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First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Airlines — 6.1%     
65,788  Alaska Air Group, Inc.  $2,139,426 
24,812  Copa Holdings S.A., Class A   1,096,938 
65,654  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   1,701,095 
209,283  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   2,038,416 
40,397  Southwest Airlines Co.   1,262,406 
59,366  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,756,046 
       9,994,327 
         
   Auto Components — 4.3%     
14,604  Aptiv PLC   1,015,708 
59,031  BorgWarner, Inc.   1,686,516 
50,717  Gentex Corp.   1,229,380 
193,100  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   1,384,527 
17,704  Lear Corp.   1,728,796 
       7,044,927 
         
   Automobiles — 5.3%     
232,683  Ford Motor Co.   1,184,356 
69,228  General Motors Co.   1,543,092 
59,366  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   1,295,960 
3,576  Tesla, Inc. (a)   2,796,003 
26,645  Thor Industries, Inc.   1,763,899 
       8,583,310 
         
   Building Products — 0.3%     
8,315  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   400,783 
         
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.1%     
16,400  Copart, Inc. (a)   1,313,804 
59,941  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   897,916 
31,098  Rollins, Inc.   1,243,920 
       3,455,640 
         
   Distributors — 2.1%     
5,341  Genuine Parts Co.   423,435 
54,796  LKQ Corp. (a)   1,432,915 
7,310  Pool Corp.   1,547,235 
       3,403,585 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 2.8%     
5,493  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   2,142,325 
9,431  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   811,255 
51,084  H&R Block, Inc.   850,548 
18,389  Service Corp. International   675,612 
       4,479,740 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.5%     
13,269  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   796,538 
         
         
   Entertainment — 7.2%     
12,094  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   770,751 
141,170  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   2,015,908 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Entertainment (Continued)     
11,221  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)  $1,282,111 
7,910  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   354,922 
3,829  Netflix, Inc. (a)   1,607,606 
11,843  Spotify Technology S.A. (a)   1,795,043 
12,128  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   1,468,094 
3,720  Walt Disney (The) Co.   402,318 
273,443  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   2,061,760 
       11,758,513 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%     
6,572  Costco Wholesale Corp.   1,991,316 
         
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 15.8%     
36,015  Aramark   983,570 
142,220  Carnival Corp. (b)   2,261,298 
1,100  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   966,405 
4,438  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   1,606,245 
196,787  Extended Stay America, Inc.   2,139,075 
71,264  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   1,468,038 
39,104  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   2,199,991 
188,881  International Game Technology PLC (b)   1,424,163 
8,464  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   406,441 
158,738  MGM Resorts International   2,671,561 
170,903  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   2,802,809 
7,382  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   445,356 
58,226  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   2,723,230 
28,677  Six Flags Entertainment Corp.   573,827 
5,473  Starbucks Corp.   419,943 
2,431  Vail Resorts, Inc.   415,701 
24,169  Wendy’s (The) Co.   479,996 
16,575  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.   423,823 
26,365  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   1,277,648 
       25,689,120 
         
   Household Durables — 8.7%     
42,312  D.R. Horton, Inc.   1,997,973 
9,595  Garmin Ltd.   778,730 
26,961  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   947,140 
37,661  Lennar Corp., Class A   1,885,686 
24,569  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   2,155,193 
143  NVR, Inc. (a)   443,300 
64,451  PulteGroup, Inc.   1,822,030 
97,302  Toll Brothers, Inc.   2,337,194 
16,768  Whirlpool Corp.   1,873,656 
       14,240,902 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
20,680  TripAdvisor, Inc.   412,980 
         

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.7%     
958  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)  $2,370,092 
11,963  eBay, Inc.   476,486 
9,356  Etsy, Inc. (a)   606,924 
12,784  Expedia Group, Inc.   907,408 
       4,360,910 
         
   IT Services — 0.8%     
189,522  Sabre Corp.   1,377,825 
         
         
   Leisure Products — 1.0%     
23,339  Polaris, Inc.   1,655,435 
         
         
   Machinery — 0.7%     
8,322  WABCO Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,118,310 
         
         
   Media — 6.8%     
74,002  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   1,659,125 
60,877  Fox Corp., Class A   1,574,888 
22,216  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   377,228 
19,184  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   720,359 
36,594  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   1,190,037 
40,068  News Corp., Class A   397,074 
12,458  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   872,558 
6,552  Omnicom Group, Inc.   373,660 
44,729  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   789,467 
145,598  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   860,484 
133,700  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   2,307,662 
       11,122,542 
         
   Multiline Retail — 4.2%     
4,898  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   390,224 
128,380  Kohl’s Corp.   2,369,895 
381,486  Macy’s, Inc. (b)   2,235,508 
7,763  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   527,185 
12,089  Target Corp.   1,326,647 
       6,849,459 
         
   Personal Products — 0.5%     
4,511  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   795,741 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 0.4%     
2,476  AMERCO   693,602 
         
         
   Software — 1.8%     
52,962  2U, Inc. (a)   1,257,847 
5,822  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   1,703,401 
       2,961,248 
         
   Specialty Retail — 14.3%     
3,853  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   465,866 
51,265  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   1,909,109 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
427  AutoZone, Inc. (a)  $435,677 
12,622  Best Buy Co., Inc.   968,486 
4,538  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   829,047 
6,682  CarMax, Inc. (a)   492,129 
20,401  Carvana Co. (a) (b)   1,634,324 
67,667  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   1,988,733 
11,209  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   475,262 
84,947  Foot Locker, Inc.   2,177,192 
204,336  Gap (The), Inc.   1,659,208 
3,852  Home Depot (The), Inc.   846,785 
4,181  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   437,960 
51,376  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   1,848,508 
8,267  Ross Stores, Inc.   755,273 
15,044  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   737,908 
17,013  Tractor Supply Co.   1,725,629 
131,535  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   2,280,817 
26,431  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   1,634,493 
       23,302,406 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 10.1%     
173,596  Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)   2,647,339 
10,939  Carter’s, Inc.   855,430 
10,310  Columbia Sportswear Co.   751,496 
182,789  Hanesbrands, Inc.   1,816,923 
7,587  Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)   1,695,543 
13,585  NIKE, Inc., Class B   1,184,340 
49,760  PVH Corp.   2,449,685 
21,528  Ralph Lauren Corp.   1,588,336 
47,341  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   1,334,069 
144,640  Tapestry, Inc.   2,152,243 
       16,475,404 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   162,964,563 
   (Cost $198,908,836)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 4.8%     
7,593,203  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   7,593,203 
238,192  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   238,192 
   Total Money Market Funds — 4.8%   7,831,395 
   (Cost $7,831,395)     
         

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 104.8%  $170,795,958 
   (Cost $206,740,231) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (4.8)%   (7,788,968)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $163,006,990 

 

 

(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 $7,135,292 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $7,593,203.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $12,289,882 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $48,234,155. The net unrealized depreciation was $35,944,273.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $162,964,563   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   7,831,395    —      —   
Total Investments  $170,795,958   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Beverages — 13.1%     
66,986  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B  $4,166,529 
126,052  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   5,784,526 
142,982  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   5,863,692 
132,190  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   8,170,664 
61,924  PepsiCo, Inc.   8,191,926 
       32,177,337 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 16.8%     
70,165  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   10,623,683 
123,456  Kroger (The) Co.   3,902,444 
500,067  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   10,391,392 
524,916  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   11,285,694 
121,917  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   5,277,787 
       41,481,000 
         
   Food Products — 38.9%     
158,548  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   5,888,473 
201,391  Campbell Soup Co.   10,065,522 
126,739  Conagra Brands, Inc.   4,238,152 
90,606  Flowers Foods, Inc.   2,018,702 
70,467  General Mills, Inc.   4,220,269 
56,129  Hershey (The) Co.   7,433,163 
39,863  Hormel Foods Corp.   1,867,582 
98,502  Ingredion, Inc.   7,998,362 
33,501  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   3,849,600 
123,971  Kellogg Co.   8,120,100 
225,454  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   6,838,020 
65,123  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   3,995,947 
26,332  McCormick & Co., Inc.   4,129,911 
37,124  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   1,909,659 
410,432  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   9,029,504 
22,409  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,058,267 
84,225  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   4,356,959 
128,513  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   7,992,223 
       96,010,415 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 10.1%     
105,042  AmerisourceBergen Corp.   9,418,066 
94,012  CVS Health Corp.   5,786,438 
68,728  McKesson Corp.   9,707,830 
       24,912,334 
         
   Household Products — 9.0%     
86,908  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   6,082,691 
42,927  Clorox (The) Co.   8,003,310 
14,540  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   2,013,499 
50,707  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   5,976,834 
       22,076,334 
         
   Multiline Retail — 4.4%     
61,562  Dollar General Corp.   10,791,819 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Personal Products — 6.0%     
63,759  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)  $2,381,399 
425,458  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   12,427,628 
       14,809,027 
         
   Tobacco — 1.5%     
48,079  Altria Group, Inc.   1,887,101 
25,484  Philip Morris International, Inc.   1,901,106 
       3,788,207 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   246,046,473 
   (Cost $250,303,297)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
571,546  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -0.07% (b)   571,546 
   (Cost $571,546)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   246,618,019 
   (Cost $250,874,843) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.0)%   (82,152)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $246,535,867 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $14,107,265 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $18,364,089. The net unrealized depreciation was $4,256,824.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $246,046,473   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   571,546    —      —   
Total Investments  $246,618,019   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund (FXN)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Chemicals — 0.7%     
28,637  Valvoline, Inc.  $492,270 
         
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 9.3%     
260,832  Apergy Corp. (a) (b)   2,402,263 
71,414  Baker Hughes Co.   996,225 
54,729  Halliburton Co.   574,654 
47,917  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   947,319 
478,640  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   1,766,182 
       6,686,643 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 89.4%     
1,577,800  Antero Resources Corp. (a) (b)   4,701,844 
65,429  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   1,414,575 
11,190  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (b)   522,461 
32,565  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   569,888 
10,343  Chevron Corp.   951,556 
44,558  Cimarex Energy Co.   1,132,664 
8,746  Concho Resources, Inc.   496,073 
60,867  ConocoPhillips   2,562,501 
245,374  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   4,021,680 
162,782  Devon Energy Corp.   2,029,892 
57,247  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   2,492,534 
52,191  EOG Resources, Inc.   2,479,594 
106,070  EQT Corp.   1,547,561 
39,497  Exxon Mobil Corp.   1,835,426 
11,252  Hess Corp.   547,297 
76,487  HollyFrontier Corp.   2,527,131 
53,876  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   820,531 
1,255,936  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   2,072,294 
569,813  Marathon Oil Corp.   3,487,256 
79,370  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   2,546,190 
244,657  Murphy Oil Corp.   2,901,632 
124,156  Noble Energy, Inc.   1,217,970 
64,751  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   1,074,867 
51,570  ONEOK, Inc.   1,543,490 
261,741  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A   2,473,452 
264,782  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   3,018,515 
27,949  Phillips 66   2,045,028 
21,381  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   1,909,537 
164,441  Range Resources Corp. (a)   958,691 
162,782  Targa Resources Corp.   2,109,655 
33,060  Valero Energy Corp.   2,094,351 
26,500  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   513,305 
614,650  WPX Energy, Inc. (b)   3,767,805 
       64,387,246 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%     
10,407  First Solar, Inc. (b)   458,012 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   72,024,171 
   (Cost $100,007,675)     
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 15.1%     
10,832,583  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)  $10,832,583 
43,536  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   43,536 
   Total Money Market Funds — 15.1%   10,876,119 
   (Cost $10,876,119)     
         
   Total Investments — 115.1%   82,900,290 
   (Cost $110,883,794) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (15.1)%   (10,852,724)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $72,047,566 

  

 

(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $10,429,349 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $10,832,583.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,125,382 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $31,108,886. The net unrealized depreciation was $27,983,504.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $72,024,171   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   10,876,119    —      —   
Total Investments  $82,900,290   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Banks — 29.6%     
245,804  Associated Banc-Corp.  $3,475,669 
74,033  Bank of America Corp.   1,780,494 
376,527  Bank OZK   8,517,041 
264,185  BankUnited, Inc.   5,233,505 
116,093  BOK Financial Corp.   6,012,456 
477,047  CIT Group, Inc.   9,054,352 
117,289  Citigroup, Inc.   5,695,554 
262,634  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   5,880,375 
214,304  Comerica, Inc.   7,470,637 
28,179  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   2,024,943 
191,927  East West Bancorp, Inc.   6,730,880 
670,348  F.N.B. Corp.   5,423,115 
423,423  Fifth Third Bancorp   7,913,776 
4,713  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   1,800,366 
95,100  First Hawaiian, Inc.   1,672,809 
612,950  First Horizon National Corp.   5,565,586 
19,118  First Republic Bank   1,993,816 
382,921  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   3,538,190 
303,177  KeyCorp   3,532,012 
30,385  M&T Bank Corp.   3,405,551 
350,898  PacWest Bancorp   7,102,175 
142,269  People’s United Financial, Inc.   1,805,394 
83,737  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   3,370,414 
16,418  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   1,751,308 
141,156  Popular, Inc.   5,447,210 
350,480  Regions Financial Corp.   3,767,660 
19,565  Signature Bank   2,096,977 
601,693  Sterling Bancorp   7,418,875 
10,420  SVB Financial Group (a)   2,012,831 
281,349  Synovus Financial Corp.   5,911,142 
138,745  TCF Financial Corp.   4,119,339 
283,611  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   7,878,714 
288,422  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   3,612,486 
137,291  Webster Financial Corp.   3,878,471 
109,539  Wells Fargo & Co.   3,182,108 
51,350  Western Alliance Bancorp   1,842,438 
95,685  Wintrust Financial Corp.   4,009,201 
184,608  Zions Bancorp N.A.   5,835,459 
       171,763,329 
         
   Capital Markets — 18.6%     
93,362  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   3,504,810 
97,486  Eaton Vance Corp.   3,577,736 
178,754  Evercore, Inc., Class A   9,223,706 
18,955  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   5,212,625 
493,359  Franklin Resources, Inc.   9,294,884 
10,167  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   1,864,831 
114,440  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   4,692,040 
19,471  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   1,741,681 
692,484  Invesco Ltd.   5,969,212 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
537,477  Janus Henderson Group PLC  $9,620,838 
18,906  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   8,602,419 
29,740  Moody’s Corp.   7,253,586 
92,456  Morgan Stanley   3,645,540 
13,518  Morningstar, Inc.   2,108,267 
28,487  MSCI, Inc.   9,315,249 
24,882  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   1,640,222 
20,146  S&P Global, Inc.   5,900,361 
33,920  SEI Investments Co.   1,728,563 
29,504  State Street Corp.   1,859,932 
32,209  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   3,724,327 
301,998  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   7,057,693 
       107,538,522 
         
   Consumer Finance — 8.7%     
435,761  Ally Financial, Inc.   7,142,123 
24,581  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   7,658,702 
176,293  Discover Financial Services   7,575,310 
651,767  Navient Corp.   4,966,465 
430,649  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   10,426,012 
591,942  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (b)   9,228,376 
437,247  SLM Corp.   3,646,640 
       50,643,628 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 3.2%     
45,032  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   8,437,195 
602,342  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   8,264,132 
38,763  Voya Financial, Inc.   1,750,925 
       18,452,252 
         
   Insurance — 31.7%     
45,898  Aflac, Inc.   1,709,242 
5,683  Alleghany Corp.   3,033,074 
53,860  Allstate (The) Corp.   5,478,639 
22,439  American Financial Group, Inc.   1,486,359 
259,278  American International Group, Inc.   6,593,440 
173,589  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   4,171,344 
60,610  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   4,757,885 
243,798  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   7,248,115 
331,751  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   8,957,277 
227,325  Brown & Brown, Inc.   8,163,241 
109,133  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   7,180,951 
50,657  CNA Financial Corp.   1,599,748 
25,673  Everest Re Group Ltd.   4,444,766 
330,963  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   8,952,549 
194,164  First American Financial Corp.   8,954,844 
17,347  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   1,741,292 
178,425  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   6,778,366 
110,727  Kemper Corp.   7,443,069 
119,459  Lincoln National Corp.   4,237,211 
         

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
6,775  Markel Corp. (a)  $5,866,066 
36,362  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   3,539,113 
154,429  Mercury General Corp.   6,325,412 
161,618  MetLife, Inc.   5,831,177 
539,947  Old Republic International Corp.   8,612,155 
100,311  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   3,652,323 
111,509  Progressive (The) Corp.   8,619,646 
94,766  Prudential Financial, Inc.   5,910,555 
58,719  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   6,146,705 
42,104  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   6,147,605 
15,810  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   1,600,130 
548,573  Unum Group   9,572,599 
9,037  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   8,793,001 
       183,547,899 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.8%     
690,958  Chimera Investment Corp. (b)   5,368,743 
5,312,293  MFA Financial, Inc.   9,296,513 
1,255,045  New Residential Investment Corp.   7,643,224 
306,737  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   3,969,177 
1,650,338  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   7,542,045 
       33,819,702 
         
   Professional Services — 0.6%     
52,400  IHS Markit Ltd.   3,526,520 
         
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.6%     
1,296,687  MGIC Investment Corp.   9,478,782 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   578,770,634 
   (Cost $700,152,001)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 2.7%     
14,163,690  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   14,163,690 
1,493,199  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   1,493,199 
   Total Money Market Funds — 2.7%   15,656,889 
   (Cost $15,656,889)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.5%   594,427,523 
   (Cost $715,808,890) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.5)%   (14,647,491)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $579,780,032 

 

(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 $12,871,666 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $14,163,690.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $14,334,885 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $135,716,252. The net unrealized depreciation was $121,381,367.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $578,770,634   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   15,656,889    —      —   
Total Investments  $594,427,523   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Biotechnology — 24.9%     
173,016  AbbVie, Inc.  $14,221,915 
185,774  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   7,642,742 
293,625  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   31,555,879 
324,389  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   42,722,031 
32,509  Amgen, Inc.   7,776,803 
111,610  Biogen, Inc. (a)   33,129,196 
312,002  BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   28,710,424 
1,148,280  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   28,356,775 
352,659  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   29,623,356 
180,007  Incyte Corp. (a)   17,579,484 
139,404  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   7,741,104 
440,146  Moderna, Inc. (a)   20,242,314 
228,461  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   22,421,163 
72,318  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   38,030,590 
134,764  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   15,885,980 
306,034  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   41,997,046 
148,386  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   37,274,563 
       424,911,365 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 27.4%     
250,585  Abbott Laboratories   23,076,373 
243,541  Baxter International, Inc.   21,621,570 
28,688  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   7,244,581 
201,999  Boston Scientific Corp. (a)   7,570,923 
47,818  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   13,709,421 
47,625  Danaher Corp.   7,784,782 
131,134  DexCom, Inc. (a)   43,956,117 
69,893  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   15,201,728 
2,363,436  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   46,016,099 
196,551  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   22,110,022 
65,330  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   14,327,522 
81,632  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   22,661,043 
159,130  Insulet Corp. (a)   31,781,444 
26,623  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   13,601,158 
148,857  Masimo Corp. (a)   31,842,001 
163,410  Penumbra, Inc. (a) (b)   28,975,861 
178,998  ResMed, Inc.   27,801,969 
188,358  STERIS PLC   26,841,015 
39,592  Stryker Corp.   7,381,137 
22,511  Teleflex, Inc.   7,550,189 
64,209  Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   7,344,225 
173,171  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   32,774,343 
65,207  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   7,805,278 
       468,978,801 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 25.2%     
1,077,575  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   25,872,576 
116,126  Anthem, Inc.   32,600,052 
594,329  Centene Corp. (a)   39,570,425 
81,506  Chemed Corp.   33,952,954 
199,287  Cigna Corp.   39,016,409 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
551,459  Encompass Health Corp.  $36,534,159 
378,797  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   29,152,217 
73,356  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   8,060,357 
260,929  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   14,236,286 
112,448  Humana, Inc.   42,934,895 
104,304  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   17,152,793 
188,710  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   30,942,779 
164,159  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   18,075,548 
141,594  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   41,411,997 
199,573  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   21,092,870 
       430,606,317 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.3%     
313,912  Cerner Corp.   21,782,354 
         
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 9.3%     
184,053  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   14,109,503 
100,727  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   44,329,953 
104,274  Bio-Techne Corp.   23,461,650 
183,803  Bruker Corp.   7,227,134 
156,673  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   22,665,883 
24,137  Illumina, Inc. (a)   7,700,427 
87,553  PerkinElmer, Inc.   7,926,173 
79,373  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   7,659,494 
69,721  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   23,334,224 
       158,414,441 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 11.7%     
472,993  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   28,762,704 
142,543  Eli Lilly and Co.   22,042,849 
890,096  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   32,079,060 
264,336  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   29,143,044 
100,526  Johnson & Johnson   15,082,921 
257,003  Merck & Co., Inc.   20,390,618 
884,123  Mylan N.V. (a)   14,826,743 
403,866  Pfizer, Inc.   15,492,300 
168,015  Zoetis, Inc.   21,726,020 
       199,546,259 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,704,239,537 
   (Cost $1,464,739,575)     

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.8%     
8,946,255  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)  $8,946,255 
3,721,524  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   3,721,524 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.8%   12,667,779 
   (Cost $12,667,779)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.6%   1,716,907,316 
   (Cost $1,477,407,354) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.6)%   (9,758,767)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,707,148,549 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $8,670,948 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $8,946,255.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $252,773,208 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $13,273,246. The net unrealized appreciation was $239,499,962.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $1,704,239,537   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   12,667,779    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,716,907,316   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

  

 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 8.8%     
24,407  BWX Technologies, Inc.  $1,295,035 
12,864  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   1,333,354 
5,738  General Dynamics Corp.   749,498 
8,333  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   1,595,019 
5,845  Lockheed Martin Corp.   2,274,056 
6,546  Northrop Grumman Corp.   2,164,566 
7,166  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   464,428 
82,797  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   1,834,781 
74,296  Textron, Inc.   1,958,443 
       13,669,180 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 2.9%     
5,734  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   406,541 
17,817  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   1,275,786 
8,133  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   769,870 
31,161  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   2,079,685 
       4,531,882 
         
   Building Products — 4.6%     
10,041  A.O. Smith Corp.   425,538 
8,251  Allegion PLC   829,555 
14,972  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,154,042 
14,085  Johnson Controls International PLC   410,014 
51,054  Owens Corning   2,213,701 
313,852  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,610,061 
4,599  Trane Technologies PLC   402,045 
       7,044,956 
         
   Chemicals — 2.5%     
21,992  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   434,122 
4,545  PPG Industries, Inc.   412,823 
25,527  RPM International, Inc.   1,695,248 
2,584  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   1,385,980 
       3,928,173 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%     
275,184  ADT, Inc.   1,576,804 
         
         
   Construction & Engineering — 2.0%     
62,442  Quanta Services, Inc.   2,270,391 
7,163  Valmont Industries, Inc.   839,790 
       3,110,181 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.8%     
2,010  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   382,362 
7,029  Vulcan Materials Co.   794,066 
       1,176,428 
         
   Consumer Finance — 3.5%     
4,439  American Express Co.   405,059 
39,294  Capital One Financial Corp.   2,544,679 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
123,143  Synchrony Financial  $2,437,000 
       5,386,738 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 8.0%     
11,940  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,278,535 
23,493  Ball Corp.   1,540,906 
45,059  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   1,792,898 
34,140  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,198,957 
62,253  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   831,078 
17,498  Packaging Corp. of America   1,691,182 
16,387  Sonoco Products Co.   800,341 
70,112  WestRock Co.   2,256,905 
       12,390,802 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 6.7%     
17,733  Acuity Brands, Inc.   1,535,501 
5,269  AMETEK, Inc.   441,911 
15,302  Eaton Corp. PLC   1,277,717 
15,940  Emerson Electric Co.   909,058 
10,362  Hubbell, Inc.   1,289,344 
90,045  nVent Electric PLC   1,679,339 
24,132  Regal Beloit Corp.   1,713,613 
2,516  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   476,732 
26,251  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)   955,011 
       10,278,226 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.7%     
14,205  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,374,618 
2,843  Littelfuse, Inc.   412,917 
23,863  Trimble, Inc. (a)   826,376 
       2,613,911 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7%     
12,122  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   1,466,277 
2,835  Honeywell International, Inc.   402,287 
2,436  Roper Technologies, Inc.   830,749 
       2,699,313 
         
   IT Services — 14.2%     
7,281  Accenture PLC, Class A   1,348,368 
45,138  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   2,260,060 
2,777  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   407,358 
28,864  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   2,119,772 
16,288  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   2,148,224 
20,857  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   2,149,522 
26,011  Genpact Ltd.   895,559 
10,532  Global Payments, Inc.   1,748,523 
12,761  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   2,087,062 
4,918  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   1,352,302 
15,869  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,951,887 
14,501  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   944,595 
9,425  Visa, Inc., Class A   1,684,436 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
41,895  Western Union (The) Co.  $798,938 
       21,896,606 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%     
1,723  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   1,240,457 
         
         
   Machinery — 16.8%     
8,040  AGCO Corp.   424,834 
6,543  Caterpillar, Inc.   761,474 
19,181  Colfax Corp. (a)   494,678 
11,223  Cummins, Inc.   1,834,960 
5,498  Deere & Co.   797,540 
4,527  Dover Corp.   423,954 
49,761  Flowserve Corp.   1,401,767 
6,885  Fortive Corp.   440,640 
24,396  Graco, Inc.   1,089,525 
2,745  IDEX Corp.   421,714 
2,669  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   433,712 
33,489  ITT, Inc.   1,765,540 
5,505  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   443,208 
5,625  Nordson Corp.   905,119 
30,802  Oshkosh Corp.   2,080,059 
24,850  PACCAR, Inc.   1,720,365 
5,855  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   925,793 
25,518  Pentair PLC   882,668 
18,210  Snap-on, Inc.   2,372,581 
3,799  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   418,650 
30,442  Toro (The) Co.   1,942,504 
94,529  Trinity Industries, Inc.   1,823,464 
7,887  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   444,985 
20,002  Woodward, Inc.   1,211,321 
5,829  Xylem, Inc.   419,105 
       25,880,160 
         
   Marine — 0.9%     
27,347  Kirby Corp. (a)   1,460,877 
         
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.8%     
55,296  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   1,241,948 
         
         
   Professional Services — 4.4%     
6,355  Equifax, Inc.   882,710 
37,395  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   2,776,205 
17,960  TransUnion   1,415,068 
10,899  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   1,665,694 
       6,739,677 
         
   Road & Rail — 7.5%     
13,258  CSX Corp.   878,077 
16,470  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   1,665,446 
46,308  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   1,721,732 
7,923  Landstar System, Inc.   818,525 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail (Continued)     
5,200  Norfolk Southern Corp.  $889,720 
15,092  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   2,192,717 
57,455  Ryder System, Inc.   2,033,907 
61,469  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   1,346,786 
       11,546,910 
         
   Software — 2.5%     
6,436  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   2,271,522 
13,457  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   1,541,230 
       3,812,752 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 7.0%     
89,495  Air Lease Corp.   2,340,294 
41,812  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,240,980 
27,634  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   1,648,092 
19,254  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   2,474,139 
3,056  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   842,172 
86,716  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   2,243,343 
       10,789,020 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.8%     
47,083  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   1,299,020 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   154,314,021 
   (Cost $164,644,669)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
363,682  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (b)   363,682 
   (Cost $363,682)     
         
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   154,677,703 
   (Cost $165,008,351) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (213,594)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $154,464,109 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $13,373,902 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $23,704,550. The net unrealized depreciation was $10,330,648.

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $154,314,021   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   363,682    —      —   
Total Investments  $154,677,703   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 4.9%     
52,723  Hexcel Corp.  $1,823,689 
112,601  Howmet Aerospace, Inc.   1,471,695 
       3,295,384 
         
   Chemicals — 50.6%     
4,912  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   1,108,049 
26,087  Albemarle Corp.   1,602,524 
29,371  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   1,811,897 
75,068  Cabot Corp.   2,544,055 
20,038  Celanese Corp.   1,664,557 
54,066  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   1,486,815 
110,529  Chemours (The) Co.   1,296,505 
16,764  Dow, Inc.   615,071 
14,376  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   675,960 
52,618  Eastman Chemical Co.   3,183,915 
6,292  Ecolab, Inc.   1,217,502 
117,272  Element Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,202,038 
6,000  FMC Corp.   551,400 
135,882  Huntsman Corp.   2,284,176 
9,605  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (b)   1,258,543 
2,833  Linde PLC   521,244 
49,386  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   2,861,919 
45,304  Mosaic (The) Co.   521,449 
2,560  NewMarket Corp.   1,053,286 
126,013  Olin Corp.   1,682,274 
23,935  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   2,968,658 
51,369  Westlake Chemical Corp.   2,231,983 
       34,343,820 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 5.5%     
14,435  Avery Dennison Corp.   1,593,480 
62,986  International Paper Co.   2,157,270 
       3,750,750 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 2.9%     
241,474  GrafTech International Ltd.   1,960,769 
         
         
   Machinery — 4.2%     
75,788  Timken (The) Co.   2,848,113 
         
         
   Metals & Mining — 23.7%     
79,576  Alcoa Corp. (a)   648,544 
145,242  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   1,282,487 
43,303  Newmont Corp.   2,575,662 
68,046  Nucor Corp.   2,802,815 
27,982  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   2,506,628 
11,177  Royal Gold, Inc.   1,369,518 
52,223  Southern Copper Corp.   1,694,114 
108,738  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   2,639,071 
77,685  United States Steel Corp. (b)   596,621 
       16,115,460 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Paper & Forest Products — 3.9%     
113,261  Domtar Corp.  $2,645,777 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 4.3%     
62,745  Fastenal Co.   2,272,624 
45,728  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   663,970 
       2,936,594 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   67,896,667 
   (Cost $79,556,558)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.2%     
733,040  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   733,040 
82,742  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   82,742 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.2%   815,782 
   (Cost $815,782)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.2%   68,712,449 
   (Cost $80,372,340) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.2)%   (803,822)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $67,908,627 

 

 

(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 $693,253 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $733,040.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,871,421 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $15,531,312. The net unrealized depreciation was $11,659,891.

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $67,896,667   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   815,782    —      —   
Total Investments  $68,712,449   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Communications Equipment — 1.1%     
53,666  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)  $11,768,954 
48,291  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   6,725,004 
       18,493,958 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 5.9%     
433,115  Avnet, Inc.   13,002,112 
165,626  CDW Corp.   18,351,361 
529,267  Corning, Inc.   11,649,167 
628,473  Jabil, Inc.   17,873,772 
297,433  SYNNEX Corp.   26,043,233 
59,213  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   13,598,858 
       100,518,503 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.9%     
173,816  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   33,164,093 
         
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 4.4%     
18,710  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   25,196,757 
92,610  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   18,958,193 
60,654  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   13,554,956 
233,933  Match Group, Inc. (a) (b)   18,003,484 
       75,713,390 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%     
126,439  GrubHub, Inc. (a)   6,042,520 
         
         
   IT Services — 15.8%     
237,640  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   23,219,805 
197,763  Amdocs Ltd.   12,743,848 
266,061  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   18,775,925 
24,401  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   6,103,666 
332,439  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   19,288,111 
394,597  DXC Technology Co.   7,154,044 
146,379  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   32,333,657 
190,352  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   13,216,139 
97,990  International Business Machines Corp.   12,303,624 
199,033  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   32,269,220 
222,286  Okta, Inc. (a)   33,631,872 
1,883,395  Switch, Inc., Class A   32,337,892 
121,487  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   13,642,990 
60,376  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   12,648,168 
       269,668,961 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 15.1%     
478,060  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   25,045,563 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
112,381  Applied Materials, Inc.  $5,583,088 
21,719  Broadcom, Inc.   5,899,315 
345,050  Entegris, Inc.   18,712,062 
285,440  Intel Corp.   17,120,691 
151,251  KLA Corp.   24,818,777 
45,292  Lam Research Corp.   11,562,142 
105,929  Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.   5,823,976 
75,951  Microchip Technology, Inc.   6,663,181 
367,286  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   17,589,327 
129,842  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   25,956,714 
58,600  NVIDIA Corp.   17,127,608 
873,877  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   14,021,356 
63,856  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   6,259,804 
76,129  QUALCOMM, Inc.   5,989,068 
121,616  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   12,633,470 
401,363  Teradyne, Inc.   25,101,242 
39,083  Universal Display Corp.   5,867,140 
66,069  Xilinx, Inc.   5,774,431 
       257,548,955 
         
   Software — 49.3%     
85,405  Adobe, Inc. (a)   30,202,624 
228,463  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   25,857,442 
93,516  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   24,485,294 
54,160  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   5,537,860 
197,986  Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (a)   30,784,843 
139,295  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   26,066,273 
364,303  Avalara, Inc. (a)   32,557,759 
329,213  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   26,709,051 
1,764,464  Cerence, Inc. (a)   37,336,058 
308,523  Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a)   18,193,601 
153,601  Citrix Systems, Inc.   22,273,681 
194,512  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   34,251,618 
294,134  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   30,810,537 
1,201,212  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   25,249,476 
92,270  Elastic N.V. (a)   5,918,198 
268,625  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   28,941,658 
115,992  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   19,559,731 
67,173  Intuit, Inc.   18,123,947 
172,338  Microsoft Corp.   30,884,693 
275,226  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   5,854,057 
224,937  Oracle Corp.   11,914,913 
31,398  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   6,170,021 
76,475  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   19,961,505 
216,873  Pegasystems, Inc.   18,134,920 
150,593  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   18,331,686 
291,858  RealPage, Inc. (a)   18,821,923 
128,253  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   29,309,658 
151,014  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   24,456,717 
94,843  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   33,341,108 
654,712  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   34,516,417 
693,741  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   11,779,722 
172,250  Splunk, Inc. (a)   24,177,010 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
248,085  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.  $13,684,369 
119,956  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   18,847,487 
91,638  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   29,387,390 
42,529  VMware, Inc., Class A (a)   5,593,414 
39,549  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   6,086,591 
169,845  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   13,057,684 
357,251  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   23,964,397 
       841,135,333 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.1%     
60,757  Apple, Inc.   17,850,406 
274,878  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   11,734,542 
2,239,123  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   22,525,577 
1,252,411  HP, Inc.   19,424,895 
418,651  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   6,028,574 
1,434,920  Xerox Holdings Corp.   26,244,687 
       103,808,681 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   1,706,094,394 
   (Cost $1,489,341,292)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.1%     
17,270,035  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   17,270,035 
1,509,384  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   1,509,384 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.1%   18,779,419 
   (Cost $18,779,419)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.1%   1,724,873,813 
   (Cost $1,508,120,711) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.1)%   (19,064,333)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,705,809,480 

 

 

(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 $16,367,238 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $17,270,035.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $268,122,254 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $51,369,152. The net unrealized appreciation was $216,753,102.

 

 

  

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $1,706,094,394   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   18,779,419    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,724,873,813   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 9.1%     
364,892  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)  $19,496,179 
415,968  Republic Services, Inc.   32,586,933 
202,393  Waste Management, Inc.   20,243,348 
       72,326,460 
         
   Electric Utilities — 49.9%     
258,624  Alliant Energy Corp.   12,556,195 
234,226  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   19,466,523 
570,537  Avangrid, Inc.   24,533,091 
308,827  Duke Energy Corp.   26,145,294 
455,887  Edison International   26,765,126 
199,357  Entergy Corp.   19,040,587 
340,299  Evergy, Inc.   19,883,671 
79,842  Eversource Energy   6,443,249 
848,207  Exelon Corp.   31,451,515 
155,840  FirstEnergy Corp.   6,431,517 
290,104  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   11,450,405 
213,390  IDACORP, Inc.   19,584,934 
25,951  NextEra Energy, Inc.   5,997,795 
1,145,360  NRG Energy, Inc.   38,403,921 
812,823  OGE Energy Corp.   25,620,181 
694,606  PG&E Corp. (a)   7,390,608 
329,568  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   25,373,440 
1,265,093  PPL Corp.   32,158,664 
461,361  Southern (The) Co.   26,173,009 
207,114  Xcel Energy, Inc.   13,164,166 
       398,033,891 
         
   Gas Utilities — 10.3%     
125,859  Atmos Energy Corp.   12,833,842 
837,288  National Fuel Gas Co.   34,328,808 
1,170,698  UGI Corp.   35,331,666 
       82,494,316 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 6.3%     
918,311  AES (The) Corp.   12,167,621 
1,956,300  Vistra Energy Corp.   38,226,102 
       50,393,723 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 22.6%     
171,482  Ameren Corp.   12,475,316 
2,020,875  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   34,415,501 
106,291  CMS Energy Corp.   6,068,153 
240,174  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   18,925,711 
86,500  Dominion Energy, Inc.   6,671,745 
263,009  DTE Energy Co.   27,284,554 
500,162  NiSource, Inc.   12,559,068 
556,179  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   28,203,837 
165,797  Sempra Energy   20,533,958 
141,710  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   12,831,841 
       179,969,684 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Water Utilities — 1.6%     
52,230  American Water Works Co., Inc.  $6,355,869 
153,429  Essential Utilities, Inc.   6,411,798 
       12,767,667 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   795,985,741 
   (Cost $839,692,949)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,845,805  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -0.07% (b)   1,845,805 
   (Cost $1,845,805)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   797,831,546 
   (Cost $841,538,754) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.0)%   (353,438)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $797,478,108 

  

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $25,952,578 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $69,659,786. The net unrealized depreciation was $43,707,208.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $795,985,741   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,845,805    —      —   
Total Investments  $797,831,546   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Sector Funds

April 30, 2020 (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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First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.1%     
15,732  General Dynamics Corp.  $2,054,914 
7,622  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   1,458,927 
19,254  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   3,729,500 
10,240  Lockheed Martin Corp.   3,983,974 
14,707  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   953,161 
9,348  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   3,044,363 
130,073  Textron, Inc.   3,428,724 
       18,653,563 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%     
10,393  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   744,191 
         
         
   Airlines — 1.0%     
121,596  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   3,150,552 
97,426  Southwest Airlines Co.   3,044,563 
109,969  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,252,883 
       9,447,998 
         
   Auto Components — 0.3%     
42,272  Aptiv PLC   2,940,018 
         
         
   Automobiles — 1.1%     
287,313  Ford Motor Co.   1,462,423 
166,955  General Motors Co.   3,721,427 
6,626  Tesla, Inc. (a)   5,180,737 
       10,364,587 
         
   Banks — 4.2%     
98,047  Bank of America Corp.   2,358,030 
65,891  Citigroup, Inc.   3,199,667 
147,549  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   3,303,622 
186,894  Fifth Third Bancorp   3,493,049 
8,426  First Republic Bank   878,747 
338,049  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   3,123,573 
15,414  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   1,476,045 
267,642  KeyCorp   3,118,029 
20,134  M&T Bank Corp.   2,256,619 
21,754  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   2,320,499 
309,424  Regions Financial Corp.   3,326,308 
13,778  SVB Financial Group (a)   2,661,496 
45,002  Truist Financial Corp.   1,679,475 
40,278  U.S. Bancorp   1,470,147 
96,702  Wells Fargo & Co.   2,809,193 
       37,474,499 
         
   Beverages — 1.1%     
12,502  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   777,624 
31,352  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   1,438,743 
53,353  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   2,188,007 
49,343  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   3,049,891 
17,328  PepsiCo, Inc.   2,292,321 
       9,746,586 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology — 3.3%     
27,328  AbbVie, Inc.  $2,246,362 
38,633  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   4,151,888 
31,877  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   4,198,201 
10,276  Amgen, Inc.   2,458,225 
8,766  Biogen, Inc. (a)   2,602,012 
32,849  BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   3,022,765 
9,289  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   780,276 
18,945  Incyte Corp. (a)   1,850,169 
1,429  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   751,482 
30,060  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   4,125,134 
14,591  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,665,259 
       29,851,773 
         
   Building Products — 0.3%     
15,080  Allegion PLC   1,516,143 
16,808  Trane Technologies PLC   1,469,356 
       2,985,499 
         
   Capital Markets — 5.3%     
13,549  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   1,557,322 
62,148  Apollo Global Management, Inc.   2,516,373 
82,413  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   3,093,784 
15,237  Blackstone Group (The), Inc., Class A   795,981 
96,151  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   2,253,779 
8,036  CME Group, Inc.   1,432,096 
10,659  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   2,931,225 
207,862  Franklin Resources, Inc.   3,916,120 
13,467  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   2,470,117 
17,195  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   1,538,093 
88,701  KKR & Co., Inc., Class A   2,236,152 
8,356  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   3,802,064 
13,123  Moody’s Corp.   3,200,700 
81,628  Morgan Stanley   3,218,592 
9,612  MSCI, Inc.   3,143,124 
9,196  Northern Trust Corp.   727,955 
32,947  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   2,171,866 
11,317  S&P Global, Inc.   3,314,523 
39,079  State Street Corp.   2,463,540 
7,097  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   820,626 
       47,604,032 
         
   Chemicals — 1.9%     
3,466  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   781,860 
37,825  Celanese Corp.   3,142,123 
61,046  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   2,870,383 
25,474  FMC Corp.   2,341,060 
6,791  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   889,825 
69,907  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   4,051,111 
16,590  PPG Industries, Inc.   1,506,870 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
3,025  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.  $1,622,519 
       17,205,751 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%     
20,246  Copart, Inc. (a)   1,621,907 
9,248  Republic Services, Inc.   724,488 
7,492  Waste Management, Inc.   749,350 
       3,095,745 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
3,436  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   753,515 
35,293  Cisco Systems, Inc.   1,495,717 
5,218  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   750,401 
       2,999,633 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
3,671  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   698,334 
6,410  Vulcan Materials Co.   724,138 
       1,422,472 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.8%     
192,349  Ally Financial, Inc.   3,152,600 
8,098  American Express Co.   738,942 
68,803  Capital One Financial Corp.   4,455,682 
77,815  Discover Financial Services   3,343,711 
215,629  Synchrony Financial   4,267,298 
       15,958,233 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.4%     
42,920  Ball Corp.   2,815,123 
47,814  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,079,700 
89,152  International Paper Co.   3,053,456 
122,771  WestRock Co.   3,951,998 
       12,900,277 
         
   Distributors — 0.6%     
20,607  Genuine Parts Co.   1,633,723 
135,311  LKQ Corp. (a)   3,538,383 
       5,172,106 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
18,972  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   3,554,594 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%     
95,220  AT&T, Inc.   2,901,354 
38,745  Verizon Communications, Inc.   2,225,900 
       5,127,254 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.4%     
14,364  Alliant Energy Corp.   697,372 
17,349  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   1,441,875 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
25,749  Duke Energy Corp.  $2,179,910 
37,988  Edison International   2,230,276 
50,410  Evergy, Inc.   2,945,456 
75,396  Exelon Corp.   2,795,684 
11,539  NextEra Energy, Inc.   2,666,894 
27,459  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   2,114,068 
112,454  PPL Corp.   2,858,581 
12,818  Southern (The) Co.   727,165 
11,509  Xcel Energy, Inc.   731,512 
       21,388,793 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.6%     
26,785  Eaton Corp. PLC   2,236,547 
43,690  Emerson Electric Co.   2,491,641 
4,598  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   871,229 
       5,599,417 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1%     
14,888  CDW Corp.   1,649,590 
101,343  Corning, Inc.   2,230,560 
16,573  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,603,769 
44,077  TE Connectivity Ltd.   3,237,897 
3,773  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   866,507 
       9,588,323 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%     
198,257  Baker Hughes Co.   2,765,685 
101,290  Halliburton Co.   1,063,545 
       3,829,230 
         
   Entertainment — 1.7%     
34,989  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   2,229,849 
27,717  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   3,166,944 
9,243  Netflix, Inc. (a)   3,880,674 
15,872  Roku, Inc. (a)   1,924,163 
23,408  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   2,833,538 
14,360  Walt Disney (The) Co.   1,553,034 
       15,588,202 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.3%     
5,073  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   796,918 
6,384  American Tower Corp.   1,519,392 
19,211  Crown Castle International Corp.   3,062,810 
19,978  Digital Realty Trust, Inc.   2,986,511 
42,849  Duke Realty Corp.   1,486,860 
4,433  Equinix, Inc.   2,993,162 
12,066  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   727,700 
7,248  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   639,564 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
314,251  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.  $3,868,430 
34,541  Prologis, Inc.   3,082,093 
36,113  Regency Centers Corp.   1,585,722 
10,289  SBA Communications Corp.   2,982,987 
25,299  Simon Property Group, Inc.   1,689,214 
5,556  Sun Communities, Inc.   746,726 
51,778  Ventas, Inc.   1,675,018 
       29,843,107 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
69,103  Kroger (The) Co.   2,184,346 
15,215  Sysco Corp.   856,148 
60,665  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   2,626,188 
6,097  Walmart, Inc.   741,090 
       6,407,772 
         
   Food Products — 1.7%     
59,180  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   2,197,945 
47,303  Conagra Brands, Inc.   1,581,812 
13,151  General Mills, Inc.   787,613 
15,708  Hershey (The) Co.   2,080,211 
14,886  Hormel Foods Corp.   697,409 
12,505  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   1,436,950 
56,092  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   1,701,270 
4,913  McCormick & Co., Inc.   770,555 
13,861  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   713,010 
47,965  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   2,982,943 
       14,949,718 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.1%     
7,001  Atmos Energy Corp.   713,892 
         
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.8%     
26,390  Abbott Laboratories   2,430,255 
25,643  Baxter International, Inc.   2,276,585 
6,050  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   1,527,806 
5,043  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   1,445,828 
10,015  Danaher Corp.   1,637,052 
12,892  DexCom, Inc. (a)   4,321,398 
7,368  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   1,602,540 
8,598  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   2,386,805 
20,936  Insulet Corp. (a)   4,181,338 
2,791  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   1,425,866 
7,706  Medtronic PLC   752,337 
18,855  ResMed, Inc.   2,928,559 
6,749  Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   771,951 
22,797  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   4,314,560 
20,588  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   2,464,384 
       34,467,264 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7%     
9,167  Anthem, Inc.   2,573,452 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
11,744  Cigna Corp.  $2,299,240 
35,084  CVS Health Corp.   2,159,420 
18,236  DaVita, Inc. (a)   1,440,826 
7,711  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   847,285 
27,463  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   1,498,381 
4,429  Humana, Inc.   1,691,081 
21,959  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   3,611,158 
34,573  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   3,806,833 
2,789  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   815,699 
35,009  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   3,700,101 
       24,443,476 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.5%     
22,178  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   4,231,562 
         
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.9%     
104,231  Aramark   2,846,549 
263,429  Carnival Corp. (b)   4,188,521 
2,133  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   1,873,947 
50,972  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   3,761,224 
10,696  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   3,871,203 
49,024  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   2,354,133 
294,019  MGM Resorts International   4,948,340 
316,545  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   5,191,338 
107,838  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   5,043,583 
10,559  Starbucks Corp.   810,192 
       34,889,030 
         
   Household Durables — 1.7%     
102,041  D.R. Horton, Inc.   4,818,376 
18,524  Garmin Ltd.   1,503,408 
90,817  Lennar Corp., Class A   4,547,207 
155,433  PulteGroup, Inc.   4,394,091 
       15,263,082 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
6,314  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   744,231 
         
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5%     
217,369  Vistra Energy Corp.   4,247,390 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
5,085  3M Co.   772,513 
2,220  Roper Technologies, Inc.   757,087 
       1,529,600 
         
   Insurance — 5.4%     
60,803  Aflac, Inc.   2,264,304 
2,504  Alleghany Corp.   1,336,410 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
30,263  Allstate (The) Corp.  $3,078,352 
114,450  American International Group, Inc.   2,910,464 
24,389  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   586,068 
95,785  Brown & Brown, Inc.   3,439,639 
12,422  Chubb Ltd.   1,341,700 
45,987  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   3,025,945 
14,423  Everest Re Group Ltd.   2,497,054 
139,445  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   3,771,987 
19,277  Globe Life, Inc.   1,587,268 
105,453  Lincoln National Corp.   3,740,418 
39,853  Loews Corp.   1,381,305 
3,749  Markel Corp. (a)   3,246,034 
16,049  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   1,562,049 
90,785  MetLife, Inc.   3,275,523 
66,421  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   2,418,389 
18,801  Progressive (The) Corp.   1,453,317 
53,238  Prudential Financial, Inc.   3,320,454 
20,949  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   2,120,248 
13,289  W.R. Berkley Corp.   717,606 
       49,074,534 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.9%     
2,396  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   3,226,693 
12,481  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   2,554,985 
3,866  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   863,974 
58,355  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   1,027,632 
       7,673,284 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.9%     
1,790  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   4,428,460 
23,092  eBay, Inc.   919,755 
36,988  Expedia Group, Inc.   2,625,408 
       7,973,623 
         
   IT Services — 4.5%     
4,249  Accenture PLC, Class A   786,872 
30,341  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,964,619 
5,084  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   745,772 
50,546  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   3,712,098 
59,728  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   3,465,419 
18,686  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   4,127,551 
14,597  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   1,504,367 
12,151  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   843,644 
12,513  International Business Machines Corp.   1,571,132 
13,406  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   2,192,551 
37,864  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   3,741,342 
5,741  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   1,578,603 
28,372  Okta, Inc. (a)   4,292,684 
21,749  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,675,127 
26,488  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   1,725,428 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
7,745  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)  $869,763 
7,709  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   1,614,958 
12,929  Visa, Inc., Class A   2,310,671 
       40,722,601 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.2%     
19,399  Hasbro, Inc.   1,400,802 
         
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%     
19,378  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   1,485,518 
2,535  Illumina, Inc. (a)   808,741 
3,019  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   2,173,499 
7,349  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   2,459,563 
3,802  Waters Corp. (a)   710,974 
       7,638,295 
         
   Machinery — 1.8%     
11,970  Caterpillar, Inc.   1,393,069 
25,642  Cummins, Inc.   4,192,467 
10,035  Deere & Co.   1,455,677 
8,272  Dover Corp.   774,673 
12,581  Fortive Corp.   805,184 
4,879  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   792,837 
56,754  PACCAR, Inc.   3,929,079 
5,356  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   846,891 
13,885  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   1,530,127 
14,415  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   813,294 
       16,533,298 
         
   Media — 2.4%     
80,732  Comcast Corp., Class A   3,037,945 
178,466  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   4,001,208 
173,555  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   4,341,478 
88,080  Fox Corp., Class A   2,278,630 
6,269  Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)   769,081 
25,279  Omnicom Group, Inc.   1,441,661 
280,928  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.   1,660,285 
247,631  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   4,274,111 
       21,804,399 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.1%     
205,584  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   1,815,307 
76,609  Newmont Corp.   4,556,703 
96,307  Nucor Corp.   3,966,885 
       10,338,895 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.2%     
131,163  AGNC Investment Corp.   1,629,044 
         
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
22,975  Dollar General Corp.   4,027,518 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multiline Retail (Continued)     
9,439  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)  $752,005 
29,854  Target Corp.   3,276,178 
       8,055,701 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.4%     
9,528  Ameren Corp.   693,162 
179,633  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   3,059,150 
35,432  CMS Energy Corp.   2,022,813 
17,797  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   1,402,404 
21,914  DTE Energy Co.   2,273,358 
27,781  NiSource, Inc.   697,581 
46,358  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   2,350,814 
       12,499,282 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.0%     
38,298  Chevron Corp.   3,523,416 
48,582  Concho Resources, Inc.   2,755,571 
112,650  ConocoPhillips   4,742,565 
454,111  Continental Resources, Inc. (b)   7,442,879 
132,409  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   5,765,088 
96,596  EOG Resources, Inc.   4,589,276 
91,359  Exxon Mobil Corp.   4,245,453 
146,875  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   4,711,750 
239,670  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   3,978,522 
159,069  ONEOK, Inc.   4,760,935 
64,669  Phillips 66   4,731,831 
49,450  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   4,416,380 
76,489  Valero Energy Corp.   4,845,578 
147,109  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   2,849,501 
       63,358,745 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
8,698  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   1,534,327 
         
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.8%     
24,894  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   1,513,804 
14,999  Eli Lilly and Co.   2,319,445 
10,589  Johnson & Johnson   1,588,773 
27,061  Merck & Co., Inc.   2,147,020 
186,141  Mylan N.V. (a)   3,121,585 
85,038  Pfizer, Inc.   3,262,058 
17,685  Zoetis, Inc.   2,286,847 
       16,239,532 
         
   Professional Services — 1.0%     
5,909  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   3,830,568 
5,802  Equifax, Inc.   805,898 
20,967  TransUnion   1,651,990 
14,925  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   2,280,988 
       8,569,444 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
73,610  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)  $3,160,077 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.6%     
36,322  CSX Corp.   2,405,606 
22,565  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   2,281,773 
16,365  Kansas City Southern   2,136,450 
14,269  Norfolk Southern Corp.   2,441,426 
26,421  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   3,838,707 
9,839  Union Pacific Corp.   1,572,174 
       14,676,136 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.2%     
45,758  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   2,397,262 
15,148  Applied Materials, Inc.   752,553 
51,292  Intel Corp.   3,076,494 
19,306  KLA Corp.   3,167,922 
14,458  Lam Research Corp.   3,690,838 
30,669  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.   820,089 
65,992  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   3,160,357 
7,898  NVIDIA Corp.   2,308,428 
25,809  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   2,530,056 
41,029  QUALCOMM, Inc.   3,227,751 
7,755  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   805,589 
51,241  Teradyne, Inc.   3,204,612 
       29,141,951 
         
   Software — 7.7%     
10,908  Adobe, Inc. (a)   3,857,505 
11,949  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   3,128,607 
17,785  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   3,328,107 
42,030  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   3,409,894 
13,864  Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a)   817,560 
19,602  Citrix Systems, Inc.   2,842,486 
24,821  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   4,370,730 
37,556  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   3,933,991 
9,021  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   3,183,872 
34,280  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   3,693,327 
6,043  Intuit, Inc.   1,630,462 
22,000  Microsoft Corp.   3,942,620 
185,434  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   3,944,181 
14,351  Oracle Corp.   760,172 
10,315  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   2,692,421 
16,369  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   3,740,808 
14,459  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   2,341,635 
12,104  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   4,255,040 
21,988  Splunk, Inc. (a)   3,086,236 
15,841  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   873,790 
16,170  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   2,540,630 
10,783  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   3,154,890 
11,690  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   3,748,866 
       69,277,830 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail — 1.7%     
821  AutoZone, Inc. (a)  $837,683 
48,703  Best Buy Co., Inc.   3,736,981 
8,750  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   1,598,537 
12,897  CarMax, Inc. (a)   949,864 
7,424  Home Depot (The), Inc.   1,632,018 
15,947  Ross Stores, Inc.   1,456,918 
43,532  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   2,135,245 
8,207  Tractor Supply Co.   832,436 
11,850  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   2,582,352 
       15,762,034 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.2%     
13,633  Apple, Inc.   4,005,375 
285,846  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   2,875,611 
39,965  HP, Inc.   619,857 
33,293  NetApp, Inc.   1,457,235 
42,657  Seagate Technology PLC   2,130,717 
       11,088,795 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%     
16,775  NIKE, Inc., Class B   1,462,444 
25,666  VF Corp.   1,491,195 
       2,953,639 
         
   Tobacco — 0.1%     
9,510  Philip Morris International, Inc.   709,446 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%     
66,613  Fastenal Co.   2,412,723 
33,710  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   4,331,735 
5,585  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   1,539,114 
       8,283,572 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.4%     
23,209  American Water Works Co., Inc.   2,824,303 
17,048  Essential Utilities, Inc.   712,436 
       3,536,739 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
24,802  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   2,177,616 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   900,786,541 
   (Cost $922,041,553)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.3%     
10,699,483  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   10,699,483 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds (Continued)     
707,819  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)  $707,819 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.3%   11,407,302 
   (Cost $11,407,302)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.2%   912,193,843 
   (Cost $933,448,855) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.2)%   (10,822,461)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $901,371,382 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $10,476,573 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $10,699,483.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $72,983,815 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $94,238,827. The net unrealized depreciation was $21,255,012.

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $900,786,541   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   11,407,302    —      —   
Total Investments  $912,193,843   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%     
34,704  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $1,427,722 
25,641  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   1,864,357 
22,352  BWX Technologies, Inc.   1,185,997 
3,928  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   407,137 
20,349  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   1,814,317 
28,729  Moog, Inc., Class A   1,421,511 
75,829  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   1,680,371 
       9,801,412 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%     
5,482  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   388,674 
29,778  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   1,987,384 
       2,376,058 
         
   Airlines — 1.5%     
63,737  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   2,072,727 
202,749  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   1,974,775 
69,286  SkyWest, Inc.   2,144,402 
140,777  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   2,114,471 
       8,306,375 
         
   Auto Components — 1.2%     
74,460  BorgWarner, Inc.   2,127,322 
32,755  Gentex Corp.   793,981 
249,429  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   1,788,406 
22,334  Lear Corp.   2,180,915 
       6,890,624 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
76,687  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   1,674,077 
34,416  Thor Industries, Inc.   2,278,339 
       3,952,416 
         
   Banks — 7.5%     
30,549  Ameris Bancorp   776,861 
85,126  Associated Banc-Corp.   1,203,682 
38,363  BancorpSouth Bank   839,766 
86,927  Bank OZK   1,966,289 
58,222  BankUnited, Inc.   1,153,378 
25,582  BOK Financial Corp.   1,324,892 
47,440  Cathay General Bancorp   1,324,525 
84,107  CIT Group, Inc.   1,596,351 
27,084  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   730,997 
49,478  Comerica, Inc.   1,724,803 
14,416  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   882,115 
13,011  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   934,970 
18,101  CVB Financial Corp.   376,229 
42,299  East West Bancorp, Inc.   1,483,426 
147,729  F.N.B. Corp.   1,195,128 
2,180  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   832,760 
27,044  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   753,175 
43,911  First Hawaiian, Inc.   772,394 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
135,082  First Horizon National Corp.  $1,226,545 
10,672  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   406,390 
55,776  Hancock Whitney Corp.   1,166,276 
90,806  Home BancShares, Inc.   1,392,056 
45,421  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   422,870 
55,030  Old National Bancorp   779,775 
81,009  PacWest Bancorp   1,639,622 
65,687  People’s United Financial, Inc.   833,568 
19,335  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   778,234 
41,477  Popular, Inc.   1,600,597 
7,522  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   450,793 
9,030  Signature Bank   967,835 
138,917  Sterling Bancorp   1,712,847 
62,003  Synovus Financial Corp.   1,302,683 
15,650  UMB Financial Corp.   795,646 
99,887  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   1,251,085 
31,449  United Bankshares, Inc.   942,212 
99,294  Valley National Bancorp   830,098 
47,544  Webster Financial Corp.   1,343,118 
11,857  Western Alliance Bancorp   425,429 
33,134  Wintrust Financial Corp.   1,388,315 
40,687  Zions Bancorp N.A.   1,286,116 
       42,813,851 
         
   Beverages — 0.4%     
4,937  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   2,303,160 
         
         
   Biotechnology — 3.4%     
42,949  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,074,866 
20,192  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   1,827,982 
10,229  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   420,821 
37,844  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,302,969 
6,206  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   365,099 
34,229  CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)   1,684,067 
63,227  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   1,561,391 
20,888  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   770,558 
15,351  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   852,441 
36,353  Moderna, Inc. (a)   1,671,874 
40,028  Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,268,888 
16,772  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   1,646,004 
24,406  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,242,754 
11,130  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,312,004 
24,505  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   1,480,837 
       19,482,555 
         
   Building Products — 1.8%     
9,599  A.O. Smith Corp.   406,806 
36,982  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   1,499,250 
13,709  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,056,690 
16,782  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   808,893 
1,996  Lennox International, Inc.   372,613 
37,405  Owens Corning   1,621,881 
23,422  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   1,688,726 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
18,114  Trex Co., Inc. (a)  $1,724,815 
29,276  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   1,203,829 
       10,383,503 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.4%     
58,668  Ares Management Corp., Class A   1,968,311 
23,955  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   1,383,162 
11,254  Eaton Vance Corp.   413,022 
31,517  Evercore, Inc., Class A   1,626,277 
76,204  Federated Hermes, Inc.   1,735,165 
16,813  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   689,333 
159,877  Invesco Ltd.   1,378,140 
15,404  Lazard Ltd., Class A   423,610 
13,335  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   803,034 
9,366  Morningstar, Inc.   1,460,721 
7,831  SEI Investments Co.   399,068 
26,375  Stifel Financial Corp.   1,167,885 
       13,447,728 
         
   Chemicals — 2.9%     
12,877  Albemarle Corp.   791,034 
36,241  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   2,235,707 
11,029  Balchem Corp.   984,228 
40,028  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   1,100,770 
31,165  Eastman Chemical Co.   1,885,794 
86,823  Element Solutions, Inc. (a)   889,936 
125,752  Huntsman Corp.   2,113,891 
948  NewMarket Corp.   390,045 
24,398  RPM International, Inc.   1,620,271 
17,721  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   2,197,936 
27,724  Valvoline, Inc.   476,576 
38,032  Westlake Chemical Corp.   1,652,490 
       16,338,678 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.2%     
168,018  ADT, Inc.   962,743 
16,084  Brady Corp., Class A   700,297 
7,069  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   377,697 
10,759  MSA Safety, Inc.   1,210,710 
14,941  Stericycle, Inc. (a)   729,121 
25,695  Tetra Tech, Inc.   1,934,320 
7,207  UniFirst Corp.   1,211,857 
       7,126,745 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.8%     
9,116  Ciena Corp. (a)   421,615 
3,403  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   473,902 
18,962  Juniper Networks, Inc.   409,579 
24,622  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,992,166 
97,125  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,173,270 
       4,470,532 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction & Engineering — 1.0%     
17,756  EMCOR Group, Inc.  $1,128,039 
55,441  MasTec, Inc. (a)   1,990,332 
45,751  Quanta Services, Inc.   1,663,506 
6,849  Valmont Industries, Inc.   802,977 
       5,584,854 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.1%     
6,212  Eagle Materials, Inc.   378,994 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.8%     
5,059  FirstCash, Inc.   363,439 
191,515  Navient Corp.   1,459,344 
104,363  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (b)   1,627,019 
151,427  SLM Corp.   1,262,901 
       4,712,703 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.9%     
10,938  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,171,241 
21,532  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   856,758 
59,495  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   794,258 
12,539  Packaging Corp. of America   1,211,894 
12,505  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   431,423 
15,660  Sonoco Products Co.   764,835 
       5,230,409 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
7,378  Pool Corp.   1,561,627 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%     
3,557  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   414,213 
40,572  Chegg, Inc. (a)   1,734,453 
20,869  frontdoor, Inc. (a)   807,839 
9,515  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   818,480 
51,551  H&R Block, Inc.   858,324 
12,983  Strategic Education, Inc.   2,068,192 
       6,701,501 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
43,346  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,367,566 
132,743  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   1,821,234 
17,900  Voya Financial, Inc.   808,543 
       3,997,343 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
17,710  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   1,484,629 
31,852  GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (a)   1,937,557 
32,505  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   731,525 
       4,153,711 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities — 1.0%     
11,962  ALLETE, Inc.  $688,533 
4,134  IDACORP, Inc.   379,419 
11,086  MGE Energy, Inc.   716,821 
66,566  NRG Energy, Inc.   2,231,958 
23,620  OGE Energy Corp.   744,502 
9,550  PNM Resources, Inc.   386,679 
7,570  Portland General Electric Co.   354,200 
       5,502,112 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.2%     
16,948  Acuity Brands, Inc.   1,467,527 
14,658  EnerSys   855,881 
19,476  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,897,741 
9,488  Hubbell, Inc.   1,180,592 
23,061  Regal Beloit Corp.   1,637,562 
       7,039,303 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1%     
14,459  Avnet, Inc.   434,059 
13,390  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   803,802 
3,291  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   425,625 
19,501  Itron, Inc. (a)   1,361,560 
14,765  Jabil, Inc.   419,916 
2,721  Littelfuse, Inc.   395,198 
10,971  National Instruments Corp.   421,506 
19,859  SYNNEX Corp.   1,738,854 
       6,000,520 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%     
92,759  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   1,833,845 
         
         
   Entertainment — 0.8%     
178,077  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   2,542,939 
264,905  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   1,997,384 
       4,540,323 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.8%     
17,589  Agree Realty Corp.   1,145,220 
46,929  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   1,132,866 
21,323  Americold Realty Trust   652,271 
158,308  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   1,532,421 
34,498  Brandywine Realty Trust   384,998 
152,808  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   1,749,652 
9,394  CoreSite Realty Corp.   1,138,459 
16,399  Corporate Office Properties Trust   433,262 
13,547  CubeSmart   341,384 
23,509  CyrusOne, Inc.   1,649,156 
3,474  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   368,244 
59,937  EPR Properties   1,763,346 
57,225  Equity Commonwealth   1,942,789 
21,843  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   825,010 
12,994  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   381,894 
10,247  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   397,686 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
15,249  Iron Mountain, Inc.  $368,721 
5,698  Kilroy Realty Corp.   354,757 
73,096  Lexington Realty Trust   763,853 
7,677  Life Storage, Inc.   672,428 
257,847  Macerich (The) Co. (b)   1,926,117 
41,241  Paramount Group, Inc.   397,976 
229,406  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   2,181,651 
133,304  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   1,578,319 
41,101  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   713,102 
2,678  PS Business Parks, Inc.   345,703 
18,769  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,173,626 
26,548  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   1,081,035 
66,469  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   852,133 
336,038  Service Properties Trust   2,328,743 
125,001  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   1,148,759 
21,038  Terreno Realty Corp.   1,153,303 
       32,878,884 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%     
71,244  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,874,430 
2,740  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   414,863 
14,681  Performance Food Group Co. (a)   430,887 
81,970  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   1,762,355 
       4,482,535 
         
   Food Products — 1.0%     
75,726  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   1,559,198 
14,421  Ingredion, Inc.   1,170,985 
2,999  J&J Snack Foods Corp.   380,963 
2,509  Lancaster Colony Corp.   337,787 
60,086  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   1,321,892 
387  Seaboard Corp.   1,165,296 
       5,936,121 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.8%     
29,197  National Fuel Gas Co.   1,197,077 
10,683  New Jersey Resources Corp.   360,872 
4,340  ONE Gas, Inc.   345,941 
14,516  South Jersey Industries, Inc.   415,013 
10,435  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   790,973 
4,872  Spire, Inc.   355,461 
27,216  UGI Corp.   821,379 
       4,286,716 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.9%     
2,500  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   478,125 
17,067  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   810,000 
10,925  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   1,243,047 
5,774  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   429,932 
8,125  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   414,781 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
10,246  Masimo Corp. (a)  $2,191,722 
16,252  Neogen Corp. (a)   1,017,213 
10,890  Nevro Corp. (a)   1,281,100 
21,558  Novocure Ltd. (a)   1,418,516 
14,327  NuVasive, Inc. (a)   872,228 
11,248  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   1,994,495 
14,842  Quidel Corp. (a)   2,063,038 
28,199  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   2,249,716 
       16,463,913 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%     
59,333  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   1,424,585 
9,886  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   1,820,606 
6,278  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   294,940 
4,189  Chemed Corp.   1,745,012 
5,668  Encompass Health Corp.   375,505 
20,857  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   1,605,155 
14,347  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   807,306 
12,943  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   1,682,461 
2,597  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   425,830 
96,779  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   1,652,017 
       11,833,417 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.6%     
16,602  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   1,210,286 
11,706  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   1,926,690 
       3,136,976 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%     
75,503  Boyd Gaming Corp.   1,260,145 
14,101  Churchill Downs, Inc.   1,413,202 
17,444  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   1,699,045 
7,577  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   426,282 
13,060  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.   1,083,980 
86,068  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   1,533,732 
14,905  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   899,219 
17,574  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   827,560 
48,780  Wendy’s (The) Co.   968,771 
16,725  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.   427,658 
       10,539,594 
         
   Household Durables — 2.4%     
10,079  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   1,655,778 
100,254  KB Home   2,630,665 
27,206  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   955,747 
23,802  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   2,087,912 
8,303  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   446,286 
94,265  Toll Brothers, Inc.   2,264,245 
20,263  TopBuild Corp. (a)   1,888,309 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
16,920  Whirlpool Corp.  $1,890,641 
       13,819,583 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%     
21,455  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   1,339,007 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
11,588  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   1,401,684 
         
         
   Insurance — 4.1%     
10,357  American Financial Group, Inc.   686,048 
22,027  American National Insurance Co.   1,773,173 
56,289  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   1,673,472 
73,111  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   1,973,997 
18,779  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   687,311 
11,409  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   1,649,970 
4,897  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   871,960 
34,229  First American Financial Corp.   1,578,641 
8,014  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   804,445 
14,640  Kemper Corp.   984,101 
118,990  Old Republic International Corp.   1,897,891 
4,102  Primerica, Inc.   426,239 
12,940  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   1,354,559 
12,152  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   1,774,314 
12,382  RLI Corp.   901,781 
14,604  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   732,099 
120,892  Unum Group   2,109,565 
1,595  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   1,551,935 
       23,431,501 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.5%     
41,739  TripAdvisor, Inc.   833,528 
50,378  Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)   2,214,617 
       3,048,145 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%     
9,441  Etsy, Inc. (a)   612,438 
         
         
   IT Services — 2.0%     
18,753  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   1,323,399 
8,594  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   2,149,703 
27,810  DXC Technology Co.   504,195 
37,286  Genpact Ltd.   1,283,757 
35,098  KBR, Inc.   711,085 
12,472  MAXIMUS, Inc.   839,615 
13,290  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   2,154,708 
39,794  Perspecta, Inc.   858,357 
183,602  Sabre Corp.   1,334,787 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
4,863  Science Applications International Corp.  $397,113 
       11,556,719 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.3%     
41,194  Mattel, Inc. (a)   359,212 
22,612  Polaris, Inc.   1,603,869 
       1,963,081 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.3%     
4,141  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   1,822,454 
3,828  Bio-Techne Corp.   861,300 
20,241  Bruker Corp.   795,876 
11,502  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   1,663,994 
24,729  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,974,858 
65,723  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   1,796,867 
13,111  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   1,265,212 
18,796  Repligen Corp. (a)   2,183,156 
18,413  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   1,027,261 
       13,390,978 
         
   Machinery — 3.1%     
7,681  AGCO Corp.   405,864 
33,388  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,213,320 
26,028  Barnes Group, Inc.   998,955 
7,380  Crane Co.   401,841 
22,343  Graco, Inc.   997,838 
8,001  ITT, Inc.   421,813 
4,887  John Bean Technologies Corp.   375,028 
5,259  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   423,402 
25,521  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   1,419,733 
5,374  Nordson Corp.   864,730 
22,566  Oshkosh Corp.   1,523,882 
4,768  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   484,381 
32,017  Rexnord Corp.   873,104 
13,340  Snap-on, Inc.   1,738,069 
56,111  Timken (The) Co.   2,108,651 
27,879  Toro (The) Co.   1,778,959 
17,150  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   1,413,160 
       17,442,730 
         
   Marine — 0.2%     
25,047  Kirby Corp. (a)   1,338,011 
         
         
   Media — 1.4%     
1,104  Cable One, Inc.   2,111,798 
44,833  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   761,264 
106,117  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   1,097,250 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
47,270  New York Times (The) Co., Class A  $1,537,220 
161,747  News Corp., Class A   1,602,913 
100,254  TEGNA, Inc.   1,074,723 
       8,185,168 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.8%     
20,717  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   1,855,829 
4,138  Royal Gold, Inc.   507,029 
80,505  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   1,953,856 
       4,316,714 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.2%     
244,555  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   1,993,123 
159,525  Chimera Investment Corp. (b)   1,239,509 
1,170,710  MFA Financial, Inc.   2,048,743 
289,757  New Residential Investment Corp.   1,764,620 
       7,045,995 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.2%     
124,372  Kohl’s Corp.   2,295,907 
369,572  Macy’s, Inc. (b)   2,165,692 
94,634  Nordstrom, Inc.   1,777,227 
7,831  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   531,803 
       6,770,629 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.5%     
17,083  Avista Corp.   735,252 
5,668  Black Hills Corp.   351,076 
50,640  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   1,137,375 
12,132  NorthWestern Corp.   699,895 
       2,923,598 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.9%     
42,225  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   912,904 
64,691  Cimarex Energy Co.   1,644,445 
109,776  CVR Energy, Inc. (b)   2,618,158 
210,084  Devon Energy Corp.   2,619,747 
74,035  HollyFrontier Corp.   2,446,116 
551,550  Marathon Oil Corp.   3,375,486 
296,020  Murphy Oil Corp. (b)   3,510,797 
672,074  Ovintiv, Inc. (b)   4,254,228 
316,684  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A   2,992,664 
256,299  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   2,921,809 
210,084  Targa Resources Corp.   2,722,689 
594,951  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   3,647,050 
       33,666,093 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%     
34,930  Catalent, Inc. (a)   2,415,410 
36,757  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   1,324,722 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
3,639  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)  $401,200 
7,547  Perrigo Co. PLC   402,255 
2,515  Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   397,772 
       4,941,359 
         
   Professional Services — 1.6%     
41,101  ASGN, Inc. (a)   1,909,142 
20,188  Exponent, Inc.   1,419,822 
15,150  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   1,929,504 
9,730  Insperity, Inc.   464,218 
27,396  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   2,033,879 
19,227  Robert Half International, Inc.   908,860 
9,637  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   471,924 
       9,137,349 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
7,184  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   389,085 
10,782  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   1,138,364 
81,129  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   1,147,975 
       2,675,424 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.4%     
2,499  AMERCO   700,045 
33,194  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   1,234,153 
3,785  Landstar System, Inc.   391,028 
       2,325,226 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.6%     
12,718  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   1,558,464 
22,119  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   1,672,196 
56,197  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   2,631,705 
32,425  Entegris, Inc.   1,758,408 
22,920  Inphi Corp. (a)   2,212,697 
8,669  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   1,733,020 
58,348  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   936,193 
12,326  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,261,566 
4,249  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   413,088 
5,508  Universal Display Corp.   826,861 
       15,004,198 
         
   Software — 7.1%     
30,056  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   823,534 
19,067  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   2,158,003 
7,634  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   780,577 
24,324  Avalara, Inc. (a)   2,173,836 
34,491  Blackline, Inc. (a)   2,094,983 
138,344  Cloudera, Inc. (a)   1,145,488 
80,204  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   1,685,888 
13,006  Elastic N.V. (a)   834,205 
13,497  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   843,833 
17,061  Everbridge, Inc. (a)   1,900,254 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
23,733  Five9, Inc. (a)  $2,199,337 
8,175  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   1,378,550 
14,546  J2 Global, Inc.   1,172,990 
7,284  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   516,727 
30,843  Mimecast Ltd. (a)   1,261,479 
7,848  New Relic, Inc. (a)   421,359 
64,884  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   1,310,657 
12,327  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   1,411,811 
15,286  Pegasystems, Inc.   1,278,215 
10,613  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   1,291,921 
5,929  PTC, Inc. (a)   410,583 
12,289  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   979,679 
20,860  Qualys, Inc. (a)   2,199,478 
33,503  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   1,526,062 
27,427  RealPage, Inc. (a)   1,768,767 
43,715  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   2,304,655 
46,321  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   786,531 
16,880  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   721,451 
17,009  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   1,307,652 
29,816  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   2,000,057 
       40,688,562 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.5%     
15,932  Aaron’s, Inc.   508,390 
7,778  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   940,438 
64,668  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   2,408,236 
26,351  Carvana Co. (a) (b)   2,110,979 
85,353  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   2,508,525 
11,309  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   479,502 
82,295  Foot Locker, Inc.   2,109,221 
206,204  Gap (The), Inc.   1,674,376 
17,749  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   1,962,329 
4,302  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   459,454 
51,846  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   1,865,419 
7,224  RH (a)   1,038,667 
34,141  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   2,111,279 
       20,176,815 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.7%     
82,016  NCR Corp. (a)   1,682,968 
29,506  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   424,887 
95,808  Xerox Holdings Corp.   1,752,328 
       3,860,183 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.2%     
11,043  Carter’s, Inc.   863,563 
5,201  Columbia Sportswear Co.   379,101 
10,834  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   1,611,666 
184,457  Hanesbrands, Inc.   1,833,503 
48,210  PVH Corp.   2,373,378 
21,722  Ralph Lauren Corp.   1,602,649 
45,862  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   1,292,391 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (Continued)     
31,245  Steven Madden Ltd.  $783,312 
140,124  Tapestry, Inc.   2,085,045 
       12,824,608 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.8%     
68,892  Essent Group Ltd.   1,882,129 
285,763  MGIC Investment Corp.   2,088,928 
38,650  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   419,739 
       4,390,796 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%     
81,960  Air Lease Corp.   2,143,254 
25,531  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   757,760 
19,806  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   1,181,230 
24,648  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   2,184,552 
       6,266,796 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%     
43,120  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   1,189,681 
         
         
   Water Utilities — 0.2%     
17,760  American States Water Co.   1,409,611 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   571,631,720 
   (Cost $614,297,257)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.7%     
9,746,240  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   9,746,240 
378,773  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -0.07% (c)   378,773 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.7%   10,125,013 
   (Cost $10,125,013)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.7%   581,756,733 
   (Cost $624,422,270) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.7)%   (9,985,429)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $571,771,304 

 

 

 

(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 $9,453,885 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $9,746,240.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $50,053,256 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $92,718,793. The net unrealized depreciation was $42,665,537.

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $571,631,720   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   10,125,013    —      —   
Total Investments  $581,756,733   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%     
31,609  AAR Corp.  $618,904 
4,534  Cubic Corp.   173,244 
54,071  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   812,146 
70,068  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   883,558 
       2,487,852 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%     
20,471  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   414,333 
7,391  Forward Air Corp.   381,376 
12,341  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   593,725 
       1,389,434 
         
   Airlines — 0.4%     
2,286  Allegiant Travel Co.   179,405 
89,607  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   1,290,341 
       1,469,746 
         
   Auto Components — 1.3%     
103,651  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   447,772 
57,386  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   1,216,009 
119,776  Dana, Inc.   1,377,424 
3,383  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   213,400 
4,454  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   227,199 
5,962  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   223,217 
5,598  LCI Industries   485,459 
8,999  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   366,169 
3,900  Visteon Corp. (a)   235,170 
       4,791,819 
         
   Automobiles — 0.2%     
13,460  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   597,220 
         
         
   Banks — 7.7%     
11,540  1st Source Corp.   400,784 
8,547  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   204,017 
11,321  Banner Corp.   435,066 
37,774  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   643,669 
78,502  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   596,615 
16,588  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   169,363 
114,261  Cadence BanCorp   756,408 
11,250  City Holding Co.   760,388 
13,917  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.   207,920 
18,580  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   651,786 
6,699  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   205,927 
28,459  FB Financial Corp.   635,774 
24,318  First Bancorp   646,616 
140,671  First BanCorp   820,112 
21,868  First Busey Corp.   402,809 
40,943  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   389,777 
37,649  First Financial Bancorp   579,042 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
12,976  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A  $438,589 
14,127  First Merchants Corp.   399,935 
28,276  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   417,919 
32,568  Fulton Financial Corp.   380,720 
27,267  German American Bancorp, Inc.   810,648 
27,410  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   515,308 
18,586  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   631,366 
18,709  Heritage Financial Corp.   375,115 
49,492  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   955,196 
68,284  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   679,426 
8,715  Independent Bank Corp.   635,236 
31,609  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   958,069 
20,881  International Bancshares Corp.   605,340 
15,274  Lakeland Financial Corp.   646,548 
15,653  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   416,057 
5,777  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   191,392 
11,756  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   198,089 
33,474  OFG Bancorp   421,103 
39,721  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   848,043 
2,407  Park National Corp.   192,512 
5,537  Preferred Bank   211,237 
25,705  Renasant Corp.   674,242 
6,843  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   182,777 
8,268  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   210,834 
20,435  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   459,174 
25,527  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   906,719 
20,339  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   380,339 
6,374  South State Corp.   368,672 
18,472  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   561,734 
7,821  Tompkins Financial Corp.   527,996 
20,681  TowneBank   417,756 
12,550  TriCo Bancshares   378,006 
28,782  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   797,549 
16,057  Trustmark Corp.   427,277 
10,218  United Community Banks, Inc.   216,060 
13,393  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   235,181 
15,785  WesBanco, Inc.   389,574 
9,552  Westamerica Bancorporation   601,776 
       27,169,587 
         
   Beverages — 0.1%     
4,392  National Beverage Corp. (a)   220,610 
         
         
   Biotechnology — 4.4%     
23,256  Alector, Inc. (a)   574,888 
80,998  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   956,586 
22,270  Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,090,562 
34,283  CareDx, Inc. (a)   870,102 
13,969  ChemoCentryx, Inc. (a)   740,497 
21,374  Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   467,236 
50,920  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,003,124 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
3,641  Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)  $168,833 
24,120  Epizyme, Inc. (a)   397,015 
42,119  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,153,218 
52,001  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,178,083 
23,344  Insmed, Inc. (a)   536,912 
27,374  Invitae Corp. (a) (b)   453,040 
92,711  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   927,110 
48,699  Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,073,813 
18,792  Natera, Inc. (a)   696,056 
9,448  Principia Biopharma, Inc. (a)   587,477 
57,042  TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   670,814 
3,947  uniQure N.V. (a)   251,187 
30,782  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   830,190 
31,312  Xencor, Inc. (a)   915,250 
       15,541,993 
         
   Building Products — 1.7%     
19,365  AAON, Inc.   922,548 
164,114  Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)   874,728 
14,427  CSW Industrials, Inc.   955,644 
4,362  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   201,961 
29,585  Griffon Corp.   485,490 
26,571  Patrick Industries, Inc.   1,095,257 
89,203  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   922,359 
115,971  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   594,931 
       6,052,918 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.0%     
8,711  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   256,452 
74,239  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   229,770 
62,109  Blucora, Inc. (a)   873,873 
32,522  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   775,975 
10,153  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   658,422 
17,945  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   1,065,574 
5,158  INTL. FCStone, Inc. (a)   206,114 
6,661  Moelis & Co., Class A   198,964 
11,100  Piper Sandler Cos.   598,401 
21,556  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   1,048,484 
82,201  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   1,196,024 
       7,108,053 
         
   Chemicals — 2.1%     
21,491  Cabot Corp.   728,330 
21,095  Chemours (The) Co.   247,444 
20,091  H.B. Fuller Co.   739,148 
5,389  Innospec, Inc.   390,810 
71,273  Livent Corp. (a)   441,893 
20,643  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   909,118 
48,096  Olin Corp.   642,082 
100,315  Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.   913,870 
19,725  PolyOne Corp.   459,395 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
51,489  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)  $603,451 
4,299  Sensient Technologies Corp.   205,449 
4,234  Stepan Co.   403,924 
41,323  Trinseo S.A.   845,055 
       7,529,969 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.9%     
15,357  ABM Industries, Inc.   529,663 
33,832  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   433,726 
19,160  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   888,641 
21,882  Covanta Holding Corp.   170,242 
7,217  Deluxe Corp.   203,303 
26,847  Harsco Corp. (a)   267,933 
7,829  Healthcare Services Group, Inc.   199,561 
33,712  Herman Miller, Inc.   759,869 
29,713  HNI Corp.   723,214 
123,743  Interface, Inc.   1,143,385 
62,365  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   934,228 
72,512  Knoll, Inc.   845,490 
10,720  McGrath RentCorp   584,776 
18,036  SP Plus Corp. (a)   380,379 
94,781  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   1,037,852 
12,311  US Ecology, Inc.   403,555 
26,434  Viad Corp.   633,623 
       10,139,440 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
82,151  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   904,482 
11,707  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   369,356 
176,501  Infinera Corp. (a)   1,088,129 
7,903  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   209,271 
       2,571,238 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.0%     
14,125  Arcosa, Inc.   526,439 
15,353  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   511,255 
29,172  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   951,007 
12,320  Granite Construction, Inc.   202,541 
47,066  Primoris Services Corp.   734,700 
55,405  WillScot Corp. (a)   645,468 
       3,571,410 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
37,417  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   565,371 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.6%     
32,012  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   831,672 
14,741  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   449,600 
16,485  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   793,753 
6,748  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   187,190 
       2,262,215 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging — 0.2%     
18,057  Greif, Inc., Class A  $611,952 
26,311  O-I Glass, Inc.   216,802 
       828,754 
         
   Distributors — 0.1%     
6,551  Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.   188,276 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%     
20,951  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   665,613 
2,742  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   1,069,407 
35,606  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   337,189 
17,344  Perdoceo Education Corp. (a)   225,472 
       2,297,681 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
8,340  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   680,211 
77,634  Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)   649,020 
       1,329,231 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.1%     
4,211  Otter Tail Corp.   186,884 
         
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.3%     
17,763  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   432,351 
26,612  AZZ, Inc.   835,351 
13,365  Encore Wire Corp.   611,850 
211,406  Plug Power, Inc. (a) (b)   884,734 
37,051  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   519,825 
16,799  Vicor Corp. (a)   893,203 
85,623  Vivint Solar, Inc. (a) (b)   542,850 
       4,720,164 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3%     
10,469  Badger Meter, Inc.   617,985 
5,186  Belden, Inc.   177,309 
18,719  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   386,735 
7,519  CTS Corp.   174,140 
5,975  ePlus, Inc. (a)   422,731 
12,609  FARO Technologies, Inc. (a)   692,108 
13,320  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   723,143 
13,984  Knowles Corp. (a)   217,451 
28,311  Methode Electronics, Inc.   849,896 
33,261  MTS Systems Corp.   707,462 
5,426  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   392,734 
9,081  PC Connection, Inc.   417,272 
6,854  Plexus Corp. (a)   429,677 
1,979  Rogers Corp. (a)   219,748 
20,574  Sanmina Corp. (a)   570,517 
54,282  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   629,129 
38,953  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   646,230 
       8,274,267 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 2.9%     
162,688  Apergy Corp. (a) (b)  $1,498,356 
248,792  Archrock, Inc.   1,196,690 
72,372  Core Laboratories N.V.   1,419,215 
570,410  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   1,448,841 
639,636  NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,483,956 
318,455  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   1,175,099 
374,185  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   1,586,544 
181,649  RPC, Inc. (b)   619,423 
       10,428,124 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.4%     
675  Alexander’s, Inc.   212,801 
17,490  Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.   168,079 
19,547  Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.   727,148 
67,001  CoreCivic, Inc.   879,053 
184,145  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   1,147,223 
154,620  Diversified Healthcare Trust   480,868 
37,961  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   1,021,531 
20,881  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   174,565 
10,005  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   224,012 
46,153  GEO Group (The), Inc.   585,220 
7,878  Getty Realty Corp.   213,967 
20,931  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   210,775 
42,670  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   797,502 
9,861  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   773,694 
88,172  iStar, Inc.   883,484 
46,585  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.   633,090 
31,609  National Storage Affiliates Trust   900,224 
34,333  Office Properties Income Trust   940,724 
121,177  RLJ Lodging Trust   1,125,734 
155,139  RPT Realty   1,058,048 
8,873  Safehold, Inc.   512,505 
179,551  SITE Centers Corp.   1,088,079 
221,680  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   1,343,381 
149,680  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)   1,125,594 
31,032  Uniti Group, Inc.   219,086 
5,564  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   595,125 
15,674  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   365,518 
72,653  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   704,734 
       19,111,764 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
74,318  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)  $1,046,398 
3,557  PriceSmart, Inc.   226,012 
20,126  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   418,218 
13,468  Weis Markets, Inc.   673,804 
       2,364,432 
         
   Food Products — 0.8%     
20,681  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   401,625 
3,241  Calavo Growers, Inc.   187,978 
13,554  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   386,425 
14,643  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   1,104,229 
17,550  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   210,951 
19,427  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   366,199 
5,204  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   182,816 
       2,840,223 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.2%     
2,185  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   192,018 
9,091  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   591,824 
       783,842 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%     
27,854  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   1,201,064 
576  Atrion Corp.   363,934 
36,811  Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   1,185,682 
15,938  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   669,396 
11,498  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,214,649 
1,655  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   393,890 
8,091  Natus Medical, Inc. (a)   202,194 
28,191  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   1,131,023 
29,002  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   1,111,357 
13,977  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)   721,493 
       8,194,682 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0%     
8,299  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   672,385 
9,719  BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)   453,975 
6,861  CorVel Corp. (a)   361,506 
19,900  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   744,459 
24,015  Hanger, Inc. (a)   440,915 
11,667  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   708,537 
5,219  National HealthCare Corp.   356,823 
8,229  National Research Corp.   424,534 
12,236  Patterson Cos., Inc.   223,674 
17,155  Premier, Inc., Class A (a)   568,860 
102,908  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   1,062,011 
53,403  RadNet, Inc. (a)   754,050 
29,740  Tivity Health, Inc. (a) (b)   266,768 
       7,038,497 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Technology — 1.1%     
14,806  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)  $424,562 
56,150  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   982,625 
15,516  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,111,877 
17,926  NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)   189,119 
17,892  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a) (b)   1,133,279 
       3,841,462 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%     
52,407  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   631,504 
43,819  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   976,726 
57,219  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (b)   837,686 
35,594  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   733,236 
6,668  Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)   222,311 
17,525  Papa John’s International, Inc.   1,260,398 
427,640  Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (a)   1,056,271 
21,882  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   239,827 
14,379  Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   226,901 
11,735  Wingstop, Inc.   1,376,163 
       7,561,023 
         
   Household Durables — 3.3%     
5,162  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   798,458 
64,467  Century Communities, Inc. (a)   1,380,883 
14,075  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   694,038 
13,727  iRobot Corp. (a) (b)   836,798 
27,309  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   640,396 
8,283  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   501,784 
40,322  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   1,179,419 
56,592  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   1,440,832 
25,622  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   1,346,692 
44,130  Sonos, Inc. (a)   451,009 
85,038  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   1,237,303 
106,664  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   1,224,503 
       11,732,115 
         
   Household Products — 0.3%     
14,630  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   444,898 
3,725  WD-40 Co.   649,193 
       1,094,091 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%     
39,812  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   797,434 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
8,815  Raven Industries, Inc.   196,310 
         
         
   Insurance — 3.2%     
15,165  Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (a)   260,838 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
29,859  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.  $627,636 
11,604  AMERISAFE, Inc.   738,827 
5,049  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   178,533 
75,505  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   1,061,600 
6,645  eHealth, Inc. (a)   709,022 
13,858  Employers Holdings, Inc.   420,867 
8,014  FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A   313,187 
10,227  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   359,581 
8,951  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   972,258 
18,374  Mercury General Corp.   752,599 
45,219  National General Holdings Corp.   860,518 
4,354  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   839,146 
4,429  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   372,567 
6,730  State Auto Financial Corp.   168,856 
28,059  Stewart Information Services Corp.   893,960 
126,241  Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (a)   939,233 
28,747  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   859,823 
       11,329,051 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%     
10,378  Yelp, Inc. (a)   231,948 
         
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.5%     
190,871  Groupon, Inc. (a)   232,863 
86,347  Quotient Technology, Inc. (a)   619,971 
11,633  Shutterstock, Inc.   442,054 
1,438  Stamps.com, Inc. (a)   227,592 
14,735  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   236,497 
       1,758,977 
         
   IT Services — 2.1%     
22,356  CSG Systems International, Inc.   1,086,054 
16,466  EVERTEC, Inc.   417,248 
14,382  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   887,801 
12,877  ManTech International Corp., Class A   960,109 
40,677  NIC, Inc.   985,604 
20,718  Perficient, Inc. (a)   721,608 
25,932  Switch, Inc., Class A   445,252 
13,795  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   394,951 
25,475  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   993,016 
26,203  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   234,779 
13,175  Virtusa Corp. (a)   434,775 
       7,561,197 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.7%     
36,367  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   996,456 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products (Continued)     
18,308  Callaway Golf Co.  $262,170 
32,489  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   1,116,972 
       2,375,598 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3%     
16,769  Codexis, Inc. (a)   194,688 
23,339  NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)   741,247 
       935,935 
         
   Machinery — 4.3%     
8,424  Alamo Group, Inc.   829,259 
3,958  Albany International Corp., Class A   202,412 
53,491  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   1,492,934 
5,352  Astec Industries, Inc.   214,669 
19,367  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   691,789 
15,804  Douglas Dynamics, Inc.   584,116 
11,305  Enerpac Tool Group Corp.   192,863 
9,450  EnPro Industries, Inc.   428,557 
9,864  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   752,623 
33,378  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   535,717 
34,293  Federal Signal Corp.   923,510 
15,882  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   806,806 
5,990  Gorman-Rupp (The) Co.   176,705 
19,736  Helios Technologies, Inc.   702,010 
19,580  Hillenbrand, Inc.   410,201 
10,021  Kadant, Inc.   842,666 
56,484  Meritor, Inc. (a)   1,157,922 
15,625  Mueller Industries, Inc.   404,688 
46,720  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   443,373 
11,460  SPX Corp. (a)   436,970 
11,448  Standex International Corp.   570,568 
9,688  Tennant Co.   573,239 
13,031  Terex Corp.   197,941 
32,397  TriMas Corp. (a)   772,344 
34,922  Trinity Industries, Inc.   673,645 
36,473  Welbilt, Inc. (a)   179,812 
       15,197,339 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
12,219  Matson, Inc.   369,503 
         
         
   Media — 1.5%     
30,782  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   734,151 
21,403  Cardlytics, Inc. (a)   962,065 
34,840  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   404,492 
127,968  iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   898,335 
9,984  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   374,899 
76,548  Meredith Corp.   1,135,207 
7,340  Scholastic Corp.   213,374 
34,910  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   616,162 
       5,338,685 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.9%     
110,058  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)  $826,535 
47,974  Carpenter Technology Corp.   1,063,584 
142,094  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (b)   622,372 
59,249  Commercial Metals Co.   944,429 
4,861  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   238,967 
102,797  Hecla Mining Co.   270,356 
5,399  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   389,970 
16,036  Materion Corp.   829,703 
29,649  United States Steel Corp. (b)   227,704 
88,082  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   1,105,429 
14,255  Worthington Industries, Inc.   376,902 
       6,895,951 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.9%     
274,332  Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. (b)   833,969 
37,390  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   590,014 
197,351  Ladder Capital Corp.   1,568,941 
17,621  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   183,258 
       3,176,182 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.6%     
65,784  Big Lots, Inc.   1,542,635 
25,315  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A (b)   746,286 
       2,288,921 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.2%     
10,727  Unitil Corp.   539,675 
         
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.6%     
1,707,369  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   1,604,415 
3,556,914  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   4,197,159 
21,672  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   379,260 
140,671  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   1,491,113 
59,359  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   1,386,033 
79,393  EQT Corp.   1,158,344 
233,868  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A (a)   1,513,126 
377,208  Matador Resources Co. (a) (b)   2,655,544 
131,756  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,280,668 
120,510  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   1,565,425 
45,571  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   1,130,616 
613,421  SM Energy Co. (b)   2,484,355 
162,688  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   1,853,016 
29,725  World Fuel Services Corp.   743,125 
       23,442,199 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.9%     
23,602  Boise Cascade Co.   738,035 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Paper & Forest Products (Continued)     
43,231  Domtar Corp.  $1,009,876 
13,018  Neenah, Inc.   636,059 
26,899  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   866,686 
       3,250,656 
         
   Personal Products — 0.6%     
4,037  Inter Parfums, Inc.   180,413 
2,991  Medifast, Inc. (b)   226,957 
42,817  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,250,685 
6,478  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   577,967 
       2,236,022 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%     
23,215  Arvinas, Inc. (a)   1,218,788 
78,681  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   996,101 
151,703  Endo International PLC (a)   697,834 
47,733  Innoviva, Inc. (a)   676,854 
22,320  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   921,593 
25,505  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,037,798 
25,278  Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   467,896 
41,598  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   973,393 
40,480  Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)   1,180,397 
       8,170,654 
         
   Professional Services — 0.7%     
35,778  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   849,728 
12,373  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   693,383 
2,722  ICF International, Inc.   200,176 
30,769  Korn Ferry   887,070 
       2,630,357 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.1%     
18,072  Forestar Group, Inc. (a)   238,370 
13,807  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   401,093 
248,625  Realogy Holdings Corp.   1,079,033 
48,533  Redfin Corp. (a)   1,025,502 
55,751  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   1,020,243 
       3,764,241 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.5%     
40,384  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a) (b)   665,528 
20,149  Heartland Express, Inc.   394,719 
121,096  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   489,228 
27,352  Marten Transport Ltd.   613,232 
28,300  Ryder System, Inc.   1,001,820 
10,173  Saia, Inc. (a)   941,206 
19,352  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   424,002 
15,479  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   621,018 
       5,150,753 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%     
11,580  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)  $643,848 
7,703  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   405,024 
96,070  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   949,172 
60,448  Cohu, Inc.   999,206 
18,416  Diodes, Inc. (a)   937,190 
46,568  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   1,085,034 
41,993  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   945,262 
19,770  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   606,148 
33,712  Rambus, Inc. (a)   422,411 
36,905  SunPower Corp. (a)   271,252 
12,930  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   845,493 
40,677  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   748,050 
       8,858,090 
         
   Software — 3.3%     
26,447  2U, Inc. (a)   628,116 
27,000  8x8, Inc. (a)   457,920 
14,427  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   645,320 
14,121  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   465,852 
8,427  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   925,790 
18,604  Appian Corp. (a) (b)   849,645 
10,209  Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc. (a)   425,001 
39,973  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   645,164 
61,625  Ebix, Inc. (b)   1,289,811 
8,225  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   196,907 
4,753  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)   600,446 
8,423  Model N, Inc. (a)   243,088 
11,696  Progress Software Corp.   478,483 
12,297  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   228,601 
16,088  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   893,045 
27,701  SVMK, Inc. (a)   434,906 
34,232  Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)   892,086 
13,951  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   441,270 
5,875  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   393,919 
11,578  Workiva, Inc. (a)   444,016 
18,361  Yext, Inc. (a)   235,021 
       11,814,407 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.2%     
82,327  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   871,020 
117,671  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   935,484 
13,551  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   914,692 
13,644  Buckle (The), Inc. (b)   208,890 
47,827  Children’s Place (The), Inc. (b)   1,413,766 
187,848  Designer Brands, Inc., Class A   1,192,835 
21,133  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   1,195,916 
138,174  Guess?, Inc.   1,291,927 
4,267  Monro, Inc.   236,776 
570,410  Office Depot, Inc.   1,266,310 
13,230  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   263,343 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
69,470  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)  $674,554 
145,036  Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)   1,459,062 
9,763  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   291,914 
70,444  Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A   1,509,615 
65,695  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   1,139,151 
       14,865,255 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%     
26,378  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   604,056 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%     
11,017  Crocs, Inc. (a)   267,162 
121,486  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   1,376,436 
15,047  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A (b)   193,956 
20,643  Oxford Industries, Inc.   865,355 
12,311  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   252,252 
       2,955,161 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.0%     
20,643  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   475,821 
51,970  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   735,635 
12,695  First Defiance Financial Corp.   220,639 
9,433  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   244,409 
16,673  Meridian Bancorp, Inc.   196,408 
25,847  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   476,102 
102,098  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   978,099 
16,174  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   171,606 
42,308  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   1,276,433 
43,646  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   626,320 
18,584  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   714,183 
14,415  Washington Federal, Inc.   385,457 
22,528  WSFS Financial Corp.   657,367 
       7,158,479 
         
   Tobacco — 0.4%     
12,697  Universal Corp.   614,154 
59,582  Vector Group Ltd.   637,527 
       1,251,681 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.8%     
8,182  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   428,655 
33,931  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   746,482 
31,656  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   672,690 
8,975  GATX Corp.   532,217 
47,581  GMS, Inc. (a)   874,539 
50,980  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   828,935 
36,578  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,032,597 
9,722  Kaman Corp.   376,825 
219,593  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   1,177,018 
23,443  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   879,113 
10,556  Systemax, Inc.   209,642 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
36,162  Triton International Ltd.  $1,120,299 
40,943  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   1,059,195 
       9,938,207 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.3%     
14,876  California Water Service Group   668,230 
9,334  Middlesex Water Co.   562,840 
       1,231,070 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%     
55,811  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   1,095,012 
25,555  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   813,415 
       1,908,427 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   354,506,808 
   (Cost $380,272,618)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 6.3%     
21,764,067  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   21,764,067 
394,114  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   394,114 
   Total Money Market Funds — 6.3%   22,158,181 
   (Cost $22,158,181)     
         
   Total Investments — 106.2%   376,664,989 
   (Cost $402,430,799) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (6.2)%   (21,924,971)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $354,740,018 

  

 

(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 $20,847,051 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $21,764,067.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $31,509,656 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $57,275,466. The net unrealized depreciation was $25,765,810.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $354,506,808   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   22,158,181    —      —   
Total Investments  $376,664,989   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%     
14,821  General Dynamics Corp.  $1,935,919 
5,231  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   1,001,266 
20,792  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   1,347,529 
183,799  Textron, Inc.   4,844,942 
       9,129,656 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
14,316  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   1,025,097 
         
         
   Airlines — 2.3%     
160,861  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   1,931,941 
171,827  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   4,452,038 
110,126  Southwest Airlines Co.   3,441,437 
155,367  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (b)   4,595,756 
       14,421,172 
         
   Auto Components — 0.6%     
58,164  Aptiv PLC   4,045,306 
         
         
   Automobiles — 1.1%     
405,966  Ford Motor Co.   2,066,367 
235,895  General Motors Co.   5,258,099 
       7,324,466 
         
   Banks — 7.7%     
134,885  Bank of America Corp.   3,243,984 
93,093  Citigroup, Inc.   4,520,596 
208,489  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   4,668,069 
264,081  Fifth Third Bancorp   4,935,674 
477,647  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   4,413,458 
378,154  KeyCorp   4,405,494 
27,678  M&T Bank Corp.   3,102,150 
29,919  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   3,191,460 
437,184  Regions Financial Corp.   4,699,728 
18,956  SVB Financial Group (b)   3,661,731 
63,574  Truist Financial Corp.   2,372,582 
56,923  U.S. Bancorp   2,077,689 
136,631  Wells Fargo & Co.   3,969,131 
       49,261,746 
         
   Beverages — 0.3%     
50,259  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   2,061,122 
         
         
   Biotechnology — 1.7%     
54,603  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)   5,868,184 
9,041  Biogen, Inc. (b)   2,683,640 
12,772  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   1,072,848 
1,945  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)   1,022,837 
       10,647,509 
         
   Building Products — 0.3%     
27,620  Masco Corp.   1,133,525 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
11,559  Trane Technologies PLC  $1,010,488 
       2,144,013 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.0%     
9,324  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   1,071,701 
116,445  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   4,371,345 
293,710  Franklin Resources, Inc.   5,533,497 
25,361  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   4,651,715 
115,331  Morgan Stanley   4,547,501 
31,020  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   2,044,838 
53,751  State Street Corp.   3,388,463 
       25,609,060 
         
   Chemicals — 2.2%     
39,018  Celanese Corp.   3,241,225 
83,975  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   3,948,505 
98,762  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   5,723,258 
11,409  PPG Industries, Inc.   1,036,279 
       13,949,267 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%     
12,716  Republic Services, Inc.   996,171 
         
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.2%     
24,284  Cisco Systems, Inc.   1,029,156 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 3.5%     
339,696  Ally Financial, Inc.   5,567,617 
97,231  Capital One Financial Corp.   6,296,680 
109,950  Discover Financial Services   4,724,551 
304,662  Synchrony Financial   6,029,261 
       22,618,109 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.5%     
125,963  International Paper Co.   4,314,233 
173,457  WestRock Co.   5,583,581 
       9,897,814 
         
   Distributors — 0.7%     
14,175  Genuine Parts Co.   1,123,794 
139,620  LKQ Corp. (b)   3,651,063 
       4,774,857 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%     
26,802  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (b)   5,021,623 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%     
134,532  AT&T, Inc.   4,099,190 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Telecommunication Services (Continued)     
53,300  Verizon Communications, Inc.  $3,062,085 
       7,161,275 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.2%     
11,943  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   992,583 
24,240  Duke Energy Corp.   2,052,158 
35,784  Edison International   2,100,879 
106,533  Exelon Corp.   3,950,244 
25,881  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   1,992,578 
116,036  PPL Corp.   2,949,635 
       14,038,077 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
25,244  Eaton Corp. PLC   2,107,874 
60,100  Emerson Electric Co.   3,427,503 
       5,535,377 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.0%     
139,424  Corning, Inc.   3,068,722 
45,463  TE Connectivity Ltd.   3,339,712 
       6,408,434 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%     
272,749  Baker Hughes Co.   3,804,849 
139,350  Halliburton Co.   1,463,175 
       5,268,024 
         
   Entertainment — 0.7%     
28,580  Electronic Arts, Inc. (b)   3,265,551 
9,891  Walt Disney (The) Co.   1,069,711 
       4,335,262 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.8%     
444,017  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   5,465,849 
24,837  Regency Centers Corp.   1,090,593 
35,736  Simon Property Group, Inc.   2,386,093 
73,166  Ventas, Inc.   2,366,920 
       11,309,455 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
95,084  Kroger (The) Co.   3,005,605 
20,914  Sysco Corp.   1,176,831 
62,605  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   2,710,170 
       6,892,606 
         
   Food Products — 2.0%     
81,404  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   3,023,345 
32,533  Conagra Brands, Inc.   1,087,904 
20,470  Hormel Foods Corp.   959,019 
8,601  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   988,341 
79,250  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   2,403,652 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
67,764  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A  $4,214,243 
       12,676,504 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4%     
19,388  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   2,320,744 
         
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.4%     
8,640  Anthem, Inc.   2,425,507 
11,076  Cigna Corp.   2,168,459 
48,269  CVS Health Corp.   2,970,957 
12,560  DaVita, Inc. (b)   992,366 
31,866  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   3,501,436 
38,814  Henry Schein, Inc. (b)   2,117,692 
3,047  Humana, Inc.   1,163,405 
22,648  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (b)   3,724,464 
35,669  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   3,927,514 
3,826  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   1,118,990 
39,574  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   4,182,576 
       28,293,366 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.8%     
143,412  Aramark   3,916,582 
372,215  Carnival Corp. (a)   5,918,219 
52,577  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   3,879,657 
46,167  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   2,216,939 
415,428  MGM Resorts International   6,991,653 
447,257  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (b)   7,335,015 
152,372  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   7,126,438 
       37,384,503 
         
   Household Durables — 3.0%     
144,176  D.R. Horton, Inc.   6,807,991 
128,315  Lennar Corp., Class A   6,424,732 
219,620  PulteGroup, Inc.   6,208,657 
       19,441,380 
         
   Household Products — 0.2%     
8,686  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   1,023,819 
         
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%     
245,713  Vistra Energy Corp.   4,801,232 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
6,983  3M Co.   1,060,857 
         
         
   Insurance — 9.1%     
83,628  Aflac, Inc.   3,114,307 
42,761  Allstate (The) Corp.   4,349,649 
161,720  American International Group, Inc.   4,112,539 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
17,563  Chubb Ltd.  $1,896,980 
64,972  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   4,275,158 
20,376  Everest Re Group Ltd.   3,527,697 
197,014  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   5,329,229 
27,245  Globe Life, Inc.   2,243,353 
149,003  Lincoln National Corp.   5,285,136 
56,299  Loews Corp.   1,951,323 
4,233  Markel Corp. (b)   3,665,101 
128,290  MetLife, Inc.   4,628,703 
125,122  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   4,555,692 
26,549  Progressive (The) Corp.   2,052,238 
75,215  Prudential Financial, Inc.   4,691,159 
28,834  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   2,918,289 
       58,596,553 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.8%     
31,763  eBay, Inc.   1,265,120 
50,893  Expedia Group, Inc.   3,612,385 
       4,877,505 
         
   IT Services — 0.9%     
61,630  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   3,575,773 
17,668  International Business Machines Corp.   2,218,394 
       5,794,167 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.2%     
13,343  Hasbro, Inc.   963,498 
         
         
   Machinery — 2.3%     
28,977  Cummins, Inc.   4,737,740 
6,918  Deere & Co.   1,003,525 
11,382  Dover Corp.   1,065,924 
64,145  PACCAR, Inc.   4,440,758 
19,613  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   2,161,353 
19,833  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   1,118,978 
       14,528,278 
         
   Media — 3.9%     
114,074  Comcast Corp., Class A   4,292,605 
252,154  Discovery, Inc., Class A (b)   5,653,293 
196,170  DISH Network Corp., Class A (b)   4,907,192 
121,202  Fox Corp., Class A   3,135,496 
17,381  Omnicom Group, Inc.   991,238 
349,889  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   6,039,084 
       25,018,908 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.9%     
141,414  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   1,248,686 
86,597  Newmont Corp.   5,150,789 
136,083  Nucor Corp.   5,605,259 
       12,004,734 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.4%     
185,330  AGNC Investment Corp.  $2,301,799 
         
         
   Multi-Utilities — 2.0%     
253,820  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   4,322,554 
25,136  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   1,980,717 
20,640  DTE Energy Co.   2,141,194 
38,233  NiSource, Inc.   960,031 
63,776  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   3,234,081 
       12,638,577 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 13.9%     
54,117  Chevron Corp.   4,978,764 
66,827  Concho Resources, Inc.   3,790,427 
159,147  ConocoPhillips   6,700,089 
641,606  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   10,515,922 
187,099  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   8,146,290 
136,469  EOG Resources, Inc.   6,483,642 
129,104  Exxon Mobil Corp.   5,999,463 
207,536  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   6,657,755 
338,650  Occidental Petroleum Corp. (a)   5,621,590 
224,764  ONEOK, Inc.   6,727,187 
91,361  Phillips 66   6,684,884 
69,881  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   6,241,072 
108,070  Valero Energy Corp.   6,846,235 
202,380  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   3,920,101 
       89,313,421 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%     
263,005  Mylan N.V. (b)   4,410,594 
87,747  Pfizer, Inc.   3,365,975 
       7,776,569 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
75,931  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (b)   3,259,718 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.2%     
34,211  CSX Corp.   2,265,794 
21,255  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   2,149,306 
13,439  Norfolk Southern Corp.   2,299,413 
6,765  Union Pacific Corp.   1,080,979 
       7,795,492 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%     
93,237  Micron Technology, Inc. (b)   4,465,120 
         
         
   Software — 1.0%     
261,998  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   5,572,697 
19,744  Oracle Corp.   1,045,840 
       6,618,537 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.3%     
50,236  Best Buy Co., Inc.   3,854,608 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
11,099  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.  $1,162,620 
11,294  Tractor Supply Co.   1,145,551 
11,152  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (b)   2,430,244 
       8,593,023 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.0%     
49,580  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (b)   2,116,570 
403,876  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   4,062,993 
112,937  HP, Inc.   1,751,653 
47,031  NetApp, Inc.   2,058,547 
58,689  Seagate Technology PLC   2,931,515 
       12,921,278 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%     
17,644  VF Corp.   1,025,116 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%     
47,635  United Rentals, Inc. (b)   6,121,097 
3,841  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   1,058,503 
       7,179,600 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
23,369  T-Mobile US, Inc. (b)   2,051,798 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   639,630,750 
   (Cost $735,951,965)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 3.5%     
21,942,834  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   21,942,834 
537,789  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   537,789 
   Total Money Market Funds — 3.5%   22,480,623 
   (Cost $22,480,623)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.4%   662,111,373 
   (Cost $758,432,588) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.4)%   (21,740,560)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $640,370,813 

  

 

(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $21,332,424 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $21,942,834.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $32,025,302 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $128,346,517. The net unrealized depreciation was $96,321,215.

 

  

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $639,630,750   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   22,480,623    —      —   
Total Investments  $662,111,373   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.1%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%     
80,345  Howmet Aerospace, Inc.  $1,050,109 
36,788  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   7,125,835 
19,548  Lockheed Martin Corp.   7,605,345 
17,831  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,807,022 
       21,588,311 
         
   Automobiles — 1.2%     
12,644  Tesla, Inc. (a)   9,886,091 
         
         
   Banks — 0.5%     
15,682  First Republic Bank   1,635,476 
29,440  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   2,819,174 
       4,454,650 
         
   Beverages — 1.7%     
23,245  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   1,445,839 
59,898  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   2,748,719 
94,219  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   5,823,676 
32,230  PepsiCo, Inc.   4,263,707 
       14,281,941 
         
   Biotechnology — 5.1%     
50,808  AbbVie, Inc.   4,176,418 
60,875  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   8,017,237 
19,094  Amgen, Inc.   4,567,667 
62,732  BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   5,772,599 
52,861  Incyte Corp. (a)   5,162,405 
57,429  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   7,880,982 
27,846  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   6,994,915 
       42,572,223 
         
   Building Products — 0.5%     
42,066  Allegion PLC   4,229,316 
         
         
   Capital Markets — 7.2%     
115,552  Apollo Global Management, Inc.   4,678,700 
28,315  Blackstone Group (The), Inc., Class A   1,479,175 
178,800  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   4,191,072 
15,327  CME Group, Inc.   2,731,425 
20,335  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   5,592,125 
47,937  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   4,287,965 
225,857  KKR & Co., Inc., Class A   5,693,855 
15,939  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   7,252,404 
25,064  Moody’s Corp.   6,113,110 
22,929  MSCI, Inc.   7,497,783 
17,099  Northern Trust Corp.   1,353,557 
21,633  S&P Global, Inc.   6,335,873 
27,141  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   3,138,314 
       60,345,358 
         
   Chemicals — 1.3%     
13,278  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   2,995,251 
47,388  FMC Corp.   4,354,957 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
5,766  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.  $3,092,710 
       10,442,918 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%     
56,494  Copart, Inc. (a)   4,525,734 
         
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
6,370  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   1,396,941 
9,707  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   1,395,964 
       2,792,905 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
6,818  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,296,988 
11,939  Vulcan Materials Co.   1,348,749 
       2,645,737 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.2%     
15,071  American Express Co.   1,375,229 
         
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.2%     
81,979  Ball Corp.   5,377,002 
66,697  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,295,954 
       9,672,956 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.8%     
13,732  Entergy Corp.   1,311,543 
96,292  Evergy, Inc.   5,626,342 
22,030  NextEra Energy, Inc.   5,091,574 
48,955  Southern (The) Co.   2,777,217 
       14,806,676 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.2%     
8,550  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   1,620,054 
         
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3%     
28,417  CDW Corp.   3,148,604 
31,674  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   3,065,093 
40,540  Trimble, Inc. (a)   1,403,900 
14,435  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   3,315,142 
       10,932,739 
         
   Entertainment — 3.0%     
89,119  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   5,679,554 
17,646  Netflix, Inc. (a)   7,408,673 
44,249  Roku, Inc. (a)   5,364,306 
55,865  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   6,762,458 
       25,214,991 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.2%     
9,416  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   1,479,160 
17,776  American Tower Corp.   4,230,688 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
36,709  Crown Castle International Corp.  $5,852,516 
38,160  Digital Realty Trust, Inc.   5,704,538 
81,854  Duke Realty Corp.   2,840,334 
8,486  Equinix, Inc.   5,729,747 
22,448  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   1,353,839 
13,475  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   1,189,034 
65,956  Prologis, Inc.   5,885,254 
19,635  SBA Communications Corp.   5,692,579 
10,336  Sun Communities, Inc.   1,389,158 
35,636  Vornado Realty Trust   1,561,570 
       42,908,417 
         
   Food Products — 0.8%     
29,216  Hershey (The) Co.   3,869,075 
18,768  McCormick & Co., Inc.   2,943,573 
       6,812,648 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 8.2%     
49,057  Abbott Laboratories   4,517,659 
7,419  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   1,593,972 
65,291  Baxter International, Inc.   5,796,535 
11,536  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   2,913,186 
9,615  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   2,756,620 
27,968  Danaher Corp.   4,571,649 
24,609  DexCom, Inc. (a)   8,248,937 
14,053  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   3,056,528 
15,981  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   4,436,326 
39,994  Insulet Corp. (a)   7,987,602 
5,352  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   2,734,230 
44,985  ResMed, Inc.   6,987,070 
7,749  Stryker Corp.   1,444,646 
4,406  Teleflex, Inc.   1,477,772 
12,570  Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,437,757 
43,520  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   8,236,595 
       68,197,084 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.0%     
42,374  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   8,084,959 
         
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%     
4,049  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   3,557,249 
20,448  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   7,400,745 
18,909  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   1,431,600 
19,628  Starbucks Corp.   1,506,056 
       13,895,650 
         
   Household Durables — 0.4%     
35,359  Garmin Ltd.   2,869,736 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
4,138  Roper Technologies, Inc.   1,411,182 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance — 1.8%     
4,797  Alleghany Corp.  $2,560,207 
45,339  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   1,089,496 
182,939  Brown & Brown, Inc.   6,569,339 
44,772  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   4,357,659 
       14,576,701 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.9%     
4,561  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   6,142,299 
31,779  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   6,505,479 
7,200  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   1,609,056 
108,523  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   1,911,090 
       16,167,924 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.0%     
3,398  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   8,406,652 
         
         
   IT Services — 8.9%     
16,235  Accenture PLC, Class A   3,006,560 
72,423  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   7,076,451 
9,439  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   1,384,607 
96,534  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   7,089,457 
35,688  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   7,883,122 
27,902  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   2,875,580 
46,410  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   3,222,246 
34,147  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   5,584,742 
72,298  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   7,143,765 
10,971  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   3,016,696 
54,197  Okta, Inc. (a)   8,200,006 
40,432  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,973,136 
50,598  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   3,295,954 
14,418  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   1,619,142 
14,717  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   3,083,064 
24,026  Visa, Inc., Class A   4,293,927 
       73,748,455 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%     
54,048  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   4,143,320 
5,606  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   4,035,983 
17,141  PerkinElmer, Inc.   1,551,775 
13,648  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   4,567,713 
7,088  Waters Corp. (a)   1,325,456 
       15,624,247 
         
   Machinery — 0.7%     
22,841  Caterpillar, Inc.   2,658,236 
18,650  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   3,030,625 
       5,688,861 
         
   Media — 0.7%     
23,937  Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)   2,936,591 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
536,524  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.  $3,170,857 
       6,107,448 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.5%     
43,878  Dollar General Corp.   7,691,814 
41,637  Target Corp.   4,569,244 
       12,261,058 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.6%     
90,228  CMS Energy Corp.   5,151,117 
         
         
   Personal Products — 0.5%     
24,295  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   4,285,638 
         
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.7%     
69,449  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   4,223,194 
38,213  Eli Lilly and Co.   5,909,258 
29,522  Johnson & Johnson   4,429,481 
50,313  Merck & Co., Inc.   3,991,833 
32,893  Zoetis, Inc.   4,253,394 
       22,807,160 
         
   Professional Services — 2.1%     
11,284  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   7,314,966 
22,187  Equifax, Inc.   3,081,774 
40,051  TransUnion   3,155,618 
27,774  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   4,244,701 
       17,797,059 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.7%     
41,680  Kansas City Southern   5,441,324 
48,058  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   1,577,744 
50,481  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   7,334,385 
       14,353,453 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.2%     
116,553  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   6,106,212 
57,845  Applied Materials, Inc.   2,873,740 
97,946  Intel Corp.   5,874,801 
36,877  KLA Corp.   6,051,147 
27,608  Lam Research Corp.   7,047,770 
117,120  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.   3,131,789 
20,109  NVIDIA Corp.   5,877,458 
65,744  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   6,444,884 
78,357  QUALCOMM, Inc.   6,164,345 
29,654  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   3,080,458 
122,321  Teradyne, Inc.   7,649,955 
       60,302,559 
         
   Software — 15.1%     
20,821  Adobe, Inc. (a)   7,363,138 
22,803  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   5,970,509 
33,957  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   6,354,373 
80,266  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   6,511,981 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
25,772  Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a)  $1,519,775 
46,811  Citrix Systems, Inc.   6,788,063 
47,419  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   8,350,012 
71,710  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   7,511,623 
17,229  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   6,080,803 
65,495  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   7,056,431 
5,610  Intuit, Inc.   1,513,634 
42,016  Microsoft Corp.   7,529,687 
19,163  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   5,001,926 
31,267  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   7,145,448 
26,885  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   4,354,026 
23,122  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   8,128,308 
41,995  Splunk, Inc. (a)   5,894,418 
60,485  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   3,336,353 
41,159  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   6,466,902 
20,057  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   5,868,277 
22,343  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   7,165,177 
       125,910,864 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.3%     
1,526  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   1,557,008 
24,428  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   4,462,751 
23,970  CarMax, Inc. (a)   1,765,391 
20,732  Home Depot (The), Inc.   4,557,516 
30,476  Ross Stores, Inc.   2,784,287 
80,968  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   3,971,480 
       19,098,433 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.9%     
26,058  Apple, Inc.   7,655,840 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%     
46,785  NIKE, Inc., Class B   4,078,716 
         
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
36,328  Philip Morris International, Inc.   2,710,069 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%     
123,872  Fastenal Co.   4,486,644 
         
         
   Water Utilities — 0.8%     
44,336  American Water Works Co., Inc.   5,395,248 
31,705  Essential Utilities, Inc.   1,324,952 
       6,720,200 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.1%   833,506,603 
   (Cost $734,910,183)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.0%     
416,342  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (b)   416,342 
   (Cost $416,342)     

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%  $833,922,945 
   (Cost $735,326,525) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (494,427)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $833,428,518 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $107,887,826 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $9,291,406. The net unrealized appreciation was $98,596,420.

 

  

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $833,506,603   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   416,342    —      —   
Total Investments  $833,922,945   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%     
1,897  AAR Corp.  $37,143 
609  General Dynamics Corp.   79,548 
214  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   40,962 
1,178  Moog, Inc., Class A   58,287 
853  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   55,283 
4,145  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   91,853 
7,539  Textron, Inc.   198,728 
       561,804 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
1,253  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   25,361 
300  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   21,270 
588  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   42,104 
221  Forward Air Corp.   11,403 
504  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   24,247 
       124,385 
         
   Airlines — 2.1%     
3,485  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   113,332 
6,598  American Airlines Group, Inc. (b)   79,242 
7,048  Delta Air Lines, Inc.   182,614 
5,482  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   78,941 
11,084  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   107,958 
3,787  SkyWest, Inc.   117,208 
4,517  Southwest Airlines Co.   141,156 
7,696  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   115,594 
6,373  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   188,513 
       1,124,558 
         
   Auto Components — 1.3%     
3,112  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   13,444 
2,387  Aptiv PLC   166,016 
4,070  BorgWarner, Inc.   116,280 
3,512  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   74,419 
7,328  Dana, Inc.   84,272 
203  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   12,805 
13,637  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   97,777 
977  Lear Corp.   95,404 
270  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   10,987 
       671,404 
         
   Automobiles — 0.9%     
16,653  Ford Motor Co.   84,764 
9,677  General Motors Co.   215,700 
3,144  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   68,634 
1,412  Thor Industries, Inc.   93,474 
       462,572 
         
   Banks — 9.5%     
706  1st Source Corp.   24,519 
1,670  Ameris Bancorp   42,468 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
4,654  Associated Banc-Corp.  $65,808 
2,097  BancorpSouth Bank   45,903 
5,534  Bank of America Corp.   133,093 
4,752  Bank OZK   107,490 
3,183  BankUnited, Inc.   63,055 
692  Banner Corp.   26,594 
2,267  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   38,630 
1,398  BOK Financial Corp.   72,402 
3,202  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   24,335 
995  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   10,159 
6,989  Cadence BanCorp   46,267 
1,729  Cathay General Bancorp   48,274 
5,747  CIT Group, Inc.   109,078 
3,819  Citigroup, Inc.   185,451 
8,552  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   191,479 
740  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   19,973 
2,705  Comerica, Inc.   94,296 
712  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   51,164 
1,114  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   39,079 
2,313  East West Bancorp, Inc.   81,117 
8,076  F.N.B. Corp.   65,335 
1,162  FB Financial Corp.   25,959 
10,833  Fifth Third Bancorp   202,469 
1,461  First Bancorp   38,848 
6,333  First BanCorp   36,921 
1,337  First Busey Corp.   24,628 
119  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   45,458 
2,505  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   23,848 
2,260  First Financial Bancorp   34,759 
2,401  First Hawaiian, Inc.   42,234 
7,385  First Horizon National Corp.   67,056 
389  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   13,148 
863  First Merchants Corp.   24,432 
1,730  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   25,569 
978  Fulton Financial Corp.   11,433 
1,645  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   30,926 
4,065  Hancock Whitney Corp.   84,999 
1,115  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   37,877 
562  Heritage Financial Corp.   11,268 
2,228  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   43,000 
3,310  Home BancShares, Inc.   50,742 
4,099  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   40,785 
19,593  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   181,039 
1,934  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   58,620 
852  International Bancshares Corp.   24,699 
2,484  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   23,126 
15,513  KeyCorp   180,726 
1,137  M&T Bank Corp.   127,435 
706  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   11,896 
1,005  OFG Bancorp   12,643 
1,505  Old National Bancorp   21,326 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
1,787  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.  $38,152 
4,429  PacWest Bancorp   89,643 
3,590  People’s United Financial, Inc.   45,557 
1,058  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   42,584 
1,227  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   130,884 
2,267  Popular, Inc.   87,484 
412  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   24,691 
17,934  Regions Financial Corp.   192,790 
1,542  Renasant Corp.   40,447 
412  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   11,005 
247  Signature Bank   26,473 
1,244  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   23,263 
7,594  Sterling Bancorp   93,634 
778  SVB Financial Group (a)   150,286 
4,519  Synovus Financial Corp.   94,944 
1,265  TowneBank   25,553 
377  TriCo Bancshares   11,355 
2,609  Truist Financial Corp.   97,368 
483  Trustmark Corp.   12,853 
2,336  U.S. Bancorp   85,264 
428  UMB Financial Corp.   21,760 
5,461  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   68,399 
1,719  United Bankshares, Inc.   51,501 
5,428  Valley National Bancorp   45,378 
2,599  Webster Financial Corp.   73,422 
5,605  Wells Fargo & Co.   162,825 
965  WesBanco, Inc.   23,816 
2,414  Wintrust Financial Corp.   101,147 
2,224  Zions Bancorp N.A.   70,301 
       5,086,617 
         
   Beverages — 0.2%     
2,063  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   84,604 
262  National Beverage Corp. (a) (b)   13,160 
       97,764 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.8%     
2,239  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   240,625 
371  Biogen, Inc. (a)   110,124 
218  Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   10,109 
524  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   44,016 
81  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   42,596 
       447,470 
         
   Building Products — 0.8%     
525  A.O. Smith Corp.   22,250 
263  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   12,177 
1,810  Griffon Corp.   29,702 
1,133  Masco Corp.   46,498 
2,044  Owens Corning   88,628 
1,626  Patrick Industries, Inc.   67,024 
4,015  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   41,515 
6,962  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   35,715 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
474  Trane Technologies PLC  $41,437 
1,066  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   43,834 
       428,780 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.8%     
383  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   44,022 
4,776  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   179,291 
4,457  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   13,794 
2,796  Blucora, Inc. (a)   39,340 
1,723  Evercore, Inc., Class A   88,907 
3,124  Federated Hermes, Inc.   71,133 
12,048  Franklin Resources, Inc.   226,984 
1,040  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   190,757 
310  INTL. FCStone, Inc. (a)   12,388 
8,739  Invesco Ltd.   75,330 
841  Lazard Ltd., Class A   23,128 
400  Moelis & Co., Class A   11,948 
4,732  Morgan Stanley   186,583 
666  Piper Sandler Cos.   35,904 
1,272  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   83,850 
2,206  State Street Corp.   139,066 
962  Stifel Financial Corp.   42,597 
4,023  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   58,535 
       1,523,557 
         
   Chemicals — 2.7%     
1,982  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   122,270 
877  Cabot Corp.   29,722 
1,601  Celanese Corp.   132,995 
2,187  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   60,142 
3,445  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   161,984 
1,704  Eastman Chemical Co.   103,109 
2,373  Element Solutions, Inc. (a)   24,323 
1,207  H.B. Fuller Co.   44,406 
6,875  Huntsman Corp.   115,569 
4,361  Livent Corp. (a)   27,038 
4,052  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   234,813 
1,262  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   55,578 
52  NewMarket Corp.   21,395 
2,888  Olin Corp.   38,555 
6,138  Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.   55,917 
591  PolyOne Corp.   13,764 
468  PPG Industries, Inc.   42,508 
3,090  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   36,215 
127  Stepan Co.   12,116 
2,528  Trinseo S.A.   51,698 
2,079  Westlake Chemical Corp.   90,333 
       1,474,450 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%     
9,186  ADT, Inc.   52,636 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
439  Brady Corp., Class A  $19,114 
2,069  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   26,525 
1,612  Harsco Corp. (a)   16,088 
2,063  Herman Miller, Inc.   46,500 
1,338  HNI Corp.   32,567 
6,057  Interface, Inc.   55,967 
2,808  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   42,064 
4,437  Knoll, Inc.   51,735 
521  Republic Services, Inc.   40,815 
1,103  SP Plus Corp. (a)   23,262 
4,638  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   50,786 
369  US Ecology, Inc.   12,096 
1,588  Viad Corp.   38,064 
       508,219 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.2%     
996  Cisco Systems, Inc.   42,210 
351  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   11,074 
187  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   26,042 
1,038  Juniper Networks, Inc.   22,421 
       101,747 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.8%     
576  Arcosa, Inc.   21,467 
626  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   20,846 
1,786  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   58,224 
970  EMCOR Group, Inc.   61,624 
3,031  MasTec, Inc. (a)   108,813 
2,880  Primoris Services Corp.   44,957 
1,876  Quanta Services, Inc.   68,211 
188  Valmont Industries, Inc.   22,041 
       406,183 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.0%     
1,526  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   23,058 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.3%     
13,936  Ally Financial, Inc.   228,411 
3,987  Capital One Financial Corp.   258,198 
4,511  Discover Financial Services   193,838 
1,959  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   50,895 
277  FirstCash, Inc.   19,900 
442  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   13,481 
10,469  Navient Corp.   79,774 
406  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   11,262 
5,706  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (b)   88,956 
5,518  SLM Corp.   46,020 
12,497  Synchrony Financial   247,316 
       1,238,051 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.1%     
1,177  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   46,833 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging (Continued)     
1,626  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.  $21,707 
1,084  Greif, Inc., Class A   36,737 
5,167  International Paper Co.   176,970 
458  Packaging Corp. of America   44,266 
684  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   23,598 
428  Sonoco Products Co.   20,903 
7,115  WestRock Co.   229,032 
       600,046 
         
   Distributors — 0.4%     
582  Genuine Parts Co.   46,141 
5,728  LKQ Corp. (a)   149,787 
       195,928 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%     
855  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   27,163 
167  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   65,132 
520  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   44,730 
4,227  H&R Block, Inc.   70,380 
2,178  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   20,626 
       228,031 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
1,100  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   206,096 
7,257  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   99,566 
979  Voya Financial, Inc.   44,221 
       349,883 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
5,518  AT&T, Inc.   168,134 
1,741  GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (a)   105,905 
2,187  Verizon Communications, Inc.   125,643 
       399,682 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.4%     
654  ALLETE, Inc.   37,644 
489  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   40,641 
994  Duke Energy Corp.   84,152 
1,467  Edison International   86,128 
4,370  Exelon Corp.   162,040 
2,912  NRG Energy, Inc.   97,639 
1,291  OGE Energy Corp.   40,692 
1,062  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   81,763 
413  Portland General Electric Co.   19,324 
4,761  PPL Corp.   121,025 
       771,048 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
462  Acuity Brands, Inc.   40,005 
1,628  AZZ, Inc.   51,103 
1,036  Eaton Corp. PLC   86,506 
2,465  Emerson Electric Co.   140,579 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment (Continued)     
545  Encore Wire Corp.  $24,950 
801  EnerSys   46,770 
1,262  Regal Beloit Corp.   89,615 
1,113  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   15,615 
       495,143 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3%     
790  Avnet, Inc.   23,716 
563  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   11,632 
5,719  Corning, Inc.   125,875 
451  CTS Corp.   10,445 
365  ePlus, Inc. (a)   25,824 
543  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   29,479 
1,733  Methode Electronics, Inc.   52,025 
1,497  MTS Systems Corp.   31,841 
556  PC Connection, Inc.   25,548 
419  Plexus Corp. (a)   26,267 
838  Sanmina Corp. (a)   23,238 
1,086  SYNNEX Corp.   95,090 
1,864  TE Connectivity Ltd.   136,929 
3,259  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   37,772 
1,588  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   26,345 
       682,026 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.8%     
9,953  Apergy Corp. (a) (b)   91,667 
15,221  Archrock, Inc.   73,213 
11,187  Baker Hughes Co.   156,059 
4,428  Core Laboratories N.V.   86,833 
5,716  Halliburton Co.   60,018 
34,896  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   88,636 
5,071  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   100,254 
39,133  NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)   90,788 
19,483  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   71,892 
22,892  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   97,062 
11,112  RPC, Inc. (b)   37,892 
       954,314 
         
   Entertainment — 0.6%     
9,736  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   139,030 
1,173  Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   134,027 
406  Walt Disney (The) Co.   43,909 
       316,966 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.8%     
8,655  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   83,780 
1,887  Brandywine Realty Trust   21,059 
6,264  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   71,723 
4,099  CoreCivic, Inc.   53,779 
11,265  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   70,181 
9,282  Diversified Healthcare Trust   28,867 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
1,254  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A  $10,483 
3,277  EPR Properties   96,409 
2,503  Equity Commonwealth   84,977 
2,770  GEO Group (The), Inc.   35,124 
561  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   21,772 
18,213  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   224,202 
5,394  iStar, Inc.   54,048 
17,619  Macerich (The) Co. (b)   131,614 
2,255  Paramount Group, Inc.   21,761 
12,540  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   119,255 
7,288  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   86,290 
1,018  Regency Centers Corp.   44,700 
7,412  RLJ Lodging Trust   68,858 
9,490  RPT Realty   64,722 
1,816  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   23,281 
18,370  Service Properties Trust   127,304 
1,465  Simon Property Group, Inc.   97,818 
8,787  SITE Centers Corp.   53,249 
13,563  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   82,192 
6,834  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   62,804 
9,157  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)   68,861 
3,001  Ventas, Inc.   97,082 
4,445  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   43,117 
       2,049,312 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%     
150  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   22,712 
3,345  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   47,098 
3,900  Kroger (The) Co.   123,279 
213  PriceSmart, Inc.   13,534 
604  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   12,551 
859  Sysco Corp.   48,336 
3,362  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   72,283 
2,567  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   111,125 
809  Weis Markets, Inc.   40,474 
       491,392 
         
   Food Products — 1.5%     
3,338  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   123,973 
620  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   12,041 
1,335  Conagra Brands, Inc.   44,643 
4,139  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   85,222 
829  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   23,635 
839  Hormel Foods Corp.   39,307 
1,054  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   12,669 
526  Ingredion, Inc.   42,711 
353  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   40,563 
3,251  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   98,603 
3,286  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   72,292 
21  Seaboard Corp.   63,233 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
2,780  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A  $172,888 
       831,780 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.2%     
1,596  National Fuel Gas Co.   65,436 
286  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   21,679 
1,487  UGI Corp.   44,877 
       131,992 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%     
795  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   95,162 
         
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4%     
3,243  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   77,864 
355  Anthem, Inc.   99,659 
454  Cigna Corp.   88,884 
1,980  CVS Health Corp.   121,869 
514  DaVita, Inc. (a)   40,611 
1,308  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   143,723 
1,591  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   86,805 
125  Humana, Inc.   47,728 
930  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   152,939 
700  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   42,511 
141  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   23,120 
157  National HealthCare Corp.   10,734 
1,462  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   160,981 
158  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   46,210 
1,623  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   171,535 
       1,315,173 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.0%     
5,883  Aramark   160,665 
4,718  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   56,852 
4,128  Boyd Gaming Corp.   68,896 
15,268  Carnival Corp. (b)   242,761 
2,681  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   59,759 
714  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   69,544 
2,158  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   159,239 
2,576  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (b)   37,713 
2,137  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   44,022 
1,893  Las Vegas Sands Corp.   90,902 
713  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.   59,179 
17,040  MGM Resorts International   286,783 
18,347  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   300,891 
4,706  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   83,861 
26,162  Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (a)   64,620 
6,251  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   292,359 
481  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   22,650 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
2,742  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.  $70,113 
       2,170,809 
         
   Household Durables — 3.5%     
3,944  Century Communities, Inc. (a)   84,480 
5,913  D.R. Horton, Inc.   279,212 
560  iRobot Corp. (a) (b)   34,138 
5,481  KB Home   143,821 
1,113  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   26,100 
1,488  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   52,273 
5,263  Lennar Corp., Class A   263,518 
2,466  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   72,130 
3,463  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   88,168 
1,567  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   82,362 
1,301  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   114,124 
9,010  PulteGroup, Inc.   254,713 
5,203  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   75,704 
5,153  Toll Brothers, Inc.   123,775 
6,526  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   74,918 
925  Whirlpool Corp.   103,360 
       1,872,796 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
438  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   13,319 
356  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   41,962 
       55,281 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%     
10,080  Vistra Energy Corp.   196,963 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
288  3M Co.   43,753 
529  Raven Industries, Inc.   11,781 
       55,534 
         
   Insurance — 7.0%     
3,431  Aflac, Inc.   127,770 
1,754  Allstate (The) Corp.   178,417 
1,791  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   37,647 
566  American Financial Group, Inc.   37,492 
6,634  American International Group, Inc.   168,703 
1,204  American National Insurance Co.   96,922 
3,077  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   91,479 
3,997  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   107,919 
1,027  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   37,588 
720  Chubb Ltd.   77,767 
2,664  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   175,291 
4,619  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   64,943 
564  Employers Holdings, Inc.   17,129 
624  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   90,243 
837  Everest Re Group Ltd.   144,910 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
490  FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A  $19,149 
8,083  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   218,645 
1,871  First American Financial Corp.   86,291 
1,117  Globe Life, Inc.   91,974 
437  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   43,866 
626  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   22,010 
534  Kemper Corp.   35,896 
6,113  Lincoln National Corp.   216,828 
2,310  Loews Corp.   80,065 
173  Markel Corp. (a)   149,790 
828  Mercury General Corp.   33,915 
5,263  MetLife, Inc.   189,889 
2,766  National General Holdings Corp.   52,637 
265  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   51,073 
6,505  Old Republic International Corp.   103,755 
5,134  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   186,929 
1,088  Progressive (The) Corp.   84,102 
3,086  Prudential Financial, Inc.   192,474 
708  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   74,113 
134  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   11,272 
399  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   20,002 
1,716  Stewart Information Services Corp.   54,672 
7,723  Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (a)   57,459 
1,183  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   119,731 
6,610  Unum Group   115,345 
       3,766,102 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.0%     
1,140  TripAdvisor, Inc.   22,766 
         
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%     
1,303  eBay, Inc.   51,899 
2,087  Expedia Group, Inc.   148,135 
       200,034 
         
   IT Services — 0.8%     
2,528  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   146,674 
1,520  DXC Technology Co.   27,558 
725  International Business Machines Corp.   91,031 
960  KBR, Inc.   19,450 
682  MAXIMUS, Inc.   45,912 
1,087  Perspecta, Inc.   23,447 
10,038  Sabre Corp.   72,976 
844  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   24,164 
       451,212 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.2%     
547  Hasbro, Inc.   39,499 
1,237  Polaris, Inc.   87,740 
       127,239 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery — 2.7%     
419  AGCO Corp.  $22,140 
1,825  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   66,321 
2,617  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   73,040 
948  Barnes Group, Inc.   36,384 
789  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   28,183 
1,188  Cummins, Inc.   194,238 
284  Deere & Co.   41,197 
466  Dover Corp.   43,641 
284  EnPro Industries, Inc.   12,879 
361  Gorman-Rupp (The) Co.   10,650 
587  Hillenbrand, Inc.   12,298 
287  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   23,106 
3,456  Meritor, Inc. (a)   70,848 
1,046  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   58,189 
957  Mueller Industries, Inc.   24,786 
2,859  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   27,132 
1,234  Oshkosh Corp.   83,332 
2,632  PACCAR, Inc.   182,213 
1,750  Rexnord Corp.   47,723 
547  Snap-on, Inc.   71,269 
466  Standex International Corp.   23,225 
805  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   88,711 
783  Terex Corp.   11,894 
2,454  Timken (The) Co.   92,221 
1,459  TriMas Corp. (a)   34,783 
2,096  Trinity Industries, Inc.   40,432 
2,188  Welbilt, Inc. (a)   10,787 
813  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   45,869 
       1,477,491 
         
   Marine — 0.2%     
1,369  Kirby Corp. (a)   73,132 
366  Matson, Inc.   11,068 
       84,200 
         
   Media — 2.8%     
1,884  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   44,933 
4,679  Comcast Corp., Class A   176,071 
10,343  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   231,890 
8,047  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   201,296 
4,971  Fox Corp., Class A   128,600 
7,829  iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (a)   54,960 
1,225  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   20,800 
611  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   22,943 
5,801  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   59,982 
4,684  Meredith Corp.   69,464 
8,842  News Corp., Class A   87,624 
712  Omnicom Group, Inc.   40,605 
2,095  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   36,977 
5,481  TEGNA, Inc.   58,756 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
14,353  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B  $247,733 
       1,482,634 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.0%     
6,734  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   50,572 
2,936  Carpenter Technology Corp.   65,091 
8,530  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (b)   37,361 
3,624  Commercial Metals Co.   57,767 
5,801  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   51,223 
6,170  Hecla Mining Co.   16,227 
163  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   11,774 
963  Materion Corp.   49,826 
3,553  Newmont Corp.   211,333 
5,583  Nucor Corp.   229,964 
907  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   81,249 
4,401  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   106,812 
5,388  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   67,619 
428  Worthington Industries, Inc.   11,316 
       1,048,134 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.1%     
7,602  AGNC Investment Corp.   94,417 
13,369  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   108,957 
8,721  Chimera Investment Corp. (b)   67,762 
16,784  Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. (b)   51,023 
9,660  Ladder Capital Corp.   76,797 
64,000  MFA Financial, Inc.   112,000 
15,840  New Residential Investment Corp.   96,466 
       607,422 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
4,025  Big Lots, Inc.   94,386 
1,549  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A (b)   45,665 
6,799  Kohl’s Corp.   125,510 
20,204  Macy’s, Inc. (b)   118,395 
5,173  Nordstrom, Inc.   97,149 
       481,105 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.2%     
935  Avista Corp.   40,242 
10,413  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   177,333 
1,032  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   81,322 
847  DTE Energy Co.   87,868 
1,845  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   41,439 
1,568  NiSource, Inc.   39,372 
662  NorthWestern Corp.   38,191 
2,615  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   132,607 
       638,374 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 12.9%     
104,455  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   98,156 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
217,608  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)  $256,777 
1,657  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   28,997 
2,220  Chevron Corp.   204,240 
4,715  Cimarex Energy Co.   119,855 
8,607  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   91,234 
2,741  Concho Resources, Inc.   155,470 
6,529  ConocoPhillips   274,871 
26,319  Continental Resources, Inc. (b)   431,368 
6,001  CVR Energy, Inc.   143,124 
3,632  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   84,807 
11,486  Devon Energy Corp.   143,230 
7,675  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   334,170 
5,598  EOG Resources, Inc.   265,961 
4,764  EQT Corp.   69,507 
5,295  Exxon Mobil Corp.   246,059 
4,047  HollyFrontier Corp.   133,713 
14,308  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A (a)   92,573 
30,152  Marathon Oil Corp.   184,530 
8,512  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   273,065 
23,077  Matador Resources Co. (a) (b)   162,462 
16,183  Murphy Oil Corp.   191,930 
13,891  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   230,591 
9,219  ONEOK, Inc.   275,925 
36,740  Ovintiv, Inc. (b)   232,564 
6,448  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)   62,675 
17,313  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A   163,608 
14,012  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   159,737 
7,373  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   95,775 
3,748  Phillips 66   274,241 
2,866  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   255,962 
2,787  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   69,145 
46,911  SM Energy Co. (b)   189,990 
9,953  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   113,365 
11,486  Targa Resources Corp.   148,859 
4,434  Valero Energy Corp.   280,894 
8,302  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   160,810 
1,337  World Fuel Services Corp.   33,425 
32,524  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   199,372 
       6,933,037 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%     
1,416  Boise Cascade Co.   44,278 
2,644  Domtar Corp.   61,764 
531  Neenah, Inc.   25,945 
1,212  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   39,050 
       171,037 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
681  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   25,435 
2,095  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   61,195 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Personal Products (Continued)     
194  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)  $17,309 
       103,939 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%     
10,788  Mylan N.V. (a)   180,915 
3,599  Pfizer, Inc.   138,058 
1,873  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   43,828 
       362,801 
         
   Professional Services — 0.6%     
1,686  ASGN, Inc. (a)   78,315 
163  ICF International, Inc.   11,987 
1,063  Insperity, Inc.   50,716 
1,386  Korn Ferry   39,958 
1,123  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   83,371 
1,051  Robert Half International, Inc.   49,681 
527  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   25,807 
       339,835 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%     
3,114  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   133,684 
392  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   21,231 
589  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   62,187 
4,436  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   62,769 
414  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   12,027 
15,212  Realogy Holdings Corp.   66,020 
       357,918 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.3%     
137  AMERCO   38,378 
2,424  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   39,948 
1,404  CSX Corp.   92,987 
1,233  Heartland Express, Inc.   24,154 
7,409  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   29,932 
872  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   88,177 
1,814  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   67,445 
208  Landstar System, Inc.   21,488 
1,641  Marten Transport Ltd.   36,791 
551  Norfolk Southern Corp.   94,276 
1,732  Ryder System, Inc.   61,313 
581  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   12,730 
278  Union Pacific Corp.   44,422 
929  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   37,271 
       689,312 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%     
5,878  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   58,075 
3,825  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   183,179 
3,189  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   51,167 
       292,421 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software — 0.7%     
3,770  Ebix, Inc.  $78,906 
10,747  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   228,589 
811  Oracle Corp.   42,958 
       350,453 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.7%     
871  Aaron’s, Inc.   27,794 
5,038  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   53,302 
212  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   25,633 
5,760  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   45,792 
611  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   41,242 
3,536  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   131,681 
2,062  Best Buy Co., Inc.   158,217 
2,926  Children’s Place (The), Inc. (b)   86,493 
11,491  Designer Brands, Inc., Class A   72,968 
3,733  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   109,713 
4,499  Foot Locker, Inc.   115,309 
11,273  Gap (The), Inc.   91,537 
1,292  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   73,114 
8,454  Guess?, Inc.   79,045 
728  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   80,488 
455  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   47,661 
257  Monro, Inc.   14,261 
236  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   25,205 
34,896  Office Depot, Inc.   77,469 
2,835  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   102,003 
5,666  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   55,017 
8,873  Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)   89,262 
4,310  Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A   92,363 
462  Tractor Supply Co.   46,861 
458  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   99,807 
3,214  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   55,731 
1,400  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   86,576 
       1,984,544 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.4%     
2,034  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   86,831 
16,566  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   166,654 
4,634  HP, Inc.   71,873 
4,484  NCR Corp. (a)   92,012 
1,930  NetApp, Inc.   84,476 
2,408  Seagate Technology PLC   120,280 
1,076  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   24,640 
5,237  Xerox Holdings Corp.   95,785 
       742,551 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.4%     
604  Carter’s, Inc.   47,233 
7,433  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   84,216 
10,085  Hanesbrands, Inc.   100,245 
1,262  Oxford Industries, Inc.   52,903 
2,636  PVH Corp.   129,770 
1,188  Ralph Lauren Corp.   87,651 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (Continued)     
1,671  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)  $47,089 
1,709  Steven Madden Ltd.   42,844 
7,661  Tapestry, Inc.   113,996 
724  VF Corp.   42,064 
       748,011 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%     
1,262  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   29,089 
3,765  Essent Group Ltd.   102,860 
15,622  MGIC Investment Corp.   114,197 
2,112  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   22,936 
1,781  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   25,558 
1,138  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   43,733 
918  WSFS Financial Corp.   26,787 
       365,160 
         
   Tobacco — 0.1%     
763  Universal Corp.   36,906 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.9%     
4,481  Air Lease Corp.   117,178 
501  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   26,247 
2,038  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   44,836 
538  GATX Corp.   31,903 
2,912  GMS, Inc. (a)   53,523 
3,118  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   50,699 
2,237  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   63,151 
595  Kaman Corp.   23,062 
10,747  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   57,604 
722  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   43,060 
1,435  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   53,812 
634  Systemax, Inc.   12,591 
2,213  Triton International Ltd.   68,559 
1,954  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   251,089 
158  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   43,542 
2,505  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   64,804 
       1,005,660 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%     
2,358  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   65,057 
         
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
3,414  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   66,983 
959  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   84,200 
1,562  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   49,718 
       200,901 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   53,676,136 
   (Cost $63,745,556)     

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 4.1%     
2,063,003  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)  $2,063,003 
135,865  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   135,865 
   Total Money Market Funds — 4.1%   2,198,868 
   (Cost $2,198,868)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.9%   55,875,004 
   (Cost $65,944,424) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.9)%   (2,108,316)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $53,766,688 

 

 

(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 $2,008,782 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,063,003.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,057,414 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $13,126,834. The net unrealized depreciation was $10,069,420.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $53,676,136   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   2,198,868    —      —   
Total Investments  $55,875,004   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.1%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.2%     
5,410  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $222,567 
3,997  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   290,622 
3,484  BWX Technologies, Inc.   184,861 
612  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   63,434 
6,953  Howmet Aerospace, Inc.   90,876 
6,942  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   104,269 
3,183  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   616,547 
1,692  Lockheed Martin Corp.   658,289 
15,281  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   192,693 
3,172  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   282,816 
1,543  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   502,509 
       3,209,483 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
3,481  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   232,322 
         
         
   Airlines — 0.0%     
391  Allegiant Travel Co.   30,686 
         
         
   Auto Components — 0.2%     
1,554  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   79,270 
7,659  Gentex Corp.   185,654 
977  LCI Industries   84,725 
       349,649 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
1,094  Tesla, Inc. (a)   855,377 
3,454  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   153,254 
       1,008,631 
         
   Banks — 1.9%     
1,462  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   34,898 
960  BancFirst Corp.   36,970 
1,024  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   69,816 
1,962  City Holding Co.   132,612 
3,371  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   206,271 
4,857  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.   72,564 
2,339  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   71,901 
4,216  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   117,416 
1,357  First Republic Bank   141,522 
4,756  German American Bancorp, Inc.   141,396 
3,327  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   126,692 
1,493  Independent Bank Corp.   108,825 
2,548  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   243,996 
2,614  Lakeland Financial Corp.   110,651 
2,731  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   72,590 
1,930  Preferred Bank   73,629 
2,883  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   73,516 
3,565  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   80,106 
4,453  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   158,171 
1,636  South State Corp.   94,626 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
3,161  Southside Bancshares, Inc.  $96,126 
1,818  Tompkins Financial Corp.   122,733 
5,021  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   139,132 
3,565  United Community Banks, Inc.   75,382 
2,292  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   40,247 
1,634  Westamerica Bancorporation   102,942 
1,848  Western Alliance Bancorp   66,306 
       2,811,036 
         
   Beverages — 1.1%     
770  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   359,212 
2,011  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   125,084 
5,183  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   237,848 
8,154  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   503,999 
2,789  PepsiCo, Inc.   368,957 
       1,595,100 
         
   Biotechnology — 7.0%     
4,397  AbbVie, Inc.   361,433 
6,695  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   323,436 
3,148  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   284,988 
1,595  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   65,618 
5,411  Alector, Inc. (a)   133,760 
5,268  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   693,796 
1,652  Amgen, Inc.   395,191 
14,130  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   166,875 
3,886  Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   190,297 
5,899  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   203,103 
5,429  BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   499,577 
967  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   56,889 
5,981  CareDx, Inc. (a)   151,798 
3,249  ChemoCentryx, Inc. (a)   172,230 
5,336  CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)   262,531 
3,728  Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   81,494 
8,884  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   175,015 
1,615  Editas Medicine, Inc. (a)   37,339 
4,209  Epizyme, Inc. (a)   69,280 
13,142  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   324,542 
7,348  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   201,188 
3,256  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   120,114 
9,072  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   205,526 
2,728  Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   38,901 
4,574  Incyte Corp. (a)   446,697 
4,072  Insmed, Inc. (a)   93,656 
899  Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   73,646 
4,775  Invitae Corp. (a)   79,026 
2,393  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   132,883 
16,174  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   161,740 
8,495  Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   187,315 
7,556  Moderna, Inc. (a)   347,500 
8,320  Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   263,744 
3,217  Natera, Inc. (a)   119,158 
2,615  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   256,636 
2,199  Principia Biopharma, Inc. (a)   136,734 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
5,073  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)  $258,317 
989  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   39,382 
1,735  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   204,522 
4,970  Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)   682,033 
9,763  TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   114,813 
5,093  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   307,770 
675  uniQure N.V. (a)   42,957 
5,371  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   144,856 
2,410  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   605,392 
5,462  Xencor, Inc. (a)   159,654 
       10,073,352 
         
   Building Products — 1.6%     
3,377  AAON, Inc.   160,880 
7,687  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   311,631 
3,640  Allegion PLC   365,966 
703  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   36,141 
2,137  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   164,720 
4,626  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   84,887 
28,631  Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)   152,603 
2,516  CSW Industrials, Inc.   166,660 
3,924  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   189,137 
3,291  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   41,796 
311  Lennox International, Inc.   58,058 
3,651  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   263,237 
2,824  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   268,901 
       2,264,617 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.9%     
10,000  Apollo Global Management, Inc.   404,900 
9,146  Ares Management Corp., Class A   306,848 
3,038  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   89,439 
2,450  Blackstone Group (The), Inc., Class A   127,988 
15,473  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   362,687 
1,326  CME Group, Inc.   236,307 
3,734  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   215,601 
3,508  Eaton Vance Corp.   128,744 
1,760  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   484,000 
7,092  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   169,215 
1,737  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   112,644 
3,131  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   185,919 
2,621  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   107,461 
4,148  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   371,039 
19,545  KKR & Co., Inc., Class A   492,729 
2,079  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   125,197 
1,379  MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   627,459 
2,169  Moody’s Corp.   529,019 
1,460  Morningstar, Inc.   227,702 
1,984  MSCI, Inc.   648,768 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
1,480  Northern Trust Corp.  $117,157 
3,761  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   182,935 
1,872  S&P Global, Inc.   548,271 
1,221  SEI Investments Co.   62,222 
2,349  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   271,615 
       7,135,866 
         
   Chemicals — 1.4%     
1,149  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   259,192 
2,007  Albemarle Corp.   123,290 
2,292  Balchem Corp.   204,538 
4,101  FMC Corp.   376,882 
910  Ingevity Corp. (a)   47,247 
1,383  Innospec, Inc.   100,295 
3,803  RPM International, Inc.   252,557 
2,762  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   342,571 
499  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   267,649 
4,322  Valvoline, Inc.   74,295 
       2,048,516 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%     
2,680  ABM Industries, Inc.   92,433 
1,087  Brink’s (The) Co.   55,567 
3,342  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   155,002 
1,063  Cimpress PLC (a) (b)   77,376 
1,102  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   58,880 
4,889  Copart, Inc. (a)   391,658 
1,235  Deluxe Corp.   34,790 
1,834  McGrath RentCorp   100,045 
1,677  MSA Safety, Inc.   188,713 
3,494  Stericycle, Inc. (a)   170,507 
4,006  Tetra Tech, Inc.   301,572 
1,123  UniFirst Corp.   188,832 
       1,815,375 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.8%     
551  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   120,834 
14,331  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   157,784 
30,792  Infinera Corp. (a)   189,833 
3,838  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   310,533 
840  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   120,800 
3,183  Plantronics, Inc.   44,944 
15,140  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   182,891 
       1,127,619 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.1%     
9,484  WillScot Corp. (a)   110,489 
         
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
1,937  Eagle Materials, Inc.   118,176 
590  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   112,236 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction Materials (Continued)     
1,033  Vulcan Materials Co.  $116,698 
       347,110 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.3%     
1,304  American Express Co.   118,990 
308  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   76,806 
2,875  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   138,431 
2,959  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   71,638 
       405,865 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.7%     
1,705  AptarGroup, Inc.   182,571 
7,094  Ball Corp.   465,295 
5,772  Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)   371,775 
       1,019,641 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
1,438  Pool Corp.   304,367 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%     
555  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   64,630 
6,325  Chegg, Inc. (a)   270,394 
3,253  frontdoor, Inc. (a)   125,923 
6,050  Perdoceo Education Corp. (a)   78,650 
2,024  Strategic Education, Inc.   322,423 
1,894  WW International, Inc. (a)   48,316 
       910,336 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%     
8,447  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   266,503 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%     
1,940  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   158,226 
3,451  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   289,297 
5,067  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   114,033 
13,288  Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)   111,088 
       672,644 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.0%     
1,188  Entergy Corp.   113,466 
8,333  Evergy, Inc.   486,897 
1,728  MGE Energy, Inc.   111,732 
1,906  NextEra Energy, Inc.   440,515 
1,489  PNM Resources, Inc.   60,290 
4,236  Southern (The) Co.   240,308 
       1,453,208 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
3,098  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   75,405 
3,036  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   295,828 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment (Continued)     
6,967  GrafTech International Ltd.  $56,572 
1,479  Hubbell, Inc.   184,032 
46,101  Plug Power, Inc. (a) (b)   192,933 
740  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   140,215 
3,664  Vicor Corp. (a)   194,815 
21,984  Vivint Solar, Inc. (a) (b)   139,378 
       1,279,178 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3%     
1,792  Badger Meter, Inc.   105,782 
1,809  Belden, Inc.   61,850 
2,459  CDW Corp.   272,457 
2,087  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   125,283 
2,934  FARO Technologies, Inc. (a)   161,047 
3,040  Itron, Inc. (a)   212,253 
2,741  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   265,247 
4,879  Knowles Corp. (a)   75,868 
1,710  National Instruments Corp.   65,698 
1,394  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   100,898 
3,508  Trimble, Inc. (a)   121,482 
1,249  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   286,845 
       1,854,710 
         
   Entertainment — 1.7%     
7,712  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   491,486 
1,527  Netflix, Inc. (a)   641,111 
3,829  Roku, Inc. (a)   464,189 
4,834  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   585,156 
41,296  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   311,372 
       2,493,314 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.6%     
2,742  Agree Realty Corp.   178,532 
237  Alexander’s, Inc.   74,717 
815  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   128,028 
7,316  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   176,608 
1,538  American Tower Corp.   366,044 
4,986  Americold Realty Trust   152,522 
2,993  Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.   28,763 
2,510  Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.   93,372 
1,953  CoreSite Realty Corp.   236,684 
5,113  Corporate Office Properties Trust   135,085 
3,177  Crown Castle International Corp.   506,509 
2,112  CubeSmart   53,222 
3,665  CyrusOne, Inc.   257,100 
3,302  Digital Realty Trust, Inc.   493,616 
7,083  Duke Realty Corp.   245,780 
6,623  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   178,225 
1,083  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   114,798 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
734  Equinix, Inc.  $495,597 
1,943  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   117,182 
1,166  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   102,888 
3,405  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   128,607 
1,712  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   38,332 
1,349  Getty Realty Corp.   36,639 
2,395  Global Net Lease, Inc.   34,464 
2,026  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   59,544 
3,582  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   36,071 
7,443  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   139,110 
1,719  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   134,873 
2,377  Iron Mountain, Inc.   57,476 
888  Kilroy Realty Corp.   55,287 
17,092  Lexington Realty Trust   178,611 
1,795  Life Storage, Inc.   157,224 
1,036  LTC Properties, Inc.   36,882 
2,103  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   34,047 
7,973  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.   108,353 
5,513  National Storage Affiliates Trust   157,010 
1,297  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   39,001 
5,989  Office Properties Income Trust   164,099 
6,407  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   111,161 
5,708  Prologis, Inc.   509,325 
418  PS Business Parks, Inc.   53,960 
3,901  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   243,929 
4,139  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   168,540 
2,065  Safehold, Inc.   119,274 
1,699  SBA Communications Corp.   492,574 
894  Sun Communities, Inc.   120,154 
3,280  Terreno Realty Corp.   179,810 
10,826  Uniti Group, Inc.   76,431 
1,295  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   138,513 
3,084  Vornado Realty Trust   135,141 
2,735  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   63,780 
       8,143,494 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%     
11,106  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   292,199 
         
         
   Food Products — 0.6%     
2,555  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   192,672 
2,528  Hershey (The) Co.   334,783 
1,624  McCormick & Co., Inc.   254,708 
3,389  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   63,883 
       846,046 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.1%     
1,556  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   101,296 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Gas Utilities (Continued)     
2,263  South Jersey Industries, Inc.  $64,699 
       165,995 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 7.1%     
4,245  Abbott Laboratories   390,922 
780  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   149,175 
642  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   137,934 
4,859  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   209,520 
100  Atrion Corp.   63,183 
6,423  Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   206,885 
5,650  Baxter International, Inc.   501,607 
998  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   252,025 
2,729  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   114,618 
832  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   238,534 
1,893  CryoLife, Inc. (a)   42,271 
2,420  Danaher Corp.   395,573 
2,129  DexCom, Inc. (a)   713,641 
1,216  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   264,480 
2,660  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   126,244 
1,703  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   193,767 
1,383  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   383,921 
3,461  Insulet Corp. (a)   691,231 
2,533  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   129,310 
463  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   236,537 
2,006  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   211,914 
1,597  Masimo Corp. (a)   341,614 
425  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   101,150 
2,822  Natus Medical, Inc. (a)   70,522 
3,378  Neogen Corp. (a)   211,429 
2,263  Nevro Corp. (a)   266,219 
3,361  Novocure Ltd. (a)   221,154 
2,233  NuVasive, Inc. (a)   135,945 
1,753  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   310,842 
2,892  Quidel Corp. (a)   401,988 
3,893  ResMed, Inc.   604,661 
4,918  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   197,310 
5,059  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   193,861 
671  Stryker Corp.   125,095 
2,392  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)   123,475 
4,396  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   350,713 
381  Teleflex, Inc.   127,787 
1,088  Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   124,445 
3,766  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   712,753 
       10,274,255 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%     
1,931  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   156,450 
1,541  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   283,790 
2,495  BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)   116,541 
653  Chemed Corp.   272,020 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
1,198  CorVel Corp. (a)  $63,123 
3,471  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   129,850 
3,251  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   250,197 
6,166  Hanger, Inc. (a)   113,208 
2,237  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   125,876 
2,018  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   262,320 
1,435  National Research Corp.   74,032 
3,990  Premier, Inc., Class A (a)   132,308 
17,953  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   185,275 
9,141  RadNet, Inc. (a)   129,071 
15,087  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   257,535 
5,091  Tivity Health, Inc. (a) (b)   45,666 
464  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   35,032 
       2,632,294 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.3%     
3,802  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   109,022 
9,796  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   171,430 
2,707  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   193,984 
2,588  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   188,665 
3,121  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a) (b)   197,684 
1,825  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   300,377 
3,667  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   699,664 
       1,860,826 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0%     
350  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   307,492 
924  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   69,346 
2,198  Churchill Downs, Inc.   220,284 
1,117  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   49,584 
1,769  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   640,254 
3,929  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a) (b)   84,238 
1,636  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   123,862 
2,362  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   132,886 
914  Jack in the Box, Inc.   55,114 
1,141  Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)   38,041 
3,058  Papa John’s International, Inc.   219,931 
2,323  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   140,147 
2,906  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   42,689 
849  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   46,279 
1,698  Starbucks Corp.   130,288 
5,018  Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   79,184 
383  Vail Resorts, Inc.   65,493 
7,604  Wendy’s (The) Co.   151,015 
2,048  Wingstop, Inc.   240,169 
1,795  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   67,689 
       2,903,985 
         
   Household Durables — 1.0%     
901  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   139,367 
3,060  Garmin Ltd.   248,349 
1,571  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   258,084 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
2,410  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)  $118,837 
1,446  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   87,599 
2,042  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   40,248 
7,698  Sonos, Inc. (a)   78,673 
2,589  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   139,159 
3,159  TopBuild Corp. (a)   294,387 
       1,404,703 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
813  WD-40 Co.   141,690 
         
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3%     
8,681  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   173,880 
3,345  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   208,762 
       382,642 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
1,806  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   218,454 
358  Roper Technologies, Inc.   122,088 
       340,542 
         
   Insurance — 1.9%     
415  Alleghany Corp.   221,490 
5,290  Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (a)   90,988 
2,025  AMERISAFE, Inc.   128,932 
3,923  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   94,270 
15,831  Brown & Brown, Inc.   568,491 
1,159  eHealth, Inc. (a)   123,665 
763  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   135,860 
1,561  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   169,556 
3,874  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   377,056 
1,894  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   276,543 
2,574  RLI Corp.   187,464 
5,016  Trupanion, Inc. (a) (b)   150,029 
249  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   242,277 
       2,766,621 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.2%     
395  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   531,946 
2,750  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   562,952 
623  IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)   139,228 
9,391  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   165,376 
7,853  Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)   345,218 
       1,744,720 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.9%     
294  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   727,356 
2,944  Etsy, Inc. (a)   190,977 
14,780  Quotient Technology, Inc. (a)   106,121 
2,987  Shutterstock, Inc.   113,506 
5,140  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   82,497 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (Continued)     
1,059  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)  $131,358 
       1,351,815 
         
   IT Services — 6.1%     
1,405  Accenture PLC, Class A   260,192 
6,267  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   612,349 
817  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   119,846 
2,923  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   206,276 
8,354  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   613,518 
1,340  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   335,188 
3,900  CSG Systems International, Inc.   189,462 
3,088  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   682,108 
2,872  EVERTEC, Inc.   72,776 
2,509  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   154,881 
2,415  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   248,890 
5,812  Genpact Ltd.   200,107 
4,016  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   278,831 
2,955  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   483,290 
6,256  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   618,155 
2,246  ManTech International Corp., Class A   167,462 
949  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   260,947 
2,072  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   335,933 
7,095  NIC, Inc.   171,912 
4,690  Okta, Inc. (a)   709,597 
3,499  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   430,377 
3,546  Perficient, Inc. (a)   123,507 
4,379  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   285,248 
6,658  Switch, Inc., Class A   114,318 
4,444  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   173,227 
1,248  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   140,150 
1,274  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   266,890 
9,143  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   81,921 
3,383  Virtusa Corp. (a)   111,639 
2,079  Visa, Inc., Class A   371,559 
       8,820,556 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.4%     
6,345  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   173,853 
6,387  Callaway Golf Co.   91,462 
5,669  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   194,900 
6,422  Mattel, Inc. (a)   56,000 
2,898  YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)   80,014 
       596,229 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.6%     
4,677  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   358,539 
646  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   284,305 
597  Bio-Techne Corp.   134,325 
4,733  Bruker Corp.   186,102 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Life Sciences Tools & Services (Continued)     
1,793  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)  $259,393 
2,869  Codexis, Inc. (a)   33,309 
3,855  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   307,860 
485  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   349,171 
5,429  NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)   172,425 
10,245  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   280,098 
1,483  PerkinElmer, Inc.   134,256 
2,044  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   197,246 
2,930  Repligen Corp. (a)   340,320 
2,870  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   160,117 
1,181  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   395,257 
613  Waters Corp. (a)   114,631 
       3,707,354 
         
   Machinery — 2.2%     
1,471  Alamo Group, Inc.   144,805 
677  Albany International Corp., Class A   34,622 
1,976  Caterpillar, Inc.   229,967 
1,465  Donaldson Co., Inc.   64,211 
2,705  Douglas Dynamics, Inc.   99,977 
1,935  Enerpac Tool Group Corp.   33,011 
1,720  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   131,236 
5,823  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   93,459 
5,982  Federal Signal Corp.   161,095 
2,770  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   140,716 
3,483  Graco, Inc.   155,551 
3,443  Helios Technologies, Inc.   122,468 
1,614  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   262,275 
2,281  Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (a)   66,332 
1,247  ITT, Inc.   65,742 
762  John Bean Technologies Corp.   58,476 
1,749  Kadant, Inc.   147,073 
1,257  Nordson Corp.   202,264 
743  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   75,481 
502  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   63,593 
2,943  SPX Corp. (a)   112,217 
1,658  Tennant Co.   98,104 
4,346  Toro (The) Co.   277,318 
2,673  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   220,255 
952  Woodward, Inc.   57,653 
       3,117,901 
         
   Media — 0.9%     
172  Cable One, Inc.   329,012 
3,735  Cardlytics, Inc. (a)   167,888 
6,078  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   70,566 
2,071  Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)   254,070 
7,369  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   239,640 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
46,429  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.  $274,395 
       1,335,571 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.1%     
9,976  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   41,999 
1,697  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   83,424 
       125,423 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.2%     
3,635  ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.   32,133 
6,400  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   100,992 
3,015  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   31,356 
6,329  Redwood Trust, Inc.   25,949 
14,849  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   67,860 
       258,290 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.7%     
3,797  Dollar General Corp.   665,614 
3,603  Target Corp.   395,393 
       1,061,007 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.4%     
7,808  CMS Energy Corp.   445,759 
2,495  Unitil Corp.   125,523 
       571,282 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%     
6,582  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   142,303 
35,756  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   58,997 
       201,300 
         
   Personal Products — 0.3%     
2,102  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   370,793 
691  Inter Parfums, Inc.   30,881 
1,044  Medifast, Inc.   79,218 
       480,892 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.9%     
2,372  Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)   36,149 
4,050  Arvinas, Inc. (a)   212,625 
6,010  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   365,468 
5,445  Catalent, Inc. (a)   376,522 
13,726  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   173,771 
3,307  Eli Lilly and Co.   511,395 
35,286  Endo International PLC (a)   162,316 
5,730  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   206,509 
8,169  Innoviva, Inc. (a)   115,836 
1,134  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   125,024 
2,555  Johnson & Johnson   383,352 
4,354  Merck & Co., Inc.   345,446 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
3,894  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)  $160,783 
4,449  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   181,030 
784  Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   123,998 
6,491  Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   120,148 
7,062  Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)   205,928 
2,846  Zoetis, Inc.   368,016 
       4,174,316 
         
   Professional Services — 1.7%     
6,241  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   148,224 
976  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   632,702 
1,920  Equifax, Inc.   266,688 
3,934  Exponent, Inc.   276,678 
2,362  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   300,824 
2,118  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   118,693 
3,466  TransUnion   273,086 
2,403  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   367,250 
       2,384,145 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
6,307  Forestar Group, Inc. (a)   83,189 
7,535  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   29,236 
10,583  Redfin Corp. (a)   223,619 
7,781  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   142,392 
       478,436 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.0%     
3,607  Kansas City Southern   470,894 
4,159  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   136,540 
4,368  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   634,626 
2,219  Saia, Inc. (a)   205,302 
       1,447,362 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.2%     
1,981  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   110,144 
10,086  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   528,406 
1,344  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   70,667 
5,006  Applied Materials, Inc.   248,698 
1,983  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   242,997 
3,448  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   260,669 
10,546  Cohu, Inc.   174,325 
3,213  Diodes, Inc. (a)   163,510 
8,760  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   410,231 
5,055  Entegris, Inc.   274,133 
8,123  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   189,266 
3,573  Inphi Corp. (a)   344,937 
8,476  Intel Corp.   508,390 
3,191  KLA Corp.   523,611 
2,389  Lam Research Corp.   609,864 
7,327  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   164,931 

  

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
5,075  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)  $155,599 
10,135  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.   271,010 
1,351  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   270,078 
1,740  NVIDIA Corp.   508,567 
1,921  Power Integrations, Inc.   196,614 
5,689  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   557,693 
6,781  QUALCOMM, Inc.   533,461 
8,655  Rambus, Inc. (a)   108,447 
662  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   64,360 
2,566  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   266,556 
12,875  SunPower Corp. (a)   94,631 
2,820  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   184,400 
10,585  Teradyne, Inc.   661,986 
9,461  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   173,988 
859  Universal Display Corp.   128,953 
       9,001,122 
         
   Software — 13.4%     
6,153  2U, Inc. (a)   146,134 
4,710  8x8, Inc. (a)   79,882 
4,685  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   128,369 
1,802  Adobe, Inc. (a)   637,259 
2,469  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   110,438 
3,625  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   119,589 
2,378  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   269,142 
1,973  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   516,591 
1,471  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   161,604 
3,245  Appian Corp. (a) (b)   148,199 
1,190  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   121,677 
2,939  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   549,975 
3,792  Avalara, Inc. (a)   338,891 
5,377  Blackline, Inc. (a)   326,599 
1,781  Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc. (a)   74,143 
6,843  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   110,446 
6,946  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   563,529 
2,230  Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a)   131,503 
4,051  Citrix Systems, Inc.   587,436 
21,566  Cloudera, Inc. (a)   178,566 
4,104  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   722,673 
6,206  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   650,078 
12,503  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   262,813 
2,027  Elastic N.V. (a)   130,012 
2,104  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   131,542 
2,660  Everbridge, Inc. (a)   296,271 
1,491  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   526,234 
3,700  Five9, Inc. (a)   342,879 
5,668  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   610,670 
1,274  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   214,835 
485  Intuit, Inc.   130,858 
2,267  J2 Global, Inc.   182,811 
1,408  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   33,708 
1,136  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   80,588 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
3,636  Microsoft Corp.  $651,608 
813  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)   102,706 
4,808  Mimecast Ltd. (a)   196,647 
2,939  Model N, Inc. (a)   84,820 
1,224  New Relic, Inc. (a)   65,717 
13,486  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   272,417 
1,658  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   432,771 
1,922  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   220,127 
2,383  Pegasystems, Inc.   199,266 
2,040  Progress Software Corp.   83,456 
1,654  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   201,341 
1,849  PTC, Inc. (a)   128,043 
1,916  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   152,744 
3,252  Qualys, Inc. (a)   342,891 
3,917  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   178,419 
4,275  RealPage, Inc. (a)   275,695 
2,706  RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)   618,402 
4,289  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   79,733 
2,327  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   376,858 
2,001  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   703,432 
6,815  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   359,287 
10,831  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   183,910 
3,634  Splunk, Inc. (a)   510,068 
2,807  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   155,817 
5,234  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   288,707 
4,832  SVMK, Inc. (a)   75,862 
3,562  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   559,661 
5,972  Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)   155,630 
1,736  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   507,919 
1,933  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   619,894 
3,582  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   113,299 
1,509  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   101,178 
3,947  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   168,695 
2,019  Workiva, Inc. (a)   77,429 
3,143  Yext, Inc. (a)   40,230 
2,652  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   203,886 
4,648  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   311,788 
3,978  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   42,047 
       19,458,344 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.8%     
132  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   134,682 
2,477  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   45,726 
2,336  Buckle (The), Inc. (b)   35,764 
2,114  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   386,207 
2,074  CarMax, Inc. (a)   152,750 
4,108  Carvana Co. (a) (b)   329,092 
804  Five Below, Inc. (a)   72,489 
3,526  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   149,502 
1,794  Home Depot (The), Inc.   394,375 
2,265  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   45,085 
1,126  RH (a)   161,896 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
2,637  Ross Stores, Inc.  $240,916 
1,671  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   49,963 
7,006  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   343,644 
       2,542,091 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%     
2,255  Apple, Inc.   662,519 
9,199  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   132,466 
       794,985 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%     
1,622  Columbia Sportswear Co.   118,228 
3,842  Crocs, Inc. (a)   93,168 
1,689  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   251,256 
2,576  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A (b)   33,205 
4,049  NIKE, Inc., Class B   352,992 
2,107  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   43,172 
       892,021 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%     
9,066  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   128,329 
3,292  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   85,296 
3,728  Kearny Financial Corp.   34,670 
5,818  Meridian Bancorp, Inc.   68,536 
6,011  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   110,723 
17,811  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   170,629 
2,758  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   37,288 
7,381  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   222,685 
4,369  Radian Group, Inc.   65,448 
3,701  Washington Federal, Inc.   98,965 
       1,022,569 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
3,144  Philip Morris International, Inc.   234,543 
10,199  Vector Group Ltd.   109,129 
       343,672 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%     
5,419  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   115,154 
10,720  Fastenal Co.   388,278 
3,980  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   118,126 
3,842  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   340,517 
       962,075 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.7%     
2,769  American States Water Co.   219,776 
3,837  American Water Works Co., Inc.   466,925 
2,594  California Water Service Group   116,522 
2,744  Essential Utilities, Inc.   114,672 
1,598  Middlesex Water Co.   96,359 
       1,014,254 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Total Common Stocks — 100.1%  $144,862,641 
   (Cost $128,135,969)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.0%     
1,435,135  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   1,435,135 
53,572  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.07% (c)   53,572 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.0%   1,488,707 
   (Cost $1,488,707)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.1%   146,351,348 
   (Cost $129,624,676) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.1)%   (1,552,977)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $144,798,371 

 

  

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The aggregate value of such securities is $1,334,501 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,435,135.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $21,070,296 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $4,343,624. The net unrealized appreciation was $16,726,672.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $144,862,641   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,488,707    —      —   
Total Investments  $146,351,348   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%     
2,588  Moog, Inc., Class A  $128,054 
9,107  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   201,811 
       329,865 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%     
658  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   46,652 
         
         
   Airlines — 2.8%     
7,655  Alaska Air Group, Inc.   248,941 
24,349  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   237,159 
8,321  SkyWest, Inc.   257,535 
16,907  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   253,943 
       997,578 
         
   Auto Components — 1.9%     
8,942  BorgWarner, Inc.   255,473 
29,955  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co.   214,777 
2,146  Lear Corp.   209,557 
       679,807 
         
   Automobiles — 1.0%     
6,907  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   150,780 
3,100  Thor Industries, Inc.   205,220 
       356,000 
         
   Banks — 13.3%     
3,669  Ameris Bancorp   93,303 
10,223  Associated Banc-Corp.   144,553 
4,607  BancorpSouth Bank   100,847 
10,440  Bank OZK   236,153 
6,992  BankUnited, Inc.   138,512 
3,072  BOK Financial Corp.   159,099 
3,798  Cathay General Bancorp   106,040 
12,626  CIT Group, Inc.   239,641 
1,626  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   43,886 
5,942  Comerica, Inc.   207,138 
1,562  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   112,245 
5,080  East West Bancorp, Inc.   178,156 
17,742  F.N.B. Corp.   143,533 
262  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   100,084 
5,273  First Hawaiian, Inc.   92,752 
16,223  First Horizon National Corp.   147,305 
8,931  Hancock Whitney Corp.   186,747 
7,270  Home BancShares, Inc.   111,449 
5,455  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   50,786 
3,304  Old National Bancorp   46,818 
9,729  PacWest Bancorp   196,915 
7,889  People’s United Financial, Inc.   100,111 
2,322  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   93,460 
4,981  Popular, Inc.   192,217 
903  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   54,117 
542  Signature Bank   58,092 
16,683  Sterling Bancorp   205,701 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
9,928  Synovus Financial Corp.  $208,587 
940  UMB Financial Corp.   47,790 
11,996  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   150,250 
3,777  United Bankshares, Inc.   113,159 
11,925  Valley National Bancorp   99,693 
5,710  Webster Financial Corp.   161,308 
5,306  Wintrust Financial Corp.   222,321 
4,886  Zions Bancorp N.A.   154,446 
       4,697,214 
         
   Building Products — 1.0%     
1,153  A.O. Smith Corp.   48,864 
4,492  Owens Corning   194,773 
2,344  Universal Forest Products, Inc.   96,386 
       340,023 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.9%     
3,785  Evercore, Inc., Class A   195,306 
6,864  Federated Hermes, Inc.   156,293 
19,200  Invesco Ltd.   165,504 
1,850  Lazard Ltd., Class A   50,875 
2,112  Stifel Financial Corp.   93,520 
       661,498 
         
   Chemicals — 3.3%     
4,352  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   268,475 
4,807  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   132,192 
3,743  Eastman Chemical Co.   226,489 
5,214  Element Solutions, Inc. (a)   53,444 
15,102  Huntsman Corp.   253,865 
114  NewMarket Corp.   46,904 
4,567  Westlake Chemical Corp.   198,436 
       1,179,805 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%     
20,178  ADT, Inc.   115,620 
966  Brady Corp., Class A   42,060 
       157,680 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
409  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   56,957 
2,277  Juniper Networks, Inc.   49,183 
       106,140 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.6%     
2,132  EMCOR Group, Inc.   135,446 
6,658  MasTec, Inc. (a)   239,022 
4,121  Quanta Services, Inc.   149,839 
411  Valmont Industries, Inc.   48,186 
       572,493 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.5%     
608  FirstCash, Inc.   43,679 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
23,000  Navient Corp.  $175,260 
12,533  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (b)   195,389 
12,124  SLM Corp.   101,114 
       515,442 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.0%     
2,586  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   102,897 
3,573  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   47,699 
1,004  Packaging Corp. of America   97,037 
1,502  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   51,819 
940  Sonoco Products Co.   45,910 
       345,362 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%     
1,143  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   98,321 
9,287  H&R Block, Inc.   154,628 
       252,949 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%     
15,942  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   218,724 
2,150  Voya Financial, Inc.   97,116 
       315,840 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
3,825  GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (a)   232,675 
         
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.2%     
1,437  ALLETE, Inc.   82,714 
6,395  NRG Energy, Inc.   214,424 
2,837  OGE Energy Corp.   89,422 
909  Portland General Electric Co.   42,532 
       429,092 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.1%     
1,018  Acuity Brands, Inc.   88,149 
1,760  EnerSys   102,766 
2,770  Regal Beloit Corp.   196,698 
       387,613 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%     
1,736  Avnet, Inc.   52,115 
2,385  SYNNEX Corp.   208,830 
       260,945 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%     
11,140  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   220,238 
         
         
   Entertainment — 0.9%     
21,386  Cinemark Holdings, Inc.   305,392 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.9%     
19,012  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  $184,036 
4,143  Brandywine Realty Trust   46,236 
13,764  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   157,598 
7,198  EPR Properties   211,765 
5,498  Equity Commonwealth   186,657 
1,231  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   47,775 
38,708  Macerich (The) Co. (b)   289,149 
4,953  Paramount Group, Inc.   47,796 
27,551  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   262,010 
16,009  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   189,547 
3,991  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   51,165 
40,357  Service Properties Trust   279,674 
15,012  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   137,960 
       2,091,368 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%     
329  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   49,814 
7,383  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   158,734 
       208,548 
         
   Food Products — 1.6%     
9,094  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   187,245 
1,155  Ingredion, Inc.   93,786 
7,216  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   158,752 
46  Seaboard Corp.   138,511 
       578,294 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.8%     
3,506  National Fuel Gas Co.   143,746 
627  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   47,527 
3,268  UGI Corp.   98,628 
       289,901 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%     
7,126  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   171,095 
312  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   51,159 
       222,254 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3%     
9,068  Boyd Gaming Corp.   151,345 
1,571  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   153,015 
1,568  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.   130,144 
10,336  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   184,188 
1,055  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   49,680 
6,026  Wyndham Destinations, Inc.   154,085 
       822,457 
         
   Household Durables — 3.3%     
12,040  KB Home   315,929 
3,267  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   114,770 
2,858  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   250,704 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
11,321  Toll Brothers, Inc.  $271,930 
2,032  Whirlpool Corp.   227,056 
       1,180,389 
         
   Insurance — 5.8%     
1,244  American Financial Group, Inc.   82,403 
2,645  American National Insurance Co.   212,922 
6,760  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   200,975 
8,780  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)   237,060 
2,255  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   82,533 
1,370  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   198,129 
4,111  First American Financial Corp.   189,599 
962  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   96,566 
1,172  Kemper Corp.   78,782 
14,290  Old Republic International Corp.   227,925 
1,554  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   162,673 
877  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   43,964 
14,519  Unum Group   253,357 
       2,066,888 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%     
2,506  TripAdvisor, Inc.   50,045 
         
         
   IT Services — 1.2%     
3,340  DXC Technology Co.   60,554 
2,108  KBR, Inc.   42,708 
1,498  MAXIMUS, Inc.   100,845 
2,390  Perspecta, Inc.   51,552 
22,050  Sabre Corp.   160,304 
       415,963 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.5%     
2,716  Polaris, Inc.   192,646 
         
         
   Machinery — 3.1%     
922  AGCO Corp.   48,719 
4,010  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   145,723 
2,084  Barnes Group, Inc.   79,984 
632  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   50,882 
2,299  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   127,893 
2,710  Oshkosh Corp.   183,006 
3,845  Rexnord Corp.   104,853 
1,202  Snap-on, Inc.   156,609 
5,391  Timken (The) Co.   202,594 
       1,100,263 
         
   Marine — 0.5%     
3,008  Kirby Corp. (a)   160,687 
         
         
   Media — 1.4%     
2,692  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   45,710 
12,744  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   131,773 
19,425  News Corp., Class A   192,502 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media (Continued)     
12,040  TEGNA, Inc.  $129,069 
       499,054 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.2%     
1,990  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   178,264 
9,668  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   234,643 
       412,907 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.4%     
29,370  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   239,365 
19,158  Chimera Investment Corp. (b)   148,858 
140,597  MFA Financial, Inc.   246,045 
34,799  New Residential Investment Corp.   211,926 
       846,194 
         
   Multiline Retail — 2.1%     
14,937  Kohl’s Corp.   275,737 
44,384  Macy’s, Inc. (b)   260,090 
11,365  Nordstrom, Inc.   213,435 
       749,262 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.7%     
2,052  Avista Corp.   88,318 
4,054  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   91,053 
1,457  NorthWestern Corp.   84,054 
       263,425 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 11.3%     
10,359  Cimarex Energy Co.   263,326 
13,184  CVR Energy, Inc.   314,438 
25,230  Devon Energy Corp.   314,618 
8,891  HollyFrontier Corp.   293,759 
66,239  Marathon Oil Corp.   405,383 
35,551  Murphy Oil Corp.   421,635 
80,713  Ovintiv, Inc. (b)   510,913 
38,032  Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A   359,402 
30,780  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A   350,892 
25,230  Targa Resources Corp.   326,981 
71,451  WPX Energy, Inc. (a)   437,995 
       3,999,342 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
1,495  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   55,838 
         
         
   Professional Services — 1.8%     
3,702  ASGN, Inc. (a)   171,958 
2,337  Insperity, Inc.   111,498 
2,468  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   183,224 
2,309  Robert Half International, Inc.   109,147 
1,157  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   56,658 
       632,485 
         

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%     
863  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)  $46,740 
1,295  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.   136,726 
9,743  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   137,864 
       321,330 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.8%     
300  AMERCO   84,039 
3,986  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   148,199 
455  Landstar System, Inc.   47,006 
       279,244 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.3%     
7,007  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   112,427 
         
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.9%     
1,913  Aaron’s, Inc.   61,044 
467  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   56,465 
7,766  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   289,206 
8,200  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   240,998 
9,883  Foot Locker, Inc.   253,301 
24,764  Gap (The), Inc.   201,084 
1,599  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   176,785 
517  Murphy USA, Inc. (a)   55,216 
6,226  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   224,011 
3,075  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   190,158 
       1,748,268 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.2%     
9,850  NCR Corp. (a)   202,122 
11,506  Xerox Holdings Corp.   210,445 
       412,567 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 3.5%     
1,326  Carter’s, Inc.   103,693 
22,153  Hanesbrands, Inc.   220,201 
5,790  PVH Corp.   285,042 
2,609  Ralph Lauren Corp.   192,492 
3,672  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   103,477 
3,752  Steven Madden Ltd.   94,062 
16,828  Tapestry, Inc.   250,401 
       1,249,368 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.5%     
8,274  Essent Group Ltd.   226,046 
34,319  MGIC Investment Corp.   250,872 
4,642  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   50,412 
       527,330 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0%     
9,843  Air Lease Corp.  $257,394 
1,586  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   94,589 
       351,983 
         
   Transportation Infrastructure — 0.4%     
5,178  Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.   142,861 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   35,373,891 
   (Cost $43,106,750)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 2.6%     
901,960  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   901,960 
   (Cost $901,960)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.4%   36,275,851 
   (Cost $44,008,710) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.4)%   (845,929)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $35,429,922 

  

 

(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 $910,048 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $901,960.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $1,895,576 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $9,628,435. The net unrealized depreciation was $7,732,859.

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $35,373,891   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   901,960    —      —   
Total Investments  $36,275,851   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.4%     
34,541  Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)  $1,421,017 
25,518  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   1,855,414 
22,247  BWX Technologies, Inc.   1,180,426 
3,910  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   405,271 
20,250  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   1,805,490 
       6,667,618 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%     
22,226  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   1,483,363 
         
         
   Auto Components — 0.4%     
48,896  Gentex Corp.   1,185,239 
         
         
   Banks — 1.4%     
6,540  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   445,897 
21,521  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   1,316,870 
26,915  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   749,583 
21,244  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   808,972 
11,799  Western Alliance Bancorp   423,348 
       3,744,670 
         
   Beverages — 0.8%     
4,913  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   2,291,964 
         
         
   Biotechnology — 8.0%     
42,745  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,065,011 
20,094  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   1,819,110 
10,179  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   418,764 
37,662  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,296,703 
6,177  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   363,393 
34,066  CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)   1,676,047 
83,901  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   2,071,935 
20,786  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   766,796 
5,736  Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   469,893 
15,280  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   848,498 
48,238  Moderna, Inc. (a)   2,218,466 
53,115  Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,683,745 
16,691  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   1,638,055 
32,386  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,649,095 
11,077  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,305,757 
32,517  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   1,965,002 
       22,256,270 
         
   Building Products — 3.1%     
49,076  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   1,989,541 
13,642  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,051,525 
29,534  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   541,949 
25,054  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   1,207,603 
1,987  Lennox International, Inc.   370,933 
23,311  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   1,680,723 
18,029  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   1,716,722 
       8,558,996 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets — 2.7%     
58,388  Ares Management Corp., Class A  $1,958,918 
23,842  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   1,376,637 
22,400  Eaton Vance Corp.   822,080 
16,734  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   686,094 
13,273  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   799,300 
9,323  Morningstar, Inc.   1,454,015 
7,794  SEI Investments Co.   397,182 
       7,494,226 
         
   Chemicals — 2.3%     
12,814  Albemarle Corp.   787,164 
14,636  Balchem Corp.   1,306,117 
24,282  RPM International, Inc.   1,612,567 
17,638  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   2,187,641 
27,593  Valvoline, Inc.   474,324 
       6,367,813 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.4%     
6,941  Brink’s (The) Co.   354,824 
6,788  Cimpress PLC (a) (b)   494,098 
7,034  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   375,826 
10,707  MSA Safety, Inc.   1,204,859 
22,305  Stericycle, Inc. (a)   1,088,484 
25,574  Tetra Tech, Inc.   1,925,211 
7,171  UniFirst Corp.   1,205,804 
       6,649,106 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.1%     
24,505  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,982,699 
96,661  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,167,665 
       3,150,364 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
12,367  Eagle Materials, Inc.   754,511 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.4%     
1,970  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   491,259 
18,891  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   457,351 
       948,610 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.4%     
10,885  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,165,566 
         
         
   Distributors — 0.7%     
9,180  Pool Corp.   1,943,039 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.8%     
3,541  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   412,350 
40,379  Chegg, Inc. (a)   1,726,202 
20,769  frontdoor, Inc. (a)   803,968 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Consumer Services (Continued)     
12,923  Strategic Education, Inc.  $2,058,634 
       5,001,154 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%     
53,927  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,701,397 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%     
22,032  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   1,846,942 
32,350  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   728,037 
       2,574,979 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.4%     
11,035  MGE Energy, Inc.   713,523 
9,505  PNM Resources, Inc.   384,858 
       1,098,381 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.2%     
19,384  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,888,777 
44,482  GrafTech International Ltd.   361,194 
9,445  Hubbell, Inc.   1,175,241 
       3,425,212 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%     
13,325  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   799,900 
19,409  Itron, Inc. (a)   1,355,136 
10,920  National Instruments Corp.   419,546 
       2,574,582 
         
   Entertainment — 0.7%     
263,643  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   1,987,868 
         
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 6.2%     
17,506  Agree Realty Corp.   1,139,816 
46,707  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   1,127,507 
31,832  Americold Realty Trust   973,741 
12,464  CoreSite Realty Corp.   1,510,512 
32,642  Corporate Office Properties Trust   862,402 
13,482  CubeSmart   339,746 
23,397  CyrusOne, Inc.   1,641,299 
6,913  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   732,778 
21,740  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   821,120 
12,932  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   380,071 
15,177  Iron Mountain, Inc.   366,980 
5,670  Kilroy Realty Corp.   353,014 
109,122  Lexington Realty Trust   1,140,325 
11,461  Life Storage, Inc.   1,003,869 
40,905  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   709,702 
2,665  PS Business Parks, Inc.   344,025 
24,906  QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,557,372 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
26,422  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.  $1,075,904 
20,940  Terreno Realty Corp.   1,147,931 
       17,228,114 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
70,905  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,865,510 
         
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.2%     
14,446  South Jersey Industries, Inc.   413,011 
         
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 6.5%     
4,977  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   951,851 
16,986  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   806,156 
10,872  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   1,237,016 
16,173  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   825,632 
10,195  Masimo Corp. (a)   2,180,813 
21,565  Neogen Corp. (a)   1,349,753 
14,449  Nevro Corp. (a)   1,699,780 
21,456  Novocure Ltd. (a)   1,411,805 
14,259  NuVasive, Inc. (a)   868,088 
11,195  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   1,985,097 
18,465  Quidel Corp. (a)   2,566,635 
28,065  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   2,239,026 
       18,121,652 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%     
9,841  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   1,812,319 
4,171  Chemed Corp.   1,737,513 
20,757  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   1,597,459 
14,278  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   803,423 
12,883  LHC Group, Inc. (a)   1,674,661 
96,319  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   1,644,165 
       9,269,540 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.1%     
16,522  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   1,204,454 
11,650  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   1,917,473 
       3,121,927 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%     
5,898  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   442,645 
14,033  Churchill Downs, Inc.   1,406,387 
25,083  Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a) (b)   537,780 
15,080  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A   848,401 
14,832  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   894,815 
2,447  Vail Resorts, Inc.   418,437 
48,548  Wendy’s (The) Co.   964,163 
11,464  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   432,307 
       5,944,935 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables — 1.6%     
10,031  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)  $1,647,893 
16,526  Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)   888,272 
20,168  TopBuild Corp. (a)   1,879,456 
       4,415,621 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5%     
21,354  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   1,332,703 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%     
11,531  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   1,394,790 
         
         
   Insurance — 1.9%     
4,873  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   867,686 
12,096  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   1,766,137 
16,429  RLI Corp.   1,196,524 
1,588  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   1,545,124 
       5,375,471 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.8%     
50,138  Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)   2,204,066 
         
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.8%     
18,791  Etsy, Inc. (a)   1,218,972 
6,758  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   838,262 
       2,057,234 
         
   IT Services — 2.5%     
18,662  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   1,316,977 
8,553  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   2,139,448 
37,108  Genpact Ltd.   1,277,629 
13,226  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   2,144,331 
       6,878,385 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.3%     
40,999  Mattel, Inc. (a)   357,511 
18,503  YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)   510,868 
       868,379 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 4.9%     
4,121  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   1,813,652 
3,810  Bio-Techne Corp.   857,250 
30,217  Bruker Corp.   1,188,132 
11,449  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   1,656,327 
24,609  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,965,275 
65,411  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   1,788,337 
13,050  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   1,259,325 
18,708  Repligen Corp. (a)   2,172,934 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Life Sciences Tools & Services (Continued)     
18,326  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)  $1,022,408 
       13,723,640 
         
   Machinery — 3.0%     
9,350  Donaldson Co., Inc.   409,811 
22,235  Graco, Inc.   993,015 
14,563  Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (a)   423,492 
7,962  ITT, Inc.   419,757 
4,863  John Bean Technologies Corp.   373,187 
8,023  Nordson Corp.   1,290,981 
4,744  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   481,943 
3,202  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   405,629 
27,745  Toro (The) Co.   1,770,408 
17,066  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   1,406,238 
6,076  Woodward, Inc.   367,963 
       8,342,424 
         
   Media — 1.3%     
1,098  Cable One, Inc.   2,100,320 
47,044  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   1,529,871 
       3,630,191 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.2%     
94,800  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   433,236 
         
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.3%     
42,022  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   908,516 
         
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%     
34,762  Catalent, Inc. (a)   2,403,792 
36,582  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   1,318,415 
7,243  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   798,541 
5,005  Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   791,591 
       5,312,339 
         
   Professional Services — 1.3%     
25,114  Exponent, Inc.   1,766,268 
15,078  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   1,920,334 
       3,686,602 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.0%     
12,659  Cabot Microelectronics Corp.   1,551,234 
22,015  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   1,664,334 
55,930  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   2,619,202 
32,270  Entegris, Inc.   1,750,002 
22,812  Inphi Corp. (a)   2,202,271 
8,626  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   1,724,424 
12,267  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,255,527 
4,229  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   411,143 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
5,483  Universal Display Corp.  $823,108 
       14,001,245 
         
   Software — 14.9%     
29,913  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   819,616 
15,181  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   1,718,186 
7,600  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   777,100 
24,207  Avalara, Inc. (a)   2,163,380 
34,327  Blackline, Inc. (a)   2,085,022 
137,684  Cloudera, Inc. (a)   1,140,024 
79,822  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   1,677,858 
12,943  Elastic N.V. (a)   830,164 
13,433  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   839,831 
16,981  Everbridge, Inc. (a)   1,891,344 
23,620  Five9, Inc. (a)   2,188,865 
8,137  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   1,372,142 
14,478  j2 Global, Inc.   1,167,506 
7,250  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   514,315 
30,697  Mimecast Ltd. (a)   1,255,507 
7,811  New Relic, Inc. (a)   419,373 
86,100  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   1,739,220 
12,268  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   1,405,054 
15,211  Pegasystems, Inc.   1,271,944 
10,562  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   1,285,712 
11,801  PTC, Inc. (a)   817,219 
12,233  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   975,215 
20,759  Qualys, Inc. (a)   2,188,829 
25,006  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   1,139,023 
27,296  RealPage, Inc. (a)   1,760,319 
43,508  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   2,293,742 
69,150  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   1,174,167 
25,200  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   1,077,048 
16,927  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   1,301,348 
29,674  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   1,990,532 
       41,279,605 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.6%     
26,226  Carvana Co. (a) (b)   2,100,965 
5,132  Five Below, Inc. (a)   462,701 
22,512  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   954,509 
7,189  RH (a)   1,033,634 
       4,551,809 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%     
58,730  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   845,712 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%     
10,353  Columbia Sportswear Co.   754,630 
10,783  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   1,604,079 
       2,358,709 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%     
27,891  Radian Group, Inc.  $417,807 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%     
25,407  HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)   754,080 
24,531  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   2,174,182 
       2,928,262 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.5%     
17,676  American States Water Co.   1,402,944 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   277,339,307 
   (Cost $249,011,798)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.1%     
3,013,957  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   3,013,957 
   (Cost $3,013,957)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.9%   280,353,264 
   (Cost $252,025,755) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.9)%   (2,524,612)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $277,828,652 

 

 

(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 $2,800,762 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,013,957.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $37,843,461 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $9,515,952. The net unrealized appreciation was $28,327,509.

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $277,339,307   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   3,013,957    —      —   
Total Investments  $280,353,264   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%     
6,983  AAR Corp.  $136,727 
         
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%     
4,610  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   93,306 
816  Forward Air Corp.   42,106 
1,853  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   89,148 
       224,560 
         
   Airlines — 0.7%     
20,178  Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.   290,563 
         
         
   Auto Components — 1.7%     
11,451  American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)   49,468 
12,924  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.   273,860 
26,973  Dana, Inc.   310,189 
748  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   47,184 
994  Standard Motor Products, Inc.   40,446 
       721,147 
         
   Banks — 8.2%     
2,598  1st Source Corp.   90,229 
2,550  Banner Corp.   97,997 
8,345  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   142,199 
11,785  Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.   89,566 
3,665  Brookline Bancorp, Inc.   37,420 
25,729  Cadence BanCorp   170,326 
4,105  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   144,003 
4,273  FB Financial Corp.   95,459 
5,373  First Bancorp   142,868 
23,310  First BanCorp   135,897 
4,925  First Busey Corp.   90,719 
9,219  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   87,765 
8,317  First Financial Bancorp   127,915 
1,433  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   48,435 
3,181  First Merchants Corp.   90,054 
6,367  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   94,104 
3,598  Fulton Financial Corp.   42,061 
6,055  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   113,834 
4,106  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   139,481 
2,067  Heritage Financial Corp.   41,443 
8,202  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   158,299 
15,086  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   150,106 
7,117  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   215,716 
3,135  International Bancshares Corp.   90,884 
2,598  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   43,776 
3,697  OFG Bancorp   46,508 
6,582  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   140,526 
5,678  Renasant Corp.   148,934 
1,513  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   40,412 
4,579  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   85,627 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
4,658  TowneBank  $94,092 
1,386  TriCo Bancshares   41,746 
1,774  Trustmark Corp.   47,206 
3,555  WesBanco, Inc.   87,737 
       3,413,344 
         
   Beverages — 0.1%     
969  National Beverage Corp. (a) (b)   48,673 
         
         
   Biotechnology — 0.1%     
804  Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   37,282 
         
         
   Building Products — 1.6%     
963  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   44,587 
6,661  Griffon Corp.   109,307 
5,985  Patrick Industries, Inc.   246,702 
14,781  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   152,835 
25,622  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   131,441 
       684,872 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.5%     
16,403  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   50,767 
10,291  Blucora, Inc. (a)   144,794 
1,140  INTL. FCStone, Inc. (a)   45,555 
1,471  Moelis & Co., Class A   43,939 
2,452  Piper Sandler Cos.   132,187 
14,809  Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A   215,471 
       632,713 
         
   Chemicals — 3.2%     
3,226  Cabot Corp.   109,329 
4,440  H.B. Fuller Co.   163,348 
16,050  Livent Corp. (a)   99,510 
4,648  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   204,698 
10,626  Olin Corp.   141,857 
22,591  Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.   205,804 
2,179  PolyOne Corp.   50,749 
11,377  PQ Group Holdings, Inc. (a)   133,338 
467  Stepan Co.   44,552 
9,306  Trinseo S.A.   190,308 
       1,343,493 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.5%     
7,619  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   97,676 
5,931  Harsco Corp. (a)   59,191 
7,591  Herman Miller, Inc.   171,101 
4,923  HNI Corp.   119,826 
22,292  Interface, Inc.   205,978 
10,334  KAR Auction Services, Inc.   154,803 
16,330  Knoll, Inc.   190,408 
4,061  SP Plus Corp. (a)   85,647 
17,074  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   186,960 
1,360  US Ecology, Inc.   44,581 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
5,841  Viad Corp.  $140,009 
       1,456,180 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.1%     
1,293  EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)   40,794 
         
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.3%     
2,120  Arcosa, Inc.   79,012 
2,305  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   76,757 
6,570  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   214,182 
10,599  Primoris Services Corp.   165,450 
       535,401 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
5,618  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   84,888 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.7%     
7,208  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   187,264 
1,628  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   49,654 
1,491  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   41,360 
       278,278 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.3%     
3,989  Greif, Inc., Class A   135,187 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%     
3,145  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   99,917 
617  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   240,636 
8,017  Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)   75,921 
       416,474 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.8%     
5,993  AZZ, Inc.   188,120 
2,007  Encore Wire Corp.   91,881 
4,093  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   57,425 
       337,426 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.7%     
2,068  Benchmark Electronics, Inc.   42,725 
1,661  CTS Corp.   38,469 
1,346  ePlus, Inc. (a)   95,229 
2,000  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   108,580 
6,376  Methode Electronics, Inc.   191,408 
5,512  MTS Systems Corp.   117,240 
2,045  PC Connection, Inc.   93,968 
1,544  Plexus Corp. (a)   96,793 
3,089  Sanmina Corp. (a)   85,658 
11,993  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   138,999 
5,848  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   97,018 
       1,106,087 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Energy Equipment & Services — 5.6%     
36,636  Apergy Corp. (a) (b)  $337,418 
56,026  Archrock, Inc.   269,485 
16,298  Core Laboratories N.V.   319,604 
128,449  Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)   326,260 
144,039  NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)   334,170 
71,713  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   264,621 
84,263  ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)   357,275 
40,904  RPC, Inc. (b)   139,483 
       2,348,316 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.6%     
15,087  CoreCivic, Inc.   197,941 
41,468  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   258,346 
34,162  Diversified Healthcare Trust   106,244 
4,613  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   38,565 
10,198  GEO Group (The), Inc.   129,311 
19,855  iStar, Inc.   198,947 
27,287  RLJ Lodging Trust   253,496 
34,935  RPT Realty   238,257 
32,346  SITE Centers Corp.   196,017 
49,919  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.   302,509 
33,705  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)   253,461 
16,362  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   158,711 
       2,331,805 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%     
12,315  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   173,395 
787  PriceSmart, Inc.   50,006 
2,224  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   46,215 
2,977  Weis Markets, Inc.   148,939 
       418,555 
         
   Food Products — 0.4%     
2,285  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   44,375 
3,052  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   87,012 
3,878  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   46,614 
       178,001 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.5%     
2,578  Magellan Health, Inc. (a)   156,562 
576  National HealthCare Corp.   39,381 
       195,943 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3%     
17,368  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   209,284 
9,867  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   219,936 
9,481  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (b)   138,802 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
7,864  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)  $161,998 
96,300  Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (a)   237,861 
       967,881 
         
   Household Durables — 4.8%     
14,518  Century Communities, Inc. (a)   310,975 
2,060  iRobot Corp. (a) (b)   125,578 
4,100  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   96,145 
9,080  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   265,590 
12,744  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   324,462 
5,770  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   303,271 
19,151  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   278,647 
24,020  TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)   275,750 
       1,980,418 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
1,617  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   49,173 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
1,947  Raven Industries, Inc.   43,360 
         
         
   Insurance — 3.7%     
6,596  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   138,648 
17,002  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   239,048 
2,080  Employers Holdings, Inc.   63,170 
1,805  FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A   70,539 
2,303  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   80,974 
3,045  Mercury General Corp.   124,723 
10,183  National General Holdings Corp.   193,783 
980  National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A   188,875 
490  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   41,219 
6,319  Stewart Information Services Corp.   201,323 
28,429  Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (a)   211,512 
       1,553,814 
         
   IT Services — 0.2%     
3,107  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   88,953 
         
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
9,636  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   268,941 
2,908  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   103,874 
1,044  EnPro Industries, Inc.   47,345 
1,324  Gorman-Rupp (The) Co.   39,058 
2,163  Hillenbrand, Inc.   45,315 
12,719  Meritor, Inc. (a)   260,739 
3,520  Mueller Industries, Inc.   91,168 
10,520  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   99,835 
1,719  Standex International Corp.   85,675 
2,879  Terex Corp.   43,732 
5,368  TriMas Corp. (a)   127,973 
7,717  Trinity Industries, Inc.   148,861 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
8,058  Welbilt, Inc. (a)  $39,726 
       1,402,242 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
1,350  Matson, Inc.   40,824 
         
         
   Media — 2.0%     
6,932  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   165,328 
28,818  iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (a)   202,302 
2,248  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   84,413 
17,239  Meredith Corp.   255,654 
7,712  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   136,117 
       843,814 
         
   Metals & Mining — 3.2%     
24,783  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   186,120 
10,803  Carpenter Technology Corp.   239,502 
31,395  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (b)   137,510 
13,341  Commercial Metals Co.   212,656 
22,712  Hecla Mining Co.   59,733 
597  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   43,121 
3,542  Materion Corp.   183,263 
19,836  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   248,942 
1,575  Worthington Industries, Inc.   41,643 
       1,352,490 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.1%     
61,776  Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. (b)   187,799 
35,554  Ladder Capital Corp.   282,654 
       470,453 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.2%     
14,814  Big Lots, Inc.   347,388 
5,701  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A (b)   168,066 
       515,454 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 12.8%     
384,480  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   361,296 
800,975  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)   945,150 
6,098  Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a) (b)   106,715 
31,678  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   335,787 
13,367  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   312,119 
17,540  EQT Corp.   255,909 
52,664  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A (a)   340,736 
84,942  Matador Resources Co. (a) (b)   597,992 
23,736  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)   230,714 
27,138  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   352,523 
10,261  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   254,575 
172,669  SM Energy Co. (b)   699,309 
36,636  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   417,284 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
4,925  World Fuel Services Corp.  $123,125 
       5,333,234 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 1.5%     
5,215  Boise Cascade Co.   163,073 
9,735  Domtar Corp.   227,410 
1,954  Neenah, Inc.   95,472 
4,458  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   143,637 
       629,592 
         
   Personal Products — 0.7%     
7,713  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   225,297 
716  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   63,881 
       289,178 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%     
6,893  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   161,296 
         
         
   Professional Services — 0.5%     
602  ICF International, Inc.   44,271 
5,099  Korn Ferry   147,004 
       191,275 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%     
1,525  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   44,301 
55,988  Realogy Holdings Corp.   242,988 
       287,289 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.1%     
8,922  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a) (b)   147,035 
4,538  Heartland Express, Inc.   88,899 
27,269  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   110,167 
6,043  Marten Transport Ltd.   135,484 
6,374  Ryder System, Inc.   225,640 
2,137  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   46,822 
3,420  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   137,210 
       891,257 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%     
21,634  Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)   213,744 
         
         
   Software — 0.7%     
13,877  Ebix, Inc.   290,446 
         
         
   Specialty Retail — 7.4%     
18,540  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   196,153 
21,198  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   168,524 
2,245  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   151,537 
10,770  Children’s Place (The), Inc. (b)   318,361 
42,300  Designer Brands, Inc., Class A   268,605 
4,760  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   269,368 
31,116  Guess?, Inc.   290,935 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
944  Monro, Inc.  $52,383 
128,449  Office Depot, Inc.   285,157 
20,857  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   202,521 
32,660  Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)   328,560 
15,863  Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A   339,944 
11,835  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   205,219 
       3,077,267 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%     
3,960  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   90,684 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%     
27,358  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   309,966 
4,648  Oxford Industries, Inc.   194,844 
       504,810 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.1%     
4,648  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   107,136 
6,552  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   94,021 
4,185  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   160,830 
3,381  WSFS Financial Corp.   98,658 
       460,645 
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
2,805  Universal Corp.   135,678 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 4.9%     
1,843  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   96,555 
7,498  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   164,956 
1,982  GATX Corp.   117,533 
10,714  GMS, Inc. (a)   196,923 
11,480  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   186,665 
8,237  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   232,530 
2,190  Kaman Corp.   84,884 
39,560  MRC Global, Inc. (a)   212,042 
5,280  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   198,000 
2,331  Systemax, Inc.   46,294 
8,143  Triton International Ltd.   252,270 
9,219  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   238,495 
       2,027,147 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.0%     
12,569  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   246,604 
5,754  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   183,150 
       429,754 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%  $41,718,881 
   (Cost $46,653,796)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 8.3%     
3,446,716  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   3,446,716 
   (Cost $3,446,716)     
         
   Total Investments — 108.1%   45,165,597 
   (Cost $50,100,512) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (8.1)%   (3,376,054)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $41,789,543 

  

 

(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 $3,324,336 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,446,716.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $3,670,294 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $8,605,209. The net unrealized depreciation was $4,934,915.

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $41,718,881   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   3,446,716    —      —   
Total Investments  $45,165,597   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%     
28,849  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)  $433,312 
63,506  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   800,811 
       1,234,123 
         
   Airlines — 0.1%     
1,623  Allegiant Travel Co.   127,373 
         
         
   Auto Components — 0.6%     
6,459  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   329,474 
4,059  LCI Industries   351,996 
       681,470 
         
   Automobiles — 0.5%     
14,357  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   637,020 
         
         
   Banks — 6.3%     
6,077  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   145,058 
3,988  BancFirst Corp.   153,578 
8,155  City Holding Co.   551,196 
20,186  ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.   301,579 
9,721  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   298,824 
19,766  German American Bancorp, Inc.   587,643 
6,202  Independent Bank Corp.   452,064 
10,864  Lakeland Financial Corp.   459,873 
11,352  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   301,736 
8,021  Preferred Bank   306,001 
11,983  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   305,567 
14,817  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   332,938 
18,506  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   657,333 
6,799  South State Corp.   393,254 
13,138  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   399,527 
7,557  Tompkins Financial Corp.   510,173 
20,869  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   578,280 
14,817  United Community Banks, Inc.   313,305 
9,527  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   167,294 
6,792  Westamerica Bancorporation   427,896 
       7,643,119 
         
   Biotechnology — 9.9%     
22,486  Alector, Inc. (a)   555,854 
58,722  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   693,507 
16,148  Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   790,768 
24,855  CareDx, Inc. (a)   630,820 
13,504  ChemoCentryx, Inc. (a)   715,847 
15,493  Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   338,677 
36,921  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   727,344 
6,711  Editas Medicine, Inc. (a) (b)   155,158 
17,492  Epizyme, Inc. (a)   287,918 
30,538  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   836,131 
37,701  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   854,116 
11,336  Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   161,651 
16,924  Insmed, Inc. (a)   389,252 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
19,846  Invitae Corp. (a)  $328,451 
67,219  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   672,190 
35,307  Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   778,519 
13,372  Natera, Inc. (a)   495,299 
9,138  Principia Biopharma, Inc. (a)   568,201 
4,110  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   163,660 
40,576  TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   477,174 
2,805  uniQure N.V. (a)   178,510 
22,319  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   601,943 
22,699  Xencor, Inc. (a)   663,492 
       12,064,482 
         
   Building Products — 1.9%     
14,037  AAON, Inc.   668,723 
2,921  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   150,169 
118,990  Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)   634,217 
10,459  CSW Industrials, Inc.   692,804 
13,678  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   173,710 
       2,319,623 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.5%     
12,624  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   371,651 
29,475  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   703,273 
7,219  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   468,152 
13,013  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   772,712 
15,631  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   760,292 
       3,076,080 
         
   Chemicals — 0.5%     
3,781  Ingevity Corp. (a)   196,310 
5,745  Innospec, Inc.   416,627 
       612,937 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%     
11,137  ABM Industries, Inc.   384,115 
13,892  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   644,311 
5,133  Deluxe Corp.   144,597 
7,622  McGrath RentCorp   415,780 
       1,588,803 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.3%     
59,560  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   655,755 
127,970  Infinera Corp. (a)   788,935 
13,230  Plantronics, Inc.   186,808 
       1,631,498 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.4%     
39,414  WillScot Corp. (a)   459,173 
         
         

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance — 0.5%     
11,949  Nelnet, Inc., Class A  $575,344 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%     
25,144  Perdoceo Education Corp. (a)   326,872 
7,870  WW International, Inc. (a)   200,764 
       527,636 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%     
8,063  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   657,618 
55,224  Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)   461,673 
       1,119,291 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 2.1%     
12,876  Atkore International Group, Inc. (a)   313,402 
191,594  Plug Power, Inc. (a) (b)   801,821 
15,227  Vicor Corp. (a)   809,620 
91,366  Vivint Solar, Inc. (a) (b)   579,260 
       2,504,103 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.7%     
7,449  Badger Meter, Inc.   439,714 
7,520  Belden, Inc.   257,109 
12,194  FARO Technologies, Inc. (a)   669,329 
20,276  Knowles Corp. (a)   315,292 
5,793  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   419,297 
       2,100,741 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.9%     
983  Alexander’s, Inc.   309,901 
12,409  Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.   119,250 
10,430  Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.   387,996 
27,526  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   740,725 
7,113  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   159,260 
5,606  Getty Realty Corp.   152,259 
9,931  Global Net Lease, Inc.   142,907 
14,887  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   149,912 
30,935  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   578,175 
7,146  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   560,675 
4,307  LTC Properties, Inc.   153,329 
8,719  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   141,161 
33,134  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.   450,291 
22,914  National Storage Affiliates Trust   652,591 
5,417  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   162,889 
24,890  Office Properties Income Trust   681,986 
8,581  Safehold, Inc.   495,639 
44,991  Uniti Group, Inc.   317,636 
5,383  Universal Health Realty Income Trust   575,766 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
11,366  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust  $265,055 
       7,197,403 
         
   Food Products — 0.9%     
10,619  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   800,779 
14,086  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   265,521 
       1,066,300 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
6,465  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   420,871 
         
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.2%     
20,192  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   870,679 
417  Atrion Corp.   263,473 
26,692  Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   859,749 
11,339  Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)   476,238 
7,866  CryoLife, Inc. (a)   175,648 
8,337  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   880,720 
1,766  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   420,308 
11,729  Natus Medical, Inc. (a)   293,108 
20,441  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   820,093 
21,024  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   805,640 
9,942  Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)   513,206 
       6,378,862 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.0%     
8,026  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   650,267 
10,367  BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)   484,243 
4,977  CorVel Corp. (a)   262,238 
14,427  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   539,714 
25,627  Hanger, Inc. (a)   470,512 
5,965  National Research Corp.   307,734 
16,583  Premier, Inc., Class A (a)   549,892 
74,614  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   770,016 
37,989  RadNet, Inc. (a)   536,405 
21,159  Tivity Health, Inc. (a) (b)   189,796 
1,929  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   145,639 
       4,906,456 
         
   Health Care Technology — 2.3%     
15,800  HMS Holdings Corp. (a)   453,065 
40,710  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   712,425 
11,251  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   806,247 
12,971  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   821,583 
       2,793,320 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.6%     
4,640  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   205,970 
3,797  Jack in the Box, Inc.   228,959 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
4,741  Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)  $158,065 
12,709  Papa John’s International, Inc.   914,031 
12,077  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   177,411 
3,526  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   192,202 
20,853  Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   329,060 
8,510  Wingstop, Inc.   997,968 
       3,203,666 
         
   Household Durables — 1.6%     
3,744  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   579,122 
10,014  Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)   493,790 
6,008  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   363,965 
8,488  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   167,299 
31,992  Sonos, Inc. (a)   326,958 
       1,931,134 
         
   Household Products — 0.5%     
3,377  WD-40 Co.   588,544 
         
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.6%     
36,077  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   722,622 
         
         
   Insurance — 2.3%     
21,985  Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (a)   378,142 
8,416  AMERISAFE, Inc.   535,847 
4,816  eHealth, Inc. (a)   513,867 
6,489  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   704,835 
20,845  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   623,474 
       2,756,165 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.0%     
61,426  Quotient Technology, Inc. (a)   441,039 
12,415  Shutterstock, Inc.   471,770 
21,362  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   342,860 
       1,255,669 
         
   IT Services — 4.6%     
16,206  CSG Systems International, Inc.   787,288 
11,936  EVERTEC, Inc.   302,458 
10,428  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   643,720 
9,334  ManTech International Corp., Class A   695,943 
29,489  NIC, Inc.   714,519 
14,739  Perficient, Inc. (a)   513,359 
27,670  Switch, Inc., Class A   475,094 
18,470  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   719,961 
37,997  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   340,453 
14,058  Virtusa Corp. (a)   463,914 
       5,656,709 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.6%     
26,370  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   722,538 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products (Continued)     
26,545  Callaway Golf Co.  $380,124 
23,558  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   809,924 
       1,912,586 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.7%     
11,925  Codexis, Inc. (a)   138,449 
22,561  NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)   716,538 
       854,987 
         
   Machinery — 4.5%     
6,112  Alamo Group, Inc.   601,665 
2,806  Albany International Corp., Class A   143,499 
11,244  Douglas Dynamics, Inc.   415,578 
8,022  Enerpac Tool Group Corp.   136,855 
7,148  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   545,393 
24,201  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   388,426 
24,862  Federal Signal Corp.   669,534 
11,513  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   584,861 
14,309  Helios Technologies, Inc.   508,971 
7,269  Kadant, Inc.   611,250 
12,232  SPX Corp. (a)   466,406 
6,890  Tennant Co.   407,681 
       5,480,119 
         
   Media — 0.8%     
15,521  Cardlytics, Inc. (a)   697,669 
25,261  Gray Television, Inc. (a)   293,280 
       990,949 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.4%     
41,461  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   174,551 
7,052  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   346,676 
       521,227 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%     
15,072  ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.   133,236 
26,600  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   419,748 
12,502  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   130,021 
26,241  Redwood Trust, Inc.   107,588 
       790,593 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.4%     
10,371  Unitil Corp.   521,765 
         
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%     
148,603  Kosmos Energy Ltd.   245,195 
         
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
2,865  Inter Parfums, Inc.   128,037 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Personal Products (Continued)     
4,341  Medifast, Inc.  $329,395 
       457,432 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 4.7%     
9,859  Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)   150,251 
16,830  Arvinas, Inc. (a)   883,575 
57,043  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   722,165 
146,647  Endo International PLC (a)   674,576 
33,951  Innoviva, Inc. (a)   481,425 
16,182  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   668,155 
18,490  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   752,358 
26,977  Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   499,344 
29,349  Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)   855,817 
       5,687,666 
         
   Professional Services — 0.9%     
25,937  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   616,004 
8,802  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   493,264 
       1,109,268 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.6%     
26,212  Forestar Group, Inc. (a)   345,736 
31,242  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   121,219 
43,985  Redfin Corp. (a)   929,403 
32,335  St Joe (The) Co. (a)   591,731 
       1,988,089 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.7%     
9,223  Saia, Inc. (a)   853,312 
         
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.4%     
8,234  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)   457,810 
5,587  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   293,764 
43,828  Cohu, Inc.   724,477 
13,352  Diodes, Inc. (a)   679,483 
33,760  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   786,608 
30,448  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   685,385 
21,091  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   646,650 
35,970  Rambus, Inc. (a)   450,704 
53,510  SunPower Corp. (a) (b)   393,299 
11,720  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   766,371 
39,318  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   723,058 
       6,607,609 
         
   Software — 7.2%     
25,569  2U, Inc. (a)   607,264 
19,574  8x8, Inc. (a)   331,975 
10,261  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   458,975 
15,067  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   497,060 
6,113  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   671,574 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
13,487  Appian Corp. (a) (b)  $615,951 
7,402  Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc. (a)   308,145 
28,437  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   458,973 
5,850  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   140,049 
3,381  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)   427,122 
12,215  Model N, Inc. (a)   352,525 
8,478  Progress Software Corp.   346,835 
17,825  SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)   331,367 
11,666  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   647,580 
20,081  SVMK, Inc. (a)   315,272 
24,821  Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)   646,835 
14,887  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   470,876 
6,270  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   420,403 
8,391  Workiva, Inc. (a)   321,795 
13,061  Yext, Inc. (a)   167,181 
16,532  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   174,743 
       8,712,500 
         
   Specialty Retail — 0.6%     
10,293  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   190,009 
9,707  Buckle (The), Inc. (b)   148,614 
9,412  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   187,346 
6,946  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   207,685 
       733,654 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%     
15,968  Crocs, Inc. (a)   387,224 
10,683  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A (b)   137,704 
8,756  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   179,410 
       704,338 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 3.3%     
37,680  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   533,361 
13,681  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   354,475 
15,457  Kearny Financial Corp.   143,750 
24,180  Meridian Bancorp, Inc.   284,840 
24,981  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   460,150 
74,024  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   709,150 
11,437  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   154,628 
30,676  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   925,495 
15,380  Washington Federal, Inc.   411,261 
       3,977,110 
         
   Tobacco — 0.4%     
42,385  Vector Group Ltd.   453,519 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%     
22,519  BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)   478,529 
         
         
   Water Utilities — 0.7%     
10,783  California Water Service Group   484,373 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Water Utilities (Continued)     
6,641  Middlesex Water Co.  $400,452 
       884,825 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   121,745,809 
   (Cost $116,802,273)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 3.1%     
3,813,831  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.20% (c) (d)   3,813,831 
   (Cost $3,813,831)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.0%   125,559,640 
   (Cost $120,616,104) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.0)%   (3,692,119)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $121,867,521 

  

 

(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 $3,523,774 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $3,813,831.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2020.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(e) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $13,362,775 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $8,419,239. The net unrealized appreciation was $4,943,536.

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $121,745,809   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   3,813,831    —      —   
Total Investments  $125,559,640   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

  

 

  

 

 

First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund (FMK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%     
707  Lockheed Martin Corp.  $275,065 
1,270  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   82,309 
       357,374 
         
   Automobiles — 4.4%     
1,143  Tesla, Inc. (a)   893,689 
         
         
   Banks — 9.1%     
16,925  Bank of America Corp.   407,046 
11,375  Citigroup, Inc.   552,370 
2,661  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   254,817 
6,953  U.S. Bancorp   253,785 
12,520  Wells Fargo & Co.   363,706 
       1,831,724 
         
   Biotechnology — 7.3%     
1,893  Biogen, Inc. (a)   561,899 
4,806  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   403,704 
2,013  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   505,666 
       1,471,269 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.8%     
2,324  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   426,268 
489  S&P Global, Inc.   143,218 
       569,486 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.6%     
3,048  Cisco Systems, Inc.   129,174 
         
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 3.1%     
3,276  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   613,791 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.0%     
16,435  AT&T, Inc.   500,774 
8,917  Verizon Communications, Inc.   512,282 
       1,013,056 
         
   Electric Utilities — 3.6%     
2,962  Duke Energy Corp.   250,763 
996  NextEra Energy, Inc.   230,196 
4,425  Southern (The) Co.   251,030 
       731,989 
         
   Entertainment — 4.0%     
1,276  Netflix, Inc. (a)   535,728 
2,480  Walt Disney (The) Co.   268,212 
       803,940 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.3%     
1,659  Crown Castle International Corp.   264,494 
384  Equinix, Inc.   259,277 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
1,490  Prologis, Inc.  $132,953 
       656,724 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 5.7%     
2,100  Costco Wholesale Corp.   636,300 
4,217  Walmart, Inc.   512,576 
       1,148,876 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 10.2%     
2,110  Anthem, Inc.   592,340 
3,380  Cigna Corp.   661,737 
6,056  CVS Health Corp.   372,747 
1,441  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   421,449 
       2,048,273 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.7%     
103  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   138,710 
         
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.0%     
246  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   608,604 
         
         
   IT Services — 0.7%     
1,080  International Business Machines Corp.   135,605 
         
         
   Machinery — 1.8%     
3,097  Caterpillar, Inc.   360,429 
         
         
   Media — 6.6%     
1,373  Charter Communications, Inc.,
Class A (a)
   679,951 
17,419  Comcast Corp., Class A   655,477 
       1,335,428 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.7%     
6,612  Chevron Corp.   608,304 
15,772  Exxon Mobil Corp.   732,925 
       1,341,229 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 4.2%     
863  Eli Lilly and Co.   133,455 
18,348  Pfizer, Inc.   703,829 
       837,284 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.7%     
5,267  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   275,938 
11,066  Intel Corp.   663,739 
454  NVIDIA Corp.   132,695 
1,770  QUALCOMM, Inc.   139,246 
1,199  Texas Instruments, Inc.   139,168 
       1,350,786 

 

 

First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund (FMK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2020 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software — 4.0%     
1,129  Adobe, Inc. (a)  $399,260 
2,278  Microsoft Corp.   408,240 
       807,500 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.1%     
1,413  Apple, Inc.   415,139 
         
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.5%     
5,710  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   501,338 
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   20,101,417 
   (Cost $19,963,172) (b)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   25,417 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $20,126,834 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $1,456,506 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $1,318,261. The net unrealized appreciation was $138,245.

 

  

 

Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2020 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*  $20,101,417   $—     $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Style Funds

April 30, 2020 (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

 

Nasdaq®, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Large Cap Core Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Mid Cap Core Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Small Cap Core Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Large Cap Value Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Large Cap Growth Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Multi Cap Value Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Multi Cap Growth Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Mid Cap Value Index,  NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Mid Cap Growth Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Small Cap Value Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Small Cap Growth Index, NASDAQ AlphaDEX® Mega Cap Index (“the Nasdaq Indexes”) are registered trademarks and service marks of Nasdaq, Inc. (together with its affiliates hereinafter referred to as the “Corporations”) and are licensed for use by First Trust. AlphaDEX® is a registered trademark owned by First Trust that has been licensed to Nasdaq, Inc. for use in the name of the Nasdaq Indexes. The funds have not been passed on by the Corporations as to their legality or suitability. The Funds are not issued, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Corporations. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTIES AND BEAR NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNDS.