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First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Auto Components — 5.6%     
22,062  Aptiv PLC  $1,975,652 
137,160  BorgWarner, Inc.   5,716,829 
109,628  Gentex Corp.   3,075,065 
267,765  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   4,249,431 
42,673  Lear Corp.   5,025,599 
       20,042,576 
         
   Automobiles — 4.1%     
329,545  Ford Motor Co.   2,830,792 
134,234  General Motors Co.   4,988,135 
53,616  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   2,086,199 
8,008  Tesla, Inc. (a)   2,521,879 
34,049  Thor Industries, Inc.   2,153,940 
       14,580,945 
         
   Building Products — 0.3%     
17,629  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   1,058,621 
         
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%     
78,557  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   1,952,927 
         
         
   Distributors — 2.3%     
9,683  Genuine Parts Co.   993,282 
122,643  LKQ Corp. (a)   4,168,635 
14,967  Pool Corp.   3,104,156 
       8,266,073 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 3.4%     
19,794  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,939,805 
5,813  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   3,660,214 
19,639  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   1,806,002 
81,650  H&R Block, Inc.   2,040,433 
40,337  Service Corp. International   1,834,527 
       12,280,981 
         
   Entertainment — 4.0%     
49,910  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   1,826,706 
45,503  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   3,207,962 
49,441  Roku, Inc. (a)   7,277,715 
14,799  Walt Disney (The) Co.   1,922,686 
       14,235,069 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%     
17,463  Costco Wholesale Corp.   5,188,432 
         
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.3%     
15,186  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   950,416 
         
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 12.0%     
22,127  Aramark   968,277 
115,102  Carnival Corp.   4,936,725 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
4,590  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)  $3,571,754 
10,840  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   959,123 
263,467  Extended Stay America, Inc.   3,743,866 
60,267  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   2,093,073 
10,357  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   1,004,215 
40,974  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   3,062,397 
135,720  International Game Technology PLC   1,796,933 
4,491  McDonald’s Corp.   883,380 
69,574  MGM Resorts International   1,982,859 
74,506  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   3,781,924 
35,606  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   3,875,001 
43,622  Starbucks Corp.   3,688,676 
151,083  Wendy’s (The) Co.   3,199,938 
18,637  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,005,839 
8,870  Wynn Resorts Ltd.   1,076,286 
21,226  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   902,105 
       42,532,371 
         
   Household Durables — 11.0%     
73,180  D.R. Horton, Inc.   3,832,437 
11,386  Garmin Ltd.   1,067,438 
23,554  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   1,208,320 
90,082  Lennar Corp., Class A   5,368,887 
40,551  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   5,814,202 
1,353  NVR, Inc. (a)   4,920,306 
105,531  PulteGroup, Inc.   4,141,036 
65,169  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   5,927,121 
122,560  Toll Brothers, Inc.   4,874,211 
12,179  Whirlpool Corp.   1,852,670 
       39,006,628 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.1%     
491  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,005,946 
24,738  eBay, Inc.   872,015 
14,349  Expedia Group, Inc.   1,960,934 
373,935  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A (a)   3,567,340 
       7,406,235 
         
   Leisure Products — 2.0%     
57,917  Brunswick Corp.   3,373,086 
16,248  Hasbro, Inc.   1,581,093 
21,913  Polaris, Inc.   2,161,717 
       7,115,896 
         
   Machinery — 0.3%     
7,210  WABCO Holdings, Inc. (a)   970,610 
         
         
   Media — 13.8%     
175,420  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   5,429,249 
2,407  Cable One, Inc.   3,190,166 
124,623  CBS Corp., Class B   4,491,413 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
7,324  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)  $3,426,607 
85,563  Comcast Corp., Class A   3,834,934 
144,842  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   3,904,216 
113,212  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   3,892,229 
122,312  Fox Corp., Class A   3,918,876 
89,451  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.   1,945,559 
68,698  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   3,164,917 
138,547  News Corp., Class A   1,899,479 
29,505  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   2,870,541 
12,316  Omnicom Group, Inc.   950,672 
70,628  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   2,813,820 
482,596  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   3,243,045 
       48,975,723 
         
   Multiline Retail — 6.2%     
31,654  Dollar General Corp.   5,075,402 
26,442  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   2,919,197 
77,672  Kohl’s Corp.   3,981,467 
323,748  Macy’s, Inc.   4,908,019 
47,058  Target Corp.   5,030,971 
       21,915,056 
         
   Personal Products — 1.0%     
19,385  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   3,610,844 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.2%     
7,739  AMERCO   3,134,605 
31,647  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   996,880 
       4,131,485 
         
   Specialty Retail — 19.2%     
5,829  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   947,096 
59,539  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   3,027,558 
888  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   1,016,209 
43,754  Best Buy Co., Inc.   3,142,850 
25,179  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   4,838,648 
43,832  CarMax, Inc. (a)   4,083,827 
76,228  Carvana Co. (a)   6,180,566 
94,515  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   3,679,469 
7,646  Five Below, Inc. (a)   956,591 
98,359  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   4,507,793 
116,567  Foot Locker, Inc.   5,071,830 
289,806  Gap (The), Inc.   4,712,246 
16,625  Home Depot (The), Inc.   3,899,893 
49,223  L Brands, Inc.   838,760 
8,769  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   978,708 
4,839  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   2,107,433 
81,580  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   3,974,578 
27,480  Ross Stores, Inc.   3,013,732 
20,820  Tiffany & Co.   2,592,298 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
34,600  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.  $1,994,690 
137,313  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   3,940,883 
44,405  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   2,965,810 
       68,471,468 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 9.1%     
116,319  Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)   3,614,031 
21,144  Carter’s, Inc.   2,119,475 
9,952  Columbia Sportswear Co.   900,158 
125,886  Hanesbrands, Inc.   1,914,726 
15,679  Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)   3,202,749 
32,141  NIKE, Inc., Class B   2,878,227 
57,023  PVH Corp.   4,970,125 
31,619  Ralph Lauren Corp.   3,037,321 
134,700  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   5,033,739 
148,066  Tapestry, Inc.   3,828,987 
10,837  VF Corp.   891,777 
       32,391,315 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   355,083,671 
   (Cost $339,952,973)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.6%     
1,730,336  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   1,730,336 
582,225  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   582,225 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.6%   2,312,561 
   (Cost $2,312,561)     
         
Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.6%     
$ 2,104,888  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $2,104,987. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$2,150,151. (d)
   2,104,888 
   (Cost $2,104,888)     

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 101.1%  $359,501,120 
   (Cost $344,370,422) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.1)%   (3,952,871)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $355,548,249 

 

 

(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 $3,803,283 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,835,224.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $38,516,882 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $23,386,184. The net unrealized appreciation was $15,130,698.

 

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $355,083,671   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,312,561    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      2,104,888    —   
Total Investments  $357,396,232   $2,104,888   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Beverages — 13.1%     
172,855  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B  $11,325,460 
132,891  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   7,233,257 
34,902  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   6,642,898 
314,543  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B   16,582,707 
52,768  PepsiCo, Inc.   7,238,186 
       49,022,508 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 23.9%     
112,229  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   19,169,836 
91,264  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   2,911,322 
561,257  Kroger (The) Co.   13,829,372 
561,113  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   10,891,203 
227,785  Sysco Corp.   18,193,188 
176,023  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   6,982,832 
326,996  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   17,912,841 
       89,890,594 
         
   Food Products — 47.0%     
352,301  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   14,810,734 
255,550  Bunge Ltd.   13,799,700 
385,471  Campbell Soup Co.   17,851,162 
235,811  Conagra Brands, Inc.   6,378,688 
136,840  Flowers Foods, Inc.   2,972,165 
57,427  General Mills, Inc.   2,920,737 
116,689  Hershey (The) Co.   17,138,113 
165,438  Hormel Foods Corp.   6,764,760 
177,018  Ingredion, Inc.   13,984,422 
98,639  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   10,424,170 
224,850  Kellogg Co.   14,284,720 
149,231  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   11,645,987 
20,253  McCormick & Co., Inc.   3,254,455 
57,214  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   3,000,874 
564,409  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   17,135,457 
29,907  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,077,430 
57,084  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   3,083,678 
167,973  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   13,906,485 
       176,433,737 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.0%     
172,060  CVS Health Corp.   11,423,063 
         
         
   Household Products — 5.7%     
96,150  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   6,724,731 
116,332  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   14,484,497 
       21,209,228 
         
   Personal Products — 3.0%     
255,157  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   11,374,899 
         
         
   Tobacco — 4.1%     
265,330  Altria Group, Inc.   11,884,131 
41,684  Philip Morris International, Inc.   3,394,745 
       15,278,876 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%  $374,632,905 
   (Cost $363,297,200)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
761,182  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (b)
   761,182 
   (Cost $761,182)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   375,394,087 
   (Cost $364,058,382) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   13,746 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $375,407,833 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $23,959,105 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $12,623,400. The net unrealized appreciation was $11,335,705.

  

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $374,632,905   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   761,182    —      —   
Total Investments  $375,394,087   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund (FXN)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Energy Equipment & Services — 10.6%     
34,172  Apergy Corp. (a)  $860,109 
79,683  Baker Hughes Co.   1,705,216 
147,101  Halliburton Co.   2,831,694 
23,067  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   865,012 
216,208  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   1,798,851 
54,098  Schlumberger Ltd.   1,768,464 
       9,829,346 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 89.3%     
124,905  Antero Midstream Corp. (b)   804,388 
1,530,289  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   3,825,722 
36,106  Apache Corp.   782,056 
210,426  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   3,922,341 
614,148  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)   2,088,103 
2,622,113  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   3,513,631 
31,174  Chevron Corp.   3,620,548 
96,403  Cimarex Energy Co.   4,070,135 
40,839  Concho Resources, Inc.   2,757,449 
81,106  ConocoPhillips   4,477,051 
120,075  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   3,538,610 
192,081  Devon Energy Corp.   3,895,403 
30,839  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   2,644,753 
49,813  EOG Resources, Inc.   3,452,539 
173,739  EQT Corp.   1,865,957 
26,180  Exxon Mobil Corp.   1,768,983 
68,925  HollyFrontier Corp.   3,786,739 
44,846  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   896,023 
376,648  Marathon Oil Corp.   4,342,751 
45,643  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   2,918,870 
125,412  Murphy Oil Corp.   2,587,250 
41,152  Noble Energy, Inc.   792,588 
103,921  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   4,208,801 
165,052  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A   2,609,472 
33,992  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   1,097,262 
36,106  Phillips 66   4,217,903 
14,697  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   1,808,025 
21,687  Valero Energy Corp.   2,103,205 
436,401  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   4,355,282 
       82,751,840 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   92,581,186 
   (Cost $133,752,874)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 2.2%     
1,953,626  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   1,953,626 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds (Continued)     
121,741  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
  $121,741 
   Total Money Market Funds — 2.2%   2,075,367 
   (Cost $2,075,367)     
         
Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 2.6%     
$ 2,376,512  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $2,376,624. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$2,427,616. (d)
   2,376,512 
   (Cost $2,376,512)     
         
   Total Investments — 104.7%   97,033,065 
   (Cost $138,204,753) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (4.7)%   (4,345,674)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $92,687,391 

 

 

(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 $3,889,831 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $4,330,138.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $186,887 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $41,358,575. The net unrealized depreciation was $41,171,688.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $92,581,186   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,075,367    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      2,376,512    —   
Total Investments  $94,656,553   $2,376,512   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Banks — 23.6%     
656,529  Associated Banc-Corp.  $13,202,798 
341,827  Bank of America Corp.   10,688,930 
609,399  Bank OZK   17,099,736 
296,582  BankUnited, Inc.   10,172,763 
124,550  BB&T Corp.   6,607,377 
125,978  BOK Financial Corp.   9,719,203 
366,769  CIT Group, Inc.   15,730,722 
192,454  Citigroup, Inc.   13,829,744 
375,875  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   13,215,765 
201,467  Comerica, Inc.   13,179,971 
54,799  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   3,526,864 
75,070  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   6,762,306 
225,130  East West Bancorp, Inc.   9,662,580 
1,153,053  F.N.B. Corp.   13,905,819 
485,564  Fifth Third Bancorp   14,120,201 
14,096  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   6,934,104 
248,966  First Hawaiian, Inc.   6,804,241 
820,658  First Horizon National Corp.   13,105,908 
34,374  First Republic Bank   3,656,019 
698,738  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   9,873,168 
56,484  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   7,055,981 
558,915  KeyCorp   10,043,703 
63,118  M&T Bank Corp.   9,879,861 
365,840  PacWest Bancorp   13,532,422 
637,738  People’s United Financial, Inc.   10,312,223 
175,698  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   10,334,556 
71,138  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   10,435,945 
245,834  Popular, Inc.   13,388,120 
94,114  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   6,495,748 
630,277  Regions Financial Corp.   10,147,460 
55,756  Signature Bank   6,597,050 
662,745  Sterling Bancorp   13,022,939 
31,810  SVB Financial Group (a)   7,045,279 
185,886  Synovus Financial Corp.   6,295,959 
349,217  TCF Financial Corp.   13,825,501 
243,272  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   13,151,284 
60,060  U.S. Bancorp   3,424,621 
605,772  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   9,583,313 
141,824  Webster Financial Corp.   6,254,438 
263,574  Wells Fargo & Co.   13,608,326 
216,388  Western Alliance Bancorp   10,674,420 
102,854  Wintrust Financial Corp.   6,564,142 
298,620  Zions Bancorp N.A.   14,474,111 
       437,945,621 
         
   Capital Markets — 15.6%     
45,190  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   6,818,719 
220,548  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   10,310,619 
3,021,524  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   15,711,925 
7,456  BlackRock, Inc.   3,442,435 
57,849  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   6,661,312 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
79,454  Charles Schwab (The) Corp.  $3,234,572 
228,224  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   9,537,481 
221,922  Eaton Vance Corp.   10,119,643 
207,471  Evercore, Inc., Class A   15,278,165 
575,825  Franklin Resources, Inc.   15,863,979 
64,152  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   13,688,754 
123,605  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   5,879,890 
108,063  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   10,192,502 
784,813  Invesco Ltd.   13,200,555 
739,910  Janus Henderson Group PLC   17,114,118 
189,926  Lazard Ltd., Class A   7,089,938 
202,911  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   16,403,325 
40,595  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   14,962,911 
16,227  Moody’s Corp.   3,581,137 
311,573  Morgan Stanley   14,347,937 
45,485  Morningstar, Inc.   7,361,292 
15,263  MSCI, Inc.   3,580,089 
35,618  Northern Trust Corp.   3,550,402 
120,918  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   10,095,444 
27,132  S&P Global, Inc.   6,999,785 
112,183  SEI Investments Co.   6,722,005 
224,613  State Street Corp.   14,840,181 
116,363  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   13,474,835 
142,344  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.   5,463,163 
203,158  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   3,445,560 
       288,972,673 
         
   Consumer Finance — 7.4%     
501,157  Ally Financial, Inc.   15,350,439 
56,197  American Express Co.   6,590,784 
182,657  Capital One Financial Corp.   17,032,765 
14,407  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   6,307,529 
163,948  Discover Financial Services   13,158,466 
1,038,646  Navient Corp.   14,302,155 
453,066  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   18,122,640 
651,448  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   16,338,316 
1,506,483  SLM Corp.   12,714,717 
487,483  Synchrony Financial   17,242,274 
       137,160,085 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 2.5%     
449,957  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   9,719,071 
47,932  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   10,189,384 
903,174  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   16,862,259 
183,157  Voya Financial, Inc.   9,883,152 
       46,653,866 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 17.7%     
385,130  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   10,194,391 
45,092  American Tower Corp.   9,833,663 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
448,295  Americold Realty Trust  $17,972,147 
318,727  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   17,491,738 
400,928  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   6,607,293 
163,807  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   3,607,030 
1,656,317  Colony Capital, Inc.   9,275,375 
54,553  CoreSite Realty Corp.   6,409,977 
111,606  Corporate Office Properties Trust   3,308,002 
71,730  Crown Castle International Corp.   9,955,407 
43,242  EPR Properties   3,363,795 
28,813  Equinix, Inc.   16,330,632 
540,129  Equity Commonwealth   17,381,351 
199,026  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   13,919,878 
113,805  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   12,776,887 
186,567  HCP, Inc. (a)   7,018,651 
961,157  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   15,753,363 
102,611  Iron Mountain, Inc.   3,365,641 
159,179  Kimco Realty Corp.   3,431,899 
40,567  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   3,245,766 
31,529  Life Storage, Inc.   3,434,139 
849,607  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   17,612,353 
598,215  Outfront Media, Inc.   15,739,037 
266,211  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   6,189,406 
13,553  Public Storage   3,020,422 
55,134  SBA Communications Corp.   13,267,997 
128,874  Service Properties Trust   3,260,512 
659,897  SITE Centers Corp.   10,248,200 
69,446  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   3,461,189 
111,948  Sun Communities, Inc.   18,208,342 
137,114  UDR, Inc.   6,889,979 
440,225  VICI Properties, Inc.   10,367,299 
261,008  Vornado Realty Trust   17,129,955 
228,198  Weingarten Realty Investors   7,240,723 
       327,312,439 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%     
72,221  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.   3,351,777 
         
   Insurance — 22.2%     
127,055  Aflac, Inc.   6,754,244 
20,832  Alleghany Corp. (a)   16,213,337 
61,166  Allstate (The) Corp.   6,509,286 
30,820  American Financial Group, Inc.   3,206,513 
179,011  American International Group, Inc.   9,480,423 
17,172  Aon PLC   3,316,943 
395,863  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   16,531,239 
148,428  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   13,539,602 
373,781  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   17,537,804 
395,113  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   17,128,149 
249,078  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   14,802,705 
410,635  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   15,505,578 
460,852  Brown & Brown, Inc.   17,364,903 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
20,589  Chubb Ltd.  $3,138,175 
56,975  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   6,450,140 
17,900  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   3,298,433 
62,455  Everest Re Group Ltd.   16,056,556 
224,524  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   10,292,180 
225,294  First American Financial Corp.   13,918,663 
24,520  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   3,229,529 
109,677  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   6,260,363 
170,554  Kemper Corp.   12,259,421 
220,402  Lincoln National Corp.   12,448,305 
64,565  Loews Corp.   3,163,685 
14,060  Markel Corp. (a)   16,464,260 
66,439  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   6,884,409 
178,437  Mercury General Corp.   8,575,682 
281,906  MetLife, Inc.   13,190,382 
564,050  Old Republic International Corp.   12,600,877 
78,372  Primerica, Inc.   9,888,979 
174,499  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   9,314,757 
172,097  Progressive (The) Corp.   11,995,161 
147,798  Prudential Financial, Inc.   13,470,310 
41,578  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   6,755,178 
85,905  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   16,079,698 
67,060  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   8,788,884 
335,498  Unum Group   9,239,615 
46,017  W.R. Berkley Corp.   3,216,588 
15,386  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   16,478,406 
       411,349,362 
         
   IT Services — 4.4%     
77,819  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   7,781,900 
143,665  CoreLogic, Inc. (a)   5,816,996 
22,721  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   3,182,530 
50,070  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   6,597,223 
96,254  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   10,216,400 
23,179  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   6,819,725 
20,903  Global Payments, Inc.   3,536,370 
22,772  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   3,223,604 
36,718  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   10,163,910 
19,325  Visa, Inc., Class A   3,456,470 
717,235  Western Union (The) Co.   17,973,909 
16,447  WEX, Inc. (a)   3,111,443 
       81,880,480 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.1%     
169,919  Chimera Investment Corp.   3,442,559 
1,806,343  MFA Financial, Inc.   13,710,143 
211,970  New Residential Investment Corp.   3,357,605 
       20,510,307 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 1.1%     
23,625  Equifax, Inc.  $3,229,774 
204,889  TransUnion   16,927,929 
       20,157,703 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 2.3%     
313,494  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   16,787,604 
102,580  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   11,470,496 
95,601  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   14,007,458 
       42,265,558 
         
   Software — 0.4%     
21,901  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   6,658,780 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.3%     
10,706  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   3,852,554 
1,321,016  MGIC Investment Corp.   18,111,129 
264,832  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   3,085,293 
       25,048,976 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,849,267,627 
   (Cost $1,803,814,874)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
4,215,079  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (b)
   4,215,079 
   (Cost $4,215,079)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   1,853,482,706 
   (Cost $1,808,029,953) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   (147,900)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,853,334,806 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $94,925,920 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $49,473,167. The net unrealized appreciation was $45,452,753.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $1,849,267,627   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   4,215,079    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,853,482,706   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2018 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Biotechnology — 17.0%     
54,619  AbbVie, Inc.  $4,344,941 
225,230  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   23,739,242 
68,398  Amgen, Inc.   14,585,873 
94,739  Biogen, Inc. (a)   28,299,487 
45,764  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   3,981,468 
1,247,304  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   19,270,847 
261,027  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   16,630,030 
55,717  Incyte Corp. (a)   4,675,771 
69,031  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,846,407 
91,792  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   9,132,386 
59,633  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   18,264,395 
258,294  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   27,740,776 
       174,511,623 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 25.8%     
98,863  Abbott Laboratories   8,265,935 
94,567  Baxter International, Inc.   7,253,289 
32,701  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   8,371,456 
101,650  Boston Scientific Corp. (a)   4,238,805 
55,298  Cantel Medical Corp.   4,030,671 
27,851  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   8,104,641 
91,636  Danaher Corp.   12,629,274 
110,850  DexCom, Inc. (a)   17,097,504 
100,311  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   23,912,136 
78,612  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   8,229,890 
262,135  Hologic, Inc. (a)   12,663,742 
25,911  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   4,187,477 
48,666  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   13,870,297 
133,745  Insulet Corp. (a)   19,435,823 
7,655  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   4,232,832 
55,600  Masimo Corp. (a)   8,105,924 
76,157  Medtronic PLC   8,293,497 
163,266  ResMed, Inc.   24,150,307 
91,596  STERIS PLC   12,967,246 
76,491  Stryker Corp.   16,542,709 
48,690  Teleflex, Inc.   16,915,393 
34,725  Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   4,195,127 
116,658  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   16,780,087 
       264,474,062 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 28.9%     
160,755  AmerisourceBergen Corp.   13,725,262 
55,119  Anthem, Inc.   14,831,421 
350,582  Cardinal Health, Inc.   17,336,280 
382,429  Centene Corp. (a)   20,299,331 
52,827  Chemed Corp.   20,809,084 
108,988  Cigna Corp.   19,449,998 
231,915  DaVita, Inc. (a)   13,590,219 
130,716  Encompass Health Corp.   8,368,438 
109,909  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   14,677,248 
64,714  Humana, Inc.   19,038,859 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
98,482  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)  $16,226,879 
121,055  McKesson Corp.   16,100,315 
975,175  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   21,414,843 
201,046  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   23,651,051 
286,032  Premier, Inc., Class A (a)   9,318,923 
123,663  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   12,520,879 
19,032  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   4,809,386 
111,220  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   15,288,301 
51,062  WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)   15,144,989 
       296,601,706 
         
   Health Care Technology — 2.3%     
121,340  Cerner Corp.   8,144,341 
108,354  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   15,367,848 
       23,512,189 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 9.6%     
172,721  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   13,083,616 
66,298  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   21,985,743 
21,136  Bio-Techne Corp.   4,399,881 
301,280  Bruker Corp.   13,406,960 
62,493  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   8,122,840 
55,370  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   7,996,535 
48,564  PerkinElmer, Inc.   4,174,562 
41,675  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   4,072,064 
250,896  QIAGEN N.V. (a)   7,479,210 
45,434  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   13,720,159 
       98,441,570 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 16.3%     
326,250  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   18,716,962 
86,778  Catalent, Inc. (a)   4,221,750 
155,551  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   4,202,988 
36,985  Eli Lilly & Co.   4,214,441 
810,078  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   23,419,355 
172,148  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   21,626,953 
102,293  Johnson & Johnson   13,506,768 
98,260  Merck & Co., Inc.   8,515,212 
1,115,196  Mylan N.V. (a)   21,356,003 
148,008  Perrigo Co. PLC   7,847,384 
460,450  Pfizer, Inc.   17,667,467 
177,044  Zoetis, Inc.   22,647,468 
       167,942,751 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,025,483,901 
   (Cost $1,006,621,783)     

 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2018 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,871,201  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (b)
  $1,871,201 
   (Cost $1,871,201)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   1,027,355,102 
   (Cost $1,008,492,984) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (672,953)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,026,682,149 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $81,997,315 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $63,135,197. The net unrealized appreciation was $18,862,118.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $1,025,483,901   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,871,201    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,027,355,102   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 14.3%     
44,341  Arconic, Inc.  $1,218,047 
40,303  BWX Technologies, Inc.   2,341,604 
17,823  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   2,410,561 
12,618  General Dynamics Corp.   2,230,862 
29,234  HEICO Corp.   3,605,722 
17,238  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   3,889,927 
15,599  Lockheed Martin Corp.   5,875,831 
16,234  Northrop Grumman Corp.   5,722,160 
18,609  Raytheon Co.   3,949,016 
44,392  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   3,632,154 
124,277  Textron, Inc.   5,727,927 
11,686  TransDigm Group, Inc.   6,150,108 
8,445  United Technologies Corp.   1,212,533 
       47,966,452 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 3.5%     
13,599  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   1,028,628 
15,519  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   1,131,956 
7,919  FedEx Corp.   1,208,915 
30,469  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   3,509,115 
64,433  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   4,922,681 
       11,801,295 
         
   Airlines — 7.8%     
56,243  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   3,904,951 
105,635  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   5,818,376 
363,259  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   7,010,899 
85,382  Southwest Airlines Co.   4,792,492 
52,160  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,738,214 
       26,264,932 
         
   Building Products — 3.0%     
48,328  A.O. Smith Corp.   2,400,935 
22,246  Allegion PLC   2,581,426 
26,267  Johnson Controls International PLC   1,138,149 
424,014  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   4,040,853 
       10,161,363 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 4.2%     
22,696  Cintas Corp.   6,097,734 
57,407  Copart, Inc. (a)   4,744,115 
13,320  Republic Services, Inc.   1,165,633 
20,050  Waste Management, Inc.   2,249,811 
       14,257,293 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 2.3%     
61,388  AECOM (a)   2,456,134 
121,997  Quanta Services, Inc.   5,129,974 
       7,586,108 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment — 8.1%     
25,112  AMETEK, Inc.  $2,301,515 
43,906  Eaton Corp. PLC   3,824,652 
34,486  Emerson Electric Co.   2,419,193 
27,784  Hubbell, Inc.   3,936,993 
209,233  nVent Electric PLC   4,824,913 
83,522  Regal Beloit Corp.   6,184,804 
72,928  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)   3,733,184 
       27,225,254 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.5%     
21,922  FLIR Systems, Inc.   1,130,298 
47,419  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   4,785,051 
6,502  Littelfuse, Inc.   1,141,556 
5,587  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   1,328,980 
       8,385,885 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 2.1%     
7,013  3M Co.   1,157,075 
31,685  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   4,824,675 
6,813  Honeywell International, Inc.   1,176,809 
       7,158,559 
         
   IT Services — 4.2%     
11,987  Accenture PLC, Class A   2,222,629 
85,675  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   6,028,950 
119,006  Genpact Ltd.   4,661,465 
13,929  Paychex, Inc.   1,165,022 
       14,078,066 
         
   Machinery — 20.4%     
48,226  AGCO Corp.   3,698,452 
24,503  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,068,576 
28,903  Caterpillar, Inc.   3,982,833 
39,672  Colfax Corp. (a)   1,332,979 
45,278  Crane Co.   3,464,673 
37,404  Cummins, Inc.   6,451,442 
21,643  Deere & Co.   3,768,912 
11,580  Dover Corp.   1,203,046 
40,752  Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,297,136 
59,663  ITT, Inc.   3,546,965 
26,576  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   2,380,412 
80,271  Oshkosh Corp.   6,853,538 
86,911  PACCAR, Inc.   6,610,451 
12,766  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   2,342,433 
60,999  Pentair PLC   2,529,629 
29,459  Snap-on, Inc.   4,792,095 
62,913  Toro (The) Co.   4,852,480 
185,506  Trinity Industries, Inc.   3,669,309 
42,766  Woodward, Inc.   4,561,422 
       68,406,783 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Marine — 0.3%     
14,032  Kirby Corp. (a)  $1,110,773 
         
   Professional Services — 3.7%     
7,774  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   4,271,968 
54,743  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   4,977,234 
23,086  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   3,340,544 
       12,589,746 
         
   Road & Rail — 12.7%     
33,286  CSX Corp.   2,339,007 
33,035  Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a)   3,667,876 
41,676  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   4,899,431 
17,335  Kansas City Southern   2,440,421 
167,620  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   6,111,425 
20,481  Landstar System, Inc.   2,317,425 
20,320  Norfolk Southern Corp.   3,698,240 
27,131  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   4,940,013 
117,532  Ryder System, Inc.   5,715,581 
280,137  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   6,406,733 
       42,536,152 
         
   Software — 0.7%     
23,630  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   2,424,438 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.6%     
154,179  Xerox Holdings Corp.   5,231,294 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 7.7%     
145,495  Air Lease Corp.   6,398,870 
58,858  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,327,245 
63,580  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   4,654,692 
36,999  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   4,941,957 
3,880  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   1,198,299 
127,372  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   6,387,706 
       25,908,769 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.8%     
58,417  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   2,520,109 
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   335,613,271 
   (Cost $323,178,079)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
473,395  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (b)
   473,395 
   (Cost $473,395)     

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%  $336,086,666 
   (Cost $323,651,474) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   (83,524)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $336,003,142 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $24,859,552 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $12,424,360. The net unrealized appreciation was $12,435,192.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $335,613,271   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   473,395    —      —   
Total Investments  $336,086,666   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%     
34,483  Hexcel Corp.  $2,573,121 
         
   Building Products — 3.8%     
19,525  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,826,173 
59,750  Owens Corning   3,661,480 
       5,487,653 
         
   Chemicals — 37.2%     
40,738  Albemarle Corp.   2,474,426 
31,311  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   923,361 
83,322  Cabot Corp.   3,632,006 
7,720  Celanese Corp.   935,278 
38,375  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   1,740,306 
252,757  Chemours (The) Co.   4,147,742 
39,625  Dow, Inc.   2,000,666 
51,146  Eastman Chemical Co.   3,889,142 
4,767  Ecolab, Inc.   915,598 
10,767  FMC Corp.   985,181 
162,345  Huntsman Corp.   3,592,695 
9,746  Linde PLC   1,933,119 
42,207  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   3,785,968 
138,153  Mosaic (The) Co.   2,746,482 
1,999  NewMarket Corp.   970,495 
201,719  Olin Corp.   3,699,527 
41,159  RPM International, Inc.   2,981,146 
51,509  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   5,170,989 
5,151  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   2,948,020 
57,634  Westlake Chemical Corp.   3,641,892 
       53,114,039 
         
   Construction Materials — 6.0%     
19,134  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   5,011,386 
24,969  Vulcan Materials Co.   3,567,321 
       8,578,707 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 19.0%     
7,970  AptarGroup, Inc.   941,656 
38,897  Ball Corp.   2,721,623 
24,041  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   997,942 
79,392  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,782,913 
128,005  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   2,004,558 
67,723  International Paper Co.   2,958,141 
183,846  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   1,562,691 
26,692  Packaging Corp. of America   2,921,706 
31,432  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   967,163 
16,219  Sonoco Products Co.   935,836 
143,886  WestRock Co.   5,377,020 
       27,171,249 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 3.1%     
21,012  Acuity Brands, Inc.   2,622,087 
147,507  GrafTech International Ltd.   1,781,885 
       4,403,972 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery — 4.3%     
15,325  Ingersoll-Rand PLC  $1,944,589 
86,789  Timken (The) Co.   4,252,661 
       6,197,250 
         
   Metals & Mining — 20.2%     
295,938  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   2,906,111 
103,018  Nucor Corp.   5,547,519 
52,626  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   6,106,721 
15,325  Royal Gold, Inc.   1,769,118 
55,320  Southern Copper Corp.   1,968,286 
175,996  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   5,343,239 
454,087  United States Steel Corp. (b)   5,226,541 
       28,867,535 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 3.7%     
146,458  Domtar Corp.   5,329,607 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%     
28,895  Fastenal Co.   1,038,486 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   142,761,619 
   (Cost $155,021,377)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.5%     
1,827,754  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   1,827,754 
257,551  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   257,551 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.5%   2,085,305 
   (Cost $2,085,305)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.6%     
$ 2,223,393  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $2,223,498. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$2,271,205. (d)
   2,223,393 
   (Cost $2,223,393)     

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 102.9%  $147,070,317 
   (Cost $159,330,075) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.9)%   (4,097,845)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $142,972,472 

  

 

(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 $3,745,803 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $4,051,147.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $6,219,337 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $18,479,095. The net unrealized depreciation was $12,259,758.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $142,761,619   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,085,305    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      2,223,393    —   
Total Investments  $144,846,924   $2,223,393   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%     
168,624  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.  $34,788,818 
         
   Communications Equipment — 6.2%     
358,725  Ciena Corp. (a)   13,315,872 
598,333  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   6,701,330 
532,792  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   20,778,888 
150,330  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   21,659,546 
1,137,192  Juniper Networks, Inc.   28,225,105 
206,452  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   34,337,097 
59,502  Ubiquiti, Inc. (b)   7,532,358 
       132,550,196 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 10.3%     
145,834  Amphenol Corp., Class A   14,631,525 
474,521  Avnet, Inc.   18,772,051 
285,476  CDW Corp.   36,515,235 
91,549  Coherent, Inc. (a)   13,633,477 
1,233,589  Corning, Inc.   36,551,242 
217,710  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   14,005,285 
155,671  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   20,903,502 
983,560  Jabil, Inc.   36,214,679 
249,297  SYNNEX Corp.   29,352,229 
       220,579,225 
         
   Entertainment — 4.7%     
398,889  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   22,349,751 
287,727  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   27,736,883 
224,552  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   27,024,833 
3,627,003  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   22,378,608 
       99,490,075 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.1%     
2,367,161  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   23,470,401 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 4.6%     
17,316  Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)   21,820,065 
39,514  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   7,572,858 
64,564  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   14,672,169 
393,973  Match Group, Inc. (b)   28,756,089 
853,930  Twitter, Inc. (a)   25,592,282 
       98,413,463 
         
   IT Services — 12.9%     
385,006  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   33,303,019 
319,303  Amdocs Ltd.   20,818,556 
230,474  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   14,796,431 
60,856  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   13,616,530 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
467,030  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A  $28,460,808 
1,192,606  DXC Technology Co.   32,999,408 
154,373  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   27,163,473 
96,774  International Business Machines Corp.   12,941,587 
163,868  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   14,130,338 
58,402  MongoDB, Inc. (a) (b)   7,462,024 
214,393  Okta, Inc. (a)   23,383,844 
314,194  Sabre Corp.   7,377,275 
2,252,364  Switch, Inc., Class A   33,267,416 
63,992  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   6,179,067 
       275,899,776 
         
   Professional Services — 1.4%     
420,839  IHS Markit Ltd. (a)   29,467,147 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 26.2%     
125,952  Analog Devices, Inc.   13,430,262 
423,028  Applied Materials, Inc.   22,953,499 
25,486  Broadcom, Inc.   7,463,575 
143,600  Cree, Inc. (a)   6,854,028 
602,948  Cypress Semiconductor Corp.   14,030,600 
747,596  Entegris, Inc.   35,884,608 
682,747  Intel Corp.   38,595,688 
220,643  KLA Corp.   37,297,493 
121,784  Lam Research Corp.   33,008,335 
243,013  Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.   14,255,143 
378,667  Microchip Technology, Inc.   35,704,511 
821,047  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   39,040,785 
228,752  MKS Instruments, Inc.   24,755,542 
180,848  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   27,112,732 
1,831,440  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   37,361,376 
284,721  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   23,022,540 
368,976  QUALCOMM, Inc.   29,680,429 
443,937  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   40,424,903 
607,529  Teradyne, Inc.   37,192,925 
163,331  Texas Instruments, Inc.   19,271,425 
83,817  Universal Display Corp.   16,778,487 
73,371  Xilinx, Inc.   6,657,685 
       560,776,571 
         
   Software — 25.4%     
25,469  Adobe, Inc. (a)   7,078,599 
261,988  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   23,971,902 
127,151  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   27,992,293 
114,336  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   13,161,217 
168,283  Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (a)   20,326,904 
313,704  Avalara, Inc. (a)   22,272,984 
212,964  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   13,917,197 
142,525  Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a)   6,876,831 
72,902  Citrix Systems, Inc.   7,936,112 
271,527  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   37,332,247 

  

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
568,184  DocuSign, Inc. (a)  $37,608,099 
91,669  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   7,476,524 
200,315  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   22,583,513 
52,918  Intuit, Inc.   13,626,385 
198,319  LogMeIn, Inc.   13,025,592 
348,896  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   26,149,755 
202,444  Microsoft Corp.   29,024,396 
34,520  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   7,849,503 
100,767  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   21,315,244 
218,095  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   25,161,620 
223,873  RealPage, Inc. (a)   13,555,510 
279,976  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   45,221,724 
47,401  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   7,417,782 
55,437  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   13,707,353 
59,700  Splunk, Inc. (a)   7,161,612 
136,443  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   7,096,400 
205,070  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   27,838,253 
107,223  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   28,791,520 
41,402  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   6,713,748 
       542,190,819 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 5.6%     
94,251  Apple, Inc.   23,445,879 
271,362  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   14,352,336 
1,391,509  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   22,834,663 
1,115,707  HP, Inc.   19,379,830 
891,808  NCR Corp. (a)   26,049,712 
415,370  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   8,083,100 
117,982  Western Digital Corp.   6,093,770 
       120,239,290 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   2,137,865,781 
   (Cost $1,974,641,024)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.9%     
18,450,195  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   18,450,195 
1,306,611  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   1,306,611 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.9%   19,756,806 
   (Cost $19,756,806)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.1%     
$ 22,443,961  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $22,445,021. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%, due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$22,926,594. (d)
  $22,443,961 
   (Cost $22,443,961)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.0%   2,180,066,548 
   (Cost $2,016,841,791) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.0)%   (42,490,533)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $2,137,576,015 

 

 

(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 $39,429,441 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $40,894,156.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $256,251,745 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $93,026,988. The net unrealized appreciation was $163,224,757.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $2,137,865,781   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   19,756,806    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      22,443,961    —   
Total Investments  $2,157,622,587   $22,443,961   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 98.5%     
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 16.6%     
1,923,226  AT&T, Inc.  $74,024,969 
1,172,469  GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (a)   82,049,380 
826,753  Verizon Communications, Inc.   49,993,754 
368,019  Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   12,564,169 
       218,632,272 
         
   Electric Utilities — 38.4%     
462,662  Alliant Energy Corp.   24,678,391 
266,318  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   25,137,756 
955,074  Avangrid, Inc.   47,801,454 
520,580  Duke Energy Corp.   49,069,871 
212,609  Entergy Corp.   25,827,741 
562,308  Evergy, Inc.   35,937,104 
1,032,973  Exelon Corp.   46,989,942 
258,673  FirstEnergy Corp.   12,499,079 
273,529  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   12,349,834 
110,725  IDACORP, Inc.   11,916,225 
824,748  OGE Energy Corp.   35,513,649 
385,570  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   36,289,848 
2,311,045  PPL Corp.   77,396,897 
807,880  Southern (The) Co.   50,621,761 
192,255  Xcel Energy, Inc.   12,210,115 
       504,239,667 
         
   Gas Utilities — 7.5%     
109,544  Atmos Energy Corp.   12,321,509 
1,382,502  National Fuel Gas Co.   62,641,166 
496,347  UGI Corp.   23,660,861 
       98,623,536 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 6.6%     
763,506  AES Corp.   13,017,777 
2,722,592  Vistra Energy Corp.   73,591,662 
       86,609,439 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 16.9%     
311,697  Ameren Corp.   24,218,857 
1,240,127  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   36,050,492 
396,180  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   36,535,720 
187,664  DTE Energy Co.   23,893,380 
1,327,673  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   38,356,473 
602,884  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   38,168,586 
169,039  Sempra Energy   24,427,826 
       221,651,334 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 12.5%     
8,087,977  Sprint Corp. (a)  $50,226,337 
2,354,972  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   61,441,220 
633,529  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   52,367,507 
       164,035,064 
   Total Common Stocks — 98.5%   1,293,791,312 
   (Cost $1,234,383,483)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.4%     
18,719,197  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (b)
   18,719,197 
   (Cost $18,719,197)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   1,312,510,509 
   (Cost $1,253,102,680) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   672,124 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,313,182,633 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $92,196,627 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $32,788,798. The net unrealized appreciation was $59,407,829.

 

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $1,293,791,312   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   18,719,197    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,312,510,509   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Sector Funds

October 31, 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

 

StrataQuant® and StrataQuant® Consumer Discretionary Index, the StrataQuant® Consumer Staples Index, the StrataQuant® Energy Index, the StrataQuant® Financial Index, the StrataQuant® Health Care Index, the StrataQuant® Industrials Index, the StrataQuant® Materials Index, the StrataQuant® Technology Index, the StrataQuant® Utilities Index, (“IDI Indexes”) are service/trademarks of ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (“IDI”) and have been licensed for use by First Trust in connection with the Funds. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by IDI and IDI makes no representations or warranties regarding the advisability of investing in the Funds or as to the result to be obtained by any person from use of the IDI Indexes in connection with the trading of the Funds. IDI and its third party suppliers accept no liability in connection with use of the index or the Fund. See the prospectus for a full copy of the disclaimer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 3.3%     
89,058  Arconic, Inc.  $2,446,423 
12,669  General Dynamics Corp.   2,239,879 
27,813  HEICO Corp.   3,430,455 
22,196  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   4,579,257 
14,838  Lockheed Martin Corp.   5,589,178 
15,445  Northrop Grumman Corp.   5,444,054 
17,978  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,925,549 
118,235  Textron, Inc.   5,449,451 
11,118  TransDigm Group, Inc.   5,851,181 
16,958  United Technologies Corp.   2,434,830 
       43,390,257 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%     
40,969  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   3,098,895 
31,167  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   2,273,321 
15,908  FedEx Corp.   2,428,516 
9,660  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   1,112,542 
       8,913,274 
         
   Airlines — 1.4%     
42,928  American Airlines Group, Inc.   1,290,416 
100,503  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   5,535,705 
107,181  Southwest Airlines Co.   6,016,069 
65,476  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,947,840 
       18,790,030 
         
   Auto Components — 0.2%     
26,486  Aptiv PLC   2,371,821 
         
   Automobiles — 0.8%     
252,793  Ford Motor Co.   2,171,492 
154,454  General Motors Co.   5,739,510 
9,616  Tesla, Inc. (a)   3,028,271 
       10,939,273 
         
   Banks — 4.9%     
158,764  Bank of America Corp.   4,964,550 
65,079  BB&T Corp.   3,452,441 
67,041  Citigroup, Inc.   4,817,566 
130,935  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   4,603,675 
70,176  Comerica, Inc.   4,590,914 
169,145  Fifth Third Bancorp   4,918,737 
11,972  First Republic Bank   1,273,342 
324,539  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   4,585,736 
29,511  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   3,686,514 
259,592  KeyCorp   4,664,868 
21,989  M&T Bank Corp.   3,441,938 
24,780  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   3,635,226 
292,741  Regions Financial Corp.   4,713,130 
16,621  SVB Financial Group (a)   3,681,219 
41,840  U.S. Bancorp   2,385,717 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
91,815  Wells Fargo & Co.  $4,740,409 
       64,155,982 
         
   Beverages — 1.2%     
55,325  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   3,624,894 
21,265  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   1,157,454 
16,757  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   3,189,360 
100,675  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B   5,307,586 
16,892  PepsiCo, Inc.   2,317,075 
       15,596,369 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.0%     
11,965  Amgen, Inc.   2,551,536 
24,865  Biogen, Inc. (a)   7,427,424 
73,071  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   4,655,354 
20,867  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   6,391,145 
54,231  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   5,824,409 
       26,849,868 
         
   Building Products — 0.3%     
22,341  Allegion PLC   2,592,450 
27,777  Masco Corp.   1,284,686 
       3,877,136 
         
   Capital Markets — 5.1%     
15,740  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   2,375,009 
102,434  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   4,788,789 
2,599  BlackRock, Inc.   1,199,958 
47,408  Blackstone Group (The), Inc., Class A   2,520,209 
20,151  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   2,320,388 
27,675  Charles Schwab (The) Corp.   1,126,649 
21,914  CME Group, Inc.   4,508,806 
79,501  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   3,322,347 
200,583  Franklin Resources, Inc.   5,526,062 
22,349  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   4,768,830 
37,642  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   3,550,393 
10,603  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   3,908,160 
5,654  Moody’s Corp.   1,247,781 
108,534  Morgan Stanley   4,997,991 
5,319  MSCI, Inc.   1,247,625 
11,654  Nasdaq, Inc.   1,162,720 
24,812  Northern Trust Corp.   2,473,260 
42,123  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   3,516,849 
9,452  S&P Global, Inc.   2,438,521 
78,244  State Street Corp.   5,169,581 
40,538  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   4,694,300 
       66,864,228 
         
   Chemicals — 3.2%     
5,220  Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   1,113,217 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
28,404  Celanese Corp.  $3,441,145 
70,594  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   3,201,438 
48,704  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   3,210,081 
78,407  Eastman Chemical Co.   5,962,068 
11,694  Ecolab, Inc.   2,246,067 
52,820  FMC Corp.   4,833,030 
9,437  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   1,151,408 
64,701  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   5,803,680 
225,906  Mosaic (The) Co.   4,491,011 
9,769  PPG Industries, Inc.   1,222,297 
10,525  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   6,023,668 
       42,699,110 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.2%     
21,595  Cintas Corp.   5,801,929 
72,063  Copart, Inc. (a)   5,955,286 
13,378  Republic Services, Inc.   1,170,709 
20,135  Waste Management, Inc.   2,259,348 
       15,187,272 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
27,179  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   4,520,411 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.5%     
4,223  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,106,046 
38,278  Vulcan Materials Co.   5,468,778 
       6,574,824 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.7%     
139,657  Ally Financial, Inc.   4,277,694 
29,368  American Express Co.   3,444,279 
63,631  Capital One Financial Corp.   5,933,591 
42,832  Discover Financial Services   3,437,696 
169,812  Synchrony Financial   6,006,251 
       23,099,511 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.8%     
63,607  Ball Corp.   4,450,582 
138,423  International Paper Co.   6,046,316 
       10,496,898 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
23,252  Genuine Parts Co.   2,385,190 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
208,986  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   4,514,098 
22,262  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   4,732,456 
       9,246,554 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
152,982  AT&T, Inc.  $5,888,277 
57,544  Verizon Communications, Inc.   3,479,686 
       9,367,963 
         
   Electric Utilities — 3.4%     
42,938  Alliant Energy Corp.   2,290,313 
37,076  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   3,499,604 
36,236  Duke Energy Corp.   3,415,605 
29,595  Entergy Corp.   3,595,201 
86,972  Evergy, Inc.   5,558,380 
13,543  Eversource Energy   1,134,091 
95,866  Exelon Corp.   4,360,944 
48,010  FirstEnergy Corp.   2,319,843 
14,906  NextEra Energy, Inc.   3,552,696 
35,785  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   3,368,084 
147,066  PPL Corp.   4,925,240 
74,972  Southern (The) Co.   4,697,746 
35,686  Xcel Energy, Inc.   2,266,418 
       44,984,165 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
25,218  AMETEK, Inc.   2,311,230 
55,695  Eaton Corp. PLC   4,851,591 
51,950  Emerson Electric Co.   3,644,292 
7,028  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   1,208,746 
       12,015,859 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.9%     
11,997  Amphenol Corp., Class A   1,203,659 
46,975  CDW Corp.   6,008,572 
202,978  Corning, Inc.   6,014,238 
47,621  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   4,805,435 
62,124  TE Connectivity Ltd.   5,560,098 
5,610  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   1,334,451 
       24,926,453 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9%     
49,906  Baker Hughes Co.   1,067,988 
307,103  Halliburton Co.   5,911,733 
135,532  Schlumberger Ltd.   4,430,541 
       11,410,262 
         
   Entertainment — 1.5%     
65,634  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   3,677,473 
47,346  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   4,564,154 
83,512  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)   3,549,260 
52,357  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   3,691,169 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Entertainment (Continued)     
36,949  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)  $4,446,812 
       19,928,868 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.7%     
15,032  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   2,386,330 
15,705  American Tower Corp.   3,424,946 
24,987  Crown Castle International Corp.   3,467,946 
102,250  Duke Realty Corp.   3,593,065 
8,027  Equinix, Inc.   4,549,543 
34,664  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   2,424,400 
40,265  Equity Residential   3,569,895 
7,085  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   2,317,716 
29,734  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   3,338,236 
64,993  HCP, Inc. (a)   2,445,037 
334,815  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   5,487,618 
195,503  Invitation Homes, Inc.   6,019,537 
26,717  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   3,713,396 
13,584  Prologis, Inc.   1,192,132 
4,720  Public Storage   1,051,899 
15,100  Realty Income Corp.   1,235,029 
19,203  SBA Communications Corp.   4,621,202 
31,195  Sun Communities, Inc.   5,073,867 
23,879  UDR, Inc.   1,199,920 
31,706  Ventas, Inc.   2,064,061 
90,920  Vornado Realty Trust   5,967,080 
51,089  Welltower, Inc.   4,633,261 
12,937  WP Carey, Inc.   1,190,980 
       74,967,096 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%     
179,638  Kroger (The) Co.   4,426,280 
14,581  Sysco Corp.   1,164,585 
104,662  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   5,733,384 
9,754  Walmart, Inc.   1,143,754 
       12,468,003 
         
   Food Products — 2.4%     
112,761  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   4,740,472 
75,474  Conagra Brands, Inc.   2,041,572 
42,009  General Mills, Inc.   2,136,578 
37,351  Hershey (The) Co.   5,485,741 
52,955  Hormel Foods Corp.   2,165,330 
31,568  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   3,336,106 
47,765  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   3,727,581 
7,409  McCormick & Co., Inc.   1,190,552 
41,855  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   2,195,295 
53,764  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   4,451,122 
       31,470,349 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Gas Utilities — 0.2%     
20,334  Atmos Energy Corp.  $2,287,168 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2%     
26,470  Baxter International, Inc.   2,030,249 
8,014  Danaher Corp.   1,104,490 
21,716  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   1,189,603 
15,516  DexCom, Inc. (a)   2,393,188 
21,059  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   5,020,044 
45,861  Hologic, Inc. (a)   2,215,545 
4,257  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   1,213,288 
10,657  Medtronic PLC   1,160,547 
34,276  ResMed, Inc.   5,070,106 
10,705  Stryker Corp.   2,315,170 
6,815  Teleflex, Inc.   2,367,599 
24,492  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   3,522,929 
       29,602,758 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.0%     
14,062  AmerisourceBergen Corp.   1,200,614 
14,464  Anthem, Inc.   3,891,973 
73,601  Cardinal Health, Inc.   3,639,569 
107,050  Centene Corp. (a)   5,682,214 
30,511  Cigna Corp.   5,444,993 
73,430  CVS Health Corp.   4,875,018 
20,288  DaVita, Inc. (a)   1,188,877 
19,228  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   2,567,707 
36,466  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   2,282,225 
18,115  Humana, Inc.   5,329,433 
27,568  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   4,542,379 
32,450  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   3,285,562 
15,985  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   4,039,410 
31,131  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   4,279,267 
       52,249,241 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.4%     
33,969  Cerner Corp.   2,279,999 
22,748  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   3,226,349 
       5,506,348 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.1%     
132,437  Carnival Corp.   5,680,223 
6,888  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   5,359,966 
29,383  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   3,298,829 
12,435  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   1,205,698 
20,043  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   1,239,459 
5,390  McDonald’s Corp.   1,060,213 
83,532  MGM Resorts International   2,380,662 
111,818  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   5,675,882 
53,435  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   5,815,331 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
65,468  Starbucks Corp.  $5,535,974 
5,087  Vail Resorts, Inc.   1,182,066 
25,487  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   1,083,197 
10,205  Yum! Brands, Inc.   1,037,951 
       40,555,451 
         
   Household Durables — 1.4%     
109,826  D.R. Horton, Inc.   5,751,588 
13,670  Garmin Ltd.   1,281,562 
103,648  Lennar Corp., Class A   6,177,421 
1,556  NVR, Inc. (a)   5,658,534 
       18,869,105 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
15,387  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   1,076,167 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.6%     
141,713  AES Corp.   2,416,207 
216,569  Vistra Energy Corp.   5,853,860 
       8,270,067 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%     
14,084  3M Co.   2,323,719 
13,685  Honeywell International, Inc.   2,363,810 
       4,687,529 
         
   Insurance — 5.6%     
66,384  Aflac, Inc.   3,528,974 
31,960  Allstate (The) Corp.   3,401,183 
62,361  American International Group, Inc.   3,302,639 
82,737  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   3,455,097 
25,854  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   2,358,402 
128,430  Brown & Brown, Inc.   4,839,242 
14,346  Chubb Ltd.   2,186,617 
49,616  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   5,617,027 
12,473  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   2,298,400 
4,353  Everest Re Group Ltd.   1,119,113 
104,281  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   4,780,241 
24,183  Globe Life, Inc.   2,353,731 
57,304  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   3,270,912 
76,776  Lincoln National Corp.   4,336,309 
22,493  Loews Corp.   1,102,157 
981  Markel Corp. (a)   1,148,751 
11,571  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   1,198,987 
98,199  MetLife, Inc.   4,594,731 
60,785  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   3,244,703 
44,961  Progressive (The) Corp.   3,133,782 
51,485  Prudential Financial, Inc.   4,692,343 
21,722  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   3,529,173 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
23,362  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.  $3,061,824 
16,031  W.R. Berkley Corp.   1,120,567 
       73,674,905 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.1%     
1,899  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   2,390,461 
6,503  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   1,246,300 
5,314  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   1,207,607 
366,387  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   5,517,788 
140,505  Twitter, Inc. (a)   4,210,935 
       14,573,091 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.5%     
1,179  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,415,500 
89,104  eBay, Inc.   3,140,916 
8,614  Expedia Group, Inc.   1,177,189 
       6,733,605 
         
   IT Services — 3.9%     
12,038  Accenture PLC, Class A   2,232,086 
63,348  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,479,602 
81,511  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   5,735,929 
18,611  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   2,330,470 
76,847  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   4,683,056 
196,236  DXC Technology Co.   5,429,850 
25,403  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   4,469,912 
17,440  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   2,297,895 
33,531  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   3,558,980 
8,073  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,375,238 
15,924  International Business Machines Corp.   2,129,517 
7,935  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   1,123,279 
26,962  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   2,324,933 
8,525  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   2,359,805 
23,517  Okta, Inc. (a)   2,564,999 
13,985  Paychex, Inc.   1,169,705 
6,729  Visa, Inc., Class A   1,203,549 
       51,468,805 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3%     
7,752  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,119,544 
3,977  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   1,200,974 
5,187  Waters Corp. (a)   1,097,673 
       3,418,191 
         
   Machinery — 2.1%     
35,587  Cummins, Inc.   6,138,046 
20,591  Deere & Co.   3,585,717 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
11,629  Dover Corp.  $1,208,137 
7,400  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   1,247,492 
28,188  Ingersoll-Rand PLC   3,576,775 
82,685  PACCAR, Inc.   6,289,021 
25,640  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   4,704,683 
8,015  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   1,212,910 
       27,962,781 
         
   Media — 2.5%     
201,845  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   6,247,103 
11,238  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   5,257,810 
102,734  Comcast Corp., Class A   4,604,538 
217,381  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   5,859,505 
183,570  Fox Corp., Class A   5,881,583 
14,789  Omnicom Group, Inc.   1,141,563 
555,293  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   3,731,569 
       32,723,671 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.8%     
483,920  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   4,752,094 
113,709  Nucor Corp.   6,123,230 
       10,875,324 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.7%     
36,421  Dollar General Corp.   5,839,743 
32,487  Target Corp.   3,473,185 
       9,312,928 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.8%     
28,929  Ameren Corp.   2,247,783 
115,090  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   3,345,666 
18,106  CMS Energy Corp.   1,157,336 
36,765  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   3,390,468 
26,122  DTE Energy Co.   3,325,853 
38,697  NiSource, Inc.   1,085,064 
37,299  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   2,361,400 
15,685  Sempra Energy   2,266,639 
48,695  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   4,596,808 
       23,777,017 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.2%     
48,809  Chevron Corp.   5,668,677 
85,255  Concho Resources, Inc.   5,756,418 
101,594  ConocoPhillips   5,607,989 
188,014  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   5,540,773 
240,601  Devon Energy Corp.   4,879,388 
77,995  EOG Resources, Inc.   5,405,834 
81,985  Exxon Mobil Corp.   5,539,726 
471,791  Marathon Oil Corp.   5,439,750 
95,292  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   6,093,923 
154,649  Noble Energy, Inc.   2,978,540 
15,710  ONEOK, Inc.   1,097,029 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
56,531  Phillips 66  $6,603,951 
67,914  Valero Energy Corp.   6,586,300 
48,122  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   1,073,602 
       68,271,900 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
17,457  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   3,251,715 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%     
91,324  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   5,239,258 
17,896  Johnson & Johnson   2,362,988 
13,753  Merck & Co., Inc.   1,191,835 
234,130  Mylan N.V. (a)   4,483,589 
128,896  Pfizer, Inc.   4,945,740 
37,169  Zoetis, Inc.   4,754,658 
       22,978,068 
         
   Professional Services — 1.0%     
7,808  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   4,290,652 
8,232  Equifax, Inc.   1,125,397 
57,097  TransUnion   4,717,354 
21,965  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   3,178,336 
       13,311,739 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
65,521  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   3,508,650 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.7%     
20,926  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   2,460,061 
17,407  Kansas City Southern   2,450,557 
27,244  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   4,960,588 
       9,871,206 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.5%     
69,607  Applied Materials, Inc.   3,776,876 
112,340  Intel Corp.   6,350,580 
36,304  KLA Corp.   6,136,828 
15,030  Lam Research Corp.   4,073,731 
185,469  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.   4,523,589 
49,847  Microchip Technology, Inc.   4,700,074 
135,096  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   6,423,815 
60,709  QUALCOMM, Inc.   4,883,432 
73,047  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   6,651,660 
99,963  Teradyne, Inc.   6,119,735 
26,872  Texas Instruments, Inc.   3,170,627 
13,792  Universal Display Corp.   2,760,882 
       59,571,829 
         
   Software — 2.1%     
20,919  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   4,605,318 
17,520  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   1,144,932 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
7,627  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)  $2,318,913 
4,354  Intuit, Inc.   1,121,155 
16,654  Microsoft Corp.   2,387,684 
21,040  Oracle Corp.   1,146,470 
11,052  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   2,337,830 
36,854  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   5,952,658 
4,559  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   1,127,258 
48,998  Symantec Corp. (a)   1,121,074 
33,741  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   4,580,341 
       27,843,633 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.6%     
7,002  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   1,137,685 
3,206  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   3,668,882 
67,130  Best Buy Co., Inc.   4,821,948 
28,967  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   5,566,588 
13,155  CarMax, Inc. (a)   1,225,651 
24,950  Home Depot (The), Inc.   5,852,771 
8,718  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   3,796,776 
10,537  Ross Stores, Inc.   1,155,593 
37,499  Tiffany & Co.   4,669,001 
41,541  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   2,394,839 
       34,289,734 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.6%     
10,340  Apple, Inc.   2,572,178 
66,975  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   3,542,308 
228,960  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   3,757,234 
183,580  HP, Inc.   3,188,785 
44,096  NetApp, Inc.   2,464,084 
107,620  Seagate Technology PLC   6,245,189 
       21,769,778 
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
84,923  Altria Group, Inc.   3,803,701 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%     
35,436  Fastenal Co.   1,273,570 
46,446  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   6,203,792 
7,794  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   2,407,099 
       9,884,461 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.2%     
18,642  American Water Works Co., Inc.   2,297,999 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
58,793  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   4,859,829 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%  $1,320,635,420 
   (Cost $1,223,672,508)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,487,966  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   1,487,966 
591,793  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   591,793 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.2%   2,079,759 
   (Cost $2,079,759)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.1%     
$ 1,810,054  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $1,810,139. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$1,848,977. (d)
   1,810,054 
   (Cost $1,810,054)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.3%   1,324,525,233 
   (Cost $1,227,562,321) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.3)%   (3,494,579)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,321,030,654 

  

 

(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 $3,357,984 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,298,020. The collateral requirements are determined at the beginning of each business day based on the market value of the loaned securities from the end of the prior day. On October 31, 2019, there was sufficient collateral based on the end of day market value from the prior business day; however, as a result of market movement from October 30 to October 31, the value of the related securities loaned was above the collateral value received.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2019.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $138,928,141 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $41,965,229. The net unrealized appreciation was $96,962,912.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $1,320,635,420   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,079,759    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      1,810,054    —   
Total Investments  $1,322,715,179   $1,810,054   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%     
49,028  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $2,119,480 
9,570  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   1,294,343 
30,152  Hexcel Corp.   2,249,942 
8,768  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   1,978,587 
38,136  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   2,809,098 
22,584  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   1,847,823 
       12,299,273 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
25,950  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   1,982,580 
         
   Airlines — 1.5%     
38,151  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   2,648,824 
184,800  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   3,566,640 
53,927  SkyWest, Inc.   3,211,353 
85,272  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   3,202,816 
       12,629,633 
         
   Auto Components — 1.6%     
84,387  BorgWarner, Inc.   3,517,250 
112,417  Gentex Corp.   3,153,297 
214,882  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   3,410,177 
26,255  Lear Corp.   3,092,052 
       13,172,776 
         
   Automobiles — 0.5%     
51,633  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   2,009,040 
32,789  Thor Industries, Inc.   2,074,232 
       4,083,272 
         
   Banks — 9.1%     
15,385  Ameris Bancorp   659,247 
122,287  Associated Banc-Corp.   2,459,191 
16,622  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   612,687 
41,816  BancorpSouth Bank   1,282,497 
21,612  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   1,886,944 
90,806  Bank OZK   2,548,016 
55,240  BankUnited, Inc.   1,894,732 
23,465  BOK Financial Corp.   1,810,325 
53,469  Cathay General Bancorp   1,901,892 
51,622  CenterState Bank Corp.   1,309,134 
54,653  CIT Group, Inc.   2,344,067 
33,554  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   1,318,672 
10,208  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   656,987 
13,981  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   1,259,408 
29,664  CVB Financial Corp.   616,418 
41,932  East West Bancorp, Inc.   1,799,721 
214,769  F.N.B. Corp.   2,590,114 
2,625  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   1,291,290 
55,721  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   1,854,395 
46,372  First Hawaiian, Inc.   1,267,347 
152,858  First Horizon National Corp.   2,441,142 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
114,785  Fulton Financial Corp.  $1,958,232 
15,301  Glacier Bancorp., Inc.   647,538 
64,663  Hancock Whitney Corp.   2,521,857 
98,815  Home BancShares, Inc.   1,826,101 
32,781  IBERIABANK Corp.   2,405,798 
54,495  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   656,665 
107,947  Old National Bancorp   1,942,506 
68,142  PacWest Bancorp   2,520,573 
118,786  People’s United Financial, Inc.   1,920,770 
21,818  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   1,283,335 
45,791  Popular, Inc.   2,493,778 
17,530  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   1,209,921 
5,193  Signature Bank   614,436 
24,664  South State Corp.   1,945,003 
61,722  Sterling Bancorp   1,212,837 
51,937  Synovus Financial Corp.   1,759,106 
45,313  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   2,449,621 
9,586  UMB Financial Corp.   625,582 
150,444  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   2,380,024 
32,696  United Bankshares, Inc.   1,292,800 
170,857  Valley National Bancorp   1,978,524 
26,416  Webster Financial Corp.   1,164,946 
40,305  Western Alliance Bancorp   1,988,246 
28,738  Wintrust Financial Corp.   1,834,059 
55,623  Zions Bancorp N.A.   2,696,047 
       77,132,531 
         
   Beverages — 0.3%     
6,800  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   2,546,328 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.6%     
86,007  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,647,557 
13,525  Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   658,870 
109,842  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   4,399,172 
10,333  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   575,755 
37,145  Medicines (The) Co. (a)   1,949,741 
6,869  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   683,397 
24,218  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,925,089 
       13,839,581 
         
   Building Products — 1.3%     
25,952  A.O. Smith Corp.   1,289,295 
19,206  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,796,337 
22,634  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   1,359,172 
48,978  Owens Corning   3,001,372 
17,849  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   1,475,042 
27,234  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   2,393,596 
       11,314,814 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.4%     
46,183  Ares Management Corp., Class A   1,365,631 
41,337  Eaton Vance Corp.   1,884,967 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
30,916  Evercore, Inc., Class A  $2,276,654 
76,406  Federated Investors, Inc., Class B   2,440,408 
146,180  Invesco Ltd.   2,458,748 
35,376  Lazard Ltd., Class A   1,320,586 
37,794  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   3,055,267 
12,710  Morningstar, Inc.   2,056,986 
20,894  SEI Investments Co.   1,251,969 
43,156  Stifel Financial Corp.   2,415,873 
       20,527,089 
         
   Chemicals — 2.6%     
35,620  Albemarle Corp. (b)   2,163,559 
16,070  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   1,243,336 
61,601  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   1,816,614 
207,187  Chemours (The) Co.   3,399,939 
79,847  Huntsman Corp.   1,767,014 
2,621  NewMarket Corp.   1,272,469 
165,352  Olin Corp.   3,032,556 
30,401  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   3,051,956 
18,036  Sensient Technologies Corp.   1,128,332 
28,101  Valvoline, Inc.   599,675 
47,244  Westlake Chemical Corp.   2,985,348 
       22,460,798 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.0%     
34,090  ABM Industries, Inc.   1,242,922 
197,474  ADT, Inc. (b)   1,528,449 
29,853  Brink’s (The) Co.   2,536,311 
32,076  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   2,644,987 
100,869  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   2,507,603 
5,674  MSA Safety, Inc.   681,277 
35,679  Tetra Tech, Inc.   3,120,842 
12,692  UniFirst Corp.   2,549,061 
       16,811,452 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.8%     
47,341  Ciena Corp. (a)   1,757,298 
52,643  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   589,601 
8,816  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   1,270,209 
75,039  Juniper Networks, Inc.   1,862,468 
24,658  ViaSat, Inc. (a)   1,697,457 
       7,177,033 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.1%     
49,448  AECOM (a)   1,978,414 
21,567  EMCOR Group, Inc.   1,891,642 
28,603  MasTec, Inc. (a)   1,800,273 
65,511  Quanta Services, Inc.   2,754,737 
4,472  Valmont Industries, Inc.   613,514 
       9,038,580 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance — 1.4%     
1,344  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)  $588,417 
6,755  FirstCash, Inc.   570,054 
193,461  Navient Corp.   2,663,958 
84,387  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   3,375,480 
97,072  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   2,434,566 
280,601  SLM Corp.   2,368,272 
       12,000,747 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 2.1%     
5,227  AptarGroup, Inc.   617,570 
47,295  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   1,963,215 
46,856  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,412,991 
167,884  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   2,629,063 
23,341  Packaging Corp. of America   2,554,906 
14,915  Sealed Air Corp.   623,000 
41,223  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   1,268,432 
31,906  Sonoco Products Co.   1,840,976 
84,921  WestRock Co.   3,173,498 
       18,083,651 
         
   Distributors — 0.5%     
39,370  LKQ Corp. (a)   1,338,186 
12,276  Pool Corp.   2,546,043 
       3,884,229 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%     
16,237  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,411,519 
4,665  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   2,937,364 
78,630  H&R Block, Inc.   1,964,964 
25,897  Service Corp. International   1,177,795 
       8,491,642 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
100,935  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   1,884,457 
34,116  Voya Financial, Inc.   1,840,899 
       3,725,356 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
29,922  GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (a)   2,093,942 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.9%     
21,247  ALLETE, Inc.   1,828,517 
13,573  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   612,821 
5,495  IDACORP, Inc.   591,372 
27,285  OGE Energy Corp.   1,174,892 
35,662  PNM Resources, Inc.   1,859,773 
32,948  Portland General Electric Co.   1,874,082 
       7,941,457 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.8%     
18,373  Acuity Brands, Inc.   2,292,767 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment (Continued)     
28,166  EnerSys  $1,883,179 
39,512  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,816,069 
145,097  GrafTech International Ltd.   1,752,772 
18,846  Hubbell, Inc.   2,670,478 
42,490  Regal Beloit Corp.   3,146,384 
       15,561,649 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.5%     
8,054  Coherent, Inc. (a)   1,199,402 
19,153  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   1,232,112 
11,771  FLIR Systems, Inc.   606,913 
9,130  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   1,225,976 
51,922  Jabil, Inc.   1,911,768 
3,492  Littelfuse, Inc.   613,090 
27,417  SYNNEX Corp.   3,228,078 
23,756  Tech Data Corp. (a)   2,886,354 
       12,903,693 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%     
46,349  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   1,738,087 
         
   Entertainment — 0.8%     
32,043  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   1,172,774 
30,418  Roku, Inc. (a)   4,477,530 
212,742  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   1,312,618 
       6,962,922 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.9%     
16,925  Agree Realty Corp.   1,333,182 
25,753  American Campus Communities, Inc.   1,287,135 
71,736  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   1,898,852 
50,100  Americold Realty Trust   2,008,509 
11,874  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   651,645 
186,693  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   3,076,701 
122,046  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   2,687,453 
10,161  CoreSite Realty Corp.   1,193,917 
20,789  Corporate Office Properties Trust   616,186 
35,476  CubeSmart   1,124,589 
31,305  CyrusOne, Inc.   2,231,420 
28,909  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   1,252,338 
14,856  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   1,989,961 
8,054  EPR Properties   626,521 
90,375  Equity Commonwealth   2,908,267 
31,297  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   1,317,917 
16,188  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   653,348 
21,072  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   653,232 
27,550  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   1,289,340 
19,114  Iron Mountain, Inc.   626,939 
7,949  Kilroy Realty Corp.   667,160 
59,299  Kimco Realty Corp.   1,278,486 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
7,555  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A  $604,476 
12,060  Liberty Property Trust   712,384 
11,744  Life Storage, Inc.   1,279,156 
19,599  Macerich (The) Co.   538,972 
31,650  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   656,104 
7,516  National Health Investors, Inc.   644,798 
10,978  National Retail Properties, Inc. (b)   646,714 
29,628  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   1,304,817 
111,425  Outfront Media, Inc.   2,931,592 
139,119  Paramount Group, Inc.   1,873,933 
99,170  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   2,305,703 
22,253  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   572,125 
10,208  PS Business Parks, Inc.   1,843,054 
56,253  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   2,705,207 
182,187  RLJ Lodging Trust   2,989,689 
7,566  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   636,830 
96,017  Service Properties Trust   2,429,230 
15,146  SL Green Realty Corp.   1,266,206 
25,869  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   1,289,311 
66,193  STORE Capital Corp.   2,680,817 
225,282  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   3,043,560 
24,235  Terreno Realty Corp.   1,367,096 
189,900  VEREIT, Inc.   1,868,616 
       67,563,488 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
23,930  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   638,931 
19,207  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   3,280,747 
13,457  Performance Food Group Co. (a)   573,403 
30,125  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   1,195,059 
       5,688,140 
         
   Food Products — 1.4%     
43,736  Bunge Ltd.   2,361,744 
129,447  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   2,498,327 
26,766  Flowers Foods, Inc.   581,358 
30,294  Ingredion, Inc.   2,393,226 
12,898  J&J Snack Foods Corp.   2,460,422 
19,320  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   586,555 
5,848  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   601,759 
       11,483,391 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.0%     
65,972  National Fuel Gas Co.   2,989,191 
13,692  New Jersey Resources Corp.   596,971 
12,883  ONE Gas, Inc.   1,196,058 
18,812  South Jersey Industries, Inc.   604,994 
13,600  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   1,187,280 
14,194  Spire, Inc.   1,193,148 
12,314  UGI Corp.   587,008 
       8,354,650 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%     
24,220  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)  $1,268,401 
14,722  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   1,777,387 
5,882  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   615,787 
18,768  Insulet Corp. (a)   2,727,366 
20,614  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   1,196,849 
4,160  Masimo Corp. (a)   606,486 
9,089  Neogen Corp. (a)   591,330 
41,392  Novocure Ltd. (a)   2,965,323 
19,536  NuVasive, Inc. (a)   1,378,070 
10,498  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   646,467 
       13,773,466 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.4%     
18,900  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   2,429,028 
7,413  Chemed Corp.   2,920,055 
9,782  Encompass Health Corp.   626,244 
26,104  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   1,102,894 
16,355  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   1,814,914 
22,571  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   2,655,252 
       11,548,387 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.4%     
53,888  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   1,761,599 
18,284  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a) (b)   1,400,554 
       3,162,153 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%     
28,411  Aramark   1,243,265 
77,546  Boyd Gaming Corp.   2,113,129 
13,919  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   1,231,553 
25,071  Churchill Downs, Inc.   3,258,979 
7,611  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (b)   1,183,511 
15,602  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   1,226,629 
15,527  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a)   695,144 
58,038  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   2,015,660 
33,613  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   2,512,236 
23,576  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   1,332,044 
123,938  Wendy’s (The) Co.   2,625,007 
21,280  Wingstop, Inc.   1,775,390 
13,454  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.   624,400 
23,930  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,291,502 
       23,128,449 
         
   Household Durables — 2.7%     
19,635  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   2,940,538 
30,245  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   1,551,568 
24,949  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   3,577,188 
84,689  PulteGroup, Inc.   3,323,196 
40,096  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   3,646,731 
75,406  Toll Brothers, Inc.   2,998,897 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
32,099  TopBuild Corp. (a)  $3,336,049 
11,730  Whirlpool Corp.   1,784,368 
       23,158,535 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.9%     
31,265  NRG Energy, Inc.   1,254,352 
41,665  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   3,189,872 
169,841  TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A   2,883,900 
       7,328,124 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%     
21,269  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   3,238,631 
         
   Insurance — 4.8%     
11,481  American Financial Group, Inc.   1,194,483 
25,018  American National Insurance Co.   3,001,660 
4,920  Assurant, Inc.   620,264 
69,621  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   3,266,617 
73,595  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   3,190,343 
9,277  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   551,332 
61,188  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   2,310,459 
16,298  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   3,274,268 
41,964  First American Financial Corp.   2,592,536 
4,569  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   601,783 
23,827  Kemper Corp.   1,712,685 
33,235  Mercury General Corp.   1,597,274 
107,571  National General Holdings Corp.   2,293,414 
105,063  Old Republic International Corp.   2,347,108 
14,598  Primerica, Inc.   1,841,976 
16,001  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   2,995,067 
26,653  RLI Corp.   2,593,870 
8,235  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   569,203 
62,491  Unum Group   1,721,002 
2,293  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   2,455,803 
       40,731,147 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
34,664  Match Group, Inc. (b)   2,530,125 
16,004  TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)   646,562 
       3,176,687 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%     
10,958  Etsy, Inc. (a)   487,521 
300,085  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A (a)   2,862,811 
       3,350,332 
         
   IT Services — 2.2%     
14,493  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   1,449,300 
20,278  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   1,301,847 
5,353  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   1,197,734 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
4,232  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)  $592,776 
63,904  Genpact Ltd.   2,503,120 
50,455  KBR, Inc.   1,420,813 
72,052  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,816,513 
16,025  MAXIMUS, Inc.   1,229,758 
5,138  MongoDB, Inc. (a) (b)   656,482 
47,402  Perspecta, Inc.   1,258,049 
27,643  Sabre Corp.   649,058 
133,594  Western Union (The) Co.   3,347,866 
3,065  WEX, Inc. (a)   579,837 
       19,003,153 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.3%     
23,756  Brunswick Corp.   1,383,550 
14,068  Polaris, Inc.   1,387,808 
       2,771,358 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%     
3,721  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   1,233,958 
28,185  Bruker Corp.   1,254,233 
4,677  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   607,916 
36,833  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,712,014 
6,240  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   609,710 
       6,417,831 
         
   Machinery — 3.5%     
32,713  AGCO Corp.   2,508,760 
26,314  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,147,554 
30,713  Crane Co.   2,350,159 
11,887  Donaldson Co., Inc.   626,920 
30,352  ITT, Inc.   1,804,426 
100,695  Kennametal, Inc.   3,116,510 
14,271  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   1,278,253 
22,024  Navistar International Corp. (a)   688,911 
4,233  Nordson Corp.   663,777 
40,838  Oshkosh Corp.   3,486,748 
3,732  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   598,762 
22,885  Rexnord Corp. (a)   647,417 
15,819  Snap-on, Inc.   2,573,277 
71,142  Timken (The) Co.   3,485,958 
33,782  Toro (The) Co.   2,605,606 
22,965  Woodward, Inc.   2,449,447 
       30,032,485 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
15,070  Kirby Corp. (a)   1,192,941 
         
   Media — 1.7%     
1,973  Cable One, Inc.   2,614,955 
72,684  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   2,498,876 
57,427  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.   1,249,037 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
44,474  News Corp., Class A  $609,739 
18,154  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   1,766,203 
57,937  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   2,308,210 
199,316  TEGNA, Inc.   2,995,719 
       14,042,739 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.1%     
31,058  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   3,603,970 
25,122  Royal Gold, Inc.   2,900,084 
103,870  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   3,153,493 
       9,657,547 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.0%     
129,175  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   2,363,903 
17,268  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   626,828 
31,650  Chimera Investment Corp.   641,229 
336,454  MFA Financial, Inc.   2,553,686 
39,481  New Residential Investment Corp.   625,379 
76,683  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   1,886,402 
       8,697,427 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.0%     
62,332  Kohl’s Corp.   3,195,138 
199,189  Macy’s, Inc.   3,019,705 
55,161  Nordstrom, Inc. (b)   1,980,280 
       8,195,123 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.8%     
51,121  Avista Corp.   2,455,342 
8,067  Black Hills Corp.   635,922 
65,882  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   1,903,331 
24,747  NorthWestern Corp.   1,794,652 
       6,789,247 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.2%     
250,977  Antero Midstream Corp. (b)   1,616,292 
72,547  Apache Corp.   1,571,368 
2,195,303  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   2,941,706 
64,569  Cimarex Energy Co.   2,726,103 
14,060  CVR Energy, Inc.   666,725 
85,272  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   3,406,616 
232,736  EQT Corp.   2,499,585 
57,705  HollyFrontier Corp.   3,170,313 
139,999  Murphy Oil Corp.   2,888,179 
68,304  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   2,204,853 
15,412  Targa Resources Corp.   599,219 
292,294  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   2,917,094 
       27,208,053 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%     
100,745  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  $2,944,776 
         
   Personal Products — 0.1%     
16,352  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   730,444 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%     
12,988  Catalent, Inc. (a)   631,866 
90,940  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   2,629,075 
24,156  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   3,034,718 
11,077  Perrigo Co., PLC   587,303 
       6,882,962 
         
   Professional Services — 1.5%     
29,544  ASGN, Inc. (a)   1,878,703 
35,428  Exponent, Inc.   2,250,741 
29,205  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   3,179,548 
29,396  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   2,672,684 
33,368  Robert Half International, Inc.   1,910,986 
19,908  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   1,054,925 
       12,947,587 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
19,108  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   2,136,657 
13,356  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   1,956,921 
       4,093,578 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.2%     
6,348  AMERCO   2,571,194 
85,272  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   3,109,017 
10,996  Landstar System, Inc.   1,244,197 
59,792  Ryder System, Inc.   2,907,685 
       9,832,093 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.4%     
16,717  Brooks Automation, Inc.   709,971 
21,919  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   3,312,399 
23,107  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   1,570,352 
139,242  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a) (b)   2,705,472 
65,776  Entegris, Inc.   3,157,248 
13,418  MKS Instruments, Inc.   1,452,096 
15,913  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   2,385,677 
161,135  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   3,287,154 
25,051  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   2,025,624 
       20,605,993 
         
   Software — 3.2%     
23,051  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   2,109,166 
15,090  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   1,737,010 
27,600  Avalara, Inc. (a)   1,959,600 
19,113  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   2,627,846 
39,991  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   2,647,004 
34,559  Five9, Inc. (a)   1,918,370 
5,874  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   662,235 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
13,633  j2 Global, Inc.  $1,294,590 
30,697  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   2,300,740 
19,033  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   1,952,786 
19,188  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   2,213,720 
10,388  PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)   532,281 
23,549  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,683,518 
19,696  RealPage, Inc. (a)   1,192,593 
9,434  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,533,218 
       27,364,677 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.1%     
48,169  Aaron’s, Inc.   3,609,303 
190,836  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   2,935,058 
48,841  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   2,483,565 
46,900  Carvana Co. (a)   3,802,652 
9,818  Five Below, Inc. (a)   1,228,330 
60,516  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,773,448 
71,719  Foot Locker, Inc.   3,120,494 
178,305  Gap (The), Inc.   2,899,239 
63,203  L Brands, Inc.   1,076,979 
18,705  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   2,945,663 
7,834  Monro, Inc.   549,242 
21,773  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   2,567,690 
65,470  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   3,189,698 
27,319  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   1,824,636 
       35,005,997 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%     
19,617  NCR Corp. (a)   573,012 
36,545  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   711,166 
103,489  Xerox Holdings Corp.   3,511,382 
       4,795,560 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.0%     
20,364  Carter’s, Inc.   2,041,287 
6,389  Columbia Sportswear Co.   577,885 
4,201  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   642,333 
121,229  Hanesbrands, Inc.   1,843,893 
35,083  PVH Corp.   3,057,834 
25,938  Ralph Lauren Corp.   2,491,604 
49,726  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   1,858,261 
34,595  Steven Madden Ltd.   1,424,622 
118,825  Tapestry, Inc.   3,072,815 
       17,010,534 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.2%     
38,959  Essent Group Ltd.   2,029,374 
1,994  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   717,541 
246,056  MGIC Investment Corp.   3,373,428 
98,658  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   1,149,366 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)     
81,315  Radian Group, Inc.  $2,041,006 
33,471  Washington Federal, Inc.   1,220,353 
       10,531,068 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.2%     
74,016  Air Lease Corp.   3,255,224 
31,941  GATX Corp.   2,540,907 
31,606  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,249,701 
34,143  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   2,499,609 
3,658  Watsco, Inc.   644,905 
       10,190,346 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%     
47,053  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   2,029,866 
         
         
   Water Utilities — 0.5%     
27,556  American States Water Co.   2,621,403 
27,619  Aqua America, Inc.   1,251,969 
       3,873,372 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
119,975  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   3,130,148 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   850,065,600 
   (Cost $794,299,753)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.0%     
7,119,604  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   7,119,604 
1,455,872  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   1,455,872 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.0%   8,575,476 
   (Cost $8,575,476)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.0%     
$ 8,660,728  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $8,661,137. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$8,846,967. (d)
  $8,660,728 
   (Cost $8,660,728)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.9%   867,301,804 
   (Cost $811,535,957) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.9)%   (16,096,334)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $851,205,470 

 

 

(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 $15,183,672 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $15,780,332.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $88,439,997 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $32,674,150. The net unrealized appreciation was $55,765,847.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $850,065,600   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   8,575,476    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      8,660,728    —   
Total Investments  $858,641,076   $8,660,728   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%     
58,863  Astronics Corp. (a)  $1,703,495 
4,912  Cubic Corp.   362,211 
18,599  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   351,149 
4,261  Moog, Inc., Class A   356,688 
60,468  Triumph Group, Inc.   1,255,921 
       4,029,464 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%     
32,907  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   688,085 
68,542  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,503,126 
21,712  Forward Air Corp.   1,501,819 
29,755  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,362,779 
       5,055,809 
         
   Airlines — 0.6%     
9,245  Allegiant Travel Co.   1,546,966 
65,854  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   1,884,083 
       3,431,049 
         
   Auto Components — 2.0%     
168,307  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,407,046 
66,207  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   1,869,686 
42,302  Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,347,742 
119,759  Dana, Inc.   1,943,689 
4,348  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   312,839 
8,417  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   351,578 
11,300  LCI Industries   1,097,456 
14,246  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   745,920 
44,671  Stoneridge, Inc. (a)   1,379,440 
4,191  Visteon Corp. (a)   389,847 
       10,845,243 
         
   Automobiles — 0.4%     
45,095  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   2,167,717 
         
         
   Banks — 7.1%     
22,692  1st Source Corp.   1,161,377 
12,482  BancFirst Corp.   722,583 
12,315  Banner Corp.   664,764 
23,620  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   732,929 
89,027  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,001,554 
46,965  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   737,350 
59,156  Cadence BanCorp   909,819 
9,073  City Holding Co.   719,852 
23,258  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   1,049,866 
16,974  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   743,461 
27,631  FB Financial Corp.   1,040,860 
19,272  First Bancorp   727,518 
34,660  First BanCorp   364,623 
27,364  First Busey Corp.   721,589 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
52,088  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  $733,920 
42,397  First Financial Bancorp.   993,786 
17,190  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   721,292 
18,377  First Merchants Corp.   726,810 
53,267  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   1,094,104 
31,441  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   1,096,348 
23,193  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   1,084,969 
25,656  Heritage Financial Corp.   706,310 
28,955  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   676,389 
96,478  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   1,376,741 
6,576  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   351,619 
26,871  International Bancshares Corp.   1,100,636 
7,868  Lakeland Financial Corp.   366,255 
20,231  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   695,946 
18,909  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   751,633 
31,585  OFG Bancorp   641,491 
33,266  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   1,122,894 
3,649  Park National Corp.   369,461 
29,636  Renasant Corp.   1,028,369 
18,934  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   712,960 
30,781  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   1,061,944 
13,666  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   382,648 
20,869  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   730,415 
55,561  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   1,329,019 
30,420  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   1,047,969 
28,282  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   1,129,583 
8,527  Tompkins Financial Corp.   746,198 
24,882  TowneBank   698,935 
28,584  TriCo Bancshares   1,075,616 
20,280  Trustmark Corp.   696,010 
36,601  United Community Banks, Inc.   1,105,716 
7,157  Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.   365,651 
27,769  WesBanco, Inc.   1,043,837 
5,561  Westamerica Bancorporation   367,137 
       39,430,756 
         
   Beverages — 0.3%     
4,554  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   1,249,436 
15,595  National Beverage Corp. (b)   685,556 
       1,934,992 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.2%     
17,074  Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   296,575 
24,087  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   397,195 
19,845  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   1,134,340 
33,533  Epizyme, Inc. (a)   385,965 
17,950  Invitae Corp. (a)   289,175 
31,633  Natera, Inc. (a)   1,218,503 
12,898  Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   372,881 
12,245  Principia Biopharma, Inc. (a)   432,371 

  

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
67,160  Radius Health, Inc. (a)  $1,910,030 
10,252  Xencor, Inc. (a)   350,721 
       6,787,756 
         
   Building Products — 2.5%     
7,526  AAON, Inc.   366,215 
32,152  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   1,190,267 
15,561  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   1,543,029 
17,741  Apogee Enterprises, Inc.   665,997 
50,429  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   1,140,200 
20,040  CSW Industrials, Inc.   1,387,169 
15,059  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   801,591 
53,791  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   919,288 
40,329  Patrick Industries, Inc. (a)   1,992,656 
60,081  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   1,061,030 
120,512  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,148,479 
34,689  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   1,746,938 
       13,962,859 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.4%     
12,245  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   334,901 
125,770  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   654,004 
18,892  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   1,236,292 
12,145  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   724,085 
23,008  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   1,087,358 
10,530  Moelis & Co., Class A   375,710 
13,746  Piper Jaffray Cos.   1,079,611 
8,498  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   352,922 
24,017  TCG BDC, Inc.   343,203 
100,662  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   1,666,963 
       7,855,049 
         
   Chemicals — 2.1%     
30,525  Cabot Corp.   1,330,585 
3,165  Chase Corp.   370,780 
22,287  H.B. Fuller Co.   1,087,606 
11,642  Innospec, Inc.   1,063,613 
53,556  Kraton Corp. (a)   1,200,725 
111,842  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   1,418,157 
32,574  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   1,610,784 
21,187  PolyOne Corp.   679,043 
43,395  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   714,716 
10,691  Stepan Co.   1,044,725 
32,211  Trinseo S.A.   1,368,967 
       11,889,701 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.1%     
175,214  ACCO Brands Corp.   1,603,208 
19,560  Brady Corp., Class A   1,102,010 
40,334  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   717,945 
32,219  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   1,404,426 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
40,009  Covanta Holding Corp.  $577,730 
21,104  Deluxe Corp.   1,093,820 
28,481  Healthcare Services Group, Inc.   693,797 
37,523  Herman Miller, Inc.   1,744,820 
29,232  HNI Corp.   1,110,816 
40,933  Knoll, Inc.   1,094,549 
39,093  Matthews International Corp., Class A   1,445,659 
24,853  McGrath RentCorp   1,896,533 
56,389  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   985,116 
21,634  US Ecology, Inc.   1,346,284 
5,154  Viad Corp.   314,497 
       17,131,210 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
26,187  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   1,021,293 
190,167  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   1,224,675 
6,595  InterDigital, Inc.   353,690 
10,737  NETGEAR, Inc. (a)   291,724 
14,998  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   363,252 
18,538  Plantronics, Inc.   730,768 
       3,985,402 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.5%     
50,554  Arcosa, Inc.   1,941,779 
23,457  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   1,182,467 
27,099  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   1,235,444 
10,768  Granite Construction, Inc.   253,479 
5,066  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   366,930 
88,189  Primoris Services Corp.   1,802,583 
111,000  WillScot Corp. (a)   1,749,360 
       8,532,042 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.1%     
15,580  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   357,249 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.4%     
51,892  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   1,722,295 
83,346  Enova International, Inc. (a)   1,957,798 
68,492  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   1,975,309 
27,193  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   1,666,115 
10,233  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   347,206 
2,712  World Acceptance Corp. (a)   281,533 
       7,950,256 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.5%     
36,511  Greif, Inc., Class A   1,430,136 
134,713  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   1,145,060 
       2,575,196 
         
   Distributors — 0.1%     
21,539  Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.   657,370 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%     
36,319  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)  $1,081,580 
21,768  Career Education Corp. (a)   308,235 
26,201  K12, Inc. (a)   518,518 
62,600  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   967,483 
9,142  WW International, Inc. (a)   318,781 
       3,194,597 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
37,771  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,102,913 
130,030  FGL Holdings   1,174,171 
       2,277,084 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
17,778  ATN International, Inc.   1,052,991 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.4%     
12,990  MGE Energy, Inc.   1,000,750 
19,302  Otter Tail Corp.   1,094,037 
       2,094,787 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.3%     
56,979  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   1,977,171 
31,764  AZZ, Inc.   1,232,126 
24,581  Encore Wire Corp.   1,381,452 
82,815  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   1,286,945 
158,654  Vivint Solar, Inc. (a) (b)   1,112,165 
       6,989,859 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 5.3%     
20,013  Anixter International, Inc. (a)   1,656,076 
113,770  AVX Corp.   1,742,956 
6,438  Badger Meter, Inc.   372,116 
25,939  Belden, Inc.   1,330,152 
47,608  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   1,613,911 
21,377  CTS Corp.   570,338 
13,639  ePlus, Inc. (a)   1,065,615 
19,837  Fabrinet (a)   1,115,434 
9,825  II-VI, Inc. (a)   325,699 
24,844  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,524,925 
23,383  Itron, Inc. (a)   1,783,188 
95,121  KEMET Corp.   2,067,931 
85,021  Knowles Corp. (a)   1,834,753 
51,408  Methode Electronics, Inc.   1,768,435 
12,522  MTS Systems Corp.   707,243 
13,624  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   1,352,046 
22,134  Plexus Corp. (a)   1,636,588 
43,086  Sanmina Corp. (a)   1,324,033 
56,606  ScanSource, Inc. (a)   1,828,374 
141,812  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,660,618 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
102,150  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.  $2,058,322 
       29,338,753 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%     
104,073  Archrock, Inc.   1,003,264 
7,419  Core Laboratories N.V. (b)   326,733 
62,205  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a) (b)   329,064 
72,817  Frank’s International N.V. (a)   356,803 
171,651  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   1,474,482 
171,223  McDermott International, Inc. (a) (b)   279,094 
739,836  Nabors Industries Ltd.   1,368,697 
25,526  Oceaneering International, Inc. (a)   361,448 
78,016  Oil States International, Inc. (a)   1,113,288 
308,264  RPC, Inc. (b)   1,276,213 
29,395  SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,261,339 
       9,150,425 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.1%     
24,202  Acadia Realty Trust   677,172 
56,445  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   1,327,022 
99,101  American Finance Trust, Inc. (b)   1,466,695 
22,831  Brandywine Realty Trust   348,858 
50,889  Brookfield Property REIT, Inc., Class A   961,802 
14,717  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   356,740 
172,363  Colony Capital, Inc.   965,233 
16,356  Columbia Property Trust, Inc.   335,625 
100,078  CoreCivic, Inc.   1,527,190 
134,972  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   1,347,021 
64,951  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   1,449,706 
48,474  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   701,419 
60,385  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   1,549,479 
12,227  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   350,303 
59,837  GEO Group (The), Inc.   910,719 
21,578  Getty Realty Corp.   723,726 
35,474  Global Net Lease, Inc.   691,033 
23,731  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   708,608 
120,847  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   1,861,044 
16,276  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   345,702 
11,234  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (b)   853,784 
42,830  Kite Realty Group Trust   763,231 
67,486  Lexington Realty Trust   734,248 
13,503  LTC Properties, Inc.   700,131 
79,842  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   1,710,216 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
23,999  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.  $361,905 
31,093  National Storage Affiliates Trust   1,062,448 
29,590  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   1,443,104 
22,575  Office Properties Income Trust   719,691 
33,130  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   743,437 
8,417  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   357,470 
13,458  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   721,214 
37,943  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   708,206 
28,075  Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A   386,312 
51,051  RPT Realty   740,239 
45,357  Safehold, Inc.   1,568,445 
6,346  Saul Centers, Inc.   339,765 
74,742  Senior Housing Properties Trust   741,814 
22,894  SITE Centers Corp.   355,544 
149,080  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   1,827,721 
44,685  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)   720,322 
13,460  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   1,604,836 
17,474  Urban Edge Properties   368,876 
65,505  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,378,880 
       39,516,936 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
77,100  Andersons (The), Inc.   1,420,182 
42,890  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   1,420,731 
4,864  PriceSmart, Inc.   360,423 
53,654  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   1,041,424 
45,341  Weis Markets, Inc.   1,745,175 
       5,987,935 
         
   Food Products — 1.3%     
91,454  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   1,422,110 
3,635  Calavo Growers, Inc.   315,264 
20,280  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   646,932 
34,747  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   1,815,878 
74,194  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   948,199 
47,720  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   1,171,049 
18,625  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   638,465 
       6,957,897 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
10,887  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   1,032,087 
9,694  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   672,376 
       1,704,463 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%     
29,112  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   1,296,066 
14,390  CONMED Corp.   1,583,188 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
4,665  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)  $311,715 
27,601  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)   575,481 
2,910  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   662,753 
16,092  Nevro Corp. (a)   1,387,130 
6,524  Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)   274,204 
5,639  Quidel Corp. (a)   320,859 
       6,411,396 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%     
17,453  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   1,469,717 
12,020  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   706,295 
136,891  Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)   1,006,149 
13,705  CorVel Corp. (a)   1,084,340 
145,444  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   1,442,077 
11,136  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   722,726 
15,294  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   335,856 
16,905  National HealthCare Corp.   1,389,253 
17,969  National Research Corp.   1,031,960 
77,636  Patterson Cos., Inc.   1,329,905 
77,462  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   823,421 
41,744  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   760,576 
15,639  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   396,292 
10,594  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   1,498,733 
       13,997,300 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.8%     
13,358  HealthStream, Inc. (a)   374,825 
105,512  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,649,153 
22,674  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,382,660 
22,072  NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)   373,127 
12,588  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   641,233 
       4,420,998 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.6%     
36,541  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   723,877 
24,319  Brinker International, Inc.   1,080,980 
24,892  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc. (b)   1,040,237 
26,641  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.   1,059,779 
75,964  Denny’s Corp. (a)   1,528,396 
4,561  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   333,637 
11,387  Jack in the Box, Inc.   956,736 
61,910  Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (a)   974,463 
19,820  Papa John’s International, Inc. (b)   1,160,461 
74,284  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   1,583,363 
132,519  Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (a)   1,105,208 
33,991  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   815,444 
26,283  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   694,397 
17,643  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   1,451,666 
       14,508,644 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables — 2.8%     
1,800  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)  $344,970 
30,157  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   1,966,839 
40,690  KB Home   1,452,226 
20,592  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   731,222 
20,753  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   1,628,695 
32,102  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   1,242,668 
45,931  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   2,029,232 
19,664  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   1,417,578 
45,979  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   1,297,987 
53,332  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   1,335,967 
114,986  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   1,809,880 
       15,257,264 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
49,898  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   1,411,115 
5,655  WD-40 Co.   1,059,747 
       2,470,862 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%     
18,950  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   343,564 
64,216  Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Class A   1,799,974 
       2,143,538 
         
   Insurance — 2.1%     
42,876  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   1,058,180 
10,462  AMERISAFE, Inc.   664,651 
9,851  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   609,481 
21,847  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   341,906 
15,534  eHealth, Inc. (a)   1,072,467 
39,684  Employers Holdings, Inc.   1,680,221 
11,625  FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A   667,042 
7,467  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   325,263 
6,752  James River Group Holdings Ltd.   241,789 
16,743  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   1,770,070 
5,158  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   1,406,071 
8,592  ProAssurance Corp.   336,978 
6,825  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   663,390 
10,678  State Auto Financial Corp.   353,335 
7,360  United Fire Group, Inc.   335,027 
       11,525,871 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
154,064  Cars.com, Inc. (a)   1,742,464 
19,906  Yelp, Inc. (a)   686,956 
       2,429,420 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%     
9,575  Shutterstock, Inc. (a)   388,553 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services — 2.1%     
33,462  CSG Systems International, Inc.  $1,928,750 
33,233  EVERTEC, Inc.   1,016,597 
20,662  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,438,695 
4,842  ManTech International Corp., Class A   383,389 
66,998  NIC, Inc.   1,575,793 
44,823  Perficient, Inc. (a)   1,757,062 
45,156  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,395,095 
36,115  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   1,710,767 
9,603  Virtusa Corp. (a)   358,000 
       11,564,148 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.5%     
26,201  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   745,418 
17,822  Callaway Golf Co.   360,361 
33,130  Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.   1,516,029 
       2,621,808 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%     
18,089  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   414,781 
         
   Machinery — 5.3%     
14,691  Alamo Group, Inc.   1,572,818 
19,181  Albany International Corp., Class A   1,610,820 
49,954  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   1,538,583 
20,134  Barnes Group, Inc.   1,176,832 
9,498  Columbus McKinnon Corp.   356,365 
31,042  Douglas Dynamics, Inc.   1,453,697 
10,074  EnPro Industries, Inc.   700,647 
13,042  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   1,101,919 
52,820  Federal Signal Corp.   1,713,481 
14,468  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   779,102 
19,882  Gorman-Rupp (The) Co.   734,441 
57,417  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   1,681,744 
8,526  Helios Technologies, Inc.   337,885 
44,799  Hillenbrand, Inc.   1,379,361 
7,877  Kadant, Inc.   715,232 
74,784  Meritor, Inc. (a)   1,647,492 
24,121  Mueller Industries, Inc.   742,203 
30,772  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   360,032 
30,261  REV Group, Inc.   376,447 
43,222  SPX Corp. (a)   1,968,330 
17,529  SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)   793,713 
14,223  Standex International Corp.   1,077,819 
19,569  Tennant Co.   1,515,228 
33,854  TriMas Corp. (a)   1,094,161 
70,302  Trinity Industries, Inc.   1,390,574 
14,757  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   1,376,090 
       29,195,016 
         
   Marine — 0.2%     
27,661  Matson, Inc.   1,056,097 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media — 1.4%     
28,146  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)  $1,225,758 
307,787  Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Class A (a)   1,380,425 
78,131  E.W. Scripps (The) Co., Class A   1,049,690 
105,969  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   1,738,951 
31,486  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   1,450,560 
18,321  Scholastic Corp.   705,359 
       7,550,743 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.2%     
304,730  AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)   719,163 
68,323  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,435,466 
33,475  Carpenter Technology Corp.   1,640,944 
99,501  Commercial Metals Co.   1,923,354 
6,122  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   345,771 
196,516  Hecla Mining Co.   451,987 
10,484  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   1,122,627 
5,637  Materion Corp.   320,407 
149,729  United States Steel Corp. (b)   1,723,381 
88,597  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   1,725,870 
19,188  Worthington Industries, Inc.   706,310 
       12,115,280 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.1%     
52,762  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (b)   720,729 
36,912  Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.   686,563 
35,417  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   710,111 
20,025  Ladder Capital Corp.   345,832 
56,792  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   355,518 
62,234  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   1,424,536 
63,233  Redwood Trust, Inc.   1,033,227 
34,863  TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.   705,279 
       5,981,795 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.6%     
70,586  Big Lots, Inc.   1,529,599 
26,155  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A (b)   1,804,172 
       3,333,771 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.2%     
21,811  Unitil Corp.   1,358,171 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.2%     
572,633  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   1,431,582 
23,305  Arch Coal, Inc., Class A   1,838,531 
398,472  Callon Petroleum Co. (a) (b)   1,514,194 
238,204  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   2,008,060 
110,859  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   687,326 
104,619  Matador Resources Co. (a)   1,455,250 
499,817  Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)   1,304,522 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
75,650  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)  $1,713,472 
62,321  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   1,243,304 
117,484  Peabody Energy Corp.   1,237,107 
373,914  QEP Resources, Inc.   1,245,134 
178,468  SM Energy Co.   1,399,189 
896,041  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   1,836,884 
85,064  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   1,831,428 
215,361  Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)   1,365,389 
25,976  World Fuel Services Corp.   1,085,018 
       23,196,390 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.8%     
10,610  Boise Cascade Co.   379,520 
48,291  Domtar Corp.   1,757,309 
10,620  Neenah, Inc.   684,990 
36,953  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   1,496,227 
       4,318,046 
         
   Personal Products — 0.5%     
9,883  Inter Parfums, Inc.   765,241 
24,396  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,087,573 
15,171  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   1,124,323 
       2,977,137 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%     
52,326  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,010,677 
9,495  ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   741,654 
122,346  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,785,028 
9,087  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   367,933 
17,756  Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)   286,227 
       4,191,519 
         
   Professional Services — 1.3%     
29,433  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   805,581 
28,191  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   1,864,553 
8,191  ICF International, Inc.   701,887 
71,405  Kelly Services, Inc., Class A   1,714,434 
18,283  Kforce, Inc.   747,958 
44,757  Korn Ferry   1,642,134 
       7,476,547 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
19,489  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   696,147 
114,525  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   1,216,256 
20,542  Redfin Corp. (a) (b)   357,225 
20,188  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   374,487 
       2,644,115 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.5%     
64,321  Heartland Express, Inc.   1,344,309 
49,983  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   675,270 
83,221  Marten Transport Ltd.   1,802,567 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail (Continued)     
11,075  Saia, Inc. (a)  $987,890 
79,620  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   1,820,909 
48,988  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   1,788,062 
       8,419,007 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.8%     
12,046  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   711,919 
16,515  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   869,184 
152,031  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   1,889,745 
43,072  Diodes, Inc. (a)   2,009,309 
74,201  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   1,619,808 
28,327  Inphi Corp. (a)   2,036,145 
75,662  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   1,482,219 
64,360  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,463,546 
11,477  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,045,669 
126,114  SunPower Corp. (a) (b)   1,104,759 
8,657  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   364,546 
50,176  Xperi Corp.   1,018,824 
       15,615,673 
         
   Software — 1.8%     
16,694  8x8, Inc. (a)   322,528 
10,908  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   1,060,585 
36,409  Appian Corp. (a) (b)   1,625,298 
67,616  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   817,477 
7,234  Blackline, Inc. (a)   338,117 
24,648  Ebix, Inc. (b)   1,050,744 
18,240  ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (a)   561,062 
8,930  Instructure, Inc. (a)   417,299 
38,754  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   1,590,852 
7,345  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   387,596 
40,454  SVMK, Inc. (a)   744,354 
9,920  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   371,802 
5,786  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   413,988 
       9,701,702 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.9%     
110,859  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   1,794,807 
10,140  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   1,045,738 
49,550  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,736,727 
67,160  Buckle (The), Inc. (b)   1,404,987 
8,983  Children’s Place (The), Inc. (b)   735,798 
60,607  Designer Brands, Inc., Class A   1,000,015 
33,903  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   1,319,844 
14,986  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   1,490,208 
18,666  Guess?, Inc.   312,656 
105,984  Michaels Cos. (The), Inc. (a)   925,240 
788,314  Office Depot, Inc.   1,623,927 
53,647  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   1,387,848 
10,123  RH (a)   1,839,349 
69,685  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,080,118 
41,274  Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)   662,035 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
33,482  Sleep Number Corp. (a)  $1,611,154 
61,566  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   1,766,944 
       21,737,395 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%     
154,408  Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. (a)   1,080,856 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.3%     
62,298  Crocs, Inc. (a)   2,179,807 
67,106  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   1,685,032 
29,564  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   1,123,432 
14,471  Oxford Industries, Inc.   996,473 
36,716  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   1,089,731 
       7,074,475 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.4%     
37,529  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   1,090,217 
25,098  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   358,148 
65,714  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   1,083,624 
18,523  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   673,126 
26,521  Kearny Financial Corp.   372,090 
73,784  Meridian Bancorp, Inc.   1,443,215 
53,032  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   1,678,993 
39,515  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,155,814 
21,100  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   355,957 
43,966  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   1,052,106 
34,153  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (a)   1,063,183 
28,199  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   703,565 
30,919  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   1,947,588 
7,845  WSFS Financial Corp.   330,824 
       13,308,450 
         
   Tobacco — 0.5%     
25,245  Universal Corp.   1,383,426 
116,160  Vector Group Ltd.   1,417,152 
       2,800,578 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.3%     
77,100  Aircastle Ltd.   2,098,662 
24,354  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   1,457,343 
30,946  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   960,564 
52,845  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,426,287 
48,172  GMS, Inc. (a)   1,443,233 
47,937  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   1,626,982 
22,311  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   987,485 
5,818  Kaman Corp.   341,342 
114,056  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   1,295,676 
120,621  NOW, Inc. (a)   1,271,345 
44,823  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,958,317 
40,882  Triton International Ltd.   1,500,370 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
36,202  WESCO International, Inc. (a)  $1,815,530 
       18,183,136 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.5%     
13,070  California Water Service Group   731,528 
15,975  Middlesex Water Co.   1,074,319 
10,129  SJW Group   732,833 
       2,538,680 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
46,020  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   1,712,864 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   552,566,873 
   (Cost $533,338,199)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.5%     
7,602,299  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   7,602,299 
858,948  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   858,948 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.5%   8,461,247 
   (Cost $8,461,247)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.7%     
$ 9,247,907  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $9,248,344. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$9,446,773. (d)
   9,247,907 
   (Cost $9,247,907)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.1%   570,276,027 
   (Cost $551,047,353) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.1)%   (17,052,469)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $553,223,558 

 

  

(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 $16,263,053 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $16,850,206.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $54,731,128 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $35,502,454. The net unrealized appreciation was $19,228,674.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $552,566,873   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   8,461,247    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      9,247,907    —   
Total Investments  $561,028,120   $9,247,907   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%     
72,516  Arconic, Inc.  $1,992,015 
10,316  General Dynamics Corp.   1,823,869 
197,747  Textron, Inc.   9,114,159 
13,811  United Technologies Corp.   1,982,983 
       14,913,026 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%     
22,239  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   1,682,158 
25,377  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   1,850,999 
12,952  FedEx Corp.   1,977,252 
       5,510,409 
         
   Airlines — 2.9%     
143,589  American Airlines Group, Inc.   4,316,285 
168,084  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   9,258,067 
143,406  Southwest Airlines Co.   8,049,379 
109,508  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   9,947,707 
       31,571,438 
         
   Auto Components — 0.2%     
21,564  Aptiv PLC   1,931,056 
         
   Automobiles — 1.0%     
205,829  Ford Motor Co.   1,768,071 
258,315  General Motors Co.   9,598,986 
       11,367,057 
         
   Banks — 8.8%     
193,902  Bank of America Corp.   6,063,316 
72,560  BB&T Corp.   3,849,308 
112,122  Citigroup, Inc.   8,057,087 
218,979  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   7,699,302 
117,370  Comerica, Inc.   7,678,345 
282,881  Fifth Third Bancorp   8,226,179 
396,366  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   5,600,652 
48,060  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   6,003,655 
317,050  KeyCorp   5,697,388 
35,803  M&T Bank Corp.   5,604,244 
40,352  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   5,919,638 
489,592  Regions Financial Corp.   7,882,431 
27,068  SVB Financial Group (a)   5,995,021 
69,982  U.S. Bancorp   3,990,374 
153,557  Wells Fargo & Co.   7,928,148 
       96,195,088 
         
   Beverages — 1.1%     
18,682  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   3,555,745 
168,375  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B   8,876,730 
       12,432,475 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology — 2.6%     
20,012  Amgen, Inc.  $4,267,559 
41,587  Biogen, Inc. (a)   12,422,453 
89,244  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   5,685,735 
20,388  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   6,244,437 
       28,620,184 
         
   Building Products — 0.2%     
45,236  Masco Corp.   2,092,165 
         
   Capital Markets — 5.6%     
12,815  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   1,933,655 
125,110  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   5,848,892 
129,459  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   5,410,092 
335,467  Franklin Resources, Inc.   9,242,116 
37,378  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   7,975,718 
181,518  Morgan Stanley   8,358,904 
20,205  Northern Trust Corp.   2,014,034 
68,593  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   5,726,830 
130,856  State Street Corp.   8,645,656 
49,509  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   5,733,142 
       60,889,039 
         
   Chemicals — 3.8%     
31,667  Celanese Corp.   3,836,457 
78,714  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   3,569,680 
79,316  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   5,227,718 
131,133  Eastman Chemical Co.   9,971,353 
108,210  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   9,706,437 
472,275  Mosaic (The) Co.   9,388,827 
       41,700,472 
         
   Consumer Finance — 3.0%     
233,573  Ally Financial, Inc.   7,154,341 
106,413  Capital One Financial Corp.   9,923,012 
69,750  Discover Financial Services   5,598,135 
284,005  Synchrony Financial   10,045,257 
       32,720,745 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.7%     
185,207  International Paper Co.   8,089,842 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
18,933  Genuine Parts Co.   1,942,147 
         
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%     
349,519  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   7,549,611 
27,190  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   5,780,050 
       13,329,661 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%     
255,859  AT&T, Inc.  $9,848,013 
93,707  Verizon Communications, Inc.   5,666,462 
       15,514,475 
         
   Electric Utilities — 3.3%     
34,958  Alliant Energy Corp.   1,864,660 
59,005  Duke Energy Corp.   5,561,811 
32,998  Entergy Corp.   4,008,597 
160,324  Exelon Corp.   7,293,139 
39,088  FirstEnergy Corp.   1,888,732 
58,270  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   5,484,372 
245,964  PPL Corp.   8,237,334 
29,052  Xcel Energy, Inc.   1,845,093 
       36,183,738 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.1%     
68,022  Eaton Corp. PLC   5,925,396 
57,920  Emerson Electric Co.   4,063,088 
11,443  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   1,968,082 
       11,956,566 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.6%     
271,573  Corning, Inc.   8,046,708 
103,901  TE Connectivity Ltd.   9,299,139 
       17,345,847 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.6%     
513,615  Halliburton Co.   9,887,089 
226,672  Schlumberger Ltd.   7,409,907 
       17,296,996 
         
   Entertainment — 0.7%     
35,628  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   1,996,237 
57,824  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   5,574,233 
       7,570,470 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.8%     
559,955  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   9,177,662 
152,058  Vornado Realty Trust   9,979,567 
       19,157,229 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.7%     
300,438  Kroger (The) Co.   7,402,792 
23,745  Sysco Corp.   1,896,513 
175,042  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   9,588,801 
       18,888,106 
         
   Food Products — 2.4%     
188,589  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   7,928,282 
126,228  Conagra Brands, Inc.   3,414,467 
34,204  General Mills, Inc.   1,739,616 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
43,115  Hormel Foods Corp.  $1,762,972 
35,201  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   3,720,042 
89,917  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   7,444,228 
       26,009,607 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.2%     
16,552  Atmos Energy Corp.   1,861,769 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 6.1%     
16,128  Anthem, Inc.   4,339,722 
82,067  Cardinal Health, Inc.   4,058,213 
179,043  Centene Corp. (a)   9,503,602 
51,026  Cigna Corp.   9,106,100 
89,677  CVS Health Corp.   5,953,656 
46,972  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   6,272,641 
29,691  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   1,858,211 
22,123  Humana, Inc.   6,508,587 
33,665  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   5,546,982 
36,181  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   3,663,326 
17,818  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   4,502,609 
38,025  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   5,226,917 
       66,540,566 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.1%     
221,497  Carnival Corp.   9,500,006 
32,760  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   3,677,965 
68,014  MGM Resorts International   1,938,399 
187,015  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   9,492,882 
89,371  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   9,726,246 
       34,335,498 
         
   Household Durables — 1.6%     
146,940  D.R. Horton, Inc.   7,695,248 
173,349  Lennar Corp., Class A   10,331,600 
       18,026,848 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%     
115,385  AES Corp.   1,967,314 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%     
11,470  3M Co.   1,892,435 
11,141  Honeywell International, Inc.   1,924,385 
       3,816,820 
         
   Insurance — 6.9%     
74,019  Aflac, Inc.   3,934,850 
52,041  Allstate (The) Corp.   5,538,203 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
101,546  American International Group, Inc.  $5,377,876 
134,735  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   5,626,534 
11,678  Chubb Ltd.   1,779,961 
7,085  Everest Re Group Ltd.   1,821,483 
127,360  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   5,838,182 
40,440  Globe Life, Inc.   3,936,025 
93,321  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   5,326,763 
128,405  Lincoln National Corp.   7,252,314 
36,622  Loews Corp.   1,794,478 
164,235  MetLife, Inc.   7,684,556 
98,986  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   5,283,873 
62,883  Prudential Financial, Inc.   5,731,157 
24,222  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   3,935,348 
38,040  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   4,985,522 
       75,847,125 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.3%     
99,349  eBay, Inc.   3,502,052 
         
   IT Services — 2.0%     
15,153  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   1,897,459 
93,852  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   5,719,341 
328,192  DXC Technology Co.   9,081,072 
26,630  International Business Machines Corp.   3,561,230 
21,951  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   1,892,835 
       22,151,937 
         
   Machinery — 1.9%     
47,614  Cummins, Inc.   8,212,463 
110,630  PACCAR, Inc.   8,414,518 
21,443  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   3,934,576 
       20,561,557 
         
   Media — 2.3%     
125,470  Comcast Corp., Class A   5,623,565 
363,561  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   9,799,787 
245,608  Fox Corp., Class A   7,869,280 
24,077  Omnicom Group, Inc.   1,858,504 
       25,151,136 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.7%     
809,334  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   7,947,660 
190,172  Nucor Corp.   10,240,762 
       18,188,422 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.4%     
36,222  Target Corp.   3,872,494 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities — 1.7%     
48,377  Ameren Corp.  $3,758,893 
128,319  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   3,730,233 
40,993  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   3,780,375 
29,125  DTE Energy Co.   3,708,195 
26,235  Sempra Energy   3,791,220 
       18,768,916 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.6%     
81,634  Chevron Corp.   9,480,973 
142,588  Concho Resources, Inc.   9,627,542 
169,915  ConocoPhillips   9,379,308 
314,442  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   9,266,606 
402,394  Devon Energy Corp.   8,160,550 
130,445  EOG Resources, Inc.   9,041,143 
109,694  Exxon Mobil Corp.   7,412,024 
789,050  Marathon Oil Corp.   9,097,746 
159,370  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   10,191,711 
172,425  Noble Energy, Inc.   3,320,905 
94,549  Phillips 66   11,045,214 
90,867  Valero Energy Corp.   8,812,282 
       104,836,004 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.8%     
111,537  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   6,398,877 
14,572  Johnson & Johnson   1,924,087 
391,572  Mylan N.V. (a)   7,498,604 
107,783  Pfizer, Inc.   4,135,634 
       19,957,202 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
73,054  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   3,912,042 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.6%     
34,998  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   4,114,365 
14,174  Kansas City Southern   1,995,416 
       6,109,781 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.6%     
77,607  Applied Materials, Inc.   4,210,956 
187,886  Intel Corp.   10,621,196 
16,758  Lam Research Corp.   4,542,088 
225,940  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   10,743,447 
97,732  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   8,899,476 
       39,017,163 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.6%     
112,265  Best Buy Co., Inc.   8,063,995 
17,164  Ross Stores, Inc.   1,882,376 
41,808  Tiffany & Co.   5,205,514 
33,824  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   1,949,953 
       17,101,838 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.7%     
8,419  Apple, Inc.  $2,094,310 
372,849  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   6,118,452 
409,374  HP, Inc.   7,110,826 
73,753  NetApp, Inc.   4,121,318 
179,988  Seagate Technology PLC   10,444,704 
       29,889,610 
         
   Tobacco — 0.4%     
94,684  Altria Group, Inc.   4,240,896 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%     
62,140  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   8,300,040 
6,346  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   1,959,898 
       10,259,938 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
98,330  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   8,127,958 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,091,272,724 
   (Cost $1,061,370,713)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,779,506  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (b)
   1,779,506 
   (Cost $1,779,506)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   1,093,052,230 
   (Cost $1,063,150,219) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   171,790 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,093,224,020 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2019.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $85,086,972 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $55,184,961. The net unrealized appreciation was $29,902,011.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $1,091,272,724   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,779,506    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,093,052,230   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

  

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 4.9%     
59,147  HEICO Corp.  $7,295,191 
35,402  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   7,303,787 
23,670  Lockheed Martin Corp.   8,916,016 
24,634  Northrop Grumman Corp.   8,682,992 
28,674  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   9,450,950 
17,733  TransDigm Group, Inc.   9,332,523 
       50,981,459 
         
   Automobiles — 0.9%     
30,665  Tesla, Inc. (a)   9,657,022 
         
   Beverages — 1.4%     
85,917  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   5,629,282 
67,839  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   3,692,477 
39,342  PepsiCo, Inc.   5,396,542 
       14,718,301 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.9%     
86,490  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   9,289,026 
         
   Building Products — 0.6%     
52,039  Allegion PLC   6,038,606 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.9%     
110,440  Blackstone Group (The), Inc., Class A   5,870,990 
46,940  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   5,405,141 
34,949  CME Group, Inc.   7,190,757 
80,050  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   7,550,316 
22,553  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   8,312,810 
18,030  Moody’s Corp.   3,979,041 
8,257  MSCI, Inc.   1,936,762 
37,173  Nasdaq, Inc.   3,708,750 
22,017  S&P Global, Inc.   5,680,166 
38,500  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.   1,477,630 
       51,112,363 
         
   Chemicals — 2.7%     
16,646  Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   3,549,926 
27,237  Ecolab, Inc.   5,231,411 
105,301  FMC Corp.   9,635,041 
16,791  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   9,609,825 
       28,026,203 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.7%     
34,438  Cintas Corp.   9,252,457 
114,936  Copart, Inc. (a)   9,498,311 
42,670  Republic Services, Inc.   3,734,052 
46,904  Waste Management, Inc.   5,263,098 
       27,747,918 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.9%     
36,389  Cisco Systems, Inc.   1,728,841 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Communications Equipment (Continued)     
43,344  Motorola Solutions, Inc.  $7,208,974 
       8,937,815 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.8%     
61,048  Vulcan Materials Co.   8,721,928 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.5%     
45,602  American Express Co.   5,348,203 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.9%     
126,807  Ball Corp.   8,872,686 
         
   Electric Utilities — 3.2%     
78,837  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   7,441,424 
138,715  Evergy, Inc.   8,865,276 
31,702  NextEra Energy, Inc.   7,555,855 
149,472  Southern (The) Co.   9,365,915 
       33,228,470 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.5%     
58,744  AMETEK, Inc.   5,383,888 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.6%     
38,271  Amphenol Corp., Class A   3,839,729 
74,917  CDW Corp.   9,582,634 
94,940  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   9,580,395 
17,896  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   4,256,922 
       27,259,680 
         
   Entertainment — 2.1%     
129,693  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)   5,511,952 
81,307  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   5,732,144 
73,663  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   8,865,342 
13,796  Walt Disney (The) Co.   1,792,376 
       21,901,814 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 11.3%     
23,976  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   3,806,190 
33,403  American Tower Corp.   7,284,526 
8,350  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   1,817,461 
38,802  Crown Castle International Corp.   5,385,329 
158,784  Duke Realty Corp.   5,579,670 
12,806  Equinix, Inc.   7,258,185 
80,748  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   5,647,515 
62,531  Equity Residential   5,543,998 
11,306  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   3,698,532 
46,173  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   5,183,843 
151,387  HCP, Inc. (a)   5,695,179 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
311,814  Invitation Homes, Inc.  $9,600,753 
56,813  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   7,896,439 
43,337  Prologis, Inc.   3,803,255 
15,057  Public Storage   3,355,603 
23,447  Realty Income Corp.   1,917,730 
30,629  SBA Communications Corp.   7,370,869 
49,756  Sun Communities, Inc.   8,092,813 
37,087  UDR, Inc.   1,863,622 
50,570  Ventas, Inc.   3,292,107 
79,380  VICI Properties, Inc.   1,869,399 
81,481  Welltower, Inc.   7,389,512 
41,264  WP Carey, Inc.   3,798,764 
       117,151,294 
         
   Food Products — 2.1%     
59,570  Hershey (The) Co.   8,749,046 
74,174  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   5,788,539 
11,503  McCormick & Co., Inc.   1,848,417 
97,504  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   5,114,085 
       21,500,087 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.7%     
21,489  Abbott Laboratories   1,796,695 
42,222  Baxter International, Inc.   3,238,428 
25,571  Danaher Corp.   3,524,195 
69,277  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   3,794,994 
36,142  DexCom, Inc. (a)   5,574,542 
33,587  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   8,006,469 
106,831  Hologic, Inc. (a)   5,161,006 
6,613  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   1,884,771 
54,668  ResMed, Inc.   8,086,491 
24,937  Stryker Corp.   5,393,125 
15,876  Teleflex, Inc.   5,515,481 
52,081  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   7,491,331 
       59,467,528 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.5%     
35,326  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   5,010,287 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.2%     
10,986  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   8,548,866 
7,351  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   1,996,679 
39,664  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   3,845,821 
17,201  McDonald’s Corp.   3,383,437 
104,420  Starbucks Corp.   8,829,755 
81,293  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   3,454,952 
32,558  Yum! Brands, Inc.   3,311,474 
       33,370,984 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables — 1.3%     
43,608  Garmin Ltd.  $4,088,250 
2,485  NVR, Inc. (a)   9,036,926 
       13,125,176 
         
   Household Products — 0.7%     
49,085  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   3,433,005 
11,839  Clorox (The) Co.   1,748,502 
24,459  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   1,677,887 
       6,859,394 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.9%     
345,410  Vistra Energy Corp.   9,336,432 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
5,042  Roper Technologies, Inc.   1,698,952 
         
   Insurance — 3.8%     
60,220  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   5,493,268 
256,041  Brown & Brown, Inc.   9,647,625 
79,136  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   8,958,986 
29,054  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   5,353,781 
36,913  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   3,824,925 
95,614  Progressive (The) Corp.   6,664,296 
       39,942,881 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 2.6%     
4,417  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   5,560,120 
10,097  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   1,935,090 
16,943  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   3,850,297 
584,356  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   8,800,401 
224,097  Twitter, Inc. (a)   6,716,187 
       26,862,095 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
1,036  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   1,840,620 
2,749  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,632,069 
       7,472,689 
         
   IT Services — 6.2%     
28,042  Accenture PLC, Class A   5,199,548 
101,037  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   8,739,701 
130,004  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   9,148,381 
40,513  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   7,128,667 
27,819  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   3,665,431 
71,303  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   7,568,100 
18,809  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,533,984 
11,309  Global Payments, Inc.   1,913,257 
13,600  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   3,764,616 
54,783  Okta, Inc. (a)   5,975,182 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
21,722  Paychex, Inc.  $1,816,828 
17,357  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,806,864 
10,453  Visa, Inc., Class A   1,869,624 
       64,130,183 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.2%     
23,462  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   1,777,247 
24,723  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,570,496 
12,679  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   3,828,804 
16,544  Waters Corp. (a)   3,501,041 
       12,677,588 
         
   Machinery — 2.2%     
14,235  Caterpillar, Inc.   1,961,583 
31,977  Deere & Co.   5,568,475 
10,971  IDEX Corp.   1,706,319 
23,600  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   3,978,488 
59,948  Ingersoll-Rand PLC   7,606,802 
22,581  Xylem, Inc.   1,731,737 
       22,553,404 
         
   Media — 2.7%     
321,926  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   9,963,610 
22,403  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   10,481,467 
1,180,857  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   7,935,359 
       28,380,436 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
58,090  Dollar General Corp.   9,314,151 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.4%     
86,886  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   5,500,753 
97,085  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   9,164,824 
       14,665,577 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%     
28,512  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   1,754,914 
29,729  Hess Corp.   1,954,682 
87,238  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   1,743,015 
40,431  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   1,637,455 
       7,090,066 
         
   Personal Products — 0.7%     
37,126  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   6,915,460 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%     
43,871  Merck & Co., Inc.   3,801,861 
59,284  Zoetis, Inc.   7,583,609 
       11,385,470 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 2.2%     
12,452  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)  $6,842,623 
12,782  Equifax, Inc.   1,747,427 
91,065  TransUnion   7,523,790 
46,707  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   6,758,503 
       22,872,343 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.9%     
54,321  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   9,890,768 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.5%     
16,092  Analog Devices, Inc.   1,715,890 
6,513  Broadcom, Inc.   1,907,332 
57,904  KLA Corp.   9,788,092 
369,757  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.   9,018,373 
79,499  Microchip Technology, Inc.   7,495,961 
96,831  QUALCOMM, Inc.   7,789,086 
159,434  Teradyne, Inc.   9,760,549 
41,735  Texas Instruments, Inc.   4,924,313 
21,996  Universal Display Corp.   4,403,159 
       56,802,755 
         
   Software — 5.7%     
33,368  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   7,345,965 
55,889  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   3,652,346 
17,771  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   5,403,095 
6,761  Intuit, Inc.   1,740,957 
38,796  Microsoft Corp.   5,562,183 
32,673  Oracle Corp.   1,780,352 
17,629  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   3,729,062 
58,779  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   9,493,984 
14,549  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   3,597,386 
15,255  Splunk, Inc. (a)   1,829,990 
34,866  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   1,813,381 
156,289  Symantec Corp. (a)   3,575,892 
53,816  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   7,305,522 
9,586  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   1,924,869 
       58,754,984 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.5%     
6,810  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   7,793,228 
46,206  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   8,879,407 
39,794  Home Depot (The), Inc.   9,334,876 
18,534  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   8,071,742 
19,880  Tractor Supply Co.   1,888,998 
       35,968,251 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%     
104,009  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   5,501,036 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%     
113,043  Fastenal Co.  $4,062,765 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.7%     
59,456  American Water Works Co., Inc.   7,329,141 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   1,037,317,559 
   (Cost $928,498,990)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,629,705  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   1,629,705 
448,693  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   448,693 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.2%   2,078,398 
   (Cost $2,078,398)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.2%     
1,982,475  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $1,982,568. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$2,025,106. (d)
   1,982,475 
   (Cost $1,982,475)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.4%   1,041,378,432 
   (Cost $932,559,863) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.4)%   (4,185,313)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,037,193,119 

 

 

(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 $3,677,856 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,612,180. The collateral requirements are determined at the beginning of each business day based on the market value of the loaned securities from the end of the prior day. On October 31, 2019, there was sufficient collateral based on the end of day market value from the prior business day; however, as a result of market movement from October 30 to October 31, the value of the related securities loaned was above the collateral value received.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $117,849,334 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $9,030,765. The net unrealized appreciation was $108,818,569.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $1,037,317,559   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,078,398    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      1,982,475    —   
Total Investments  $1,039,395,957   $1,982,475   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

  

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%     
2,783  Arconic, Inc.  $76,449 
3,600  Astronics Corp. (a)   104,184 
283  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   38,276 
396  General Dynamics Corp.   70,013 
346  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   78,078 
1,338  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   109,475 
7,590  Textron, Inc.   349,823 
530  United Technologies Corp.   76,098 
       902,396 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%     
4,192  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   91,930 
854  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   64,597 
974  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   71,044 
497  FedEx Corp.   75,872 
1,820  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   83,356 
1,537  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   117,427 
       504,226 
         
   Airlines — 2.5%     
1,695  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   117,684 
416  Allegiant Travel Co.   69,609 
5,512  American Airlines Group, Inc.   165,691 
6,452  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   355,376 
4,028  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   115,241 
10,945  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   211,238 
3,194  SkyWest, Inc.   190,203 
5,504  Southwest Airlines Co.   308,939 
5,050  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   189,678 
4,203  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   381,801 
       2,105,460 
         
   Auto Components — 1.4%     
10,294  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   86,058 
828  Aptiv PLC   74,147 
4,998  BorgWarner, Inc.   208,317 
3,240  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   91,498 
2,587  Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. (a)   82,422 
7,325  Dana, Inc.   118,885 
12,727  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   201,977 
461  LCI Industries   44,772 
1,555  Lear Corp.   183,132 
428  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   22,410 
2,732  Stoneridge, Inc. (a)   84,364 
       1,197,982 
         
   Automobiles — 0.9%     
7,900  Ford Motor Co.   67,861 
9,915  General Motors Co.   368,441 
2,039  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   79,338 
1,942  Thor Industries, Inc.   122,851 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Automobiles (Continued)     
2,206  Winnebago Industries, Inc.  $106,042 
       744,533 
         
   Banks — 10.0%     
925  1st Source Corp.   47,341 
7,243  Associated Banc-Corp.   145,657 
1,238  BancorpSouth Bank   37,969 
7,443  Bank of America Corp.   232,743 
5,378  Bank OZK   150,907 
2,181  BankUnited, Inc.   74,808 
753  Banner Corp.   40,647 
2,785  BB&T Corp.   147,744 
1,444  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   44,807 
926  BOK Financial Corp.   71,441 
5,342  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   60,097 
1,409  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   22,121 
3,550  Cadence BanCorp   54,599 
3,167  Cathay General Bancorp   112,650 
3,057  CenterState Bank Corp.   77,526 
4,046  CIT Group, Inc.   173,533 
4,304  Citigroup, Inc.   309,285 
8,405  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   295,520 
1,987  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   78,089 
4,505  Comerica, Inc.   294,717 
414  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   37,293 
1,395  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   62,970 
2,484  East West Bancorp, Inc.   106,613 
509  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   22,294 
12,720  F.N.B. Corp.   153,403 
10,858  Fifth Third Bancorp   315,751 
1,674  First Busey Corp.   44,143 
156  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   76,740 
1,563  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   22,023 
2,544  First Financial Bancorp.   59,631 
2,747  First Hawaiian, Inc.   75,076 
9,053  First Horizon National Corp.   144,576 
516  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   21,651 
552  First Merchants Corp.   21,832 
3,196  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   65,646 
4,532  Fulton Financial Corp.   77,316 
1,887  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   65,800 
2,872  Hancock Whitney Corp.   112,008 
1,392  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   65,118 
770  Heritage Financial Corp.   21,198 
869  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   20,300 
5,853  Home BancShares, Inc.   108,163 
4,342  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   61,960 
15,214  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   214,974 
1,942  IBERIABANK Corp.   142,523 
1,612  International Bancshares Corp.   66,028 
1,845  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   230,477 
12,170  KeyCorp   218,695 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
1,374  M&T Bank Corp.  $215,072 
567  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   22,538 
4,262  Old National Bancorp   76,695 
4,036  PacWest Bancorp   149,292 
4,690  People’s United Financial, Inc.   75,837 
1,549  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   227,238 
2,712  Popular, Inc.   147,696 
519  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   35,821 
18,793  Regions Financial Corp.   302,567 
1,778  Renasant Corp.   61,697 
1,158  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   43,604 
2,501  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   59,824 
974  South State Corp.   76,810 
1,039  SVB Financial Group (a)   230,118 
2,051  Synovus Financial Corp.   69,467 
2,684  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   145,097 
746  TowneBank   20,955 
1,165  TriCo Bancshares   43,839 
608  Trustmark Corp.   20,867 
2,686  U.S. Bancorp   153,156 
568  UMB Financial Corp.   37,068 
8,911  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   140,972 
968  United Bankshares, Inc.   38,275 
10,120  Valley National Bancorp   117,190 
1,565  Webster Financial Corp.   69,017 
5,894  Wells Fargo & Co.   304,307 
1,132  WesBanco, Inc.   42,552 
1,591  Western Alliance Bancorp   78,484 
1,702  Wintrust Financial Corp.   108,622 
3,294  Zions Bancorp N.A.   159,660 
       8,380,740 
         
   Beverages — 0.6%     
717  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   136,467 
6,463  Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B   340,729 
468  National Beverage Corp. (b)   20,573 
       497,769 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.3%     
768  Amgen, Inc.   163,776 
1,596  Biogen, Inc. (a)   476,741 
3,425  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   218,207 
783  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   239,817 
       1,098,541 
         
   Building Products — 1.0%     
769  A.O. Smith Corp.   38,204 
700  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   69,412 
532  Apogee Enterprises, Inc.   19,971 
3,026  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   68,418 
670  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   40,233 
452  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   24,060 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
1,736  Masco Corp.  $80,290 
2,321  Owens Corning   142,231 
1,973  Patrick Industries, Inc. (a)   97,486 
2,450  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   43,267 
7,371  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   70,246 
529  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   43,716 
1,561  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   78,612 
       816,146 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.7%     
492  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   74,238 
735  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   20,102 
4,802  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   224,494 
7,692  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   39,998 
4,969  E*TRADE Financial Corp.   207,655 
1,632  Eaton Vance Corp.   74,419 
1,831  Evercore, Inc., Class A   134,835 
12,877  Franklin Resources, Inc.   354,761 
1,435  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   306,200 
6,494  Invesco Ltd.   109,229 
2,095  Lazard Ltd., Class A   78,206 
632  Moelis & Co., Class A   22,550 
6,967  Morgan Stanley   320,830 
776  Northern Trust Corp.   77,352 
561  Piper Jaffray Cos.   44,061 
2,633  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   219,829 
5,023  State Street Corp.   331,870 
1,917  Stifel Financial Corp.   107,314 
1,900  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   220,020 
6,157  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   101,960 
       3,069,923 
         
   Chemicals — 3.6%     
2,110  Albemarle Corp.   128,161 
476  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   36,828 
1,867  Cabot Corp.   81,383 
1,216  Celanese Corp.   147,318 
3,021  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   137,002 
190  Chase Corp.   22,258 
12,271  Chemours (The) Co.   201,367 
3,045  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   200,696 
5,033  Eastman Chemical Co.   382,709 
909  H.B. Fuller Co.   44,359 
4,729  Huntsman Corp.   104,653 
3,276  Kraton Corp. (a)   73,448 
6,840  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   86,731 
4,154  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   372,614 
1,594  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   78,823 
18,128  Mosaic (The) Co.   360,385 
78  NewMarket Corp.   37,868 
9,793  Olin Corp.   179,604 

  

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
636  PolyOne Corp.  $20,384 
534  Sensient Technologies Corp.   33,407 
436  Stepan Co.   42,606 
1,450  Trinseo S.A.   61,625 
1,664  Valvoline, Inc.   35,510 
2,798  Westlake Chemical Corp.   176,806 
       3,046,545 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%     
10,716  ACCO Brands Corp.   98,051 
861  Deluxe Corp.   44,626 
854  Healthcare Services Group, Inc.   20,803 
1,192  HNI Corp.   45,296 
5,974  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   148,514 
1,669  Knoll, Inc.   44,629 
1,759  Matthews International Corp., Class A   65,048 
3,384  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   59,118 
376  UniFirst Corp.   75,516 
       601,601 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.2%     
1,572  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   61,308 
261  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   37,605 
2,963  Juniper Networks, Inc.   73,542 
900  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   21,798 
       194,253 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.8%     
1,952  AECOM (a)   78,100 
2,473  Arcosa, Inc.   94,988 
957  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   48,242 
1,220  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   55,620 
852  EMCOR Group, Inc.   74,729 
1,694  MasTec, Inc. (a)   106,620 
4,315  Primoris Services Corp.   88,199 
3,880  Quanta Services, Inc.   163,154 
       709,652 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.3%     
8,966  Ally Financial, Inc.   274,629 
4,085  Capital One Financial Corp.   380,926 
2,677  Discover Financial Services   214,856 
3,174  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   105,345 
4,078  Enova International, Inc. (a)   95,792 
3,351  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   96,643 
11,458  Navient Corp.   157,777 
4,312  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   108,145 
16,619  SLM Corp.   140,264 
10,901  Synchrony Financial   385,568 
       1,959,945 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging — 1.4%     
2,801  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)  $116,270 
7,458  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   116,792 
1,643  Greif, Inc., Class A   64,356 
7,109  International Paper Co.   310,521 
8,239  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   70,032 
1,382  Packaging Corp. of America   151,274 
2,442  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   75,140 
1,260  Sonoco Products Co.   72,702 
5,030  WestRock Co.   187,971 
       1,165,058 
         
   Distributors — 0.1%     
727  Genuine Parts Co.   74,576 
1,166  LKQ Corp. (a)   39,632 
       114,208 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
1,635  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   48,690 
276  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   173,786 
4,657  H&R Block, Inc.   116,379 
2,552  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   39,441 
549  WW International, Inc. (a)   19,144 
       397,440 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%     
13,416  AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   289,786 
1,044  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   221,934 
7,803  FGL Holdings   70,461 
5,978  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   111,609 
1,347  Voya Financial, Inc.   72,684 
       766,474 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%     
9,821  AT&T, Inc.   378,010 
725  ATN International, Inc.   42,942 
3,597  Verizon Communications, Inc.   217,511 
       638,463 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.8%     
420  ALLETE, Inc.   36,145 
1,342  Alliant Energy Corp.   71,582 
2,265  Duke Energy Corp.   213,499 
1,267  Entergy Corp.   153,915 
6,154  Exelon Corp.   279,946 
1,501  FirstEnergy Corp.   72,528 
2,237  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   210,546 
1,301  Portland General Electric Co.   74,001 
9,441  PPL Corp.   316,179 
1,115  Xcel Energy, Inc.   70,814 
       1,499,155 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment — 1.1%     
544  Acuity Brands, Inc.  $67,886 
1,429  AZZ, Inc.   55,431 
2,611  Eaton Corp. PLC   227,444 
2,223  Emerson Electric Co.   155,943 
1,106  Encore Wire Corp.   62,157 
1,112  EnerSys   74,348 
2,517  Regal Beloit Corp.   186,384 
439  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   75,504 
       905,097 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.9%     
1,224  Anixter International, Inc. (a)   101,286 
6,958  AVX Corp.   106,597 
1,586  Belden, Inc.   81,330 
2,912  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   98,717 
239  Coherent, Inc. (a)   35,592 
10,424  Corning, Inc.   308,863 
641  CTS Corp.   17,102 
567  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   36,475 
556  ePlus, Inc. (a)   43,440 
809  Fabrinet (a)   45,490 
697  FLIR Systems, Inc.   35,937 
1,118  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   68,623 
270  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   36,256 
2,050  Jabil, Inc.   75,481 
5,818  KEMET Corp.   126,483 
2,515  Methode Electronics, Inc.   86,516 
996  Plexus Corp. (a)   73,644 
1,939  Sanmina Corp. (a)   59,585 
2,770  ScanSource, Inc. (a)   89,471 
1,299  SYNNEX Corp.   152,944 
3,988  TE Connectivity Ltd.   356,926 
1,407  Tech Data Corp. (a)   170,951 
8,673  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   101,561 
6,247  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   125,877 
       2,435,147 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.5%     
6,245  Archrock, Inc.   60,202 
445  Core Laboratories N.V. (b)   19,598 
3,733  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a) (b)   19,747 
19,715  Halliburton Co.   379,514 
10,498  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   90,178 
1,830  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   68,625 
45,249  Nabors Industries Ltd.   83,711 
1,532  Oceaneering International, Inc. (a)   21,693 
4,682  Oil States International, Inc. (a)   66,812 
18,854  RPC, Inc. (b)   78,055 
8,701  Schlumberger Ltd.   284,436 
1,323  SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a)   56,770 
       1,229,341 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Entertainment — 0.4%     
1,368  Activision Blizzard, Inc.  $76,649 
949  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   34,733 
2,219  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   213,912 
       325,294 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.4%     
8,846  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   145,782 
5,421  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   119,370 
4,150  Brookfield Property REIT, Inc., Class A   78,435 
981  Columbia Property Trust, Inc.   20,130 
4,897  CoreCivic, Inc.   74,728 
8,255  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   82,385 
1,454  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   21,039 
5,353  Equity Commonwealth   172,260 
3,591  GEO Group (The), Inc.   54,655 
2,170  Global Net Lease, Inc.   42,272 
816  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   38,189 
21,494  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   352,287 
1,285  Kite Realty Group Trust   22,899 
4,883  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   104,594 
1,381  Office Properties Income Trust   44,026 
5,493  Paramount Group, Inc.   73,991 
5,874  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   136,571 
10,791  RLJ Lodging Trust   177,080 
1,532  RPT Realty   22,214 
4,571  Senior Housing Properties Trust   45,367 
5,687  Service Properties Trust   143,881 
897  SL Green Realty Corp.   74,989 
9,118  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   111,787 
13,343  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   180,264 
2,733  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)   44,056 
5,837  Vornado Realty Trust   383,082 
4,006  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   84,326 
       2,850,659 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3%     
4,716  Andersons (The), Inc.   86,869 
1,417  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   37,834 
11,532  Kroger (The) Co.   284,148 
3,219  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   62,481 
911  Sysco Corp.   72,761 
892  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   35,386 
6,719  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   368,067 
2,773  Weis Markets, Inc.   106,733 
       1,054,279 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products — 1.8%     
7,239  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.  $304,328 
5,593  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   86,971 
2,590  Bunge Ltd.   139,860 
4,845  Conagra Brands, Inc.   131,057 
5,750  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   110,975 
608  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   19,395 
1,313  General Mills, Inc.   66,779 
1,655  Hormel Foods Corp.   67,673 
1,794  Ingredion, Inc.   141,726 
1,351  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   142,774 
3,451  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   285,708 
       1,497,246 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
635  Atmos Energy Corp.   71,425 
3,126  National Fuel Gas Co.   141,639 
420  Spire, Inc.   35,305 
       248,369 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.7%     
361  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   21,212 
619  Anthem, Inc.   166,560 
5,581  Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)   41,020 
3,150  Cardinal Health, Inc.   155,767 
6,872  Centene Corp. (a)   364,766 
1,959  Cigna Corp.   349,603 
8,896  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   88,204 
3,442  CVS Health Corp.   228,514 
579  Encompass Health Corp.   37,068 
1,803  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   240,773 
1,140  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   71,347 
849  Humana, Inc.   249,776 
1,292  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   212,883 
681  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   44,197 
1,337  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   157,285 
761  National HealthCare Corp.   62,539 
4,748  Patterson Cos., Inc.   81,333 
1,389  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   140,636 
2,553  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   46,516 
684  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   172,847 
1,460  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   200,692 
       3,133,538 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.5%     
841  Aramark   36,802 
2,235  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   44,275 
4,593  Boyd Gaming Corp.   125,159 
8,502  Carnival Corp.   364,651 
1,015  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   42,417 
451  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (b)   70,131 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
1,257  Darden Restaurants, Inc.  $141,123 
1,599  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.   63,608 
1,493  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   111,587 
2,611  MGM Resorts International   74,414 
7,178  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   364,355 
4,543  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   96,834 
7,952  Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (a)   66,320 
3,430  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   373,287 
698  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   39,437 
1,593  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.   73,931 
       2,088,331 
         
   Household Durables — 2.3%     
108  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   20,698 
5,640  D.R. Horton, Inc.   295,367 
1,831  KB Home   65,348 
618  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   21,945 
896  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   45,965 
6,654  Lennar Corp., Class A   396,578 
1,445  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   55,936 
2,809  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   124,102 
885  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   63,800 
1,478  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   211,916 
4,013  PulteGroup, Inc.   157,470 
3,262  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   81,713 
4,466  Toll Brothers, Inc.   177,613 
7,033  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   110,699 
695  Whirlpool Corp.   105,723 
       1,934,873 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
2,246  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   63,517 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
4,429  AES Corp.   75,514 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
440  3M Co.   72,596 
428  Honeywell International, Inc.   73,928 
       146,524 
         
   Insurance — 5.7%     
2,841  Aflac, Inc.   151,028 
1,998  Allstate (The) Corp.   212,627 
2,573  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   63,502 
340  American Financial Group, Inc.   35,374 
3,898  American International Group, Inc.   206,438 
1,482  American National Insurance Co.   177,810 
5,172  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   215,983 
296  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   18,313 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
3,299  Assured Guaranty Ltd.  $154,789 
4,359  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   188,963 
3,624  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   136,842 
448  Chubb Ltd.   68,284 
1,942  Employers Holdings, Inc.   82,224 
965  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   193,868 
272  Everest Re Group Ltd.   69,928 
349  FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A   20,026 
4,889  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   224,112 
1,864  First American Financial Corp.   115,158 
1,552  Globe Life, Inc.   151,056 
3,582  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   204,461 
4,929  Lincoln National Corp.   278,390 
1,406  Loews Corp.   68,894 
1,312  Mercury General Corp.   63,055 
6,304  MetLife, Inc.   294,964 
6,371  National General Holdings Corp.   135,830 
315  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   85,869 
6,223  Old Republic International Corp.   139,022 
3,800  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   202,844 
2,414  Prudential Financial, Inc.   220,012 
930  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   151,097 
205  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   19,926 
1,460  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   191,348 
3,701  Unum Group   101,925 
136  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   145,656 
       4,789,618 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%     
9,423  Cars.com, Inc. (a)   106,574 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%     
3,813  eBay, Inc.   134,408 
17,774  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A (a)   169,564 
       303,972 
         
   IT Services — 1.6%     
858  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   85,800 
582  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   72,878 
159  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   35,576 
3,603  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   219,567 
12,597  DXC Technology Co.   348,559 
1,022  International Business Machines Corp.   136,672 
1,494  KBR, Inc.   42,071 
843  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   72,692 
4,268  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   166,836 
291  ManTech International Corp., Class A   23,041 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
475  MAXIMUS, Inc.  $36,452 
1,404  Perspecta, Inc.   37,262 
2,032  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   62,779 
       1,340,185 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.2%     
786  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   22,362 
703  Brunswick Corp.   40,943 
833  Polaris, Inc.   82,175 
1,491  Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.   68,228 
       213,708 
         
   Machinery — 2.9%     
1,453  AGCO Corp.   111,431 
3,055  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   94,094 
821  Barnes Group, Inc.   47,988 
1,364  Crane Co.   104,373 
1,828  Cummins, Inc.   315,293 
302  EnPro Industries, Inc.   21,004 
597  Gorman-Rupp (The) Co.   22,053 
3,512  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   102,867 
2,016  Hillenbrand, Inc.   62,073 
1,198  ITT, Inc.   71,221 
5,964  Kennametal, Inc.   184,586 
423  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   37,888 
4,574  Meritor, Inc. (a)   100,765 
724  Mueller Industries, Inc.   22,278 
2,419  Oshkosh Corp.   206,534 
4,247  PACCAR, Inc.   323,027 
823  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   151,012 
703  Snap-on, Inc.   114,357 
580  Standex International Corp.   43,952 
4,214  Timken (The) Co.   206,486 
4,300  Trinity Industries, Inc.   85,054 
       2,428,336 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
446  Kirby Corp. (a)   35,305 
1,128  Matson, Inc.   43,067 
       78,372 
         
   Media — 2.0%     
1,721  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   74,949 
4,816  Comcast Corp., Class A   215,853 
13,955  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   376,157 
4,305  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   148,006 
4,689  E.W. Scripps (The) Co., Class A   62,997 
9,428  Fox Corp., Class A   302,073 
6,481  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   106,353 
3,401  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.   73,972 
1,417  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   65,281 
924  Omnicom Group, Inc.   71,324 
550  Scholastic Corp.   21,175 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
11,805  TEGNA, Inc.  $177,429 
       1,695,569 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.1%     
18,638  AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)   43,986 
4,179  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   87,801 
1,638  Carpenter Technology Corp.   80,295 
6,086  Commercial Metals Co.   117,642 
31,066  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   305,068 
11,792  Hecla Mining Co.   27,122 
428  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   45,830 
7,300  Nucor Corp.   393,105 
1,840  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   213,514 
6,152  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   186,775 
9,158  United States Steel Corp. (b)   105,408 
5,419  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   105,562 
576  Worthington Industries, Inc.   21,202 
       1,733,310 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.4%     
7,651  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   140,013 
1,875  Chimera Investment Corp.   37,987 
19,928  MFA Financial, Inc.   151,254 
       329,254 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.0%     
4,317  Big Lots, Inc.   93,549 
1,600  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A (b)   110,368 
3,692  Kohl’s Corp.   189,252 
11,798  Macy’s, Inc.   178,858 
3,267  Nordstrom, Inc.   117,285 
1,390  Target Corp.   148,605 
       837,917 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.2%     
1,857  Ameren Corp.   144,289 
2,271  Avista Corp.   109,076 
4,925  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   143,170 
1,574  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   145,154 
1,118  DTE Energy Co.   142,344 
2,601  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   75,143 
1,466  NorthWestern Corp.   106,314 
1,007  Sempra Energy   145,522 
       1,011,012 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.1%     
14,865  Antero Midstream Corp. (b)   95,731 
35,023  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   87,557 
2,865  Apache Corp.   62,056 
1,425  Arch Coal, Inc., Class A   112,418 
24,371  Callon Petroleum Co. (a) (b)   92,610 
130,024  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   174,232 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
3,133  Chevron Corp.  $363,867 
3,824  Cimarex Energy Co.   161,449 
14,569  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   122,817 
5,473  Concho Resources, Inc.   369,537 
6,522  ConocoPhillips   360,014 
12,070  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   355,703 
5,050  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   201,748 
15,446  Devon Energy Corp.   313,245 
5,007  EOG Resources, Inc.   347,035 
13,784  EQT Corp.   148,040 
4,210  Exxon Mobil Corp.   284,470 
3,418  HollyFrontier Corp.   187,785 
30,287  Marathon Oil Corp.   349,209 
6,117  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   391,182 
6,399  Matador Resources Co. (a)   89,010 
8,292  Murphy Oil Corp.   171,064 
6,618  Noble Energy, Inc.   127,463 
30,569  Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)   79,785 
4,046  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   130,605 
3,812  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   76,049 
7,185  Peabody Energy Corp.   75,658 
3,629  Phillips 66   423,940 
22,869  QEP Resources, Inc.   76,154 
10,915  SM Energy Co.   85,574 
54,803  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   112,346 
5,203  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   112,021 
3,488  Valero Energy Corp.   338,266 
13,172  Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)   83,510 
1,059  World Fuel Services Corp.   44,234 
17,312  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   172,774 
       6,779,158 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%     
2,954  Domtar Corp.   107,496 
4,475  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   130,804 
319  Neenah, Inc.   20,576 
2,260  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   91,507 
       350,383 
         
   Personal Products — 0.1%     
995  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   44,357 
619  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   45,874 
       90,231 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%     
4,281  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   245,601 
1,145  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   143,846 
559  Johnson & Johnson   73,810 
15,030  Mylan N.V. (a)   287,825 
4,137  Pfizer, Inc.   158,737 
       909,819 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 0.7%     
1,167  ASGN, Inc. (a)  $74,209 
883  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   24,168 
246  ICF International, Inc.   21,080 
4,367  Kelly Services, Inc., Class A   104,852 
549  Kforce, Inc.   22,459 
2,190  Korn Ferry   80,351 
1,741  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   158,292 
1,318  Robert Half International, Inc.   75,482 
       560,893 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
2,804  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   150,154 
527  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   77,216 
585  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   20,896 
4,670  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   49,596 
       297,862 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.1%     
282  AMERCO   114,221 
2,895  Heartland Express, Inc.   60,505 
1,343  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   157,883 
544  Kansas City Southern   76,584 
326  Landstar System, Inc.   36,887 
4,072  Marten Transport Ltd.   88,200 
3,541  Ryder System, Inc.   172,199 
452  Saia, Inc. (a)   40,318 
3,896  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   89,102 
2,397  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   87,491 
       923,390 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.3%     
362  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   21,394 
9,298  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   115,574 
2,979  Applied Materials, Inc.   161,641 
684  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   46,485 
7,212  Intel Corp.   407,694 
643  Lam Research Corp.   174,279 
8,673  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   412,401 
397  MKS Instruments, Inc.   42,963 
7,635  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   155,754 
989  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   79,971 
3,751  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   341,566 
       1,959,722 
         
   Software — 0.1%     
2,029  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   24,531 
1,005  Ebix, Inc. (b)   42,843 
       67,374 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.4%     
6,780  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   109,768 
11,303  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   173,840 
413  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   42,593 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
2,893  AutoNation, Inc. (a)  $147,109 
4,309  Best Buy Co., Inc.   309,515 
4,108  Buckle (The), Inc.   85,939 
550  Children’s Place (The), Inc. (b)   45,050 
2,471  Designer Brands, Inc., Class A   40,771 
2,073  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   80,702 
4,248  Foot Locker, Inc.   184,830 
10,561  Gap (The), Inc.   171,722 
675  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   67,122 
5,615  L Brands, Inc.   95,680 
831  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   130,866 
8,643  Michaels Cos. (The), Inc. (a)   75,453 
1,290  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   152,130 
60,268  Office Depot, Inc.   124,152 
3,102  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   151,129 
659  Ross Stores, Inc.   72,273 
5,683  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   88,087 
1,238  Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)   19,858 
1,605  Tiffany & Co.   199,839 
1,298  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   74,830 
3,765  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   108,056 
1,618  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   108,066 
       2,859,380 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.6%     
323  Apple, Inc.   80,349 
14,312  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   234,860 
15,713  HP, Inc.   272,935 
2,831  NetApp, Inc.   158,196 
6,909  Seagate Technology PLC   400,929 
4,904  Xerox Holdings Corp.   166,393 
       1,313,662 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%     
804  Carter’s, Inc.   80,593 
4,104  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   103,052 
7,180  Hanesbrands, Inc.   109,208 
1,774  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   67,412 
590  Oxford Industries, Inc.   40,627 
2,078  PVH Corp.   181,119 
1,152  Ralph Lauren Corp.   110,661 
1,963  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   73,357 
1,024  Steven Madden Ltd.   42,168 
5,630  Tapestry, Inc.   145,592 
1,497  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   44,431 
       998,220 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%     
1,530  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   44,447 
1,133  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   41,173 
14,573  MGIC Investment Corp.   199,796 
2,922  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   34,041 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)     
1,793  OceanFirst Financial Corp.  $42,906 
1,393  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (a)   43,364 
1,725  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   43,039 
1,513  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   95,304 
991  Washington Federal, Inc.   36,132 
471  WSFS Financial Corp.   19,862 
       600,064 
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
3,634  Altria Group, Inc.   162,767 
1,544  Universal Corp.   84,611 
       247,378 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.0%     
4,384  Air Lease Corp.   192,808 
4,716  Aircastle Ltd.   128,370 
1,096  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   65,585 
1,262  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   39,172 
3,232  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   87,232 
1,892  GATX Corp.   150,509 
2,168  GMS, Inc. (a)   64,953 
936  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   37,009 
1,339  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   59,264 
5,133  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   58,311 
1,517  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   111,060 
7,377  NOW, Inc. (a)   77,754 
2,742  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   119,798 
2,385  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   318,564 
244  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   75,357 
2,214  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   111,032 
       1,696,778 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%     
2,787  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   120,231 
         
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
7,106  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   185,395 
3,774  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   311,959 
2,814  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   104,737 
       602,091 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   83,642,702 
   (Cost $82,727,140)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.7%     
373,880  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   373,880 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds (Continued)     
237,437  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
  $237,437 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.7%   611,317 
   (Cost $611,317)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.5%     
$ 454,810  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $454,832. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$464,590. (d)
   454,810 
   (Cost $454,810)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.0%   84,708,829 
   (Cost $83,793,267) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.0)%   (855,469)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $83,853,360 

 

 

(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 $777,719 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $828,690.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $7,046,492 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $6,130,930. The net unrealized appreciation was $915,562.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $83,642,702   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   611,317    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      454,810    —   
Total Investments  $84,254,019   $454,810   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 3.2%     
7,882  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $340,739 
1,402  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   71,684 
5,170  HEICO Corp.   637,668 
3,878  Hexcel Corp.   289,376 
4,941  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   93,286 
3,094  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   638,323 
2,069  Lockheed Martin Corp.   779,351 
4,905  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   361,302 
1,133  Moog, Inc., Class A   94,843 
2,153  Northrop Grumman Corp.   758,890 
2,506  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   825,978 
1,550  TransDigm Group, Inc.   815,734 
8,031  Triumph Group, Inc.   166,804 
       5,873,978 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
6,433  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   134,514 
2,884  Forward Air Corp.   199,486 
       334,000 
         
   Auto Components — 0.3%     
1,155  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   83,102 
1,279  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   77,942 
4,525  Garrett Motion, Inc. (a)   42,988 
14,459  Gentex Corp.   405,575 
       609,607 
         
   Automobiles — 0.5%     
2,680  Tesla, Inc. (a)   843,986 
         
         
   Banks — 2.1%     
2,440  BancFirst Corp.   141,252 
2,780  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   242,722 
1,205  City Holding Co.   95,605 
1,291  Community Bank System, Inc.   87,504 
3,815  CVB Financial Corp.   79,276 
4,894  FB Financial Corp.   184,357 
3,766  First Bancorp   142,166 
9,206  First BanCorp   96,847 
7,167  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   238,518 
1,968  Glacier Bancorp., Inc.   83,286 
604  Independent Bank Corp.   49,576 
1,746  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   93,359 
2,089  Lakeland Financial Corp.   97,243 
3,955  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   136,052 
6,174  OFG Bancorp   125,394 
5,891  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   198,851 
2,806  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   165,049 
4,011  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   138,379 
3,630  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   101,640 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
2,772  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.  $97,020 
1,336  Signature Bank   158,075 
3,964  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   136,560 
11,908  Sterling Bancorp   233,992 
3,685  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   147,179 
1,667  Tompkins Financial Corp.   145,879 
6,482  United Community Banks, Inc.   195,821 
1,858  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   45,744 
1,902  Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.   97,173 
1,478  Westamerica Bancorporation   97,577 
       3,852,096 
         
   Beverages — 1.0%     
875  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   327,652 
7,510  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   492,055 
5,930  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   322,770 
756  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   207,416 
3,439  PepsiCo, Inc.   471,728 
       1,821,621 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.5%     
11,062  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   469,139 
1,141  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   51,197 
3,479  Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   169,480 
6,286  ArQule, Inc. (a)   63,551 
14,128  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   565,826 
4,535  Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   78,773 
6,398  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   105,503 
3,515  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   200,917 
4,369  Epizyme, Inc. (a)   50,287 
4,502  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   69,556 
2,902  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   43,385 
2,436  Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   51,765 
2,339  Invitae Corp. (a)   37,681 
1,329  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   74,052 
6,370  Medicines (The) Co. (a)   334,361 
5,602  Natera, Inc. (a)   215,789 
1,767  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   175,799 
3,426  Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   99,046 
1,596  Principia Biopharma, Inc. (a)   56,355 
8,920  Radius Health, Inc. (a)   253,685 
4,153  Repligen Corp. (a)   330,122 
7,560  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   811,944 
1,878  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   43,063 
2,724  Xencor, Inc. (a)   93,188 
10,531  ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a) (b)   44,441 
       4,488,905 
         
   Building Products — 1.0%     
2,000  AAON, Inc.   97,320 
5,694  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   210,792 
4,549  Allegion PLC   527,866 
3,294  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   308,088 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
3,327  CSW Industrials, Inc.  $230,295 
7,010  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   119,801 
4,378  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   384,782 
       1,878,944 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.6%     
8,910  Ares Management Corp., Class A   263,469 
9,653  Blackstone Group (The), Inc., Class A   513,154 
4,103  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   472,460 
3,055  CME Group, Inc.   628,566 
3,345  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   218,897 
9,827  Federated Investors, Inc., Class B   313,874 
1,894  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   41,441 
1,613  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   96,167 
2,998  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   141,686 
6,997  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   659,957 
4,861  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   392,963 
1,971  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   726,491 
1,576  Moody’s Corp.   347,807 
1,635  Morningstar, Inc.   264,608 
722  MSCI, Inc.   169,352 
3,249  Nasdaq, Inc.   324,153 
2,257  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   93,733 
1,925  S&P Global, Inc.   496,631 
2,688  SEI Investments Co.   161,065 
6,380  TCG BDC, Inc.   91,170 
3,365  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.   129,149 
       6,546,793 
         
   Chemicals — 2.0%     
1,455  Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   310,293 
7,923  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   233,649 
803  Balchem Corp.   81,271 
2,381  Ecolab, Inc.   457,319 
9,204  FMC Corp.   842,166 
2,061  Innospec, Inc.   188,293 
8,483  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   139,715 
3,910  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   392,525 
1,468  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   840,166 
1,193  WR Grace & Co.   79,275 
       3,564,672 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.9%     
4,385  ABM Industries, Inc.   159,877 
38,098  ADT, Inc. (b)   294,879 
3,464  Brady Corp., Class A   195,162 
3,840  Brink’s (The) Co.   326,246 
4,279  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   186,522 
3,010  Cintas Corp.   808,697 
4,126  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   340,230 
10,046  Copart, Inc. (a)   830,201 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
7,820  Covanta Holding Corp.  $112,921 
4,983  Herman Miller, Inc.   231,709 
3,301  McGrath RentCorp   251,899 
1,460  MSA Safety, Inc.   175,302 
3,730  Republic Services, Inc.   326,412 
4,589  Tetra Tech, Inc.   401,400 
2,874  US Ecology, Inc.   178,849 
4,100  Waste Management, Inc.   460,061 
       5,280,367 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.0%     
8,119  Ciena Corp. (a)   301,377 
3,181  Cisco Systems, Inc.   151,129 
25,258  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   162,662 
1,487  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   93,175 
3,789  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   630,187 
3,623  Plantronics, Inc.   142,819 
4,229  ViaSat, Inc. (a)   291,124 
       1,772,473 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.2%     
1,346  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   97,491 
14,742  WillScot Corp. (a)   232,334 
       329,825 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.4%     
5,336  Vulcan Materials Co.   762,354 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.9%     
3,986  American Express Co.   467,478 
345  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   151,045 
2,606  FirstCash, Inc.   219,920 
3,611  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   221,246 
10,854  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   434,160 
721  World Acceptance Corp. (a)   74,847 
       1,568,696 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.9%     
2,017  AptarGroup, Inc.   238,308 
11,084  Ball Corp.   775,547 
6,027  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   439,007 
3,836  Sealed Air Corp.   160,230 
       1,613,092 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
1,974  Pool Corp.   409,408 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%     
2,089  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   310,258 
5,782  Career Education Corp. (a)   81,873 
5,122  K12, Inc. (a)   101,365 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Consumer Services (Continued)     
4,996  Service Corp. International  $227,218 
       720,714 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%     
6,689  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   195,319 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
692  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   38,856 
1,445  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   84,735 
5,131  GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (a)   359,067 
       482,658 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.1%     
6,891  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   650,442 
12,125  Evergy, Inc.   774,909 
2,301  MGE Energy, Inc.   177,269 
2,771  NextEra Energy, Inc.   660,440 
5,264  OGE Energy Corp.   226,668 
3,419  Otter Tail Corp.   193,789 
6,116  PNM Resources, Inc.   318,949 
13,065  Southern (The) Co.   818,653 
       3,821,119 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.2%     
5,135  AMETEK, Inc.   470,623 
7,568  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   262,609 
5,082  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   490,819 
24,883  GrafTech International Ltd.   300,587 
2,424  Hubbell, Inc.   343,481 
13,750  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   213,675 
20,675  Vivint Solar, Inc. (a) (b)   144,932 
       2,226,726 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.8%     
3,345  Amphenol Corp., Class A   335,604 
839  Badger Meter, Inc.   48,494 
6,548  CDW Corp.   837,555 
3,106  Itron, Inc. (a)   236,863 
8,298  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   837,351 
11,292  Knowles Corp. (a)   243,681 
2,447  MTS Systems Corp.   138,207 
1,809  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   179,525 
1,564  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   372,029 
       3,229,309 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%     
4,162  Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A   38,332 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Energy Equipment & Services (Continued)     
22,312  McDermott International, Inc. (a) (b)  $36,369 
4,958  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   38,424 
4,715  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.   21,029 
       134,154 
         
   Entertainment — 1.5%     
11,336  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)   481,780 
7,107  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   501,044 
3,912  Roku, Inc. (a)   575,846 
6,439  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   774,934 
1,206  Walt Disney (The) Co.   156,684 
41,044  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   253,241 
       2,743,529 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 11.4%     
3,215  Acadia Realty Trust   89,956 
2,177  Agree Realty Corp.   171,482 
7,497  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   176,254 
129  Alexander’s, Inc.   44,557 
2,096  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   332,740 
1,704  American Assets Trust, Inc.   83,428 
3,312  American Campus Communities, Inc.   165,534 
13,163  American Finance Trust, Inc. (b)   194,812 
12,302  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   325,634 
2,920  American Tower Corp.   636,794 
8,592  Americold Realty Trust   344,453 
1,527  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   83,802 
730  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   158,892 
2,975  Brandywine Realty Trust   45,458 
1,918  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   46,492 
30,523  Colony Capital, Inc.   170,929 
1,307  CoreSite Realty Corp.   153,572 
5,348  Corporate Office Properties Trust   158,515 
3,392  Crown Castle International Corp.   470,776 
4,563  CubeSmart   144,647 
4,027  CyrusOne, Inc.   287,045 
5,577  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   241,596 
13,879  Duke Realty Corp.   487,708 
8,627  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   192,555 
1,911  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   255,978 
1,036  EPR Properties   80,590 
1,119  Equinix, Inc.   634,227 
7,058  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   493,636 
5,466  Equity Residential   484,616 
8,021  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   205,819 

  

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
988  Essex Property Trust, Inc.  $323,204 
4,036  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   453,122 
6,038  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   254,260 
3,249  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   93,084 
2,082  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   84,030 
2,866  Getty Realty Corp.   96,126 
4,639  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   138,521 
13,232  HCP, Inc. (a)   497,788 
2,710  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   84,010 
16,051  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   247,185 
4,324  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   91,842 
1,464  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   111,264 
27,255  Invitation Homes, Inc.   839,181 
4,917  Iron Mountain, Inc.   161,278 
2,045  Kilroy Realty Corp.   171,637 
11,440  Kimco Realty Corp.   246,646 
1,944  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   155,539 
13,192  Lexington Realty Trust   143,529 
1,551  Liberty Property Trust   91,618 
2,266  Life Storage, Inc.   246,813 
2,640  LTC Properties, Inc.   136,884 
8,142  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   168,784 
4,966  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   690,224 
6,376  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.   96,150 
966  National Health Investors, Inc.   82,873 
1,412  National Retail Properties, Inc. (b)   83,181 
5,506  National Storage Affiliates Trust   188,140 
3,930  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   191,666 
5,716  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   251,733 
14,332  Outfront Media, Inc.   377,075 
4,400  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   98,736 
3,788  Prologis, Inc.   332,435 
1,313  PS Business Parks, Inc.   237,062 
1,316  Public Storage   293,284 
2,630  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   140,942 
2,050  Realty Income Corp.   167,669 
5,040  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   94,072 
7,457  Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A   102,608 
7,235  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   347,931 
1,947  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   163,879 
6,025  Safehold, Inc.   208,344 
1,686  Saul Centers, Inc.   90,268 
2,677  SBA Communications Corp.   644,220 
3,327  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   165,818 
8,514  STORE Capital Corp.   344,817 
4,349  Sun Communities, Inc.   707,365 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
1,104  Taubman Centers, Inc.  $39,501 
4,676  Terreno Realty Corp.   263,773 
3,242  UDR, Inc.   162,910 
1,787  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   213,064 
4,420  Ventas, Inc.   287,742 
32,567  VEREIT, Inc.   320,459 
6,938  VICI Properties, Inc.   163,390 
7,122  Welltower, Inc.   645,894 
3,607  WP Carey, Inc.   332,060 
       20,728,127 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%     
2,470  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   421,901 
5,697  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   188,713 
       610,614 
         
   Food Products — 1.7%     
4,615  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   241,180 
5,207  Hershey (The) Co.   764,752 
13,139  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   167,916 
2,074  J&J Snack Foods Corp.   395,636 
6,483  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   505,933 
1,005  McCormick & Co., Inc.   161,494 
8,523  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   447,031 
1,505  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   154,865 
7,923  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   194,430 
3,641  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   124,814 
       3,158,051 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.4%     
1,419  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   134,521 
1,895  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   131,437 
2,485  ONE Gas, Inc.   230,708 
2,624  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   229,075 
       725,741 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.8%     
1,878  Abbott Laboratories   157,020 
1,807  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   48,048 
58  Atrion Corp.   48,919 
3,690  Baxter International, Inc.   283,023 
3,867  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   172,159 
1,911  CONMED Corp.   210,248 
2,235  Danaher Corp.   308,028 
6,055  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   331,693 
3,159  DexCom, Inc. (a)   487,244 
2,936  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   699,884 
3,115  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   163,133 
2,525  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   304,843 
1,513  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   158,396 
9,338  Hologic, Inc. (a)   451,119 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
578  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)  $164,736 
2,414  Insulet Corp. (a)   350,802 
3,977  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   230,905 
1,240  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   82,857 
5,394  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)   112,465 
1,070  Masimo Corp. (a)   155,995 
386  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   87,911 
2,338  Neogen Corp. (a)   152,110 
2,672  Nevro Corp. (a)   230,326 
5,324  Novocure Ltd. (a)   381,411 
3,769  NuVasive, Inc. (a)   265,865 
1,733  Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)   72,838 
1,498  Quidel Corp. (a)   85,236 
4,778  ResMed, Inc.   706,762 
2,180  Stryker Corp.   471,469 
1,065  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)   48,372 
2,700  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   166,266 
1,388  Teleflex, Inc.   482,205 
4,552  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   654,760 
       8,727,048 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.2%     
2,897  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   243,957 
2,431  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   312,432 
953  Chemed Corp.   375,396 
2,427  CorVel Corp. (a)   192,024 
5,036  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   212,771 
2,805  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   311,271 
3,182  National Research Corp.   182,742 
10,288  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   109,362 
1,407  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   199,048 
       2,139,003 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.8%     
1,741  HealthStream, Inc. (a)   48,853 
6,931  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   226,574 
14,014  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   219,039 
3,011  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   183,611 
2,461  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   125,363 
3,527  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a) (b)   270,168 
3,088  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   437,971 
       1,511,579 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.7%     
3,169  Brinker International, Inc.   140,862 
960  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   747,034 
2,685  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   237,569 
3,225  Churchill Downs, Inc.   419,218 
10,090  Denny’s Corp. (a)   203,011 
1,211  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   88,585 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
642  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.  $174,380 
3,010  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   236,646 
3,994  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a)   178,811 
9,953  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   345,668 
3,467  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   336,160 
1,484  Jack in the Box, Inc.   124,686 
8,068  Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (a)   126,990 
1,503  McDonald’s Corp.   295,640 
2,583  Papa John’s International, Inc. (b)   151,235 
1,376  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   87,596 
6,644  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   159,390 
5,137  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   135,719 
2,343  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   192,782 
1,568  Six Flags Entertainment Corp.   66,154 
9,127  Starbucks Corp.   771,779 
15,941  Wendy’s (The) Co.   337,630 
2,737  Wingstop, Inc.   228,348 
4,617  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   249,179 
7,106  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   302,005 
2,846  Yum! Brands, Inc.   289,467 
       6,626,544 
         
   Household Durables — 1.7%     
3,812  Garmin Ltd.   357,375 
2,525  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   378,144 
4,006  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   261,271 
731  iRobot Corp. (a) (b)   35,132 
2,757  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   216,369 
217  NVR, Inc. (a)   789,140 
6,107  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   172,401 
5,157  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   469,029 
4,129  TopBuild Corp. (a)   429,127 
       3,107,988 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
4,290  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   300,042 
1,035  Clorox (The) Co.   152,859 
2,138  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   146,667 
737  WD-40 Co.   138,114 
       737,682 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.1%     
6,032  NRG Energy, Inc.   242,004 
5,359  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   410,285 
8,529  Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Class A   239,068 
21,845  TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A   370,928 
30,191  Vistra Energy Corp.   816,063 
       2,078,348 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%     
2,736  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   416,611 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Industrial Conglomerates (Continued)     
441  Roper Technologies, Inc.  $148,599 
       565,210 
         
   Insurance — 2.9%     
2,045  AMERISAFE, Inc.   129,919 
5,264  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   480,182 
22,380  Brown & Brown, Inc.   843,278 
6,917  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   783,074 
2,751  eHealth, Inc. (a)   189,929 
2,540  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   468,046 
3,064  Kemper Corp.   220,240 
2,223  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   235,016 
3,226  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   334,278 
2,503  Primerica, Inc.   315,828 
8,358  Progressive (The) Corp.   582,553 
2,058  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   385,216 
3,428  RLI Corp.   333,613 
1,773  Trupanion, Inc. (a) (b)   42,020 
       5,343,192 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.6%     
386  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   485,897 
883  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   169,227 
1,481  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   336,557 
4,458  Match Group, Inc. (b)   325,390 
51,077  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   769,220 
19,588  Twitter, Inc. (a)   587,052 
3,891  Yelp, Inc. (a)   134,278 
       2,807,621 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.5%     
90  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   159,899 
240  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   491,705 
1,409  Etsy, Inc. (a)   62,687 
5,763  Quotient Technology, Inc. (a)   49,620 
2,341  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   53,515 
710  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   58,383 
       875,809 
         
   IT Services — 4.7%     
2,451  Accenture PLC, Class A   454,465 
8,831  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   763,882 
3,912  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   251,150 
11,363  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   799,614 
4,444  CSG Systems International, Inc.   256,152 
3,541  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   623,074 
1,089  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   152,536 
5,886  EVERTEC, Inc.   180,053 
1,603  Evo Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   45,573 
2,744  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   191,065 
2,432  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   320,440 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
6,232  Fiserv, Inc. (a)  $661,465 
1,644  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   483,698 
8,219  Genpact Ltd.   321,938 
988  Global Payments, Inc.   167,150 
1,189  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   329,127 
661  MongoDB, Inc. (a) (b)   84,456 
8,898  NIC, Inc.   209,281 
4,788  Okta, Inc. (a)   522,227 
1,899  Paychex, Inc.   158,832 
1,517  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   157,920 
5,954  Perficient, Inc. (a)   233,397 
7,111  Sabre Corp.   166,966 
4,797  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   227,234 
914  Visa, Inc., Class A   163,478 
17,183  Western Union (The) Co.   430,606 
788  WEX, Inc. (a)   149,074 
       8,504,853 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.2%     
2,051  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   155,363 
479  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   158,846 
5,438  Bruker Corp.   241,991 
1,203  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   156,366 
2,161  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   312,092 
4,737  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   348,785 
2,357  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   54,046 
802  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   78,363 
1,108  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   334,594 
1,446  Waters Corp. (a)   306,003 
       2,146,449 
         
   Machinery — 3.5%     
1,951  Alamo Group, Inc.   208,874 
2,548  Albany International Corp., Class A   213,981 
5,077  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   221,408 
1,244  Caterpillar, Inc.   171,423 
2,522  Columbus McKinnon Corp.   94,625 
2,795  Deere & Co.   486,721 
3,058  Donaldson Co., Inc.   161,279 
4,123  Douglas Dynamics, Inc.   193,080 
2,310  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   195,172 
7,016  Federal Signal Corp.   227,599 
1,705  Flowserve Corp.   83,272 
2,828  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   152,288 
2,815  Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)   89,601 
2,377  Harsco Corp. (a)   48,182 
2,265  Helios Technologies, Inc.   89,762 
959  IDEX Corp.   149,153 
2,063  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   347,781 
5,240  Ingersoll-Rand PLC   664,904 
801  John Bean Technologies Corp.   82,319 
1,540  Kadant, Inc.   139,832 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
681  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)  $82,367 
2,833  Navistar International Corp. (a)   88,616 
1,089  Nordson Corp.   170,766 
960  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   154,022 
5,741  SPX Corp. (a)   261,445 
3,427  SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)   155,175 
2,599  Tennant Co.   201,241 
5,432  Toro (The) Co.   418,970 
4,412  TriMas Corp. (a)   142,596 
1,961  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   182,863 
3,692  Woodward, Inc.   393,789 
1,974  Xylem, Inc.   151,386 
       6,424,492 
         
   Media — 2.1%     
28,139  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   870,902 
254  Cable One, Inc.   336,644 
51,099  Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Class A (a)   229,179 
1,958  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   916,070 
4,658  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   85,754 
2,796  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   86,396 
3,113  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   302,864 
9,315  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   371,109 
103,215  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   693,605 
       3,892,523 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.2%     
3,231  Royal Gold, Inc.   372,987 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.9%     
10,314  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (b)   140,889 
4,442  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   161,245 
4,903  Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.   91,196 
6,923  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   138,806 
5,320  Ladder Capital Corp.   91,876 
15,086  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   94,438 
10,332  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   236,500 
11,198  Redwood Trust, Inc.   182,975 
13,150  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   323,490 
6,815  TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.   137,867 
6,064  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   84,108 
       1,683,390 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.5%     
5,077  Dollar General Corp.   814,046 

  

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities — 0.9%     
2,076  Black Hills Corp.  $163,651 
7,594  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   480,776 
3,621  Unitil Corp.   225,480 
8,486  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   801,078 
       1,670,985 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%     
9,982  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)   33,939 
2,492  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   153,383 
3,617  CVR Energy, Inc.   171,518 
2,598  Hess Corp.   170,818 
6,208  Jagged Peak Energy, Inc. (a) (b)   44,015 
7,625  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   152,348 
21,669  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   134,348 
3,534  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   143,127 
10,048  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)   227,587 
4,740  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A   74,939 
       1,306,022 
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
3,245  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   604,446 
1,932  Inter Parfums, Inc.   149,595 
435  Medifast, Inc.   48,259 
       802,300 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%     
6,819  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   131,709 
1,855  ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   144,894 
2,466  Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)   51,194 
1,671  Catalent, Inc. (a)   81,294 
16,250  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   237,088 
11,697  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   338,160 
3,835  Merck & Co., Inc.   332,341 
2,413  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   97,702 
1,640  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   45,576 
4,716  Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)   76,022 
5,182  Zoetis, Inc.   662,882 
       2,198,862 
         
   Professional Services — 1.8%     
1,088  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   597,878 
1,117  Equifax, Inc.   152,705 
4,557  Exponent, Inc.   289,506 
1,402  Forrester Research, Inc.   48,341 
3,756  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   408,916 
3,745  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   247,694 
807  Insperity, Inc.   85,244 
7,960  TransUnion   657,655 
3,841  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   203,535 

  

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services (Continued)     
4,082  Verisk Analytics, Inc.  $590,665 
       3,282,139 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
2,458  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   274,854 
3,633  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   83,595 
5,456  Redfin Corp. (a) (b)   94,880 
2,631  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   48,805 
       502,134 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.8%     
2,818  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   83,723 
6,638  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   89,679 
10,968  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   399,893 
4,748  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   864,516 
       1,437,811 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.7%     
2,924  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   153,890 
1,407  Analog Devices, Inc.   150,028 
569  Broadcom, Inc.   166,632 
4,301  Brooks Automation, Inc.   182,663 
2,819  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   426,007 
5,721  Diodes, Inc. (a)   266,885 
17,909  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a) (b)   347,972 
8,460  Entegris, Inc.   406,080 
12,319  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   268,924 
3,762  Inphi Corp. (a)   270,413 
5,061  KLA Corp.   855,511 
12,562  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   246,090 
8,548  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   194,382 
32,319  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.   788,260 
2,014  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   38,185 
6,949  Microchip Technology, Inc.   655,221 
2,047  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   306,886 
2,032  Power Integrations, Inc.   185,136 
8,464  QUALCOMM, Inc.   680,844 
20,938  SunPower Corp. (a) (b)   183,417 
13,936  Teradyne, Inc.   853,162 
3,648  Texas Instruments, Inc.   430,428 
1,923  Universal Display Corp.   384,946 
8,885  Xperi Corp.   180,410 
       8,622,372 
         
   Software — 6.4%     
4,434  8x8, Inc. (a)   85,665 
2,542  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   79,793 
966  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   47,720 
2,965  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   271,297 
2,917  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   642,178 
1,421  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   138,164 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
4,836  Appian Corp. (a)  $215,879 
1,941  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   223,428 
4,733  Avalara, Inc. (a)   336,043 
943  Blackline, Inc. (a)   44,076 
2,722  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   46,056 
4,885  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   319,235 
5,087  Cloudera, Inc. (a)   43,138 
3,073  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   422,507 
5,144  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   340,481 
1,553  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   472,174 
4,445  Five9, Inc. (a)   246,742 
3,566  ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (a)   109,690 
1,511  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   170,350 
525  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   81,427 
2,372  Instructure, Inc. (a)   110,844 
591  Intuit, Inc.   152,182 
2,630  j2 Global, Inc.   249,745 
6,434  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   264,116 
1,122  LogMeIn, Inc.   73,693 
4,935  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   369,878 
3,391  Microsoft Corp.   486,168 
4,882  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   79,674 
2,856  Oracle Corp.   155,623 
1,541  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   325,968 
3,264  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   334,886 
1,170  Pegasystems, Inc.   87,996 
1,184  Progress Software Corp.   47,218 
2,468  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   284,733 
4,008  PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)   205,370 
4,038  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   288,677 
1,754  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   87,858 
3,800  RealPage, Inc. (a)   230,090 
5,138  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   829,890 
2,411  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   46,677 
1,272  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   314,515 
2,210  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   87,074 
1,333  Splunk, Inc. (a)   159,907 
958  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   50,554 
3,047  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   158,474 
5,373  SVMK, Inc. (a)   98,863 
13,661  Symantec Corp. (a)   312,564 
4,704  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   638,568 
838  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   168,270 
1,213  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   325,715 
2,636  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   98,797 
754  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   53,949 
1,028  Workiva, Inc. (a)   42,837 
2,995  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   42,679 
       11,600,095 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.2%     
6,196  Aaron’s, Inc.   464,266 
595  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   680,906 

  

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
6,581  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)  $230,664 
4,039  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   776,175 
6,032  Carvana Co. (a)   489,075 
1,894  Five Below, Inc. (a)   236,958 
7,783  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   356,695 
3,478  Home Depot (The), Inc.   815,869 
2,016  Monro, Inc.   141,342 
1,620  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   705,526 
8,906  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   230,398 
1,345  RH (a)   244,386 
4,447  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   213,990 
1,738  Tractor Supply Co.   165,145 
       5,751,395 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%     
9,091  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   480,823 
20,508  Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. (a)   143,556 
9,401  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   182,943 
       807,322 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%     
1,644  Columbia Sportswear Co.   148,700 
8,274  Crocs, Inc. (a)   289,507 
1,621  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   247,851 
       686,058 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.9%     
6,667  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   95,138 
8,563  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   141,204 
5,011  Essent Group Ltd.   261,023 
7,046  Kearny Financial Corp.   98,855 
513  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   184,603 
9,800  Meridian Bancorp, Inc.   191,688 
7,044  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   223,013 
5,149  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   150,608 
13,945  Radian Group, Inc.   350,020 
       1,696,152 
         
   Tobacco — 0.1%     
19,285  Vector Group Ltd.   235,277 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%     
9,881  Fastenal Co.   355,123 
6,367  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   216,096 
6,788  Triton International Ltd.   249,120 
       820,339 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.9%     
4,431  American States Water Co.   421,521 
5,197  American Water Works Co., Inc.   640,634 
3,552  Aqua America, Inc.   161,012 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Water Utilities (Continued)     
2,555  California Water Service Group  $143,004 
2,829  Middlesex Water Co.   190,250 
1,980  SJW Group   143,253 
       1,699,674 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.0%     
1,419  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.   45,635 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   181,850,214 
   (Cost $158,052,483)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.8%     
1,338,961  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   1,338,961 
165,358  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
1.68% (c)
   165,358 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.8%   1,504,319 
   (Cost $1,504,319)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.9%     
$ 1,628,795  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $1,628,872. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$1,663,820. (d)
   1,628,795 
   (Cost $1,628,795)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.7%   184,983,328 
   (Cost $161,185,597) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.7)%   (3,103,631)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $181,879,697 

  

 

(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 $2,943,321 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,967,756.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $26,081,217 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $2,283,486. The net unrealized appreciation was $23,797,731.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $181,850,214   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,504,319    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      1,628,795    —   
Total Investments  $183,354,533   $1,628,795   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%     
578  Curtiss-Wright Corp.  $78,174 
706  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   159,316 
2,728  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   223,205 
       460,695 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%     
3,135  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   239,514 
         
   Airlines — 2.8%     
3,457  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   240,020 
22,326  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   430,892 
6,515  SkyWest, Inc.   387,968 
10,302  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   386,943 
       1,445,823 
         
   Auto Components — 2.4%     
10,195  BorgWarner, Inc.   424,928 
25,961  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   412,001 
3,172  Lear Corp.   373,566 
       1,210,495 
         
   Automobiles — 0.8%     
4,159  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   161,827 
3,962  Thor Industries, Inc.   250,636 
       412,463 
         
   Banks — 13.8%     
14,774  Associated Banc-Corp.   297,105 
2,526  BancorpSouth Bank   77,472 
10,971  Bank OZK   307,846 
4,449  BankUnited, Inc.   152,601 
1,890  BOK Financial Corp.   145,814 
6,460  Cathay General Bancorp   229,782 
6,237  CenterState Bank Corp.   158,170 
8,254  CIT Group, Inc.   354,014 
4,054  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   159,322 
845  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   76,118 
5,066  East West Bancorp, Inc.   217,433 
25,948  F.N.B. Corp.   312,933 
317  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   155,939 
5,603  First Hawaiian, Inc.   153,130 
18,468  First Horizon National Corp.   294,934 
9,245  Fulton Financial Corp.   157,720 
5,859  Hancock Whitney Corp.   228,501 
11,938  Home BancShares, Inc.   220,614 
3,961  IBERIABANK Corp.   290,698 
8,694  Old National Bancorp   156,449 
8,233  PacWest Bancorp   304,539 
9,567  People’s United Financial, Inc.   154,698 
5,532  Popular, Inc.   301,273 
1,059  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   73,092 
1,987  South State Corp.   156,695 
4,183  Synovus Financial Corp.   141,678 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
5,474  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)  $295,924 
1,158  UMB Financial Corp.   75,571 
18,176  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   287,544 
1,975  United Bankshares, Inc.   78,092 
20,642  Valley National Bancorp   239,034 
3,192  Webster Financial Corp.   140,767 
3,246  Western Alliance Bancorp   160,125 
3,472  Wintrust Financial Corp.   221,583 
6,720  Zions Bancorp N.A.   325,718 
       7,102,928 
         
   Building Products — 1.0%     
1,568  A.O. Smith Corp.   77,898 
1,367  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   82,088 
4,734  Owens Corning   290,100 
1,078  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   89,086 
       539,172 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.0%     
3,329  Eaton Vance Corp.   151,802 
3,735  Evercore, Inc., Class A   275,045 
13,246  Invesco Ltd.   222,798 
4,274  Lazard Ltd., Class A   159,549 
3,910  Stifel Financial Corp.   218,882 
       1,028,076 
         
   Chemicals — 3.7%     
4,303  Albemarle Corp.   261,364 
971  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   75,126 
25,031  Chemours (The) Co.   410,759 
9,647  Huntsman Corp.   213,488 
158  NewMarket Corp.   76,708 
19,977  Olin Corp.   366,378 
1,089  Sensient Technologies Corp.   68,128 
3,395  Valvoline, Inc.   72,449 
5,708  Westlake Chemical Corp.   360,689 
       1,905,089 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%     
12,186  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   302,944 
767  UniFirst Corp.   154,044 
       456,988 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.4%     
533  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   76,795 
6,044  Juniper Networks, Inc.   150,012 
       226,807 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.7%     
3,983  AECOM (a)   159,360 
1,737  EMCOR Group, Inc.   152,352 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction & Engineering (Continued)     
3,456  MasTec, Inc. (a)  $217,520 
7,915  Quanta Services, Inc.   332,826 
       862,058 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.6%     
23,373  Navient Corp.   321,846 
8,796  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   220,604 
33,901  SLM Corp.   286,124 
       828,574 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 2.9%     
5,714  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   237,188 
15,212  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   238,220 
2,820  Packaging Corp. of America   308,677 
4,980  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   153,235 
2,570  Sonoco Products Co.   148,289 
10,260  WestRock Co.   383,416 
       1,469,025 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
2,378  LKQ Corp. (a)   80,828 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%     
564  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   355,128 
9,500  H&R Block, Inc.   237,405 
       592,533 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
12,195  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   227,681 
2,748  Voya Financial, Inc.   148,282 
       375,963 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.4%     
856  ALLETE, Inc.   73,667 
2,654  Portland General Electric Co.   150,960 
       224,627 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.3%     
1,110  Acuity Brands, Inc.   138,517 
2,269  EnerSys   151,705 
5,133  Regal Beloit Corp.   380,099 
       670,321 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.2%     
487  Coherent, Inc. (a)   72,524 
1,157  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   74,430 
1,422  FLIR Systems, Inc.   73,318 
552  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   74,123 
4,182  Jabil, Inc.   153,981 
2,650  SYNNEX Corp.   312,011 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
2,870  Tech Data Corp. (a)  $348,705 
       1,109,092 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%     
3,733  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   139,987 
         
   Entertainment — 0.1%     
1,936  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   70,858 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.0%     
18,044  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   297,365 
11,059  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   243,519 
10,919  Equity Commonwealth   351,374 
1,664  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   77,875 
11,205  Paramount Group, Inc.   150,931 
11,981  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   278,558 
22,011  RLJ Lodging Trust   361,201 
11,600  Service Properties Trust   293,480 
1,830  SL Green Realty Corp.   152,988 
27,218  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   367,715 
       2,575,006 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%     
2,891  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   77,190 
1,820  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   72,199 
       149,389 
         
   Food Products — 1.6%     
5,284  Bunge Ltd.   285,336 
11,729  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   226,370 
3,660  Ingredion, Inc.   289,140 
       800,846 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.7%     
6,376  National Fuel Gas Co.   288,897 
857  Spire, Inc.   72,039 
       360,936 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.8%     
1,182  Encompass Health Corp.   75,672 
2,727  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   320,804 
       396,476 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%     
1,716  Aramark   75,092 
9,369  Boyd Gaming Corp.   255,305 
920  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (b)   143,060 
3,046  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   227,658 
1,424  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   80,456 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
3,250  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.  $150,833 
       932,404 
         
   Household Durables — 2.8%     
1,827  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   93,725 
3,014  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   432,147 
8,185  PulteGroup, Inc.   321,179 
9,110  Toll Brothers, Inc.   362,305 
1,417  Whirlpool Corp.   215,554 
       1,424,910 
         
   Insurance — 6.3%     
693  American Financial Group, Inc.   72,100 
3,022  American National Insurance Co.   362,579 
6,729  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   315,725 
8,891  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   385,425 
7,393  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   279,160 
1,969  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   395,572 
3,802  First American Financial Corp.   234,887 
2,677  Mercury General Corp.   128,656 
12,996  National General Holdings Corp.   277,075 
12,693  Old Republic International Corp.   283,562 
7,550  Unum Group   207,927 
277  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   296,667 
       3,239,335 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
36,255  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A (a)   345,873 
         
   IT Services — 1.6%     
1,751  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   175,100 
323  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   72,271 
3,048  KBR, Inc.   85,832 
8,705  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   340,279 
968  MAXIMUS, Inc.   74,284 
2,863  Perspecta, Inc.   75,984 
       823,750 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.5%     
1,435  Brunswick Corp.   83,574 
1,700  Polaris, Inc.   167,705 
       251,279 
         
   Machinery — 4.1%     
2,964  AGCO Corp.   227,309 
2,783  Crane Co.   212,955 
2,445  ITT, Inc.   145,355 
12,166  Kennametal, Inc.   376,538 
862  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   77,210 
4,934  Oshkosh Corp.   421,265 
1,433  Snap-on, Inc.   233,106 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
8,595  Timken (The) Co.  $421,155 
       2,114,893 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
910  Kirby Corp. (a)   72,036 
         
   Media — 1.6%     
8,781  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   301,891 
6,938  Interpublic Group of Cos. (The), Inc.   150,902 
24,080  TEGNA, Inc.   361,922 
       814,715 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.6%     
3,752  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   435,382 
12,549  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   380,988 
       816,370 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.3%     
15,606  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   285,590 
3,824  Chimera Investment Corp.   77,474 
40,649  MFA Financial, Inc.   308,526 
       671,590 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.9%     
7,531  Kohl’s Corp.   386,039 
24,065  Macy’s, Inc.   364,825 
6,664  Nordstrom, Inc. (b)   239,238 
       990,102 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.2%     
4,632  Avista Corp.   222,475 
5,306  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   153,290 
2,990  NorthWestern Corp.   216,835 
       592,600 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.0%     
30,322  Antero Midstream Corp. (b)   195,274 
5,843  Apache Corp.   126,559 
265,226  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   355,403 
7,801  Cimarex Energy Co.   329,358 
10,302  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   411,565 
28,118  EQT Corp.   301,987 
6,972  HollyFrontier Corp.   383,042 
16,914  Murphy Oil Corp.   348,936 
8,252  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   266,374 
35,313  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   352,424 
       3,070,922 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%     
9,129  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   266,841 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%     
2,335  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   293,346 

  

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
         
   Professional Services — 1.2%     
2,380  ASGN, Inc. (a)  $151,344 
3,551  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   322,857 
2,688  Robert Half International, Inc.   153,942 
       628,143 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
1,076  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   157,655 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.3%     
575  AMERCO   232,898 
664  Landstar System, Inc.   75,132 
7,224  Ryder System, Inc.   351,303 
       659,333 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.3%     
1,396  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   94,872 
810  MKS Instruments, Inc.   87,658 
15,574  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   317,710 
2,018  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   163,175 
       663,415 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.2%     
23,056  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   354,601 
5,901  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   300,066 
8,665  Foot Locker, Inc.   377,014 
21,542  Gap (The), Inc.   350,273 
11,454  L Brands, Inc.   195,176 
1,695  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   266,929 
2,631  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   310,274 
6,328  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   308,300 
3,301  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   220,474 
       2,683,107 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.7%     
10,002  Xerox Holdings Corp.   339,368 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.9%     
1,640  Carter’s, Inc.   164,394 
14,646  Hanesbrands, Inc.   222,766 
4,239  PVH Corp.   369,471 
2,350  Ralph Lauren Corp.   225,741 
4,005  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   149,667 
2,090  Steven Madden Ltd.   86,066 
11,485  Tapestry, Inc.   297,002 
       1,515,107 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.1%     
29,727  MGIC Investment Corp.   407,557 
5,960  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   69,434 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)     
2,022  Washington Federal, Inc.  $73,722 
       550,713 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.9%     
8,942  Air Lease Corp.   393,269 
3,859  GATX Corp.   306,983 
1,909  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   75,482 
3,094  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   226,512 
       1,002,246 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.5%     
5,685  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   245,251 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
14,495  Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.   378,174 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   51,278,047 
   (Cost $51,039,365)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.5%     
243,444  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   243,444 
   (Cost $243,444)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.6%     
$ 296,140  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $296,154. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$302,508. (d)
   296,140 
   (Cost $296,140)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.0%   51,817,631 
   (Cost $51,578,949) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.0)%   (504,166)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $51,313,465 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

(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 $499,317 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $539,584.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,456,995 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $3,218,313. The net unrealized appreciation was $238,682.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $51,278,047   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   243,444    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      296,140    —   
Total Investments  $51,521,491   $296,140   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

  

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%     
42,168  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $1,822,923 
7,502  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   383,577 
20,747  Hexcel Corp.   1,548,141 
26,241  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   1,932,912 
       5,687,553 
         
   Auto Components — 0.9%     
6,844  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   417,073 
77,353  Gentex Corp.   2,169,752 
       2,586,825 
         
   Banks — 2.4%     
14,872  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   1,298,474 
6,905  Community Bank System, Inc.   468,021 
20,411  CVB Financial Corp.   424,141 
38,343  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   1,276,055 
10,529  Glacier Bancorp., Inc.   445,587 
15,013  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   883,065 
7,146  Signature Bank   845,515 
63,707  Sterling Bancorp   1,251,842 
       6,892,700 
         
   Beverages — 0.6%     
4,680  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   1,752,473 
         
   Biotechnology — 4.0%     
59,181  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,509,866 
18,614  Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   906,781 
75,583  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,027,099 
24,088  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   372,160 
7,110  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   396,169 
34,080  Medicines (The) Co. (a)   1,788,859 
9,455  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   940,678 
22,218  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,766,109 
       11,707,721 
         
   Building Products — 1.3%     
17,621  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,648,092 
23,424  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   2,058,736 
       3,706,828 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.5%     
47,667  Ares Management Corp., Class A   1,409,513 
52,575  Federated Investors, Inc., Class B   1,679,245 
26,007  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   2,102,406 
8,745  Morningstar, Inc.   1,415,291 
14,379  SEI Investments Co.   861,590 
       7,468,045 
         
   Chemicals — 1.4%     
42,387  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   1,249,993 
4,294  Balchem Corp.   434,596 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
20,918  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.  $2,099,958 
6,381  WR Grace & Co.   424,017 
       4,208,564 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.1%     
23,458  ABM Industries, Inc.   855,279 
203,821  ADT, Inc. (b)   1,577,574 
20,542  Brink’s (The) Co.   1,745,248 
22,071  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   1,819,975 
7,809  MSA Safety, Inc.   937,627 
24,550  Tetra Tech, Inc.   2,147,388 
       9,083,091 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.2%     
43,434  Ciena Corp. (a)   1,612,270 
7,954  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   498,398 
22,623  ViaSat, Inc. (a)   1,557,367 
       3,668,035 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.5%     
1,847  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   808,635 
13,941  FirstCash, Inc.   1,176,481 
58,068  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   2,322,720 
       4,307,836 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.5%     
10,789  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,274,721 
32,243  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,348,580 
20,525  Sealed Air Corp.   857,329 
       4,480,630 
         
   Distributors — 0.7%     
10,560  Pool Corp.   2,190,144 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%     
11,174  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,659,563 
26,730  Service Corp. International   1,215,680 
       2,875,243 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%     
7,732  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   453,404 
27,452  GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (a)   1,921,091 
       2,374,495 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.0%     
28,161  OGE Energy Corp.   1,212,612 
32,718  PNM Resources, Inc.   1,706,244 
       2,918,856 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment — 2.1%     
27,188  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)  $2,625,817 
133,121  GrafTech International Ltd.   1,608,102 
12,968  Hubbell, Inc.   1,837,565 
       6,071,484 
         
   Entertainment — 1.5%     
20,931  Roku, Inc. (a)   3,081,043 
219,580  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   1,354,809 
       4,435,852 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 12.4%     
11,647  Agree Realty Corp.   917,434 
9,114  American Assets Trust, Inc.   446,221 
17,720  American Campus Communities, Inc.   885,646 
65,815  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   1,742,123 
45,966  Americold Realty Trust   1,842,777 
8,170  Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A   448,370 
6,992  CoreSite Realty Corp.   821,560 
28,609  Corporate Office Properties Trust   847,971 
24,412  CubeSmart   773,860 
21,542  CyrusOne, Inc.   1,535,514 
29,838  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   1,292,582 
10,222  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   1,369,237 
5,543  EPR Properties   431,190 
32,304  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   1,360,321 
11,140  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   449,610 
14,500  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   449,500 
26,303  Iron Mountain, Inc.   862,738 
10,938  Kilroy Realty Corp.   918,026 
61,205  Kimco Realty Corp.   1,319,580 
10,399  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   832,024 
8,299  Liberty Property Trust   490,222 
12,123  Life Storage, Inc.   1,320,437 
43,557  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   902,937 
5,171  National Health Investors, Inc.   443,620 
7,553  National Retail Properties, Inc. (b)   444,947 
30,581  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   1,346,787 
76,671  Outfront Media, Inc.   2,017,214 
7,024  PS Business Parks, Inc.   1,268,183 
38,708  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   1,861,468 
10,415  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   876,631 
17,802  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   887,252 
45,548  STORE Capital Corp.   1,844,694 
25,013  Terreno Realty Corp.   1,410,983 
174,228  VEREIT, Inc.   1,714,404 
       36,376,063 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%     
13,217  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   2,257,596 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products — 1.0%     
11,093  J&J Snack Foods Corp.  $2,116,101 
8,050  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   828,345 
       2,944,446 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.8%     
13,297  ONE Gas, Inc.   1,234,494 
14,037  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   1,225,430 
       2,459,924 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.3%     
16,666  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   872,798 
13,508  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   1,630,821 
8,097  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   847,675 
12,914  Insulet Corp. (a)   1,876,662 
21,275  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   1,235,227 
5,726  Masimo Corp. (a)   834,794 
12,509  Neogen Corp. (a)   813,836 
28,482  Novocure Ltd. (a)   2,040,450 
20,163  NuVasive, Inc. (a)   1,422,298 
14,445  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   889,523 
       12,464,084 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.2%     
13,006  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   1,671,531 
5,101  Chemed Corp.   2,009,335 
26,944  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   1,138,384 
15,005  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   1,665,105 
       6,484,355 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.9%     
37,080  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   1,212,145 
18,871  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a) (b)   1,445,519 
       2,657,664 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.4%     
14,366  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   1,271,104 
17,253  Churchill Downs, Inc.   2,242,717 
16,103  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.   1,266,018 
21,369  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a) (b)   956,690 
53,249  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   1,849,338 
7,361  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   468,601 
8,387  Six Flags Entertainment Corp.   353,848 
85,282  Wendy’s (The) Co.   1,806,273 
14,643  Wingstop, Inc.   1,221,665 
24,700  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,333,059 
       12,769,313 
         
   Household Durables — 2.3%     
13,509  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   2,023,108 
27,590  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   2,509,310 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
22,087  TopBuild Corp. (a)  $2,295,502 
       6,827,920 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.9%     
32,272  NRG Energy, Inc.   1,294,752 
28,671  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   2,195,052 
116,868  TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A   1,984,419 
       5,474,223 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%     
14,635  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   2,228,471 
         
         
   Insurance — 2.3%     
16,395  Kemper Corp.   1,178,473 
13,392  Primerica, Inc.   1,689,802 
11,010  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   2,060,852 
18,340  RLI Corp.   1,784,849 
       6,713,976 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%     
23,851  Match Group, Inc. (b)   1,740,885 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%     
7,540  Etsy, Inc. (a)   335,454 
3,799  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   312,392 
       647,846 
         
   IT Services — 2.8%     
20,929  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   1,343,642 
5,823  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   815,628 
43,973  Genpact Ltd.   1,722,422 
3,535  MongoDB, Inc. (a) (b)   451,667 
38,044  Sabre Corp.   893,273 
91,926  Western Union (The) Co.   2,303,665 
4,216  WEX, Inc. (a)   797,583 
       8,327,880 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8%     
2,561  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   849,279 
29,091  Bruker Corp.   1,294,549 
6,437  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   836,681 
25,344  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,866,079 
4,293  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   419,469 
       5,266,057 
         
   Machinery — 3.6%     
27,162  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,184,535 
16,359  Donaldson Co., Inc.   862,774 
9,120  Flowserve Corp.   445,421 
15,058  Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)   479,296 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
4,284  John Bean Technologies Corp.  $440,267 
3,644  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   440,742 
15,155  Navistar International Corp. (a)   474,048 
5,825  Nordson Corp.   913,418 
5,135  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   823,859 
29,058  Toro (The) Co.   2,241,244 
19,753  Woodward, Inc.   2,106,855 
       10,412,459 
         
   Media — 2.2%     
1,358  Cable One, Inc.   1,799,852 
24,919  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   458,759 
14,957  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   462,171 
16,655  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   1,620,365 
49,834  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   1,985,387 
       6,326,534 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.7%     
17,287  Royal Gold, Inc.   1,995,611 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.0%     
23,765  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   862,670 
70,353  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   1,730,684 
32,443  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   449,984 
       3,043,338 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.3%     
11,103  Black Hills Corp.   875,250 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4%     
19,350  CVR Energy, Inc.   917,577 
25,356  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A   400,878 
       1,318,455 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%     
8,938  Catalent, Inc. (a)   434,834 
62,576  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   1,809,072 
       2,243,906 
         
   Professional Services — 1.8%     
24,376  Exponent, Inc.   1,548,607 
20,096  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   2,187,852 
4,319  Insperity, Inc.   456,216 
20,549  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   1,088,891 
       5,281,566 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%     
13,148  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   1,470,210 

  

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development (Continued)     
19,434  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.  $447,176 
       1,917,386 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.9%     
15,074  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   447,849 
58,676  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   2,139,327 
       2,587,176 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.0%     
23,007  Brooks Automation, Inc.   977,107 
15,083  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   2,279,343 
95,814  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a) (b)   1,861,666 
45,260  Entegris, Inc.   2,172,480 
10,948  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   1,641,324 
       8,931,920 
         
   Software — 8.9%     
13,599  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   426,873 
15,861  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   1,451,281 
10,383  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   1,195,187 
25,322  Avalara, Inc. (a)   1,797,862 
16,438  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   2,260,061 
27,519  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   1,821,483 
23,780  Five9, Inc. (a)   1,320,028 
8,085  Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)   911,503 
2,810  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   435,831 
14,071  j2 Global, Inc.   1,336,182 
6,003  LogMeIn, Inc.   394,277 
26,404  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   1,978,980 
26,118  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   426,246 
17,462  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   1,791,601 
6,260  Pegasystems, Inc.   470,814 
13,204  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   1,523,345 
21,442  PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,098,688 
21,604  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,544,470 
9,385  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   470,095 
20,330  RealPage, Inc. (a)   1,230,981 
11,824  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   465,866 
6,491  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,742,963 
       26,094,617 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.1%     
33,146  Aaron’s, Inc.   2,483,630 
32,272  Carvana Co. (a)   2,616,614 
10,135  Five Below, Inc. (a)   1,267,990 
41,640  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,908,361 
10,783  Monro, Inc.   755,996 
       9,032,591 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%     
50,294  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)  $978,721 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%     
8,793  Columbia Sportswear Co.   795,327 
8,672  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   1,325,949 
       2,121,276 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.5%     
26,808  Essent Group Ltd.   1,396,429 
2,745  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   987,788 
74,604  Radian Group, Inc.   1,872,560 
       4,256,777 
         
   Water Utilities — 1.1%     
23,703  American States Water Co.   2,254,867 
19,004  Aqua America, Inc.   861,451 
       3,116,318 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   292,590,979 
   (Cost $264,707,430)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.0%     
2,843,879  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   2,843,879 
   (Cost $2,843,879)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.2%     
$ 3,459,470  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $3,459,633. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$3,533,862. (d)
   3,459,470 
   (Cost $3,459,470)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.1%   298,894,328 
   (Cost $271,010,779) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.1)%   (6,152,460)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $292,741,868 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

(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 $6,192,355 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $6,303,349.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $31,215,528 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $3,331,979. The net unrealized appreciation was $27,883,549.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $292,590,979   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,843,879    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      3,459,470    —   
Total Investments  $295,434,858   $3,459,470   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%     
13,265  Astronics Corp. (a)  $383,889 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%     
15,446  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   338,731 
6,706  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   307,135 
       645,866 
         
   Airlines — 1.1%     
1,534  Allegiant Travel Co.   256,684 
14,841  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   424,601 
       681,285 
         
   Auto Components — 3.2%     
37,932  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   317,111 
11,937  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   337,101 
9,533  Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. (a)   303,721 
26,990  Dana, Inc.   438,048 
1,696  LCI Industries   164,716 
1,575  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   82,467 
10,069  Stoneridge, Inc. (a)   310,931 
       1,954,095 
         
   Automobiles — 0.6%     
8,129  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   390,761 
         
   Banks — 7.3%     
3,408  1st Source Corp.   174,421 
2,775  Banner Corp.   149,795 
5,322  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   165,142 
19,684  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   221,445 
5,191  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   81,499 
13,081  Cadence BanCorp   201,186 
5,142  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   232,110 
1,878  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   82,256 
6,166  First Busey Corp.   162,597 
5,760  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   81,158 
9,375  First Financial Bancorp.   219,750 
1,900  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   79,724 
2,032  First Merchants Corp.   80,366 
11,776  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   241,879 
6,954  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   242,486 
5,130  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   239,981 
2,837  Heritage Financial Corp.   78,103 
3,200  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   74,752 
15,999  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   228,306 
5,942  International Bancshares Corp.   243,384 
2,091  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   83,117 
6,553  Renasant Corp.   227,389 
4,268  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   160,712 
9,213  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   220,375 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
2,752  TowneBank  $77,304 
4,296  TriCo Bancshares   161,658 
2,242  Trustmark Corp.   76,945 
4,171  WesBanco, Inc.   156,788 
       4,444,628 
         
   Beverages — 0.1%     
1,723  National Beverage Corp. (b)   75,743 
         
   Building Products — 2.8%     
2,581  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   255,932 
1,961  Apogee Enterprises, Inc.   73,616 
11,152  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   252,147 
1,666  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   88,681 
7,272  Patrick Industries, Inc. (a)   359,309 
9,027  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   159,417 
27,160  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   258,835 
5,752  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   289,671 
       1,737,608 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.4%     
2,707  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   74,037 
28,345  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   147,394 
2,330  Moelis & Co., Class A   83,134 
2,065  Piper Jaffray Cos.   162,185 
22,685  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   375,664 
       842,414 
         
   Chemicals — 3.1%     
6,881  Cabot Corp.   299,943 
699  Chase Corp.   81,888 
3,349  H.B. Fuller Co.   163,431 
12,070  Kraton Corp. (a)   270,610 
25,205  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   319,599 
5,874  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   290,469 
2,343  PolyOne Corp.   75,093 
1,607  Stepan Co.   157,036 
5,343  Trinseo S.A.   227,078 
       1,885,147 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.3%     
39,487  ACCO Brands Corp.   361,306 
3,172  Deluxe Corp.   164,405 
3,149  Healthcare Services Group, Inc.   76,710 
4,390  HNI Corp.   166,820 
6,151  Knoll, Inc.   164,478 
6,482  Matthews International Corp., Class A   239,704 
12,468  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   217,816 
       1,391,239 

  

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Communications Equipment — 0.5%     
5,789  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)  $225,771 
3,317  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   80,338 
       306,109 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.7%     
9,113  Arcosa, Inc.   350,030 
3,526  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   177,746 
4,493  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   204,836 
15,899  Primoris Services Corp.   324,975 
       1,057,587 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.8%     
11,695  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   388,157 
15,025  Enova International, Inc. (a)   352,937 
12,349  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   356,145 
       1,097,239 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.8%     
6,055  Greif, Inc., Class A   237,174 
30,358  Owens-Illinois, Inc.   258,043 
       495,217 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%     
6,023  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   179,365 
9,406  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   145,370 
2,023  WW International, Inc. (a)   70,542 
       395,277 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
28,749  FGL Holdings   259,603 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
2,670  ATN International, Inc.   158,144 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.7%     
5,266  AZZ, Inc.   204,268 
4,075  Encore Wire Corp.   229,015 
       433,283 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 7.4%     
4,511  Anixter International, Inc. (a)   373,285 
25,642  AVX Corp.   392,835 
5,845  Belden, Inc.   299,732 
10,731  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   363,781 
2,365  CTS Corp.   63,098 
2,050  ePlus, Inc. (a)   160,166 
2,980  Fabrinet (a)   167,565 
4,121  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   252,947 
21,436  KEMET Corp.   466,019 
9,269  Methode Electronics, Inc.   318,854 
3,671  Plexus Corp. (a)   271,434 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
7,145  Sanmina Corp. (a)  $219,566 
10,207  ScanSource, Inc. (a)   329,686 
31,959  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   374,240 
23,021  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   463,873 
       4,517,081 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.0%     
23,011  Archrock, Inc.   221,826 
1,641  Core Laboratories N.V. (b)   72,270 
13,755  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a) (b)   72,764 
38,683  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   332,287 
166,734  Nabors Industries Ltd.   308,458 
5,643  Oceaneering International, Inc. (a)   79,905 
17,251  Oil States International, Inc. (a)   246,172 
69,473  RPC, Inc. (b)   287,618 
4,873  SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a)   209,100 
       1,830,400 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.1%     
15,292  Brookfield Property REIT, Inc., Class A   289,019 
3,615  Columbia Property Trust, Inc.   74,180 
18,045  CoreCivic, Inc.   275,367 
30,418  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   303,571 
5,359  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   77,545 
13,231  GEO Group (The), Inc.   201,376 
7,993  Global Net Lease, Inc.   155,704 
4,735  Kite Realty Group Trust   84,378 
17,993  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   385,410 
5,087  Office Properties Income Trust   162,173 
5,643  RPT Realty   81,823 
16,844  Senior Housing Properties Trust   167,177 
33,598  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   411,911 
10,072  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)   162,361 
14,764  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   310,782 
       3,142,777 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%     
17,374  Andersons (The), Inc.   320,029 
11,863  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   230,261 
10,219  Weis Markets, Inc.   393,329 
       943,619 
         
   Food Products — 0.6%     
20,611  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   320,501 
2,242  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   71,520 
       392,021 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%     
1,329  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)  $78,092 
20,568  Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)   151,175 
32,780  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   325,014 
2,511  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   162,964 
2,803  National HealthCare Corp.   230,350 
17,497  Patterson Cos., Inc.   299,724 
9,409  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   171,432 
       1,418,751 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.9%     
8,235  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   163,135 
3,741  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   156,337 
5,890  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.   234,304 
16,740  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   356,813 
29,301  Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (a)   244,370 
       1,154,959 
         
   Household Durables — 3.3%     
397  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   76,085 
6,749  KB Home   240,872 
2,277  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   80,856 
5,323  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   206,053 
10,352  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   457,351 
3,261  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   235,086 
12,018  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   301,051 
25,912  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   407,855 
       2,005,209 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
8,274  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   233,989 
         
   Insurance — 1.7%     
9,481  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   233,991 
1,088  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   67,314 
7,153  Employers Holdings, Inc.   302,858 
1,286  FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A   73,791 
1,161  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   316,489 
756  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   73,483 
       1,067,926 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%     
34,721  Cars.com, Inc. (a)   392,695 
         
   IT Services — 0.5%     
1,072  ManTech International Corp., Class A   84,881 
7,488  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   231,342 
       316,223 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products — 0.6%     
2,898  Acushnet Holdings Corp.  $82,448 
5,494  Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.   251,406 
       333,854 
         
   Machinery — 3.6%     
11,259  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   346,777 
3,024  Barnes Group, Inc.   176,753 
1,115  EnPro Industries, Inc.   77,548 
2,199  Gorman-Rupp (The) Co.   81,231 
12,940  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   379,013 
7,429  Hillenbrand, Inc.   228,739 
16,855  Meritor, Inc. (a)   371,316 
2,666  Mueller Industries, Inc.   82,033 
2,137  Standex International Corp.   161,942 
15,844  Trinity Industries, Inc.   313,394 
       2,218,746 
         
   Marine — 0.3%     
4,157  Matson, Inc.   158,714 
         
   Media — 2.0%     
6,342  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   276,194 
17,278  E.W. Scripps (The) Co., Class A   232,130 
23,880  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   391,871 
5,221  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   240,531 
2,026  Scholastic Corp.   78,001 
       1,218,727 
         
   Metals & Mining — 3.8%     
68,676  AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)   162,075 
15,397  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   323,491 
6,034  Carpenter Technology Corp.   295,787 
22,425  Commercial Metals Co.   433,475 
43,451  Hecla Mining Co.   99,937 
1,575  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   168,651 
33,743  United States Steel Corp. (b)   388,382 
19,965  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   388,918 
2,123  Worthington Industries, Inc.   78,148 
       2,338,864 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.2%     
15,906  Big Lots, Inc.   344,683 
5,894  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A (b)   406,568 
       751,251 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.5%     
129,052  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   322,630 
5,252  Arch Coal, Inc., Class A   414,330 
89,803  Callon Petroleum Co. (a) (b)   341,251 
53,684  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   452,556 
23,579  Matador Resources Co. (a)   327,984 
112,641  Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)   293,993 
14,044  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   280,178 
26,475  Peabody Energy Corp.   278,782 

  

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
84,269  QEP Resources, Inc.  $280,616 
40,220  SM Energy Co.   315,325 
201,939  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   413,975 
19,171  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   412,752 
48,536  Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)   307,718 
3,905  World Fuel Services Corp.   163,112 
       4,605,202 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 1.3%     
10,884  Domtar Corp.   396,069 
1,176  Neenah, Inc.   75,852 
8,328  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   337,201 
       809,122 
         
   Personal Products — 0.6%     
3,666  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   163,430 
2,279  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   168,897 
       332,327 
         
   Professional Services — 1.5%     
3,254  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   89,062 
906  ICF International, Inc.   77,635 
16,092  Kelly Services, Inc., Class A   386,369 
2,022  Kforce, Inc.   82,720 
8,071  Korn Ferry   296,125 
       931,911 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
2,156  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   77,012 
17,208  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   182,749 
       259,761 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.2%     
10,667  Heartland Express, Inc.   222,940 
15,005  Marten Transport Ltd.   325,008 
1,665  Saia, Inc. (a)   148,518 
14,355  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   328,299 
8,832  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   322,368 
       1,347,133 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.8%     
1,332  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   78,721 
34,263  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   425,889 
       504,610 
         
   Software — 0.4%     
7,477  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   90,397 
3,704  Ebix, Inc. (b)   157,901 
       248,298 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail — 5.3%     
24,984  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A  $404,491 
1,525  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   157,273 
15,134  Buckle (The), Inc.   316,603 
2,025  Children’s Place (The), Inc. (b)   165,868 
9,106  Designer Brands, Inc., Class A   150,249 
7,639  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   297,386 
2,485  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   247,108 
31,848  Michaels Cos. (The), Inc. (a)   278,033 
222,074  Office Depot, Inc.   457,473 
20,939  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   324,555 
4,562  Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)   73,175 
13,873  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   398,155 
       3,270,369 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.5%     
15,123  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   379,738 
6,537  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   248,406 
2,174  Oxford Industries, Inc.   149,702 
5,518  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   163,774 
       941,620 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.0%     
5,638  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   163,784 
4,173  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   151,647 
6,607  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   158,106 
5,133  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (a)   159,790 
6,357  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   158,607 
5,574  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   351,106 
1,736  WSFS Financial Corp.   73,207 
       1,216,247 
         
   Tobacco — 0.5%     
5,690  Universal Corp.   311,812 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 4.9%     
17,374  Aircastle Ltd.   472,920 
4,038  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   241,634 
4,650  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   144,336 
11,909  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   321,424 
7,988  GMS, Inc. (a)   239,320 
4,933  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   218,335 
18,913  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   214,852 
27,184  NOW, Inc. (a)   286,519 
10,103  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   441,400 
8,158  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   409,124 
       2,989,864 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%     
10,370  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   385,971 

  

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%  $61,225,187 
   (Cost $62,655,566)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.5%     
947,866  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   947,866 
   (Cost $947,866)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.9%     
$ 1,153,044  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $1,153,098 Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$1,177,839. (d)
   1,153,044 
   (Cost $1,153,044)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.2%   63,326,097 
   (Cost $64,756,476) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.2)%   (1,944,007)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $61,382,090 

 

 

(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 $2,003,853 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,100,910.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,962,170 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $5,392,549. The net unrealized depreciation was $1,430,379.

 

 

 

   
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $61,225,187   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   947,866    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      1,153,044    —   
Total Investments  $62,173,053   $1,153,044   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%     
31,454  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)  $593,851 
7,212  Moog, Inc., Class A   603,717 
51,118  Triumph Group, Inc.   1,061,721 
       2,259,289 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%     
40,944  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   856,139 
18,357  Forward Air Corp.   1,269,754 
       2,125,893 
         
   Auto Components — 0.3%     
7,351  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   528,904 
28,805  Garrett Motion, Inc. (a)   273,648 
       802,552 
         
   Banks — 7.0%     
15,533  BancFirst Corp.   899,205 
7,668  City Holding Co.   608,379 
31,149  FB Financial Corp.   1,173,383 
23,972  First Bancorp   904,943 
58,603  First BanCorp   616,504 
3,843  Independent Bank Corp.   315,433 
11,116  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   594,373 
13,297  Lakeland Financial Corp.   618,975 
25,174  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   865,986 
39,300  OFG Bancorp   798,183 
37,498  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   1,265,745 
25,533  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   880,888 
23,108  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   647,024 
17,639  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   617,365 
25,230  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   869,173 
23,456  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   936,833 
10,609  Tompkins Financial Corp.   928,394 
41,256  United Community Banks, Inc.   1,246,344 
11,821  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   291,033 
12,109  Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.   618,649 
9,409  Westamerica Bancorporation   621,182 
       16,317,994 
         
   Beverages — 0.6%     
4,813  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   1,320,495 
         
   Biotechnology — 4.1%     
7,260  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   325,756 
40,012  ArQule, Inc. (a)   404,521 
28,863  Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   501,350 
40,724  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   671,539 
22,374  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   1,278,898 
27,817  Epizyme, Inc. (a)   320,174 
18,471  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   276,141 
15,509  Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   329,566 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
14,889  Invitae Corp. (a)  $239,862 
35,660  Natera, Inc. (a)   1,373,623 
21,803  Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   630,325 
10,157  Principia Biopharma, Inc. (a)   358,644 
56,779  Radius Health, Inc. (a)   1,614,795 
11,954  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   274,105 
17,336  Xencor, Inc. (a)   593,065 
67,029  ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a) (b)   282,862 
       9,475,226 
         
   Building Products — 1.8%     
12,733  AAON, Inc.   619,588 
36,244  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   1,341,753 
21,178  CSW Industrials, Inc.   1,465,941 
44,619  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   762,539 
       4,189,821 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.9%     
21,292  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   1,393,348 
12,054  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   263,742 
10,265  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   611,999 
19,085  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   901,957 
14,370  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   596,786 
40,613  TCG BDC, Inc.   580,360 
       4,348,192 
         
   Chemicals — 0.9%     
13,123  Innospec, Inc.   1,198,917 
53,997  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   889,331 
       2,088,248 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.2%     
22,048  Brady Corp., Class A   1,242,184 
27,239  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   1,187,348 
49,777  Covanta Holding Corp.   718,780 
31,722  Herman Miller, Inc.   1,475,073 
21,010  McGrath RentCorp   1,603,273 
18,292  US Ecology, Inc.   1,138,311 
       7,364,969 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.8%     
160,777  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   1,035,404 
23,061  Plantronics, Inc.   909,064 
       1,944,468 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.9%     
8,569  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   620,653 
93,845  WillScot Corp. (a)   1,478,997 
       2,099,650 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance — 0.8%     
22,989  Nelnet, Inc., Class A  $1,408,536 
4,587  World Acceptance Corp. (a)   476,177 
       1,884,713 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
36,804  Career Education Corp. (a)   521,145 
32,604  K12, Inc. (a)   645,233 
       1,166,378 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
42,582  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,243,394 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
4,482  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   251,664 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.0%     
14,643  MGE Energy, Inc.   1,128,097 
21,763  Otter Tail Corp.   1,233,527 
       2,361,624 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.7%     
48,175  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   1,671,672 
87,520  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   1,360,061 
131,607  Vivint Solar, Inc. (a) (b)   922,565 
       3,954,298 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3%     
5,345  Badger Meter, Inc.   308,941 
19,769  Itron, Inc. (a)   1,507,584 
71,883  Knowles Corp. (a)   1,551,235 
15,577  MTS Systems Corp.   879,789 
11,515  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   1,142,749 
       5,390,298 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%     
26,489  Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A   243,964 
142,026  McDermott International, Inc. (a) (b)   231,502 
31,564  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   244,621 
30,007  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.   133,831 
       853,918 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 10.1%     
20,461  Acadia Realty Trust   572,499 
47,721  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   1,121,921 
823  Alexander’s, Inc.   284,264 
83,784  American Finance Trust, Inc. (b)   1,240,003 
18,938  Brandywine Realty Trust   289,373 
12,208  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   295,922 
194,297  Colony Capital, Inc.   1,088,063 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
54,914  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.  $1,225,680 
51,054  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   1,310,046 
20,679  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   592,453 
18,244  Getty Realty Corp.   611,904 
29,526  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   881,646 
102,040  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   1,571,416 
27,519  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   584,503 
9,315  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   707,940 
83,973  Lexington Realty Trust   913,626 
16,801  LTC Properties, Inc.   871,132 
40,587  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.   612,052 
35,051  National Storage Affiliates Trust   1,197,693 
25,012  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   1,219,835 
28,011  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   628,567 
16,742  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   897,204 
32,084  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   598,848 
47,473  Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A   653,228 
38,348  Safehold, Inc.   1,326,074 
10,730  Saul Centers, Inc.   574,484 
7,024  Taubman Centers, Inc.   251,319 
11,381  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   1,356,957 
       23,478,652 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.5%     
36,260  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   1,201,112 
         
   Food Products — 2.0%     
29,380  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   1,535,399 
83,638  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   1,068,894 
50,433  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   1,237,626 
23,173  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   794,370 
       4,636,289 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.7%     
9,028  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   855,855 
12,065  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   836,828 
       1,692,683 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.3%     
11,501  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   305,811 
365  Atrion Corp.   307,852 
24,612  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   1,095,726 
12,165  CONMED Corp.   1,338,393 
7,891  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   527,277 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
34,340  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)  $715,989 
2,457  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   559,582 
17,004  Nevro Corp. (a)   1,465,745 
11,031  Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)   463,633 
9,530  Quidel Corp. (a)   542,257 
6,781  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)   307,993 
       7,630,258 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%     
18,444  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   1,553,169 
15,448  CorVel Corp. (a)   1,222,246 
20,252  National Research Corp., Class A   1,163,072 
65,488  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   696,137 
8,961  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   1,267,713 
       5,902,337 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.6%     
11,078  HealthStream, Inc. (a)   310,849 
89,203  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,394,243 
19,171  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,169,047 
15,664  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   797,924 
       3,672,063 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.6%     
20,170  Brinker International, Inc.   896,556 
64,221  Denny’s Corp. (a)   1,292,127 
7,710  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   563,987 
9,444  Jack in the Box, Inc.   793,485 
51,352  Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (a)   808,280 
16,442  Papa John’s International, Inc. (b)   962,679 
42,292  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   1,014,585 
32,704  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   864,040 
14,916  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   1,227,288 
       8,423,027 
         
   Household Durables — 1.9%     
25,465  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   1,660,827 
4,650  iRobot Corp. (a) (b)   223,479 
17,546  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   1,377,010 
38,870  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   1,097,300 
       4,358,616 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
4,690  WD-40 Co.   878,906 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%     
54,292  Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Class A   1,521,805 
         
   Insurance — 1.6%     
13,020  AMERISAFE, Inc.   827,160 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
17,515  eHealth, Inc. (a)  $1,209,236 
14,153  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   1,496,255 
11,284  Trupanion, Inc. (a) (b)   267,431 
       3,800,082 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
24,769  Yelp, Inc. (a)   854,778 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.3%     
36,686  Quotient Technology, Inc. (a)   315,867 
14,906  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   340,751 
       656,618 
         
   IT Services — 3.7%     
28,291  CSG Systems International, Inc.   1,630,693 
37,467  EVERTEC, Inc.   1,146,116 
10,203  Evo Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   290,071 
17,468  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,216,297 
56,639  NIC, Inc.   1,332,149 
37,900  Perficient, Inc. (a)   1,485,680 
30,534  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   1,446,396 
       8,547,402 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%     
15,007  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   344,111 
         
   Machinery — 6.9%     
12,423  Alamo Group, Inc.   1,330,006 
16,216  Albany International Corp., Class A   1,361,820 
16,056  Columbus McKinnon Corp.   602,421 
26,246  Douglas Dynamics, Inc.   1,229,100 
14,704  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   1,242,341 
44,660  Federal Signal Corp.   1,448,770 
18,003  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   969,462 
15,133  Harsco Corp. (a)   306,746 
14,413  Helios Technologies, Inc.   571,187 
9,806  Kadant, Inc.   890,385 
36,545  SPX Corp. (a)   1,664,259 
21,810  SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)   987,557 
16,545  Tennant Co.   1,281,079 
28,081  TriMas Corp. (a)   907,578 
12,479  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   1,163,667 
       15,956,378 
         
   Media — 0.6%     
325,263  Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Class A (a)   1,458,805 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.1%     
65,653  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (b)   896,820 
31,208  Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.   580,469 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
44,069  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.  $883,583 
33,861  Ladder Capital Corp.   584,780 
96,034  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   601,173 
65,683  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   1,503,484 
71,280  Redwood Trust, Inc.   1,164,715 
43,383  TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.   877,638 
       7,092,662 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.6%     
23,017  Unitil Corp.   1,433,269 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%     
63,543  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)   216,046 
39,517  Jagged Peak Energy, Inc. (a) (b)   280,175 
137,933  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   855,185 
63,958  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,448,649 
       2,800,055 
         
   Personal Products — 0.5%     
12,303  Inter Parfums, Inc.   952,621 
2,766  Medifast, Inc.   306,860 
       1,259,481 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.2%     
43,406  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   838,387 
11,807  ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   922,245 
15,694  Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)   325,807 
103,433  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,509,088 
15,360  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   621,926 
10,443  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   290,211 
30,020  Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)   483,922 
       4,991,586 
         
   Professional Services — 0.8%     
8,925  Forrester Research, Inc.   307,734 
23,837  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   1,576,579 
       1,884,313 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
34,728  Redfin Corp. (a) (b)   603,920 
16,748  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   310,675 
       914,595 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.2%     
42,259  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   570,919 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.4%     
18,615  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   979,707 
36,416  Diodes, Inc. (a)   1,698,806 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
78,314  FormFactor, Inc. (a)  $1,709,595 
23,918  Inphi Corp. (a)   1,719,226 
79,855  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   1,564,359 
54,417  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,237,443 
12,821  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   243,086 
12,937  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,178,690 
133,276  SunPower Corp. (a) (b)   1,167,498 
56,559  Xperi Corp.   1,148,431 
       12,646,841 
         
   Software — 4.3%     
28,228  8x8, Inc. (a)   545,365 
6,152  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   303,909 
9,046  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   879,543 
30,738  Appian Corp. (a)   1,372,145 
5,999  Blackline, Inc. (a)   280,393 
17,322  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   293,088 
32,384  Cloudera, Inc. (a)   274,616 
22,699  ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (a)   698,221 
15,097  Instructure, Inc. (a)   705,483 
40,902  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   1,679,027 
7,540  Progress Software Corp.   300,695 
15,347  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   297,118 
6,092  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   321,475 
34,200  SVMK, Inc. (a)   629,280 
16,779  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   628,877 
4,800  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   343,440 
6,545  Workiva, Inc. (a)   272,730 
19,065  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   271,676 
       10,097,081 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.5%     
41,892  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,468,315 
56,692  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   1,466,622 
8,549  RH (a)   1,553,353 
28,309  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   1,362,229 
       5,850,519 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.4%     
130,544  Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. (a)   913,808 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%     
52,599  Crocs, Inc. (a)   1,840,439 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.5%     
42,441  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   605,633 
54,510  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   898,870 
44,851  Kearny Financial Corp.   629,259 
62,380  Meridian Bancorp, Inc.   1,220,153 
44,836  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   1,419,508 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)     
32,777  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)  $958,727 
       5,732,150 
         
   Tobacco — 0.6%     
122,763  Vector Group Ltd.   1,497,709 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%     
40,526  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   1,375,452 
43,208  Triton International Ltd.   1,585,734 
       2,961,186 
         
   Water Utilities — 1.3%     
16,263  California Water Service Group   910,240 
18,007  Middlesex Water Co.   1,210,971 
12,605  SJW Group   911,972 
       3,033,183 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
9,029  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.   290,373 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   232,267,175 
   (Cost $218,565,580)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.4%     
3,160,133  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class -
1.67% (c) (d)
   3,160,133 
   (Cost $3,160,133)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.6%     
$ 3,844,182  BNP Paribas S.A., 1.70% (c), dated 10/31/19, due 11/01/19, with a maturity value of $3,844,363. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, interest rates of 2.50% to 2.625%,
due 02/28/21 to 12/31/23. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$3,926,847. (d)
   3,844,182 
   (Cost $3,844,182)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.9%   239,271,490 
   (Cost $225,569,895) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.9)%   (6,814,915)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $232,456,575 

  

 

(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 $6,838,481 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $7,004,315.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $21,425,382 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $7,723,787. The net unrealized appreciation was $13,701,595.

  

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $232,267,175   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   3,160,133    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements   —      3,844,182    —   
Total Investments  $235,427,308   $3,844,182   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

  

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund (FMK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 5.6%     
1,597  Lockheed Martin Corp.  $601,558 
2,077  Northrop Grumman Corp.   732,101 
       1,333,659 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.3%     
2,599  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   299,327 
         
   Banks — 7.5%     
10,675  Bank of America Corp.   333,807 
6,761  Citigroup, Inc.   485,845 
3,969  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   495,808 
1,111  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   162,984 
6,173  Wells Fargo & Co.   318,712 
       1,797,156 
         
   Beverages — 0.7%     
1,136  PepsiCo, Inc.   155,825 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.6%     
9,826  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   626,014 
         
   Capital Markets — 6.7%     
2,210  CME Group, Inc.   454,708 
3,005  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   641,207 
10,946  Morgan Stanley   504,063 
       1,599,978 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
747  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   158,797 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.3%     
20,572  AT&T, Inc.   791,816 
7,738  Verizon Communications, Inc.   467,917 
       1,259,733 
         
   Electric Utilities — 4.0%     
1,624  Duke Energy Corp.   153,078 
1,336  NextEra Energy, Inc.   318,422 
7,561  Southern (The) Co.   473,773 
       945,273 
         
   Entertainment — 1.3%     
2,389  Walt Disney (The) Co.   310,379 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.6%     
704  American Tower Corp.   153,528 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 6.6%     
2,702  Costco Wholesale Corp.   802,791 
6,558  Walmart, Inc.   768,991 
       1,571,782 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%     
648  Anthem, Inc.  $174,364 
4,937  CVS Health Corp.   327,767 
716  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   180,933 
       683,064 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.5%     
7,043  Starbucks Corp.   595,556 
         
   Household Products — 2.6%     
5,007  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   623,422 
         
   Insurance — 1.8%     
2,892  Chubb Ltd.   440,799 
         
   IT Services — 1.3%     
3,006  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   319,057 
         
   Machinery — 2.1%     
3,698  Caterpillar, Inc.   509,584 
         
   Media — 6.2%     
1,511  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   706,936 
17,268  Comcast Corp., Class A   773,952 
       1,480,888 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.5%     
6,564  Chevron Corp.   762,343 
13,662  ConocoPhillips   754,143 
11,025  Exxon Mobil Corp.   744,959 
       2,261,445 
         
   Personal Products — 0.6%     
783  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   145,849 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 7.0%     
12,281  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   704,561 
8,666  Pfizer, Inc.   332,515 
4,998  Zoetis, Inc.   639,344 
       1,676,420 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.7%     
961  Union Pacific Corp.   159,007 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.2%     
15,107  Intel Corp.   853,999 
6,123  QUALCOMM, Inc.   492,534 
1,205  Texas Instruments, Inc.   142,178 
       1,488,711 
         
   Software — 3.4%     
5,188  VMware, Inc., Class A   821,105 

 

 

First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund (FMK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail — 2.6%     
2,684  Home Depot (The), Inc.  $629,613 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.5%     
1,390  Apple, Inc.   345,776 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%     
3,315  NIKE, Inc., Class B   296,858 
         
   Tobacco — 2.1%     
11,420  Altria Group, Inc.   511,502 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.7%     
7,906  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   653,510 
         
   Total Investments — 99.8%   23,853,617 
   (Cost $22,558,896) (b)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.2%   44,196 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $23,897,813 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of October 31, 2019, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $1,646,749 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $352,028. The net unrealized appreciation was $1,294,721.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 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*  $23,853,617   $—     $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Style Funds

October 31, 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

 

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