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First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Airlines — 0.3%     
250,567  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)  $5,101,544 
         
         
   Auto Components — 4.6%     
147,836  Aptiv PLC (a)   21,272,122 
574,637  BorgWarner, Inc.   27,915,866 
571,508  Gentex Corp.   20,105,651 
84,362  Lear Corp.   15,509,110 
       84,802,749 
         
   Automobiles — 4.9%     
1,664,146  Ford Motor Co. (a)   19,204,245 
463,646  General Motors Co. (a)   26,529,824 
127,085  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   6,147,102 
22,893  Tesla, Inc. (a)   16,241,210 
151,287  Thor Industries, Inc.   21,420,726 
       89,543,107 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%     
92,427  IAA, Inc. (a)   5,805,340 
296,128  Rollins, Inc.   11,039,652 
       16,844,992 
         
   Distributors — 2.2%     
44,091  Genuine Parts Co.   5,510,052 
481,586  LKQ Corp. (a)   22,494,882 
29,527  Pool Corp.   12,475,748 
       40,480,682 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 6.8%     
266,612  2U, Inc. (a)   10,464,521 
118,993  Chegg, Inc. (a)   10,748,638 
284,455  frontdoor, Inc. (a)   15,226,876 
47,357  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   30,100,583 
190,341  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   20,612,027 
701,344  H&R Block, Inc.   15,611,917 
299,502  Service Corp. International   16,005,387 
106,911  Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,440,701 
       124,210,650 
         
   Entertainment — 6.1%     
164,398  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   14,991,454 
112,945  Electronic Arts, Inc.   16,047,226 
1,022,697  Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A (a) (b)   14,798,426 
120,404  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   9,858,679 
62,301  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   5,645,094 
9,766  Netflix, Inc. (a)   5,014,548 
38,041  Spotify Technology S.A. (a)   9,590,897 
57,696  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   10,118,724 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Entertainment (Continued)     
281,791  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A  $15,529,502 
998,331  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   10,801,941 
       112,396,491 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.4%     
28,920  Costco Wholesale Corp.   10,760,843 
112,555  Walmart, Inc.   15,747,570 
       26,508,413 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.6%     
2,196  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,415,512 
192,031  Carnival Corp. (a)   5,369,187 
7,177  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   10,708,299 
47,510  Choice Hotels International, Inc. (a)   5,406,638 
118,438  Expedia Group, Inc. (a)   20,872,329 
1,032,196  Extended Stay America, Inc.   20,530,378 
22,746  McDonald’s Corp.   5,369,876 
134,150  MGM Resorts International   5,462,588 
46,636  Starbucks Corp.   5,339,356 
34,951  Vail Resorts, Inc. (a)   11,364,667 
121,956  Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)   15,659,150 
344,297  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   21,663,167 
47,111  Yum! Brands, Inc.   5,630,707 
       138,791,854 
         
   Household Durables — 12.3%     
298,932  D.R. Horton, Inc.   29,382,026 
154,615  Garmin Ltd.   21,219,363 
334,937  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   16,636,321 
263,175  Lennar Corp., Class A   27,264,930 
4,324  NVR, Inc. (a)   21,698,265 
508,018  PulteGroup, Inc.   30,034,024 
728,672  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   27,791,550 
469,592  Toll Brothers, Inc.   29,443,418 
92,512  Whirlpool Corp.   21,874,462 
       225,344,359 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 5.6%     
3,284  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   11,387,007 
332,882  eBay, Inc.   18,571,487 
101,078  Etsy, Inc. (a)   20,093,296 
2,265,366  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   26,957,855 
84,637  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   25,016,158 
       102,025,803 
         
   Leisure Products — 4.1%     
106,053  Hasbro, Inc.   10,546,971 
1,337,375  Mattel, Inc. (a)   28,700,067 
90,650  Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (a)   8,915,428 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products (Continued)     
199,546  Polaris, Inc.  $27,942,426 
       76,104,892 
         
   Media — 9.1%     
612,993  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   23,085,316 
737,752  Fox Corp., Class A   27,606,680 
349,074  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   11,083,099 
94,037  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   5,354,467 
346,622  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM (a)   15,677,713 
100,688  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   4,572,242 
200,416  News Corp., Class A   5,249,897 
189,705  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   27,964,414 
206,187  Omnicom Group, Inc.   16,960,943 
836,868  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   5,104,895 
590,701  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   24,230,555 
       166,890,221 
         
   Multiline Retail — 4.6%     
50,299  Dollar General Corp.   10,801,710 
178,107  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   20,464,494 
256,498  Kohl’s Corp.   15,046,173 
175,741  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   16,215,622 
102,914  Target Corp.   21,329,956 
       83,857,955 
         
   Personal Products — 0.9%     
565,635  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   5,662,006 
35,045  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   10,997,121 
       16,659,127 
         
   Professional Services — 0.6%     
405,285  Nielsen Holdings PLC   10,395,560 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 2.0%     
43,488  AMERCO   25,946,245 
187,001  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   10,242,045 
       36,188,290 
         
   Software — 0.6%     
15,644  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   11,409,326 
         
         
   Specialty Retail — 22.8%     
83,326  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   16,678,532 
218,684  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   22,410,736 
10,887  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   15,939,875 
177,562  Best Buy Co., Inc.   20,645,134 
51,176  Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)   16,700,264 
200,808  CarMax, Inc. (a)   26,755,658 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
77,698  Carvana Co. (a)  $22,164,132 
267,702  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   22,106,831 
106,852  Five Below, Inc. (a)   21,506,102 
213,498  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   23,681,198 
473,608  Foot Locker, Inc.   27,933,400 
50,089  Home Depot (The), Inc.   16,212,307 
247,156  L Brands, Inc. (a)   16,287,580 
208,114  Leslie's, Inc. (a)   5,914,600 
107,182  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   21,034,468 
30,144  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   16,666,015 
332,018  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   29,114,658 
42,494  Ross Stores, Inc.   5,564,164 
77,054  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   5,470,834 
150,442  Tractor Supply Co.   28,373,361 
32,978  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   10,861,304 
148,661  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   25,383,866 
       417,405,019 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.5%     
171,934  Carter’s, Inc. (a)   18,704,700 
96,502  Columbia Sportswear Co.   10,519,683 
48,220  PVH Corp. (a)   5,457,539 
244,385  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   11,850,229 
       46,532,151 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,831,493,185 
   (Cost $1,416,696,929)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.7%     
9,938,804  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   9,938,804 
1,920,289  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   1,920,289 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.7%   11,859,093 
   (Cost $11,859,093)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.6%   1,843,352,278 
   (Cost $1,428,556,022) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.6)%   (10,881,030)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,832,471,248 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)                                                                                                        

 

(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $9,598,987 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $9,938,804.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $417,399,401 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $2,603,145. The net unrealized appreciation was $414,796,256.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $1,831,493,185   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   11,859,093    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,843,352,278   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Beverages — 6.8%     
7,839  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)  $9,536,065 
31,111  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   7,476,596 
68,800  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   2,466,480 
       19,479,141 
         
   Chemicals — 2.6%     
152,165  Corteva, Inc.   7,419,565 
         
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 15.7%     
371,999  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A (b)   6,908,021 
43,752  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   9,721,257 
64,096  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   2,588,838 
328,512  Kroger (The) Co.   12,003,829 
444,146  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   11,374,579 
30,028  Sysco Corp.   2,544,272 
       45,140,796 
         
   Food Products — 44.3%     
165,939  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   10,475,729 
149,155  Bunge Ltd.   12,591,665 
141,113  Campbell Soup Co.   6,738,146 
251,558  Conagra Brands, Inc.   9,330,286 
198,708  Flowers Foods, Inc.   4,761,044 
154,249  General Mills, Inc.   9,387,594 
14,951  Hershey (The) Co.   2,456,449 
98,982  Hormel Foods Corp.   4,572,968 
131,485  Ingredion, Inc.   12,282,014 
93,443  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   12,240,099 
74,715  Kellogg Co.   4,663,710 
26,522  McCormick & Co., Inc.   2,396,528 
121,199  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   7,370,111 
397,587  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   9,526,185 
135,798  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   6,463,985 
159,125  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   12,324,231 
       127,580,744 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 9.1%     
60,083  AmerisourceBergen Corp.   7,258,026 
157,157  CVS Health Corp.   12,006,795 
36,368  McKesson Corp.   6,821,182 
       26,086,003 
         
   Household Products — 13.9%     
24,522  Clorox (The) Co.   4,475,265 
29,997  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   2,420,758 
99,652  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   4,912,843 
34,016  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   4,535,013 
34,923  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   4,659,427 
317,613  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   9,312,413 
111,277  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   9,807,955 
       40,123,674 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Personal Products — 5.8%     
106,613  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)  $4,879,677 
223,544  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   11,816,536 
       16,696,213 
         
   Tobacco — 1.6%     
46,222  Altria Group, Inc.   2,207,101 
26,645  Philip Morris International, Inc.   2,531,275 
       4,738,376 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   287,264,512 
   (Cost $252,191,246)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 2.3%     
6,329,357  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   6,329,357 
254,011  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   254,011 
   Total Money Market Funds — 2.3%   6,583,368 
   (Cost $6,583,368)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.1%   293,847,880 
   (Cost $258,774,614) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.1)%   (6,163,079)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $287,684,801 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $5,965,984 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $6,329,357.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $36,171,471 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $1,098,205. The net unrealized appreciation was $35,073,266.

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $287,264,512   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   6,583,368    —      —   
Total Investments  $293,847,880   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund (FXN)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Electrical Equipment — 2.7%     
296,030  Array Technologies, Inc. (a)  $8,336,205 
         
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 7.3%     
272,333  Baker Hughes Co.   5,468,446 
119,975  Halliburton Co.   2,346,711 
218,287  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   5,594,696 
428,940  NOV, Inc. (a)   6,412,653 
94,694  Schlumberger N.V.   2,561,473 
       22,383,979 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 79.7%     
977,579  Antero Midstream Corp.   8,446,282 
143,837  APA Corp.   2,876,740 
783,421  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   13,059,628 
204,313  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   15,838,344 
112,321  Chevron Corp.   11,576,925 
43,353  Cimarex Energy Co.   2,869,969 
222,205  ConocoPhillips   11,363,564 
568,716  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   15,491,824 
117,836  Devon Energy Corp.   2,755,006 
80,082  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   6,545,102 
162,279  EOG Resources, Inc.   11,950,226 
791,853  EQT Corp. (a)   15,124,392 
1,803,014  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   14,712,594 
105,409  Exxon Mobil Corp.   6,033,611 
36,384  Hess Corp.   2,710,972 
246,721  HollyFrontier Corp.   8,635,235 
706,911  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   12,052,832 
1,377,588  Marathon Oil Corp.   15,511,641 
110,024  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   6,122,836 
537,937  Murphy Oil Corp.   9,107,273 
96,717  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   2,452,743 
232,334  ONEOK, Inc.   12,160,362 
72,176  Phillips 66   5,839,760 
55,583  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   8,550,333 
81,093  Targa Resources Corp.   2,813,116 
123,291  Valero Energy Corp.   9,118,602 
496,841  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   12,103,047 
       245,822,959 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 10.1%     
72,583  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   10,107,183 
168,531  First Solar, Inc. (a)   12,897,677 
30,713  SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)   8,094,104 
       31,098,964 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%  $307,642,107 
   (Cost $273,536,644)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
323,614  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (b)   323,614 
   (Cost $323,614)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   307,965,721 
   (Cost $273,860,258) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   365,687 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $308,331,408 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $37,719,030 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $3,613,567. The net unrealized appreciation was $34,105,463.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $307,642,107   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   323,614    —      —   
Total Investments  $307,965,721   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Banks — 26.3%     
694,945  Associated Banc-Corp.  $15,212,346 
191,659  Bank of America Corp.   7,767,939 
272,287  Bank OZK   11,161,044 
124,533  BOK Financial Corp.   10,951,432 
203,843  Citigroup, Inc.   14,521,775 
167,959  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   7,773,143 
103,349  Comerica, Inc.   7,767,711 
68,182  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   8,185,931 
100,468  East West Bancorp, Inc.   7,650,638 
875,808  F.N.B. Corp.   11,289,165 
197,995  Fifth Third Bancorp   8,026,717 
8,883  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   7,705,647 
270,915  First Hawaiian, Inc.   7,439,326 
877,010  First Horizon Corp.   16,040,513 
471,691  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   7,226,306 
48,695  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   7,489,778 
556,693  KeyCorp   12,113,640 
73,359  M&T Bank Corp.   11,567,981 
207,125  People’s United Financial, Inc.   3,755,176 
41,811  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   3,664,316 
42,274  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   7,903,124 
210,896  Popular, Inc.   15,597,868 
198,020  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   14,526,747 
358,904  Regions Financial Corp.   7,824,107 
16,395  Signature Bank   4,123,507 
322,118  Sterling Bancorp   8,094,825 
162,073  Synovus Financial Corp.   7,594,741 
239,392  TCF Financial Corp.   10,897,124 
190,709  Truist Financial Corp.   11,310,951 
134,075  U.S. Bancorp   7,957,351 
67,263  Webster Financial Corp.   3,558,885 
284,691  Wells Fargo & Co.   12,825,330 
39,274  Western Alliance Bancorp   4,126,519 
146,728  Wintrust Financial Corp.   11,312,729 
202,382  Zions Bancorp N.A.   11,292,916 
       326,257,248 
         
   Capital Markets — 21.1%     
24,873  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   4,008,781 
66,157  Ares Management Corp., Class A   3,474,566 
313,596  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   15,642,169 
4,929  BlackRock, Inc.   4,038,330 
100,864  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   4,302,858 
112,709  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   11,763,438 
112,587  Evercore, Inc., Class A   15,776,816 
501,013  Franklin Resources, Inc.   15,030,390 
34,001  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   11,847,649 
588,042  Invesco Ltd.   15,877,134 
615,878  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   20,022,194 
227,699  KKR & Co., Inc.   12,883,209 
255,633  Lazard Ltd., Class A   11,500,929 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
130,390  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.  $20,432,113 
143,223  Morgan Stanley   11,823,059 
16,466  Morningstar, Inc.   4,363,655 
25,160  Nasdaq, Inc.   4,064,346 
70,542  Northern Trust Corp.   8,027,680 
30,265  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   3,958,057 
182,560  SEI Investments Co.   11,216,486 
176,527  State Street Corp.   14,819,442 
86,412  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   15,485,030 
50,108  Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A   4,072,778 
597,040  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   17,690,295 
       262,121,404 
         
   Consumer Finance — 7.5%     
328,041  Ally Financial, Inc.   16,877,709 
30,886  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   12,193,484 
39,022  Discover Financial Services   4,448,508 
276,054  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   15,699,191 
685,079  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   23,251,581 
1,031,604  SLM Corp.   20,281,335 
       92,751,808 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 1.6%     
72,576  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (b)   19,954,771 
         
         
   Insurance — 40.3%     
362,206  Aflac, Inc.   19,461,328 
5,940  Alleghany Corp. (b)   4,033,082 
161,334  Allstate (The) Corp.   20,457,151 
97,487  American Financial Group, Inc.   11,977,253 
483,142  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (b)   19,185,569 
29,728  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   4,309,074 
52,314  Assurant, Inc.   8,140,058 
438,443  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   22,294,827 
367,814  Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (b)   21,947,461 
81,117  Brown & Brown, Inc.   4,313,802 
46,930  Chubb Ltd.   8,052,719 
179,826  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   20,262,794 
249,221  CNA Financial Corp.   11,695,941 
29,920  Everest Re Group Ltd.   8,286,344 
455,913  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   20,798,751 
327,233  First American Financial Corp.   21,106,529 
153,468  Globe Life, Inc.   15,728,935 
114,548  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   15,843,134 
222,052  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   14,646,550 
232,533  Kemper Corp.   18,151,526 
297,703  Lincoln National Corp.   19,091,693 
9,748  Markel Corp. (b)   11,467,742 
30,441  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   4,130,844 
304,864  Mercury General Corp.   18,983,881 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
243,973  MetLife, Inc.  $15,524,002 
679,044  Old Republic International Corp.   16,718,063 
50,165  Primerica, Inc.   8,014,862 
185,503  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   11,848,077 
193,896  Progressive (The) Corp.   19,533,083 
58,813  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   7,676,861 
92,540  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   15,621,677 
98,611  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   15,251,177 
666,109  Unum Group   18,824,240 
49,194  W.R. Berkley Corp.   3,921,746 
16,619  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   19,368,281 
16,210  Willis Towers Watson PLC   4,196,121 
       500,865,178 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.3%     
149,871  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   3,869,669 
         
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.8%     
1,338,467  MGIC Investment Corp.   20,398,237 
1,175,150  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   14,054,794 
       34,453,031 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,240,273,109 
   (Cost $984,812,519)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.0%     
10,943,104  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   10,943,104 
1,504,873  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   1,504,873 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.0%   12,447,977 
   (Cost $12,447,977)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.9%   1,252,721,086 
   (Cost $997,260,496) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.9)%   (10,974,755)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,241,746,331 

  

 

(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $10,814,088 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $10,943,104.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $255,998,984 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $538,394. The net unrealized appreciation was $255,460,590.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $1,240,273,109   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   12,447,977    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,252,721,086   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Biotechnology — 17.5%     
94,630  AbbVie, Inc.  $10,551,245 
75,517  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   9,437,359 
297,468  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   16,598,714 
66,973  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   11,297,006 
36,266  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   5,100,450 
20,580  Amgen, Inc.   4,931,791 
91,518  Biogen, Inc. (a)   24,465,507 
339,056  BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   26,419,244 
116,568  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   15,365,994 
453,335  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   11,161,108 
79,227  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   5,028,538 
222,530  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   21,055,789 
195,510  Moderna, Inc. (a)   34,961,098 
342,045  Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   26,939,464 
153,059  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   30,850,572 
       254,163,879 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 21.3%     
85,454  Abbott Laboratories   10,261,316 
16,065  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   5,152,528 
28,366  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   16,892,804 
182,135  Baxter International, Inc.   15,607,148 
63,176  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   15,718,821 
132,482  Boston Scientific Corp. (a)   5,776,215 
66,657  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   27,388,695 
45,499  Danaher Corp.   11,554,016 
80,245  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   5,417,340 
251,001  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   10,863,323 
166,059  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   11,918,054 
92,251  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   6,204,802 
139,041  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   15,325,099 
344,207  Hologic, Inc. (a)   22,562,769 
74,772  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   15,572,764 
20,929  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   11,489,812 
19,624  Insulet Corp. (a)   5,793,397 
148,225  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   10,980,508 
86,691  Medtronic PLC   11,349,586 
38,738  Novocure Ltd. (a)   7,906,426 
56,771  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   17,371,358 
40,025  Quidel Corp. (a)   4,194,220 
80,645  STERIS PLC   17,017,708 
21,022  Stryker Corp.   5,521,008 
24,649  Teleflex, Inc.   10,413,710 
18,172  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   5,969,865 
31,987  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   5,666,817 
       309,890,109 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 27.6%     
268,836  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   16,377,489 
19,338  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   5,218,359 
71,325  Anthem, Inc.   27,059,992 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
337,147  Cardinal Health, Inc.  $20,343,450 
400,597  Centene Corp. (a)   24,732,859 
105,908  Cigna Corp.   26,372,151 
190,050  DaVita, Inc. (a)   22,146,526 
187,561  Encompass Health Corp.   15,916,426 
134,174  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   21,330,983 
135,936  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   27,331,292 
295,807  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   21,446,007 
61,067  Humana, Inc.   27,189,471 
100,388  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   26,690,158 
87,618  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   22,351,352 
756,340  Premier, Inc., Class A   26,736,619 
199,487  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   26,308,346 
41,286  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   16,464,857 
191,934  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   28,484,925 
       402,501,262 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.7%     
28,173  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   4,855,616 
19,600  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   5,536,020 
       10,391,636 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 21.9%     
113,159  10X Genomics, Inc., Class A (a)   22,382,850 
80,548  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   10,764,435 
707,974  Avantor, Inc. (a)   22,683,487 
44,824  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   28,244,947 
53,627  Bio-Techne Corp.   22,925,006 
318,632  Bruker Corp.   21,832,665 
70,668  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   23,493,576 
79,534  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   18,665,834 
199,565  PerkinElmer, Inc.   25,869,611 
405,953  PPD, Inc. (a)   18,755,029 
133,579  PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   22,292,999 
420,655  QIAGEN N.V. (a)   20,246,125 
79,015  Repligen Corp. (a)   16,728,266 
270,029  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   22,911,961 
44,879  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   21,103,452 
       318,900,243 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 11.0%     
162,219  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   10,125,710 
97,245  Catalent, Inc. (a)   10,937,145 
173,868  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   5,513,354 
54,817  Eli Lilly and Co.   10,018,903 
124,607  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   20,485,391 
93,467  Johnson & Johnson   15,209,885 
199,264  Merck & Co., Inc.   14,845,168 
379,572  Perrigo Co. PLC   15,801,582 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
282,662  Pfizer, Inc.  $10,924,886 
469,548  Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A   20,660,112 
1,466,119  Viatris, Inc. (a)   19,499,383 
32,515  Zoetis, Inc.   5,626,071 
       159,647,590 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   1,455,494,719 
   (Cost $1,183,192,163)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
1,102,366  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (b)   1,102,366 
   (Cost $1,102,366)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   1,456,597,085 
   (Cost $1,184,294,529) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (1,127,711)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,455,469,374 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $295,124,493 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $22,821,937. The net unrealized appreciation was $272,302,556.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $1,455,494,719   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,102,366    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,456,597,085   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited) 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 10.1%     
117,098  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)  $17,753,228 
197,260  BWX Technologies, Inc.   13,200,639 
182,793  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   23,379,225 
119,410  General Dynamics Corp.   22,715,364 
105,312  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   22,359,844 
64,184  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   13,429,218 
118,015  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   8,879,449 
66,980  Northrop Grumman Corp.   23,740,391 
20,156  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   9,024,849 
231,942  Textron, Inc.   14,899,954 
136,115  Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   3,014,947 
       172,397,108 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 4.8%     
136,302  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   13,232,198 
154,848  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   17,011,601 
58,709  FedEx Corp.   17,043,810 
49,045  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   9,998,314 
175,828  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   24,461,191 
       81,747,114 
         
   Building Products — 4.3%     
192,397  A.O. Smith Corp.   13,034,897 
394,984  Carrier Global Corp.   17,213,403 
135,747  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   14,250,720 
69,877  Johnson Controls International PLC   4,356,132 
139,198  Masco Corp.   8,891,968 
142,093  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   15,344,623 
       73,091,743 
         
   Chemicals — 1.1%     
140,939  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   4,494,545 
27,740  PPG Industries, Inc.   4,750,197 
90,782  RPM International, Inc.   8,609,765 
       17,854,507 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.1%     
1,541,161  ADT, Inc.   14,178,681 
12,210  Cintas Corp.   4,214,160 
       18,392,841 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 2.2%     
65,028  AECOM (a)   4,319,810 
246,417  Quanta Services, Inc.   23,813,739 
35,082  Valmont Industries, Inc.   8,659,992 
       36,793,541 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction Materials — 2.9%     
161,300  Eagle Materials, Inc. (a)  $22,281,982 
49,651  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   17,532,761 
49,412  Vulcan Materials Co.   8,807,195 
       48,621,938 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.0%     
102,239  Capital One Financial Corp.   15,241,790 
410,136  Synchrony Financial   17,939,349 
       33,181,139 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 9.4%     
1,427,758  Amcor PLC   16,776,156 
58,849  AptarGroup, Inc.   8,875,018 
353,078  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   22,462,822 
134,039  Crown Holdings, Inc.   14,717,482 
918,296  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   17,034,391 
124,012  Packaging Corp. of America   18,310,372 
181,971  Sealed Air Corp.   8,989,367 
515,798  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   21,751,202 
263,444  Sonoco Products Co.   17,245,044 
249,909  WestRock Co.   13,932,427 
       160,094,281 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 7.0%     
131,398  Acuity Brands, Inc.   24,376,957 
65,288  AMETEK, Inc.   8,809,310 
60,301  Eaton Corp. PLC   8,618,822 
144,179  Emerson Electric Co.   13,046,758 
66,203  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   21,446,462 
69,599  Hubbell, Inc.   13,363,704 
116,873  Regal Beloit Corp.   16,879,967 
31,419  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   8,302,785 
71,940  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)   4,153,815 
       118,998,580 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.7%     
50,229  Cognex Corp.   4,325,721 
85,724  Coherent, Inc. (a)   22,287,383 
230,350  FLIR Systems, Inc.   13,814,090 
58,143  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   8,392,942 
15,758  Littelfuse, Inc.   4,179,652 
53,590  Trimble, Inc. (a)   4,394,380 
44,688  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   21,796,125 
       79,190,293 
         
   Household Durables — 1.4%     
112,728  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   23,165,604 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited) 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Industrial Conglomerates — 3.2%     
67,500  3M Co.  $13,306,950 
101,321  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   19,418,169 
1,270,089  General Electric Co.   16,663,568 
19,198  Honeywell International, Inc.   4,281,922 
       53,670,609 
         
   IT Services — 6.8%     
15,087  Accenture PLC, Class A   4,374,777 
116,048  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   13,676,257 
22,111  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   4,134,536 
59,297  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   9,066,511 
70,048  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   8,414,166 
303,764  Genpact Ltd.   14,437,903 
20,683  Global Payments, Inc.   4,439,192 
54,965  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   8,949,951 
42,533  Paychex, Inc.   4,146,542 
34,341  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   9,007,301 
73,452  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   17,982,519 
527,468  Western Union (The) Co.   13,587,576 
19,933  WEX, Inc. (a)   4,090,451 
       116,307,682 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.4%     
227,308  Brunswick Corp.   24,351,506 
         
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.5%     
29,341  Waters Corp. (a)   8,798,486 
         
         
   Machinery — 17.7%     
116,091  AGCO Corp.   16,939,999 
530,956  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   22,018,745 
380,648  Colfax Corp. (a)   17,201,483 
138,512  Crane Co.   13,028,439 
64,361  Cummins, Inc.   16,221,546 
223,650  Donaldson Co., Inc.   14,063,112 
94,855  Dover Corp.   14,151,417 
107,425  Flowserve Corp.   4,258,327 
306,899  Fortive Corp.   21,734,587 
116,417  Graco, Inc.   8,940,826 
19,924  IDEX Corp.   4,466,961 
18,825  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   4,338,410 
33,912  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   4,342,432 
20,979  Nordson Corp.   4,435,170 
140,530  Oshkosh Corp.   17,486,148 
179,466  PACCAR, Inc.   16,130,404 
26,434  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   8,295,254 
208,720  Pentair PLC   13,464,527 
93,946  Snap-on, Inc.   22,321,570 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
83,514  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.  $17,268,190 
80,850  Toro (The) Co.   9,265,410 
210,662  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   17,289,030 
107,838  Woodward, Inc.   13,480,828 
       301,142,815 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.3%     
685,832  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   22,947,939 
         
         
   Professional Services — 3.4%     
164,128  CoreLogic, Inc.   13,081,001 
23,016  Equifax, Inc.   5,275,958 
119,022  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   16,526,205 
64,498  Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.   8,617,578 
106,808  Robert Half International, Inc.   9,357,449 
46,331  TransUnion   4,845,759 
       57,703,950 
         
   Road & Rail — 8.8%     
134,911  CSX Corp.   13,592,283 
128,982  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   22,018,517 
15,788  Kansas City Southern   4,613,412 
450,801  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   21,241,743 
101,036  Landstar System, Inc.   17,406,482 
31,052  Norfolk Southern Corp.   8,670,961 
34,677  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   8,940,077 
286,568  Ryder System, Inc.   22,879,589 
868,204  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   21,036,583 
37,834  Union Pacific Corp.   8,402,553 
       148,802,200 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%     
116,912  MKS Instruments, Inc.   20,940,108 
         
         
   Software — 1.0%     
114,607  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   17,721,680 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.7%     
442,426  Air Lease Corp.   20,665,719 
184,908  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   16,671,305 
50,638  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   16,201,628 
10,397  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   4,507,515 
15,992  Watsco, Inc.   4,683,417 
       62,729,584 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited) 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%  $1,698,645,248 
   (Cost $1,500,273,641)     
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
2,763,910  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   2,763,910 
731,451  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   731,451 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.2%   3,495,361 
   (Cost $3,495,361)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.2%   1,702,140,609 
   (Cost $1,503,769,002) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.2)%   (3,432,710)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,698,707,899 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $2,661,766 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,763,910.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $202,457,797 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $4,086,190. The net unrealized appreciation was $198,371,607.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $1,698,645,248   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   3,495,361    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,702,140,609   $—     $—   
                
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.               

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%     
53,603  Hexcel Corp. (a)  $3,023,745 
         
         
   Chemicals — 58.3%     
32,006  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   9,233,091 
20,549  Albemarle Corp.   3,455,725 
33,815  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   2,915,191 
57,246  Cabot Corp.   3,141,661 
114,505  Celanese Corp.   17,937,208 
302,403  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   14,705,858 
322,676  Chemours (The) Co.   9,744,815 
107,312  Dow, Inc.   6,707,000 
81,779  Eastman Chemical Co.   9,436,479 
14,022  Ecolab, Inc.   3,142,611 
492,401  Element Solutions, Inc.   10,773,734 
62,042  FMC Corp.   7,335,846 
476,015  Huntsman Corp.   13,647,350 
49,146  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   6,987,087 
24,494  Linde PLC   7,001,365 
86,558  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   8,979,527 
542,688  Mosaic (The) Co.   19,091,764 
45,117  NewMarket Corp.   15,637,101 
79,069  Olin Corp.   3,402,339 
70,033  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   16,188,828 
263,200  Valvoline, Inc.   8,264,480 
114,629  W.R. Grace & Co.   7,878,451 
154,562  Westlake Chemical Corp.   14,511,826 
       220,119,337 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 5.3%     
49,034  Avery Dennison Corp.   10,501,612 
166,554  International Paper Co.   9,660,132 
       20,161,744 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 3.8%     
1,122,110  GrafTech International Ltd.   14,273,239 
         
         
   Machinery — 3.7%     
169,075  Timken (The) Co.   14,180,320 
         
         
   Metals & Mining — 24.6%     
91,164  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   3,437,794 
284,627  Newmont Corp.   17,763,571 
170,964  Nucor Corp.   14,063,498 
90,115  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   14,446,336 
159,400  Royal Gold, Inc.   17,830,484 
101,104  Southern Copper Corp.   7,017,629 
337,950  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   18,323,649 
       92,882,961 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.4%     
59,709  Fastenal Co.   3,121,587 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
418,109  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)  $9,762,845 
       12,884,432 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   377,525,778 
   (Cost $307,099,004)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
402,227  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (b)   402,227 
   (Cost $402,227)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   377,928,005 
   (Cost $307,501,231) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.0)%   (58,261)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $377,869,744 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $72,720,484 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $2,293,710. The net unrealized appreciation was $70,426,774.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $377,525,778   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   402,227    —      —   
Total Investments  $377,928,005   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Communications Equipment — 0.5%     
70,321  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)  $13,133,150 
         
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 10.3%     
349,453  Amphenol Corp., Class A   23,532,165 
346,709  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   39,549,096 
353,418  Avnet, Inc.   15,522,118 
231,809  CDW Corp.   41,338,499 
529,842  Corning, Inc.   23,424,315 
69,547  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   15,099,349 
736,625  Jabil, Inc.   38,613,882 
533,829  National Instruments Corp.   22,105,859 
334,573  SYNNEX Corp.   40,550,248 
       259,735,531 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%     
36,372  Roper Technologies, Inc.   16,237,916 
         
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 3.7%     
14,226  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   33,480,891 
78,272  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   25,444,662 
519,011  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   34,446,760 
       93,372,313 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.3%     
122,253  GrubHub, Inc. (a)   8,318,094 
         
         
   IT Services — 13.4%     
287,937  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   31,298,752 
547,718  Amdocs Ltd.   42,031,879 
375,585  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   30,197,034 
256,628  Concentrix Corp. (a)   39,874,859 
58,114  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   26,601,683 
109,025  Fastly, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   6,963,427 
160,727  Gartner, Inc. (a)   31,483,205 
70,663  Globant S.A. (a)   16,194,546 
94,501  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   8,204,577 
220,176  International Business Machines Corp.   31,238,571 
27,428  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   8,158,733 
33,277  Okta, Inc. (a)   8,974,807 
451,118  Switch, Inc., Class A   8,377,261 
86,103  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   31,668,683 
73,809  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   16,147,195 
       337,415,212 
         
   Professional Services — 4.6%     
155,771  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   39,699,797 
616,143  Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a)   14,639,558 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services (Continued)     
304,744  Leidos Holdings, Inc.  $30,864,472 
351,007  Science Applications International Corp.   31,387,046 
       116,590,873 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 23.6%     
186,883  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   15,253,390 
148,655  Analog Devices, Inc.   22,768,000 
287,592  Applied Materials, Inc.   38,166,334 
49,721  Broadcom, Inc.   22,682,720 
346,040  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   25,748,836 
343,671  Entegris, Inc.   38,690,481 
600,350  Intel Corp.   34,538,136 
116,290  KLA Corp.   36,672,052 
64,550  Lam Research Corp.   40,050,048 
784,451  Marvell Technology, Inc.   35,465,030 
252,308  Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.   23,716,952 
189,026  Microchip Technology, Inc.   28,408,718 
435,578  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   37,490,198 
65,268  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   23,586,550 
27,476  NVIDIA Corp.   16,496,041 
352,568  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   13,750,152 
160,595  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   30,219,161 
110,645  QUALCOMM, Inc.   15,357,526 
159,913  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   28,997,024 
241,131  Teradyne, Inc.   30,160,666 
121,982  Texas Instruments, Inc.   22,018,971 
61,960  Universal Display Corp.   13,859,832 
       594,096,818 
         
   Software — 32.7%     
101,645  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   13,299,232 
34,803  Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (a)   8,267,801 
26,467  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   7,725,982 
54,974  Avalara, Inc. (a)   7,790,365 
168,285  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   22,174,914 
271,372  CDK Global, Inc.   14,542,825 
104,520  Citrix Systems, Inc.   12,944,802 
417,602  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   35,387,593 
126,314  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   26,337,732 
88,015  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   7,549,047 
36,232  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   8,077,562 
297,211  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   30,158,000 
1,100,552  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   28,284,186 
477,890  Dynatrace, Inc. (a)   24,869,396 
65,964  Elastic N.V. (a)   7,956,578 
1,177,999  FireEye, Inc. (a)   23,412,730 
93,842  Five9, Inc. (a)   17,639,481 
159,098  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   32,492,585 
84,592  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   44,533,458 
19,149  Intuit, Inc.   7,892,452 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
124,982  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)  $17,152,530 
31,112  Microsoft Corp.   7,845,824 
119,309  New Relic, Inc. (a)   7,671,569 
276,174  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   7,467,745 
418,137  Oracle Corp.   31,690,603 
573,041  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   24,331,321 
71,582  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   25,296,363 
19,821  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   7,619,391 
58,313  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   10,036,250 
213,155  PTC, Inc. (a)   27,910,516 
108,809  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   25,060,889 
14,667  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   7,426,929 
361,073  Slack Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)   15,309,495 
229,511  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   13,610,002 
2,203,118  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   37,144,569 
419,933  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   31,167,427 
59,207  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   14,627,681 
996,948  Teradata Corp. (a)   49,319,018 
48,755  VMware, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   7,841,267 
59,053  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   14,586,091 
173,831  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   25,405,401 
22,830  Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   7,295,783 
134,289  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   25,197,988 
       822,351,373 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 10.1%     
60,051  Apple, Inc.   7,894,305 
435,875  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   42,859,589 
2,441,066  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   39,105,877 
726,092  HP, Inc.   24,766,998 
386,571  NCR Corp. (a)   17,685,623 
403,753  NetApp, Inc.   30,156,312 
1,070,261  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   21,640,677 
439,561  Western Digital Corp. (a)   31,046,193 
1,583,122  Xerox Holdings Corp.   38,216,565 
       253,372,139 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   2,514,623,419 
   (Cost $2,061,429,928)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.5%     
9,756,498  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   9,756,498 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds (Continued)     
1,772,656  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)  $1,772,656 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.5%   11,529,154 
   (Cost $11,529,154)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.5%   2,526,152,573 
   (Cost $2,072,959,082) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.5)%   (11,777,617)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $2,514,374,956 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $9,436,976 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $9,756,498.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $468,623,950 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $15,430,459. The net unrealized appreciation was $453,193,491.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs  Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs
Common Stocks*  $2,514,623,419   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   11,529,154    —      —   
Total Investments  $2,526,152,573   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 4.3%     
33,919  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)  $3,017,434 
28,699  Republic Services, Inc.   3,050,704 
11,049  Waste Management, Inc.   1,524,431 
       7,592,569 
         
   Electric Utilities — 55.5%     
78,966  Alliant Energy Corp.   4,435,520 
67,325  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   5,972,401 
143,104  Avangrid, Inc.   7,283,994 
29,537  Duke Energy Corp.   2,974,080 
97,311  Edison International   5,785,139 
57,328  Entergy Corp.   6,265,377 
95,790  Evergy, Inc.   6,127,686 
49,391  Eversource Energy   4,258,492 
162,963  Exelon Corp.   7,323,557 
123,286  FirstEnergy Corp.   4,675,005 
96,259  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   4,144,913 
57,041  IDACORP, Inc.   5,845,562 
18,855  NextEra Energy, Inc.   1,461,451 
75,569  NRG Energy, Inc.   2,706,882 
44,054  OGE Energy Corp.   1,478,452 
365,227  PG&E Corp. (a)   4,134,370 
87,621  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   7,417,118 
247,157  PPL Corp.   7,199,683 
68,803  Southern (The) Co.   4,552,694 
64,303  Xcel Energy, Inc.   4,584,804 
       98,627,180 
         
   Gas Utilities — 9.3%     
72,109  Atmos Energy Corp.   7,469,771 
28,518  National Fuel Gas Co.   1,416,204 
173,811  UGI Corp.   7,597,279 
       16,483,254 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 4.6%     
53,174  AES (The) Corp.   1,479,301 
403,168  Vistra Corp.   6,801,444 
       8,280,745 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 24.4%     
52,566  Ameren Corp.   4,459,699 
62,940  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   1,541,401 
46,573  CMS Energy Corp.   2,998,836 
76,235  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   5,901,351 
37,536  Dominion Energy, Inc.   2,999,126 
42,830  DTE Energy Co.   5,997,057 
118,258  NiSource, Inc.   3,077,073 
118,386  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   7,477,260 
43,011  Sempra Energy   5,917,023 
30,465  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   2,960,284 
       43,329,110 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Water Utilities — 1.7%     
9,509  American Water Works Co., Inc.  $1,483,309 
31,857  Essential Utilities, Inc.   1,501,420 
       2,984,729 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   177,297,587 
   (Cost $175,038,528)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
385,754  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (b)   385,754 
   (Cost $385,754)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   177,683,341 
   (Cost $175,424,282) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.0)%   (26,583)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $177,656,758 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $9,115,358 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $6,856,299. The net unrealized appreciation was $2,259,059.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $177,297,587   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   385,754    —      —   
Total Investments  $177,683,341   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Sector Funds

April 30, 2021 (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, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%     
27,347  General Dynamics Corp.  $5,202,220 
14,699  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   3,075,472 
8,063  Lockheed Martin Corp.   3,068,455 
12,273  Northrop Grumman Corp.   4,350,042 
4,801  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,149,648 
       17,845,837 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%     
27,665  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   3,039,277 
13,984  FedEx Corp.   4,059,695 
       7,098,972 
         
   Auto Components — 0.3%     
21,605  Aptiv PLC (a)   3,108,743 
         
   Automobiles — 1.0%     
324,262  Ford Motor Co. (a)   3,741,984 
86,413  General Motors Co. (a)   4,944,552 
4,460  Tesla, Inc. (a)   3,164,102 
       11,850,638 
         
   Banks — 5.6%     
77,001  Bank of America Corp.   3,120,851 
68,252  Citigroup, Inc.   4,862,272 
112,465  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   5,204,880 
106,068  Fifth Third Bancorp   4,299,997 
23,822  First Republic Bank   4,365,143 
252,686  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   3,871,150 
26,093  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   4,013,364 
198,810  KeyCorp   4,326,106 
26,200  M&T Bank Corp.   4,131,478 
28,307  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   5,291,994 
192,268  Regions Financial Corp.   4,191,442 
10,058  SVB Financial Group (a)   5,751,466 
68,110  Truist Financial Corp.   4,039,604 
53,863  U.S. Bancorp   3,196,769 
101,670  Wells Fargo & Co.   4,580,233 
       65,246,749 
         
   Beverages — 0.8%     
17,423  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   4,187,095 
57,787  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   2,071,664 
10,901  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   1,057,942 
14,042  PepsiCo, Inc.   2,024,295 
       9,340,996 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.5%     
18,352  AbbVie, Inc.   2,046,248 
7,033  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   989,121 
3,991  Amgen, Inc.   956,403 
17,749  Biogen, Inc. (a)   4,744,840 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
22,607  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)  $2,980,055 
43,158  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   4,083,610 
37,917  Moderna, Inc. (a)   6,780,318 
27,387  Novavax, Inc. (a)   6,488,802 
       29,069,397 
         
   Building Products — 0.7%     
70,563  Carrier Global Corp.   3,075,136 
33,285  Johnson Controls International PLC   2,074,987 
33,156  Masco Corp.   2,118,005 
5,999  Trane Technologies PLC   1,042,806 
       8,310,934 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.6%     
8,545  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   2,208,028 
104,997  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   5,237,250 
3,951  BlackRock, Inc.   3,237,054 
39,973  Blackstone Group (The), Inc.   3,537,211 
4,861  CME Group, Inc.   981,873 
167,745  Franklin Resources, Inc.   5,032,350 
12,148  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   4,232,971 
8,892  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   1,046,677 
60,985  KKR & Co., Inc.   3,450,531 
3,326  Moody’s Corp.   1,086,638 
51,149  Morgan Stanley   4,222,350 
20,204  Nasdaq, Inc.   3,263,754 
28,343  Northern Trust Corp.   3,225,433 
24,307  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   3,178,870 
2,814  S&P Global, Inc.   1,098,558 
59,105  State Street Corp.   4,961,865 
17,360  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   3,110,912 
       53,112,325 
         
   Chemicals — 2.5%     
13,593  Albemarle Corp.   2,285,935 
33,143  Celanese Corp.   5,191,851 
63,903  Corteva, Inc.   3,115,910 
46,594  Dow, Inc.   2,912,125 
12,849  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   990,787 
36,072  Eastman Chemical Co.   4,162,348 
26,935  FMC Corp.   3,184,795 
38,176  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   3,960,378 
13,218  PPG Industries, Inc.   2,263,450 
4,036  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   1,105,339 
       29,172,918 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%     
29,987  Republic Services, Inc.   3,187,618 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
15,393  Waste Management, Inc.  $2,123,772 
       5,311,390 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
3,289  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   1,036,594 
38,409  Cisco Systems, Inc.   1,955,402 
5,281  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   994,413 
13,316  Ubiquiti, Inc.   3,799,454 
       7,785,863 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.5%     
8,872  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   3,132,881 
17,655  Vulcan Materials Co.   3,146,827 
       6,279,708 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.6%     
109,827  Ally Financial, Inc.   5,650,599 
7,021  American Express Co.   1,076,670 
39,025  Capital One Financial Corp.   5,817,847 
20,908  Discover Financial Services   2,383,512 
97,693  Synchrony Financial   4,273,092 
       19,201,720 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.8%     
10,815  Avery Dennison Corp.   2,316,249 
55,098  International Paper Co.   3,195,684 
29,537  Packaging Corp. of America   4,361,138 
       9,873,071 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
5,753  Pool Corp.   2,430,757 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
19,436  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   5,343,928 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%     
131,226  AT&T, Inc.   4,121,809 
297,545  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   3,817,502 
85,388  Verizon Communications, Inc.   4,934,572 
       12,873,883 
         
   Electric Utilities — 5.0%     
58,622  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   5,200,358 
99,685  Avangrid, Inc.   5,073,966 
41,150  Duke Energy Corp.   4,143,394 
84,732  Edison International   5,037,317 
49,918  Entergy Corp.   5,455,538 
45,874  Eversource Energy   3,955,256 
113,518  Exelon Corp.   5,101,499 
114,506  FirstEnergy Corp.   4,342,068 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
26,266  NextEra Energy, Inc.  $2,035,878 
339,216  PG&E Corp. (a)   3,839,925 
172,166  PPL Corp.   5,015,196 
79,878  Southern (The) Co.   5,285,527 
59,724  Xcel Energy, Inc.   4,258,321 
       58,744,243 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.3%     
7,775  AMETEK, Inc.   1,049,081 
14,363  Eaton Corp. PLC   2,052,904 
33,021  Emerson Electric Co.   2,988,070 
15,165  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,912,702 
83,124  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   2,369,865 
7,482  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   1,977,193 
       15,349,815 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.7%     
30,105  Amphenol Corp., Class A   2,027,271 
11,983  CDW Corp.   2,136,928 
23,932  Cognex Corp.   2,061,024 
68,471  Corning, Inc.   3,027,103 
13,850  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,999,247 
51,064  Trimble, Inc. (a)   4,187,248 
10,234  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   4,991,531 
       20,430,352 
         
   Entertainment — 0.8%     
21,357  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   1,947,545 
1,904  Netflix, Inc. (a)   977,647 
12,193  Roku, Inc. (a)   4,181,833 
10,765  Walt Disney (The) Co. (a)   2,002,505 
       9,109,530 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.4%     
21,527  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   4,133,184 
39,228  Boston Properties, Inc.   4,289,582 
55,454  Equity Residential   4,116,350 
7,306  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   2,122,539 
7,492  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   1,113,985 
93,862  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   3,223,221 
13,757  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   2,164,389 
9,369  Prologis, Inc.   1,091,770 
46,917  Realty Income Corp.   3,244,311 
8,728  Simon Property Group, Inc.   1,062,547 
55,853  Ventas, Inc.   3,097,607 
175,823  VICI Properties, Inc.   5,573,589 
13,863  Welltower, Inc.   1,040,141 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
83,684  Weyerhaeuser Co.  $3,244,429 
       39,517,644 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%     
5,635  Costco Wholesale Corp.   2,096,727 
137,962  Kroger (The) Co.   5,041,131 
18,088  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   960,473 
7,310  Walmart, Inc.   1,022,742 
       9,121,073 
         
   Food Products — 3.7%     
87,110  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   5,499,254 
19,754  Campbell Soup Co.   943,254 
132,055  Conagra Brands, Inc.   4,897,920 
80,973  General Mills, Inc.   4,928,017 
12,557  Hershey (The) Co.   2,063,115 
62,351  Hormel Foods Corp.   2,880,616 
39,242  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   5,140,310 
47,063  Kellogg Co.   2,937,673 
49,653  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   2,050,172 
22,275  McCormick & Co., Inc.   2,012,769 
67,867  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   4,126,992 
66,827  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   5,175,751 
       42,655,843 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2%     
16,574  Abbott Laboratories   1,990,206 
3,115  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   999,074 
5,501  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   3,276,011 
23,550  Baxter International, Inc.   2,018,000 
12,252  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   3,048,420 
4,412  Danaher Corp.   1,120,383 
40,053  Hologic, Inc. (a)   2,625,474 
4,060  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   2,228,899 
3,807  Insulet Corp. (a)   1,123,903 
16,812  Medtronic PLC   2,201,027 
7,513  Novocure Ltd. (a)   1,533,403 
4,077  Stryker Corp.   1,070,743 
3,525  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   1,158,033 
6,203  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   1,098,923 
       25,492,499 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.7%     
11,066  Anthem, Inc.   4,198,330 
65,386  Cardinal Health, Inc.   3,945,391 
77,691  Centene Corp. (a)   4,796,642 
20,540  Cigna Corp.   5,114,665 
66,000  CVS Health Corp.   5,042,400 
27,643  DaVita, Inc. (a)   3,221,239 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
26,022  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)  $4,136,978 
10,545  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   2,120,178 
11,844  Humana, Inc.   5,273,423 
19,469  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   5,176,223 
12,745  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   3,251,249 
38,688  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   5,102,173 
8,007  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   3,193,192 
       54,572,083 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.4%     
55,262  Cerner Corp.   4,147,413 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.8%     
34,068  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   3,333,213 
1,398  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   2,085,858 
28,416  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   2,532,434 
9,180  Yum! Brands, Inc.   1,097,194 
       9,048,699 
         
   Household Durables — 1.5%     
55,713  D.R. Horton, Inc.   5,476,031 
22,595  Garmin Ltd.   3,100,938 
49,048  Lennar Corp., Class A   5,081,373 
843  NVR, Inc. (a)   4,230,258 
       17,888,600 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
11,369  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   974,778 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
37,040  AES (The) Corp.   1,030,453 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%     
15,463  3M Co.   3,048,376 
226,897  General Electric Co.   2,976,888 
4,574  Honeywell International, Inc.   1,020,185 
       7,045,449 
         
   Insurance — 5.4%     
97,016  Aflac, Inc.   5,212,670 
43,213  Allstate (The) Corp.   5,479,408 
21,490  American International Group, Inc.   1,041,190 
8,631  Aon PLC, Class A   2,170,179 
129,404  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   5,138,633 
23,878  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   3,461,116 
25,145  Chubb Ltd.   4,314,631 
48,164  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   5,427,119 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
74,341  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.  $4,903,532 
3,487  Markel Corp. (a)   4,102,177 
8,153  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   1,106,362 
81,679  MetLife, Inc.   5,197,235 
66,248  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   4,231,260 
51,933  Progressive (The) Corp.   5,231,730 
10,900  Prudential Financial, Inc.   1,093,924 
33,015  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   5,106,100 
       63,217,266 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.8%     
1,926  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   4,532,841 
6,743  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   2,192,015 
67,071  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   4,451,502 
75,965  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   4,696,156 
62,428  Twitter, Inc. (a)   3,447,274 
15,320  Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)   1,993,439 
       21,313,227 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.2%     
320  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   1,109,574 
64,862  eBay, Inc.   3,618,651 
24,621  Etsy, Inc. (a)   4,894,409 
15,776  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   4,662,912 
       14,285,546 
         
   IT Services — 3.2%     
7,189  Accenture PLC, Class A   2,084,594 
10,539  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   1,970,688 
6,486  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   1,028,874 
38,136  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   3,066,134 
7,510  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   3,437,702 
14,125  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   2,159,713 
16,684  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   2,004,082 
16,320  Gartner, Inc. (a)   3,196,762 
4,927  Global Payments, Inc.   1,057,482 
12,794  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   1,110,775 
22,355  International Business Machines Corp.   3,171,727 
3,713  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   1,104,469 
10,130  Paychex, Inc.   987,574 
12,268  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,217,774 
17,495  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   4,283,126 
8,742  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   3,215,308 
       37,096,784 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.4%     
30,993  Hasbro, Inc.   3,082,254 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products (Continued)     
17,665  Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (a)  $1,737,353 
       4,819,607 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.6%     
21,946  10X Genomics, Inc., Class A (a)   4,340,919 
15,621  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   2,087,590 
102,978  Avantor, Inc. (a)   3,299,415 
1,738  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   1,095,166 
10,399  Bio-Techne Corp.   4,445,468 
13,705  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   4,556,227 
15,424  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,619,859 
859  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   1,128,142 
15,482  PerkinElmer, Inc.   2,006,932 
4,352  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   2,046,441 
6,989  Waters Corp. (a)   2,095,791 
       30,721,950 
         
   Machinery — 3.2%     
4,282  Caterpillar, Inc.   976,767 
15,330  Cummins, Inc.   3,863,773 
13,272  Deere & Co.   4,921,921 
21,725  Dover Corp.   3,241,153 
70,290  Fortive Corp.   4,977,938 
4,745  IDEX Corp.   1,063,829 
4,483  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   1,033,152 
20,181  Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (a)   997,143 
14,507  Otis Worldwide Corp.   1,129,660 
42,750  PACCAR, Inc.   3,842,370 
9,445  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   2,963,935 
14,921  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   3,085,215 
50,181  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   4,118,355 
9,441  Xylem, Inc.   1,044,647 
       37,259,858 
         
   Media — 1.9%     
1,610  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   1,084,255 
91,762  Comcast Corp., Class A   5,152,436 
114,249  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   4,302,617 
110,005  Fox Corp., Class A   4,116,387 
40,178  Omnicom Group, Inc.   3,305,042 
110,094  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   4,516,056 
       22,476,793 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.5%     
30,155  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   1,137,145 
16,476  Newmont Corp.   1,028,267 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining (Continued)     
49,486  Nucor Corp.  $4,070,719 
       6,236,131 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
9,802  Dollar General Corp.   2,104,979 
34,705  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   3,987,605 
20,054  Target Corp.   4,156,392 
       10,248,976 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 2.9%     
48,824  Ameren Corp.   4,142,228 
64,883  CMS Energy Corp.   4,177,816 
66,382  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   5,138,631 
13,073  Dominion Energy, Inc.   1,044,533 
37,294  DTE Energy Co.   5,221,906 
82,467  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   5,208,616 
37,452  Sempra Energy   5,152,272 
42,444  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   4,124,283 
       34,210,285 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.5%     
68,953  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   5,345,237 
28,430  Chevron Corp.   2,930,280 
37,495  ConocoPhillips   1,917,494 
41,075  EOG Resources, Inc.   3,024,763 
178,930  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   3,050,757 
186,525  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   4,730,274 
58,809  ONEOK, Inc.   3,078,063 
6,252  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   961,745 
13,870  Valero Energy Corp.   1,025,825 
125,756  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   3,063,416 
       29,127,854 
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
13,657  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   4,285,567 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%     
31,461  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   1,963,795 
18,860  Catalent, Inc. (a)   2,121,184 
10,631  Eli Lilly and Co.   1,943,028 
18,127  Johnson & Johnson   2,949,807 
109,638  Pfizer, Inc.   4,237,509 
284,340  Viatris, Inc. (a)   3,781,722 
       16,997,045 
         
   Professional Services — 0.6%     
5,483  Equifax, Inc.   1,256,868 
15,363  Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.   2,052,650 
41,256  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   4,178,408 
       7,487,926 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
37,657  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)  $3,208,376 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.5%     
30,898  CSX Corp.   3,112,973 
17,726  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   3,026,005 
47,154  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   2,624,592 
11,095  Norfolk Southern Corp.   3,098,168 
12,393  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   3,195,039 
36,436  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,995,600 
       17,052,377 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.4%     
12,651  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   1,032,575 
12,807  Analog Devices, Inc.   1,961,520 
37,166  Applied Materials, Inc.   4,932,300 
4,282  Broadcom, Inc.   1,953,448 
18,372  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   2,558,301 
44,413  Entegris, Inc.   5,000,016 
77,582  Intel Corp.   4,463,292 
15,028  KLA Corp.   4,739,080 
8,342  Lam Research Corp.   5,175,794 
40,550  Marvell Technology, Inc.   1,833,266 
19,193  Microchip Technology, Inc.   2,884,516 
56,289  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   4,844,794 
5,622  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   2,031,678 
3,719  NVIDIA Corp.   2,232,813 
47,732  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   1,861,548 
21,741  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   4,091,004 
7,490  QUALCOMM, Inc.   1,039,612 
21,649  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   3,925,613 
32,644  Teradyne, Inc.   4,083,112 
10,510  Texas Instruments, Inc.   1,897,160 
       62,541,442 
         
   Software — 4.3%     
3,583  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   1,045,913 
14,497  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   1,910,270 
7,074  Citrix Systems, Inc.   876,115 
42,403  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   3,593,230 
10,882  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,269,006 
11,916  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   1,022,035 
4,906  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   1,093,744 
8,931  Elastic N.V. (a)   1,077,257 
2,043  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   1,065,241 
21,538  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   4,398,706 
8,744  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   4,603,279 
2,591  Intuit, Inc.   1,067,907 
4,211  Microsoft Corp.   1,061,930 
22,756  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   1,209,936 
28,304  Oracle Corp.   2,145,160 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
6,167  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)  $2,179,356 
2,684  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   1,031,756 
36,072  PTC, Inc. (a)   4,723,268 
14,213  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   1,054,889 
8,016  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   1,980,433 
3,048  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   2,222,937 
6,601  VMware, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   1,061,639 
7,995  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   1,974,765 
14,976  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   2,188,742 
3,091  Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   987,791 
11,570  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   2,170,995 
       50,016,300 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.0%     
2,828  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   4,140,532 
43,248  Best Buy Co., Inc.   5,028,445 
14,972  CarMax, Inc. (a)   1,994,869 
7,568  Carvana Co. (a)   2,158,848 
26,158  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   4,540,767 
9,760  Home Depot (The), Inc.   3,159,019 
26,109  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   5,123,891 
5,873  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   3,247,064 
28,041  Tractor Supply Co.   5,288,533 
       34,681,968 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.1%     
8,129  Apple, Inc.   1,068,639 
56,328  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   5,538,732 
252,365  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   4,042,887 
62,555  HP, Inc.   2,133,751 
54,661  NetApp, Inc.   4,082,630 
38,817  Seagate Technology PLC   3,603,770 
59,509  Western Digital Corp. (a)   4,203,121 
       24,673,530 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
19,411  Altria Group, Inc.   926,875 
11,190  Philip Morris International, Inc.   1,063,050 
       1,989,925 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%     
39,501  Fastenal Co.   2,065,112 
12,062  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   3,859,237 
4,954  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   2,147,757 
       8,072,106 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
31,705  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)  $4,189,182 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   1,164,596,324 
   (Cost $955,890,722)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
1,157,790  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   1,157,790 
316,373  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   316,373 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.1%   1,474,163 
   (Cost $1,474,163)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.1%   1,166,070,487 
   (Cost $957,364,885) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)%   (1,029,149)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,165,041,338 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $1,122,005 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,157,790.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $215,556,735 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $6,851,133. The net unrealized appreciation was $208,705,602.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $1,164,596,324   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,474,163    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,166,070,487   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021

  

,Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%     
14,931  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)  $2,263,689 
21,499  BWX Technologies, Inc.   1,438,713 
23,907  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   3,057,705 
12,658  Hexcel Corp. (a)   714,038 
22,061  Howmet Aerospace, Inc. (a)   705,070 
17,217  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   3,655,513 
52,584  Parsons Corp. (a)   2,331,049 
37,919  Textron, Inc.   2,435,917 
23,142  Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   512,595 
       17,114,289 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%     
14,855  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   1,442,123 
11,497  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   1,599,463 
       3,041,586 
         
   Airlines — 0.3%     
118,633  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   2,576,709 
         
   Auto Components — 1.1%     
76,449  BorgWarner, Inc.   3,713,892 
22,315  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   3,419,327 
59,616  Gentex Corp.   2,097,291 
11,733  Lear Corp.   2,156,995 
       11,387,505 
         
   Automobiles — 0.5%     
17,676  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   854,988 
26,304  Thor Industries, Inc.   3,724,384 
51,477  Workhorse Group, Inc. (a) (b)   637,800 
       5,217,172 
         
   Banks — 5.5%     
69,409  Bank OZK   2,845,075 
31,743  BOK Financial Corp.   2,791,480 
29,642  Comerica, Inc.   2,227,893 
18,505  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   1,439,874 
19,552  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   2,347,413 
28,814  East West Bancorp, Inc.   2,194,186 
2,544  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   2,206,818 
45,507  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   2,233,484 
209,590  First Horizon Corp.   3,833,401 
49,673  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   2,928,223 
23,985  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   2,102,045 
50,400  Popular, Inc.   3,727,584 
47,325  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   3,471,762 
15,675  Signature Bank   3,942,419 
18,057  South State Corp.   1,522,566 
61,975  Synovus Financial Corp.   2,904,149 
73,492  United Bankshares, Inc.   2,886,031 
206,357  Valley National Bancorp   2,841,536 
38,586  Webster Financial Corp.   2,041,585 
15,011  Western Alliance Bancorp   1,577,206 

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
51,589  Zions Bancorp N.A.  $2,878,666 
       54,943,396 
         
   Beverages — 0.9%     
2,350  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   2,858,752 
59,008  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,381,158 
13,858  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B (a)   761,497 
43,478  National Beverage Corp. (b)   2,112,596 
       9,114,003 
         
   Biotechnology — 3.3%     
26,568  Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)   2,178,576 
7,290  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   702,173 
31,231  CareDx, Inc. (a)   2,469,435 
24,828  Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,500,604 
33,754  Editas Medicine, Inc. (a)   1,249,236 
15,258  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   930,433 
62,756  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   1,545,053 
25,791  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,253,875 
34,005  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,698,550 
35,329  Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,712,207 
13,962  Natera, Inc. (a)   1,536,099 
660,919  OPKO Health, Inc. (a) (b)   2,709,768 
18,940  Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,491,714 
14,706  TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   657,505 
11,446  Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)   1,535,939 
12,451  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   1,390,030 
21,188  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   4,270,653 
41,477  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   1,980,112 
       32,811,962 
         
   Building Products — 1.5%     
20,968  A.O. Smith Corp.   1,420,582 
10,124  AAON, Inc.   662,211 
34,280  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   3,827,705 
5,643  Allegion PLC   758,306 
30,573  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   1,487,988 
22,193  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   2,329,821 
2,275  Lennox International, Inc.   762,899 
7,698  Owens Corning   745,243 
13,667  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   1,540,271 
15,487  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   1,672,441 
       15,207,467 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.0%     
14,269  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   2,299,735 
12,651  Ares Management Corp., Class A   664,430 
19,283  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   822,613 
28,730  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   2,998,550 
21,522  Evercore, Inc., Class A   3,015,878 
140,531  Invesco Ltd.   3,794,337 

  

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
117,747  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.  $3,827,955 
65,165  Lazard Ltd., Class A   2,931,773 
9,972  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,562,612 
6,299  Morningstar, Inc.   1,669,298 
46,534  SEI Investments Co.   2,859,049 
44,261  Stifel Financial Corp.   3,062,419 
9,579  Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A   778,581 
       30,287,230 
         
   Chemicals — 3.5%     
7,985  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   688,387 
47,927  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   1,528,392 
62,480  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   3,038,403 
76,192  Chemours (The) Co.   2,300,999 
116,266  Element Solutions, Inc.   2,543,900 
73,760  Huntsman Corp.   2,114,699 
5,077  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   721,797 
112,122  Mosaic (The) Co.   3,944,452 
7,458  NewMarket Corp.   2,584,868 
93,342  Olin Corp.   4,016,506 
8,723  Quaker Chemical Corp.   2,114,019 
7,718  RPM International, Inc.   731,975 
14,468  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   3,344,423 
81,570  Valvoline, Inc.   2,561,298 
31,933  Westlake Chemical Corp.   2,998,189 
       35,232,307 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%     
167,971  ADT, Inc.   1,545,333 
33,730  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   3,000,621 
10,499  Stericycle, Inc. (a)   800,864 
15,669  Tetra Tech, Inc.   1,999,834 
       7,346,652 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
51,816  Ciena Corp. (a)   2,615,153 
10,193  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   1,903,645 
111,936  Juniper Networks, Inc.   2,842,055 
       7,360,853 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.3%     
11,056  AECOM (a)   734,450 
12,640  EMCOR Group, Inc.   1,514,272 
37,825  MasTec, Inc. (a)   3,947,417 
32,227  Quanta Services, Inc.   3,114,417 
5,965  Valmont Industries, Inc.   1,472,460 
76,631  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   2,242,990 
       13,026,006 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
21,095  Eagle Materials, Inc. (a)  $2,914,063 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.5%     
7,871  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   3,107,392 
65,975  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   3,751,998 
130,975  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   4,445,292 
157,782  SLM Corp.   3,101,994 
       14,406,676 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.8%     
5,004  AptarGroup, Inc.   754,653 
46,179  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   2,937,908 
21,914  Crown Holdings, Inc.   2,406,157 
156,132  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   2,896,249 
30,940  Sealed Air Corp.   1,528,436 
67,460  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   2,844,788 
33,594  Sonoco Products Co.   2,199,063 
40,855  WestRock Co.   2,277,667 
       17,844,921 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
66,982  LKQ Corp. (a)   3,128,729 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%     
16,550  Chegg, Inc. (a)   1,494,962 
26,375  frontdoor, Inc. (a)   1,411,854 
33,093  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   3,583,641 
41,655  Service Corp. International   2,226,043 
14,870  Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   756,734 
       9,473,234 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
86,921  Equitable Holdings, Inc.   2,975,306 
22,276  Voya Financial, Inc.   1,510,758 
       4,486,064 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
34,368  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   1,305,640 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.4%     
52,352  Alliant Energy Corp.   2,940,612 
59,536  Evergy, Inc.   3,808,518 
63,816  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   2,747,917 
35,452  IDACORP, Inc.   3,633,121 
56,361  NRG Energy, Inc.   2,018,851 
43,809  OGE Energy Corp.   1,470,230 
43,567  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   3,687,947 
74,661  Portland General Electric Co.   3,797,258 
       24,104,454 
         

  

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment — 1.1%     
21,480  Acuity Brands, Inc.  $3,984,969 
26,205  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)   680,544 
147,572  FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)   1,432,924 
11,379  Hubbell, Inc.   2,184,882 
19,872  Regal Beloit Corp.   2,870,113 
       11,153,432 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.8%     
31,982  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   3,648,187 
41,470  II-VI, Inc. (a)   2,784,296 
54,358  Jabil, Inc.   2,849,446 
5,361  Littelfuse, Inc.   1,421,952 
32,827  National Instruments Corp.   1,359,366 
30,862  SYNNEX Corp.   3,740,474 
70,251  Vontier Corp. (a)   2,201,666 
       18,005,387 
         
   Entertainment — 0.4%     
277,703  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   2,785,361 
69,426  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   751,189 
       3,536,550 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 6.3%     
49,259  American Campus Communities, Inc.   2,226,999 
18,426  Americold Realty Trust   744,226 
105,117  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   2,348,314 
80,208  Cousins Properties, Inc.   2,941,227 
18,738  CubeSmart   793,367 
45,149  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   1,514,298 
13,974  Federal Realty Investment Trust   1,576,826 
93,514  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   3,007,410 
77,104  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   2,264,545 
66,030  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   2,957,484 
42,068  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)   763,955 
7,869  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   1,441,050 
38,305  Iron Mountain, Inc.   1,536,797 
44,595  JBG SMITH Properties   1,454,243 
43,202  Kilroy Realty Corp.   2,961,065 
189,023  Kimco Realty Corp.   3,969,483 
7,547  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   747,455 
33,310  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   734,486 
48,253  National Retail Properties, Inc.   2,239,904 
58,054  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   2,206,052 
32,847  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)   732,817 
160,461  Physicians Realty Trust   3,005,435 
9,171  PS Business Parks, Inc.   1,489,095 
43,958  Rayonier, Inc.   1,594,796 
24,999  Regency Centers Corp.   1,591,436 

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
50,639  SL Green Realty Corp.  $3,747,792 
50,036  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   2,378,711 
63,478  STORE Capital Corp.   2,271,878 
16,162  UDR, Inc.   750,725 
73,417  VEREIT, Inc.   3,512,269 
15,616  Vornado Realty Trust   714,432 
40,069  WP Carey, Inc.   3,000,767 
       63,219,339 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%     
111,511  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A (b)   2,070,759 
47,403  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,117,492 
13,115  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   2,914,022 
19,215  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   776,094 
12,304  Performance Food Group Co. (a)   722,245 
18,595  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   770,949 
       9,371,561 
         
   Food Products — 2.5%     
5,448  Beyond Meat, Inc. (a) (b)   717,393 
44,711  Bunge Ltd.   3,774,503 
48,168  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   3,345,268 
89,349  Flowers Foods, Inc.   2,140,802 
13,390  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   2,474,740 
32,515  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   1,333,440 
39,415  Ingredion, Inc.   3,681,755 
9,148  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   736,414 
89,387  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   2,141,712 
13,409  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,525,676 
961  Seaboard Corp.   3,438,448 
       25,310,151 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.2%     
35,854  Atmos Energy Corp.   3,714,116 
14,180  National Fuel Gas Co.   704,179 
46,082  ONE Gas, Inc.   3,708,218 
86,422  UGI Corp.   3,777,506 
       11,904,019 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%     
11,109  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   749,969 
34,747  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   1,503,850 
16,891  Glaukos Corp. (a)   1,590,456 
19,248  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   2,121,514 
10,259  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   759,987 
5,239  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   1,603,082 
21,767  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   3,558,034 
26,898  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   3,685,295 
       15,572,187 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%     
36,276  1Life Healthcare, Inc. (a)  $1,578,369 
37,216  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   2,267,199 
77,131  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   2,241,427 
70,954  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   2,032,832 
25,964  Encompass Health Corp.   2,203,305 
37,768  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   3,242,383 
10,424  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   791,911 
40,950  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   2,968,875 
104,702  Premier, Inc., Class A   3,701,215 
47,776  Progyny, Inc. (a)   2,718,932 
57,443  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   1,567,045 
68,157  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   4,038,984 
26,570  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   3,943,254 
       33,295,731 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.5%     
10,274  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   2,433,089 
10,916  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   1,583,038 
9,292  Schrodinger, Inc. (a)   708,422 
       4,724,549 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.2%     
48,089  Boyd Gaming Corp. (a)   3,181,087 
3,117  Churchill Downs, Inc.   659,245 
4,070  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. (a)   722,954 
18,402  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   1,076,885 
18,857  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   2,050,699 
7,388  Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (a)   790,664 
46,359  Travel + Leisure Co.   2,991,546 
34,987  Wendy’s (The) Co.   789,657 
       12,262,737 
         
   Household Durables — 2.8%     
3,365  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   710,722 
76,170  KB Home   3,673,679 
46,583  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   2,313,778 
18,429  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   3,787,159 
67,585  PulteGroup, Inc.   3,995,625 
96,942  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   3,697,368 
62,475  Toll Brothers, Inc.   3,917,182 
10,154  TopBuild Corp. (a)   2,258,047 
16,084  Whirlpool Corp.   3,803,062 
       28,156,622 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
95,210  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   2,791,557 

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products (Continued)     
4,631  WD-40 Co.  $1,151,915 
       3,943,472 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%     
17,365  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)   613,332 
200,463  Vistra Corp.   3,381,811 
       3,995,143 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%     
17,228  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   3,301,746 
         
         
   Insurance — 5.8%     
2,263  Alleghany Corp. (a)   1,536,509 
31,062  American Financial Group, Inc.   3,816,277 
20,000  Assurant, Inc.   3,112,000 
14,299  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   797,884 
63,530  CNA Financial Corp.   2,981,463 
14,364  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   3,607,950 
11,442  Everest Re Group Ltd.   3,168,862 
87,167  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   3,976,559 
62,563  First American Financial Corp.   4,035,313 
29,342  Globe Life, Inc.   3,007,262 
27,377  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   3,786,513 
44,458  Kemper Corp.   3,470,391 
34,150  Lincoln National Corp.   2,190,040 
162,280  Old Republic International Corp.   3,995,334 
14,386  Primerica, Inc.   2,298,451 
16,871  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   2,202,172 
6,353  RLI Corp.   708,105 
39,087  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   2,976,084 
9,301  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   754,311 
127,351  Unum Group   3,598,939 
28,222  W.R. Berkley Corp.   2,249,858 
       58,270,277 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.8%     
25,103  Chewy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   2,001,211 
301,376  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   3,586,374 
3,553  Stamps.com, Inc. (a)   729,680 
42,925  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a)   1,859,511 
       8,176,776 
         
   IT Services — 1.0%     
22,675  DXC Technology Co. (a)   746,234 
5,125  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   735,079 
10,536  Fastly, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   672,934 
49,662  Genpact Ltd.   2,360,435 
31,844  MAXIMUS, Inc.   2,918,184 
57,488  Western Union (The) Co.   1,480,891 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
3,388  WEX, Inc. (a)  $695,252 
       9,609,009 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.0%     
29,730  Brunswick Corp.   3,184,975 
142,336  Mattel, Inc. (a)   3,054,530 
5,310  Polaris, Inc.   743,559 
39,266  YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,354,102 
       10,337,166 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.1%     
22,054  Bruker Corp.   1,511,140 
12,963  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,199,562 
63,840  Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)   1,905,624 
37,465  PPD, Inc. (a)   1,730,883 
7,292  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,543,789 
28,036  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   2,378,855 
       11,269,853 
         
   Machinery — 3.6%     
14,804  AGCO Corp.   2,160,200 
69,442  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   2,879,760 
19,918  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   3,199,428 
48,539  Colfax Corp. (a)   2,193,477 
22,644  Crane Co.   2,129,895 
24,376  Donaldson Co., Inc.   1,532,763 
36,529  Flowserve Corp.   1,448,009 
7,797  ITT, Inc.   735,335 
10,632  John Bean Technologies Corp.   1,545,680 
11,531  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   1,476,544 
4,277  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   775,506 
7,136  Nordson Corp.   1,508,622 
17,921  Oshkosh Corp.   2,229,910 
7,205  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   1,436,893 
30,106  Rexnord Corp.   1,503,193 
12,288  Snap-on, Inc.   2,919,629 
34,931  Timken (The) Co.   2,929,663 
13,745  Toro (The) Co.   1,575,177 
17,629  Woodward, Inc.   2,203,801 
       36,383,485 
         
   Media — 1.7%     
43,580  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   1,582,390 
97,905  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   4,385,165 
48,551  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   1,541,494 
51,106  Magnite, Inc. (a)   2,046,795 
139,370  News Corp., Class A   3,650,797 
25,238  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   3,720,334 
       16,926,975 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%     
176,239  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)  $3,147,628 
18,618  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   2,984,652 
69,822  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   3,785,749 
       9,918,029 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%     
42,293  AGNC Investment Corp.   758,313 
82,423  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   748,401 
45,732  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   1,485,833 
12,635  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   662,074 
126,015  New Residential Investment Corp.   1,350,881 
85,954  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   2,219,332 
       7,224,834 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.4%     
35,673  Kohl’s Corp.   2,092,578 
16,296  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,503,632 
       3,596,210 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.1%     
53,081  Black Hills Corp.   3,661,527 
31,295  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   766,415 
112,122  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   3,751,602 
88,200  NiSource, Inc.   2,294,964 
       10,474,508 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.1%     
392,489  Antero Midstream Corp.   3,391,105 
158,399  APA Corp.   3,167,980 
150,977  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   2,516,787 
47,741  Cimarex Energy Co.   3,160,454 
109,600  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   2,985,504 
38,581  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   3,153,225 
152,602  EQT Corp. (a)   2,914,698 
19,811  HollyFrontier Corp.   693,385 
265,482  Marathon Oil Corp.   2,989,327 
148,790  Ovintiv, Inc.   3,560,545 
1,338  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   2,060,721 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%     
63,906  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   4,210,127 
         
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
236,017  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   2,362,530 
31,959  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   1,462,764 
       3,825,294 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%     
12,938  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)  $2,127,007 
35,030  Perrigo Co. PLC   1,458,299 
       3,585,306 
         
   Professional Services — 2.2%     
29,708  ASGN, Inc. (a)   3,124,687 
8,802  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   730,126 
14,368  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   3,661,828 
20,236  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   2,809,768 
18,464  KBR, Inc.   730,436 
7,167  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   866,419 
18,159  Robert Half International, Inc.   1,590,910 
33,919  Science Applications International Corp.   3,033,037 
27,277  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   2,146,973 
79,164  Upwork, Inc. (a)   3,646,294 
       22,340,478 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%     
77,809  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,673,517 
14,902  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   1,608,522 
19,795  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   3,719,679 
21,290  Redfin Corp. (a)   1,506,906 
       9,508,624 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.2%     
5,786  AMERCO   3,452,101 
73,699  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   3,472,697 
8,588  Landstar System, Inc.   1,479,541 
15,371  Saia, Inc. (a)   3,604,499 
       12,008,838 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.9%     
32,465  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   3,581,214 
149,481  Amkor Technology, Inc.   3,022,506 
34,726  Brooks Automation, Inc.   3,518,786 
8,360  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   622,068 
8,019  CMC Materials, Inc.   1,470,925 
6,555  Cree, Inc. (a)   651,698 
26,634  Diodes, Inc. (a)   2,045,757 
8,120  First Solar, Inc. (a)   621,424 
31,490  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   1,584,262 
48,868  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,766,417 
19,115  MKS Instruments, Inc.   3,423,688 
17,399  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,440,811 
10,273  Semtech Corp. (a)   695,893 
5,025  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   708,274 
84,764  SunPower Corp. (a)   2,177,587 

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
2,994  Universal Display Corp.  $669,728 
       29,001,038 
         
   Software — 4.4%     
65,552  8x8, Inc. (a)   2,156,005 
37,258  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   1,407,607 
16,412  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,473,141 
10,663  Appian Corp. (a)   1,292,142 
4,911  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   642,555 
14,615  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,259,918 
6,539  Blackline, Inc. (a)   758,916 
26,224  CDK Global, Inc.   1,405,344 
23,739  Cerence, Inc. (a)   2,288,677 
44,104  Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)   3,326,765 
7,180  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   728,555 
79,764  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   2,049,935 
29,388  Dynatrace, Inc. (a)   1,529,352 
36,221  FireEye, Inc. (a)   719,892 
4,534  Five9, Inc. (a)   852,256 
96,135  fuboTV, Inc. (a) (b)   1,938,082 
23,655  J2 Global, Inc. (a)   2,862,255 
13,440  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   734,496 
6,039  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   828,792 
5,221  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)   3,431,032 
35,239  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   1,496,248 
9,500  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   771,875 
27,995  Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,366,996 
11,090  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   657,637 
162,577  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   2,741,048 
13,807  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   731,081 
31,164  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   1,513,636 
16,062  Workiva, Inc. (a)   1,509,828 
       43,474,066 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.7%     
11,589  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   2,319,654 
30,416  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   3,117,032 
24,317  Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)   615,706 
46,542  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   3,843,438 
11,145  Five Below, Inc. (a)   2,243,154 
22,272  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,470,410 
63,008  Foot Locker, Inc.   3,716,212 
57,293  L Brands, Inc. (a)   3,775,609 
9,085  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   3,492,092 
16,172  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   815,231 
44,170  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   3,873,267 
4,752  RH (a)   3,269,471 
19,778  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   3,377,094 
       36,928,370 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%     
18,678  NCR Corp. (a)  $854,519 
32,908  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   665,400 
146,031  Xerox Holdings Corp.   3,525,188 
       5,045,107 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7%     
15,941  Carter’s, Inc. (a)   1,734,221 
13,421  Columbia Sportswear Co.   1,463,023 
44,054  Crocs, Inc. (a)   4,410,687 
8,581  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   2,902,094 
6,706  PVH Corp. (a)   758,985 
33,989  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   1,648,127 
86,003  Tapestry, Inc. (a)   4,115,244 
       17,032,381 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.8%     
74,630  Essent Group Ltd.   3,924,046 
255,897  MGIC Investment Corp.   3,899,870 
280,838  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   3,358,823 
42,401  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   2,552,964 
152,438  Radian Group, Inc.   3,756,072 
34,798  TFS Financial Corp.   680,649 
       18,172,424 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.2%     
72,330  Air Lease Corp.   3,378,534 
31,437  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   2,834,360 
12,454  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   2,233,998 
5,437  Watsco, Inc.   1,592,280 
24,576  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   2,254,111 
       12,293,283 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   1,000,289,733 
   (Cost $817,227,811)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.8%     
17,903,952  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   17,903,952 
591,576  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   591,576 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.8%   18,495,528 
   (Cost $18,495,528)     

  

      Description  Value
      Total Investments — 101.8%  $1,018,785,261 
   (Cost $835,723,339) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.8)%   (18,185,754)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,000,599,507 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $17,418,428 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $17,903,952.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $191,907,388 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $8,845,466. The net unrealized appreciation was $183,061,922.

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $1,000,289,733   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   18,495,528    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,018,785,261   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%     
27,962  AAR Corp. (a)  $1,125,191 
20,067  AeroVironment, Inc. (a)   2,214,795 
11,356  Kaman Corp.   605,842 
46,190  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   1,792,634 
7,002  Moog, Inc., Class A   606,023 
       6,344,485 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%     
19,903  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   523,847 
48,174  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,271,496 
6,556  Forward Air Corp.   578,829 
34,622  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   2,275,358 
       6,649,530 
         
   Airlines — 0.3%     
42,758  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   2,123,362 
15,780  Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)   565,240 
       2,688,602 
         
   Auto Components — 1.3%     
13,177  Adient PLC (a)   610,622 
71,804  Dana, Inc.   1,816,642 
11,350  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   1,125,693 
23,575  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   1,678,540 
8,804  LCI Industries   1,289,786 
20,555  Patrick Industries, Inc.   1,841,728 
9,552  Visteon Corp. (a)   1,163,529 
33,642  XPEL, Inc. (a) (b)   2,156,452 
       11,682,992 
         
   Automobiles — 0.3%     
30,367  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   2,427,842 
         
         
   Banks — 11.7%     
44,357  Ameris Bancorp   2,399,270 
136,442  Associated Banc-Corp.   2,986,715 
45,541  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   1,761,070 
16,478  BancFirst Corp.   1,145,386 
71,718  BancorpSouth Bank   2,122,136 
13,016  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   1,183,024 
39,750  BankUnited, Inc.   1,852,747 
43,677  Banner Corp.   2,482,601 
28,092  Cadence BanCorp   625,047 
57,120  Cathay General Bancorp   2,312,218 
40,543  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   1,764,837 
15,179  Community Bank System, Inc.   1,178,346 
79,086  CVB Financial Corp.   1,677,414 
43,777  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   2,338,130 
183,411  F.N.B. Corp.   2,364,168 
26,193  FB Financial Corp.   1,099,058 
155,152  First BanCorp   1,950,261 
97,056  First Financial Bancorp   2,378,843 
63,829  First Hawaiian, Inc.   1,752,744 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
37,945  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A  $1,782,277 
37,569  First Merchants Corp.   1,736,063 
79,736  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   1,672,064 
136,775  Fulton Financial Corp.   2,332,014 
76,901  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   2,541,578 
27,724  Hancock Whitney Corp.   1,281,958 
46,345  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   2,329,763 
85,310  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   3,002,912 
64,585  Home BancShares, Inc.   1,797,401 
116,004  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   1,741,220 
13,835  Independent Bank Corp.   1,133,086 
32,244  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   2,434,744 
50,180  International Bancshares Corp.   2,378,030 
118,924  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   1,741,047 
16,835  Lakeland Financial Corp.   1,098,147 
42,510  Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   2,718,940 
43,785  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   1,659,014 
120,439  Old National Bancorp   2,276,297 
26,808  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   1,180,356 
13,510  Park National Corp.   1,689,966 
42,219  Renasant Corp.   1,778,686 
40,224  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   1,824,561 
32,140  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   1,168,289 
28,487  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   1,801,518 
20,478  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   2,195,651 
98,134  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   2,796,819 
75,890  Sterling Bancorp   1,907,116 
16,419  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   1,126,836 
76,624  TowneBank   2,373,811 
37,621  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   3,334,349 
69,201  Trustmark Corp.   2,242,804 
25,230  UMB Financial Corp.   2,448,067 
66,361  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   1,236,969 
51,201  United Community Banks, Inc.   1,675,297 
53,393  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   1,803,616 
48,444  WesBanco, Inc.   1,758,033 
27,825  Westamerica BanCorp   1,764,105 
30,731  Wintrust Financial Corp.   2,369,360 
       109,506,779 
         
   Beverages — 0.2%     
6,052  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   1,774,749 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.5%     
22,555  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,258,569 
28,916  Alector, Inc. (a)   563,862 
41,475  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   1,399,781 
171,779  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,998,649 
25,038  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   636,967 
22,776  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   710,383 
122,646  ImmunityBio, Inc. (a) (c)   2,176,967 

 

 

  

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
287,573  ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)  $2,317,838 
15,280  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,229,199 
73,137  MacroGenics, Inc. (a)   2,366,713 
159,803  Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,573,195 
11,493  Scholar Rock Holding Corp. (a)   371,799 
10,833  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   538,942 
52,416  Vericel Corp. (a)   3,271,807 
       23,414,671 
         
   Building Products — 1.9%     
29,537  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   2,937,750 
207,529  Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)   2,917,858 
8,625  CSW Industrials, Inc.   1,167,911 
19,093  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   1,753,883 
85,731  Griffon Corp.   2,325,025 
63,090  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   1,840,335 
46,125  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   1,214,471 
41,227  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,237,222 
30,715  UFP Industries, Inc.   2,581,289 
       17,975,744 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.2%     
11,164  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   568,471 
24,948  AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)   561,829 
51,643  B. Riley Financial, Inc.   3,681,629 
57,147  Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.   1,286,379 
93,024  Federated Hermes, Inc.   2,679,091 
13,993  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   658,511 
159,325  Golub Capital BDC, Inc.   2,495,030 
6,574  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   594,618 
31,833  Moelis & Co., Class A   1,727,895 
10,621  Piper Sandler Cos.   1,231,930 
8,607  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   632,873 
75,019  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   2,222,813 
7,416  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   2,027,979 
       20,369,048 
         
   Chemicals — 2.1%     
91,464  Amyris, Inc. (a)   1,331,716 
36,957  Avient Corp.   1,876,307 
94,919  GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,438,469 
37,023  H.B. Fuller Co.   2,473,877 
15,421  Ingevity Corp. (a)   1,204,072 
11,344  Innospec, Inc.   1,105,019 
114,184  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   1,941,128 
33,623  Livent Corp. (a)   605,886 
30,928  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   2,416,714 
34,871  PQ Group Holdings, Inc.   488,194 
14,930  Sensient Technologies Corp.   1,227,843 
18,326  Stepan Co.   2,394,475 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
9,147  Trinseo S.A.  $566,291 
       20,069,991 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.4%     
22,833  ABM Industries, Inc.   1,173,845 
32,683  Brady Corp., Class A   1,783,511 
69,035  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,237,798 
22,049  Brink’s (The) Co.   1,762,156 
11,632  Cimpress PLC (a)   1,108,064 
42,016  Covanta Holding Corp.   631,921 
27,756  Deluxe Corp.   1,221,819 
67,910  Harsco Corp. (a)   1,217,626 
62,328  Healthcare Services Group, Inc.   1,866,724 
14,149  Herman Miller, Inc.   587,183 
44,158  HNI Corp.   1,869,650 
155,287  KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)   2,327,752 
353,355  Pitney Bowes, Inc.   2,639,562 
80,937  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   1,116,931 
7,807  UniFirst Corp.   1,750,251 
       22,294,793 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.4%     
67,203  Calix, Inc. (a)   2,842,015 
113,739  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   1,871,006 
60,469  Infinera Corp. (a)   557,524 
28,338  NETGEAR, Inc. (a)   1,054,457 
62,038  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   1,625,085 
74,831  Plantronics, Inc. (a)   2,992,492 
48,459  Viasat, Inc. (a)   2,509,692 
       13,452,271 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.6%     
35,923  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   1,896,375 
84,476  API Group Corp. (a) (b) (d)   1,795,960 
35,784  Arcosa, Inc.   2,157,417 
31,154  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   2,565,843 
12,540  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   1,176,377 
14,468  Granite Construction, Inc.   551,231 
30,152  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   2,717,600 
70,310  Primoris Services Corp.   2,296,325 
       15,157,128 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
83,133  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   2,393,399 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.4%     
26,600  FirstCash, Inc.   1,915,998 
25,436  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   1,163,951 
203,468  Navient Corp.   3,424,367 
40,027  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   2,971,204 
78,544  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   2,959,538 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
13,453  PROG Holdings, Inc.  $685,296 
       13,120,354 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.7%     
40,864  Greif, Inc., Class A   2,472,681 
79,012  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   1,302,908 
145,149  Ranpak Holdings Corp. (a)   2,791,215 
       6,566,804 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
45,151  Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.   1,921,627 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%     
15,234  2U, Inc. (a)   597,935 
73,637  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   2,526,485 
5,174  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   3,288,646 
26,713  H&R Block, Inc.   594,631 
31,678  Strategic Education, Inc.   2,377,751 
55,851  WW International, Inc. (a)   1,549,307 
       10,934,755 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%     
73,488  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,917,474 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
89,728  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   1,251,706 
         
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.8%     
43,332  ALLETE, Inc.   3,048,840 
24,471  MGE Energy, Inc.   1,830,675 
50,449  Otter Tail Corp.   2,382,706 
       7,262,221 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.4%     
40,498  Atkore, Inc. (a)   3,170,183 
23,129  AZZ, Inc.   1,217,510 
43,375  Encore Wire Corp.   3,239,245 
12,827  EnerSys   1,174,697 
142,843  GrafTech International Ltd.   1,816,963 
51,598  TPI Composites, Inc. (a)   2,742,434 
       13,361,032 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.4%     
56,114  Avnet, Inc.   2,464,527 
13,123  Belden, Inc.   567,963 
18,310  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,837,775 
55,672  Knowles Corp. (a)   1,163,545 
69,358  Methode Electronics, Inc.   3,116,255 
35,946  nLight, Inc. (a)   1,054,656 
8,905  PAR Technology Corp. (a)   731,457 
50,211  PC Connection, Inc.   2,277,069 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
19,021  Plexus Corp. (a)  $1,758,301 
6,186  Rogers Corp. (a)   1,211,466 
70,363  Sanmina Corp. (a)   2,873,625 
80,322  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,204,830 
96,732  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   2,376,705 
       22,638,174 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%     
184,086  Archrock, Inc.   1,719,363 
19,016  Cactus, Inc., Class A   566,867 
107,191  ChampionX Corp. (a)   2,252,083 
21,600  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   553,608 
81,672  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   552,103 
656,145  Transocean Ltd. (a)   2,112,787 
       7,756,811 
         
   Entertainment — 0.2%     
14,239  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   1,290,196 
10,734  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   591,550 
       1,881,746 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 6.8%     
122,790  Acadia Realty Trust   2,565,083 
53,853  American Assets Trust, Inc.   1,887,548 
39,968  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   633,892 
225,537  Brandywine Realty Trust   3,051,516 
359,462  Colony Capital, Inc. (a)   2,516,234 
68,109  Columbia Property Trust, Inc.   1,226,643 
156,960  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,787,774 
12,498  EPR Properties   596,280 
104,734  Equity Commonwealth   3,016,339 
128,976  Global Net Lease, Inc.   2,476,339 
64,395  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   1,810,143 
76,624  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   1,290,348 
60,377  Kite Realty Group Trust   1,256,445 
262,077  Lexington Realty Trust   3,207,822 
55,833  LTC Properties, Inc.   2,374,578 
248,860  Macerich (The) Co.   3,431,779 
75,237  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   1,230,877 
26,677  Outfront Media, Inc. (a)   650,118 
229,942  Paramount Group, Inc.   2,439,685 
23,976  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   572,547 
167,627  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   3,121,215 
11,005  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   653,257 
73,388  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   1,291,629 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
166,697  Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A  $1,955,356 
37,616  RLJ Lodging Trust   607,122 
7,514  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (a)   590,976 
167,721  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   3,047,491 
196,402  Service Properties Trust   2,418,691 
128,837  SITE Centers Corp.   1,900,346 
153,955  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.   2,686,515 
140,999  Urban Edge Properties   2,657,831 
52,698  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   1,223,648 
86,559  Weingarten Realty Investors   2,799,318 
29,861  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)   580,199 
       63,555,584 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3%     
12,038  PriceSmart, Inc.   1,011,674 
142,311  Rite Aid Corp. (a)   2,493,289 
109,377  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   2,801,145 
88,391  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   3,258,092 
51,518  Weis Markets, Inc.   2,671,208 
       12,235,408 
         
   Food Products — 1.6%     
37,498  B&G Foods, Inc. (c)   1,094,192 
60,627  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   2,265,025 
101,702  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   2,867,996 
162,434  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   2,483,616 
3,707  J & J Snack Foods Corp.   610,209 
11,214  Sanderson Farms, Inc.   1,845,039 
19,144  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   661,425 
35,153  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   1,109,780 
33,443  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   1,591,887 
       14,529,169 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.3%     
15,051  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   1,783,845 
58,421  New Jersey Resources Corp.   2,450,761 
43,177  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   2,328,104 
42,377  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   2,954,524 
31,526  Spire, Inc.   2,375,169 
       11,892,403 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%     
110,638  Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,769,102 
8,890  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   685,152 
13,312  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   575,211 
19,445  Axonics, Inc. (a)   1,223,674 
16,174  BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)   564,473 
22,394  CryoPort, Inc. (a)   1,266,829 
13,829  Heska Corp. (a)   2,525,867 
18,968  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   1,780,716 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
9,727  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)  $618,637 
8,885  NuVasive, Inc. (a)   634,833 
       11,644,494 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.9%     
5,566  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   588,883 
15,800  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   1,252,940 
30,137  Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a) (c)   2,321,152 
45,726  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   1,203,508 
7,865  ModivCare, Inc. (a)   1,101,729 
98,479  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   1,878,979 
61,968  Owens & Minor, Inc.   2,236,425 
36,454  Patterson Cos., Inc.   1,171,632 
12,713  Pennant Group (The), Inc. (a)   513,859 
68,309  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   2,576,616 
65,783  Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)   3,170,741 
       18,016,464 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.9%     
155,130  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,413,823 
144,144  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   3,122,159 
40,465  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,222,448 
64,344  NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,178,138 
11,179  Phreesia, Inc. (a)   578,513 
       8,515,081 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%     
26,886  Bally’s Corp. (a)   1,558,312 
86,110  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (a)   2,721,076 
8,194  Brinker International, Inc. (a)   550,063 
39,810  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc. (a)   2,491,708 
3,371  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   564,541 
21,218  Jack in the Box, Inc.   2,559,952 
6,569  Papa John’s International, Inc.   635,354 
53,606  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A (a)   1,963,588 
35,169  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,925,854 
25,064  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   1,177,507 
       16,147,955 
         
   Household Durables — 3.9%     
5,160  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   1,080,659 
48,271  Century Communities, Inc. (a)   3,569,158 
10,501  Installed Building Products, Inc.   1,413,960 
23,832  iRobot Corp. (a)   2,592,922 
41,127  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   1,828,506 
19,502  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   3,233,041 
49,016  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   2,875,279 
49,293  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   3,436,708 
31,675  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   3,369,903 
18,398  Purple Innovation, Inc. (a)   627,004 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
51,464  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)  $2,286,545 
77,706  Sonos, Inc. (a)   3,110,571 
94,503  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   2,949,439 
143,009  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   3,406,474 
44,099  Tupperware Brands Corp. (a)   1,074,693 
       36,854,862 
         
   Household Products — 0.6%     
44,890  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   2,211,730 
24,538  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   1,209,724 
27,402  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   2,415,212 
       5,836,666 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
15,190  Raven Industries, Inc.   617,018 
         
   Insurance — 2.8%     
92,347  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   2,860,910 
26,991  American National Group, Inc.   3,059,430 
11,575  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   603,984 
68,868  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   3,501,938 
13,162  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   615,850 
119,873  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   3,060,358 
67,382  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   2,702,018 
12,767  James River Group Holdings Ltd.   601,453 
47,882  Mercury General Corp.   2,981,612 
55,960  Stewart Information Services Corp.   3,282,054 
2,612  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   3,044,103 
       26,313,710 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%     
52,558  Eventbrite, Inc., Class A (a)   1,238,792 
14,930  Yelp, Inc. (a)   586,749 
       1,825,541 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
43,940  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   3,581,110 
51,464  RealReal (The), Inc. (a)   1,274,763 
19,619  Shutterstock, Inc.   1,710,385 
       6,566,258 
         
   IT Services — 1.7%     
10,391  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   1,224,579 
38,918  CSG Systems International, Inc.   1,789,839 
6,461  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   596,867 
36,379  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (c)   1,338,019 
29,752  Perficient, Inc. (a)   1,952,029 
78,638  Sabre Corp. (a)   1,177,997 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
52,843  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)  $2,316,109 
28,986  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   2,948,746 
91,633  Unisys Corp. (a)   2,199,192 
       15,543,377 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.7%     
14,089  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   596,105 
43,537  Callaway Golf Co.   1,260,396 
21,922  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   1,827,418 
90,790  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   2,960,662 
       6,644,581 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.6%     
216,212  Bionano Genomics, Inc. (a) (c)   1,377,270 
25,442  Codexis, Inc. (a)   589,746 
36,510  Luminex Corp.   1,339,552 
39,837  Quanterix Corp. (a)   2,435,634 
       5,742,202 
         
   Machinery — 3.3%     
7,461  Alamo Group, Inc.   1,173,242 
20,931  Albany International Corp., Class A   1,867,882 
21,052  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   1,242,279 
15,444  Astec Industries, Inc.   1,158,454 
35,265  Barnes Group, Inc.   1,760,429 
22,293  Enerpac Tool Group Corp.   592,994 
6,826  EnPro Industries, Inc.   584,647 
5,347  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   581,540 
22,143  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   632,847 
45,615  Federal Signal Corp.   1,889,830 
7,376  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   599,448 
49,330  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   2,330,349 
7,990  Helios Technologies, Inc.   577,517 
12,207  Hillenbrand, Inc.   599,242 
13,371  Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.   1,081,045 
9,441  Kadant, Inc.   1,680,781 
29,140  Kennametal, Inc.   1,170,262 
10,483  Lindsay Corp.   1,737,872 
79,175  Meritor, Inc. (a)   2,140,100 
56,331  Mueller Industries, Inc.   2,527,572 
83,848  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   1,204,057 
19,987  SPX Corp. (a)   1,212,411 
9,195  SPX FLOW, Inc.   612,295 
14,576  Tennant Co.   1,150,192 
12,641  Terex Corp.   594,001 
20,439  Trinity Industries, Inc.   564,934 
       31,266,222 
         
   Marine — 0.3%     
9,658  Kirby Corp. (a)   615,214 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Marine (Continued)     
34,921  Matson, Inc.  $2,281,389 
       2,896,603 
         
   Media — 1.4%     
43,817  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a) (c)   2,203,119 
158,244  Gray Television, Inc.   3,215,518 
10,746  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   611,877 
59,707  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   1,938,686 
25,153  TechTarget, Inc. (a)   1,929,235 
154,629  TEGNA, Inc.   3,101,858 
       13,000,293 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.8%     
35,848  Alcoa Corp. (a)   1,313,471 
110,603  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,572,626 
45,872  Arconic Corp. (a)   1,311,939 
64,488  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   521,063 
94,413  Commercial Metals Co.   2,758,748 
18,569  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   1,261,206 
102,344  Hecla Mining Co.   604,853 
10,542  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   1,269,995 
17,581  Materion Corp.   1,244,911 
101,985  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   1,616,462 
43,400  Worthington Industries, Inc.   2,832,284 
       17,307,558 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.9%     
83,370  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   1,268,058 
109,876  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   1,942,608 
91,708  Chimera Investment Corp.   1,205,043 
98,701  Ladder Capital Corp.   1,173,555 
143,076  MFA Financial, Inc.   629,534 
130,277  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   597,971 
59,420  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   1,191,371 
       8,008,140 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.8%     
42,631  Big Lots, Inc.   2,938,981 
12,059  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A (c)   1,192,756 
80,632  Franchise Group, Inc.   3,106,751 
       7,238,488 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.6%     
60,977  Avista Corp.   2,806,161 
44,658  NorthWestern Corp.   3,038,084 
       5,844,245 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.6%     
285,455  Antero Resources Corp. (a)  $2,574,804 
169,529  Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a)   1,864,819 
39,614  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   531,620 
30,362  CVR Energy, Inc.   646,407 
356,820  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   2,911,651 
178,083  Gevo, Inc. (a) (c)   1,207,403 
152,177  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A (a)   1,713,513 
124,167  Matador Resources Co.   3,266,834 
35,487  Murphy Oil Corp.   600,795 
50,785  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   1,854,160 
225,489  Range Resources Corp. (a)   2,214,302 
8,816  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   489,464 
500,931  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   2,138,976 
82,715  World Fuel Services Corp.   2,558,375 
       24,573,123 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%     
47,281  Domtar Corp. (a)   1,863,817 
47,566  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   2,172,339 
       4,036,156 
         
   Personal Products — 0.8%     
58,819  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   2,246,886 
8,208  Inter Parfums, Inc.   604,109 
8,245  Medifast, Inc.   1,872,357 
22,021  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,164,030 
17,901  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   1,610,911 
       7,498,293 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%     
24,479  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   557,876 
314,349  Endo International PLC (a)   1,801,220 
243,651  Innoviva, Inc. (a)   2,789,804 
17,162  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   590,888 
70,973  Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (a)   1,304,484 
8,310  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   525,026 
66,054  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   2,877,312 
111,216  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,386,527 
       13,833,137 
         
   Professional Services — 1.0%     
53,489  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   1,796,695 
11,561  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   650,422 
19,989  ICF International, Inc.   1,820,198 
13,907  Insperity, Inc.   1,217,419 
18,675  Korn Ferry   1,267,846 
26,788  ManTech International Corp., Class A   2,286,356 
       9,038,936 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%     
115,256  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.  $2,368,511 
51,839  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   1,830,953 
38,489  Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)   665,090 
40,724  St. Joe (The) Co.   1,864,752 
       6,729,306 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.1%     
33,099  ArcBest Corp.   2,408,283 
40,139  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   3,596,856 
148,706  Heartland Express, Inc.   2,764,445 
171,576  Marten Transport Ltd.   2,868,751 
30,791  Ryder System, Inc.   2,458,353 
116,608  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   2,825,412 
61,728  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   2,853,685 
       19,775,785 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.0%     
7,206  ACM Research, Inc., Class A (a)   568,914 
5,799  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   565,344 
42,514  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,765,606 
20,744  CEVA, Inc. (a)   1,150,047 
55,672  Cohu, Inc. (a)   2,227,437 
38,729  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   1,516,240 
30,721  Impinj, Inc. (a)   1,458,019 
34,177  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   1,230,030 
44,309  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   3,036,053 
29,957  Rambus, Inc. (a)   568,584 
5,906  SiTime Corp. (a)   546,600 
12,900  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   1,804,323 
50,167  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,562,029 
       18,999,226 
         
   Software — 2.4%     
9,309  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   605,085 
103,875  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   2,988,484 
50,727  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   1,080,485 
18,058  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   1,255,212 
20,688  Domo, Inc., Class B (a)   1,330,031 
90,906  Ebix, Inc.   2,737,180 
398,855  Ideanomics, Inc. (a) (c)   1,172,634 
32,797  Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a) (c)   1,371,898 
40,329  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)   2,673,409 
5,865  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   600,811 
60,438  Teradata Corp. (a)   2,989,868 
12,338  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   611,471 
48,568  Veritone, Inc. (a)   1,171,460 
80,246  Xperi Holding Corp.   1,649,055 
39,348  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   637,438 
       22,874,521 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.6%     
16,971  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (a)   636,243 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
58,584  Arko Corp. (a)  $616,304 
8,893  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   1,766,239 
101,450  At Home Group, Inc. (a)   3,203,791 
56,675  Blink Charging Co. (a) (c)   2,085,640 
46,729  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,296,264 
44,476  Buckle (The), Inc.   1,865,323 
64,028  Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A   2,787,779 
18,450  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   3,028,752 
58,595  GrowGeneration Corp. (a)   2,554,742 
8,848  Monro, Inc.   624,580 
16,113  Murphy USA, Inc.   2,246,152 
13,453  ODP (The) Corp. (a)   543,905 
50,499  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   2,906,218 
57,859  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,161,230 
10,043  Signet Jewelers Ltd. (a)   600,069 
20,289  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   2,270,136 
11,751  Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A   579,794 
31,319  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   1,124,352 
       33,897,513 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%     
59,633  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   2,207,614 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%     
77,284  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   2,510,957 
12,001  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   754,023 
       3,264,980 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.8%     
49,550  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   2,237,182 
87,931  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   1,136,508 
33,313  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   608,629 
64,557  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   3,004,483 
51,409  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   2,532,407 
83,766  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   2,888,252 
123,167  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   3,182,635 
80,599  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   1,131,610 
104,545  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   2,464,126 
22,672  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   2,513,191 
75,628  Washington Federal, Inc.   2,461,691 
35,088  WSFS Financial Corp.   1,792,646 
       25,953,360 
         
   Tobacco — 0.1%     
83,487  Vector Group Ltd.   1,089,505 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.6%     
33,392  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   1,880,971 
48,667  Boise Cascade Co.   3,247,062 
31,396  GATX Corp.   3,067,703 
41,844  GMS, Inc. (a)   1,829,001 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
28,735  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)  $3,034,416 
28,883  McGrath RentCorp   2,367,828 
46,745  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   2,307,333 
56,648  Systemax, Inc.   2,420,003 
52,951  Triton International Ltd.   2,656,552 
81,107  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,893,849 
       24,704,718 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%     
126,816  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   2,914,231 
79,814  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   2,724,052 
       5,638,283 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   937,971,506 
   (Cost $788,620,072)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.4%     
12,664,483  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (e) (f)   12,664,483 
683,162  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (e)   683,162 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.4%   13,347,645 
   (Cost $13,347,645)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.4%   951,319,151 
   (Cost $801,967,717) (g)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.4)%   (13,073,934)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $938,245,217 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
(c) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $12,153,066 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $12,664,483.
(d) This security is exempt from registration upon resale under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 Act, as amended (the "1933 Act") and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security is not restricted on the foreign exchange where it trades freely without any additional registration. As such, it does not require the additional disclosure required of restricted securities.
(e) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(f) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(g) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $160,158,412 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $10,806,978. The net unrealized appreciation was $149,351,434.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $937,971,506   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   13,347,645    —      —   
Total Investments  $951,319,151   $—     $—   
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.3%     
37,785  General Dynamics Corp.  $7,187,841 
16,924  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   3,541,008 
13,558  Lockheed Martin Corp.   5,159,632 
15,479  Northrop Grumman Corp.   5,486,377 
4,037  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,807,567 
       23,182,425 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%     
31,852  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   3,499,260 
17,638  FedEx Corp.   5,120,488 
       8,619,748 
         
   Automobiles — 1.5%     
560,020  Ford Motor Co. (a)   6,462,631 
149,240  General Motors Co. (a)   8,539,513 
       15,002,144 
         
   Banks — 8.1%     
88,656  Bank of America Corp.   3,593,228 
94,299  Citigroup, Inc.   6,717,861 
194,233  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   8,989,103 
133,772  Fifth Third Bancorp   5,423,117 
318,689  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   4,882,315 
32,910  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   5,061,887 
343,356  KeyCorp   7,471,426 
45,249  M&T Bank Corp.   7,135,315 
48,888  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   9,139,612 
242,487  Regions Financial Corp.   5,286,217 
117,631  Truist Financial Corp.   6,976,695 
62,017  U.S. Bancorp   3,680,709 
128,227  Wells Fargo & Co.   5,776,626 
       80,134,111 
         
   Beverages — 0.7%     
21,973  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   5,280,551 
11,806  PepsiCo, Inc.   1,701,953 
       6,982,504 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.8%     
30,654  Biogen, Inc. (a)   8,194,734 
         
   Building Products — 0.7%     
81,244  Carrier Global Corp.   3,540,613 
27,986  Johnson Controls International PLC   1,744,647 
27,879  Masco Corp.   1,780,911 
       7,066,171 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.7%     
7,184  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   1,856,346 
181,336  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   9,045,040 
231,765  Franklin Resources, Inc.   6,952,950 
20,979  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   7,310,132 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
88,338  Morgan Stanley  $7,292,302 
32,634  Northern Trust Corp.   3,713,749 
27,988  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   3,660,271 
81,660  State Street Corp.   6,855,357 
       46,686,147 
         
   Chemicals — 3.4%     
11,429  Albemarle Corp.   1,922,015 
57,241  Celanese Corp.   8,966,803 
73,576  Corteva, Inc.   3,587,566 
53,646  Dow, Inc.   3,352,875 
45,494  Eastman Chemical Co.   5,249,553 
31,011  FMC Corp.   3,666,740 
48,149  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   4,994,977 
11,114  PPG Industries, Inc.   1,903,161 
       33,643,690 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%     
34,526  Republic Services, Inc.   3,670,114 
12,943  Waste Management, Inc.   1,785,746 
       5,455,860 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.4%     
20,327  Vulcan Materials Co.   3,623,084 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.4%     
189,677  Ally Financial, Inc.   9,758,882 
53,920  Capital One Financial Corp.   8,038,393 
17,580  Discover Financial Services   2,004,120 
84,361  Synchrony Financial   3,689,950 
       23,491,345 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.1%     
9,093  Avery Dennison Corp.   1,947,448 
63,440  International Paper Co.   3,679,520 
37,253  Packaging Corp. of America   5,500,405 
       11,127,373 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%     
33,566  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   9,228,972 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.2%     
226,636  AT&T, Inc.   7,118,637 
513,877  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   6,593,042 
147,469  Verizon Communications, Inc.   8,522,233 
       22,233,912 
         
   Electric Utilities — 9.3%     
80,995  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   7,185,066 
172,160  Avangrid, Inc.   8,762,944 
51,899  Duke Energy Corp.   5,225,710 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
117,069  Edison International  $6,959,752 
86,210  Entergy Corp.   9,421,891 
79,227  Eversource Energy   6,830,952 
196,052  Exelon Corp.   8,810,577 
197,758  FirstEnergy Corp.   7,498,983 
22,086  NextEra Energy, Inc.   1,711,886 
585,846  PG&E Corp. (a)   6,631,777 
297,341  PPL Corp.   8,661,543 
110,364  Southern (The) Co.   7,302,786 
103,146  Xcel Energy, Inc.   7,354,310 
       92,358,177 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.5%     
12,076  Eaton Corp. PLC   1,726,023 
38,019  Emerson Electric Co.   3,440,339 
       5,166,362 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4%     
10,075  CDW Corp.   1,796,675 
38,380  Corning, Inc.   1,696,780 
       3,493,455 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.9%     
27,152  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   5,213,184 
49,475  Boston Properties, Inc.   5,410,091 
69,940  Equity Residential   5,191,646 
108,069  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   3,711,090 
11,568  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   1,819,993 
26,298  Realty Income Corp.   1,818,507 
64,307  Ventas, Inc.   3,566,466 
242,927  VICI Properties, Inc.   7,700,786 
96,352  Weyerhaeuser Co.   3,735,567 
       38,167,330 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
4,737  Costco Wholesale Corp.   1,762,591 
238,269  Kroger (The) Co.   8,706,349 
       10,468,940 
         
   Food Products — 5.9%     
120,355  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   7,598,011 
182,453  Conagra Brands, Inc.   6,767,182 
111,876  General Mills, Inc.   6,808,773 
21,688  Hershey (The) Co.   3,563,339 
71,790  Hormel Foods Corp.   3,316,698 
67,773  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   8,877,585 
54,188  Kellogg Co.   3,382,415 
41,749  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   1,723,816 
18,730  McCormick & Co., Inc.   1,692,443 
85,593  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   5,204,910 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
115,415  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A  $8,938,892 
       57,874,064 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%     
19,800  Baxter International, Inc.   1,696,662 
14,107  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   3,509,963 
14,136  Medtronic PLC   1,850,685 
       7,057,310 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 7.5%     
13,957  Anthem, Inc.   5,295,146 
112,927  Cardinal Health, Inc.   6,814,015 
107,342  Centene Corp. (a)   6,627,295 
35,473  Cigna Corp.   8,833,132 
113,988  CVS Health Corp.   8,708,683 
26,600  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   5,348,196 
16,363  Humana, Inc.   7,285,462 
33,624  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   8,939,613 
14,674  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   3,743,338 
66,817  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   8,811,826 
9,219  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   3,676,537 
       74,083,243 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.5%     
69,696  Cerner Corp.   5,230,685 
         
         
   Household Durables — 2.4%     
96,223  D.R. Horton, Inc.   9,457,759 
84,711  Lennar Corp., Class A   8,776,060 
1,063  NVR, Inc. (a)   5,334,240 
       23,568,059 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0%     
17,803  3M Co.   3,509,684 
381,553  General Electric Co.   5,005,975 
7,693  Honeywell International, Inc.   1,715,847 
       10,231,506 
         
   Insurance — 9.7%     
167,552  Aflac, Inc.   9,002,569 
74,632  Allstate (The) Corp.   9,463,338 
36,138  American International Group, Inc.   1,750,886 
223,490  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   8,874,788 
27,492  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   3,984,965 
31,713  Chubb Ltd.   5,441,634 
83,183  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   9,373,060 
128,393  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   8,468,802 
32,565  Loews Corp.   1,815,499 
4,396  Markel Corp. (a)   5,171,542 
112,852  MetLife, Inc.   7,180,773 
114,414  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   7,307,622 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
89,691  Progressive (The) Corp.  $9,035,471 
18,331  Prudential Financial, Inc.   1,839,699 
45,613  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   7,054,507 
       95,765,155 
         
   IT Services — 0.9%     
43,908  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   3,530,203 
11,876  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   1,815,841 
25,740  International Business Machines Corp.   3,651,991 
       8,998,035 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.2%     
17,373  Hasbro, Inc.   1,727,745 
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
19,334  Cummins, Inc.   4,872,941 
12,178  Dover Corp.   1,816,836 
121,394  Fortive Corp.   8,597,123 
7,539  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   1,737,438 
53,915  PACCAR, Inc.   4,845,880 
10,874  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   3,412,370 
17,179  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   3,552,102 
63,287  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   5,193,964 
       34,028,654 
         
   Media — 3.2%     
126,783  Comcast Corp., Class A   7,118,865 
197,315  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   7,430,883 
138,737  Fox Corp., Class A   5,191,539 
46,259  Omnicom Group, Inc.   3,805,265 
190,140  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   7,799,543 
       31,346,095 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.5%     
62,412  Nucor Corp.   5,134,011 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.0%     
43,769  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   5,029,058 
25,293  Target Corp.   5,242,227 
       10,271,285 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 5.4%     
84,320  Ameren Corp.   7,153,709 
81,832  CMS Energy Corp.   5,269,162 
114,643  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   8,874,515 
64,409  DTE Energy Co.   9,018,548 
142,423  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   8,995,437 
64,680  Sempra Energy   8,898,027 
53,529  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   5,201,413 
       53,410,811 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%     
15,936  Chevron Corp.  $1,642,523 
47,292  EOG Resources, Inc.   3,482,583 
206,014  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   3,512,539 
32,964  ONEOK, Inc.   1,725,336 
144,792  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   3,527,133 
       13,890,114 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%     
20,870  Johnson & Johnson   3,396,175 
138,278  Pfizer, Inc.   5,344,445 
491,070  Viatris, Inc. (a)   6,531,231 
       15,271,851 
         
   Professional Services — 0.7%     
12,918  Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.   1,725,974 
52,033  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   5,269,902 
       6,995,876 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%     
21,109  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,798,487 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.9%     
35,575  CSX Corp.   3,584,181 
20,409  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   3,484,020 
6,219  Norfolk Southern Corp.   1,736,594 
       8,804,795 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.0%     
3,602  Broadcom, Inc.   1,643,233 
133,989  Intel Corp.   7,708,387 
97,214  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   8,367,209 
40,133  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   1,565,187 
       19,284,016 
         
   Specialty Retail — 0.7%     
59,753  Best Buy Co., Inc.   6,947,481 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.4%     
435,848  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   6,982,285 
157,789  HP, Inc.   5,382,183 
65,274  Seagate Technology PLC   6,060,038 
75,053  Western Digital Corp. (a)   5,300,993 
       23,725,499 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
32,641  Altria Group, Inc.   1,558,608 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%     
20,832  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   6,665,199 
4,165  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   1,805,694 
       8,470,893 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
54,755  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)  $7,234,778 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   987,035,540 
   (Cost $811,857,993)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,702,875  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (b)   1,702,875 
   (Cost $1,702,875)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   988,738,415 
   (Cost $813,560,868) (c)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   334,786 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $989,073,201 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(c) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $179,166,957 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $3,989,410. The net unrealized appreciation was $175,177,547.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs  Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs
Common Stocks*  $987,035,540   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   1,702,875    —      —   
Total Investments  $988,738,415   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%     
14,741  HEICO Corp.  $2,075,533 
6,478  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   3,975,807 
       6,051,340 
         
   Auto Components — 0.7%     
55,240  Aptiv PLC (a)   7,948,484 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
11,404  Tesla, Inc. (a)   8,090,454 
         
   Banks — 1.7%     
45,682  First Republic Bank   8,370,769 
19,289  SVB Financial Group (a)   11,030,029 
       19,400,798 
         
   Beverages — 0.9%     
161,851  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   5,802,358 
41,812  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   4,057,855 
       9,860,213 
         
   Biotechnology — 5.1%     
70,389  AbbVie, Inc.   7,848,374 
13,133  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,847,025 
15,307  Amgen, Inc.   3,668,170 
57,805  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   7,619,855 
103,454  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   9,788,817 
72,714  Moderna, Inc. (a)   13,002,717 
52,516  Novavax, Inc. (a)   12,442,616 
       56,217,574 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.5%     
10,103  BlackRock, Inc.   8,277,388 
74,638  Blackstone Group (The), Inc.   6,604,717 
34,105  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   4,014,500 
155,938  KKR & Co., Inc.   8,822,972 
6,210  Moody’s Corp.   2,028,869 
64,573  Nasdaq, Inc.   10,431,122 
5,254  S&P Global, Inc.   2,051,109 
44,390  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   7,954,688 
       50,185,365 
         
   Chemicals — 0.4%     
15,483  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   4,240,329 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%     
5,432  Cintas Corp.   1,874,800 
         
         
   Communications Equipment — 2.2%     
12,617  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   3,976,500 
107,576  Cisco Systems, Inc.   5,476,694 
29,582  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   5,570,290 
31,920  Ubiquiti, Inc.   9,107,734 
       24,131,218 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction Materials — 0.7%     
22,685  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.  $8,010,527 
         
         
   Distributors — 0.6%     
16,113  Pool Corp.   6,808,065 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 2.3%     
43,552  AMETEK, Inc.   5,876,471 
29,079  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   9,420,142 
155,213  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   4,425,123 
20,956  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   5,537,833 
       25,259,569 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.5%     
84,323  Amphenol Corp., Class A   5,678,311 
67,030  Cognex Corp.   5,772,624 
53,120  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   7,667,872 
122,405  Trimble, Inc. (a)   10,037,210 
19,625  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   9,571,897 
       38,727,914 
         
   Entertainment — 2.0%     
59,815  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   5,454,530 
3,555  Netflix, Inc. (a)   1,825,386 
23,384  Roku, Inc. (a)   8,020,010 
10,495  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   1,840,613 
30,148  Walt Disney (The) Co. (a)   5,608,131 
       22,748,670 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%     
14,010  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   4,070,185 
57,965  Invitation Homes, Inc.   2,032,253 
17,493  Prologis, Inc.   2,038,459 
       8,140,897 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%     
13,650  Walmart, Inc.   1,909,771 
         
   Food Products — 0.2%     
36,887  Campbell Soup Co.   1,761,354 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.2%     
46,419  Abbott Laboratories   5,573,993 
5,817  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   1,865,686 
10,273  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   6,117,880 
4,827  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   1,983,366 
16,922  Danaher Corp.   4,297,173 
102,413  Hologic, Inc. (a)   6,713,172 
7,784  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   4,273,338 
7,107  Insulet Corp. (a)   2,098,129 
28,815  Novocure Ltd. (a)   5,881,141 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
9,734  STERIS PLC  $2,054,069 
4,464  Teleflex, Inc.   1,885,951 
13,517  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   4,440,605 
       47,184,503 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.3%     
51,617  DaVita, Inc. (a)   6,014,929 
49,902  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   7,933,420 
       13,948,349 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.2%     
7,098  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   2,004,830 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.8%     
108,884  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   10,653,211 
3,914  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   5,839,805 
5,041  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   2,129,016 
90,823  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   8,094,146 
35,208  Yum! Brands, Inc.   4,208,060 
       30,924,238 
         
   Household Durables — 0.7%     
57,775  Garmin Ltd.   7,929,041 
         
   Household Products — 0.5%     
21,229  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   1,820,174 
13,335  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   1,777,822 
13,692  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   1,826,787 
       5,424,783 
         
   Insurance — 0.8%     
16,552  Aon PLC, Class A   4,161,835 
31,270  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   4,243,339 
       8,405,174 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 4.4%     
3,693  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   8,691,476 
18,888  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   6,140,111 
128,622  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   8,536,642 
182,098  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   11,257,298 
119,716  Twitter, Inc. (a)   6,610,718 
58,759  Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)   7,645,721 
       48,881,966 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.0%     
1,797  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   6,230,954 
155,485  eBay, Inc.   8,674,508 
47,216  Etsy, Inc. (a)   9,386,069 
30,253  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   8,941,879 
       33,233,410 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services — 7.5%     
27,574  Accenture PLC, Class A  $7,995,633 
29,515  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   5,519,010 
24,879  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   3,946,556 
19,202  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   8,789,716 
63,992  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   7,686,719 
41,729  Gartner, Inc. (a)   8,173,877 
18,895  Global Payments, Inc.   4,055,434 
23,889  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   2,074,043 
6,933  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   2,062,290 
8,412  Okta, Inc. (a)   2,268,716 
38,858  Paychex, Inc.   3,788,266 
31,369  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   8,227,775 
41,938  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   10,267,261 
22,354  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   8,221,801 
       83,077,097 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.4%     
49,474  Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (a)   4,865,768 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 7.3%     
42,087  10X Genomics, Inc., Class A (a)   8,324,809 
59,915  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   8,007,041 
263,311  Avantor, Inc. (a)   8,436,484 
6,668  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   4,201,707 
19,945  Bio-Techne Corp.   8,526,288 
32,854  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   10,922,312 
4,827  Illumina, Inc. (a)   1,896,239 
39,440  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   9,256,174 
3,295  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   4,327,389 
43,361  PerkinElmer, Inc.   5,620,886 
12,189  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   5,731,634 
19,575  Waters Corp. (a)   5,869,955 
       81,120,918 
         
   Machinery — 1.6%     
25,449  Deere & Co.   9,437,762 
18,197  IDEX Corp.   4,079,767 
55,644  Otis Worldwide Corp.   4,332,998 
       17,850,527 
         
   Media — 0.4%     
6,173  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   4,157,207 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.3%     
63,195  Newmont Corp.   3,944,000 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.4%     
18,797  Dollar General Corp.   4,036,656 
         

  

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.7%     
132,231  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)  $10,250,547 
357,699  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   9,071,247 
       19,321,794 
         
   Personal Products — 0.9%     
32,738  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   10,273,184 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%     
88,117  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   5,500,263 
72,334  Catalent, Inc. (a)   8,135,405 
29,775  Eli Lilly and Co.   5,441,977 
       19,077,645 
         
   Professional Services — 0.4%     
21,028  Equifax, Inc.   4,820,248 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.0%     
120,569  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   6,710,871 
31,685  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   8,168,710 
102,052  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,589,388 
8,413  Union Pacific Corp.   1,868,443 
       22,337,412 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 10.2%     
23,622  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   1,928,028 
35,871  Analog Devices, Inc.   5,494,002 
71,275  Applied Materials, Inc.   9,458,905 
46,975  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   6,541,269 
85,169  Entegris, Inc.   9,588,326 
28,819  KLA Corp.   9,088,072 
15,996  Lam Research Corp.   9,924,718 
113,573  Marvell Technology, Inc.   5,134,635 
49,075  Microchip Technology, Inc.   7,375,482 
15,749  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   5,691,374 
7,133  NVIDIA Corp.   4,282,510 
52,117  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   9,806,856 
28,727  QUALCOMM, Inc.   3,987,307 
51,896  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   9,410,302 
78,255  Teradyne, Inc.   9,788,135 
29,435  Texas Instruments, Inc.   5,313,312 
       112,813,233 
         
   Software — 11.5%     
6,690  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   1,952,878 
40,608  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   5,350,916 
27,135  Citrix Systems, Inc.   3,360,670 
108,419  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   9,187,426 
30,480  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   6,355,385 
22,249  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   1,908,297 
9,160  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   2,042,130 
16,676  Elastic N.V. (a)   2,011,459 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
3,815  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)  $1,989,179 
51,631  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   10,544,599 
20,960  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   11,034,392 
4,842  Intuit, Inc.   1,995,679 
16,154  Microsoft Corp.   4,073,716 
87,278  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   4,640,571 
79,277  Oracle Corp.   6,008,404 
17,272  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   6,103,752 
5,010  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   1,925,894 
69,176  PTC, Inc. (a)   9,057,905 
8,752  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   2,015,761 
3,707  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   1,877,114 
54,513  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   4,045,955 
15,375  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   3,798,547 
5,844  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   4,262,088 
25,316  VMware, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   4,071,572 
22,392  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   5,530,824 
41,945  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   6,130,262 
5,771  Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   1,844,238 
22,186  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   4,162,981 
       127,282,594 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.5%     
6,781  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   9,928,198 
21,201  Carvana Co. (a)   6,047,797 
50,163  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   8,707,795 
24,955  Home Depot (The), Inc.   8,077,185 
50,068  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   9,825,845 
15,017  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   8,302,599 
53,771  Tractor Supply Co.   10,141,211 
       61,030,630 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.0%     
31,181  Apple, Inc.   4,099,054 
108,019  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   10,621,509 
104,825  NetApp, Inc.   7,829,379 
       22,549,942 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%     
13,954  NIKE, Inc., Class B   1,850,579 
         
   Tobacco — 0.4%     
42,922  Philip Morris International, Inc.   4,077,590 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%     
110,638  Fastenal Co.   5,784,155 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
       
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%  $1,109,574,815 
   (Cost $923,899,910)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.0%     
9,246,384  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   9,246,384 
1,153,830  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   1,153,830 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.0%   10,400,214 
   (Cost $10,400,214)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.9%   1,119,975,029 
   (Cost $934,300,124) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.9)%   (9,634,350)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,110,340,679 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $8,942,109 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $9,246,384.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $196,891,244 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $11,216,339. The net unrealized appreciation was $185,674,905.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $1,109,574,815   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   10,400,214    —      —   
Total Investments  $1,119,975,029   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%     
686  AAR Corp. (a)  $27,605 
1,277  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   163,328 
2,254  General Dynamics Corp.   428,778 
981  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   208,286 
1,009  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   211,113 
809  Lockheed Martin Corp.   307,873 
923  Northrop Grumman Corp.   327,148 
2,496  Parsons Corp. (a)   110,648 
241  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   107,908 
1,800  Textron, Inc.   115,632 
       2,008,319 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%     
2,409  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   163,595 
529  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   51,356 
1,900  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   208,734 
1,052  FedEx Corp.   305,406 
1,731  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   113,761 
       842,852 
         
   Airlines — 0.1%     
2,138  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   106,173 
         
   Auto Components — 0.5%     
5,443  BorgWarner, Inc.   264,421 
1,174  Dana, Inc.   29,702 
2,830  Gentex Corp.   99,559 
557  Lear Corp.   102,399 
1,008  Patrick Industries, Inc.   90,317 
       586,398 
         
   Automobiles — 1.0%     
33,404  Ford Motor Co. (a)   385,482 
8,902  General Motors Co. (a)   509,373 
1,498  Thor Industries, Inc.   212,102 
1,117  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   89,304 
       1,196,261 
         
   Banks — 9.3%     
2,218  Ameris Bancorp   119,972 
6,822  Associated Banc-Corp.   149,334 
2,234  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   86,389 
404  BancFirst Corp.   28,082 
3,586  BancorpSouth Bank   106,110 
5,288  Bank of America Corp.   214,323 
3,706  Bank OZK   151,909 
1,325  BankUnited, Inc.   61,758 
2,184  Banner Corp.   124,138 
2,260  BOK Financial Corp.   198,744 
2,856  Cathay General Bancorp   115,611 
5,625  Citigroup, Inc.   400,725 
11,585  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   536,154 
1,351  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   58,809 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
1,407  Comerica, Inc.  $105,750 
659  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   51,277 
372  Community Bank System, Inc.   28,878 
928  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   111,416 
2,636  CVB Financial Corp.   55,910 
2,189  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   116,914 
1,368  East West Bancorp, Inc.   104,173 
9,170  F.N.B. Corp.   118,201 
642  FB Financial Corp.   26,938 
7,979  Fifth Third Bancorp   323,469 
5,172  First BanCorp   65,012 
121  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   104,963 
4,853  First Financial Bancorp   118,947 
3,131  First Hawaiian, Inc.   85,977 
11,938  First Horizon Corp.   218,346 
1,861  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   87,411 
1,843  First Merchants Corp.   85,165 
2,658  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   55,738 
5,032  Fulton Financial Corp.   85,796 
680  Hancock Whitney Corp.   31,443 
2,317  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   116,476 
4,265  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   150,128 
2,153  Home BancShares, Inc.   59,918 
5,691  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   85,422 
19,009  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   291,218 
339  Independent Bank Corp.   27,764 
1,186  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   89,555 
1,846  International Bancshares Corp.   87,482 
5,834  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   85,410 
1,963  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   301,929 
20,480  KeyCorp   445,645 
2,699  M&T Bank Corp.   425,605 
1,459  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   55,281 
6,022  Old National Bancorp   113,816 
658  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   28,972 
450  Park National Corp.   56,290 
1,138  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   99,734 
2,916  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   545,146 
2,871  Popular, Inc.   212,339 
2,696  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   197,779 
14,464  Regions Financial Corp.   315,315 
1,407  Renasant Corp.   59,277 
1,341  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   60,828 
3,925  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   111,862 
643  South State Corp.   54,218 
3,723  Sterling Bancorp   93,559 
3,309  Synovus Financial Corp.   155,060 
403  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   27,658 
3,831  TowneBank   118,684 
7,016  Truist Financial Corp.   416,119 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
3,460  Trustmark Corp.  $112,139 
3,699  U.S. Bancorp   219,536 
928  UMB Financial Corp.   90,044 
3,924  United Bankshares, Inc.   154,095 
1,707  United Community Banks, Inc.   55,853 
14,692  Valley National Bancorp   202,309 
916  Webster Financial Corp.   48,466 
7,648  Wells Fargo & Co.   344,542 
2,377  WesBanco, Inc.   86,261 
928  Westamerica BanCorp   58,835 
534  Western Alliance Bancorp   56,107 
1,536  Wintrust Financial Corp.   118,426 
3,673  Zions Bancorp N.A.   204,953 
       10,973,837 
         
   Beverages — 0.5%     
297  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   87,095 
1,311  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   315,059 
987  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B (a)   54,236 
704  PepsiCo, Inc.   101,489 
       557,879 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.7%     
1,828  Biogen, Inc. (a)   488,679 
2,234  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   55,001 
1,509  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   304,154 
       847,834 
         
   Building Products — 0.8%     
746  A.O. Smith Corp.   50,542 
402  Allegion PLC   54,021 
1,181  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   117,462 
1,088  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   52,953 
4,846  Carrier Global Corp.   211,189 
3,154  Griffon Corp.   85,537 
2,103  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   61,345 
1,669  Johnson Controls International PLC   104,045 
1,663  Masco Corp.   106,232 
1,131  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   29,779 
1,130  UFP Industries, Inc.   94,965 
       968,070 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.1%     
677  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   109,112 
429  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   110,854 
10,816  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   539,502 
1,534  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   160,104 
1,532  Evercore, Inc., Class A   214,679 
3,721  Federated Hermes, Inc.   107,165 
13,824  Franklin Resources, Inc.   414,720 
1,251  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   435,911 
5,862  Golub Capital BDC, Inc.   91,799 
10,005  Invesco Ltd.   270,135 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
8,383  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.  $272,531 
3,480  Lazard Ltd., Class A   156,565 
710  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   111,257 
5,269  Morgan Stanley   434,956 
1,947  Northern Trust Corp.   221,569 
260  Piper Sandler Cos.   30,157 
1,669  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   218,272 
2,485  SEI Investments Co.   152,678 
4,871  State Street Corp.   408,920 
3,151  Stifel Financial Corp.   218,018 
3,751  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   111,142 
       4,790,046 
         
   Chemicals — 3.2%     
682  Albemarle Corp.   114,692 
1,232  Avient Corp.   62,549 
1,706  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   54,404 
3,414  Celanese Corp.   534,803 
3,336  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   162,230 
3,616  Chemours (The) Co.   109,203 
4,389  Corteva, Inc.   214,008 
3,200  Dow, Inc.   200,000 
2,714  Eastman Chemical Co.   313,168 
5,519  Element Solutions, Inc.   120,756 
1,850  FMC Corp.   218,744 
3,492  GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a)   89,709 
1,362  H.B. Fuller Co.   91,009 
3,501  Huntsman Corp.   100,374 
278  Innospec, Inc.   27,080 
5,601  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   95,217 
2,872  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   297,941 
1,546  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   120,804 
7,983  Mosaic (The) Co.   280,842 
398  NewMarket Corp.   137,943 
663  PPG Industries, Inc.   113,532 
366  Sensient Technologies Corp.   30,100 
674  Stepan Co.   88,065 
2,274  Westlake Chemical Corp.   213,506 
       3,790,679 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%     
560  ABM Industries, Inc.   28,790 
1,089  Brady Corp., Class A   59,427 
1,693  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   30,355 
1,801  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   160,217 
2,061  Covanta Holding Corp.   30,997 
681  Deluxe Corp.   29,978 
1,666  Harsco Corp. (a)   29,871 
2,077  Healthcare Services Group, Inc.   62,206 
1,472  HNI Corp.   62,324 
5,713  KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)   85,638 
2,059  Republic Services, Inc.   218,872 
1,985  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   27,393 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
383  UniFirst Corp.  $85,865 
772  Waste Management, Inc.   106,513 
       1,018,446 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.4%     
2,767  Ciena Corp. (a)   139,651 
5,977  Juniper Networks, Inc.   151,756 
3,043  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   79,711 
1,783  Viasat, Inc. (a)   92,342 
       463,460 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.7%     
1,789  Arcosa, Inc.   107,859 
1,146  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   94,385 
627  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   58,819 
450  EMCOR Group, Inc.   53,910 
2,154  MasTec, Inc. (a)   224,791 
3,515  Primoris Services Corp.   114,800 
1,721  Quanta Services, Inc.   166,317 
212  Valmont Industries, Inc.   52,332 
       873,213 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
1,212  Vulcan Materials Co.   216,027 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.4%     
11,314  Ally Financial, Inc.   582,105 
3,216  Capital One Financial Corp.   479,441 
560  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   221,082 
1,049  Discover Financial Services   119,586 
887  FirstCash, Inc.   63,891 
8,139  Navient Corp.   136,979 
2,001  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   148,534 
3,758  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   213,718 
3,927  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   147,969 
9,325  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   316,491 
11,234  SLM Corp.   220,861 
5,032  Synchrony Financial   220,100 
       2,870,757 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.5%     
542  Avery Dennison Corp.   116,080 
3,288  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   209,183 
1,040  Crown Holdings, Inc.   114,192 
8,337  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   154,651 
1,504  Greif, Inc., Class A   91,007 
3,784  International Paper Co.   219,472 
5,814  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   95,873 
2,222  Packaging Corp. of America   328,078 
4,803  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   202,543 
1,594  Sonoco Products Co.   104,343 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging (Continued)     
1,939  WestRock Co.  $108,099 
       1,743,521 
         
   Distributors — 0.2%     
1,505  Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.   64,053 
4,769  LKQ Corp. (a)   222,760 
       286,813 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%     
3,682  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   126,329 
259  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   164,623 
1,414  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   153,122 
1,310  H&R Block, Inc.   29,161 
1,977  Service Corp. International   105,651 
1,584  Strategic Education, Inc.   118,895 
       697,781 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%     
2,002  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   550,450 
3,674  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   145,858 
6,189  Equitable Holdings, Inc.   211,849 
793  Voya Financial, Inc.   53,781 
       961,938 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%     
13,518  AT&T, Inc.   424,601 
30,651  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   393,252 
8,796  Verizon Communications, Inc.   508,321 
       1,326,174 
         
   Electric Utilities — 6.2%     
2,167  ALLETE, Inc.   152,470 
3,727  Alliant Energy Corp.   209,346 
4,831  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   428,558 
10,269  Avangrid, Inc.   522,692 
3,096  Duke Energy Corp.   311,736 
6,983  Edison International   415,139 
5,142  Entergy Corp.   561,969 
4,239  Evergy, Inc.   271,169 
4,726  Eversource Energy   407,476 
11,694  Exelon Corp.   525,528 
11,796  FirstEnergy Corp.   447,304 
3,408  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   146,748 
2,019  IDACORP, Inc.   206,907 
816  MGE Energy, Inc.   61,045 
1,317  NextEra Energy, Inc.   102,081 
4,013  NRG Energy, Inc.   143,746 
2,522  Otter Tail Corp.   119,114 
34,944  PG&E Corp. (a)   395,566 
3,102  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   262,584 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
5,316  Portland General Electric Co.  $270,372 
17,736  PPL Corp.   516,650 
6,583  Southern (The) Co.   435,597 
6,152  Xcel Energy, Inc.   438,638 
       7,352,435 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
1,223  Acuity Brands, Inc.   226,891 
567  AZZ, Inc.   29,847 
720  Eaton Corp. PLC   102,910 
2,268  Emerson Electric Co.   205,231 
1,735  Encore Wire Corp.   129,570 
315  EnerSys   28,848 
9,523  GrafTech International Ltd.   121,132 
270  Hubbell, Inc.   51,843 
1,061  Regal Beloit Corp.   153,240 
       1,049,512 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.5%     
2,277  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   259,737 
2,065  Avnet, Inc.   90,695 
601  CDW Corp.   107,176 
2,289  Corning, Inc.   101,197 
610  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   61,226 
2,903  Jabil, Inc.   152,175 
1,365  Knowles Corp. (a)   28,529 
191  Littelfuse, Inc.   50,661 
3,468  Methode Electronics, Inc.   155,817 
1,169  National Instruments Corp.   48,408 
1,847  PC Connection, Inc.   83,761 
634  Plexus Corp. (a)   58,607 
2,814  Sanmina Corp. (a)   114,924 
1,758  SYNNEX Corp.   213,070 
1,970  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   29,550 
4,837  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   118,845 
5,002  Vontier Corp. (a)   156,763 
       1,831,141 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%     
6,136  Archrock, Inc.   57,310 
32,807  Transocean Ltd. (a)   105,639 
       162,949 
         
   Entertainment — 0.0%     
349  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   31,623 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 6.2%     
4,518  Acadia Realty Trust   94,381 
1,795  American Assets Trust, Inc.   62,915 
2,338  American Campus Communities, Inc.   105,701 
1,961  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   31,101 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
1,620  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.  $311,040 
2,951  Boston Properties, Inc.   322,692 
11,277  Brandywine Realty Trust   152,578 
4,989  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   111,454 
1,671  Columbia Property Trust, Inc.   30,095 
5,711  Cousins Properties, Inc.   209,422 
1,607  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   53,899 
5,232  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   59,592 
5,237  Equity Commonwealth   150,826 
4,172  Equity Residential   309,688 
6,449  Global Net Lease, Inc.   123,821 
4,993  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   160,575 
1,830  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   53,747 
6,446  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   221,356 
3,526  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   157,930 
2,146  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   60,324 
1,879  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   31,642 
1,588  JBG SMITH Properties   51,785 
2,307  Kilroy Realty Corp.   158,122 
13,458  Kimco Realty Corp.   282,618 
13,103  Lexington Realty Trust   160,381 
2,792  LTC Properties, Inc.   118,744 
12,443  Macerich (The) Co.   171,589 
1,845  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   30,184 
690  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   108,558 
2,290  National Retail Properties, Inc.   106,302 
2,756  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   104,728 
11,497  Paramount Group, Inc.   121,983 
8,568  Physicians Realty Trust   160,479 
8,381  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   156,054 
326  PS Business Parks, Inc.   52,933 
1,569  Realty Income Corp.   108,496 
890  Regency Centers Corp.   56,657 
3,669  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   64,574 
5,556  Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A   65,172 
8,386  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   152,374 
7,226  Service Properties Trust   88,988 
4,294  SITE Centers Corp.   63,336 
3,605  SL Green Realty Corp.   266,806 
2,375  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   112,907 
3,013  STORE Capital Corp.   107,835 
7,050  Urban Edge Properties   132,892 
3,836  Ventas, Inc.   212,745 
5,227  VEREIT, Inc.   250,060 
14,490  VICI Properties, Inc.   459,333 
1,293  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   30,023 
3,185  Weingarten Realty Investors   103,003 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
5,747  Weyerhaeuser Co.  $222,811 
2,853  WP Carey, Inc.   213,661 
       7,310,912 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%     
7,939  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A (b)   147,427 
700  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   155,533 
283  Costco Wholesale Corp.   105,301 
14,212  Kroger (The) Co.   519,307 
4,375  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   112,044 
2,576  Weis Markets, Inc.   133,566 
       1,173,178 
         
   Food Products — 4.3%     
7,179  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   453,210 
3,183  Bunge Ltd.   268,709 
2,231  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   83,350 
10,883  Conagra Brands, Inc.   403,651 
4,241  Flowers Foods, Inc.   101,614 
5,085  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   143,397 
6,673  General Mills, Inc.   406,119 
1,294  Hershey (The) Co.   212,604 
4,282  Hormel Foods Corp.   197,828 
8,122  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   124,185 
2,806  Ingredion, Inc.   262,109 
4,042  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   529,462 
3,232  Kellogg Co.   201,742 
2,490  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   102,812 
651  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   52,406 
1,117  McCormick & Co., Inc.   100,932 
5,105  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   310,435 
6,364  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   152,481 
374  Sanderson Farms, Inc.   61,534 
68  Seaboard Corp.   243,303 
862  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   27,213 
1,115  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   53,074 
6,884  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   533,166 
       5,025,336 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.1%     
2,553  Atmos Energy Corp.   264,465 
502  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   59,497 
2,149  New Jersey Resources Corp.   90,151 
2,159  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   116,413 
2,625  ONE Gas, Inc.   211,234 
2,119  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   147,737 
1,160  Spire, Inc.   87,394 
6,153  UGI Corp.   268,948 
       1,245,839 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%     
1,181  Baxter International, Inc.   101,200 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
841  Becton, Dickinson and Co.  $209,249 
1,237  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   53,537 
914  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   100,741 
632  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   59,332 
843  Medtronic PLC   110,366 
       634,425 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.5%     
1,766  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   107,585 
388  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   30,768 
832  Anthem, Inc.   315,652 
6,736  Cardinal Health, Inc.   406,450 
6,403  Centene Corp. (a)   395,321 
2,116  Cigna Corp.   526,905 
6,799  CVS Health Corp.   519,444 
616  Encompass Health Corp.   52,274 
1,587  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   319,082 
2,187  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   158,558 
976  Humana, Inc.   434,554 
2,006  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   533,335 
875  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   223,213 
5,964  Premier, Inc., Class A   210,827 
3,985  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   525,542 
550  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   219,340 
1,892  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   280,792 
       5,259,642 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.3%     
4,157  Cerner Corp.   311,983 
         
   Household Durables — 3.3%     
127  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   26,598 
2,413  Century Communities, Inc. (a)   178,417 
5,739  D.R. Horton, Inc.   564,086 
5,423  KB Home   261,551 
1,371  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   60,955 
2,211  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   109,820 
5,053  Lennar Corp., Class A   523,491 
2,451  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   143,776 
2,465  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   171,860 
1,584  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   168,522 
1,312  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   269,616 
63  NVR, Inc. (a)   316,140 
4,812  PulteGroup, Inc.   284,485 
3,780  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   117,974 
4,448  Toll Brothers, Inc.   278,890 
7,150  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   170,313 
916  Whirlpool Corp.   216,588 
       3,863,082 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products — 0.3%     
1,652  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)  $81,394 
5,084  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   149,063 
1,008  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   88,845 
       319,302 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%     
14,272  Vistra Corp.   240,769 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%     
1,062  3M Co.   209,363 
920  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   176,318 
22,759  General Electric Co.   298,598 
459  Honeywell International, Inc.   102,375 
745  Raven Industries, Inc.   30,262 
       816,916 
         
   Insurance — 8.9%     
9,994  Aflac, Inc.   536,978 
81  Alleghany Corp. (a)   54,997 
4,452  Allstate (The) Corp.   564,514 
4,617  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   143,035 
1,769  American Financial Group, Inc.   217,339 
2,156  American International Group, Inc.   104,458 
1,350  American National Group, Inc.   153,022 
13,331  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   529,374 
568  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   29,638 
1,640  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   237,718 
1,068  Assurant, Inc.   166,181 
3,443  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   175,077 
1,018  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   56,804 
646  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   30,226 
1,892  Chubb Ltd.   324,648 
4,962  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   559,118 
3,392  CNA Financial Corp.   159,187 
5,993  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   153,001 
1,023  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   256,957 
611  Everest Re Group Ltd.   169,216 
6,206  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   283,118 
4,454  First American Financial Corp.   287,283 
2,089  Globe Life, Inc.   214,102 
1,559  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   215,625 
7,658  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   505,122 
2,695  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   108,069 
3,165  Kemper Corp.   247,060 
1,621  Lincoln National Corp.   103,955 
1,942  Loews Corp.   108,267 
262  Markel Corp. (a)   308,222 
2,394  Mercury General Corp.   149,074 
6,731  MetLife, Inc.   428,294 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
11,554  Old Republic International Corp.  $284,459 
683  Primerica, Inc.   109,123 
6,824  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   435,849 
5,350  Progressive (The) Corp.   538,959 
1,093  Prudential Financial, Inc.   109,693 
1,201  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   156,767 
2,783  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   211,898 
2,798  Stewart Information Services Corp.   164,103 
2,721  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   420,830 
9,067  Unum Group   256,233 
670  W.R. Berkley Corp.   53,412 
131  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   152,671 
       10,473,676 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%     
21,457  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   255,338 
         
         
   IT Services — 1.0%     
255  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   30,052 
2,619  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   210,568 
1,297  CSG Systems International, Inc.   59,649 
708  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   108,253 
2,357  Genpact Ltd.   112,028 
1,535  International Business Machines Corp.   217,786 
1,700  MAXIMUS, Inc.   155,788 
1,944  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   85,206 
6,140  Western Union (The) Co.   158,166 
       1,137,496 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.2%     
1,588  Brunswick Corp.   170,123 
1,036  Hasbro, Inc.   103,030 
       273,153 
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
703  AGCO Corp.   102,582 
183  Alamo Group, Inc.   28,777 
698  Albany International Corp., Class A   62,289 
3,708  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   153,771 
379  Astec Industries, Inc.   28,429 
1,175  Barnes Group, Inc.   58,656 
1,152  Colfax Corp. (a)   52,059 
1,075  Crane Co.   101,114 
1,153  Cummins, Inc.   290,602 
868  Donaldson Co., Inc.   54,580 
726  Dover Corp.   108,312 
1,520  Federal Signal Corp.   62,974 
1,300  Flowserve Corp.   51,532 
7,241  Fortive Corp.   512,808 
2,466  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   116,494 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
328  Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.  $26,519 
450  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   103,707 
378  John Bean Technologies Corp.   54,954 
715  Kennametal, Inc.   28,714 
410  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   52,500 
3,959  Meritor, Inc. (a)   107,012 
2,073  Mueller Industries, Inc.   93,015 
254  Nordson Corp.   53,698 
851  Oshkosh Corp.   105,890 
3,216  PACCAR, Inc.   289,054 
649  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   203,663 
257  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   51,253 
1,072  Rexnord Corp.   53,525 
656  Snap-on, Inc.   155,866 
490  SPX Corp. (a)   29,723 
1,025  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   211,939 
358  Tennant Co.   28,250 
2,487  Timken (The) Co.   208,585 
3,775  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   309,814 
837  Woodward, Inc.   104,633 
       4,057,293 
         
   Media — 2.7%     
2,191  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   110,163 
7,562  Comcast Corp., Class A   424,606 
11,769  Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)   443,221 
6,971  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   312,231 
8,275  Fox Corp., Class A   309,651 
7,912  Gray Television, Inc.   160,772 
1,728  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   54,864 
9,923  News Corp., Class A   259,933 
1,797  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   264,896 
2,759  Omnicom Group, Inc.   226,955 
7,731  TEGNA, Inc.   155,084 
11,341  ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   465,208 
       3,187,584 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.1%     
879  Alcoa Corp. (a)   32,207 
4,720  Commercial Metals Co.   137,918 
928  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   63,030 
259  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   31,202 
431  Materion Corp.   30,519 
3,723  Nucor Corp.   306,254 
1,326  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   212,571 
3,977  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   215,633 
5,003  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   79,297 
2,170  Worthington Industries, Inc.   141,614 
       1,250,245 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.4%     
3,011  AGNC Investment Corp.  $53,987 
5,868  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   53,281 
2,045  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   31,104 
3,256  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   105,787 
4,585  Chimera Investment Corp.   60,247 
2,421  Ladder Capital Corp.   28,786 
2,971  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   59,569 
4,080  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   105,346 
       498,107 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.7%     
2,131  Big Lots, Inc.   146,911 
296  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   29,277 
2,611  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   300,004 
1,693  Kohl’s Corp.   99,312 
1,509  Target Corp.   312,755 
       888,259 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 3.4%     
5,029  Ameren Corp.   426,660 
2,439  Avista Corp.   112,243 
3,779  Black Hills Corp.   260,675 
4,881  CMS Energy Corp.   314,288 
6,838  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   529,329 
3,842  DTE Energy Co.   537,957 
7,983  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   267,111 
4,186  NiSource, Inc.   108,920 
1,786  NorthWestern Corp.   121,502 
8,495  Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   536,544 
3,858  Sempra Energy   530,745 
3,193  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   310,264 
       4,056,238 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.7%     
8,062  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   134,394 
951  Chevron Corp.   98,020 
1,943  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   26,075 
5,852  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   159,409 
2,821  EOG Resources, Inc.   207,738 
10,865  EQT Corp. (a)   207,522 
17,841  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   145,583 
12,288  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   209,510 
18,902  Marathon Oil Corp.   212,837 
1,741  Murphy Oil Corp.   29,475 
1,966  ONEOK, Inc.   102,900 
2,491  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   90,946 
8,636  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   210,373 
4,136  World Fuel Services Corp.   127,926 
       1,962,708 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%     
2,319  Domtar Corp. (a)  $91,415 
3,640  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   239,803 
2,378  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   108,603 
       439,821 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
5,601  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   56,066 
2,164  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   82,665 
878  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   79,011 
       217,742 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%     
12,182  Innoviva, Inc. (a)   139,484 
614  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   100,942 
1,245  Johnson & Johnson   202,599 
2,494  Perrigo Co. PLC   103,825 
8,248  Pfizer, Inc.   318,785 
3,303  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   143,879 
5,561  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   169,332 
29,291  Viatris, Inc. (a)   389,570 
       1,568,416 
         
   Professional Services — 1.2%     
1,586  ASGN, Inc. (a)   166,815 
1,023  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   260,722 
1,783  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   59,891 
720  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   99,972 
666  ICF International, Inc.   60,646 
771  Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.   103,013 
458  Korn Ferry   31,094 
3,104  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   314,373 
986  ManTech International Corp., Class A   84,155 
646  Robert Half International, Inc.   56,596 
1,811  Science Applications International Corp.   161,940 
       1,399,217 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
1,259  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   107,267 
531  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   57,316 
1,128  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   211,962 
4,240  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   87,132 
1,728  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   61,033 
       524,710 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.5%     
330  AMERCO   196,888 
1,655  ArcBest Corp.   120,418 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail (Continued)     
2,122  CSX Corp.  $213,791 
7,435  Heartland Express, Inc.   138,217 
1,217  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   207,754 
5,247  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   247,238 
306  Landstar System, Inc.   52,718 
8,579  Marten Transport Ltd.   143,441 
371  Norfolk Southern Corp.   103,598 
1,133  Ryder System, Inc.   90,459 
4,664  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   113,009 
2,469  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   114,142 
       1,741,673 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%     
10,643  Amkor Technology, Inc.   215,201 
1,417  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)   58,848 
215  Broadcom, Inc.   98,083 
7,992  Intel Corp.   459,780 
5,799  Micron Technology, Inc. (a)   499,120 
2,394  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   93,366 
       1,424,398 
         
   Software — 0.4%     
1,867  CDK Global, Inc.   100,053 
4,545  Ebix, Inc.   136,850 
11,575  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   195,154 
       432,057 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.6%     
550  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   110,088 
296  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   58,789 
1,624  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   166,428 
3,564  Best Buy Co., Inc.   414,386 
2,182  Buckle (The), Inc.   91,513 
3,314  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   273,670 
3,589  Foot Locker, Inc.   211,679 
923  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   151,520 
806  Murphy USA, Inc.   112,356 
2,516  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   220,628 
2,893  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   58,062 
       1,869,119 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.5%     
25,997  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   416,472 
9,412  HP, Inc.   321,043 
3,893  Seagate Technology PLC   361,426 
2,194  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   81,222 
4,477  Western Digital Corp. (a)   316,210 
10,397  Xerox Holdings Corp.   250,984 
       1,747,357 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%     
568  Carter’s, Inc. (a)  $61,793 
478  Columbia Sportswear Co.   52,107 
3,864  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   125,541 
6,123  Tapestry, Inc. (a)   292,985 
       532,426 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.6%     
2,157  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   27,879 
5,313  Essent Group Ltd.   279,357 
3,228  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   150,231 
18,219  MGIC Investment Corp.   277,658 
4,188  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   144,402 
15,996  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   191,312 
6,158  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   159,123 
4,030  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   56,581 
3,846  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   90,650 
10,853  Radian Group, Inc.   267,418 
3,781  Washington Federal, Inc.   123,072 
1,721  WSFS Financial Corp.   87,926 
       1,855,609 
         
   Tobacco — 0.1%     
1,947  Altria Group, Inc.   92,969 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4%     
5,150  Air Lease Corp.   240,557 
1,113  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   62,695 
1,256  GATX Corp.   122,724 
1,395  GMS, Inc. (a)   60,975 
1,444  McGrath RentCorp   118,379 
1,679  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   151,379 
2,337  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   115,354 
2,647  Triton International Ltd.   132,800 
1,243  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   397,698 
2,703  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   63,115 
248  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   107,518 
1,167  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   107,037 
       1,680,231 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%     
6,341  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   145,716 
3,266  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   431,537 
3,991  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   136,213 
       713,466 

 

Shares  Description  Value
       
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%  $118,034,830 
   (Cost $98,948,629)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.6%     
341,350  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   341,350 
358,489  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (c)   358,489 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.6%   699,839 
   (Cost $699,839)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.6%   118,734,669 
   (Cost $99,648,468) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.6)%   (670,831)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $118,063,838 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $330,927 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $341,350.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $19,481,600 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $395,399. The net unrealized appreciation was $19,086,201.

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $118,034,830   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   699,839    —      —   
Total Investments  $118,734,669   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%     
1,821  AeroVironment, Inc. (a)  $200,984 
2,573  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   390,092 
4,167  BWX Technologies, Inc.   278,856 
1,437  HEICO Corp.   202,329 
3,874  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   103,591 
5,589  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   216,909 
632  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   387,884 
5,980  Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   132,457 
       1,913,102 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%     
3,612  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   95,068 
         
   Airlines — 0.2%     
19,161  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   416,177 
         
         
   Auto Components — 1.0%     
5,385  Aptiv PLC (a)   774,847 
1,515  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   150,258 
3,604  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   552,241 
2,099  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   149,449 
1,176  LCI Industries   172,284 
1,275  Visteon Corp. (a)   155,308 
4,070  XPEL, Inc. (a) (c)   260,887 
       2,215,274 
         
   Automobiles — 0.4%     
1,112  Tesla, Inc. (a)   788,897 
6,651  Workhorse Group, Inc. (a) (b)   82,406 
       871,303 
         
   Banks — 2.4%     
7,840  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   384,787 
4,454  First Republic Bank   816,151 
6,418  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   378,341 
6,978  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   230,623 
2,248  Lakeland Financial Corp.   146,637 
3,858  Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   246,757 
4,292  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   156,014 
3,446  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   217,925 
2,025  Signature Bank   509,308 
1,858  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   199,215 
1,880  SVB Financial Group (a)   1,075,040 
3,414  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   302,583 
8,862  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   165,188 
6,460  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   218,219 
       5,046,788 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Beverages — 1.0%     
380  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)  $462,266 
7,625  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   436,912 
15,779  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   565,677 
4,076  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   395,576 
7,491  National Beverage Corp. (b)   363,988 
       2,224,419 
         
   Biotechnology — 6.3%     
6,862  AbbVie, Inc.   765,113 
675  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   84,355 
3,012  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   168,070 
2,574  Alector, Inc. (a)   50,193 
1,280  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   180,019 
1,492  Amgen, Inc.   357,543 
5,539  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   186,941 
4,577  Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   375,314 
15,293  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   177,934 
1,884  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   181,467 
5,381  CareDx, Inc. (a)   425,476 
3,549  Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   52,525 
4,543  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   115,574 
4,812  Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   290,837 
6,083  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   189,729 
4,362  Editas Medicine, Inc. (a)   161,438 
2,957  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   180,318 
5,636  Exact Sciences Corp. (a)   742,937 
4,444  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   388,361 
6,591  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   329,220 
10,086  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   954,337 
11,129  ImmunityBio, Inc. (a) (b)   197,540 
26,094  ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)   210,318 
2,689  Insmed, Inc. (a)   90,700 
4,565  Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   350,455 
2,246  Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   44,426 
1,387  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   202,349 
6,636  MacroGenics, Inc. (a)   214,741 
535  Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   88,928 
7,089  Moderna, Inc. (a)   1,267,655 
2,706  Natera, Inc. (a)   297,714 
942  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   89,009 
5,120  Novavax, Inc. (a)   1,213,082 
106,750  OPKO Health, Inc. (a) (b)   437,675 
14,501  Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. (a)   324,242 
7,525  Precigen, Inc. (a) (b)   58,206 
1,520  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   52,729 
1,130  REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. (a)   37,505 
4,895  Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   385,530 
2,086  Scholar Rock Holding Corp. (a)   67,482 
6,269  Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)   51,594 
3,801  TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   169,943 
3,144  Translate Bio, Inc. (a)   73,004 
2,076  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   51,319 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
2,218  Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)  $297,633 
1,609  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   179,629 
1,966  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   97,808 
4,756  Vericel Corp. (a)   296,869 
7,146  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   341,150 
       13,546,936 
         
   Building Products — 1.2%     
2,617  AAON, Inc.   171,178 
4,430  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   494,654 
18,832  Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)   264,778 
1,152  CSW Industrials, Inc.   155,992 
3,823  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   401,338 
2,310  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   212,197 
588  Lennox International, Inc.   197,180 
2,649  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   298,542 
3,002  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   324,186 
       2,520,045 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.4%     
3,269  Ares Management Corp., Class A   171,688 
2,026  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   103,164 
4,686  B. Riley Financial, Inc.   334,065 
985  BlackRock, Inc.   807,010 
7,277  Blackstone Group (The), Inc.   643,942 
7,632  Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.   171,796 
7,475  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   318,883 
2,539  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   119,485 
1,193  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   107,907 
779  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   51,624 
3,325  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   391,386 
15,202  KKR & Co., Inc.   860,129 
2,834  Moelis & Co., Class A   153,830 
605  Moody’s Corp.   197,660 
1,221  Morningstar, Inc.   323,577 
6,295  Nasdaq, Inc.   1,016,894 
1,562  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   114,854 
512  S&P Global, Inc.   199,880 
4,328  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   775,578 
2,475  Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A   201,168 
897  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   245,294 
       7,309,814 
         
   Chemicals — 1.3%     
11,066  Amyris, Inc. (a)   161,121 
843  Balchem Corp.   107,221 
1,399  Ingevity Corp. (a)   109,234 
6,102  Livent Corp. (a)   109,958 
12,061  Olin Corp.   518,985 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
1,503  Quaker Chemical Corp.  $364,252 
1,994  RPM International, Inc.   189,111 
1,869  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   432,038 
1,509  Sherwin-Williams (The) Co.   413,270 
14,053  Valvoline, Inc.   441,264 
       2,846,454 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%     
32,556  ADT, Inc.   299,515 
1,963  Brink’s (The) Co.   156,883 
815  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   54,695 
1,553  Cimpress PLC (a)   147,939 
530  Cintas Corp.   182,924 
1,661  IAA, Inc. (a)   104,328 
611  MSA Safety, Inc.   98,224 
32,064  Pitney Bowes, Inc.   239,518 
2,699  Tetra Tech, Inc.   344,473 
       1,628,499 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.8%     
1,230  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   387,659 
7,623  Calix, Inc. (a)   322,377 
10,488  Cisco Systems, Inc.   533,944 
13,761  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   226,368 
1,756  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   327,951 
10,974  Infinera Corp. (a)   101,180 
5,184  Inseego Corp. (a)   46,034 
1,003  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   85,305 
2,884  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   543,057 
3,784  NETGEAR, Inc. (a)   140,803 
6,790  Plantronics, Inc. (a)   271,532 
3,112  Ubiquiti, Inc.   887,947 
3,302  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   54,021 
       3,928,178 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.5%     
3,198  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   168,822 
7,521  API Group Corp. (a) (c) (d)   159,896 
2,736  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   246,596 
13,202  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   386,423 
       961,737 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.7%     
3,407  Eagle Materials, Inc. (a)   470,643 
2,211  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   780,748 
7,543  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   217,163 
       1,468,554 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging — 0.4%     
1,293  AptarGroup, Inc.  $194,997 
13,171  Ranpak Holdings Corp. (a)   253,278 
5,997  Sealed Air Corp.   296,252 
       744,527 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
1,571  Pool Corp.   663,779 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
2,764  2U, Inc. (a)   108,487 
3,208  Chegg, Inc. (a)   289,779 
5,112  frontdoor, Inc. (a)   273,645 
3,843  Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   195,570 
6,757  WW International, Inc. (a)   187,439 
       1,054,920 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
723  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   95,581 
754  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   56,935 
6,661  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   253,051 
8,142  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   113,581 
4,386  Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)   59,430 
       578,578 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.7%     
4,246  AMETEK, Inc.   572,913 
3,675  Atkore, Inc. (a)   287,679 
10,158  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)   263,803 
25,424  FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)   246,867 
2,835  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   918,398 
15,132  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   431,414 
2,043  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   539,883 
4,682  TPI Composites, Inc. (a)   248,848 
610  Vicor Corp. (a)   56,260 
       3,566,065 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3%     
8,221  Amphenol Corp., Class A   553,602 
557  Badger Meter, Inc.   52,018 
6,535  Cognex Corp.   562,794 
6,698  II-VI, Inc. (a)   449,704 
434  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   94,226 
585  Itron, Inc. (a)   52,615 
5,179  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   747,589 
4,800  nLight, Inc. (a)   140,832 
540  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   52,148 
2,378  PAR Technology Corp. (a)   195,329 
826  Rogers Corp. (a)   161,764 
11,933  Trimble, Inc. (a)   978,506 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
1,913  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)  $933,046 
       4,974,173 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%     
12,159  ChampionX Corp. (a)   255,461 
         
         
   Entertainment — 1.4%     
5,831  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   531,729 
44,854  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   449,886 
347  Netflix, Inc. (a)   178,174 
2,280  Roku, Inc. (a)   781,971 
1,023  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   179,414 
2,939  Walt Disney (The) Co. (a)   546,713 
1,948  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   107,354 
26,912  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   291,188 
       3,066,429 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.9%     
2,747  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   101,749 
833  Camden Property Trust   100,360 
2,227  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   53,849 
32,618  Colony Capital, Inc. (a)   228,326 
2,421  CubeSmart   102,505 
639  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   101,384 
2,271  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   59,477 
1,366  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   396,850 
2,000  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   99,540 
2,159  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   100,372 
2,241  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   55,577 
1,525  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   279,273 
5,651  Invitation Homes, Inc.   198,124 
7,424  Iron Mountain, Inc.   297,851 
8,063  Kite Realty Group Trust   167,791 
2,926  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   289,791 
1,066  Life Storage, Inc.   102,400 
8,608  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   189,806 
2,931  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.   54,165 
717  National Health Investors, Inc.   52,635 
1,298  National Storage Affiliates Trust   58,981 
2,939  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   174,459 
1,705  Prologis, Inc.   198,684 
1,363  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (a)   107,200 
1,307  Safehold, Inc.   92,418 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
2,725  STAG Industrial, Inc.  $99,490 
13,970  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.   243,776 
4,700  Uniti Group, Inc.   53,580 
       4,060,413 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%     
8,167  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   364,820 
2,483  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   100,289 
1,608  PriceSmart, Inc.   135,136 
12,913  Rite Aid Corp. (a)   226,236 
8,021  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   295,654 
1,331  Walmart, Inc.   186,220 
       1,308,355 
         
   Food Products — 0.8%     
5,008  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   146,133 
1,408  Beyond Meat, Inc. (a) (b)   185,405 
3,596  Campbell Soup Co.   171,709 
6,224  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   432,257 
1,730  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   319,739 
6,302  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   258,445 
522  Lancaster Colony Corp.   96,419 
3,474  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   120,027 
       1,730,134 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.0%     
2,296  South Jersey Industries, Inc.   56,826 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.7%     
4,525  Abbott Laboratories   543,362 
567  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   181,854 
1,002  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   596,721 
9,850  Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)   157,502 
1,613  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   124,314 
2,416  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   104,395 
2,597  Axonics, Inc. (a)   163,429 
2,936  BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)   102,466 
471  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   193,529 
2,990  CryoPort, Inc. (a)   169,144 
1,650  Danaher Corp.   419,001 
3,274  Glaukos Corp. (a)   308,280 
1,485  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   106,579 
1,255  Heska Corp. (a)   229,226 
9,984  Hologic, Inc. (a)   654,451 
446  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   92,889 
759  IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)   416,683 
693  Insulet Corp. (a)   204,588 
2,651  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   196,386 
1,765  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   112,254 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
1,030  Neogen Corp. (a)  $98,890 
2,809  Novocure Ltd. (a)   573,317 
677  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   207,155 
716  Quidel Corp. (a)   75,030 
3,516  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   574,725 
3,476  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   476,247 
949  STERIS PLC   200,258 
435  Teleflex, Inc.   183,779 
1,318  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   432,989 
       7,899,443 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%     
4,687  1Life Healthcare, Inc. (a)   203,931 
12,458  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   362,029 
1,010  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   106,858 
346  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   93,368 
757  Castle Biosciences, Inc. (a)   52,256 
505  CorVel Corp. (a)   59,090 
12,225  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   350,246 
5,032  DaVita, Inc. (a)   586,379 
4,880  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   418,948 
2,734  Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a) (b)   210,573 
4,865  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   773,438 
6,107  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   160,736 
1,050  ModivCare, Inc. (a)   147,084 
1,592  Ontrak, Inc. (a)   51,963 
11,915  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   227,338 
7,029  Owens & Minor, Inc.   253,677 
4,868  Patterson Cos., Inc.   156,457 
2,307  Pennant Group (The), Inc. (a)   93,249 
8,231  Progyny, Inc. (a)   468,426 
11,134  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   303,736 
7,748  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   292,255 
5,969  Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)   287,706 
8,807  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   521,903 
       6,181,646 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.9%     
14,077  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   219,038 
13,080  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   283,313 
1,109  Health Catalyst, Inc. (a)   64,211 
3,672  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   110,931 
1,770  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   419,172 
2,116  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   306,862 
2,028  Phreesia, Inc. (a)   104,949 
2,401  Schrodinger, Inc. (a)   183,052 
1,126  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   53,553 
692  Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   195,455 
1,348  Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)   48,757 
       1,989,293 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.2%     
3,253  Bally’s Corp. (a)  $188,544 
9,767  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (a)   308,637 
7,767  Boyd Gaming Corp. (a)   513,787 
10,615  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,038,572 
4,516  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc. (a)   282,656 
382  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   569,955 
1,208  Churchill Downs, Inc.   255,492 
492  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   207,791 
1,925  Jack in the Box, Inc.   232,251 
1,192  Papa John’s International, Inc.   115,290 
8,855  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   789,158 
6,486  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A (a)   237,582 
7,133  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   417,423 
4,255  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   233,004 
3,249  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   353,329 
3,347  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   157,242 
7,488  Travel + Leisure Co.   483,201 
720  Wingstop, Inc.   114,055 
3,432  Yum! Brands, Inc.   410,193 
       6,908,162 
         
   Household Durables — 1.6%     
5,632  Garmin Ltd.   772,936 
1,304  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   275,418 
1,403  Installed Building Products, Inc.   188,914 
2,162  iRobot Corp. (a)   235,225 
1,770  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   293,431 
3,339  Purple Innovation, Inc. (a)   113,793 
4,670  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   207,488 
7,051  Sonos, Inc. (a)   282,251 
12,526  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   477,742 
1,749  TopBuild Corp. (a)   388,943 
5,889  Tupperware Brands Corp. (a)   143,515 
       3,379,656 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
2,069  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   177,396 
3,277  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   161,556 
1,300  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   173,316 
1,335  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   178,116 
897  WD-40 Co.   223,120 
       913,504 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
1,842  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   52,847 
4,488  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)   158,516 
       211,363 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance — 0.8%     
1,614  Aon PLC, Class A  $405,824 
2,004  Brown & Brown, Inc.   106,573 
415  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   88,818 
484  Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A   53,211 
556  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   96,750 
3,049  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   413,749 
571  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   96,391 
1,642  RLI Corp.   183,017 
2,404  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   194,964 
       1,639,297 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 2.3%     
360  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   847,260 
4,769  Eventbrite, Inc., Class A (a)   112,405 
1,841  Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)   598,472 
12,539  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   832,213 
17,753  Snap, Inc., Class A (a)   1,097,491 
11,671  Twitter, Inc. (a)   644,473 
5,728  Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)   745,327 
       4,877,641 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.2%     
175  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   606,799 
4,325  Chewy, Inc., Class A (a)   344,789 
15,158  eBay, Inc.   845,665 
4,603  Etsy, Inc. (a)   915,030 
3,987  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   324,941 
6,873  RealReal (The), Inc. (a)   170,244 
2,374  Shutterstock, Inc.   206,965 
918  Stamps.com, Inc. (a)   188,530 
7,395  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a)   320,351 
2,949  Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)   871,636 
       4,794,950 
         
   IT Services — 4.5%     
2,688  Accenture PLC, Class A   779,439 
2,878  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   538,157 
2,425  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   384,678 
1,872  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   856,908 
1,393  EVERTEC, Inc.   55,581 
1,172  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   108,269 
1,361  Fastly, Inc., Class A (a)   86,927 
6,239  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   749,429 
4,068  Gartner, Inc. (a)   796,840 
1,842  Global Payments, Inc.   395,348 
2,329  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   202,204 
1,766  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   86,499 
4,402  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   161,906 
676  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   201,083 
820  Okta, Inc. (a)   221,154 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
3,788  Paychex, Inc.  $369,292 
3,058  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)   802,083 
2,649  Perficient, Inc. (a)   173,801 
10,502  Sabre Corp. (a)   157,320 
4,088  Square, Inc., Class A (a)   1,000,824 
2,630  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   267,550 
2,179  Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)   801,436 
8,315  Unisys Corp. (a)   199,560 
3,830  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   51,475 
876  WEX, Inc. (a)   179,764 
       9,627,527 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.1%     
2,557  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   108,187 
5,814  Callaway Golf Co.   168,315 
2,653  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   221,154 
22,990  Mattel, Inc. (a)   493,365 
4,823  Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (a)   474,342 
8,239  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   268,674 
6,342  YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)   541,734 
       2,275,771 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 5.1%     
4,103  10X Genomics, Inc., Class A (a)   811,573 
5,841  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   780,591 
25,670  Avantor, Inc. (a)   822,467 
26,159  Bionano Genomics, Inc. (a) (b)   166,633 
650  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   409,585 
1,944  Bio-Techne Corp.   831,041 
5,700  Bruker Corp.   390,564 
3,203  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   1,064,837 
4,617  Codexis, Inc. (a)   107,022 
471  Illumina, Inc. (a)   185,028 
3,845  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   902,383 
4,876  Luminex Corp.   178,900 
2,233  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   378,895 
321  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   421,576 
789  NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)   62,860 
1,899  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   93,032 
10,999  Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)   328,320 
4,227  PerkinElmer, Inc.   547,946 
2,107  Personalis, Inc. (a)   51,916 
9,682  PPD, Inc. (a)   447,308 
3,615  Quanterix Corp. (a)   221,021 
942  Repligen Corp. (a)   199,431 
4,830  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   409,826 
1,188  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   558,633 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Life Sciences Tools & Services (Continued)     
1,909  Waters Corp. (a)  $572,452 
       10,943,840 
         
   Machinery — 1.8%     
2,812  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   165,936 
3,217  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   516,747 
2,481  Deere & Co.   920,079 
4,018  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   114,834 
1,339  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   108,821 
1,279  Graco, Inc.   98,227 
1,774  IDEX Corp.   397,731 
1,143  Kadant, Inc.   203,488 
1,269  Lindsay Corp.   210,375 
11,197  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   160,789 
328  Omega Flex, Inc.   52,152 
5,425  Otis Worldwide Corp.   422,445 
2,664  Toro (The) Co.   305,294 
436  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   54,304 
       3,731,222 
         
   Marine — 0.1%     
3,169  Matson, Inc.   207,031 
         
   Media — 0.8%     
8,447  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   306,711 
473  Cardlytics, Inc. (a)   65,052 
602  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   405,417 
8,805  Magnite, Inc. (a)   352,640 
3,619  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   164,339 
7,224  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   234,563 
3,043  TechTarget, Inc. (a)   233,398 
       1,762,120 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.6%     
10,036  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)   233,438 
22,773  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   406,726 
11,704  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   94,568 
18,574  Hecla Mining Co.   109,772 
6,161  Newmont Corp.   384,508 
851  Royal Gold, Inc.   95,193 
       1,324,205 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.3%     
13,293  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   235,020 
4,956  Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.   53,426 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
3,265  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.  $171,086 
24,425  New Residential Investment Corp.   261,836 
       721,368 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.5%     
1,833  Dollar General Corp.   393,637 
7,317  Franchise Group, Inc.   281,924 
3,158  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   291,388 
       966,949 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.9%     
50,715  Antero Midstream Corp.   438,177 
25,903  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   233,645 
25,584  APA Corp.   511,680 
12,891  Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)   999,310 
7,711  Cimarex Energy Co.   510,468 
19,229  Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a)   211,519 
6,231  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   509,260 
21,546  Gevo, Inc. (a) (b)   146,082 
18,412  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A (a)   207,319 
11,267  Matador Resources Co.   296,435 
34,872  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   884,354 
19,226  Ovintiv, Inc.   460,078 
20,461  Range Resources Corp. (a)   200,927 
1,600  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   88,832 
45,455  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   194,093 
231  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   355,775 
       6,247,954 
         
   Personal Products — 0.7%     
3,192  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   1,001,650 
4,129  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   188,984 
998  Medifast, Inc.   226,636 
2,941  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   155,461 
       1,572,731 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%     
8,591  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   536,250 
7,052  Catalent, Inc. (a)   793,138 
4,442  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   101,233 
2,903  Eli Lilly and Co.   530,581 
28,524  Endo International PLC (a)   163,443 
3,115  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   107,249 
1,783  NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   49,033 
9,478  Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (a)   174,206 
2,913  Omeros Corp. (a) (b)   51,444 
1,508  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   95,275 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
1,855  Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)  $54,018 
       2,655,870 
         
   Professional Services — 0.8%     
1,137  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   94,314 
2,050  Equifax, Inc.   469,922 
940  Exponent, Inc.   90,550 
1,857  Insperity, Inc.   162,562 
4,699  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   369,858 
10,229  Upwork, Inc. (a)   471,148 
       1,658,354 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
10,054  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (a)   345,455 
4,126  Redfin Corp. (a)   292,038 
3,625  St. Joe (The) Co.   165,989 
       803,482 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.4%     
3,642  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   326,359 
11,754  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   654,228 
3,089  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   796,375 
1,986  Saia, Inc. (a)   465,717 
9,949  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   544,907 
820  Union Pacific Corp.   182,114 
       2,969,700 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 8.1%     
1,308  ACM Research, Inc., Class A (a)   103,267 
4,195  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   462,750 
2,303  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   187,971 
1,053  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   102,657 
3,490  Analog Devices, Inc.   534,528 
6,948  Applied Materials, Inc.   922,069 
5,609  Brooks Automation, Inc.   568,360 
2,770  CEVA, Inc. (a)   153,569 
2,160  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   160,726 
1,554  CMC Materials, Inc.   285,050 
6,315  Cohu, Inc. (a)   252,663 
1,694  Cree, Inc. (a)   168,418 
4,589  Diodes, Inc. (a)   352,481 
4,580  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   637,765 
8,303  Entegris, Inc.   934,752 
2,098  First Solar, Inc. (a)   160,560 
4,685  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   183,418 
3,717  Impinj, Inc. (a)   176,409 
2,810  KLA Corp.   886,134 
1,560  Lam Research Corp.   967,902 
4,069  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   204,711 
7,893  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   446,823 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
11,072  Marvell Technology, Inc.  $500,565 
4,564  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   164,258 
4,784  Microchip Technology, Inc.   718,987 
2,470  MKS Instruments, Inc.   442,402 
1,535  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   554,718 
696  NVIDIA Corp.   417,864 
4,021  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   275,519 
3,372  Power Integrations, Inc.   279,235 
5,088  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   957,409 
2,800  QUALCOMM, Inc.   388,640 
5,436  Rambus, Inc. (a)   103,175 
2,655  Semtech Corp. (a)   179,850 
1,072  SiTime Corp. (a)   99,214 
5,059  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   917,348 
13,691  SunPower Corp. (a)   351,722 
1,561  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   218,337 
7,629  Teradyne, Inc.   954,235 
2,869  Texas Instruments, Inc.   517,883 
4,552  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   232,471 
774  Universal Display Corp.   173,136 
       17,299,951 
         
   Software — 10.5%     
11,294  8x8, Inc. (a)   371,460 
7,222  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   272,847 
3,181  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   285,527 
1,689  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   109,785 
2,067  Appian Corp. (a) (b)   250,479 
1,269  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   166,036 
652  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   190,325 
9,426  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   271,186 
2,518  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   389,358 
845  Blackline, Inc. (a)   98,071 
4,603  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   98,044 
3,959  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   521,677 
4,090  Cerence, Inc. (a)   394,317 
2,645  Citrix Systems, Inc.   327,583 
7,526  Cloudera, Inc. (a)   95,505 
10,570  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   895,702 
2,411  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   167,589 
2,425  Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)   107,343 
2,971  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   619,483 
2,169  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   186,035 
5,699  Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)   429,876 
893  DocuSign, Inc. (a)   199,085 
1,856  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   188,328 
2,763  Domo, Inc., Class B (a)   177,633 
13,742  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   353,169 
5,696  Dynatrace, Inc. (a)   296,420 
1,626  Elastic N.V. (a)   196,128 
1,268  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   93,616 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
372  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)  $193,965 
9,360  FireEye, Inc. (a)   186,030 
1,172  Five9, Inc. (a)   220,301 
5,034  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   1,028,094 
16,563  fuboTV, Inc. (a) (b)   333,910 
2,044  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   1,076,064 
36,193  Ideanomics, Inc. (a) (b)   106,407 
817  InterDigital, Inc.   56,716 
472  Intuit, Inc.   194,540 
3,821  J2 Global, Inc. (a)   462,341 
3,473  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   189,799 
1,561  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   214,232 
1,575  Microsoft Corp.   397,183 
675  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)   443,583 
1,472  Model N, Inc. (a)   58,556 
1,490  New Relic, Inc. (a)   95,807 
8,509  Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   452,424 
3,449  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   93,261 
7,729  Oracle Corp.   585,781 
6,830  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   290,002 
1,684  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   595,109 
488  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   187,592 
509  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   98,359 
1,177  Progress Software Corp.   51,388 
728  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   125,296 
6,744  PTC, Inc. (a)   883,059 
2,455  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   199,469 
3,968  Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a) (b)   165,981 
5,426  Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)   264,952 
853  salesforce.com, Inc. (a)   196,463 
361  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   182,800 
2,866  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   169,954 
3,659  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)   242,555 
522  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   53,474 
5,314  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   394,405 
1,499  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   370,343 
5,484  Teradata Corp. (a)   271,293 
570  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   415,707 
2,239  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   110,965 
3,568  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   188,926 
6,486  Veritone, Inc. (a)   156,442 
2,468  VMware, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   396,928 
2,183  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   539,201 
3,113  Workiva, Inc. (a)   292,622 
9,709  Xperi Holding Corp.   199,520 
3,580  Yext, Inc. (a)   49,941 
4,089  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   597,607 
563  Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   179,918 
2,163  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   405,865 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
7,141  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)  $115,684 
       22,533,421 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.0%     
9,206  At Home Group, Inc. (a)   290,726 
661  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   967,783 
5,143  Blink Charging Co. (a) (b)   189,263 
4,240  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   299,090 
7,263  Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A   316,231 
2,067  Carvana Co. (a)   589,633 
1,920  Five Below, Inc. (a)   386,438 
3,837  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   425,600 
4,890  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   848,855 
5,317  GrowGeneration Corp. (a)   231,821 
2,433  Home Depot (The), Inc.   787,489 
7,403  L Brands, Inc. (a)   487,858 
1,174  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   451,262 
4,881  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   957,896 
6,269  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   316,020 
1,464  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   809,416 
4,582  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   263,694 
768  RH (a)   528,399 
1,841  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   205,990 
5,242  Tractor Supply Co.   988,641 
2,556  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   436,437 
       10,778,542 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.1%     
3,040  Apple, Inc.   399,639 
10,531  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   1,035,513 
10,219  NetApp, Inc.   763,257 
8,504  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   171,951 
       2,370,360 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%     
5,692  Crocs, Inc. (a)   569,883 
1,109  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   375,064 
1,360  NIKE, Inc., Class B   180,363 
       1,125,310 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%     
5,620  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   253,743 
6,046  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   110,461 
5,831  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   287,235 
6,849  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   412,378 
8,993  TFS Financial Corp.   175,903 
2,572  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   285,106 
       1,524,826 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
4,184  Philip Morris International, Inc.  $397,480 
11,149  Vector Group Ltd.   145,494 
       542,974 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0%     
4,416  Boise Cascade Co.   294,636 
10,786  Fastenal Co.   563,892 
2,607  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   275,299 
2,146  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   384,950 
6,425  Systemax, Inc.   274,476 
1,054  Watsco, Inc.   308,674 
       2,101,927 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.2%     
1,876  California Water Service Group   110,215 
4,093  Essential Utilities, Inc.   192,903 
656  Middlesex Water Co.   53,805 
823  SJW Group   53,948 
       410,871 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   214,003,269 
   (Cost $167,219,810)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 2.0%     
4,179,070  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (e) (f)   4,179,070 
28,389  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.01% (e)   28,389 
   Total Money Market Funds — 2.0%   4,207,459 
   (Cost $4,207,459)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.0%   218,210,728 
   (Cost $171,427,269) (g)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.0)%   (4,301,850)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $213,908,878 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $4,022,113 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $4,179,070.

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
 

 

(c) This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the 1933 Act, as amended (the “1933 Act”)
(d) This security is exempt from registration upon resale under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security is not restricted on the foreign exchange where it trades freely without any additional registration. As such, it does not require the additional disclosure required of restricted securities.
(e) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(f) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(g) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $49,105,501 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $2,322,042. The net unrealized appreciation was $46,783,459.

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $214,003,269   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   4,207,459    —      —   
Total Investments  $218,210,728   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%     
3,767  Curtiss-Wright Corp.  $481,799 
2,894  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   614,454 
7,366  Parsons Corp. (a)   326,535 
5,311  Textron, Inc.   341,179 
       1,763,967 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%     
1,561  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   151,542 
         
   Auto Components — 1.3%     
16,063  BorgWarner, Inc.   780,341 
8,351  Gentex Corp.   293,788 
1,643  Lear Corp.   302,049 
       1,376,178 
         
   Automobiles — 0.6%     
4,421  Thor Industries, Inc.   625,969 
         
   Banks — 6.8%     
10,937  Bank OZK   448,308 
6,670  BOK Financial Corp.   586,560 
4,152  Comerica, Inc.   312,064 
1,944  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   151,263 
2,739  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   328,844 
4,036  East West Bancorp, Inc.   307,341 
356  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   308,816 
35,229  First Horizon Corp.   644,339 
3,360  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   294,470 
8,472  Popular, Inc.   626,589 
7,955  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   583,579 
1,897  South State Corp.   159,955 
9,766  Synovus Financial Corp.   457,635 
11,581  United Bankshares, Inc.   454,786 
43,357  Valley National Bancorp   597,026 
2,702  Webster Financial Corp.   142,963 
1,577  Western Alliance Bancorp   165,695 
10,839  Zions Bancorp N.A.   604,816 
       7,175,049 
         
   Beverages — 0.1%     
2,912  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B (a)   160,014 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.0%     
6,593  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   162,320 
4,452  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   897,345 
       1,059,665 
         
   Building Products — 0.4%     
2,203  A.O. Smith Corp.   149,253 
1,186  Allegion PLC   159,375 
3,212  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   156,328 
       464,956 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets — 4.6%     
1,999  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.  $322,179 
4,527  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   472,483 
4,522  Evercore, Inc., Class A   633,668 
29,527  Invesco Ltd.   797,229 
24,740  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   804,297 
10,269  Lazard Ltd., Class A   462,002 
2,095  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   328,286 
7,333  SEI Investments Co.   450,540 
9,300  Stifel Financial Corp.   643,467 
       4,914,151 
         
   Chemicals — 3.3%     
5,035  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   160,566 
9,846  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   478,811 
10,672  Chemours (The) Co.   322,294 
16,286  Element Solutions, Inc.   356,338 
10,332  Huntsman Corp.   296,219 
23,558  Mosaic (The) Co.   828,770 
1,175  NewMarket Corp.   407,243 
6,709  Westlake Chemical Corp.   629,908 
       3,480,149 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%     
5,315  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   472,822 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.8%     
8,165  Ciena Corp. (a)   412,088 
17,639  Juniper Networks, Inc.   447,854 
       859,942 
   Construction & Engineering — 1.4%     
1,328  EMCOR Group, Inc.   159,094 
6,358  MasTec, Inc. (a)   663,521 
5,078  Quanta Services, Inc.   490,738 
627  Valmont Industries, Inc.   154,775 
       1,468,128 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.7%     
1,654  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   652,983 
11,089  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   630,631 
27,519  Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.   933,995 
33,151  SLM Corp.   651,749 
       2,869,358 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 2.5%     
9,702  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   617,241 
3,069  Crown Holdings, Inc.   336,976 
24,603  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   456,386 
14,174  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   597,718 
4,706  Sonoco Products Co.   308,055 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging (Continued)     
5,723  WestRock Co.  $319,057 
       2,635,433 
         
   Distributors — 0.6%     
14,073  LKQ Corp. (a)   657,350 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%     
4,172  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   451,786 
5,835  Service Corp. International   311,822 
       763,608 
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
18,263  Equitable Holdings, Inc.   625,142 
2,340  Voya Financial, Inc.   158,699 
       783,841 
         
   Electric Utilities — 4.2%     
10,999  Alliant Energy Corp.   617,814 
12,509  Evergy, Inc.   800,201 
10,056  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   433,011 
5,959  IDACORP, Inc.   610,678 
11,842  NRG Energy, Inc.   424,181 
9,154  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   774,886 
15,687  Portland General Electric Co.   797,841 
       4,458,612 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.2%     
3,611  Acuity Brands, Inc.   669,913 
797  Hubbell, Inc.   153,032 
3,131  Regal Beloit Corp.   452,210 
       1,275,155 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.5%     
6,720  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   766,550 
8,566  Jabil, Inc.   449,030 
563  Littelfuse, Inc.   149,330 
3,449  National Instruments Corp.   142,823 
5,188  SYNNEX Corp.   628,786 
14,760  Vontier Corp. (a)   462,578 
       2,599,097 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.7%     
6,900  American Campus Communities, Inc.   311,949 
14,724  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   328,934 
16,852  Cousins Properties, Inc.   617,963 
4,743  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   159,080 
14,736  Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.   473,910 
5,400  Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A   158,598 
10,405  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   466,040 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
4,685  JBG SMITH Properties  $152,778 
6,808  Kilroy Realty Corp.   466,620 
39,715  Kimco Realty Corp.   834,015 
6,759  National Retail Properties, Inc.   313,753 
8,132  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   309,016 
25,286  Physicians Realty Trust   473,607 
963  PS Business Parks, Inc.   156,362 
2,626  Regency Centers Corp.   167,171 
10,640  SL Green Realty Corp.   787,466 
7,009  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   333,208 
8,892  STORE Capital Corp.   318,245 
15,425  VEREIT, Inc.   737,932 
8,419  WP Carey, Inc.   630,499 
       8,197,146 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%     
23,429  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A (b)   435,076 
2,067  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   459,267 
       894,343 
         
   Food Products — 3.0%     
9,394  Bunge Ltd.   793,042 
12,515  Flowers Foods, Inc.   299,859 
8,281  Ingredion, Inc.   773,528 
1,922  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   154,721 
18,781  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   449,993 
202  Seaboard Corp.   722,754 
       3,193,897 
         
   Gas Utilities — 2.1%     
7,533  Atmos Energy Corp.   780,343 
7,746  ONE Gas, Inc.   623,321 
18,158  UGI Corp.   793,686 
       2,197,350 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4%     
3,650  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   157,972 
2,696  Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   297,153 
       455,125 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%     
5,213  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   317,576 
1,818  Encompass Health Corp.   154,275 
6,453  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   467,843 
17,599  Premier, Inc., Class A   622,125 
5,583  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   828,573 
       2,390,392 
         
   Household Durables — 4.0%     
16,004  KB Home   771,873 
6,525  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   324,097 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
3,872  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)  $795,696 
14,200  PulteGroup, Inc.   839,504 
13,126  Toll Brothers, Inc.   823,000 
2,704  Whirlpool Corp.   639,361 
       4,193,531 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
15,003  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   439,888 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%     
42,119  Vistra Corp.   710,547 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%     
2,715  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   520,330 
         
         
   Insurance — 9.8%     
238  Alleghany Corp. (a)   161,595 
5,221  American Financial Group, Inc.   641,452 
3,152  Assurant, Inc.   490,451 
3,005  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   167,679 
10,011  CNA Financial Corp.   469,816 
3,018  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   758,061 
1,803  Everest Re Group Ltd.   499,341 
18,314  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   835,485 
13,145  First American Financial Corp.   847,852 
6,165  Globe Life, Inc.   631,851 
4,602  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   636,503 
9,341  Kemper Corp.   729,158 
4,783  Lincoln National Corp.   306,734 
34,096  Old Republic International Corp.   839,443 
2,015  Primerica, Inc.   321,937 
3,545  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   462,729 
8,212  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   625,262 
26,757  Unum Group   756,153 
1,977  W.R. Berkley Corp.   157,606 
       10,339,108 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
63,322  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   753,532 
         
   IT Services — 1.2%     
6,956  Genpact Ltd.   330,619 
5,018  MAXIMUS, Inc.   459,849 
18,118  Western Union (The) Co.   466,720 
       1,257,188 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.5%     
4,685  Brunswick Corp.   501,904 
         
   Machinery — 3.8%     
2,074  AGCO Corp.   302,638 
10,943  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   453,806 
3,399  Colfax Corp. (a)   153,601 
3,172  Crane Co.   298,358 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
2,561  Donaldson Co., Inc.  $161,036 
3,838  Flowserve Corp.   152,138 
1,117  John Bean Technologies Corp.   162,389 
1,211  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   155,069 
750  Nordson Corp.   158,557 
2,510  Oshkosh Corp.   312,319 
757  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   150,968 
3,163  Rexnord Corp.   157,929 
1,936  Snap-on, Inc.   459,994 
7,339  Timken (The) Co.   615,522 
2,469  Woodward, Inc.   308,650 
       4,002,974 
         
   Media — 2.5%     
20,571  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   921,375 
5,100  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   161,925 
29,283  News Corp., Class A   767,068 
5,303  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   781,715 
       2,632,083 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.2%     
3,912  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   627,133 
11,736  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   636,326 
       1,263,459 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.9%     
8,886  AGNC Investment Corp.   159,326 
17,318  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   157,247 
9,608  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   312,164 
12,040  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   310,873 
       939,610 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.3%     
4,997  Kohl’s Corp.   293,124 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.8%     
11,153  Black Hills Corp.   769,334 
23,558  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   788,251 
12,354  NiSource, Inc.   321,451 
       1,879,036 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.0%     
23,791  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   396,596 
17,271  Continental Resources, Inc. (a)   470,462 
32,063  EQT Corp. (a)   612,403 
55,780  Marathon Oil Corp.   628,083 
       2,107,544 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%     
10,742  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   707,683 
         

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
16,530  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)  $165,465 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%     
1,812  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   297,893 
7,360  Perrigo Co. PLC   306,397 
       604,290 
         
   Professional Services — 2.1%     
4,681  ASGN, Inc. (a)   492,348 
3,019  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   769,422 
2,126  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   295,195 
1,908  Robert Half International, Inc.   167,160 
5,345  Science Applications International Corp.   477,950 
       2,202,075 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%     
1,566  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   169,034 
3,327  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   625,177 
       794,211 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.4%     
972  AMERCO   579,924 
15,485  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   729,653 
902  Landstar System, Inc.   155,397 
       1,464,974 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%     
31,407  Amkor Technology, Inc.   635,049 
         
   Software — 0.8%     
5,510  CDK Global, Inc.   295,281 
34,159  SolarWinds Corp. (a)   575,921 
       871,202 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.7%     
1,623  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   324,860 
4,793  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   491,187 
9,779  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   807,550 
10,591  Foot Locker, Inc.   624,657 
7,424  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   651,010 
       2,899,264 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.7%     
30,682  Xerox Holdings Corp.   740,663 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.1%     
1,675  Carter’s, Inc. (a)   182,223 
1,410  Columbia Sportswear Co.   153,704 
18,070  Tapestry, Inc. (a)   864,650 
       1,200,577 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.8%     
15,680  Essent Group Ltd.  $824,454 
53,766  MGIC Investment Corp.   819,394 
47,205  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   564,572 
32,028  Radian Group, Inc.   789,170 
       2,997,590 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4%     
15,197  Air Lease Corp.   709,852 
4,954  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   446,653 
3,442  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   315,700 
       1,472,205 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   105,932,345 
   (Cost $91,927,504)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.9%     
994,863  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   994,863 
   (Cost $994,863)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.9%   106,927,208 
   (Cost $92,922,367) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.9)%   (954,158)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $105,973,050 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $964,250 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $994,863.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $14,334,308 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $329,467. The net unrealized appreciation was $14,004,841.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $105,932,345   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   994,863    —      —   
Total Investments  $106,927,208   $—     $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%     
17,269  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)  $2,618,153 
27,981  BWX Technologies, Inc.   1,872,489 
40,156  Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   889,455 
       5,380,097 
         
   Airlines — 0.7%     
128,655  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   2,794,387 
         
   Auto Components — 0.9%     
24,203  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   3,708,626 
         
   Automobiles — 0.1%     
44,662  Workhorse Group, Inc. (a) (b)   553,362 
         
         
   Banks — 2.0%     
52,643  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   2,583,718 
43,098  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   2,540,627 
13,603  Signature Bank   3,421,291 
       8,545,636 
         
   Beverages — 2.0%     
2,548  Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc., Class A (a)   3,099,617 
51,193  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,933,359 
50,297  National Beverage Corp. (b)   2,443,931 
       8,476,907 
         
   Biotechnology — 8.1%     
4,536  Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)   566,864 
30,733  Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)   2,520,106 
12,648  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   1,218,255 
36,128  CareDx, Inc. (a)   2,856,641 
32,310  Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,952,816 
29,285  Editas Medicine, Inc. (a)   1,083,838 
19,856  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   1,210,819 
29,833  Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,607,106 
44,252  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,210,387 
18,056  Insmed, Inc. (a)   609,029 
30,653  Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,353,231 
3,593  Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   597,229 
18,169  Natera, Inc. (a)   1,998,953 
6,323  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   597,460 
716,763  OPKO Health, Inc. (a) (b)   2,938,728 
32,868  Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,588,684 
25,519  TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,140,955 
14,896  Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)   1,998,894 
10,799  Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)   1,205,600 
47,982  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   2,290,661 
       34,546,256 
         
   Building Products — 3.0%     
17,568  AAON, Inc.   1,149,123 
29,739  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   3,320,657 
25,675  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   2,695,361 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
3,950  Lennox International, Inc.  $1,324,593 
17,784  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   2,004,257 
20,156  Trex Co., Inc. (a)   2,176,646 
       12,670,637 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.6%     
21,951  Ares Management Corp., Class A   1,152,867 
50,191  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   2,141,148 
8,200  Morningstar, Inc.   2,173,082 
16,623  Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A   1,351,117 
       6,818,214 
         
   Chemicals — 3.0%     
80,981  Olin Corp.   3,484,613 
10,089  Quaker Chemical Corp.   2,445,069 
13,389  RPM International, Inc.   1,269,813 
12,551  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   2,901,289 
94,361  Valvoline, Inc.   2,962,935 
       13,063,719 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%     
218,594  ADT, Inc.   2,011,065 
11,156  IAA, Inc. (a)   700,708 
4,096  MSA Safety, Inc.   658,473 
18,122  Tetra Tech, Inc.   2,312,911 
       5,683,157 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.6%     
11,789  F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   2,201,713 
6,734  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   572,727 
       2,774,440 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.6%     
88,644  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   2,594,610 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.7%     
22,875  Eagle Materials, Inc. (a)   3,159,953 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.8%     
8,683  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,309,483 
40,265  Sealed Air Corp.   1,989,091 
       3,298,574 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%     
21,536  Chegg, Inc. (a)   1,945,347 
34,327  frontdoor, Inc. (a)   1,837,524 
25,803  Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,313,115 
       5,095,986 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%     
4,851  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   641,302 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Telecommunication Services (Continued)     
44,724  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)  $1,699,065 
       2,340,367 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.8%     
68,205  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)   1,771,284 
170,711  FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)   1,657,604 
       3,428,888 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%     
44,972  II-VI, Inc. (a)   3,019,420 
2,915  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   632,876 
       3,652,296 
         
   Entertainment — 1.2%     
301,164  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   3,020,675 
180,700  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   1,955,174 
       4,975,849 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.1%     
18,447  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   683,277 
5,594  Camden Property Trust   673,965 
16,258  CubeSmart   688,364 
4,294  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   681,286 
13,431  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   668,461 
14,493  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   673,779 
10,240  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   1,875,251 
49,848  Iron Mountain, Inc.   1,999,902 
19,644  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   1,945,542 
7,153  Life Storage, Inc.   687,117 
57,797  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   1,274,424 
8,772  Safehold, Inc.   620,268 
18,298  STAG Industrial, Inc.   668,060 
       13,139,696 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
54,839  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,449,658 
16,668  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   673,221 
       3,122,879 
         
   Food Products — 2.0%     
9,456  Beyond Meat, Inc. (a) (b)   1,245,166 
41,787  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   2,902,107 
11,619  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   2,147,424 
42,314  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   1,735,297 
3,505  Lancaster Colony Corp.   647,408 
       8,677,402 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.3%     
21,983  Glaukos Corp. (a)  $2,069,919 
9,970  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   715,547 
2,990  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   622,727 
17,802  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   1,318,772 
6,916  Neogen Corp. (a)   664,005 
4,547  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   1,391,337 
4,810  Quidel Corp. (a)   504,040 
23,607  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   3,858,800 
23,339  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   3,197,677 
       14,342,824 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.3%     
31,473  1Life Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,369,390 
83,646  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   2,430,753 
2,323  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   626,861 
82,078  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   2,351,535 
32,766  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   2,812,961 
55,267  Progyny, Inc. (a)   3,145,245 
74,753  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   2,039,262 
59,131  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   3,504,103 
       18,280,110 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.4%     
11,887  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   2,815,079 
14,209  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   2,060,589 
16,123  Schrodinger, Inc. (a)   1,229,218 
       6,104,886 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.3%     
52,155  Boyd Gaming Corp. (a)   3,450,053 
8,113  Churchill Downs, Inc.   1,715,899 
47,894  Scientific Games Corp. (a)   2,802,757 
21,812  Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)   2,372,055 
50,277  Travel + Leisure Co.   3,244,375 
4,834  Wingstop, Inc.   765,754 
       14,350,893 
         
   Household Durables — 1.8%     
8,757  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   1,849,566 
84,109  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   3,207,917 
11,748  TopBuild Corp. (a)   2,612,520 
       7,670,003 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
6,029  WD-40 Co.   1,499,653 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%     
30,131  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)   1,064,227 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance — 1.2%     
13,456  Brown & Brown, Inc.  $715,590 
2,782  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   595,404 
3,729  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   648,883 
3,841  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   648,399 
11,027  RLI Corp.   1,229,070 
16,141  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   1,309,035 
       5,146,381 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.3%     
29,039  Chewy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   2,314,989 
6,162  Stamps.com, Inc. (a)   1,265,490 
49,655  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a)   2,151,055 
       5,731,534 
         
   IT Services — 0.6%     
9,140  Fastly, Inc., Class A (a)   583,772 
11,855  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   580,658 
5,880  WEX, Inc. (a)   1,206,635 
       2,371,065 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.6%     
154,365  Mattel, Inc. (a)   3,312,673 
42,583  YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,637,440 
       6,950,113 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.5%     
38,266  Bruker Corp.   2,621,986 
14,994  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,544,182 
12,749  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   624,574 
73,851  Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)   2,204,452 
65,008  PPD, Inc. (a)   3,003,370 
6,326  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,339,277 
32,430  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   2,751,686 
       15,089,527 
         
   Machinery — 1.4%     
21,602  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   3,469,929 
8,589  Graco, Inc.   659,635 
17,885  Toro (The) Co.   2,049,621 
       6,179,185 
         
   Media — 1.3%     
56,714  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   2,059,285 
59,117  Magnite, Inc. (a)   2,367,636 
24,299  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   1,103,418 
       5,530,339 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.8%     
152,906  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   2,730,901 
5,713  Royal Gold, Inc.   639,056 
       3,369,957 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%     
21,923  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.  $1,148,765 
163,996  New Residential Investment Corp.   1,758,037 
       2,906,802 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.5%     
21,205  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,956,585 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.4%     
340,523  Antero Midstream Corp.   2,942,119 
171,783  APA Corp.   3,435,660 
51,778  Cimarex Energy Co.   3,427,703 
41,841  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   3,419,665 
129,090  Ovintiv, Inc.   3,089,124 
1,545  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   2,379,532 
       18,693,803 
         
   Personal Products — 0.3%     
27,729  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   1,269,156 
         
   Professional Services — 1.6%     
7,634  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   633,240 
6,309  Exponent, Inc.   607,746 
31,551  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   2,483,379 
68,682  Upwork, Inc. (a)   3,163,493 
       6,887,858 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%     
67,508  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,319,575 
27,706  Redfin Corp. (a)   1,961,031 
       4,280,606 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.7%     
13,338  Saia, Inc. (a)   3,127,761 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.6%     
28,165  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   3,106,881 
37,657  Brooks Automation, Inc.   3,815,784 
14,505  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   1,079,317 
10,433  CMC Materials, Inc.   1,913,725 
11,377  Cree, Inc. (a)   1,131,101 
30,809  Diodes, Inc. (a)   2,366,439 
14,092  First Solar, Inc. (a)   1,078,461 
27,320  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   1,374,469 
53,000  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,000,330 
16,583  MKS Instruments, Inc.   2,970,181 
22,640  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,874,819 
17,826  Semtech Corp. (a)   1,207,533 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
91,927  SunPower Corp. (a)  $2,361,605 
5,192  Universal Display Corp.   1,161,399 
       28,442,044 
         
   Software — 11.8%     
75,828  8x8, Inc. (a)   2,493,983 
48,490  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   1,831,952 
21,359  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,917,184 
13,875  Appian Corp. (a)   1,681,372 
8,521  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   1,114,888 
16,904  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,613,866 
5,673  Blackline, Inc. (a)   658,408 
27,461  Cerence, Inc. (a)   2,647,515 
50,534  Cloudera, Inc. (a)   641,276 
38,262  Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)   2,886,103 
12,460  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   1,264,316 
92,272  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   2,371,390 
38,248  Dynatrace, Inc. (a)   1,990,426 
8,513  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   628,515 
62,850  FireEye, Inc. (a)   1,249,144 
7,869  Five9, Inc. (a)   1,479,136 
111,206  fuboTV, Inc. (a) (b)   2,241,913 
25,656  J2 Global, Inc. (a)   3,104,376 
23,323  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   1,274,602 
10,477  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   1,437,863 
4,531  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)   2,977,592 
10,003  New Relic, Inc. (a)   643,193 
23,153  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   626,057 
45,859  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   1,947,173 
3,420  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   660,881 
4,889  Proofpoint, Inc. (a)   841,446 
16,486  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   1,339,488 
36,430  Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,778,877 
19,240  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   1,140,932 
23,960  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   1,268,682 
20,906  Workiva, Inc. (a)   1,965,164 
       50,717,713 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.8%     
12,891  Five Below, Inc. (a)   2,594,572 
25,765  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,857,854 
49,711  L Brands, Inc. (a)   3,275,955 
7,880  Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   3,028,914 
42,093  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,121,908 
5,156  RH (a)   3,547,431 
17,157  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   2,929,558 
       20,356,192 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%     
57,101  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   1,154,582 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.5%     
38,223  Crocs, Inc. (a)  $3,826,887 
7,445  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   2,517,899 
       6,344,786 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.9%     
45,983  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   2,768,636 
60,380  TFS Financial Corp.   1,181,033 
       3,949,669 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%     
14,408  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   2,584,507 
7,076  Watsco, Inc.   2,072,277 
       4,656,784 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.3%     
27,487  Essential Utilities, Inc.   1,295,462 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   428,222,438 
   (Cost $369,312,991)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 3.5%     
15,163,770  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.03% (c) (d)   15,163,770 
   (Cost $15,163,770)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.5%   443,386,208 
   (Cost $384,476,761) (e)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.5)%   (14,925,338)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $428,460,870 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $14,755,314 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $15,163,770.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $67,349,882 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $8,440,435. The net unrealized appreciation was $58,909,447.

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $428,222,438   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds   15,163,770    —      —   
Total Investments  $443,386,208   $—     $—   
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%     
8,451  AAR Corp. (a)  $340,068 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%     
29,686  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,015,976 
21,333  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,402,005 
       3,417,981 
         
   Airlines — 0.5%     
26,346  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   1,308,342 
         
   Auto Components — 0.5%     
14,470  Dana, Inc.   366,091 
12,427  Patrick Industries, Inc.   1,113,459 
       1,479,550 
         
   Automobiles — 0.4%     
13,770  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   1,100,912 
         
   Banks — 16.2%     
27,335  Ameris Bancorp   1,478,550 
84,081  Associated Banc-Corp.   1,840,533 
27,536  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   1,064,817 
4,979  BancFirst Corp.   346,090 
44,195  BancorpSouth Bank   1,307,730 
16,331  BankUnited, Inc.   761,188 
26,914  Banner Corp.   1,529,792 
35,198  Cathay General Bancorp   1,424,815 
16,657  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   725,079 
4,589  Community Bank System, Inc.   356,244 
32,489  CVB Financial Corp.   689,092 
26,977  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   1,440,842 
113,023  F.N.B. Corp.   1,456,866 
7,920  FB Financial Corp.   332,323 
63,739  First BanCorp   801,199 
59,808  First Financial Bancorp   1,465,894 
38,593  First Hawaiian, Inc.   1,059,764 
22,942  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   1,077,586 
22,715  First Merchants Corp.   1,049,660 
32,755  First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.   686,872 
62,023  Fulton Financial Corp.   1,057,492 
8,382  Hancock Whitney Corp.   387,584 
28,560  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   1,435,711 
52,570  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   1,850,464 
26,533  Home BancShares, Inc.   738,413 
70,135  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   1,052,726 
4,181  Independent Bank Corp.   342,424 
14,623  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   1,104,183 
22,753  International Bancshares Corp.   1,078,265 
71,902  Investors Bancorp, Inc.   1,052,645 
17,989  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   681,603 
74,221  Old National Bancorp   1,402,777 
8,103  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   356,775 
5,553  Park National Corp.   694,625 
17,345  Renasant Corp.   730,745 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
16,527  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.  $749,665 
48,379  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   1,378,802 
45,885  Sterling Bancorp   1,153,090 
4,963  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   340,611 
47,219  TowneBank   1,462,845 
42,645  Trustmark Corp.   1,382,124 
11,439  UMB Financial Corp.   1,109,926 
21,035  United Community Banks, Inc.   688,265 
29,293  WesBanco, Inc.   1,063,043 
11,432  Westamerica BanCorp   724,789 
18,936  Wintrust Financial Corp.   1,459,966 
       46,374,494 
         
   Beverages — 0.4%     
3,659  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   1,073,002 
         
   Building Products — 1.7%     
14,561  American Woodmark Corp. (a)   1,448,237 
38,875  Griffon Corp.   1,054,290 
25,917  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   755,999 
13,942  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   367,093 
13,926  UFP Industries, Inc.   1,170,341 
       4,795,960 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.5%     
45,858  Federated Hermes, Inc.   1,320,711 
72,246  Golub Capital BDC, Inc.   1,131,372 
3,212  Piper Sandler Cos.   372,560 
46,230  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   1,369,795 
       4,194,438 
         
   Chemicals — 2.6%     
15,185  Avient Corp.   770,942 
43,040  GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,105,698 
16,790  H.B. Fuller Co.   1,121,908 
3,430  Innospec, Inc.   334,116 
69,034  Kronos Worldwide, Inc.   1,173,578 
19,057  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   1,489,114 
4,513  Sensient Technologies Corp.   371,149 
8,309  Stepan Co.   1,085,654 
       7,452,159 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.3%     
6,904  ABM Industries, Inc.   354,935 
13,428  Brady Corp., Class A   732,766 
20,869  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   374,181 
25,403  Covanta Holding Corp.   382,061 
8,391  Deluxe Corp.   369,372 
20,528  Harsco Corp. (a)   368,067 
25,606  Healthcare Services Group, Inc.   766,900 
18,142  HNI Corp.   768,132 
70,417  KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)   1,055,551 
24,465  Steelcase, Inc., Class A   337,617 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
4,721  UniFirst Corp.  $1,058,401 
       6,567,983 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
37,509  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   982,548 
21,972  Viasat, Inc. (a)   1,137,930 
       2,120,478 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.6%     
22,053  Arcosa, Inc.   1,329,576 
14,126  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   1,163,417 
7,730  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   725,151 
43,327  Primoris Services Corp.   1,415,060 
       4,633,204 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.1%     
10,931  FirstCash, Inc.   787,360 
100,309  Navient Corp.   1,688,200 
24,666  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   1,830,957 
48,401  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   1,823,750 
       6,130,267 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.8%     
18,529  Greif, Inc., Class A   1,121,190 
71,659  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   1,181,657 
       2,302,847 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
18,552  Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.   789,573 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.9%     
45,378  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   1,556,919 
3,188  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   2,026,325 
16,150  H&R Block, Inc.   359,499 
19,521  Strategic Education, Inc.   1,465,246 
       5,407,989 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%     
45,285  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,797,815 
         
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.4%     
26,702  ALLETE, Inc.   1,878,752 
10,054  MGE Energy, Inc.   752,140 
31,091  Otter Tail Corp.   1,468,428 
       4,099,320 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.3%     
6,991  AZZ, Inc.   368,006 
21,383  Encore Wire Corp.   1,596,882 
3,879  EnerSys   355,239 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment (Continued)     
117,368  GrafTech International Ltd.  $1,492,921 
       3,813,048 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.2%     
25,445  Avnet, Inc.   1,117,544 
7,521  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   754,883 
16,829  Knowles Corp. (a)   351,726 
42,742  Methode Electronics, Inc.   1,920,398 
22,768  PC Connection, Inc.   1,032,529 
7,816  Plexus Corp. (a)   722,511 
34,690  Sanmina Corp. (a)   1,416,740 
24,282  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   364,230 
59,609  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   1,464,593 
       9,145,154 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%     
75,626  Archrock, Inc.   706,347 
404,338  Transocean Ltd. (a)   1,301,968 
       2,008,315 
         
   Entertainment — 0.1%     
4,302  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   389,804 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 9.7%     
55,679  Acadia Realty Trust   1,163,134 
22,126  American Assets Trust, Inc.   775,516 
24,166  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   383,273 
138,982  Brandywine Realty Trust   1,880,426 
20,590  Columbia Property Trust, Inc.   370,826 
64,485  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   734,484 
64,540  Equity Commonwealth   1,858,752 
79,481  Global Net Lease, Inc.   1,526,035 
26,453  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   743,594 
23,164  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   390,082 
161,499  Lexington Realty Trust   1,976,748 
34,405  LTC Properties, Inc.   1,463,245 
153,354  Macerich (The) Co.   2,114,752 
22,744  Mack-Cali Realty Corp.   372,092 
141,697  Paramount Group, Inc.   1,503,405 
103,295  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,923,353 
45,225  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   795,960 
68,481  Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A   803,282 
103,356  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   1,877,978 
89,058  Service Properties Trust   1,096,749 
52,929  SITE Centers Corp.   780,703 
86,890  Urban Edge Properties   1,637,876 
15,930  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   369,895 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
39,249  Weingarten Realty Investors  $1,269,313 
       27,811,473 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
53,920  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   1,380,891 
31,744  Weis Markets, Inc.   1,645,927 
       3,026,818 
         
   Food Products — 2.1%     
27,490  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   1,027,026 
62,672  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   1,767,350 
100,099  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   1,530,514 
4,607  Sanderson Farms, Inc.   757,990 
10,628  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   335,526 
13,740  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   654,024 
       6,072,430 
         
   Gas Utilities — 2.2%     
6,182  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   732,691 
26,494  New Jersey Resources Corp.   1,111,423 
26,608  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   1,434,703 
26,113  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   1,820,598 
14,296  Spire, Inc.   1,077,061 
       6,176,476 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.3%     
7,794  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   731,701 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%     
4,779  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   378,975 
         
         
   Household Durables — 4.5%     
1,561  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   326,920 
29,747  Century Communities, Inc. (a)   2,199,493 
16,896  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   751,196 
30,208  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   1,772,002 
30,374  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   2,117,675 
19,518  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   2,076,520 
46,589  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   1,454,043 
88,127  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   2,099,185 
       12,797,034 
         
   Household Products — 0.7%     
20,356  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   1,002,940 
12,427  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   1,095,316 
       2,098,256 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%     
9,186  Raven Industries, Inc.   373,135 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance — 5.4%     
56,906  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.  $1,762,948 
16,635  American National Group, Inc.   1,885,577 
6,995  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   364,999 
42,438  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   2,157,973 
7,956  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   372,261 
73,870  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   1,885,901 
33,221  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   1,332,162 
29,504  Mercury General Corp.   1,837,214 
34,485  Stewart Information Services Corp.   2,022,545 
1,608  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   1,874,012 
       15,495,592 
         
   IT Services — 0.8%     
3,141  Alliance Data Systems Corp.   370,167 
15,989  CSG Systems International, Inc.   735,334 
23,962  Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,050,254 
       2,155,755 
         
   Machinery — 2.9%     
2,254  Alamo Group, Inc.   354,441 
8,599  Albany International Corp., Class A   767,375 
4,670  Astec Industries, Inc.   350,297 
14,486  Barnes Group, Inc.   723,141 
18,738  Federal Signal Corp.   776,315 
30,396  Greenbrier (The) Cos., Inc.   1,435,907 
4,041  Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.   326,715 
8,810  Kennametal, Inc.   353,810 
48,791  Meritor, Inc. (a)   1,318,821 
25,544  Mueller Industries, Inc.   1,146,159 
6,042  SPX Corp. (a)   366,508 
4,406  Tennant Co.   347,677 
       8,267,166 
         
   Media — 1.8%     
27,001  AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   1,357,610 
97,515  Gray Television, Inc.   1,981,505 
95,288  TEGNA, Inc.   1,911,477 
       5,250,592 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.2%     
10,837  Alcoa Corp. (a)   397,068 
58,177  Commercial Metals Co.   1,699,932 
11,442  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   777,141 
3,184  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   383,576 
5,313  Materion Corp.   376,213 
61,662  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   977,343 
26,745  Worthington Industries, Inc.   1,745,379 
       6,356,652 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.8%     
25,202  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.  $383,322 
56,514  Chimera Investment Corp.   742,594 
29,836  Ladder Capital Corp.   354,750 
36,618  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   734,191 
       2,214,857 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.8%     
26,272  Big Lots, Inc.   1,811,191 
3,648  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   360,824 
       2,172,015 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.0%     
30,059  Avista Corp.   1,383,315 
22,017  NorthWestern Corp.   1,497,817 
       2,881,132 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8%     
23,952  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   321,436 
219,883  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   1,794,245 
21,457  Murphy Oil Corp.   363,267 
30,704  PDC Energy, Inc. (a)   1,121,003 
50,973  World Fuel Services Corp.   1,576,595 
       5,176,546 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.9%     
28,585  Domtar Corp. (a)   1,126,820 
29,313  Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   1,338,725 
       2,465,545 
         
   Personal Products — 0.7%     
26,672  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   1,018,870 
10,824  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   974,052 
       1,992,922 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%     
150,148  Innoviva, Inc. (a)   1,719,194 
40,703  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,773,023 
68,536  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,086,921 
       5,579,138 
         
   Professional Services — 1.0%     
21,974  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   738,107 
8,211  ICF International, Inc.   747,694 
5,643  Korn Ferry   383,103 
12,146  ManTech International Corp., Class A   1,036,661 
       2,905,565 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%     
52,265  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.  $1,074,046 
21,296  Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)   752,174 
       1,826,220 
         
   Road & Rail — 3.1%     
20,397  ArcBest Corp.   1,484,086 
91,636  Heartland Express, Inc.   1,703,513 
105,731  Marten Transport Ltd.   1,767,822 
13,963  Ryder System, Inc.   1,114,806 
57,484  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   1,392,837 
30,432  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   1,406,872 
       8,869,936 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.3%     
17,467  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)   725,405 
         
         
   Software — 0.6%     
56,017  Ebix, Inc.   1,686,672 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.0%     
3,654  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   725,721 
26,890  Buckle (The), Inc.   1,127,766 
11,373  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   1,866,992 
9,931  Murphy USA, Inc.   1,384,381 
35,652  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   715,536 
       5,820,396 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%     
27,040  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   1,001,021 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%     
47,624  G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)   1,547,304 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 3.6%     
26,581  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   343,559 
39,783  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   1,851,501 
51,619  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   1,779,823 
75,900  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,961,256 
49,666  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   697,311 
47,406  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   1,117,359 
46,603  Washington Federal, Inc.   1,516,928 
21,212  WSFS Financial Corp.   1,083,721 
       10,351,458 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.9%     
13,716  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   772,622 
15,477  GATX Corp.   1,512,258 
17,189  GMS, Inc. (a)   751,331 
17,798  McGrath RentCorp   1,459,080 
28,805  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,421,815 
32,627  Triton International Ltd.   1,636,897 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
33,317  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)  $777,952 
       8,331,955 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.2%     
78,148  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   1,795,841 
49,184  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   1,678,650 
       3,474,491 
   Total Investments — 100.0%   286,757,336 
   (Cost $258,286,350) (b)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%   10,018 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $286,767,354 

 

(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, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $30,293,591 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $1,822,605. The net unrealized appreciation was $28,470,986.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $286,757,336   $—     $—   
                
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%     
19,650  AeroVironment, Inc. (a)  $2,168,771 
41,799  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,117,705 
60,300  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   2,340,243 
       5,626,719 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
38,971  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   1,025,717 
         
   Auto Components — 2.1%     
16,350  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   1,621,593 
22,644  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   1,612,253 
12,686  LCI Industries   1,858,499 
13,761  Visteon Corp. (a)   1,676,227 
43,916  XPEL, Inc. (a) (b)   2,815,016 
       9,583,588 
         
   Banks — 4.5%     
75,291  Great Western Bancorp, Inc.   2,488,368 
24,254  Lakeland Financial Corp.   1,582,088 
41,622  Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   2,662,143 
46,307  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)   1,683,260 
37,185  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   2,351,579 
20,052  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   2,149,976 
36,836  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   3,264,775 
95,621  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   1,782,375 
69,699  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   2,354,432 
       20,318,996 
         
   Biotechnology — 6.9%     
32,497  Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,813,333 
27,775  Alector, Inc. (a)   541,613 
59,763  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   2,017,001 
165,010  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,919,891 
38,288  Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   566,662 
49,023  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   1,247,145 
65,630  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,047,000 
120,080  ImmunityBio, Inc. (a)   2,131,420 
281,551  ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)   2,269,301 
24,237  Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   479,408 
14,960  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,182,514 
71,603  MacroGenics, Inc. (a)   2,317,073 
156,460  Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,498,446 
81,188  Precigen, Inc. (a)   627,989 
16,400  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   568,916 
12,192  REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. (a)   404,652 
22,509  Scholar Rock Holding Corp. (a)   728,166 
67,640  Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (c)   556,677 
33,922  Translate Bio, Inc. (a)   787,669 
22,402  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   553,777 
21,214  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   1,055,397 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
51,318  Vericel Corp. (a)  $3,203,270 
       31,517,320 
         
   Building Products — 1.5%     
203,186  Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)   2,856,795 
12,431  CSW Industrials, Inc.   1,683,282 
24,922  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   2,289,335 
       6,829,412 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.3%     
21,857  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   1,112,958 
50,562  B. Riley Financial, Inc.   3,604,565 
82,343  Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.   1,853,541 
27,397  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   1,289,303 
12,876  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   1,164,634 
8,410  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   557,331 
30,579  Moelis & Co., Class A   1,659,828 
16,855  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   1,239,348 
9,684  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   2,648,187 
       15,129,695 
         
   Chemicals — 1.2%     
119,401  Amyris, Inc. (a)   1,738,478 
9,093  Balchem Corp.   1,156,539 
15,097  Ingevity Corp. (a)   1,178,774 
65,836  Livent Corp. (a)   1,186,365 
       5,260,156 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.4%     
21,181  Brink’s (The) Co.   1,692,785 
8,799  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   590,501 
16,760  Cimpress PLC (a)   1,596,558 
345,959  Pitney Bowes, Inc.   2,584,314 
       6,464,158 
         
   Communications Equipment — 2.8%     
82,248  Calix, Inc. (a)   3,478,268 
148,474  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   2,442,397 
118,409  Infinera Corp. (a)   1,091,731 
55,938  Inseego Corp. (a) (c)   496,729 
40,831  NETGEAR, Inc. (a)   1,519,322 
73,264  Plantronics, Inc. (a)   2,929,827 
35,630  Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)   582,907 
       12,541,181 
   Construction & Engineering — 1.4%     
34,509  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   1,821,730 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction & Engineering (Continued)     
81,148  API Group Corp. (a) (b) (d)  $1,725,207 
29,519  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   2,660,547 
       6,207,484 
   Construction Materials — 0.5%     
81,390  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   2,343,218 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.6%     
142,109  Ranpak Holdings Corp. (a)   2,732,756 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%     
29,827  2U, Inc. (a)   1,170,710 
72,908  WW International, Inc. (a)   2,022,468 
       3,193,178 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%     
8,136  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   614,349 
87,849  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   1,225,494 
47,325  Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)   641,254 
       2,481,097 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.4%     
39,648  Atkore, Inc. (a)   3,103,645 
50,518  TPI Composites, Inc. (a)   2,685,032 
6,579  Vicor Corp. (a)   606,781 
       6,395,458 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.6%     
6,010  Badger Meter, Inc.   561,274 
6,310  Itron, Inc. (a)   567,521 
51,795  nLight, Inc. (a)   1,519,665 
5,821  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   562,134 
25,656  PAR Technology Corp. (a)   2,107,384 
8,916  Rogers Corp. (a)   1,746,110 
       7,064,088 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%     
131,188  ChampionX Corp. (a)   2,756,260 
         
   Entertainment — 0.3%     
21,015  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   1,158,137 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.1%     
24,023  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   580,876 
351,939  Colony Capital, Inc. (a)   2,463,573 
24,502  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   641,707 
24,184  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   599,763 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
86,996  Kite Realty Group Trust  $1,810,387 
31,622  Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.   584,375 
7,739  National Health Investors, Inc.   568,120 
14,009  National Storage Affiliates Trust   636,569 
31,711  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   1,882,365 
14,711  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (a)   1,157,020 
150,731  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (c)   2,630,256 
50,715  Uniti Group, Inc.   578,151 
       14,133,162 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6%     
17,345  PriceSmart, Inc.   1,457,674 
139,331  Rite Aid Corp. (a)   2,441,079 
86,542  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   3,189,938 
       7,088,691 
         
   Food Products — 0.6%     
54,029  B&G Foods, Inc. (c)   1,576,566 
37,485  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   1,295,107 
       2,871,673 
   Gas Utilities — 0.1%     
24,773  South Jersey Industries, Inc.   613,132 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.8%     
106,279  Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,699,401 
17,404  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   1,341,326 
26,069  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   1,126,441 
28,021  Axonics, Inc. (a)   1,763,361 
31,674  BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,105,423 
32,266  CryoPort, Inc. (a)   1,825,288 
13,538  Heska Corp. (a)   2,472,716 
19,043  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,211,135 
       12,545,091 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 5.0%     
10,903  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   1,153,537 
8,171  Castle Biosciences, Inc. (a)   564,044 
5,453  CorVel Corp. (a)   638,056 
29,504  Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a) (c)   2,272,398 
65,887  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   1,734,146 
11,330  ModivCare, Inc. (a)   1,587,106 
17,180  Ontrak, Inc. (a) (c)   560,755 
128,555  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   2,452,829 
75,837  Owens & Minor, Inc.   2,736,957 
52,524  Patterson Cos., Inc.   1,688,121 
24,897  Pennant Group (The), Inc. (a)   1,006,337 
83,598  Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)   3,153,317 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
64,408  Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)  $3,104,466 
       22,652,069 
         
   Health Care Technology — 2.1%     
151,886  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,363,346 
141,124  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   3,056,746 
11,960  Health Catalyst, Inc. (a)   692,484 
39,621  Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,196,950 
21,886  Phreesia, Inc. (a)   1,132,601 
12,147  Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)   577,711 
14,545  Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)   526,093 
       9,545,931 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.2%     
35,097  Bally’s Corp. (a)   2,034,222 
105,386  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (a)   3,330,198 
48,722  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc. (a)   3,049,510 
20,774  Jack in the Box, Inc.   2,506,383 
12,864  Papa John’s International, Inc.   1,244,206 
69,977  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A (a)   2,563,257 
45,915  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   2,514,305 
36,113  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   1,696,589 
       18,938,670 
         
   Household Durables — 3.5%     
15,135  Installed Building Products, Inc.   2,037,928 
23,332  iRobot Corp. (a)   2,538,522 
19,093  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   3,165,237 
36,028  Purple Innovation, Inc. (a)   1,227,834 
50,388  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   2,238,739 
76,080  Sonos, Inc. (a)   3,045,482 
63,542  Tupperware Brands Corp. (a)   1,548,519 
       15,802,261 
         
   Household Products — 0.4%     
35,359  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   1,743,199 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
19,879  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   570,328 
         
   Insurance — 0.1%     
5,219  Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A   573,777 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
51,457  Eventbrite, Inc., Class A (a)   1,212,841 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.7%     
43,023  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   3,506,375 
74,156  RealReal (The), Inc. (a)   1,836,844 
25,613  Shutterstock, Inc.   2,232,941 
       7,576,160 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services — 2.8%     
15,029  EVERTEC, Inc.  $599,657 
12,647  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,168,330 
47,492  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (c)   1,746,756 
28,579  Perficient, Inc. (a)   1,875,068 
113,312  Sabre Corp. (a)   1,697,414 
28,379  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   2,886,995 
89,715  Unisys Corp. (a)   2,153,160 
41,329  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   555,462 
       12,682,842 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.8%     
27,590  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   1,167,333 
62,735  Callaway Golf Co.   1,816,178 
28,622  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   2,385,930 
88,890  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   2,898,703 
       8,268,144 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%     
282,248  Bionano Genomics, Inc. (a) (c)   1,797,920 
49,816  Codexis, Inc. (a)   1,154,735 
52,607  Luminex Corp.   1,930,151 
8,513  NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)   678,231 
22,730  Personalis, Inc. (a)   560,067 
39,004  Quanterix Corp. (a)   2,384,704 
       8,505,808 
         
   Machinery — 2.5%     
30,335  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   1,790,068 
43,357  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   1,239,143 
14,445  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   1,173,945 
12,327  Kadant, Inc.   2,194,576 
13,687  Lindsay Corp.   2,269,031 
120,817  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   1,734,932 
3,543  Omega Flex, Inc.   563,337 
4,708  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   586,382 
       11,551,414 
         
   Marine — 0.5%     
34,192  Matson, Inc.   2,233,763 
         
   Media — 1.3%     
5,099  Cardlytics, Inc. (a)   701,266 
77,941  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   2,530,744 
32,837  TechTarget, Inc. (a)   2,518,598 
       5,750,608 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%     
108,289  Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)  $2,518,802 
126,277  Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)   1,020,318 
200,401  Hecla Mining Co.   1,184,370 
       4,723,490 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%     
143,432  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   2,535,878 
53,478  Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.   576,493 
       3,112,371 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.7%     
78,945  Franchise Group, Inc.   3,041,751 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.8%     
279,481  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   2,520,919 
207,475  Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a)   2,282,225 
232,473  Gevo, Inc. (a)   1,576,167 
198,656  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A (a)   2,236,866 
121,565  Matador Resources Co.   3,198,375 
220,771  Range Resources Corp. (a)   2,167,971 
17,267  Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)   958,664 
490,444  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   2,094,196 
       17,035,383 
         
   Personal Products — 0.9%     
10,766  Medifast, Inc.   2,444,851 
31,729  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,677,195 
       4,122,046 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%     
47,931  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,092,347 
307,768  Endo International PLC (a)   1,763,511 
33,607  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   1,157,089 
19,243  NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   529,183 
102,264  Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (a)   1,879,612 
31,426  Omeros Corp. (a) (c)   554,983 
16,269  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   1,027,875 
20,014  Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   582,808 
       8,587,408 
         
   Professional Services — 0.4%     
20,040  Insperity, Inc.   1,754,302 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
39,118  St. Joe (The) Co.   1,791,213 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.8%     
39,299  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   3,521,583 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.9%     
14,114  ACM Research, Inc., Class A (a)   1,114,300 
11,358  Ambarella, Inc. (a)   1,107,291 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
29,887  CEVA, Inc. (a)  $1,656,935 
68,134  Cohu, Inc. (a)   2,726,041 
50,556  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   1,979,267 
40,101  Impinj, Inc. (a)   1,903,194 
49,241  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   1,772,184 
43,383  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   2,972,603 
58,656  Rambus, Inc. (a)   1,113,291 
11,565  SiTime Corp. (a)   1,070,341 
16,841  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   2,355,551 
49,116  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,508,354 
       22,279,352 
         
   Software — 6.1%     
18,224  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   1,184,560 
101,702  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   2,925,967 
49,664  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   1,057,843 
26,018  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   1,808,511 
26,165  Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)   1,158,194 
29,812  Domo, Inc., Class B (a)   1,916,613 
390,507  Ideanomics, Inc. (a) (c)   1,148,091 
8,816  InterDigital, Inc.   612,007 
15,878  Model N, Inc. (a)   631,627 
12,696  Progress Software Corp.   554,307 
42,811  Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a) (c)   1,790,784 
39,484  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)   2,617,394 
5,633  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   577,045 
59,174  Teradata Corp. (a)   2,927,338 
24,164  Upland Software, Inc. (a)   1,197,568 
69,981  Veritone, Inc. (a)   1,687,942 
104,757  Xperi Holding Corp.   2,152,756 
38,632  Yext, Inc. (a)   538,916 
77,046  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   1,248,145 
       27,735,608 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.3%     
99,328  At Home Group, Inc. (a)   3,136,778 
55,488  Blink Charging Co. (a) (c)   2,041,958 
45,750  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,227,205 
78,359  Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A   3,411,751 
57,370  GrowGeneration Corp. (a)   2,501,332 
49,440  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   2,845,272 
19,867  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   2,222,919 
       19,387,215 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.2%     
60,640  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   2,737,896 
65,234  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   1,191,825 
62,916  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   3,099,242 
27,747  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   3,075,755 
       10,104,718 
         

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
120,298  Vector Group Ltd.  $1,569,889 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.0%     
47,647  Boise Cascade Co.   3,179,008 
28,133  Herc Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,970,845 
69,326  Systemax, Inc.   2,961,606 
       9,111,459 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.5%     
20,239  California Water Service Group   1,189,041 
7,079  Middlesex Water Co.   580,620 
8,880  SJW Group   582,084 
       2,351,745 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   453,717,715 
   (Cost $409,038,447)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 3.2%     
$ 7,033,576  Bank of America Corp., 0.00% (e), dated 04/30/21, due 05/03/21, with a maturity value of $7,033,576. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rate of 0.000%, due 08/15/2034 to 08/15/2048. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $7,174,248. (f)   7,033,576 
450,030  Citigroup, Inc., 0.01% (e), dated 04/30/21, due 05/03/21, with a maturity value of $450,030. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rate of 0.000% to 7.250%, due 05/20/2021 to 02/15/2047. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $459,031. (f)   450,030 
7,033,576  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 0.01% (e), dated 04/30/21, due 05/03/21, with a maturity value of $7,033,577. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.375%, due 04/15/2024. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $7,174,264. (f)   7,033,576 
   Total Repurchase Agreements — 3.2%   14,517,182 
   (Cost $14,517,182)     

 

  Description  Value
        
   Total Investments — 103.2%  $468,234,897 
   (Cost $423,555,629) (g)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.2)%   (14,621,718)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $453,613,179 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the 1933 Act, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
(c) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $13,907,942 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $14,517,182.
(d) This security is exempt from registration upon resale under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security is not restricted on the foreign exchange where it trades freely without any additional registration. As such, it does not require the additional disclosure required of restricted securities.
(e) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2021.
(f) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
(g) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $54,784,691 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $10,105,423. The net unrealized appreciation was $44,679,268.

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2021 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*  $453,717,715   $—     $—   
Repurchase Agreements   —      14,517,182    —   
Total Investments  $453,717,715   $14,517,182   $—   
 
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Style Funds

April 30, 2021 (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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