
54,513  MasTec, Inc. (a)   2,761,083 
69,477  Quanta Services, Inc.   2,820,766 
5,039  Valmont Industries, Inc.   679,459 
       10,689,839 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
31,104  Eagle Materials, Inc.   2,827,665 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.8%     
5,802  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   2,879,069 
22,734  FirstCash, Inc.   2,220,657 
226,625  Navient Corp.   3,061,704 
103,230  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   3,506,723 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
124,091  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.  $2,649,343 
198,440  SLM Corp.   2,016,150 
       16,333,646 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.3%     
12,323  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,370,811 
24,337  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   1,431,016 
155,704  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   2,161,172 
69,074  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   1,364,902 
26,384  Packaging Corp. of America   2,616,237 
66,370  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   1,987,118 
21,307  Sonoco Products Co.   1,343,619 
       12,274,875 
         
   Distributors — 0.4%     
69,293  LKQ Corp. (a)   2,085,719 
7,947  Pool Corp.   1,460,182 
       3,545,901 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%     
42,455  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   2,093,880 
15,471  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,982,609 
85,980  Chegg, Inc. (a)   3,065,187 
4,797  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   3,566,234 
       10,707,910 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%     
104,659  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   2,152,835 
13,121  Voya Financial, Inc.   720,212 
       2,873,047 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.6%     
15,943  ALLETE, Inc.   1,298,557 
16,079  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   666,957 
30,404  OGE Energy Corp.   1,287,305 
13,847  PNM Resources, Inc.   643,055 
37,935  Portland General Electric Co.   1,984,380 
       5,880,254 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.2%     
21,848  Acuity Brands, Inc.   3,197,018 
40,240  EnerSys   2,784,206 
25,591  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,407,249 
11,112  Hubbell, Inc.   1,417,891 
32,027  Regal Beloit Corp.   2,724,857 
       11,531,221 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.4%     
42,533  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   3,594,464 
30,229  Avnet, Inc.   1,469,432 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
189,018  AVX Corp.  $3,082,883 
12,888  Cognex Corp.   649,942 
18,502  Coherent, Inc. (a)   2,738,481 
8,638  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   1,509,318 
73,958  Jabil, Inc.   2,234,271 
3,592  Littelfuse, Inc.   722,171 
34,360  SYNNEX Corp.   3,706,757 
25,603  Tech Data Corp. (a)   2,729,536 
       22,437,255 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%     
11,798  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   690,419 
140,267  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   1,906,228 
       2,596,647 
         
   Entertainment — 0.7%     
32,784  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   1,378,567 
2,236  Madison Square Garden (The) Co., Class A (a)   698,616 
15,108  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   1,266,806 
491,943  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   2,784,397 
       6,128,386 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.0%     
27,554  American Campus Communities, Inc.   1,300,549 
28,852  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   691,871 
64,456  Americold Realty Trust   2,063,237 
13,034  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   643,358 
160,862  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   2,646,180 
142,736  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   2,552,120 
123,217  Colony Capital, Inc.   633,335 
6,126  CoreSite Realty Corp.   670,246 
67,858  Cousins Properties, Inc.   649,401 
20,459  CubeSmart   652,847 
32,435  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   1,335,998 
11,743  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   1,342,577 
34,097  EPR Properties   2,688,889 
80,210  Equity Commonwealth   2,550,678 
18,539  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   653,870 
33,991  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   1,372,557 
102,424  GEO Group (The), Inc.   2,050,528 
20,415  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   630,415 
22,928  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   632,354 
14,013  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   624,699 
99,660  Hospitality Properties Trust   2,591,160 
47,559  JBG SMITH Properties   2,023,635 
8,630  Kilroy Realty Corp.   663,733 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
70,866  Kimco Realty Corp.  $1,232,360 
8,271  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   683,764 
13,538  Liberty Property Trust   672,026 
106,242  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   1,854,985 
11,834  National Retail Properties, Inc.   622,705 
17,183  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   608,106 
28,014  Outfront Media, Inc.   667,574 
92,391  Paramount Group, Inc.   1,338,746 
105,456  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   3,383,028 
139,397  Physicians Realty Trust   2,517,510 
8,359  PS Business Parks, Inc.   1,284,110 
54,916  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   2,080,767 
186,543  RLJ Lodging Trust   3,434,257 
15,941  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   1,268,904 
67,335  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   1,317,073 
166,939  Senior Housing Properties Trust   1,340,520 
7,290  SL Green Realty Corp.   643,999 
22,109  STAG Industrial, Inc.   636,297 
39,135  STORE Capital Corp.   1,303,978 
227,609  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   3,277,570 
156,634  VEREIT, Inc.   1,293,797 
89,878  VICI Properties, Inc.   2,049,218 
       65,175,531 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
10,181  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   1,347,455 
16,537  Performance Food Group Co. (a)   677,190 
91,297  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   1,955,582 
56,332  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   2,058,935 
       6,039,162 
         
   Food Products — 1.8%     
37,055  Bunge Ltd.   1,942,053 
90,833  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   1,981,068 
30,746  Flowers Foods, Inc.   668,418 
27,691  Ingredion, Inc.   2,623,722 
4,126  J&J Snack Foods Corp.   648,525 
4,183  Lancaster Colony Corp.   622,054 
58,817  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   1,582,765 
29,960  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,378,889 
50,775  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   3,400,909 
       16,848,403 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.0%     
43,013  National Fuel Gas Co.   2,546,800 
52,662  New Jersey Resources Corp.   2,637,313 
14,725  ONE Gas, Inc.   1,303,457 
15,938  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   1,325,882 
15,932  Spire, Inc.   1,341,315 
       9,154,767 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%     
18,577  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   1,884,079 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
6,894  Insulet Corp. (a)  $594,608 
11,764  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   613,963 
14,221  Masimo Corp. (a)   1,850,863 
21,204  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,191,241 
54,434  Novocure Ltd. (a)   2,398,906 
13,377  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   1,799,207 
41,686  Wright Medical Group N.V. (a)   1,232,655 
       11,565,522 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.5%     
15,955  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   2,039,368 
41,761  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   2,174,077 
4,096  Chemed Corp.   1,338,491 
8,861  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   600,333 
17,739  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   1,970,980 
120,632  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   3,374,077 
18,471  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   2,394,396 
       13,891,722 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.2%     
8,950  Medidata Solutions, Inc. (a)   808,543 
11,790  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   670,615 
       1,479,158 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.0%     
88,732  Aramark   2,757,791 
47,918  Boyd Gaming Corp.   1,379,080 
226,300  Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)   2,118,168 
8,112  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   1,368,819 
34,915  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   2,605,706 
70,198  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a)   3,465,675 
63,745  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   2,042,390 
45,164  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   3,465,434 
65,226  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   1,413,447 
47,695  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   3,610,512 
10,541  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   569,319 
146,565  Wendy’s (The) Co.   2,727,575 
       27,523,916 
         
   Household Durables — 1.1%     
15,526  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   611,103 
117,223  PulteGroup, Inc.   3,687,836 
40,645  Roku, Inc. (a)   2,584,615 
90,540  Toll Brothers, Inc.   3,449,574 
       10,333,128 
         
   Household Products — 0.2%     
23,932  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   1,473,493 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
23,772  Ormat Technologies, Inc.  $1,387,334 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
10,692  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   1,512,063 
         
   Insurance — 3.2%     
97,041  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   2,853,976 
6,813  American Financial Group, Inc.   705,350 
5,426  American National Insurance Co.   614,711 
73,769  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   3,518,781 
64,266  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   2,902,252 
72,253  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   3,019,453 
18,360  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   3,475,915 
50,913  First American Financial Corp.   2,905,096 
5,742  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   692,543 
25,828  Kemper Corp.   2,321,421 
82,871  National General Holdings Corp.   2,042,770 
31,334  Old Republic International Corp.   700,628 
21,466  Primerica, Inc.   2,796,805 
38,753  Unum Group   1,430,761 
       29,980,462 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%     
16,363  Cargurus, Inc. (a)   666,629 
46,318  Match Group, Inc.   2,797,607 
178,452  Snap, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   1,987,955 
       5,452,191 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
48,759  Etsy, Inc. (a)   3,293,183 
22,078  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   3,579,948 
       6,873,131 
         
   IT Services — 3.4%     
24,055  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   1,357,183 
56,374  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   3,342,414 
10,804  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   2,106,132 
35,186  CoreLogic, Inc. (a)   1,428,903 
19,379  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   3,475,817 
22,986  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   3,445,372 
18,633  Genpact Ltd.   676,378 
30,684  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   2,254,660 
36,037  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,102,038 
18,471  MAXIMUS, Inc.   1,360,389 
22,294  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   3,141,671 
39,618  Okta, Inc. (a)   4,121,461 
13,657  WEX, Inc. (a)   2,872,067 
       31,684,485 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products — 0.4%     
39,073  Brunswick Corp.  $2,000,929 
15,528  Polaris Industries, Inc.   1,496,899 
       3,497,828 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%     
6,434  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   1,936,184 
9,904  Bio-Techne Corp.   2,026,259 
68,211  Bruker Corp.   2,632,945 
22,565  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   3,169,705 
23,774  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   2,301,799 
63,322  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   2,971,701 
       15,038,593 
         
   Machinery — 4.3%     
28,275  AGCO Corp.   2,001,305 
29,185  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,367,609 
51,003  Barnes Group, Inc.   2,836,787 
66,258  Colfax Corp. (a)   1,999,004 
23,240  Crane Co.   1,976,562 
26,189  Donaldson Co., Inc.   1,402,159 
47,143  Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,591,076 
39,712  Graco, Inc.   2,035,240 
33,906  ITT, Inc.   2,053,008 
71,349  Kennametal, Inc.   2,903,904 
7,816  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   682,102 
5,042  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   666,200 
81,179  Navistar International Corp. (a)   2,771,451 
43,625  Oshkosh Corp.   3,602,989 
75,139  Timken (The) Co.   3,602,915 
28,567  Toro (The) Co.   2,089,676 
120,666  Trinity Industries, Inc.   2,601,559 
34,541  Woodward, Inc.   3,761,515 
       39,945,061 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
8,727  Kirby Corp. (a)   713,170 
         
   Media — 1.9%     
11,549  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   674,577 
2,672  Cable One, Inc.   2,833,736 
103,426  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   3,632,321 
62,400  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.   1,435,200 
101,107  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   2,107,070 
79,819  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   2,646,000 
52,694  News Corp., Class A   654,460 
30,244  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   3,540,060 
       17,523,424 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining — 1.9%     
93,113  Alcoa Corp. (a)  $2,484,255 
102,545  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,555,421 
328,085  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.   3,277,569 
36,313  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   3,339,344 
92,928  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   2,943,959 
168,167  United States Steel Corp.   2,623,405 
       17,223,953 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.2%     
37,935  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   1,350,107 
139,918  Chimera Investment Corp.   2,682,228 
360,668  MFA Financial, Inc.   2,708,617 
193,824  New Residential Investment Corp.   3,258,181 
58,659  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   1,352,090 
       11,351,223 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
136,395  Macy’s, Inc.   3,210,738 
44,312  Nordstrom, Inc.   1,817,678 
30,729  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,938,922 
       7,967,338 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.8%     
64,550  Avista Corp.   2,784,687 
26,550  Black Hills Corp.   1,931,778 
25,378  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   663,635 
27,930  NorthWestern Corp.   1,950,910 
       7,331,010 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.8%     
296,948  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   2,152,873 
422,912  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)   1,230,674 
46,890  Cimarex Energy Co.   3,219,467 
63,642  CVR Energy, Inc.   2,902,712 
89,993  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   3,335,140 
111,862  Murphy Oil Corp.   3,047,121 
63,151  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   2,120,611 
115,692  Peabody Energy Corp.   3,328,459 
58,320  Range Resources Corp.   527,213 
125,385  Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)   3,434,295 
50,001  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   694,514 
       25,993,079 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%     
66,013  Domtar Corp.   3,228,036 
134,437  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   3,367,647 
       6,595,683 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
27,393  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,393,482 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%     
124,010  Horizon Pharma PLC (a)  $3,165,976 
4,586  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   595,125 
27,223  Perrigo Co. PLC   1,304,526 
       5,065,627 
         
   Professional Services — 1.8%     
20,649  ASGN, Inc. (a)   1,301,713 
22,714  Exponent, Inc.   1,286,067 
34,132  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   2,900,537 
26,505  Insperity, Inc.   3,168,938 
39,637  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   3,806,737 
10,060  Robert Half International, Inc.   624,625 
54,864  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   3,420,222 
       16,508,839 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
12,755  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   1,971,540 
30,646  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   660,115 
       2,631,655 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.4%     
7,057  AMERCO   2,633,461 
22,568  Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a)   2,000,653 
100,292  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   3,344,738 
17,978  Landstar System, Inc.   1,958,883 
52,873  Ryder System, Inc.   3,330,999 
       13,268,734 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7%     
11,710  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   1,478,387 
57,280  Cree, Inc. (a)   3,785,635 
175,741  Cypress Semiconductor Corp.   3,019,230 
73,467  Entegris, Inc.   3,001,862 
12,406  First Solar, Inc. (a)   763,341 
28,179  MKS Instruments, Inc.   2,564,571 
14,514  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   2,259,975 
95,602  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   2,204,582 
9,139  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   691,000 
12,876  Semtech Corp. (a)   693,630 
49,361  Teradyne, Inc.   2,418,689 
12,866  Universal Display Corp.   2,053,414 
       24,934,316 
         
   Software — 6.6%     
18,504  2U, Inc. (a)   1,119,492 
50,502  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,579,582 
39,079  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   3,463,963 
6,288  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   766,570 
14,152  Blackline, Inc. (a)   722,884 
11,144  CDK Global, Inc.   672,206 
11,966  Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)   653,942 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
36,025  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)  $3,722,463 
12,066  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   3,375,464 
49,632  Five9, Inc. (a)   2,633,970 
20,240  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   2,155,560 
19,719  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   3,637,958 
22,709  j2 Global, Inc.   1,989,763 
23,789  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   1,604,568 
26,566  New Relic, Inc. (a)   2,795,806 
17,330  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   3,509,845 
36,748  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   3,548,019 
21,594  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   2,708,320 
7,923  Qualys, Inc. (a)   715,130 
21,602  RealPage, Inc. (a)   1,408,666 
30,404  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   3,538,114 
16,557  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   3,667,044 
43,803  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   2,645,263 
38,560  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   3,384,797 
46,208  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   3,156,468 
       61,175,857 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.4%     
37,387  Aaron’s, Inc.   2,082,082 
118,270  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   2,812,461 
91,757  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   3,847,371 
89,040  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   3,294,480 
21,103  Five Below, Inc. (a)   3,089,268 
63,612  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   3,054,648 
43,268  Foot Locker, Inc.   2,475,362 
47,536  L Brands, Inc.   1,218,823 
73,406  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   3,370,803 
110,579  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   3,287,514 
46,598  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   2,664,008 
       31,196,820 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.9%     
55,845  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   3,764,512 
90,250  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   2,063,115 
81,990  Xerox Corp.   2,735,186 
       8,562,813 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.8%     
13,008  Carter’s, Inc.   1,377,677 
31,461  Columbia Sportswear Co.   3,145,156 
22,298  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   3,527,767 
73,324  Hanesbrands, Inc.   1,324,965 
21,501  PVH Corp.   2,773,414 
10,110  Ralph Lauren Corp.   1,330,274 
58,511  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   1,852,458 
19,371  Steven Madden Ltd.   704,136 
18,347  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   675,353 
       16,711,200 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.6%     
75,433  Essent Group Ltd. (a)  $3,579,296 
7,458  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   2,869,988 
248,489  MGIC Investment Corp. (a)   3,637,879 
113,313  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   1,317,830 
158,031  Radian Group, Inc.   3,701,086 
       15,106,079 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%     
95,417  Air Lease Corp.   3,679,280 
34,333  GATX Corp.   2,648,104 
15,121  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   690,879 
31,702  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   2,651,872 
21,078  Triton International Ltd.   694,520 
29,581  Univar, Inc. (a)   660,544 
4,577  Watsco, Inc.   725,317 
       11,750,516 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.3%     
63,612  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   2,576,922 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
106,657  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   3,400,225 
14,279  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   686,820 
       4,087,045 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   922,906,070 
   (Cost $841,881,549)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
2,404,416  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (c)   2,404,416 
   (Cost $2,404,416)     

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 3,814,146  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $3,814,430. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $3,899,381. (d)   3,814,146 
   (Cost $3,814,146)     
         

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 100.5%  $929,124,632 
   (Cost $848,100,111) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.5)%   (4,282,856)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $924,841,776 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $2,410,930 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,814,146.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $106,290,149 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $25,265,628. The net unrealized appreciation was $81,024,521.

 

  

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $922,906,070   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,404,416    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      3,814,146    —   
Total Investments  $925,310,486   $3,814,146   $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.               

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%     
11,626  AAR Corp.  $392,610 
48,364  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   768,020 
       1,160,630 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8%     
16,398  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   385,845 
37,378  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,804,983 
23,356  Forward Air Corp.   1,478,902 
37,010  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,538,506 
       5,208,236 
         
   Airlines — 0.5%     
8,758  Allegiant Travel Co.   1,286,375 
71,995  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   2,030,979 
       3,317,354 
         
   Auto Components — 2.3%     
105,651  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,558,352 
50,583  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   1,510,408 
40,245  Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,039,214 
106,531  Dana, Inc.   2,077,355 
21,632  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   1,678,643 
10,254  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   434,360 
19,680  LCI Industries   1,728,888 
7,699  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   384,719 
68,225  Tenneco, Inc., Class A   1,495,492 
16,837  Visteon Corp. (a)   1,111,579 
       14,019,010 
         
   Automobiles — 0.3%     
60,669  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   2,145,863 
         
   Banks — 6.3%     
16,832  1st Source Corp.   788,243 
22,007  Ameris Bancorp   802,375 
7,248  BancFirst Corp.   408,787 
41,628  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   1,248,424 
103,457  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,184,583 
52,495  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   790,050 
20,377  Cadence BanCorp   463,577 
15,875  CenterState Bank Corp.   391,795 
4,961  City Holding Co.   393,804 
15,059  Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (a)   832,160 
23,801  FB Financial Corp.   874,449 
10,873  First Bancorp   412,195 
164,907  First BanCorp   1,863,449 
30,981  First Busey Corp.   800,549 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
89,992  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  $1,224,791 
18,984  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   802,264 
10,257  First Merchants Corp.   376,124 
36,949  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   793,295 
47,860  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   1,683,236 
26,586  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   1,193,711 
41,422  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   871,105 
115,586  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   1,625,139 
9,331  Independent Bank Corp.   748,626 
7,369  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   420,033 
29,816  International Bancshares Corp.   1,236,470 
16,716  Lakeland Financial Corp.   798,189 
20,217  LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.   810,297 
22,727  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   869,080 
10,496  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   399,058 
57,297  OFG Bancorp   1,156,253 
42,741  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   1,242,481 
3,990  Park National Corp.   389,743 
33,498  Renasant Corp.   1,214,637 
19,123  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   766,450 
61,759  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   1,568,061 
16,592  South State Corp.   1,255,351 
11,375  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   399,604 
4,970  Tompkins Financial Corp.   400,930 
45,814  TowneBank   1,194,829 
9,620  TriCo Bancshares   383,934 
22,478  Trustmark Corp.   808,309 
11,691  Union Bankshares Corp. (a)   426,722 
45,483  United Community Banks, Inc.   1,277,163 
15,606  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   413,715 
19,017  WesBanco, Inc.   766,765 
6,116  Westamerica Bancorporation   392,770 
       39,163,575 
         
   Beverages — 0.7%     
5,130  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   1,590,351 
6,565  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   2,133,822 
4,899  MGP Ingredients, Inc.   430,475 
       4,154,648 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.9%     
111,167  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,482,968 
82,390  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,481,372 
47,965  CareDx, Inc. (a)   1,305,128 
15,228  Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a)   278,215 
19,786  Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,725,141 
64,536  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,084,205 
         

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
80,693  Invitae Corp. (a)  $1,905,969 
27,936  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   332,159 
54,463  Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,922,544 
10,043  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   375,809 
19,488  Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   625,955 
26,381  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   1,329,602 
25,590  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,724,254 
21,797  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   1,438,602 
19,011  uniQure N.V. (a)   1,068,228 
       18,080,151 
         
   Building Products — 2.4%     
32,738  AAON, Inc.   1,643,775 
14,667  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   411,409 
13,723  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   1,234,109 
50,409  Apogee Enterprises, Inc.   2,031,483 
113,334  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   1,561,742 
18,616  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   738,497 
64,208  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   1,268,108 
245,433  NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a)   1,403,877 
41,700  Patrick Industries, Inc. (a)   2,079,579 
63,228  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   2,336,275 
       14,708,854 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.5%     
15,016  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   425,553 
213,541  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   1,153,121 
33,970  Blucora, Inc. (a)   1,188,950 
8,942  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   448,441 
8,674  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   423,812 
24,730  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   1,219,684 
13,810  Legg Mason, Inc.   461,945 
9,083  Moelis & Co., Class A   371,949 
10,380  Piper Jaffray Cos.   836,628 
28,840  TCG BDC, Inc.   431,446 
109,301  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   2,047,208 
       9,008,737 
         
   Chemicals — 1.9%     
52,919  AdvanSix, Inc. (a)   1,599,741 
39,933  Ferro Corp. (a)   713,603 
15,541  H.B. Fuller Co.   761,043 
9,069  Innospec, Inc.   769,233 
134,797  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   1,833,239 
25,716  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   1,614,193 
25,792  PolyOne Corp.   712,891 
24,915  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   393,906 
12,957  Stepan Co.   1,199,041 
41,718  Trinseo S.A.   1,875,224 
       11,472,114 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.7%     
20,796  ABM Industries, Inc.  $789,624 
220,776  ACCO Brands Corp.   2,017,892 
40,496  Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. (a)   1,309,641 
16,287  Brady Corp., Class A   794,643 
26,247  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   421,002 
53,145  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   1,983,371 
87,341  Covanta Holding Corp.   1,578,252 
43,225  Deluxe Corp.   1,933,022 
32,231  Herman Miller, Inc.   1,251,207 
31,246  HNI Corp.   1,147,041 
49,343  Interface, Inc.   791,462 
59,963  Knoll, Inc.   1,309,592 
40,916  Matthews International Corp., Class A   1,639,095 
13,362  McGrath RentCorp   828,444 
110,035  Pitney Bowes, Inc.   782,349 
103,908  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   1,796,569 
9,849  UniFirst Corp.   1,557,422 
13,429  Viad Corp.   823,332 
       22,753,960 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
41,478  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   1,652,898 
5,729  InterDigital, Inc.   374,619 
13,465  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   395,871 
152,653  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,030,285 
       4,453,673 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.1%     
36,073  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   1,951,549 
32,910  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   1,632,007 
17,519  Granite Construction, Inc.   786,428 
73,108  Primoris Services Corp.   1,602,527 
68,163  WillScot Corp. (a)   918,156 
       6,890,667 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
71,451  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   1,251,822 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.8%     
69,403  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   1,961,329 
27,453  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   1,593,647 
28,195  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   792,843 
3,227  World Acceptance Corp. (a)   419,478 
       4,767,297 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.2%     
36,651  Greif, Inc., Class A   1,448,448 
         

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Distributors — 0.1%     
10,180  Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.  $370,043 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%     
51,989  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (a)   370,682 
55,372  K12, Inc. (a)   1,667,805 
126,242  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   1,987,049 
2,878  Strategic Education, Inc.   412,561 
       4,438,097 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%     
15,580  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   399,939 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
20,902  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   1,154,417 
57,182  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   1,570,218 
       2,724,635 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.4%     
12,852  El Paso Electric Co.   785,386 
11,121  MGE Energy, Inc.   753,892 
15,173  Otter Tail Corp.   778,375 
       2,317,653 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.1%     
70,221  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   1,738,672 
36,939  AZZ, Inc.   1,754,233 
26,422  Encore Wire Corp.   1,566,560 
134,413  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   2,044,422 
       7,103,887 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.1%     
26,945  Anixter International, Inc. (a)   1,694,032 
20,379  Badger Meter, Inc.   1,130,627 
35,194  Belden, Inc.   1,955,027 
28,797  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   778,383 
25,738  CTS Corp.   770,853 
4,269  ePlus, Inc. (a)   402,524 
21,656  Fabrinet (a)   1,310,621 
20,299  II-VI, Inc. (a)   808,712 
20,593  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,165,152 
111,364  KEMET Corp.   1,990,074 
64,316  Knowles Corp. (a)   1,214,286 
65,665  Methode Electronics, Inc.   1,937,774 
21,573  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   1,944,374 
24,805  Plexus Corp. (a)   1,492,765 
2,379  Rogers Corp. (a)   398,530 
52,404  Sanmina Corp. (a)   1,777,544 
42,209  ScanSource, Inc. (a)   1,589,169 
161,112  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,133,123 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
40,928  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.  $810,784 
       25,304,354 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.0%     
115,940  Archrock, Inc.   1,172,154 
48,707  C&J Energy Services, Inc. (a)   684,333 
42,468  Cactus, Inc., Class A (a)   1,541,588 
108,095  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)   1,049,603 
121,729  Frank’s International N.V. (a)   710,897 
191,134  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   1,494,668 
138,831  Keane Group, Inc. (a)   1,456,337 
73,677  Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A (b)   1,098,524 
113,505  Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.   1,769,543 
50,802  McDermott International, Inc. (a)   410,988 
439,498  Nabors Industries Ltd.   1,538,243 
23,967  Oceaneering International, Inc. (a)   460,166 
66,857  Oil States International, Inc. (a)   1,291,677 
83,843  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   1,855,446 
165,631  RPC, Inc.   1,704,343 
       18,238,510 
         
   Entertainment — 0.3%     
172,746  Glu Mobile, Inc. (a)   1,889,841 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.2%     
13,860  Acadia Realty Trust   391,406 
16,353  Agree Realty Corp.   1,070,631 
1,005  Alexander’s, Inc.   381,528 
24,725  American Assets Trust, Inc.   1,142,048 
64,446  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   1,562,815 
58,936  Chatham Lodging Trust   1,160,450 
54,364  Chesapeake Lodging Trust   1,549,374 
77,731  CoreCivic, Inc.   1,617,582 
104,700  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   1,137,042 
25,538  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   726,301 
23,601  Getty Realty Corp.   765,380 
39,996  Global Net Lease, Inc.   762,724 
58,967  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   1,567,933 
105,088  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   1,112,882 
74,958  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   1,487,916 
47,277  Kite Realty Group Trust   746,504 
83,436  Lexington Realty Trust   756,765 
8,253  LTC Properties, Inc.   371,880 
51,076  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   1,189,049 
26,515  National Storage Affiliates Trust   775,829 
27,349  Office Properties Income Trust   742,252 
         

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
54,383  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A  $1,132,254 
16,802  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   761,971 
62,942  RPT Realty   763,486 
17,010  Seritage Growth Properties, Class A (b)   758,476 
165,631  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   1,922,976 
18,016  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)   325,369 
17,982  Terreno Realty Corp.   802,896 
9,985  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   808,985 
334,486  Washington Prime Group, Inc.   1,488,463 
13,318  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   376,100 
86,256  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,867,442 
       32,026,709 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%     
46,908  Andersons (The), Inc.   1,533,892 
24,346  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   795,627 
12,839  PriceSmart, Inc.   767,901 
46,310  Weis Markets, Inc.   1,947,335 
       5,044,755 
         
   Food Products — 1.3%     
61,912  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   1,609,712 
25,407  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   1,044,482 
13,983  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   412,638 
44,687  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   1,995,721 
60,475  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   810,365 
55,072  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   1,236,917 
30,448  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (b)   1,182,296 
       8,292,131 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
16,575  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   1,535,508 
5,758  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   385,153 
       1,920,661 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.0%     
1,290  Atrion Corp.   1,135,200 
8,856  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   371,509 
29,332  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   1,042,459 
18,176  CONMED Corp.   1,454,625 
25,914  CryoLife, Inc. (a)   794,523 
19,291  Glaukos Corp. (a)   1,391,460 
5,042  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   384,755 
18,139  Nevro Corp. (a)   1,119,358 
6,700  Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)   367,093 
28,865  Quidel Corp. (a)   1,845,628 
11,054  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   359,034 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
14,338  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)  $713,459 
17,856  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   1,096,537 
       12,075,640 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0%     
18,108  BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)   985,075 
17,380  CorVel Corp. (a)   1,247,884 
36,919  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   1,902,067 
11,467  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   802,690 
14,943  National HealthCare Corp.   1,127,150 
34,598  Patterson Cos., Inc.   755,620 
80,475  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   1,156,426 
65,528  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   1,435,063 
107,621  Tivity Health, Inc. (a)   2,326,766 
3,599  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   419,248 
       12,157,989 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.7%     
39,620  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   391,049 
25,530  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   776,878 
60,815  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   822,827 
22,458  NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)   421,986 
18,702  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   1,502,893 
6,699  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   356,789 
       4,272,422 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%     
36,965  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   738,930 
34,066  Brinker International, Inc.   1,457,003 
15,453  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   766,778 
22,737  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.   1,292,371 
102,989  Denny’s Corp. (a)   1,917,655 
20,702  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   1,835,439 
43,315  International Speedway Corp., Class A   1,911,058 
14,622  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   394,502 
18,509  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   428,113 
44,018  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,171,759 
25,560  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   1,566,828 
19,885  Wingstop, Inc.   1,496,744 
       14,977,180 
         
   Household Durables — 3.0%     
9,649  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   1,203,906 
7,793  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   374,298 
16,058  iRobot Corp. (a)   1,662,645 
78,189  KB Home   2,025,877 
         

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
34,372  La-Z-Boy, Inc.  $1,127,401 
31,371  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   2,174,324 
65,032  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   1,987,378 
42,268  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   2,162,008 
106,470  Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A (a)   2,061,259 
11,662  TopBuild Corp. (a)   830,684 
149,513  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   1,951,145 
29,551  Tupperware Brands Corp.   703,314 
       18,264,239 
         
   Household Products — 0.3%     
65,028  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   1,591,885 
2,231  WD-40 Co.   375,366 
       1,967,251 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.6%     
75,043  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   1,190,932 
68,723  Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Class A   1,588,876 
82,527  TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A   1,119,066 
       3,898,874 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
9,850  Raven Industries, Inc.   383,263 
         
   Insurance — 1.6%     
6,363  AMERISAFE, Inc.   376,817 
5,350  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   417,674 
30,316  eHealth, Inc. (a)   1,841,394 
37,693  Employers Holdings, Inc.   1,617,784 
6,026  FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A   376,444 
10,734  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   414,118 
9,430  James River Group Holdings Ltd.   398,135 
22,049  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   1,600,757 
5,760  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   1,536,307 
10,921  ProAssurance Corp.   409,865 
8,676  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   806,174 
       9,795,469 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
49,732  Cars.com, Inc. (a)   1,034,923 
53,272  Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   785,229 
56,455  QuinStreet, Inc. (a)   805,613 
       2,625,765 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.6%     
35,324  Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)  $1,639,740 
16,211  Shutterstock, Inc.   655,735 
53,555  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a)   1,427,241 
       3,722,716 
         
   IT Services — 1.5%     
8,935  CSG Systems International, Inc.   398,948 
40,773  EVERTEC, Inc.   1,276,602 
6,297  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   374,042 
32,677  GTT Communications, Inc. (a) (b)   1,370,800 
98,996  KBR, Inc.   2,199,691 
13,993  ManTech International Corp., Class A   867,426 
22,118  NIC, Inc.   381,757 
51,076  Presidio, Inc.   767,161 
53,461  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,483,543 
       9,119,970 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.7%     
49,003  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   1,235,366 
94,907  Callaway Golf Co.   1,666,567 
21,386  Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.   1,197,402 
       4,099,335 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.2%     
53,944  Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (a) (b)   1,051,908 
38,915  Cambrex Corp. (a)   1,674,123 
73,641  Codexis, Inc. (a)   1,450,728 
25,639  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,440,143 
73,894  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   1,539,212 
       7,156,114 
         
   Machinery — 3.9%     
31,019  Actuant Corp., Class A   793,466 
11,346  Alamo Group, Inc.   1,175,900 
15,839  Albany International Corp., Class A   1,171,611 
24,346  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   912,732 
20,878  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   1,842,901 
5,864  EnPro Industries, Inc.   435,813 
11,277  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   845,775 
72,714  Federal Signal Corp.   2,091,982 
36,990  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   1,807,331 
58,635  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   2,083,302 
4,114  John Bean Technologies Corp.   451,676 
8,594  Kadant, Inc.   842,986 
3,905  Lindsay Corp.   331,925 
55,720  Meritor, Inc. (a)   1,351,767 
100,167  Milacron Holdings Corp. (a)   1,463,440 
24,120  Mueller Industries, Inc.   703,580 
10,864  SPX Corp. (a)   396,536 
23,697  SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)   851,670 
         

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
15,448  Standex International Corp.  $1,020,649 
24,380  Sun Hydraulics Corp.   1,276,049 
6,088  Tennant Co.   404,121 
11,764  Terex Corp.   392,094 
37,510  TriMas Corp. (a)   1,160,184 
4,677  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   400,304 
       24,207,794 
         
   Marine — 0.3%     
41,891  Matson, Inc.   1,659,303 
         
   Media — 1.8%     
107,580  Gannett Co., Inc.   1,003,722 
88,475  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   2,072,969 
34,191  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   1,578,940 
27,360  Meredith Corp.   1,614,240 
38,025  Scholastic Corp.   1,516,437 
39,291  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   1,799,135 
107,224  TEGNA, Inc.   1,707,006 
       11,292,449 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.6%     
274,885  AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)   665,222 
32,974  Carpenter Technology Corp.   1,637,818 
185,279  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   668,857 
88,516  Commercial Metals Co.   1,530,442 
6,952  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   398,975 
493,003  Hecla Mining Co.   1,035,306 
7,218  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   710,251 
6,624  Materion Corp.   384,391 
62,165  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   1,927,115 
30,383  Worthington Industries, Inc.   1,219,270 
       10,177,647 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.3%     
83,070  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   1,556,732 
116,566  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (b)   1,592,292 
37,759  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   761,599 
66,621  Ladder Capital Corp.   1,159,205 
73,003  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   1,533,063 
46,807  Redwood Trust, Inc.   765,763 
38,568  TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.   760,175 
       8,128,829 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.6%     
49,706  Big Lots, Inc.   1,847,075 
26,240  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   1,796,128 
       3,643,203 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.8%     
20,706  Arch Coal, Inc., Class A  $2,008,068 
32,753  Berry Petroleum Corp.   372,074 
73,505  California Resources Corp. (a)   1,549,485 
250,309  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   1,879,821 
151,551  Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)   1,942,884 
175,473  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   1,572,238 
33,135  CONSOL Energy, Inc. (a)   1,123,276 
26,102  Contura Energy, Inc. (a)   1,470,848 
921,873  Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)   2,055,777 
235,642  Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)   1,543,455 
36,100  Jagged Peak Energy, Inc. (a)   381,577 
182,007  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   1,217,627 
19,553  Matador Resources Co. (a)   384,999 
137,945  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (a)   365,554 
250,309  Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)   1,526,885 
27,874  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   1,212,240 
145,560  QEP Resources, Inc. (a)   1,094,611 
51,635  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   1,245,436 
123,722  Roan Resources, Inc. (a)   701,504 
102,570  SemGroup Corp., Class A   1,339,564 
108,053  SM Energy Co.   1,721,284 
402,953  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   1,591,664 
369,110  SRC Energy, Inc. (a)   2,270,027 
71,153  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   2,113,244 
168,736  Tellurian, Inc. (a) (b)   1,602,992 
52,333  World Fuel Services Corp.   1,614,473 
       35,901,607 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%     
42,374  Boise Cascade Co.   1,173,336 
5,873  Neenah, Inc.   398,483 
39,046  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   1,388,866 
       2,960,685 
         
   Personal Products — 0.8%     
642,804  Avon Products, Inc. (a)   2,044,117 
25,837  Edgewell Personal Care Co. (a)   1,065,260 
19,927  Inter Parfums, Inc.   1,444,508 
2,964  Medifast, Inc.   434,789 
       4,988,674 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%     
55,502  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,198,288 
47,071  Endo International PLC (a)   353,032 
11,757  Intersect ENT, Inc. (a)   381,985 
7,270  MyoKardia, Inc. (a)   348,815 
25,273  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   743,532 
13,267  Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   1,040,929 
         

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
13,743  Zogenix, Inc. (a)  $535,839 
       4,602,420 
         
   Professional Services — 0.9%     
37,348  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   721,190 
9,936  ICF International, Inc.   773,716 
16,880  Korn Ferry   793,698 
58,238  Navigant Consulting, Inc.   1,329,573 
63,954  TrueBlue, Inc. (a)   1,545,129 
10,010  WageWorks, Inc. (a)   488,388 
       5,651,694 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%     
37,121  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   1,599,915 
165,776  Realogy Holdings Corp.   2,158,403 
74,588  Redfin Corp. (a) (b)   1,542,480 
6,198  RMR Group (The), Inc., Class A   358,492 
45,842  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   781,148 
       6,440,438 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.0%     
61,378  ArcBest Corp.   1,875,712 
10,842  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   385,433 
58,812  Heartland Express, Inc.   1,157,420 
87,040  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,582,387 
105,991  Marten Transport Ltd.   2,096,502 
24,744  Saia, Inc. (a)   1,593,266 
89,780  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   1,876,402 
55,339  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   1,853,857 
       12,420,979 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.1%     
22,824  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   1,318,314 
221,292  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   2,004,906 
12,886  Brooks Automation, Inc.   483,354 
17,969  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   854,965 
32,677  Diodes, Inc. (a)   1,190,096 
70,474  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   1,335,482 
25,923  Inphi Corp. (a)   1,183,644 
158,412  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   2,051,436 
5,404  Power Integrations, Inc.   427,024 
9,508  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   358,167 
64,611  Xperi Corp.   1,605,583 
       12,812,971 
         
   Software — 5.0%     
37,422  8x8, Inc. (a)   895,134 
10,268  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   404,970 
23,801  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   2,311,315 
89,831  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   1,713,975 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
15,265  Benefitfocus, Inc. (a)  $621,743 
54,897  Cision Ltd. (a)   662,058 
15,311  Ebix, Inc.   772,899 
23,120  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   1,641,289 
25,194  Everbridge, Inc. (a)   1,861,585 
45,093  ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,895,710 
32,085  Instructure, Inc. (a)   1,382,222 
52,098  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   1,528,034 
39,911  Mimecast Ltd. (a)   2,055,816 
25,556  Progress Software Corp.   1,165,609 
26,844  PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,375,487 
27,286  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,057,910 
37,343  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   2,029,219 
39,483  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   1,115,790 
14,255  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   1,478,814 
6,338  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   450,949 
37,275  Workiva, Inc. (a)   1,980,793 
69,161  Yext, Inc. (a)   1,515,317 
       30,916,638 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.2%     
55,157  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   1,648,643 
21,797  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   1,747,683 
63,488  At Home Group, Inc. (a)   1,491,333 
111,233  Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.   1,858,703 
26,039  Carvana Co. (a) (b)   1,863,351 
11,656  Children’s Place (The), Inc.   1,315,030 
29,209  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   2,287,357 
20,377  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   2,313,197 
99,292  Michaels Cos. (The), Inc. (a)   1,116,042 
21,843  Monro, Inc.   1,831,099 
13,243  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   1,131,879 
520,617  Office Depot, Inc.   1,249,481 
238,015  Party City Holdco, Inc. (a)   1,594,701 
90,554  Rent-A-Center, Inc. (a)   2,257,511 
61,591  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,090,161 
40,210  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   1,399,308 
       26,195,479 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%     
14,051  Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (a)   522,557 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%     
44,035  Crocs, Inc. (a)   1,226,375 
37,835  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   1,632,580 
10,044  Oxford Industries, Inc.   834,255 
       3,693,210 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.9%     
26,102  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   854,057 
34,444  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   1,231,373 
         

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)     
29,367  Kearny Financial Corp.  $411,138 
76,822  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   1,978,935 
73,051  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,051,272 
33,990  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   757,977 
29,198  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   774,331 
37,122  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   2,039,854 
39,249  Washington Federal, Inc.   1,300,712 
9,792  WSFS Financial Corp.   422,819 
       11,822,468 
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
32,793  Universal Corp.   1,766,231 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.5%     
93,371  Aircastle Ltd.   1,859,950 
12,712  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   761,957 
35,258  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   1,327,816 
106,953  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,201,093 
45,157  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   1,373,224 
38,785  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,867,886 
6,467  Kaman Corp.   400,372 
43,245  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   749,436 
54,150  NOW, Inc. (a)   791,673 
45,200  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,916,932 
35,650  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   2,040,606 
       15,290,945 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.4%     
5,301  American States Water Co.   377,272 
20,890  California Water Service Group   1,052,647 
13,502  Middlesex Water Co.   782,981 
6,122  SJW Group   379,932 
       2,592,832 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
8,520  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.   352,132 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   616,633,666 
   (Cost $591,688,397)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
1,615,001  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (c)   1,615,001 
   (Cost $1,615,001)     

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 2.6%     
$ 16,280,785  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $16,281,997. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $16,644,612. (d)  $16,280,785 
   (Cost $16,280,785)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.7%   634,529,452 
   (Cost $609,584,183) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.7)%   (16,704,450)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $617,825,002 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $10,434,689 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $16,280,785.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $55,176,638 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $30,231,369. The net unrealized appreciation was $24,945,269.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $616,633,666   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,615,001    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      16,280,785    —   
Total Investments  $618,248,667   $16,280,785   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.4%     
428,517  Arconic, Inc.  $9,204,545 
11,772  General Dynamics Corp.   2,103,892 
6,641  Lockheed Martin Corp.   2,213,644 
7,391  Northrop Grumman Corp.   2,142,725 
10,945  Raytheon Co.   1,943,723 
161,645  Textron, Inc.   8,567,185 
15,464  United Technologies Corp.   2,205,321 
       28,381,035 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%     
22,912  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   1,855,872 
45,138  FedEx Corp.   8,551,846 
       10,407,718 
         
   Airlines — 2.4%     
62,766  American Airlines Group, Inc.   2,145,342 
158,547  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   9,241,705 
157,754  Southwest Airlines Co.   8,554,999 
102,646  United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)   9,121,124 
       29,063,170 
         
   Auto Components — 1.1%     
25,081  Aptiv PLC   2,149,442 
75,426  Lear Corp.   10,785,918 
       12,935,360 
         
   Automobiles — 1.9%     
1,165,851  Ford Motor Co.   12,183,143 
275,910  General Motors Co.   10,746,694 
       22,929,837 
         
   Banks — 8.2%     
216,749  Bank of America Corp.   6,628,184 
128,524  BB&T Corp.   6,580,429 
131,615  Citigroup, Inc.   9,305,180 
251,971  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   9,121,350 
81,559  Comerica, Inc.   6,409,722 
237,117  Fifth Third Bancorp   6,833,712 
471,618  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   6,564,923 
59,075  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   6,855,654 
519,933  KeyCorp   9,124,824 
26,074  M&T Bank Corp.   4,434,405 
48,753  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   6,675,748 
578,727  Regions Financial Corp.   8,987,630 
84,968  U.S. Bancorp   4,530,494 
123,758  Wells Fargo & Co.   5,991,125 
       98,043,380 
         
   Beverages — 0.9%     
171,607  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B   11,015,453 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology — 0.3%     
62,982  Gilead Sciences, Inc.  $4,096,349 
         
   Building Products — 0.7%     
161,884  Johnson Controls International PLC   6,070,650 
50,711  Masco Corp.   1,980,772 
       8,051,422 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.7%     
15,561  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   2,283,888 
118,583  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   5,888,832 
88,184  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   4,467,401 
247,099  Franklin Resources, Inc.   8,547,154 
42,653  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   8,783,106 
194,051  Morgan Stanley   9,362,961 
50,917  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   4,662,470 
90,867  State Street Corp.   6,148,061 
59,725  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   6,420,438 
       56,564,311 
         
   Chemicals — 4.5%     
10,435  Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   2,147,419 
83,044  Celanese Corp.   8,959,617 
76,805  DowDuPont, Inc.   2,953,152 
134,898  Eastman Chemical Co.   10,640,754 
121,745  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   10,741,561 
299,854  Mosaic (The) Co.   7,829,188 
150,841  Westlake Chemical Corp.   10,521,160 
       53,792,851 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
36,922  Cisco Systems, Inc.   2,065,786 
225,918  Juniper Networks, Inc.   6,273,743 
       8,339,529 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
9,910  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   2,199,029 
         
   Consumer Finance — 3.2%     
372,357  Ally Financial, Inc.   11,062,727 
125,307  Capital One Financial Corp.   11,632,249 
84,039  Discover Financial Services   6,848,338 
256,708  Synchrony Financial   8,900,066 
       38,443,380 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.5%     
176,979  International Paper Co.   8,284,387 
266,915  WestRock Co.   10,244,198 
       18,528,585 
         

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%     
508,249  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.  $11,532,170 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.0%     
326,410  AT&T, Inc.   10,105,654 
853,726  CenturyLink, Inc.   9,749,551 
69,245  Verizon Communications, Inc.   3,960,121 
       23,815,326 
         
   Electric Utilities — 3.3%     
66,444  Duke Energy Corp.   6,054,377 
57,709  Eversource Energy   4,135,427 
163,353  Exelon Corp.   8,322,835 
42,841  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   4,081,462 
258,001  PPL Corp.   8,052,211 
79,230  Southern (The) Co.   4,216,621 
72,843  Xcel Energy, Inc.   4,115,630 
       38,978,563 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
74,233  Eaton Corp. PLC   6,147,977 
59,797  Emerson Electric Co.   4,244,989 
       10,392,966 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3%     
123,697  Corning, Inc.   3,939,749 
126,763  TE Connectivity Ltd.   12,124,881 
       16,064,630 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.1%     
204,096  Halliburton Co.   5,782,040 
74,822  National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   1,955,847 
137,254  Schlumberger Ltd.   5,858,001 
       13,595,888 
         
   Entertainment — 2.0%     
131,343  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   6,332,046 
19,615  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   1,856,560 
364,669  Viacom, Inc., Class B   10,542,581 
36,877  Walt Disney (The) Co.   5,051,042 
       23,782,229 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.9%     
541,596  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   10,420,307 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%     
416,106  Kroger (The) Co.   10,727,213 
129,427  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   6,933,404 
       17,660,617 
         
   Food Products — 2.4%     
189,864  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   8,467,934 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
147,604  Conagra Brands, Inc.  $4,543,251 
35,147  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   4,310,077 
34,742  Kellogg Co.   2,094,943 
117,942  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   8,846,829 
       28,263,034 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
19,363  Atmos Energy Corp.   1,981,609 
35,968  UGI Corp.   1,960,616 
       3,942,225 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%     
21,888  Medtronic PLC   1,943,873 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0%     
37,536  Centene Corp. (a)   1,935,356 
12,394  Cigna Corp.   1,968,663 
33,159  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   2,124,166 
39,091  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   6,251,433 
66,504  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   6,409,655 
44,702  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   5,671,343 
       24,360,616 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.4%     
71,570  Cerner Corp. (a)   4,755,827 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.3%     
201,814  Carnival Corp.   11,071,516 
32,697  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   2,192,334 
159,570  MGM Resorts International   4,249,349 
148,996  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   8,401,885 
71,444  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   8,640,437 
91,174  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   4,334,412 
       38,889,933 
         
   Household Durables — 3.3%     
247,371  D.R. Horton, Inc.   10,961,009 
23,084  Garmin Ltd.   1,979,222 
208,516  Lennar Corp., Class A   10,849,088 
81,141  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   11,055,461 
1,482  NVR, Inc. (a)   4,671,975 
       39,516,755 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
12,544  Honeywell International, Inc.   2,178,015 
         
   Insurance — 7.2%     
81,892  Aflac, Inc.   4,125,719 
43,474  Allstate (The) Corp.   4,306,534 
190,178  American International Group, Inc.   9,046,767 
61,675  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   2,083,382 
         

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
29,228  Chubb Ltd.  $4,243,906 
112,026  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   4,475,439 
120,275  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   6,291,585 
139,506  Lincoln National Corp.   9,307,840 
41,587  Loews Corp.   2,132,997 
192,365  MetLife, Inc.   8,873,797 
119,152  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   6,810,728 
65,083  Prudential Financial, Inc.   6,879,924 
42,119  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   6,381,450 
49,960  Torchmark Corp.   4,379,494 
29,853  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   4,291,369 
35,297  W.R. Berkley Corp.   2,163,706 
       85,794,637 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.3%     
110,247  eBay, Inc.   4,272,071 
640,560  Qurate Retail, Inc. (a)   10,921,548 
       15,193,619 
         
   IT Services — 1.7%     
23,397  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   3,745,860 
56,516  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   4,123,407 
159,173  DXC Technology Co.   10,464,033 
14,126  International Business Machines Corp.   1,981,454 
       20,314,754 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%     
24,798  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   1,946,643 
         
   Machinery — 3.1%     
30,220  Caterpillar, Inc.   4,213,272 
51,870  Cummins, Inc.   8,625,462 
13,890  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   2,161,701 
18,463  Ingersoll-Rand PLC   2,263,748 
120,176  PACCAR, Inc.   8,613,014 
23,856  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   4,319,845 
38,207  Snap-on, Inc.   6,429,474 
       36,626,516 
         
   Media — 2.0%     
125,819  CBS Corp., Class B   6,450,740 
11,800  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   4,380,042 
149,576  Comcast Corp., Class A   6,511,043 
221,323  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   6,838,881 
       24,180,706 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.9%     
794,116  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   9,775,568 
114,466  Newmont Goldcorp Corp.   3,555,314 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining (Continued)     
175,428  Nucor Corp.  $10,011,676 
       23,342,558 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.4%     
16,707  Dollar General Corp.   2,106,586 
119,079  Kohl’s Corp.   8,466,517 
74,507  Target Corp.   5,768,332 
       16,341,435 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.0%     
64,932  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   2,012,892 
70,510  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   6,075,142 
32,824  DTE Energy Co.   4,126,305 
       12,214,339 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.3%     
172,533  Apache Corp.   5,678,061 
83,101  Chevron Corp.   9,977,106 
92,250  Concho Resources, Inc.   10,643,805 
324,343  Devon Energy Corp.   10,424,384 
101,350  Exxon Mobil Corp.   8,136,378 
207,757  HollyFrontier Corp.   9,916,242 
298,855  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   5,938,249 
612,576  Marathon Oil Corp.   10,438,295 
171,032  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   10,410,718 
241,813  Noble Energy, Inc.   6,543,460 
107,558  Phillips 66   10,139,493 
47,975  Targa Resources Corp.   1,926,196 
120,666  Valero Energy Corp.   10,939,579 
       111,111,966 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%     
85,822  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   3,984,715 
288,952  Mylan N.V. (a)   7,798,815 
       11,783,530 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
120,935  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   6,297,085 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.7%     
40,423  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   3,819,165 
35,300  Kansas City Southern   4,346,842 
       8,166,007 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.4%     
206,479  Applied Materials, Inc.   9,099,529 
247,668  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   10,416,916 
99,281  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   8,754,599 
       28,271,044 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.7%     
84,152  Best Buy Co., Inc.   6,261,750 
28,560  CarMax, Inc. (a)   2,223,682 
         

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
390,990  Gap (The), Inc.  $10,197,019 
18,882  Tiffany & Co.   2,035,857 
       20,718,308 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.8%     
530,719  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   8,390,667 
307,777  HP, Inc.   6,140,151 
170,996  Seagate Technology PLC   8,262,527 
212,985  Western Digital Corp.   10,887,793 
       33,681,138 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%     
252,042  Tapestry, Inc.   8,133,395 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
34,710  Altria Group, Inc.   1,885,794 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%     
89,593  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   12,625,446 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,191,513,303 
   (Cost $1,146,122,474)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
1,365,462  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (b)   1,365,462 
   (Cost $1,365,462)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   1,192,878,765 
   (Cost $1,147,487,936) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   448,689 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,193,327,454 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $80,002,861 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $34,612,032.The net unrealized appreciation was $45,390,829.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section): 
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $1,191,513,303   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,365,462    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,192,878,765   $—     $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.2%     
13,257  Boeing (The) Co.  $5,007,037 
72,983  HEICO Corp.   7,701,896 
19,064  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   9,198,761 
       21,907,694 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%     
91,225  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   7,245,089 
         
   Automobiles — 0.3%     
12,370  Tesla, Inc. (a) (b)   2,952,595 
         
   Banks — 0.6%     
34,461  First Republic Bank   3,639,771 
7,580  SVB Financial Group (a)   1,908,037 
       5,547,808 
         
   Beverages — 0.2%     
13,753  PepsiCo, Inc.   1,761,072 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.4%     
99,919  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   9,861,006 
80,502  Incyte Corp. (a)   6,182,554 
4,105  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,408,590 
14,141  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,653,648 
69,038  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   4,679,396 
       23,785,194 
         
   Building Products — 0.9%     
32,734  Lennox International, Inc.   8,885,644 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.2%     
9,307  Moody’s Corp.   1,829,942 
34,822  MSCI, Inc.   7,848,183 
8,005  S&P Global, Inc.   1,766,383 
       11,444,508 
         
   Chemicals — 2.0%     
39,221  Ecolab, Inc.   7,219,801 
112,665  FMC Corp.   8,907,295 
14,932  PPG Industries, Inc.   1,754,510 
3,913  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   1,779,750 
       19,661,356 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.4%     
17,129  Cintas Corp.   3,719,391 
114,275  Copart, Inc. (a)   7,692,993 
43,070  Republic Services, Inc.   3,567,057 
40,495  Rollins, Inc.   1,565,942 
66,634  Waste Management, Inc.   7,152,494 
       23,697,877 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.8%     
27,523  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   8,595,157 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Communications Equipment (Continued)     
61,637  Motorola Solutions, Inc.  $8,931,818 
       17,526,975 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.8%     
63,349  American Express Co.   7,426,403 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.9%     
149,585  Ball Corp.   8,966,125 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.4%     
35,761  Alliant Energy Corp.   1,688,992 
60,374  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   5,164,996 
52,874  Entergy Corp.   5,123,490 
8,718  NextEra Energy, Inc.   1,695,128 
       13,672,606 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.5%     
60,941  AMETEK, Inc.   5,373,168 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.6%     
36,658  Amphenol Corp., Class A   3,649,670 
89,810  CDW Corp.   9,483,936 
99,254  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   8,638,076 
125,156  Trimble, Inc. (a)   5,108,868 
41,306  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   8,721,349 
       35,601,899 
         
   Entertainment — 1.4%     
136,213  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   8,900,157 
14,181  Netflix, Inc. (a)   5,254,628 
       14,154,785 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 6.2%     
35,137  American Tower Corp.   6,862,256 
39,502  Crown Castle International Corp.   4,968,562 
14,164  Digital Realty Trust, Inc.   1,667,245 
55,115  Duke Realty Corp.   1,715,179 
7,639  Equinix, Inc.   3,473,453 
30,289  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   3,534,726 
5,828  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   1,646,410 
16,538  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   1,714,825 
110,606  HCP, Inc.   3,293,847 
207,823  Invitation Homes, Inc.   5,166,480 
47,531  Iron Mountain, Inc.   1,543,807 
47,064  Realty Income Corp.   3,294,951 
24,973  Regency Centers Corp.   1,677,436 
25,325  SBA Communications Corp. (a)   5,159,462 
29,210  Sun Communities, Inc.   3,595,167 
37,075  UDR, Inc.   1,666,521 
54,255  Ventas, Inc.   3,315,523 
65,159  Welltower, Inc.   4,856,300 
         

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
21,517  WP Carey, Inc.  $1,706,728 
       60,858,878 
         
   Food Products — 1.6%     
14,678  Hershey (The) Co.   1,832,548 
112,965  Hormel Foods Corp.   4,511,822 
67,472  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   4,726,414 
33,568  McCormick & Co., Inc.   5,168,465 
       16,239,249 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.4%     
63,252  Abbott Laboratories   5,032,329 
12,176  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   3,953,304 
43,915  Boston Scientific Corp. (a)   1,630,125 
17,073  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   4,949,804 
65,558  Danaher Corp.   8,682,501 
14,151  DexCom, Inc. (a)   1,713,261 
26,427  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   4,653,002 
143,057  Hologic, Inc. (a)   6,634,984 
7,538  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   1,748,816 
6,068  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   3,098,503 
35,054  Stryker Corp.   6,622,051 
16,733  Teleflex, Inc.   4,788,650 
       53,507,330 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.5%     
26,553  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   3,378,338 
6,816  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   1,588,605 
       4,966,943 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.0%     
68,224  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   9,542,491 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.0%     
12,185  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   8,383,768 
71,252  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   8,379,235 
6,530  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   1,766,888 
20,279  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   1,764,070 
116,424  Starbucks Corp.   9,043,816 
       29,337,777 
         
   Household Products — 1.4%     
97,206  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   7,285,590 
10,503  Clorox (The) Co.   1,677,644 
48,595  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   5,174,395 
       14,137,629 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 2.4%     
478,704  AES Corp.   8,195,412 
162,993  NRG Energy, Inc.   6,710,422 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (Continued)     
332,499  Vistra Energy Corp.  $9,060,598 
       23,966,432 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%     
20,248  Roper Technologies, Inc.   7,283,206 
         
   Insurance — 0.9%     
21,580  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   1,804,520 
96,046  Progressive (The) Corp.   7,505,995 
       9,310,515 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.8%     
1,432  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   1,716,911 
20,769  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   4,016,724 
32,954  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   7,409,377 
105,292  Twitter, Inc. (a)   4,202,204 
       17,345,216 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
2,840  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   5,471,317 
14,164  Expedia Group, Inc.   1,839,054 
       7,310,371 
         
   IT Services — 7.3%     
43,345  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   7,125,484 
39,216  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   3,421,204 
20,505  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,350,780 
45,649  Gartner, Inc. (a)   7,256,821 
25,359  Global Payments, Inc.   3,704,189 
29,407  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   7,476,436 
63,046  Paychex, Inc.   5,315,408 
83,349  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   9,399,267 
92,418  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   6,729,879 
66,999  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   9,188,243 
19,068  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   3,764,977 
22,165  Visa, Inc., Class A   3,644,591 
       72,377,279 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.7%     
60,167  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   8,357,196 
9,576  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   7,136,610 
71,856  PerkinElmer, Inc.   6,886,679 
25,296  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   7,018,375 
34,384  Waters Corp. (a)   7,342,360 
       36,741,220 
         
   Machinery — 1.2%     
31,634  Deere & Co.   5,239,539 
41,268  Fortive Corp.   3,563,079 
11,108  IDEX Corp.   1,740,179 
         

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
21,324  Xylem, Inc.  $1,778,422 
       12,321,219 
         
   Media — 1.0%     
402,931  Altice USA, Inc., Class A   9,493,054 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 2.5%     
68,747  Ameren Corp.   5,002,719 
91,039  CMS Energy Corp.   5,057,216 
176,424  NiSource, Inc.   4,901,059 
85,108  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   5,076,692 
63,939  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   5,014,736 
       25,052,422 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.8%     
265,286  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   6,868,254 
101,287  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   6,517,818 
51,873  ConocoPhillips   3,274,224 
114,958  Hess Corp.   7,371,107 
25,460  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   1,499,085 
72,398  ONEOK, Inc.   4,917,996 
22,734  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   3,784,302 
120,543  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   3,414,983 
       37,647,769 
         
   Personal Products — 1.1%     
41,824  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   7,185,782 
65,332  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   3,452,796 
       10,638,578 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%     
53,360  Eli Lilly and Co.   6,245,254 
60,795  Merck & Co., Inc.   4,785,175 
34,389  Zoetis, Inc.   3,502,176 
       14,532,605 
         
   Professional Services — 1.7%     
14,845  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   7,366,831 
51,795  TransUnion   3,607,522 
38,018  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   5,365,861 
       16,340,214 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.4%     
92,541  CSX Corp.   7,369,040 
37,048  Norfolk Southern Corp.   7,558,533 
23,976  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   3,579,137 
30,241  Union Pacific Corp.   5,353,867 
       23,860,577 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.6%     
271,315  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   7,496,433 
48,032  Analog Devices, Inc.   5,583,240 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
23,025  Broadcom, Inc.  $7,331,160 
94,158  Intel Corp.   4,805,824 
57,985  KLA-Tencor Corp.   7,391,928 
48,349  Lam Research Corp.   10,029,033 
41,731  Microchip Technology, Inc.   4,168,510 
68,263  Xilinx, Inc.   8,201,117 
       55,007,245 
         
   Software — 11.5%     
12,991  Adobe, Inc. (a)   3,757,647 
18,948  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   3,710,018 
22,218  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   3,959,470 
136,277  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   9,454,898 
60,216  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   5,625,379 
33,109  Intuit, Inc.   8,312,346 
42,872  Microsoft Corp.   5,599,083 
35,634  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   8,866,808 
21,860  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   3,614,551 
35,113  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   9,533,531 
40,580  Splunk, Inc. (a)   5,601,663 
135,892  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   9,194,453 
73,312  Symantec Corp.   1,774,883 
75,162  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   9,100,615 
54,400  Tableau Software, Inc., Class A (a)   6,626,464 
47,948  VMware, Inc., Class A   9,787,625 
44,879  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   9,228,469 
       113,747,903 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.5%     
8,451  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   8,690,248 
10,757  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   1,816,965 
8,784  Home Depot (The), Inc.   1,789,301 
46,190  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   5,225,936 
22,289  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   8,437,947 
37,186  Ross Stores, Inc.   3,631,585 
130,125  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   7,141,260 
88,532  Tractor Supply Co.   9,163,062 
24,819  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   8,661,334 
       54,557,638 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.7%     
18,225  Apple, Inc.   3,657,211 
49,928  NetApp, Inc.   3,637,255 
       7,294,466 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
19,068  Philip Morris International, Inc.   1,650,526 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.8%     
107,666  Fastenal Co.   7,595,836 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.4%     
33,206  American Water Works Co., Inc.   3,592,557 
         

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
24,391  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)  $1,780,299 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   987,648,242 
   (Cost $869,768,360)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.0%     
443,173  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (c)   443,173 
   (Cost $443,173)     

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 3,475,422  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $3,475,681. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $3,553,087. (d)   3,475,422 
   (Cost $3,475,422)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.4%   991,566,837 
   (Cost $873,686,955) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.4)%   (3,797,877)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $987,768,960 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $2,214,327 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,475,422.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $124,565,858 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $6,685,976. The net unrealized appreciation was $117,879,882.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $987,648,242   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   443,173    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      3,475,422    —   
Total Investments  $988,091,415   $3,475,422   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%     
16,094  Arconic, Inc.  $345,699 
335  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   38,170 
442  General Dynamics Corp.   78,994 
549  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   122,196 
249  Lockheed Martin Corp.   82,999 
436  Moog, Inc., Class A   40,827 
278  Northrop Grumman Corp.   80,595 
411  Raytheon Co.   72,990 
414  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   35,977 
6,071  Textron, Inc.   321,763 
581  United Technologies Corp.   82,856 
       1,303,066 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8%     
2,164  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   104,499 
861  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   69,741 
1,695  FedEx Corp.   321,135 
1,577  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   65,556 
2,823  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   192,190 
       753,121 
         
   Airlines — 2.0%     
2,704  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   167,378 
497  Allegiant Travel Co.   72,999 
2,357  American Airlines Group, Inc.   80,562 
5,955  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   347,117 
4,168  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   117,579 
9,274  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   172,033 
3,493  SkyWest, Inc.   215,134 
5,925  Southwest Airlines Co.   321,313 
3,855  United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)   342,555 
       1,836,670 
         
   Auto Components — 1.9%     
6,117  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   90,226 
942  Aptiv PLC   80,730 
4,938  BorgWarner, Inc.   206,260 
2,929  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   87,460 
2,330  Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. (a)   118,061 
6,168  Dana, Inc.   120,276 
7,337  Gentex Corp.   168,971 
582  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   24,654 
10,449  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   200,725 
838  LCI Industries   73,618 
2,833  Lear Corp.   405,119 
437  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   21,837 
3,950  Tenneco, Inc., Class A   86,584 
956  Visteon Corp. (a)   63,115 
       1,747,636 
         
   Automobiles — 1.4%     
43,786  Ford Motor Co.   457,563 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Automobiles (Continued)     
10,362  General Motors Co.  $403,600 
3,191  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   118,801 
2,433  Thor Industries, Inc.   160,262 
3,513  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   124,255 
       1,264,481 
         
   Banks — 9.2%     
478  1st Source Corp.   22,385 
1,274  Ameris Bancorp   46,450 
5,330  Associated Banc-Corp.   120,938 
2,688  BancorpSouth Bank   81,930 
8,141  Bank of America Corp.   248,952 
5,236  Bank OZK   170,955 
2,271  BankUnited, Inc.   83,073 
4,827  BB&T Corp.   247,142 
2,365  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   70,926 
465  BOK Financial Corp.   40,520 
3,993  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   45,720 
1,491  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   22,440 
2,237  Cathay General Bancorp   82,299 
2,765  Chemical Financial Corp.   121,466 
3,163  CIT Group, Inc.   168,493 
4,943  Citigroup, Inc.   349,470 
9,463  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   342,561 
2,321  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   87,130 
3,063  Comerica, Inc.   240,721 
872  Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (a)   48,187 
2,372  East West Bancorp, Inc.   122,111 
14,314  F.N.B. Corp.   173,629 
1,378  FB Financial Corp.   50,628 
8,905  Fifth Third Bancorp   256,642 
880  First Busey Corp.   22,739 
186  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   83,375 
3,474  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   47,281 
1,456  First Hawaiian, Inc.   40,258 
10,853  First Horizon National Corp.   163,772 
539  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   22,778 
2,139  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   45,924 
2,450  Fulton Financial Corp.   42,263 
2,039  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   71,712 
2,817  Hancock Whitney Corp.   123,216 
1,026  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   46,067 
2,398  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   50,430 
6,477  Home BancShares, Inc.   124,294 
6,692  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   94,090 
17,713  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   246,565 
1,587  IBERIABANK Corp.   126,167 
419  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   23,883 
1,151  International Bancshares Corp.   47,732 
2,219  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   257,515 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
19,527  KeyCorp  $342,699 
574  LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.   23,006 
979  M&T Bank Corp.   166,499 
596  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   22,660 
3,255  OFG Bancorp   65,686 
2,313  Old National Bancorp   39,506 
2,428  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   70,582 
4,034  PacWest Bancorp   159,545 
227  Park National Corp.   22,173 
4,615  People’s United Financial, Inc.   79,793 
1,387  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   80,543 
1,831  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   250,719 
2,911  Popular, Inc.   167,994 
549  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   40,428 
21,735  Regions Financial Corp.   337,545 
1,293  Renasant Corp.   46,884 
543  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   21,763 
3,576  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   90,795 
640  South State Corp.   48,422 
2,085  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   134,962 
1,768  TowneBank   46,109 
546  TriCo Bancshares   21,791 
638  Trustmark Corp.   22,942 
3,191  U.S. Bancorp   170,144 
6,897  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   119,732 
1,047  United Bankshares, Inc.   41,084 
1,756  United Community Banks, Inc.   49,308 
7,919  Valley National Bancorp   82,991 
4,648  Wells Fargo & Co.   225,010 
1,101  WesBanco, Inc.   44,392 
1,849  Western Alliance Bancorp (a)   88,345 
1,127  Wintrust Financial Corp.   85,877 
2,506  Zions Bancorp N.A.   123,621 
       8,258,379 
         
   Beverages — 0.5%     
6,445  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B   413,705 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.4%     
2,365  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   153,820 
1,616  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   165,753 
       319,573 
         
   Building Products — 1.3%     
711  A.O. Smith Corp.   37,377 
780  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   70,145 
2,335  Apogee Enterprises, Inc.   94,101 
6,562  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   90,424 
797  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   42,066 
529  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   20,986 
3,647  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   72,028 
6,080  Johnson Controls International PLC   228,000 
1,905  Masco Corp.   74,409 
10,457  NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a)   59,814 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
4,025  Owens Corning  $206,362 
1,931  Patrick Industries, Inc. (a)   96,299 
2,929  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   108,227 
       1,200,238 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.4%     
354  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   39,266 
584  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   85,714 
853  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   24,174 
4,454  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   221,186 
8,242  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   44,507 
3,312  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   167,786 
1,882  Eaton Vance Corp.   78,235 
2,588  Federated Investors, Inc., Class B   79,529 
9,280  Franklin Resources, Inc.   320,995 
1,602  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   329,884 
9,822  Invesco Ltd.   215,789 
3,149  Lazard Ltd., Class A   122,433 
785  Legg Mason, Inc.   26,258 
516  Moelis & Co., Class A   21,130 
7,288  Morgan Stanley   351,646 
295  Piper Jaffray Cos.   23,777 
1,912  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   175,082 
726  SEI Investments Co.   39,531 
3,413  State Street Corp.   230,924 
2,157  Stifel Financial Corp.   128,708 
2,243  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   241,122 
121  TCG BDC, Inc.   1,810 
6,328  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   118,523 
       3,088,009 
         
   Chemicals — 3.5%     
3,064  AdvanSix, Inc. (a)   92,625 
392  Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   80,670 
1,388  Albemarle Corp.   104,183 
911  Cabot Corp.   41,341 
3,119  Celanese Corp.   336,509 
2,885  DowDuPont, Inc.   110,928 
5,067  Eastman Chemical Co.   399,685 
900  H.B. Fuller Co.   44,073 
8,433  Huntsman Corp.   187,550 
258  Innospec, Inc.   21,884 
7,804  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   106,134 
4,572  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   403,388 
1,489  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   93,465 
11,262  Mosaic (The) Co.   294,051 
8,196  Olin Corp.   177,771 
1,493  PolyOne Corp.   41,266 
560  Sensient Technologies Corp.   39,267 
500  Stepan Co.   46,270 
2,415  Trinseo S.A.   108,554 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
5,665  Westlake Chemical Corp.  $395,134 
       3,124,748 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%     
591  ABM Industries, Inc.   22,440 
12,783  ACCO Brands Corp.   116,837 
23,744  ADT, Inc.   156,473 
1,491  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   23,916 
2,002  Deluxe Corp.   89,529 
1,244  Herman Miller, Inc.   48,292 
1,206  HNI Corp.   44,272 
2,857  Interface, Inc.   45,826 
3,406  Knoll, Inc.   74,387 
2,369  Matthews International Corp., Class A   94,902 
6,371  Pitney Bowes, Inc.   45,298 
4,427  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   76,543 
420  UniFirst Corp.   66,415 
381  Viad Corp.   23,359 
       928,489 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.5%     
1,387  Cisco Systems, Inc.   77,603 
3,491  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   86,507 
2,401  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   95,680 
8,485  Juniper Networks, Inc.   235,628 
       495,418 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.7%     
1,905  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   94,469 
1,038  EMCOR Group, Inc.   87,337 
1,031  Fluor Corp.   40,962 
498  Granite Construction, Inc.   22,355 
3,154  MasTec, Inc. (a)   159,750 
4,233  Primoris Services Corp.   92,788 
3,015  Quanta Services, Inc.   122,409 
       620,070 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.4%     
1,800  Eagle Materials, Inc.   163,638 
372  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   82,547 
4,059  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   71,113 
       317,298 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.6%     
13,985  Ally Financial, Inc.   415,494 
4,706  Capital One Financial Corp.   436,858 
3,156  Discover Financial Services   257,182 
4,018  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   113,549 
13,114  Navient Corp.   177,170 
1,589  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   92,241 
5,973  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   202,903 
1,633  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   45,920 
7,181  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   153,314 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
7,655  SLM Corp.  $77,775 
9,641  Synchrony Financial   334,254 
       2,306,660 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.5%     
1,408  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   82,790 
695  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   40,400 
9,010  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   125,059 
2,122  Greif, Inc., Class A   83,862 
6,647  International Paper Co.   311,146 
3,997  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   78,981 
1,527  Packaging Corp. of America   151,417 
2,560  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   76,646 
616  Sonoco Products Co.   38,845 
10,025  WestRock Co.   384,760 
       1,373,906 
         
   Distributors — 0.1%     
2,673  LKQ Corp. (a)   80,457 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%     
1,638  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   80,786 
222  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   165,041 
7,309  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   115,044 
       360,871 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%     
19,089  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   433,129 
6,056  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   124,572 
       557,701 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%     
12,259  AT&T, Inc.   379,539 
32,064  CenturyLink, Inc.   366,171 
2,601  Verizon Communications, Inc.   148,751 
       894,461 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.9%     
923  ALLETE, Inc.   75,178 
2,496  Duke Energy Corp.   227,436 
365  El Paso Electric Co.   22,305 
2,167  Eversource Energy   155,287 
6,135  Exelon Corp.   312,578 
930  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   38,576 
1,609  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   153,289 
2,195  Portland General Electric Co.   114,821 
9,690  PPL Corp.   302,425 
2,976  Southern (The) Co.   158,383 
2,736  Xcel Energy, Inc.   154,584 
       1,714,862 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.1%     
948  Acuity Brands, Inc.   138,721 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment (Continued)     
1,574  AZZ, Inc.  $74,749 
2,788  Eaton Corp. PLC   230,902 
2,246  Emerson Electric Co.   159,444 
1,126  Encore Wire Corp.   66,761 
1,746  EnerSys   120,806 
322  Hubbell, Inc.   41,087 
1,853  Regal Beloit Corp.   157,653 
       990,123 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.0%     
1,560  Anixter International, Inc. (a)   98,077 
2,461  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   207,979 
875  Avnet, Inc.   42,534 
10,938  AVX Corp.   178,399 
1,630  Belden, Inc.   90,546 
1,667  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   45,059 
1,071  Coherent, Inc. (a)   158,519 
4,646  Corning, Inc.   147,975 
242  ePlus, Inc. (a)   22,818 
1,170  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   66,199 
250  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   43,682 
4,280  Jabil, Inc.   129,299 
6,448  KEMET Corp.   115,226 
3,654  Knowles Corp. (a)   68,987 
3,802  Methode Electronics, Inc.   112,197 
1,057  Plexus Corp. (a)   63,610 
2,233  Sanmina Corp. (a)   75,743 
2,444  ScanSource, Inc. (a)   92,017 
1,591  SYNNEX Corp.   171,637 
4,761  TE Connectivity Ltd.   455,390 
1,482  Tech Data Corp. (a)   157,996 
9,328  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   123,503 
       2,667,392 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%     
4,475  Archrock, Inc.   45,242 
1,383  C&J Energy Services, Inc. (a)   19,431 
6,140  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)   59,620 
7,665  Halliburton Co.   217,150 
11,066  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   86,536 
6,572  Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.   102,458 
25,446  Nabors Industries Ltd.   89,061 
2,810  National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   73,453 
3,798  Oil States International, Inc. (a)   73,377 
7,672  RPC, Inc.   78,945 
5,155  Schlumberger Ltd.   220,015 
       1,065,288 
         
   Entertainment — 1.1%     
4,933  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   237,820 
1,897  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   79,769 
737  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   69,757 
13,696  Viacom, Inc., Class B   395,951 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Entertainment (Continued)     
1,385  Walt Disney (The) Co.  $189,704 
       973,001 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.0%     
9,308  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   153,117 
8,259  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   147,671 
3,348  Chatham Lodging Trust   65,922 
2,316  Chesapeake Lodging Trust   66,006 
4,500  CoreCivic, Inc.   93,645 
5,948  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   64,595 
3,481  Equity Commonwealth   110,696 
5,927  GEO Group (The), Inc.   118,658 
1,136  Global Net Lease, Inc.   21,663 
5,767  Hospitality Properties Trust   149,942 
20,341  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   391,361 
3,193  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   63,381 
1,343  Kite Realty Group Trust   21,206 
2,901  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   67,535 
1,584  Office Properties Income Trust   42,990 
2,673  Paramount Group, Inc.   38,732 
6,102  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   195,752 
10,794  RLJ Lodging Trust   198,718 
3,644  RPT Realty   44,202 
9,660  Senior Housing Properties Trust   77,570 
422  SL Green Realty Corp.   37,279 
9,590  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   111,340 
13,171  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   189,662 
15,493  Washington Prime Group, Inc.   68,944 
4,994  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   108,120 
       2,648,707 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%     
1,999  Andersons (The), Inc.   65,367 
589  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   77,954 
15,628  Kroger (The) Co.   402,890 
365  PriceSmart, Inc.   21,831 
3,522  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   75,441 
2,173  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   79,423 
4,861  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   260,404 
2,681  Weis Markets, Inc.   112,736 
       1,096,046 
         
   Food Products — 1.8%     
7,131  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   318,043 
3,585  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   93,210 
2,144  Bunge Ltd.   112,367 
5,544  Conagra Brands, Inc.   170,644 
5,256  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   114,633 
794  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   23,431 
1,718  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   23,021 
1,202  Ingredion, Inc.   113,889 
1,320  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   161,872 
1,305  Kellogg Co.   78,692 
1,702  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   45,801 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
4,430  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A  $332,294 
       1,587,897 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
727  Atmos Energy Corp.   74,401 
922  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   76,701 
461  Spire, Inc.   38,812 
1,351  UGI Corp.   73,643 
       263,557 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%     
822  Medtronic PLC   73,002 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%     
1,611  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   83,869 
1,410  Centene Corp. (a)   72,700 
466  Cigna Corp.   74,019 
1,245  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   79,755 
1,468  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   234,762 
664  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   46,480 
6,980  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   195,231 
849  National HealthCare Corp.   64,040 
2,003  Patterson Cos., Inc.   43,745 
2,498  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   240,757 
3,106  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   44,633 
4,985  Tivity Health, Inc. (a)   107,776 
1,679  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   213,015 
       1,500,782 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.2%     
2,251  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   22,217 
2,688  Cerner Corp. (a)   178,618 
       200,835 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%     
5,135  Aramark   159,596 
1,386  Boyd Gaming Corp.   39,889 
13,095  Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)   122,569 
7,580  Carnival Corp.   415,839 
895  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   44,410 
235  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   39,654 
3,689  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   118,196 
2,613  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   200,495 
2,508  International Speedway Corp., Class A   110,653 
1,228  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   82,337 
5,993  MGM Resorts International   159,594 
5,596  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   315,558 
3,774  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   81,783 
831  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   22,420 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
2,683  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  $324,482 
3,424  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   162,777 
       2,400,252 
         
   Household Durables — 3.2%     
372  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   46,415 
9,291  D.R. Horton, Inc.   411,684 
867  Garmin Ltd.   74,337 
443  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   21,277 
4,527  KB Home   117,295 
1,952  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   64,026 
898  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   35,345 
7,831  Lennar Corp., Class A   407,447 
1,453  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   100,707 
3,765  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   115,058 
2,447  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   125,164 
3,048  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   415,290 
56  NVR, Inc. (a)   176,539 
6,783  PulteGroup, Inc.   213,393 
6,164  Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A (a)   119,335 
5,239  Toll Brothers, Inc.   199,606 
675  TopBuild Corp. (a)   48,080 
8,657  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   112,974 
2,518  Tupperware Brands Corp.   59,928 
       2,863,900 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
3,765  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   92,167 
692  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   42,607 
       134,774 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
2,897  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   45,975 
688  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   40,152 
       86,127 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
309  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   43,699 
471  Honeywell International, Inc.   81,780 
       125,479 
         
   Insurance — 5.1%     
3,076  Aflac, Inc.   154,969 
1,633  Allstate (The) Corp.   161,765 
5,615  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   165,137 
7,142  American International Group, Inc.   339,745 
314  American National Insurance Co.   35,573 
2,316  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   78,234 
4,269  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   203,631 
3,719  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   167,950 
5,226  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   218,395 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
1,098  Chubb Ltd.  $159,430 
2,182  Employers Holdings, Inc.   93,651 
4,207  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   168,070 
2,210  First American Financial Corp.   126,103 
4,517  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   236,284 
5,239  Lincoln National Corp.   349,546 
1,562  Loews Corp.   80,115 
7,225  MetLife, Inc.   333,289 
3,197  National General Holdings Corp.   78,806 
334  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   89,084 
1,813  Old Republic International Corp.   40,539 
4,475  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   255,791 
2,444  Prudential Financial, Inc.   258,355 
1,582  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   239,689 
246  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   22,858 
1,877  Torchmark Corp.   164,538 
1,121  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   161,144 
2,242  Unum Group   82,775 
1,326  W.R. Berkley Corp.   81,284 
       4,546,750 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%     
2,825  Cars.com, Inc. (a)   58,788 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.6%     
4,141  eBay, Inc.   160,464 
24,058  Qurate Retail, Inc. (a)   410,189 
       570,653 
         
   IT Services — 1.4%     
879  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   140,728 
417  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   81,290 
2,123  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   154,894 
1,018  CoreLogic, Inc. (a)   41,341 
508  CSG Systems International, Inc.   22,682 
5,978  DXC Technology Co.   392,994 
531  International Business Machines Corp.   74,483 
4,585  KBR, Inc.   101,879 
1,184  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   87,000 
810  ManTech International Corp., Class A   50,212 
534  MAXIMUS, Inc.   39,329 
1,256  NIC, Inc.   21,679 
1,451  Presidio, Inc.   21,794 
2,278  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   63,214 
       1,293,519 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.4%     
1,891  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   47,672 
1,507  Brunswick Corp.   77,173 
4,043  Callaway Golf Co.   70,995 
899  Polaris Industries, Inc.   86,664 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products (Continued)     
825  Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.  $46,192 
       328,696 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%     
931  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   73,084 
2,253  Cambrex Corp. (a)   96,924 
       170,008 
         
   Machinery — 3.5%     
1,636  AGCO Corp.   115,796 
645  Alamo Group, Inc.   66,848 
1,410  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   52,861 
2,213  Barnes Group, Inc.   123,087 
1,135  Caterpillar, Inc.   158,242 
3,834  Colfax Corp. (a)   115,672 
896  Crane Co.   76,205 
1,948  Cummins, Inc.   323,933 
333  EnPro Industries, Inc.   24,748 
1,364  Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)   46,035 
3,395  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   120,624 
522  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   81,239 
694  Ingersoll-Rand PLC   85,091 
1,308  ITT, Inc.   79,199 
4,129  Kennametal, Inc.   168,050 
4,301  Meritor, Inc. (a)   104,342 
5,690  Milacron Holdings Corp. (a)   83,131 
685  Mueller Industries, Inc.   19,981 
2,020  Oshkosh Corp.   166,832 
4,514  PACCAR, Inc.   323,518 
896  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   162,248 
1,435  Snap-on, Inc.   241,482 
673  SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)   24,188 
596  Standex International Corp.   39,378 
3,478  Timken (The) Co.   166,770 
6,982  Trinity Industries, Inc.   150,532 
266  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   22,767 
       3,142,799 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
1,785  Matson, Inc.   70,704 
         
   Media — 2.0%     
4,725  CBS Corp., Class B   242,251 
443  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   164,437 
5,618  Comcast Corp., Class A   244,551 
8,312  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   256,841 
5,985  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   210,193 
6,111  Gannett Co., Inc.   57,016 
3,611  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.   83,053 
1,457  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   67,284 
5,851  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   121,935 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
3,049  News Corp., Class A  $37,869 
1,620  Scholastic Corp.   64,606 
2,275  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   104,172 
6,208  TEGNA, Inc.   98,831 
       1,753,039 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.7%     
15,915  AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)   38,514 
6,735  Alcoa Corp. (a)   179,690 
5,934  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   147,875 
1,909  Carpenter Technology Corp.   94,820 
15,188  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.   151,728 
10,727  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   38,724 
5,125  Commercial Metals Co.   88,611 
395  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   22,669 
29,825  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   367,146 
28,005  Hecla Mining Co.   58,811 
418  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   41,131 
4,299  Newmont Goldcorp Corp.   133,527 
6,589  Nucor Corp.   376,034 
2,101  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   193,208 
5,377  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   170,343 
9,731  United States Steel Corp.   151,804 
3,599  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   111,569 
1,173  Worthington Industries, Inc.   47,073 
       2,413,277 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%     
4,810  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   90,139 
8,096  Chimera Investment Corp.   155,200 
20,870  MFA Financial, Inc.   156,734 
11,216  New Residential Investment Corp.   188,541 
       590,614 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.2%     
2,302  Big Lots, Inc.   85,542 
1,519  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   103,976 
628  Dollar General Corp.   79,185 
4,472  Kohl’s Corp.   317,959 
7,893  Macy’s, Inc.   185,801 
2,564  Nordstrom, Inc.   105,175 
2,798  Target Corp.   216,621 
       1,094,259 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.8%     
2,801  Avista Corp.   120,835 
2,439  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   75,609 
2,648  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   228,152 
1,233  DTE Energy Co.   155,000 
1,616  NorthWestern Corp.   112,878 
       692,474 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.7%     
17,183  Antero Resources Corp. (a)  $124,577 
6,480  Apache Corp.   213,257 
1,199  Arch Coal, Inc., Class A   116,279 
14,493  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   108,842 
8,775  Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)   112,495 
36,708  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)   106,820 
3,121  Chevron Corp.   374,707 
2,713  Cimarex Energy Co.   186,275 
10,160  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   91,034 
3,465  Concho Resources, Inc.   399,792 
1,511  Contura Energy, Inc. (a)   85,145 
5,208  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   193,008 
53,375  Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)   119,026 
12,181  Devon Energy Corp.   391,497 
3,806  Exxon Mobil Corp.   305,546 
13,643  Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)   89,362 
7,803  HollyFrontier Corp.   372,437 
11,224  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   223,021 
23,007  Marathon Oil Corp.   392,039 
6,423  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   390,968 
6,473  Murphy Oil Corp.   176,325 
9,082  Noble Energy, Inc.   245,759 
18,116  Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)   110,508 
3,654  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   122,701 
6,695  Peabody Energy Corp.   192,615 
4,040  Phillips 66   380,851 
3,514  Roan Resources, Inc. (a)   19,924 
5,939  SemGroup Corp., Class A   77,563 
6,256  SM Energy Co.   99,658 
23,330  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   92,154 
21,371  SRC Energy, Inc. (a)   131,432 
4,120  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   122,364 
1,802  Targa Resources Corp.   72,350 
4,532  Valero Energy Corp.   410,871 
7,255  Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)   198,714 
3,030  World Fuel Services Corp.   93,476 
       6,943,392 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.6%     
2,407  Boise Cascade Co.   66,650 
3,820  Domtar Corp.   186,798 
7,779  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   194,864 
1,664  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   59,188 
       507,500 
         
   Personal Products — 0.1%     
997  Edgewell Personal Care Co. (a)   41,106 
793  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   40,340 
       81,446 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%     
3,223  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   149,644 
10,852  Mylan N.V. (a)   292,895 
1,575  Perrigo Co. PLC   75,474 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
718  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)  $21,124 
       539,137 
         
   Professional Services — 0.5%     
597  ASGN, Inc. (a)   37,635 
2,162  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   41,748 
282  ICF International, Inc.   21,959 
1,835  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   176,234 
2,248  Navigant Consulting, Inc.   51,322 
582  Robert Half International, Inc.   36,136 
3,703  TrueBlue, Inc. (a)   89,465 
       454,499 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
4,542  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   236,502 
738  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   114,073 
9,598  Realogy Holdings Corp.   124,966 
       475,541 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.7%     
306  AMERCO   114,190 
3,554  ArcBest Corp.   108,610 
616  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   21,899 
1,306  Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a)   115,777 
3,341  Heartland Express, Inc.   65,751 
1,518  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   143,420 
1,326  Kansas City Southern   163,284 
5,803  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   193,530 
6,137  Marten Transport Ltd.   121,390 
3,060  Ryder System, Inc.   192,780 
1,433  Saia, Inc. (a)   92,271 
5,198  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   108,638 
3,204  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   107,334 
       1,548,874 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.0%     
881  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   50,887 
12,812  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   116,077 
7,755  Applied Materials, Inc.   341,763 
1,040  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   49,483 
10,169  Cypress Semiconductor Corp.   174,704 
1,436  First Solar, Inc. (a)   88,357 
9,302  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   391,242 
1,631  MKS Instruments, Inc.   148,437 
3,729  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   328,823 
1,904  Teradyne, Inc.   93,296 
       1,783,069 
         
   Software — 0.1%     
5,201  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   99,235 
435  Ebix, Inc.   21,959 
       121,194 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail — 3.5%     
1,442  Aaron’s, Inc.  $80,305 
2,350  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   70,242 
6,844  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   162,750 
929  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   74,487 
2,451  At Home Group, Inc. (a)   57,574 
5,310  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   222,648 
6,440  Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.   107,612 
3,161  Best Buy Co., Inc.   235,210 
1,073  CarMax, Inc. (a)   83,544 
662  Children’s Place (The), Inc.   74,687 
5,152  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   190,624 
2,504  Foot Locker, Inc.   143,254 
14,685  Gap (The), Inc.   382,985 
1,691  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   132,422 
4,126  L Brands, Inc.   105,791 
944  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   107,163 
7,665  Michaels Cos. (The), Inc. (a)   86,155 
752  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   64,273 
24,114  Office Depot, Inc.   57,874 
13,781  Party City Holdco, Inc. (a)   92,333 
4,248  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   195,068 
709  Tiffany & Co.   76,444 
6,399  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   190,242 
2,022  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   115,598 
       3,109,285 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.5%     
19,932  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   315,125 
11,559  HP, Inc.   230,602 
6,422  Seagate Technology PLC   310,311 
7,999  Western Digital Corp.   408,909 
3,558  Xerox Corp.   118,695 
       1,383,642 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%     
376  Carter’s, Inc.   39,822 
1,612  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   69,558 
4,243  Hanesbrands, Inc.   76,671 
582  Oxford Industries, Inc.   48,341 
1,244  PVH Corp.   160,464 
292  Ralph Lauren Corp.   38,421 
2,257  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   71,457 
1,121  Steven Madden Ltd.   40,748 
9,466  Tapestry, Inc.   305,468 
       850,950 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.3%     
741  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   24,246 
4,365  Essent Group Ltd. (a)   207,119 
1,330  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   47,547 
4,448  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   114,580 
14,379  MGIC Investment Corp. (a)   210,509 
6,557  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   76,258 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)     
965  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.  $21,519 
829  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   21,985 
9,145  Radian Group, Inc.   214,176 
2,149  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   118,088 
2,230  Washington Federal, Inc.   73,902 
       1,129,929 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
1,304  Altria Group, Inc.   70,846 
1,519  Universal Corp.   81,814 
       152,660 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.9%     
5,521  Air Lease Corp.   212,890 
5,406  Aircastle Ltd.   107,688 
1,361  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   51,255 
6,192  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   127,431 
1,987  GATX Corp.   153,257 
2,565  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   78,002 
1,652  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   79,560 
1,228  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   21,281 
917  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   76,707 
1,538  NOW, Inc. (a)   22,486 
2,617  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   110,987 
3,365  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   474,196 
1,712  Univar, Inc. (a)   38,229 
2,064  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   118,143 
       1,672,112 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%     
3,681  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   149,117 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
6,172  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   196,763 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   89,461,671 
   (Cost $86,716,505)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
250,820  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (c)   250,820 
   (Cost $250,820)     
         

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.1%     
$ 103,856  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $103,863. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $106,177. (d)  $103,856 
   (Cost $103,856)     
   Total Investments — 100.2%   89,816,347 
   (Cost $87,071,181) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.2)%   (143,214)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $89,673,133 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $68,066 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $103,856.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $6,783,691 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $4,038,525. The net unrealized appreciation was $2,745,166.

 

  

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $89,461,671   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   250,820    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      103,856    —   
Total Investments  $89,712,491   $103,856   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%     
4,582  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $155,147 
673  Aerovironment, Inc. (a)   46,141 
2,992  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   189,992 
1,264  Boeing (The) Co.   477,400 
6,957  HEICO Corp.   734,172 
8,844  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   140,443 
6,352  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   463,823 
1,030  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   255,965 
1,817  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   876,739 
       3,339,822 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%     
1,999  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   47,036 
8,695  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   690,557 
2,902  Forward Air Corp.   183,755 
       921,348 
         
   Airlines — 0.2%     
7,700  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   418,726 
         
   Auto Components — 0.3%     
2,772  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   243,021 
3,360  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   260,736 
       503,757 
         
   Automobiles — 0.1%     
1,179  Tesla, Inc. (a) (b)   281,416 
         
   Banks — 1.1%     
884  BancFirst Corp.   49,858 
1,935  CenterState Bank Corp.   47,756 
605  City Holding Co.   48,025 
1,130  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   48,070 
2,702  First Bancorp   102,433 
20,490  First BanCorp   231,537 
1,409  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   86,682 
1,249  First Merchants Corp.   45,801 
3,285  First Republic Bank   346,962 
1,159  Independent Bank Corp.   92,986 
2,077  Lakeland Financial Corp.   99,177 
2,824  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   107,990 
1,365  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   46,328 
2,826  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   99,277 
8,739  Sterling Bancorp   187,189 
723  SVB Financial Group (a)   181,993 
606  Tompkins Financial Corp.   48,886 
3,878  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   102,806 
746  Westamerica Bancorporation   47,908 
       2,021,664 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Beverages — 0.4%     
797  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)  $247,078 
816  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   265,224 
1,311  PepsiCo, Inc.   167,874 
       680,176 
         
   Biotechnology — 3.8%     
15,159  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   364,574 
2,414  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   134,991 
2,231  Alkermes PLC (a)   67,644 
13,813  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   184,266 
16,694  Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)   377,451 
10,237  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   184,061 
5,661  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   42,061 
1,552  Bluebird Bio, Inc. (a)   220,120 
3,051  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   230,686 
5,960  CareDx, Inc. (a)   162,172 
3,784  Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a)   69,134 
3,378  Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   53,778 
2,458  Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   214,313 
9,525  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   940,022 
13,681  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   268,969 
7,867  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   132,166 
2,995  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   139,956 
3,486  Genomic Health, Inc. (a)   224,254 
7,674  Incyte Corp. (a)   589,363 
728  Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   62,739 
10,026  Invitae Corp. (a)   236,814 
4,011  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   298,138 
3,406  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   40,497 
924  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   66,750 
6,767  Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   238,875 
2,495  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   93,363 
3,563  Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   114,444 
391  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   134,168 
3,278  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   165,211 
3,180  Repligen Corp. (a)   214,268 
1,348  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   157,635 
6,581  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   446,060 
2,708  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   178,728 
3,149  uniQure N.V. (a)   176,942 
       7,224,613 
         
   Building Products — 1.0%     
4,068  AAON, Inc.   204,254 
1,788  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   50,153 
1,795  Allegion PLC   178,118 
4,100  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   355,347 
3,120  Lennox International, Inc.   846,924 
1,373  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   87,433 
1,323  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   91,644 
       1,813,873 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets — 1.8%     
4,141  Blucora, Inc. (a)  $144,935 
2,222  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   111,433 
3,578  Evercore, Inc., Class A   348,605 
1,312  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   361,941 
1,057  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   51,645 
3,015  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   148,700 
4,675  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   346,371 
662  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   184,254 
887  Moody’s Corp.   174,402 
1,938  Morningstar, Inc.   278,006 
3,319  MSCI, Inc.   748,036 
763  S&P Global, Inc.   168,364 
6,487  TCG BDC, Inc.   97,045 
10,282  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   252,732 
       3,416,469 
         
   Chemicals — 2.1%     
3,229  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   87,118 
877  Balchem Corp.   89,024 
6,572  Chemours (The) Co.   236,658 
3,739  Ecolab, Inc.   688,275 
7,302  Ferro Corp. (a)   130,487 
10,740  FMC Corp.   849,104 
3,854  Ingevity Corp. (a)   443,249 
375  NewMarket Corp.   157,342 
1,423  PPG Industries, Inc.   167,202 
6,192  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   97,896 
1,219  Quaker Chemical Corp.   272,837 
1,402  RPM International, Inc.   85,031 
373  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   169,652 
4,386  Valvoline, Inc.   81,141 
4,172  WR Grace & Co.   315,320 
       3,870,336 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.2%     
6,709  Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. (a)   216,969 
2,978  Brady Corp., Class A   145,297 
6,603  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   246,424 
1,633  Cintas Corp.   354,590 
5,690  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   432,440 
10,893  Copart, Inc. (a)   733,317 
13,565  Covanta Holding Corp.   245,120 
1,586  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   89,577 
2,443  McGrath RentCorp   151,466 
2,362  MSA Safety, Inc.   259,607 
4,105  Republic Services, Inc.   339,976 
3,860  Rollins, Inc.   149,266 
823  US Ecology, Inc.   50,211 
6,352  Waste Management, Inc.   681,824 
       4,096,084 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Communications Equipment — 1.5%     
2,624  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)  $819,449 
8,720  Ciena Corp. (a)   334,499 
1,440  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   89,237 
5,875  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   851,346 
2,719  Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.   463,454 
18,967  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   252,261 
       2,810,246 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.2%     
4,482  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   242,476 
12,464  WillScot Corp. (a)   167,890 
       410,366 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.7%     
6,039  American Express Co.   707,952 
721  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   357,774 
2,823  FirstCash, Inc.   275,751 
       1,341,477 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.6%     
2,295  AptarGroup, Inc.   255,296 
14,259  Ball Corp.   854,684 
       1,109,980 
         
   Distributors — 0.1%     
987  Pool Corp.   181,351 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%     
1,921  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   246,176 
10,677  Chegg, Inc. (a)   380,635 
711  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   82,398 
12,920  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (a)   92,119 
6,880  K12, Inc. (a)   207,226 
1,221  Sotheby’s (a)   51,502 
715  Strategic Education, Inc.   102,495 
       1,162,551 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
2,548  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   140,726 
8,881  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   243,872 
4,589  Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)   44,605 
2,864  Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   89,615 
       518,818 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.0%     
3,409  Alliant Energy Corp.   161,007 
5,755  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   492,340 
5,040  Entergy Corp.   488,376 
818  IDACORP, Inc.   80,998 
1,382  MGE Energy, Inc.   93,686 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
831  NextEra Energy, Inc.  $161,580 
5,663  OGE Energy Corp.   239,771 
1,885  Otter Tail Corp.   96,701 
       1,814,459 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.7%     
5,809  AMETEK, Inc.   512,180 
8,725  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   216,031 
4,767  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   262,137 
16,701  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   254,022 
1,485  Vicor Corp. (a)   55,702 
       1,300,072 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.5%     
3,493  Amphenol Corp., Class A   347,763 
2,484  Badger Meter, Inc.   137,812 
8,561  CDW Corp.   904,042 
1,601  Cognex Corp.   80,738 
4,707  CTS Corp.   140,975 
3,588  Fabrinet (a)   217,146 
2,522  II-VI, Inc. (a)   100,476 
9,460  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   823,304 
892  Littelfuse, Inc.   179,337 
2,680  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   241,548 
11,930  Trimble, Inc. (a)   486,983 
7,484  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   148,258 
3,937  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   831,258 
       4,639,640 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%     
5,277  Cactus, Inc., Class A (a)   191,555 
22,259  Frank’s International N.V. (a)   129,993 
17,250  Keane Group, Inc. (a)   180,952 
8,982  Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A (b)   133,922 
12,624  McDermott International, Inc. (a)   102,128 
23,225  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   315,628 
10,418  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   230,550 
       1,284,728 
         
   Entertainment — 1.2%     
21,464  Glu Mobile, Inc. (a)   234,816 
12,984  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   848,375 
278  Madison Square Garden (The) Co., Class A (a)   86,858 
1,351  Netflix, Inc. (a)   500,599 
2,814  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   235,954 
76,362  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   432,209 
       2,338,811 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.4%     
3,444  Acadia Realty Trust  $97,259 
1,993  Agree Realty Corp.   130,482 
250  Alexander’s, Inc.   94,907 
3,014  American Assets Trust, Inc.   139,217 
5,133  American Campus Communities, Inc.   242,278 
7,165  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   171,817 
3,349  American Tower Corp.   654,060 
10,672  Americold Realty Trust   341,611 
1,619  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   79,914 
5,133  Brandywine Realty Trust   78,997 
8,007  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   194,170 
30,602  Colony Capital, Inc.   157,294 
761  CoreSite Realty Corp.   83,261 
2,982  Corporate Office Properties Trust   83,138 
16,853  Cousins Properties, Inc.   161,283 
3,765  Crown Castle International Corp.   473,562 
2,541  CubeSmart   81,083 
1,350  Digital Realty Trust, Inc.   158,908 
4,028  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   165,913 
5,254  Duke Realty Corp.   163,504 
2,187  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   250,040 
4,234  EPR Properties   333,893 
728  Equinix, Inc.   331,022 
2,887  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   336,913 
556  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   157,070 
1,577  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   163,519 
4,604  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   162,383 
3,173  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   90,240 
4,221  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   170,444 
4,316  Getty Realty Corp.   139,968 
7,327  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   194,825 
10,543  HCP, Inc.   313,971 
2,535  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   78,281 
5,694  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   157,040 
1,740  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   77,569 
12,811  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   135,668 
19,810  Invitation Homes, Inc.   492,477 
4,531  Iron Mountain, Inc.   147,167 
5,906  JBG SMITH Properties   251,300 
1,072  Kilroy Realty Corp.   82,447 
13,200  Kimco Realty Corp.   229,548 
2,054  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   169,804 
10,367  Lexington Realty Trust   94,029 
1,681  Liberty Property Trust   83,445 
1,006  LTC Properties, Inc.   45,330 
13,193  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   230,350 
2,939  National Retail Properties, Inc.   154,650 
3,294  National Storage Affiliates Trust   96,382 
4,267  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   151,009 
12,983  Physicians Realty Trust   234,473 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
6,630  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A  $138,037 
1,219  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   47,127 
1,557  PS Business Parks, Inc.   239,186 
3,072  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   139,315 
4,486  Realty Income Corp.   314,065 
2,380  Regency Centers Corp.   159,865 
2,657  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   46,630 
6,820  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   258,410 
1,980  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   157,608 
8,362  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   163,561 
2,414  SBA Communications Corp. (a)   491,804 
2,114  Seritage Growth Properties, Class A (b)   94,263 
5,491  STAG Industrial, Inc.   158,031 
4,860  STORE Capital Corp.   161,935 
2,784  Sun Communities, Inc.   342,655 
2,234  Terreno Realty Corp.   99,748 
3,534  UDR, Inc.   158,853 
1,241  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   100,546 
5,172  Ventas, Inc.   316,061 
19,451  VEREIT, Inc.   160,665 
11,161  VICI Properties, Inc.   254,471 
6,211  Welltower, Inc.   462,906 
2,051  WP Carey, Inc.   162,685 
       13,936,342 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%     
4,452  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   145,491 
         
   Food Products — 1.8%     
3,097  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   127,318 
5,553  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   247,997 
1,399  Hershey (The) Co.   174,665 
10,768  Hormel Foods Corp.   430,074 
1,025  J&J Snack Foods Corp.   161,109 
6,432  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   450,562 
1,039  Lancaster Colony Corp.   154,510 
3,200  McCormick & Co., Inc.   492,704 
3,720  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   419,542 
9,123  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   204,902 
5,044  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   195,858 
6,305  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   422,309 
       3,481,550 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.6%     
2,060  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   190,838 
5,341  National Fuel Gas Co.   316,241 
6,540  New Jersey Resources Corp.   327,523 
1,431  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   95,720 
2,743  ONE Gas, Inc.   242,810 
       1,173,132 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.7%     
6,029  Abbott Laboratories  $479,667 
1,161  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   376,954 
157  Atrion Corp.   138,160 
4,186  Boston Scientific Corp. (a)   155,384 
4,859  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   172,689 
2,258  CONMED Corp.   180,708 
1,627  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   471,700 
4,739  CryoLife, Inc. (a)   145,298 
6,249  Danaher Corp.   827,618 
1,349  DexCom, Inc. (a)   163,323 
2,519  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   443,520 
2,996  Glaukos Corp. (a)   216,101 
3,076  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   311,968 
13,637  Hologic, Inc. (a)   632,484 
719  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   166,808 
856  Insulet Corp. (a)   73,830 
1,079  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   74,548 
2,922  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   152,499 
578  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   295,144 
1,253  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   95,616 
2,355  Masimo Corp. (a)   306,503 
3,950  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   221,911 
2,211  Nevro Corp. (a)   136,441 
6,759  Novocure Ltd. (a)   297,869 
817  Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)   44,763 
1,661  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   223,405 
3,587  Quidel Corp. (a)   229,353 
2,747  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   89,223 
3,340  Stryker Corp.   630,959 
2,622  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)   130,471 
2,958  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   181,651 
1,595  Teleflex, Inc.   456,457 
739  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   91,481 
7,765  Wright Medical Group N.V. (a)   229,611 
       8,844,117 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.4%     
2,642  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   337,700 
3,000  BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)   163,200 
509  Chemed Corp.   166,331 
2,879  CorVel Corp. (a)   206,712 
4,587  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   236,322 
2,531  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   322,019 
2,201  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   149,118 
2,937  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   326,330 
2,294  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   297,371 
8,142  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   178,310 
650  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   151,496 
894  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   104,142 
       2,639,051 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Technology — 1.0%     
3,663  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)  $49,634 
4,668  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   142,047 
11,121  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   150,467 
1,111  Medidata Solutions, Inc. (a)   100,368 
5,581  NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)   104,867 
2,905  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   233,446 
817  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   43,513 
2,928  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   166,545 
6,502  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   909,435 
1,457  Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)   46,405 
       1,946,727 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.2%     
975  BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.   48,662 
4,593  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   91,814 
4,233  Brinker International, Inc.   181,045 
1,162  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   799,502 
902  Churchill Downs, Inc.   90,967 
6,792  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   798,739 
2,772  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.   157,560 
12,796  Denny’s Corp. (a)   238,262 
2,572  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   228,034 
623  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   168,571 
4,336  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   323,596 
8,717  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a)   430,358 
1,933  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   168,152 
569  Jack in the Box, Inc.   43,870 
5,923  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   448,371 
2,256  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   52,181 
7,292  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   194,113 
3,176  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   194,689 
11,098  Starbucks Corp.   862,093 
1,309  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   70,699 
18,201  Wendy’s (The) Co.   338,721 
2,471  Wingstop, Inc.   185,992 
       6,115,991 
         
   Household Durables — 0.3%     
702  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   101,088 
1,995  iRobot Corp. (a)   206,562 
5,047  Roku, Inc. (a)   320,939 
       628,589 
         
   Household Products — 0.7%     
9,266  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   694,487 
1,001  Clorox (The) Co.   159,890 
4,632  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   493,215 
272  WD-40 Co.   45,764 
       1,393,356 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.4%     
45,632  AES Corp.  $781,220 
15,537  NRG Energy, Inc.   639,658 
10,673  Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Class A   246,760 
13,672  TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A   185,392 
31,695  Vistra Energy Corp.   863,689 
       2,716,719 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%     
1,201  Raven Industries, Inc.   46,731 
1,930  Roper Technologies, Inc.   694,221 
       740,952 
         
   Insurance — 1.4%     
2,057  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   172,006 
2,758  Brown & Brown, Inc.   87,567 
3,767  eHealth, Inc. (a)   228,808 
2,280  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   431,650 
4,276  Kemper Corp.   384,327 
2,740  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   198,924 
2,666  Primerica, Inc.   347,353 
9,156  Progressive (The) Corp.   715,541 
       2,566,176 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.5%     
136  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   163,059 
2,983  ANGI Homeservices, Inc., Class A (a)   51,844 
2,032  Cargurus, Inc. (a)   82,784 
1,980  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   382,932 
3,141  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   706,222 
9,741  Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   143,582 
5,752  Match Group, Inc.   347,421 
10,323  QuinStreet, Inc. (a)   147,309 
29,547  Snap, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   329,154 
1,582  TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)   84,210 
10,037  Twitter, Inc. (a)   400,577 
       2,839,094 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.1%     
271  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   522,087 
6,055  Etsy, Inc. (a)   408,955 
1,350  Expedia Group, Inc.   175,284 
3,230  Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   149,937 
1,134  Shutterfly, Inc. (a)   49,703 
2,964  Shutterstock, Inc.   119,894 
6,654  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a)   177,329 
2,742  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   444,615 
       2,047,804 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services — 5.6%     
4,132  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.  $679,260 
2,987  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   168,527 
7,001  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   415,089 
6,355  Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   35,143 
2,406  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   431,540 
2,854  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   427,786 
4,970  EVERTEC, Inc.   155,611 
3,738  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   326,103 
1,955  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   510,157 
4,351  Gartner, Inc. (a)   691,678 
2,417  Global Payments, Inc.   353,051 
5,413  GTT Communications, Inc. (a) (b)   227,075 
5,967  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   348,055 
2,803  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   712,635 
2,768  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   390,067 
4,920  Okta, Inc. (a)   511,828 
6,010  Paychex, Inc.   506,703 
7,945  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   895,958 
8,810  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   641,544 
6,387  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   875,913 
1,818  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   358,964 
2,113  Visa, Inc., Class A   347,441 
4,407  Western Union (The) Co.   85,672 
1,696  WEX, Inc. (a)   356,669 
       10,452,469 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.3%     
6,576  Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (a) (b)   128,232 
799  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   240,443 
1,230  Bio-Techne Corp.   251,646 
8,471  Bruker Corp.   326,981 
2,802  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   393,597 
9,150  Codexis, Inc. (a)   180,255 
5,735  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   796,591 
3,982  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   223,669 
913  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   680,422 
11,477  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   239,066 
6,849  PerkinElmer, Inc.   656,408 
2,952  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   285,813 
7,863  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   369,011 
2,411  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   668,932 
3,278  Waters Corp. (a)   699,984 
       6,141,050 
         
   Machinery — 2.5%     
5,672  Actuant Corp., Class A   145,090 
1,931  Albany International Corp., Class A   142,836 
5,436  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   254,731 
2,594  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   228,972 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
3,015  Deere & Co.  $499,374 
3,252  Donaldson Co., Inc.   174,112 
1,401  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   105,075 
9,035  Federal Signal Corp.   259,937 
3,934  Fortive Corp.   339,662 
4,596  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   224,561 
4,931  Graco, Inc.   252,714 
2,286  Harsco Corp. (a)   51,755 
1,059  IDEX Corp.   165,903 
1,068  Kadant, Inc.   104,760 
1,941  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   169,391 
476  Lindsay Corp.   40,460 
7,561  Navistar International Corp. (a)   258,133 
2,972  Sun Hydraulics Corp.   155,554 
4,730  Toro (The) Co.   345,999 
4,573  TriMas Corp. (a)   141,443 
4,289  Woodward, Inc.   467,072 
2,033  Xylem, Inc.   169,552 
       4,697,086 
         
   Media — 1.5%     
38,409  Altice USA, Inc., Class A   904,916 
2,868  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   167,520 
331  Cable One, Inc.   351,035 
8,777  Entercom Communications Corp., Class A   60,386 
10,993  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   257,566 
3,399  Meredith Corp.   200,541 
12,390  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   410,728 
3,756  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   439,640 
       2,792,332 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%     
18,104  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (b)   247,301 
4,711  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   167,665 
2,916  Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.   47,589 
4,691  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   94,617 
8,122  Ladder Capital Corp.   141,323 
7,566  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   47,666 
9,071  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   190,491 
5,816  Redwood Trust, Inc.   95,150 
7,284  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   167,896 
4,792  TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.   94,450 
       1,294,148 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.2%     
3,816  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   364,962 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities — 1.5%     
6,553  Ameren Corp.  $476,862 
4,396  Black Hills Corp.   319,853 
8,678  CMS Energy Corp.   482,063 
3,152  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   82,425 
16,817  NiSource, Inc.   467,176 
8,113  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   483,941 
6,094  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   477,952 
       2,790,272 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.2%     
8,139  Berry Petroleum Corp.   92,459 
25,288  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   654,706 
9,133  California Resources Corp. (a)   192,524 
9,655  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   621,299 
4,945  ConocoPhillips   312,128 
4,039  CONSOL Energy, Inc. (a)   136,922 
7,903  CVR Energy, Inc.   360,456 
10,958  Hess Corp.   702,627 
8,971  Jagged Peak Energy, Inc. (a)   94,823 
30,152  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   201,717 
4,859  Matador Resources Co. (a)   95,674 
34,279  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (a)   90,839 
2,427  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   142,902 
6,901  ONEOK, Inc.   468,785 
8,435  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   168,363 
4,618  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   200,837 
2,167  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   360,719 
17,745  QEP Resources, Inc. (a)   133,442 
21,726  Range Resources Corp.   196,403 
6,295  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   151,835 
20,965  Tellurian, Inc. (a) (b)   199,168 
11,491  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   325,540 
12,418  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   172,486 
       6,076,654 
         
   Personal Products — 0.8%     
79,868  Avon Products, Inc. (a)   253,980 
3,987  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   685,006 
6,228  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   329,150 
3,095  Inter Parfums, Inc.   224,357 
736  Medifast, Inc.   107,964 
       1,600,457 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%     
6,766  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   146,078 
5,086  Eli Lilly and Co.   595,265 
11,697  Endo International PLC (a)   87,728 
15,400  Horizon Pharma PLC (a)   393,162 
1,433  Intersect ENT, Inc. (a)   46,558 
569  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   73,839 
5,795  Merck & Co., Inc.   456,124 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
886  MyoKardia, Inc. (a)  $42,510 
1,211  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   48,222 
1,617  Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   126,870 
1,315  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   48,300 
3,278  Zoetis, Inc.   333,832 
2,513  Zogenix, Inc. (a)   97,982 
       2,496,470 
         
   Professional Services — 1.7%     
1,415  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   702,194 
4,231  Exponent, Inc.   239,559 
4,239  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   360,230 
3,291  Insperity, Inc.   393,472 
3,087  Korn Ferry   145,151 
4,937  TransUnion   343,862 
6,813  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   424,723 
3,624  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   511,491 
       3,120,682 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
7,611  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   163,941 
4,612  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   198,777 
9,267  Redfin Corp. (a) (b)   191,641 
1,540  RMR Group (The), Inc., Class A   89,074 
5,696  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   97,060 
       740,493 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.4%     
8,821  CSX Corp.   702,416 
10,815  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   196,617 
2,232  Landstar System, Inc.   243,199 
3,532  Norfolk Southern Corp.   720,599 
2,286  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   341,254 
2,883  Union Pacific Corp.   510,406 
       2,714,491 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.6%     
25,863  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   714,595 
4,578  Analog Devices, Inc.   532,147 
2,195  Broadcom, Inc.   698,888 
3,202  Brooks Automation, Inc.   120,107 
2,181  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   275,351 
7,113  Cree, Inc. (a)   470,098 
5,413  Diodes, Inc. (a)   197,141 
9,123  Entegris, Inc.   372,766 
8,591  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   162,799 
4,295  Inphi Corp. (a)   196,110 
8,975  Intel Corp.   458,084 
5,527  KLA-Tencor Corp.   704,582 
4,609  Lam Research Corp.   956,045 
19,682  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   254,882 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
2,757  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)  $38,295 
3,978  Microchip Technology, Inc.   397,362 
1,802  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   280,589 
15,829  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   365,017 
1,343  Power Integrations, Inc.   106,124 
1,599  Semtech Corp. (a)   86,138 
1,598  Universal Display Corp.   255,041 
6,507  Xilinx, Inc.   781,751 
10,035  Xperi Corp.   249,370 
       8,673,282 
         
   Software — 12.0%     
2,298  2U, Inc. (a)   139,029 
4,650  8x8, Inc. (a)   111,228 
1,238  Adobe, Inc. (a)   358,091 
6,271  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   444,488 
2,552  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   100,651 
4,853  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   430,170 
1,806  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   353,615 
2,957  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   287,154 
781  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   95,212 
2,118  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   377,449 
2,791  Benefitfocus, Inc. (a)   113,677 
1,757  Blackline, Inc. (a)   89,748 
920  Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc. (a)   46,524 
4,215  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   86,913 
12,990  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   901,246 
2,768  CDK Global, Inc.   166,966 
6,821  Cision Ltd. (a)   82,261 
2,972  Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)   162,420 
4,474  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   462,298 
2,873  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   203,954 
3,130  Everbridge, Inc. (a)   231,276 
1,498  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   419,066 
6,163  Five9, Inc. (a)   327,070 
5,603  ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (a)   235,550 
5,740  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   536,231 
2,513  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   267,635 
1,959  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   361,416 
3,987  Instructure, Inc. (a)   171,760 
3,156  Intuit, Inc.   792,345 
2,820  j2 Global, Inc.   247,088 
6,473  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   189,853 
4,431  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   298,871 
4,087  Microsoft Corp.   533,762 
4,959  Mimecast Ltd. (a)   255,438 
3,299  New Relic, Inc. (a)   347,187 
3,397  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   845,276 
2,152  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   435,845 
4,563  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   440,558 
4,234  Progress Software Corp.   193,113 
2,681  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   336,251 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
4,447  PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)  $227,864 
3,390  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   255,674 
984  Qualys, Inc. (a)   88,816 
4,640  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   252,138 
4,024  RealPage, Inc. (a)   262,405 
3,776  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   439,413 
4,813  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   136,015 
2,084  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   344,589 
3,347  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   908,744 
3,868  Splunk, Inc. (a)   533,939 
1,771  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   183,724 
12,954  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   876,468 
6,988  Symantec Corp.   169,179 
7,165  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   867,538 
5,185  Tableau Software, Inc., Class A (a)   631,585 
2,056  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   455,363 
773  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   54,999 
6,799  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   410,592 
4,570  VMware, Inc., Class A   932,874 
4,278  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   879,685 
4,631  Workiva, Inc. (a)   246,091 
8,593  Yext, Inc. (a)   188,273 
4,788  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   420,291 
5,737  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   391,894 
       22,636,838 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.8%     
806  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   828,818 
1,025  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   173,133 
3,235  Carvana Co. (a) (b)   231,497 
2,621  Five Below, Inc. (a)   383,688 
9,874  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   474,149 
837  Home Depot (The), Inc.   170,497 
4,403  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   498,155 
2,714  Monro, Inc.   227,515 
1,466  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   39,582 
2,125  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   804,461 
11,251  Rent-A-Center, Inc. (a)   280,487 
3,544  Ross Stores, Inc.   346,107 
7,508  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   132,892 
4,996  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   173,861 
12,404  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   680,732 
8,439  Tractor Supply Co.   873,436 
2,366  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   825,687 
       7,144,697 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.8%     
1,737  Apple, Inc.   348,564 
6,935  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   467,488 
4,759  NetApp, Inc.   346,693 
         

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (Continued)     
11,207  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)  $256,192 
       1,418,937 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%     
3,907  Columbia Sportswear Co.   390,583 
7,295  Crocs, Inc. (a)   203,166 
2,769  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   438,083 
4,557  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   167,743 
       1,199,575 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.4%     
3,451  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   47,624 
3,580  Kearny Financial Corp.   50,120 
926  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   356,343 
4,805  Mr Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   41,323 
9,077  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   254,882 
2,715  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   47,323 
       797,615 
         
   Tobacco — 0.1%     
1,818  Philip Morris International, Inc.   157,366 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%     
1,579  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   94,645 
10,263  Fastenal Co.   724,055 
806  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   54,244 
5,235  Triton International Ltd.   172,493 
       1,045,437 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.4%     
1,317  American States Water Co.   93,731 
3,165  American Water Works Co., Inc.   342,421 
3,461  California Water Service Group   174,400 
2,469  Middlesex Water Co.   143,177 
       753,729 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
1,979  Boingo Wireless, Inc. (a)   45,003 
2,116  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.   87,454 
2,325  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   169,702 
1,773  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   85,281 
       387,440 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   188,212,356 
   (Cost $161,735,279)     
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
135,893  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 2.32% (c)  $135,893 
   (Cost $135,893)     

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.4%     
$ 2,669,802  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $2,670,001. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $2,729,464. (d)   2,669,802 
   (Cost $2,669,802)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.5%   191,018,051 
   (Cost $164,540,974) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.5)%   (2,794,574)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $188,223,477 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $1,706,283 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,669,802.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $29,021,773 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $2,544,696. The net unrealized appreciation was $26,477,077.

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $188,212,356   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   135,893    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      2,669,802    —   
Total Investments  $188,348,249   $2,669,802   $—   
                

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

               

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%     
693  Curtiss-Wright Corp.  $78,960 
1,137  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   253,074 
903  Moog, Inc., Class A   84,557 
858  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   74,560 
       491,151 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%     
5,843  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   397,791 
         
   Airlines — 2.1%     
5,595  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   346,330 
19,194  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   356,049 
7,230  SkyWest, Inc.   445,296 
       1,147,675 
         
   Auto Components — 2.1%     
10,219  BorgWarner, Inc.   426,848 
15,184  Gentex Corp.   349,688 
21,626  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   415,435 
       1,191,971 
         
   Automobiles — 1.0%     
6,604  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   245,867 
5,035  Thor Industries, Inc.   331,655 
       577,522 
         
   Banks — 11.9%     
11,031  Associated Banc-Corp.   250,293 
5,564  BancorpSouth Bank   169,591 
10,836  Bank OZK   353,795 
4,701  BankUnited, Inc.   171,963 
963  BOK Financial Corp.   83,916 
4,630  Cathay General Bancorp   170,338 
5,722  Chemical Financial Corp.   251,367 
6,546  CIT Group, Inc.   348,705 
4,803  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   180,305 
4,910  East West Bancorp, Inc.   252,767 
29,624  F.N.B. Corp.   359,339 
386  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   173,024 
3,014  First Hawaiian, Inc.   83,337 
22,462  First Horizon National Corp.   338,952 
5,071  Fulton Financial Corp.   87,475 
5,829  Hancock Whitney Corp.   254,960 
13,404  Home BancShares, Inc.   257,223 
3,284  IBERIABANK Corp.   261,078 
4,787  Old National Bancorp   81,762 
8,349  PacWest Bancorp   330,203 
9,550  People’s United Financial, Inc.   165,120 
2,870  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   166,661 
6,024  Popular, Inc.   347,645 
1,137  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   83,729 
4,314  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   279,245 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
14,273  Umpqua Holdings Corp.  $247,779 
2,166  United Bankshares, Inc.   84,994 
16,389  Valley National Bancorp   171,757 
3,826  Western Alliance Bancorp (a)   182,806 
2,332  Wintrust Financial Corp.   177,698 
5,186  Zions Bancorp N.A.   255,825 
       6,623,652 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.6%     
3,344  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   342,994 
         
   Building Products — 1.1%     
1,472  A.O. Smith Corp.   77,383 
1,649  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   87,034 
8,330  Owens Corning   427,079 
       591,496 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.6%     
733  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   81,304 
3,895  Eaton Vance Corp.   161,915 
5,357  Federated Investors, Inc., Class B   164,621 
20,327  Invesco Ltd.   446,584 
6,517  Lazard Ltd., Class A   253,381 
1,502  SEI Investments Co.   81,784 
4,464  Stifel Financial Corp.   266,367 
       1,455,956 
         
   Chemicals — 2.0%     
2,873  Albemarle Corp.   215,647 
1,886  Cabot Corp.   85,587 
17,453  Huntsman Corp.   388,155 
16,963  Olin Corp.   367,927 
1,158  Sensient Technologies Corp.   81,199 
       1,138,515 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%     
49,141  ADT, Inc.   323,839 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
7,225  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   179,036 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.5%     
2,148  EMCOR Group, Inc.   180,733 
2,133  Fluor Corp.   84,744 
6,528  MasTec, Inc. (a)   330,643 
6,240  Quanta Services, Inc.   253,344 
       849,464 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.6%     
3,725  Eagle Materials, Inc.   338,640 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.3%     
27,140  Navient Corp.   366,662 
12,363  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   419,971 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
14,861  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.  $317,282 
15,843  SLM Corp.   160,965 
       1,264,880 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 2.2%     
2,915  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   171,402 
1,439  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   83,649 
18,647  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   258,820 
8,272  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   163,455 
3,160  Packaging Corp. of America   313,346 
5,299  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   158,652 
1,276  Sonoco Products Co.   80,464 
       1,229,788 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
5,532  LKQ Corp. (a)   166,513 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.9%     
3,390  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   167,195 
460  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   341,978 
       509,173 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
12,534  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   257,824 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.9%     
1,909  ALLETE, Inc.   155,488 
1,926  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   79,891 
4,543  Portland General Electric Co.   237,644 
       473,023 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.7%     
1,962  Acuity Brands, Inc.   287,099 
3,614  EnerSys   250,053 
665  Hubbell, Inc.   84,854 
3,836  Regal Beloit Corp.   326,367 
       948,373 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.1%     
5,094  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   430,494 
1,810  Avnet, Inc.   87,984 
22,636  AVX Corp.   369,193 
2,216  Coherent, Inc. (a)   327,990 
517  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   90,336 
8,857  Jabil, Inc.   267,570 
3,292  SYNNEX Corp.   355,141 
3,066  Tech Data Corp. (a)   326,866 
       2,255,574 
         
   Entertainment — 0.3%     
3,926  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   165,088 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.3%     
19,265  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  $316,909 
17,094  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   305,641 
7,204  Equity Commonwealth   229,087 
12,266  GEO Group (The), Inc.   245,565 
11,935  Hospitality Properties Trust   310,310 
5,532  Paramount Group, Inc.   80,159 
12,629  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   405,138 
22,340  RLJ Lodging Trust   411,280 
19,992  Senior Housing Properties Trust   160,536 
873  SL Green Realty Corp.   77,121 
27,258  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   392,515 
       2,934,261 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%     
1,219  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   161,335 
7,289  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   156,130 
4,497  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   164,365 
       481,830 
         
   Food Products — 1.4%     
4,438  Bunge Ltd.   232,596 
10,878  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   237,249 
2,487  Ingredion, Inc.   235,643 
3,522  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   94,777 
       800,265 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.4%     
1,909  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   158,810 
954  Spire, Inc.   80,317 
       239,127 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.0%     
3,334  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   173,568 
14,447  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   404,083 
       577,651 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.8%     
10,627  Aramark   330,287 
2,869  Boyd Gaming Corp.   82,570 
27,101  Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)   253,665 
486  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   82,008 
7,634  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   244,593 
5,409  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   415,033 
7,811  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   169,264 
       1,577,420 
         
   Household Durables — 1.7%     
1,859  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   73,170 
14,039  PulteGroup, Inc.   441,667 
10,843  Toll Brothers, Inc.   413,118 
       927,955 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products — 0.2%     
1,433  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.  $88,230 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
1,423  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   83,046 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
640  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   90,509 
         
   Insurance — 4.2%     
11,622  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   341,803 
650  American National Insurance Co.   73,639 
8,835  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   421,430 
7,696  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   347,551 
10,816  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   452,001 
4,573  First American Financial Corp.   260,935 
6,616  National General Holdings Corp.   163,084 
3,753  Old Republic International Corp.   83,917 
4,641  Unum Group   171,346 
       2,315,706 
         
   IT Services — 0.9%     
863  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   168,233 
2,107  CoreLogic, Inc. (a)   85,565 
2,450  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   180,026 
1,106  MAXIMUS, Inc.   81,457 
       515,281 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.6%     
3,120  Brunswick Corp.   159,775 
1,860  Polaris Industries, Inc.   179,304 
       339,079 
         
   Machinery — 4.5%     
3,386  AGCO Corp.   239,661 
4,581  Barnes Group, Inc.   254,795 
7,935  Colfax Corp. (a)   239,399 
1,855  Crane Co.   157,768 
2,823  Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)   95,276 
2,707  ITT, Inc.   163,909 
8,545  Kennametal, Inc.   347,781 
4,180  Oshkosh Corp.   345,226 
7,199  Timken (The) Co.   345,192 
14,451  Trinity Industries, Inc.   311,564 
       2,500,571 
         
   Media — 1.7%     
12,386  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   434,996 
7,473  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.   171,879 
12,108  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   252,331 
6,311  News Corp., Class A   78,383 
       937,589 
         
   Metals & Mining — 3.7%     
13,939  Alcoa Corp. (a)   371,892 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining (Continued)     
12,281  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)  $306,043 
31,433  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.   314,016 
4,349  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   399,934 
11,129  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   352,567 
20,139  United States Steel Corp.   314,168 
       2,058,620 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.9%     
16,756  Chimera Investment Corp.   321,213 
43,193  MFA Financial, Inc.   324,379 
23,212  New Residential Investment Corp.   390,194 
       1,035,786 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.1%     
16,334  Macy’s, Inc.   384,503 
5,307  Nordstrom, Inc.   217,693 
       602,196 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.9%     
5,798  Avista Corp.   250,126 
3,345  NorthWestern Corp.   233,648 
       483,774 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.8%     
35,562  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   257,824 
75,971  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)   221,076 
5,615  Cimarex Energy Co.   385,526 
10,777  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   399,396 
13,397  Murphy Oil Corp.   364,934 
7,563  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   253,966 
13,855  Peabody Energy Corp.   398,608 
15,016  Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)   411,288 
       2,692,618 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 1.4%     
7,906  Domtar Corp.   386,603 
16,100  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   403,305 
       789,908 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
1,640  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   83,427 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%     
3,260  Perrigo Co. PLC   156,219 
         
   Professional Services — 0.9%     
1,236  ASGN, Inc. (a)   77,917 
3,797  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   364,664 
1,205  Robert Half International, Inc.   74,819 
       517,400 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
1,527  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   236,028 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail — 2.3%     
634  AMERCO  $236,590 
2,703  Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a)   239,621 
12,011  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   400,567 
6,332  Ryder System, Inc.   398,916 
       1,275,694 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.9%     
21,046  Cypress Semiconductor Corp.   361,570 
2,971  First Solar, Inc. (a)   182,806 
3,375  MKS Instruments, Inc.   307,159 
3,941  Teradyne, Inc.   193,109 
       1,044,644 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.2%     
2,985  Aaron’s, Inc.   166,235 
14,164  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   336,820 
10,989  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   460,769 
10,663  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   394,531 
5,182  Foot Locker, Inc.   296,462 
8,539  L Brands, Inc.   218,940 
8,791  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   403,683 
13,243  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   393,714 
4,185  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   239,256 
       2,910,410 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.4%     
7,364  Xerox Corp.   245,663 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.6%     
779  Carter’s, Inc.   82,504 
8,781  Hanesbrands, Inc.   158,673 
2,575  PVH Corp.   332,149 
605  Ralph Lauren Corp.   79,606 
4,671  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   147,884 
2,320  Steven Madden Ltd.   84,332 
       885,148 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.6%     
9,034  Essent Group Ltd. (a)   428,663 
29,759  MGIC Investment Corp. (a)   435,672 
13,570  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   157,819 
18,926  Radian Group, Inc.   443,247 
       1,465,401 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.8%     
11,427  Air Lease Corp.   440,625 
4,112  GATX Corp.   317,159 
1,898  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   158,768 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
3,543  Univar, Inc. (a)  $79,115 
       995,667 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.6%     
7,618  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   308,605 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
12,773  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   407,203 
         
   Total Investments — 99.8%   55,522,869 
   (Cost $54,719,756) (b)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.2%   115,047 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $55,637,916 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,235,870 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $2,432,757. The net unrealized appreciation was $803,113.

  

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $55,522,869   $—     $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.               

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%     
20,997  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $710,959 
13,710  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   870,585 
29,106  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   2,125,320 
4,724  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,173,961 
       4,880,825 
         
   Airlines — 0.7%     
35,282  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   1,918,635 
         
   Auto Components — 0.4%     
12,707  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   1,114,023 
         
   Banks — 0.5%     
6,458  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   397,296 
40,043  Sterling Bancorp   857,721 
       1,255,017 
         
   Biotechnology — 4.3%     
69,464  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,670,609 
11,060  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   618,475 
10,222  Alkermes PLC (a)   309,931 
76,497  Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)   1,729,597 
7,110  Bluebird Bio, Inc. (a)   1,008,411 
13,983  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   1,057,255 
62,689  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   1,232,466 
13,724  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   641,323 
15,977  Genomic Health, Inc. (a)   1,027,800 
3,336  Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   287,497 
18,379  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,366,111 
4,238  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   306,153 
       11,255,628 
         
   Building Products — 1.3%     
8,225  Allegion PLC   816,167 
18,787  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,628,269 
6,292  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   400,675 
6,061  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   419,845 
       3,264,956 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.1%     
16,394  Evercore, Inc., Class A   1,597,268 
6,011  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   1,658,255 
21,425  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,587,378 
3,031  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   843,618 
8,885  Morningstar, Inc.   1,274,553 
47,117  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   1,158,136 
       8,119,208 
         
   Chemicals — 3.1%     
14,800  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   399,304 
4,022  Balchem Corp.   408,273 
30,117  Chemours (The) Co.   1,084,513 
17,658  Ingevity Corp. (a)   2,030,846 
1,722  NewMarket Corp.   722,517 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
5,585  Quaker Chemical Corp.  $1,250,035 
6,424  RPM International, Inc.   389,616 
20,096  Valvoline, Inc.   371,776 
19,120  WR Grace & Co.   1,445,090 
       8,101,970 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.4%     
26,076  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   1,981,776 
7,272  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   410,723 
10,820  MSA Safety, Inc.   1,189,226 
       3,581,725 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.6%     
39,956  Ciena Corp. (a)   1,532,712 
6,598  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   408,878 
12,455  Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.   2,122,955 
       4,064,545 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.1%     
3,298  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   1,636,534 
12,940  FirstCash, Inc.   1,263,979 
       2,900,513 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.4%     
10,521  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,170,356 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
4,522  Pool Corp.   830,872 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%     
8,804  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,128,232 
48,928  Chegg, Inc. (a)   1,744,283 
3,257  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   377,454 
       3,249,969 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
13,124  Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   410,650 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.6%     
3,745  IDACORP, Inc.   370,830 
25,954  OGE Energy Corp.   1,098,892 
       1,469,722 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.5%     
21,842  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,201,092 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.5%     
7,333  Cognex Corp.   369,803 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
4,087  Littelfuse, Inc.  $821,692 
       1,191,495 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%     
106,421  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   1,446,261 
         
   Entertainment — 1.3%     
1,273  Madison Square Garden (The) Co., Class A (a)   397,736 
12,894  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   1,081,162 
349,925  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   1,980,575 
       3,459,473 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 10.6%     
23,521  American Campus Communities, Inc.   1,110,191 
32,835  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   787,383 
48,907  Americold Realty Trust   1,565,513 
7,418  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   366,152 
23,521  Brandywine Realty Trust   361,988 
140,233  Colony Capital, Inc.   720,798 
3,485  CoreSite Realty Corp.   381,294 
13,665  Corporate Office Properties Trust   380,980 
77,231  Cousins Properties, Inc.   739,101 
11,640  CubeSmart   371,432 
18,456  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   760,203 
10,021  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   1,145,701 
19,401  EPR Properties   1,529,963 
21,099  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   744,162 
19,344  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   781,111 
11,616  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   358,702 
26,094  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   719,672 
7,976  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   355,570 
27,061  JBG SMITH Properties   1,151,446 
4,908  Kilroy Realty Corp.   377,474 
60,486  Kimco Realty Corp.   1,051,852 
9,412  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   778,090 
7,701  Liberty Property Trust   382,278 
60,455  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   1,055,544 
13,468  National Retail Properties, Inc.   708,686 
19,558  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   692,158 
59,493  Physicians Realty Trust   1,074,444 
7,139  PS Business Parks, Inc.   1,096,693 
31,247  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   1,183,949 
9,070  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   721,972 
38,315  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   749,441 
25,162  STAG Industrial, Inc.   724,162 
22,270  STORE Capital Corp.   742,036 
89,129  VEREIT, Inc.   736,206 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
51,146  VICI Properties, Inc.  $1,166,129 
       27,572,476 
         
   Food Products — 2.0%     
4,693  J&J Snack Foods Corp.   737,646 
4,761  Lancaster Colony Corp.   708,008 
17,048  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,922,674 
28,893  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   1,935,253 
       5,303,581 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.6%     
24,476  National Fuel Gas Co.   1,449,224 
29,965  New Jersey Resources Corp.   1,500,647 
12,567  ONE Gas, Inc.   1,112,431 
       4,062,302 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.5%     
14,098  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   1,429,819 
3,924  Insulet Corp. (a)   338,445 
4,948  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   341,857 
13,386  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   698,615 
10,790  Masimo Corp. (a)   1,404,319 
18,099  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,016,802 
30,975  Novocure Ltd. (a)   1,365,068 
7,615  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   1,024,218 
3,384  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   418,905 
35,584  Wright Medical Group N.V. (a)   1,052,219 
       9,090,267 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.2%     
12,103  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   1,547,005 
2,330  Chemed Corp.   761,397 
10,085  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   683,259 
13,459  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   1,495,430 
10,513  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,362,800 
       5,849,891 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.5%     
5,094  Medidata Solutions, Inc. (a)   460,192 
13,420  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   763,330 
       1,223,522 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.0%     
4,135  Churchill Downs, Inc.   417,015 
19,866  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   1,482,600 
39,944  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a)   1,972,035 
27,141  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   2,054,574 
6,000  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   324,060 
83,402  Wendy’s (The) Co.   1,552,111 
       7,802,395 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables — 0.7%     
3,219  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)  $463,536 
23,127  Roku, Inc. (a)   1,470,646 
       1,934,182 
         
   Insurance — 2.2%     
12,641  Brown & Brown, Inc.   401,352 
10,447  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   1,977,826 
19,597  Kemper Corp.   1,761,378 
12,213  Primerica, Inc.   1,591,232 
       5,731,788 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.5%     
9,310  Cargurus, Inc. (a)   379,289 
26,355  Match Group, Inc.   1,591,842 
135,395  Snap, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   1,508,300 
7,254  TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)   386,131 
       3,865,562 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.5%     
27,745  Etsy, Inc. (a)   1,873,897 
12,561  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   2,036,766 
       3,910,663 
         
   IT Services — 5.5%     
13,689  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   772,333 
32,082  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   1,902,142 
11,027  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   1,977,803 
13,082  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   1,960,861 
27,344  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,594,975 
12,683  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   1,787,288 
22,542  Okta, Inc. (a)   2,345,044 
20,195  Western Union (The) Co.   392,591 
7,772  WEX, Inc. (a)   1,634,452 
       14,367,489 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.3%     
3,664  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   1,102,608 
5,639  Bio-Techne Corp.   1,153,683 
38,818  Bruker Corp.   1,498,375 
12,843  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   1,804,056 
13,531  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   1,310,071 
36,036  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   1,691,169 
       8,559,962 
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
24,914  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,167,470 
14,899  Donaldson Co., Inc.   797,692 
22,599  Graco, Inc.   1,158,199 
8,897  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   776,441 
34,648  Navistar International Corp. (a)   1,182,883 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
21,676  Toro (The) Co.  $1,585,599 
19,652  Woodward, Inc.   2,140,103 
       8,808,387 
         
   Media — 2.4%     
13,142  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   767,624 
1,520  Cable One, Inc.   1,612,006 
56,773  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   1,882,025 
17,208  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   2,014,196 
       6,275,851 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.6%     
21,586  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   768,246 
33,381  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   769,432 
       1,537,678 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.6%     
17,488  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,672,552 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.7%     
20,146  Black Hills Corp.   1,465,823 
14,438  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   377,554 
       1,843,377 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.6%     
36,214  CVR Energy, Inc.   1,651,721 
38,653  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   771,514 
99,558  Range Resources Corp.   900,004 
56,909  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   790,466 
       4,113,705 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%     
70,565  Horizon Pharma PLC (a)   1,801,524 
2,606  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   338,181 
       2,139,705 
         
   Professional Services — 2.5%     
19,387  Exponent, Inc.   1,097,692 
19,420  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   1,650,312 
15,082  Insperity, Inc.   1,803,204 
31,219  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   1,946,192 
       6,497,400 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
34,880  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   751,315 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.4%     
10,229  Landstar System, Inc.   1,114,552 
         

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.7%     
9,994  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.  $1,261,742 
32,595  Cree, Inc. (a)   2,154,204 
41,804  Entegris, Inc.   1,708,111 
8,258  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   1,285,853 
72,534  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   1,672,634 
7,326  Semtech Corp. (a)   394,652 
7,320  Universal Display Corp.   1,168,272 
       9,645,468 
         
   Software — 14.1%     
10,531  2U, Inc. (a)   637,126 
28,740  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,037,091 
22,240  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   1,971,354 
3,579  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   436,316 
8,050  Blackline, Inc. (a)   411,194 
19,321  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   398,399 
12,681  CDK Global, Inc.   764,918 
13,616  Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)   744,114 
20,502  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   2,118,472 
6,865  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   1,920,484 
28,240  Five9, Inc. (a)   1,498,697 
11,516  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   1,226,454 
8,974  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   1,655,613 
12,919  j2 Global, Inc.   1,131,963 
20,305  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   1,369,572 
15,115  New Relic, Inc. (a)   1,590,703 
9,861  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   1,997,148 
20,909  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   2,018,764 
12,288  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   1,541,161 
4,509  Qualys, Inc. (a)   406,982 
18,439  RealPage, Inc. (a)   1,202,407 
17,300  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   2,013,201 
9,421  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   2,086,563 
31,160  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   1,881,752 
21,941  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   1,925,981 
26,297  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   1,796,348 
       36,782,777 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.5%     
12,012  Five Below, Inc. (a)   1,758,437 
45,247  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,172,761 
       3,931,198 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.3%     
31,779  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   2,142,222 
51,358  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   1,174,044 
       3,316,266 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.8%     
17,900  Columbia Sportswear Co.   1,789,463 
12,686  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   2,007,052 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (Continued)     
20,880  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.  $768,593 
       4,565,108 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.6%     
4,247  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   1,634,331 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%     
23,990  Triton International Ltd.   790,470 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
8,125  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   390,812 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   259,971,967 
   (Cost $231,953,141)     
         

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.7%     
$ 1,767,060  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $1,767,192. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,806,549. (d)   1,767,060 
   (Cost $1,767,060)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.5%   261,739,027 
   (Cost $233,720,201) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.5)%   (1,415,153)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $260,323,874 

 

  

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $1,131,222 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,767,060.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $31,590,575 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $3,571,749. The net unrealized appreciation was $28,018,826.

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $259,971,967   $—     $—   
Repurchase Agreements   —      1,767,060    —   
Total Investments  $259,971,967   $1,767,060   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                     

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.0%     
7,494  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)  $361,885 
5,460  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   226,972 
       588,857 
         
   Airlines — 1.1%     
1,723  Allegiant Travel Co.   253,074 
14,434  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   407,183 
       660,257 
         
   Auto Components — 3.8%     
21,182  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   312,434 
10,141  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   302,810 
8,068  Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. (a)   408,806 
21,358  Dana, Inc.   416,481 
2,017  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   85,440 
2,903  LCI Industries   255,029 
1,514  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   75,655 
13,678  Tenneco, Inc., Class A   299,822 
3,312  Visteon Corp. (a)   218,658 
       2,375,135 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
12,163  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   430,205 
         
   Banks — 7.7%     
1,655  1st Source Corp.   77,504 
4,412  Ameris Bancorp   160,862 
8,188  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   245,558 
13,828  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   158,331 
5,163  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   77,703 
3,019  Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (a)   166,830 
4,772  FB Financial Corp.   175,323 
3,047  First Busey Corp.   78,735 
12,028  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   163,701 
1,867  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   78,899 
7,407  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   159,028 
7,061  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   248,335 
3,553  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   159,530 
8,304  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   174,633 
23,174  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   325,826 
1,450  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   82,650 
3,985  International Bancshares Corp.   165,258 
1,988  LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.   79,679 
2,065  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   78,511 
11,271  OFG Bancorp   227,449 
8,407  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   244,392 
785  Park National Corp.   76,679 
4,477  Renasant Corp.   162,336 
1,881  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   75,390 
12,382  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   314,379 
2,218  South State Corp.   167,814 
6,123  TowneBank   159,688 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
1,892  TriCo Bancshares  $75,510 
2,211  Trustmark Corp.   79,508 
6,079  United Community Banks, Inc.   170,698 
3,813  WesBanco, Inc.   153,740 
       4,764,479 
         
   Building Products — 3.4%     
2,699  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   242,721 
8,085  Apogee Enterprises, Inc.   325,825 
22,722  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   313,109 
1,831  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   72,636 
12,630  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   249,442 
36,208  NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a)   207,110 
6,688  Patrick Industries, Inc. (a)   333,531 
10,141  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   374,710 
       2,119,084 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.5%     
2,954  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   83,716 
28,542  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   154,127 
2,716  Legg Mason, Inc.   90,850 
1,787  Moelis & Co., Class A   73,178 
1,021  Piper Jaffray Cos.   82,293 
414  TCG BDC, Inc.   6,193 
21,914  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   410,449 
       900,806 
         
   Chemicals — 3.1%     
10,609  AdvanSix, Inc. (a)   320,710 
3,116  H.B. Fuller Co.   152,591 
892  Innospec, Inc.   75,660 
27,025  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   367,540 
5,156  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   323,642 
5,171  PolyOne Corp.   142,926 
1,732  Stepan Co.   160,279 
8,364  Trinseo S.A.   375,962 
       1,919,310 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 4.3%     
2,045  ABM Industries, Inc.   77,649 
44,263  ACCO Brands Corp.   404,564 
5,163  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   82,814 
6,933  Deluxe Corp.   310,044 
4,308  Herman Miller, Inc.   167,236 
4,176  HNI Corp.   153,301 
9,893  Interface, Inc.   158,684 
11,795  Knoll, Inc.   257,603 
8,203  Matthews International Corp., Class A   328,612 
22,060  Pitney Bowes, Inc.   156,847 
15,329  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   265,038 
1,453  UniFirst Corp.   229,763 
         

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                     

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
1,321  Viad Corp.  $80,990 
       2,673,145 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.5%     
8,316  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   331,393 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.2%     
6,598  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   327,195 
1,723  Granite Construction, Inc.   77,346 
14,657  Primoris Services Corp.   321,281 
       725,822 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.4%     
14,054  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   246,226 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.4%     
13,914  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   393,210 
5,504  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   319,507 
5,653  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   158,962 
       871,679 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.5%     
7,348  Greif, Inc., Class A   290,393 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%     
25,310  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   398,379 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.1%     
1,264  El Paso Electric Co.   77,243 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.8%     
5,449  AZZ, Inc.   258,773 
3,898  Encore Wire Corp.   231,112 
       489,885 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 5.4%     
5,402  Anixter International, Inc. (a)   339,624 
5,645  Belden, Inc.   313,580 
5,774  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   156,071 
840  ePlus, Inc. (a)   79,204 
4,051  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   229,206 
22,327  KEMET Corp.   398,983 
12,651  Knowles Corp. (a)   238,851 
13,165  Methode Electronics, Inc.   388,499 
3,659  Plexus Corp. (a)   220,199 
7,731  Sanmina Corp. (a)   262,235 
8,462  ScanSource, Inc. (a)   318,594 
32,301  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   427,665 
       3,372,711 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.1%     
15,496  Archrock, Inc.   156,665 
4,790  C&J Energy Services, Inc. (a)   67,299 
21,263  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)   206,464 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Energy Equipment & Services (Continued)     
38,320  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)  $299,662 
22,756  Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.   354,766 
88,114  Nabors Industries Ltd.   308,399 
13,151  Oil States International, Inc. (a)   254,077 
26,565  RPC, Inc.   273,354 
       1,920,686 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.7%     
11,593  Chatham Lodging Trust   228,266 
8,020  Chesapeake Lodging Trust   228,570 
15,584  CoreCivic, Inc.   324,303 
20,595  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   223,662 
3,934  Global Net Lease, Inc.   75,021 
11,058  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   219,501 
4,650  Kite Realty Group Trust   73,424 
10,047  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   233,894 
5,483  Office Properties Income Trust   148,809 
12,619  RPT Realty   153,069 
33,207  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   385,533 
53,648  Washington Prime Group, Inc.   238,734 
17,293  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   374,393 
       2,907,179 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
6,920  Andersons (The), Inc.   226,284 
1,263  PriceSmart, Inc.   75,540 
9,284  Weis Markets, Inc.   390,392 
       692,216 
         
   Food Products — 0.8%     
12,412  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   322,712 
2,751  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   81,182 
5,948  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   79,703 
       483,597 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%     
2,299  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   160,930 
2,939  National HealthCare Corp.   221,689 
6,936  Patterson Cos., Inc.   151,482 
10,756  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   154,564 
17,261  Tivity Health, Inc. (a)   373,183 
       1,061,848 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.1%     
7,793  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   76,917 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0%     
3,098  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   153,723 
8,684  International Speedway Corp., Class A   383,138 
         

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                     

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
2,876  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A  $77,594 
       614,455 
         
   Household Durables — 5.2%     
1,290  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   160,953 
1,533  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   73,630 
15,676  KB Home   406,165 
6,761  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   221,761 
5,032  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   348,768 
13,038  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   398,441 
8,474  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   433,445 
21,346  Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A (a)   413,259 
2,338  TopBuild Corp. (a)   166,536 
29,975  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   391,174 
8,719  Tupperware Brands Corp.   207,512 
       3,221,644 
         
   Household Products — 0.5%     
13,037  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   319,146 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3%     
10,030  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   159,176 
         
   Insurance — 1.2%     
7,557  Employers Holdings, Inc.   324,346 
1,155  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   308,062 
853  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   79,261 
       711,669 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
9,783  Cars.com, Inc. (a)   203,584 
         
   IT Services — 1.6%     
1,758  CSG Systems International, Inc.   78,495 
15,878  KBR, Inc.   352,809 
2,806  ManTech International Corp., Class A   173,944 
4,350  NIC, Inc.   75,081 
5,024  Presidio, Inc.   75,461 
7,887  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   218,864 
       974,654 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.9%     
6,549  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   165,100 
14,001  Callaway Golf Co.   245,858 
2,858  Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.   160,019 
       570,977 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.5%     
7,802  Cambrex Corp. (a)   335,642 
         
   Machinery — 3.1%     
2,232  Alamo Group, Inc.   231,324 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
4,881  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.  $182,989 
1,154  EnPro Industries, Inc.   85,765 
11,756  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   417,691 
14,895  Meritor, Inc. (a)   361,353 
19,704  Milacron Holdings Corp. (a)   287,875 
2,372  Mueller Industries, Inc.   69,191 
2,331  SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)   83,776 
2,065  Standex International Corp.   136,435 
920  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   78,743 
       1,935,142 
         
   Marine — 0.4%     
6,180  Matson, Inc.   244,790 
         
   Media — 2.2%     
21,162  Gannett Co., Inc.   197,441 
5,044  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   232,932 
5,610  Scholastic Corp.   223,727 
7,877  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   360,688 
21,497  TEGNA, Inc.   342,232 
       1,357,020 
         
   Metals & Mining — 3.0%     
55,111  AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)   133,369 
6,611  Carpenter Technology Corp.   328,368 
37,146  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   134,097 
17,747  Commercial Metals Co.   306,846 
1,367  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   78,452 
96,976  Hecla Mining Co.   203,649 
1,447  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   142,385 
12,463  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   386,353 
4,061  Worthington Industries, Inc.   162,968 
       1,876,487 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.5%     
16,654  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   312,096 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.1%     
7,972  Big Lots, Inc.   296,240 
5,261  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   360,115 
       656,355 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.2%     
4,151  Arch Coal, Inc., Class A   402,564 
50,184  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   376,882 
30,384  Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)   389,523 
35,180  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   315,213 
5,233  Contura Energy, Inc. (a)   294,879 
184,824  Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)   412,157 
47,243  Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)   309,442 
62,730  Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)   382,653 
         

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                     

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
12,168  Roan Resources, Inc. (a)  $68,993 
20,564  SemGroup Corp., Class A   268,566 
21,663  SM Energy Co.   345,092 
80,786  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   319,105 
74,002  SRC Energy, Inc. (a)   455,112 
14,265  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   423,670 
10,492  World Fuel Services Corp.   323,678 
       5,087,529 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%     
8,335  Boise Cascade Co.   230,796 
5,760  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   204,883 
       435,679 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
3,453  Edgewell Personal Care Co. (a)   142,367 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%     
2,486  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   73,138 
         
   Professional Services — 1.1%     
7,488  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   144,593 
977  ICF International, Inc.   76,079 
7,784  Navigant Consulting, Inc.   177,709 
12,822  TrueBlue, Inc. (a)   309,780 
       708,161 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%     
33,236  Realogy Holdings Corp.   432,733 
         
   Road & Rail — 3.5%     
12,306  ArcBest Corp.   376,071 
2,133  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   75,828 
11,569  Heartland Express, Inc.   227,678 
21,250  Marten Transport Ltd.   420,325 
4,961  Saia, Inc. (a)   319,439 
17,999  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   376,179 
11,095  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   371,683 
       2,167,203 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%     
3,051  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   176,226 
44,366  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   401,956 
3,602  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   171,383 
       749,565 
         
   Software — 0.7%     
18,010  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   343,631 
1,506  Ebix, Inc.   76,023 
       419,654 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.2%     
8,137  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   243,215 
3,216  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   257,859 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
8,486  At Home Group, Inc. (a)  $199,336 
22,301  Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.   372,650 
2,293  Children’s Place (The), Inc.   258,696 
5,856  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   458,584 
3,268  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   370,983 
26,542  Michaels Cos. (The), Inc. (a)   298,332 
2,605  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   222,649 
83,502  Office Depot, Inc.   200,405 
47,719  Party City Holdco, Inc. (a)   319,717 
       3,202,426 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%     
5,582  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   240,863 
2,014  Oxford Industries, Inc.   167,283 
       408,146 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.4%     
2,567  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   83,992 
4,604  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   164,593 
15,402  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   396,756 
3,343  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   74,549 
2,872  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   76,165 
7,442  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   408,938 
7,720  Washington Federal, Inc.   255,841 
       1,460,834 
         
   Tobacco — 0.5%     
5,260  Universal Corp.   283,304 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 4.0%     
18,720  Aircastle Ltd.   372,902 
4,713  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   177,492 
21,442  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   441,276 
8,883  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   270,132 
5,722  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   275,572 
4,253  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   73,705 
5,326  NOW, Inc. (a)   77,866 
9,062  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   384,319 
7,147  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   409,094 
       2,482,358 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   61,923,386 
   (Cost $62,838,041)     
         

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                     

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.6%     
$ 371,426  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $371,454. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $379,726. (d)  $371,426 
   (Cost $371,426)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.6%   62,294,812 
   (Cost $63,209,467) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.6)%   (370,897)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $61,923,915 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $243,431 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $371,426.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,293,118 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $4,207,773. The net unrealized depreciation was $914,655.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $61,923,386   $—     $—   
Repurchase Agreements   —      371,426    —   
Total Investments  $61,923,386   $371,426   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%     
5,396  Aerovironment, Inc. (a)  $369,950 
70,848  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,125,066 
       1,495,016 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%     
16,014  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   376,810 
23,248  Forward Air Corp.   1,472,063 
       1,848,873 
         
   Auto Components — 0.7%     
26,915  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   2,088,604 
         
   Banks — 3.3%     
7,079  BancFirst Corp.   399,256 
15,503  CenterState Bank Corp.   382,614 
4,845  City Holding Co.   384,596 
9,053  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   385,115 
21,647  First Bancorp   820,638 
164,143  First BanCorp   1,854,816 
10,017  First Merchants Corp.   367,323 
9,287  Independent Bank Corp.   745,096 
16,639  Lakeland Financial Corp.   794,512 
22,622  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   865,065 
10,934  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   371,100 
22,643  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   795,448 
4,852  Tompkins Financial Corp.   391,411 
31,066  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   823,560 
5,972  Westamerica Bancorporation   383,522 
       9,764,072 
         
   Beverages — 1.4%     
6,382  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   1,978,484 
6,535  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   2,124,071 
       4,102,555 
         
   Biotechnology — 6.7%     
110,652  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,476,098 
82,008  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,474,504 
45,346  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   336,921 
47,743  CareDx, Inc. (a)   1,299,087 
30,315  Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a)   553,855 
27,062  Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   430,827 
19,693  Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,717,033 
63,026  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,058,837 
80,320  Invitae Corp. (a)   1,897,158 
27,281  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   324,371 
54,209  Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,913,578 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
19,991  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)  $748,063 
28,547  Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   916,930 
26,259  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   1,323,453 
25,472  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,716,303 
21,696  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   1,431,936 
25,228  uniQure N.V. (a)   1,417,561 
       20,036,515 
         
   Building Products — 0.7%     
32,586  AAON, Inc.   1,636,143 
14,323  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   401,760 
       2,037,903 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.5%     
33,174  Blucora, Inc. (a)   1,161,090 
17,801  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   892,720 
8,470  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   413,844 
24,151  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   1,191,127 
51,963  TCG BDC, Inc.   777,367 
       4,436,148 
         
   Chemicals — 0.6%     
58,497  Ferro Corp. (a)   1,045,341 
49,600  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   784,176 
       1,829,517 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.8%     
53,745  Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. (a)   1,738,113 
23,861  Brady Corp., Class A   1,164,178 
52,899  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   1,974,191 
108,670  Covanta Holding Corp.   1,963,667 
19,575  McGrath RentCorp   1,213,650 
6,593  US Ecology, Inc.   402,239 
       8,456,038 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
151,945  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,020,869 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.1%     
35,904  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   1,942,406 
99,851  WillScot Corp. (a)   1,344,993 
       3,287,399 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%     
103,497  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (a)   737,934 
55,114  K12, Inc. (a)   1,660,034 
9,779  Sotheby’s (a)   412,478 
         

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Consumer Services (Continued)     
5,730  Strategic Education, Inc.  $821,395 
       3,631,841 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%     
20,413  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   1,127,410 
71,144  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   1,953,614 
36,765  Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)   357,356 
       3,438,380 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.5%     
11,071  MGE Energy, Inc.   750,503 
15,103  Otter Tail Corp.   774,784 
       1,525,287 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.4%     
69,896  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   1,730,625 
133,790  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   2,034,946 
11,899  Vicor Corp. (a)   446,331 
       4,211,902 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.6%     
19,903  Badger Meter, Inc.   1,104,218 
37,702  CTS Corp.   1,129,175 
28,740  Fabrinet (a)   1,739,345 
20,204  II-VI, Inc. (a)   804,927 
21,473  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   1,935,362 
59,955  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   1,187,709 
       7,900,736 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 2.6%     
42,272  Cactus, Inc., Class A (a)   1,534,474 
178,317  Frank’s International N.V. (a)   1,041,371 
138,186  Keane Group, Inc. (a)   1,449,571 
71,953  Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A (b)   1,072,819 
101,133  McDermott International, Inc. (a)   818,166 
83,455  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   1,846,859 
       7,763,260 
         
   Entertainment — 0.6%     
171,945  Glu Mobile, Inc. (a)   1,881,078 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.7%     
27,591  Acadia Realty Trust   779,170 
15,969  Agree Realty Corp.   1,045,490 
1,999  Alexander’s, Inc.   758,880 
24,146  American Assets Trust, Inc.   1,115,304 
64,146  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   1,555,540 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
25,419  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.  $722,916 
34,572  Getty Realty Corp.   1,121,170 
58,691  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   1,560,594 
102,627  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   1,086,820 
83,049  Lexington Realty Trust   753,254 
8,059  LTC Properties, Inc.   363,139 
26,392  National Storage Affiliates Trust   772,230 
53,110  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,105,750 
9,768  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   377,631 
24,614  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,116,245 
21,288  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   373,604 
16,932  Seritage Growth Properties, Class A (b)   754,998 
17,898  Terreno Realty Corp.   799,146 
9,937  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   805,096 
       16,966,977 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%     
35,663  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   1,165,467 
         
   Food Products — 2.1%     
24,812  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   1,020,021 
44,480  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   1,986,477 
73,087  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   1,641,534 
40,409  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   1,569,082 
       6,217,114 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.8%     
16,499  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   1,528,467 
11,464  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   766,827 
       2,295,294 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.7%     
1,260  Atrion Corp.   1,108,800 
38,926  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   1,383,430 
18,092  CONMED Corp.   1,447,903 
37,961  CryoLife, Inc. (a)   1,163,884 
24,002  Glaukos Corp. (a)   1,731,264 
10,038  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   766,000 
17,716  Nevro Corp. (a)   1,093,254 
6,544  Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)   358,546 
28,733  Quidel Corp. (a)   1,837,188 
22,007  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   714,787 
21,005  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)   1,045,209 
23,699  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   1,455,356 
       14,105,621 
         

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4%     
24,031  BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)  $1,307,286 
23,067  CorVel Corp. (a)   1,656,211 
36,747  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   1,893,205 
65,224  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   1,428,406 
7,164  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   834,534 
       7,119,642 
         
   Health Care Technology — 2.1%     
29,342  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   397,584 
37,398  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   1,138,021 
89,087  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,205,347 
44,708  NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)   840,063 
23,269  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   1,869,897 
6,543  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   348,480 
11,670  Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)   371,690 
       6,171,082 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.3%     
7,807  BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.   389,648 
36,794  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   735,512 
33,908  Brinker International, Inc.   1,450,245 
22,206  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.   1,262,189 
102,511  Denny’s Corp. (a)   1,908,755 
20,606  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   1,826,928 
4,553  Jack in the Box, Inc.   351,036 
18,076  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   418,098 
58,419  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,555,114 
25,441  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   1,559,533 
19,792  Wingstop, Inc.   1,489,744 
       12,946,802 
         
   Household Durables — 0.5%     
15,983  iRobot Corp. (a)   1,654,880 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
2,179  WD-40 Co.   366,617 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.2%     
85,503  Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Class A   1,976,829 
109,523  TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A   1,485,132 
       3,461,961 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
9,620  Raven Industries, Inc.   374,314 
         
   Insurance — 1.1%     
30,174  eHealth, Inc. (a)   1,832,769 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
21,947  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.  $1,593,352 
       3,426,121 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.9%     
23,906  ANGI Homeservices, Inc., Class A (a)   415,486 
78,037  Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,150,266 
82,700  QuinStreet, Inc. (a)   1,180,129 
       2,745,881 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.3%     
25,873  Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,201,025 
9,082  Shutterfly, Inc. (a)   398,064 
23,747  Shutterstock, Inc.   960,566 
53,308  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a)   1,420,658 
       3,980,313 
         
   IT Services — 1.1%     
50,912  Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   281,543 
39,819  EVERTEC, Inc.   1,246,733 
43,367  GTT Communications, Inc. (a) (b)   1,819,246 
       3,347,522 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%     
52,680  Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (a) (b)   1,027,260 
73,300  Codexis, Inc. (a)   1,444,010 
31,899  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,791,767 
91,940  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   1,915,110 
       6,178,147 
         
   Machinery — 4.3%     
45,439  Actuant Corp., Class A   1,162,329 
15,468  Albany International Corp., Class A   1,144,168 
20,781  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   1,834,339 
11,225  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   841,875 
72,378  Federal Signal Corp.   2,082,315 
36,818  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   1,798,927 
18,309  Harsco Corp. (a)   414,516 
8,554  Kadant, Inc.   839,062 
3,813  Lindsay Corp.   324,105 
23,809  Sun Hydraulics Corp.   1,246,163 
36,631  TriMas Corp. (a)   1,132,997 
       12,820,796 
         
   Media — 1.4%     
70,308  Entercom Communications Corp., Class A   483,719 
88,065  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   2,063,363 
         

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
27,232  Meredith Corp.  $1,606,688 
       4,153,770 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.6%     
145,033  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (b)   1,981,151 
23,361  Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.   381,252 
37,583  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   758,049 
65,062  Ladder Capital Corp.   1,132,079 
60,609  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   381,837 
72,663  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   1,525,923 
46,590  Redwood Trust, Inc.   762,212 
38,389  TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.   756,647 
       7,679,150 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.3%     
65,203  Berry Petroleum Corp.   740,706 
73,164  California Resources Corp. (a)   1,542,297 
32,359  CONSOL Energy, Inc. (a)   1,096,970 
71,866  Jagged Peak Energy, Inc. (a)   759,624 
241,550  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   1,615,969 
38,926  Matador Resources Co. (a)   766,453 
274,610  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (a)   727,717 
36,993  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   1,608,826 
142,149  QEP Resources, Inc. (a)   1,068,960 
50,426  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   1,216,275 
167,953  Tellurian, Inc. (a) (b)   1,595,554 
       12,739,351 
         
   Personal Products — 1.6%     
639,820  Avon Products, Inc. (a)   2,034,628 
24,793  Inter Parfums, Inc.   1,797,244 
5,899  Medifast, Inc.   865,324 
       4,697,196 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%     
54,203  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,170,243 
93,702  Endo International PLC (a)   702,765 
11,481  Intersect ENT, Inc. (a)   373,018 
7,101  MyoKardia, Inc. (a)   340,706 
9,698  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   386,174 
12,956  Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   1,016,528 
10,535  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   386,950 
20,130  Zogenix, Inc. (a)   784,869 
       5,161,253 
         
   Professional Services — 0.4%     
24,729  Korn Ferry   1,162,758 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.5%     
36,946  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)  $1,592,372 
74,241  Redfin Corp. (a) (b)   1,535,304 
12,340  RMR Group (The), Inc., Class A   713,746 
45,630  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   777,535 
       4,618,957 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.5%     
86,635  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,575,024 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.5%     
25,655  Brooks Automation, Inc.   962,319 
43,367  Diodes, Inc. (a)   1,579,426 
68,822  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   1,304,177 
34,404  Inphi Corp. (a)   1,570,887 
157,675  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   2,041,891 
22,089  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   306,816 
10,758  Power Integrations, Inc.   850,097 
80,388  Xperi Corp.   1,997,642 
       10,613,255 
         
   Software — 10.1%     
37,249  8x8, Inc. (a)   890,996 
20,440  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   806,154 
23,691  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   2,300,633 
22,361  Benefitfocus, Inc. (a)   910,764 
7,368  Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc. (a)   372,600 
54,642  Cision Ltd. (a)   658,983 
23,013  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   1,633,693 
25,078  Everbridge, Inc. (a)   1,853,013 
44,883  ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,886,881 
31,936  Instructure, Inc. (a)   1,375,803 
51,856  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   1,520,937 
39,728  Mimecast Ltd. (a)   2,046,389 
33,916  Progress Software Corp.   1,546,909 
35,627  PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,825,527 
27,160  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,048,407 
37,169  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   2,019,763 
38,557  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   1,089,621 
14,188  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   1,471,863 
6,191  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   440,490 
37,102  Workiva, Inc. (a)   1,971,600 
68,840  Yext, Inc. (a)   1,508,284 
       30,179,310 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.9%     
25,920  Carvana Co. (a) (b)   1,854,835 
21,741  Monro, Inc.   1,822,548 
11,744  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   317,088 
90,133  Rent-A-Center, Inc. (a)   2,247,016 
         

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
60,149  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)  $1,064,637 
40,022  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   1,392,766 
       8,698,890 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%     
58,440  Crocs, Inc. (a)   1,627,554 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.2%     
27,649  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   381,556 
28,680  Kearny Financial Corp.   401,520 
38,489  Mr Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   331,006 
72,713  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,041,781 
21,751  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   379,120 
       3,534,983 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%     
12,652  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   758,361 
6,460  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   434,758 
       1,193,119 
         
   Water Utilities — 1.1%     
10,554  American States Water Co.   751,128 
27,723  California Water Service Group   1,396,962 
19,776  Middlesex Water Co.   1,146,810 
       3,294,900 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
15,855  Boingo Wireless, Inc. (a)   360,543 
16,961  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.   700,998 
       1,061,541 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   299,091,555 
   (Cost $284,525,003)     
         

 

Principal

Value

  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 4.4%     
$ 13,149,446  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.68% (c), dated 04/30/19, due 05/01/19, with a maturity value of $13,150,425. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.875%, due 09/30/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $13,443,297. (d)   13,149,446 
   (Cost $13,149,446)     
         

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 104.3%  $312,241,001 
   (Cost $297,674,449) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (4.3)%   (12,912,491)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $299,328,510 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $8,402,044 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $13,149,446.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $25,596,413 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $11,029,861. The net unrealized appreciation was $14,566,552.

 

  

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $299,091,555   $—     $—   
Repurchase Agreements   —      13,149,446    —   
Total Investments  $299,091,555   $13,149,446   $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund (FMK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
 
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%     
423  Boeing (The) Co.  $159,763 
         
   Banks — 8.6%     
11,685  Bank of America Corp.   357,327 
10,364  Citigroup, Inc.   732,735 
1,592  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   184,752 
3,942  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   539,778 
6,672  Wells Fargo & Co.   322,991 
       2,137,583 
         
   Beverages — 0.7%     
1,315  PepsiCo, Inc.   168,386 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.9%     
7,439  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   483,832 
         
   Capital Markets — 5.0%     
3,358  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   691,479 
11,459  Morgan Stanley   552,897 
       1,244,376 
         
   Communications Equipment — 2.7%     
11,943  Cisco Systems, Inc.   668,211 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.8%     
5,900  American Express Co.   691,657 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.4%     
25,702  AT&T, Inc.   795,734 
5,453  Verizon Communications, Inc.   311,857 
       1,107,591 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.6%     
3,336  NextEra Energy, Inc.   648,652 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%     
3,700  Schlumberger Ltd.   157,916 
         
   Entertainment — 2.3%     
452  Netflix, Inc. (a)   167,484 
2,904  Walt Disney (The) Co.   397,761 
       565,245 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.3%     
1,636  American Tower Corp.   319,511 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 6.0%     
3,328  Costco Wholesale Corp.   817,124 
12,739  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   682,428 
       1,499,552 
         
   Food Products — 1.3%     
6,459  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   328,440 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.9%     
6,105  Danaher Corp.  $808,546 
816  Stryker Corp.   154,151 
       962,697 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.4%     
10,843  Starbucks Corp.   842,284 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.7%     
967  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   187,018 
         
   IT Services — 7.6%     
2,018  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   331,739 
2,738  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   696,109 
7,762  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   875,321 
       1,903,169 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.0%     
1,767  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   490,254 
         
   Machinery — 1.3%     
2,379  Caterpillar, Inc.   331,680 
         
   Media — 4.9%     
1,394  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   517,439 
16,128  Comcast Corp., Class A   702,052 
       1,219,491 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.8%     
6,544  Chevron Corp.   785,673 
12,076  ConocoPhillips   762,237 
7,980  Exxon Mobil Corp.   640,634 
       2,188,544 
         
   Personal Products — 2.0%     
2,921  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   501,857 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.5%     
10,136  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   470,614 
1,242  Eli Lilly and Co.   145,364 
       615,978 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.4%     
4,309  CSX Corp.   343,126 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.8%     
1,608  Broadcom, Inc.   511,987 
15,009  Intel Corp.   766,059 
1,519  Texas Instruments, Inc.   178,984 
       1,457,030 
         
   Software — 7.4%     
3,084  Intuit, Inc.   774,269 
         

First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund (FMK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
6,002  Oracle Corp.  $332,091 
3,572  VMware, Inc., Class A   729,152 
       1,835,512 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.7%     
1,473  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   166,655 
9,089  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   498,804 
       665,459 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.0%     
2,546  Apple, Inc.   510,906 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.7%     
9,331  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   681,070 
         
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   24,916,790 
   (Cost $23,474,298) (b)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   35,316 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $24,952,106 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $1,825,846 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $383,354. The net unrealized appreciation was $1,442,492.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2019 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
       

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
 
 
 
 
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
 
 
 
 
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*  $24,916,790   $—     $—   

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Style Funds

April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Valuation Inputs

 

The Funds are subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

• Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

• Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)

• Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

 

Licensing Information

 

FTP has licensed to Nasdaq, Inc., free of charge, the right to use certain intellectual property owned by FTP including the AlphaDEX® trademark and the AlphaDEX® stock selection method, in connection with the Nasdaq Inc.’s creation of the Indices.

 

Notwithstanding such license, Nasdaq, Inc. is solely responsible for the creation, compilation and administration of the Indices and has the exclusive right to determine the stocks included in the indices and the indices’ methodologies.

 

The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Nasdaq, Inc. or its affiliates (Nasdaq, Inc., with its affiliates, are referred to as the “Corporations”). The Corporations have not passed on the legality or suitability of, or the accuracy or adequacy of descriptions and disclosures relating to, the Funds. The Corporations make no representation or warranty, express or implied to the owners of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds particularly, or the ability of the Indices to track general stock market performance. The Corporations’ only relationship to First Trust is in the licensing of “Nasdaq,” and the Indices’ registered trademarks, trade names and service marks of the Corporations and the use of the Indices which is determined, composed and calculated by Nasdaq without regard to Licensee or the Funds. Nasdaq has no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or the owners of the Funds into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Indices. The Corporations are not responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Funds to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which a Fund is to be converted into cash. The Corporations have no liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Funds.

 

THE CORPORATIONS DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR UNINTERRUPTED CALCULATION OF THE INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, OWNERS OF THE FUNDS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

 

 

 

Additional Information (Continued)

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Style Funds

April 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

CORPORATIONS HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.