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First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)                                                                                                     

  

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Airlines — 3.0%     
115,423  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)  $6,277,857 
132,180  Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)   5,687,705 
223,918  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   2,465,337 
73,069  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   3,413,784 
       17,844,683 
         
   Auto Components — 3.0%     
172,104  BorgWarner, Inc.   6,338,590 
229,647  Gentex Corp.   6,740,139 
36,640  Lear Corp.   4,687,722 
       17,766,451 
         
   Automobiles — 5.9%     
515,687  Ford Motor Co.   7,302,128 
199,293  General Motors Co. (a)   7,555,198 
169,979  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   6,195,734 
6,221  Tesla, Inc. (a)   5,416,998 
110,734  Thor Industries, Inc. (b)   8,476,688 
       34,946,746 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%     
13,349  Copart, Inc. (a)   1,517,114 
47,681  Rollins, Inc.   1,599,221 
       3,116,335 
         
   Distributors — 2.7%     
26,516  Genuine Parts Co.   3,448,406 
191,996  LKQ Corp.   9,528,761 
7,899  Pool Corp.   3,200,833 
       16,178,000 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 2.5%     
12,570  Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,435,997 
56,042  Frontdoor, Inc. (a)   1,732,258 
68,908  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   6,613,101 
50,936  Service Corp. International   3,341,911 
36,638  Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,681,318 
       14,804,585 
         
   Entertainment — 5.2%     
41,729  Activision Blizzard, Inc.   3,154,712 
74,199  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   7,781,991 
18,726  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (a)   3,035,672 
10,987  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   1,313,056 
272,699  Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (a) (b)   4,949,487 
83,878  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   4,897,637 
724,843  Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   5,994,452 
       31,127,007 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6%     
15,088  Costco Wholesale Corp.  $8,022,591 
11,202  Walmart, Inc.   1,713,794 
       9,736,385 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 15.0%     
1,493  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,299,993 
101,709  Boyd Gaming Corp.   6,161,531 
21,674  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,436,553 
1,088  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   1,583,704 
36,960  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   5,191,401 
7,489  Churchill Downs, Inc.   1,519,818 
25,133  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   3,310,770 
4,075  Domino’s Pizza, Inc.   1,377,350 
44,505  Expedia Group, Inc. (a)   7,777,249 
34,451  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   5,349,896 
86,097  Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)   3,050,417 
38,016  Marriott International, Inc., Class A (a)   6,748,600 
6,753  McDonald’s Corp.   1,682,577 
124,716  MGM Resorts International   5,118,344 
123,403  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   4,512,848 
39,728  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   3,179,432 
120,255  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   4,602,159 
90,333  Travel + Leisure Co.   5,011,675 
152,317  Wendy’s (The) Co.   3,009,784 
61,809  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   5,436,719 
42,015  Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)   2,961,217 
125,985  Yum China Holdings, Inc.   5,266,173 
14,100  Yum! Brands, Inc.   1,649,841 
       89,238,051 
         
   Household Durables — 11.2%     
116,974  D.R. Horton, Inc.   8,140,221 
44,042  Garmin Ltd.   4,833,169 
192,361  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   6,853,822 
107,456  Lennar Corp., Class A   8,219,310 
244,324  Newell Brands, Inc.   5,656,101 
1,495  NVR, Inc. (a)   6,542,434 
208,062  PulteGroup, Inc.   8,688,669 
185,539  Toll Brothers, Inc.   8,603,443 
50,448  Whirlpool Corp.   9,157,321 
       66,694,490 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
61,708  TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)   1,584,044 
         
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.7%     
1,029  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   2,557,713 
1,831,907  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   7,712,329 
       10,270,042 
         
   IT Services — 0.8%     
457,805  Sabre Corp. (a)   4,793,218 
         

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products — 2.3%     
20,390  Hasbro, Inc.  $1,795,543 
301,527  Mattel, Inc. (a)   7,330,121 
49,673  Polaris, Inc.   4,715,955 
       13,841,619 
         
   Media — 5.7%     
169,785  Fox Corp., Class A   6,085,094 
94,368  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   3,078,284 
36,456  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   1,396,994 
236,204  News Corp., Class A   4,691,012 
46,315  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   7,337,222 
39,393  Omnicom Group, Inc.   2,998,989 
230,555  Paramount Global, Class B   6,713,762 
252,933  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   1,517,598 
       33,818,955 
         
   Multiline Retail — 5.6%     
15,009  Dollar General Corp.   3,565,088 
10,502  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   1,706,050 
144,253  Kohl’s Corp.   8,349,364 
247,043  Nordstrom, Inc.   6,349,005 
155,823  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   7,487,295 
24,717  Target Corp.   5,651,542 
       33,108,344 
         
   Personal Products — 0.5%     
372,445  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   3,020,529 
         
         
   Professional Services — 0.9%     
192,100  Nielsen Holdings PLC   5,150,201 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.3%     
14,554  AMERCO   7,793,376 
         
         
   Specialty Retail — 19.4%     
16,275  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   3,248,978 
87,497  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   10,141,777 
3,336  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   6,523,448 
70,073  Bath & Body Works, Inc.   3,706,161 
73,762  Best Buy Co., Inc.   6,633,417 
54,167  CarMax, Inc. (a)   4,646,445 
87,201  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   8,407,920 
10,559  Five Below, Inc. (a)   1,658,819 
294,064  Foot Locker, Inc.   8,619,016 
20,070  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   2,510,155 
371,625  Gap (The), Inc.   4,615,582 
86,478  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   1,694,969 
29,144  Lithia Motors, Inc.   8,251,541 
8,281  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   1,637,402 
7,702  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   4,671,648 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
92,992  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.  $9,747,421 
85,538  Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc. (a) (b)   1,647,462 
18,562  Ross Stores, Inc.   1,851,931 
27,690  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   1,696,843 
28,632  Tractor Supply Co.   5,767,916 
16,857  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   6,688,858 
101,838  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   4,798,607 
46,122  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   6,017,999 
       115,184,315 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 10.6%     
130,344  Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)   6,217,409 
72,746  Carter’s, Inc.   6,128,123 
74,015  Columbia Sportswear Co.   6,081,072 
19,141  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   5,086,721 
224,815  Hanesbrands, Inc.   2,981,047 
9,122  Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)   3,234,935 
113,783  PVH Corp.   8,281,127 
46,067  Ralph Lauren Corp.   4,806,631 
213,986  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   8,195,664 
180,202  Tapestry, Inc.   5,932,250 
196,702  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   3,021,342 
58,905  VF Corp.   3,063,060 
       63,029,381 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%     
10,361  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   1,461,212 
         
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   594,507,969 
   (Cost $701,404,680)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.7%     
3,885,256  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   3,885,256 
172,822  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)   172,822 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.7%   4,058,078 
   (Cost $4,058,078)     
         

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.6%     
$ 3,790,553  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $3,790,629. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $3,858,567. (d)  $3,790,553 
   (Cost $3,790,553)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.3%   602,356,600 
   (Cost $709,253,311)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.3)%   (7,658,673)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $594,697,927 

 

 

(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 $7,312,207 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $7,675,809.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $594,507,969   $594,507,969   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    4,058,078    4,058,078    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    3,790,553    —      3,790,553    —   
Total Investments   $602,356,600   $598,566,047   $3,790,553   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Beverages — 13.4%     
262,246  Coca-Cola (The) Co.  $16,943,714 
214,503  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   8,022,412 
380,757  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   20,614,184 
50,887  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   4,359,998 
97,143  PepsiCo, Inc.   16,680,425 
       66,620,733 
         
   Chemicals — 3.3%     
282,874  Corteva, Inc.   16,319,001 
         
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 13.8%     
244,500  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   7,647,960 
61,530  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   12,385,989 
70,850  Kroger (The) Co.   3,823,066 
248,920  Sysco Corp.   21,277,682 
108,020  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   4,063,712 
453,965  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   19,248,116 
       68,446,525 
         
   Food Products — 49.7%     
180,129  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   16,132,353 
183,420  Bunge Ltd.   20,748,470 
364,795  Campbell Soup Co.   17,225,620 
605,425  Conagra Brands, Inc.   21,147,495 
252,861  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   18,557,469 
316,214  Flowers Foods, Inc.   8,385,995 
180,074  General Mills, Inc.   12,736,634 
236,337  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   7,926,743 
75,068  Hershey (The) Co.   16,948,102 
78,855  Hormel Foods Corp.   4,131,214 
93,292  Ingredion, Inc.   7,940,082 
120,080  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   16,442,554 
189,094  Kellogg Co.   12,952,939 
103,182  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   4,398,649 
194,254  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   12,525,498 
485,825  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   13,773,139 
176,074  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   13,098,145 
226,754  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   21,124,403 
       246,195,504 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 7.3%     
160,649  CVS Health Corp.   15,443,188 
66,393  McKesson Corp.   20,555,937 
       35,999,125 
         
   Household Products — 5.9%     
81,813  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   7,981,676 
33,012  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   4,583,056 
26,606  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   4,271,593 
415,640  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   12,298,788 
       29,135,113 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Personal Products — 2.9%     
401,656  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)  $10,676,017 
260,072  Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,823,058 
       14,499,075 
         
   Tobacco — 3.5%     
155,593  Altria Group, Inc.   8,646,303 
86,551  Philip Morris International, Inc.   8,655,100 
       17,301,403 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   494,516,479 
   (Cost $457,418,656)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
564,311  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (b)   564,311 
   (Cost $564,311)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   495,080,790 
   (Cost $457,982,967)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   270,654 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $495,351,444 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $494,516,479   $494,516,479   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    564,311    564,311    —      —   
Total Investments   $495,080,790   $495,080,790   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund (FXN)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Electrical Equipment — 3.2%     
705,504  ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)  $9,129,222 
1,069,836  Fluence Energy, Inc. (a) (b)   9,810,396 
1,120,535  Plug Power, Inc. (b)   23,553,645 
823,101  Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A (b)   8,214,548 
       50,707,811 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 6.1%     
385,204  Baker Hughes Co.   11,949,028 
1,693,065  Halliburton Co.   60,306,976 
715,225  NOV, Inc.   12,967,029 
339,521  Schlumberger N.V.   13,244,714 
       98,467,747 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 86.2%     
3,870,867  Antero Midstream Corp.   39,753,804 
775,662  APA Corp.   31,747,846 
578,040  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   78,503,612 
258,414  Chevron Corp.   40,485,721 
641,169  ConocoPhillips   61,244,463 
1,306,787  Continental Resources, Inc.   72,618,154 
2,377,320  Coterra Energy, Inc.   68,443,043 
1,084,340  Devon Energy Corp.   63,076,058 
584,657  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   73,801,253 
775,457  DT Midstream, Inc.   41,680,814 
672,183  EOG Resources, Inc.   78,484,087 
407,600  EQT Corp.   16,202,100 
776,303  Exxon Mobil Corp.   66,179,831 
748,754  Hess Corp.   77,174,075 
1,608,954  HF Sinclair Corp. (b)   61,172,431 
2,225,098  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   40,385,529 
2,553,421  Marathon Oil Corp.   63,631,251 
492,129  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   42,943,177 
987,481  New Fortress Energy, Inc.   38,294,513 
1,412,507  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   77,815,011 
453,895  ONEOK, Inc.   28,745,170 
371,093  Phillips 66   32,196,029 
320,545  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   74,517,096 
185,833  Targa Resources Corp.   13,642,000 
23,707  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   32,397,986 
315,726  Valero Energy Corp.   35,197,134 
959,545  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   32,902,798 
       1,383,234,986 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.4%     
208,522  Enphase Energy, Inc. (b)   33,655,451 
502,474  First Solar, Inc. (b)   36,695,676 
       70,351,127 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%  $1,602,761,671 
   (Cost $1,541,271,925)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.5%     
6,764,529  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   6,764,529 
755,565  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)   755,565 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.5%   7,520,094 
   (Cost $7,520,094)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 6,599,644  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $6,599,776. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $6,718,062. (d)   6,599,644 
   (Cost $6,599,644)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.8%   1,616,881,409 
   (Cost $1,555,391,663)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.8)%   (12,279,211)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,604,602,198 

 

 

(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 $12,640,143 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $13,364,173.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund (FXN)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,602,761,671   $1,602,761,671   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    7,520,094    7,520,094    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    6,599,644    —      6,599,644    —   
Total Investments   $1,616,881,409   $1,610,281,765   $6,599,644   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Banks — 19.7%     
118,254  Bank of America Corp.  $4,219,303 
342,444  Bank OZK   13,156,699 
103,753  BOK Financial Corp.   8,604,236 
365,110  Citigroup, Inc.   17,601,953 
322,573  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   12,709,376 
53,910  Comerica, Inc.   4,415,229 
61,676  East West Bancorp, Inc.   4,397,499 
1,174,494  F.N.B. Corp.   13,530,171 
226,494  Fifth Third Bancorp   8,500,320 
7,333  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   4,688,574 
174,761  First Hawaiian, Inc.   4,126,107 
207,504  First Horizon Corp.   4,643,940 
333,383  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   4,383,986 
71,512  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   8,535,672 
653,376  KeyCorp   12,616,691 
57,515  M&T Bank Corp.   9,584,300 
339,040  PacWest Bancorp   11,151,026 
52,933  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   4,104,954 
26,434  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   4,390,687 
238,516  Popular, Inc.   18,601,863 
140,511  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   9,186,609 
656,888  Regions Financial Corp.   13,610,719 
198,941  Synovus Financial Corp.   8,264,009 
171,937  Truist Financial Corp.   8,313,154 
91,700  U.S. Bancorp   4,452,952 
516,879  Umpqua Holdings Corp.   8,549,179 
86,855  Webster Financial Corp.   4,341,881 
301,741  Wells Fargo & Co.   13,164,960 
58,857  Western Alliance Bancorp   4,479,606 
52,454  Wintrust Financial Corp.   4,580,283 
148,694  Zions Bancorp N.A.   8,402,698 
       261,308,636 
         
   Capital Markets — 26.7%     
138,319  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   17,368,717 
32,452  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   8,615,682 
300,026  Ares Management Corp., Class A   19,867,722 
294,628  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   12,392,054 
153,583  Blackstone, Inc.   15,599,425 
498,280  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   18,082,581 
42,594  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   4,812,270 
218,928  Evercore, Inc., Class A   23,151,636 
872,884  Franklin Resources, Inc.   21,464,218 
59,054  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   18,040,406 
1,056,848  Invesco Ltd.   19,424,866 
695,908  Janus Henderson Group PLC   21,211,276 
741,879  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   22,820,198 
166,729  KKR & Co., Inc.   8,498,177 
565,117  Lazard Ltd., Class A   18,518,884 
133,409  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   25,063,549 
111,533  Morgan Stanley   8,988,444 
221,728  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   21,609,611 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
242,854  SEI Investments Co.  $13,531,825 
111,903  State Street Corp.   7,494,144 
128,957  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   15,866,869 
392,864  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   11,345,912 
       353,768,466 
         
   Consumer Finance — 7.0%     
448,403  Ally Financial, Inc.   17,918,184 
35,418  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   18,151,725 
176,943  Discover Financial Services   19,899,010 
514,039  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   23,609,811 
796,439  SLM Corp.   13,324,425 
       92,903,155 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 3.7%     
157,266  Apollo Global Management, Inc.   7,825,556 
69,061  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (b)   22,294,963 
293,839  Voya Financial, Inc.   18,552,994 
       48,673,513 
         
   Insurance — 35.9%     
227,090  Aflac, Inc.   13,007,715 
28,775  Alleghany Corp. (b)   24,070,287 
140,755  Allstate (The) Corp.   17,811,138 
33,481  American Financial Group, Inc.   4,636,449 
310,604  American International Group, Inc.   18,173,440 
29,935  Aon PLC, Class A   8,620,981 
402,658  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (b)   18,389,391 
229,696  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   12,667,734 
322,424  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   18,484,568 
202,333  Brown & Brown, Inc.   12,540,599 
68,364  Chubb Ltd.   14,113,748 
179,248  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   21,986,560 
80,858  Everest Re Group Ltd.   22,212,501 
498,993  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   19,869,901 
375,982  First American Financial Corp.   21,923,510 
96,899  Globe Life, Inc.   9,503,854 
65,201  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   9,572,811 
271,497  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   18,985,785 
223,718  Lincoln National Corp.   13,456,638 
225,580  Loews Corp.   14,175,447 
16,518  Markel Corp. (b)   22,353,479 
57,194  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   9,248,270 
354,479  Mercury General Corp.   17,876,376 
138,715  MetLife, Inc.   9,110,801 
942,044  Old Republic International Corp.   20,734,388 
66,398  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   4,524,360 
164,983  Prudential Financial, Inc.   17,902,305 
44,524  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   4,778,316 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
30,754  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.  $4,413,814 
80,031  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   13,690,103 
618,742  Unum Group   18,884,006 
4,284  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   4,489,718 
61,902  Willis Towers Watson PLC   13,300,264 
       475,509,257 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.1%     
744,156  AGNC Investment Corp.   8,170,833 
3,461,764  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   22,224,525 
1,775,655  New Residential Investment Corp.   18,466,812 
201,663  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   4,614,049 
       53,476,219 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.7%     
1,798,586  MGIC Investment Corp.   23,489,533 
1,364,040  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   12,603,730 
       36,093,263 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,321,732,509 
   (Cost $1,386,698,624)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
1,249,602  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   1,249,602 
2,879,429  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
0.23% (c)
   2,879,429 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.3%   4,129,031 
   (Cost $4,129,031)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.1%     
$ 1,219,143  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $1,219,167. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,241,018. (d)   1,219,143 
   (Cost $1,219,143)     

 

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 100.2%  $1,327,080,683 
   (Cost $1,392,046,798)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.2)%   (2,046,376)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,325,034,307 

  

 

(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 $2,306,250 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,468,745.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

    Total
Value at
4/30/2022
    Level 1
Quoted
Prices
    Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
    Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 
Common Stocks*   $1,321,732,509   $1,321,732,509   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    4,129,031    4,129,031    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,219,143    —      1,219,143    —   
Total Investments   $1,327,080,683   $1,325,861,540   $1,219,143   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Biotechnology — 20.1%     
183,258  AbbVie, Inc.  $26,916,935 
72,775  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   9,710,368 
49,136  Amgen, Inc.   11,458,024 
112,850  Biogen, Inc. (a)   23,409,604 
1,048,340  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   23,419,916 
499,706  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   29,652,554 
169,415  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   16,697,543 
299,241  Incyte Corp. (a)   22,431,105 
320,816  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   11,793,196 
68,980  Moderna, Inc. (a)   9,271,602 
63,374  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   5,705,561 
42,539  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   28,037,880 
76,055  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   5,500,298 
165,584  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   29,401,095 
113,837  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   31,102,545 
       284,508,226 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 23.9%     
150,593  Abbott Laboratories   17,092,305 
17,940  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   5,141,245 
153,247  Baxter International, Inc.   10,889,732 
45,822  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   11,326,740 
134,147  Boston Scientific Corp. (a)   5,648,930 
56,914  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   20,548,231 
482,849  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   19,309,132 
34,837  Dexcom, Inc. (a)   14,233,701 
151,411  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   16,016,256 
243,956  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   9,665,537 
241,591  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   15,998,156 
386,711  Hologic, Inc. (a)   27,839,325 
53,369  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   11,420,432 
22,302  Insulet Corp. (a)   5,329,955 
184,921  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   11,309,768 
19,692  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   4,712,296 
81,646  Masimo Corp. (a)   9,223,549 
160,650  Medtronic PLC   16,765,434 
264,161  Quidel Corp. (a)   26,579,880 
24,496  ResMed, Inc.   4,898,465 
122,877  STERIS PLC   27,530,592 
66,674  Stryker Corp.   16,085,769 
102,187  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   9,859,002 
33,486  Teleflex, Inc.   9,564,271 
92,911  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   11,219,003 
       338,207,706 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 28.5%     
272,000  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   18,463,360 
103,453  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   13,205,775 
36,287  Anthem, Inc.   18,213,534 
419,154  Cardinal Health, Inc.   24,331,890 
211,717  Centene Corp. (a)   17,053,804 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
23,462  Chemed Corp.  $11,528,992 
99,183  Cigna Corp.   24,476,381 
157,587  DaVita, Inc. (a)   17,077,703 
334,211  Encompass Health Corp.   23,003,743 
94,830  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   20,345,777 
272,579  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   22,106,157 
54,612  Humana, Inc.   24,278,311 
112,671  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   27,072,588 
89,053  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   27,913,663 
834,711  Premier, Inc., Class A   30,224,885 
217,063  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   29,051,712 
58,254  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   29,625,072 
204,946  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   25,112,033 
       403,085,380 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.2%     
82,373  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   2,780,912 
         
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 12.7%     
89,799  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   10,710,327 
175,679  Avantor, Inc. (a)   5,600,646 
52,744  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   27,008,093 
13,722  Bio-Techne Corp.   5,210,106 
20,923  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   5,053,114 
60,763  Danaher Corp.   15,259,412 
17,003  Illumina, Inc. (a)   5,043,940 
77,093  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   16,805,503 
168,459  Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   5,176,745 
136,225  PerkinElmer, Inc.   19,971,947 
485,016  QIAGEN N.V. (a)   22,005,176 
146,794  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   10,729,173 
30,179  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   16,686,573 
43,401  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   13,673,919 
       178,934,674 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 14.4%     
325,426  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   24,494,815 
107,147  Catalent, Inc. (a)   9,703,232 
227,727  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   5,763,770 
82,989  Eli Lilly & Co.   24,243,577 
100,576  Johnson & Johnson   18,149,945 
289,651  Merck & Co., Inc.   25,689,147 
680,382  Organon & Co.   21,996,750 
154,601  Perrigo Co. PLC   5,302,814 
573,830  Pfizer, Inc.   28,157,838 
152,498  Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A   6,493,365 
2,730,456  Viatris, Inc.   28,205,611 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
31,506  Zoetis, Inc.  $5,584,439 
       203,785,303 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,411,302,201 
   (Cost $1,345,552,717)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
3,147,860  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (b)   3,147,860 
   (Cost $3,147,860)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   1,414,450,061 
   (Cost $1,348,700,577)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.0)%   (543,378)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,413,906,683 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b)

Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022. 

 

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,411,302,201   $1,411,302,201   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    3,147,860    3,147,860    —      —   
Total Investments   $1,414,450,061   $1,414,450,061   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 9.1%     
164,533  BWX Technologies, Inc.  $8,542,553 
88,524  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   12,650,965 
36,743  General Dynamics Corp.   8,690,822 
86,571  HEICO Corp.   12,226,422 
369,852  Howmet Aerospace, Inc.   12,619,350 
88,865  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   18,905,140 
35,664  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   8,283,321 
40,154  Lockheed Martin Corp.   17,351,346 
39,631  Northrop Grumman Corp.   17,413,861 
44,724  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   4,244,755 
362,514  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A   15,240,089 
178,711  Textron, Inc.   12,375,737 
       148,544,361 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 4.5%     
205,683  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   21,833,251 
171,806  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   17,020,820 
95,742  FedEx Corp.   19,027,765 
82,642  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   14,873,907 
       72,755,743 
         
   Building Products — 9.1%     
138,704  A.O. Smith Corp.   8,104,475 
111,882  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   11,463,430 
40,361  Allegion PLC   4,610,841 
98,453  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   8,335,031 
356,752  AZEK (The) Co., Inc. (a)   7,577,412 
343,264  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   21,134,764 
90,086  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   23,364,705 
96,597  Carrier Global Corp.   3,696,767 
238,603  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   17,000,464 
533,193  Hayward Holdings, Inc. (a)   8,477,769 
67,572  Johnson Controls International PLC   4,045,536 
17,183  Lennox International, Inc.   3,663,244 
242,125  Owens Corning   22,016,426 
29,015  Trane Technologies PLC   4,058,908 
       147,549,772 
         
   Chemicals — 2.1%     
360,524  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   9,146,494 
240,874  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   15,880,823 
33,804  PPG Industries, Inc.   4,326,574 
54,407  RPM International, Inc.   4,510,340 
       33,864,231 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%     
20,831  Cintas Corp.   8,275,323 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction & Engineering — 1.6%     
831,302  MDU Resources Group, Inc.  $21,414,340 
18,568  Valmont Industries, Inc.   4,619,904 
       26,034,244 
         
   Construction Materials — 1.6%     
138,077  Eagle Materials, Inc.   17,027,656 
11,513  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   4,078,135 
24,118  Vulcan Materials Co.   4,155,290 
       25,261,081 
         
   Consumer Finance — 3.7%     
94,778  American Express Co.   16,558,664 
168,744  Capital One Financial Corp.   21,028,877 
636,434  Synchrony Financial   23,427,136 
       61,014,677 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 9.4%     
1,173,216  Amcor PLC   13,914,342 
98,464  Ball Corp.   7,991,338 
305,788  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   17,231,154 
177,104  Crown Holdings, Inc.   19,488,524 
884,400  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   19,279,920 
113,534  Packaging Corp. of America   18,298,275 
330,859  Sealed Air Corp.   21,244,456 
287,531  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   12,757,750 
471,067  Westrock Co.   23,331,949 
       153,537,708 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%     
1,751,324  ADT, Inc.   11,996,570 
         
         
   Electrical Equipment — 3.7%     
70,221  Acuity Brands, Inc.   12,111,718 
33,268  AMETEK, Inc.   4,200,418 
29,198  Eaton Corp. PLC   4,234,294 
90,381  Emerson Electric Co.   8,150,558 
382,187  nVent Electric PLC   12,910,277 
59,561  Regal Rexnord Corp.   7,578,542 
261,406  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)   11,870,446 
       61,056,253 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.6%     
48,624  Coherent, Inc. (a)   13,026,370 
28,049  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   3,934,433 
53,296  Littelfuse, Inc.   12,218,108 
523,532  Vontier Corp.   13,412,890 
       42,591,801 
         

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%     
133,520  Enovis Corp. (a)  $8,661,442 
         
         
   Household Durables — 2.4%     
178,373  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   25,161,295 
73,283  TopBuild Corp. (a)   13,274,483 
       38,435,778 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1%     
89,284  3M Co.   12,876,538 
22,770  Honeywell International, Inc.   4,406,223 
       17,282,761 
         
   IT Services — 8.8%     
26,278  Accenture PLC, Class A   7,892,860 
19,474  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   4,248,837 
394,556  Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.   21,621,669 
102,133  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)   12,424,479 
88,246  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   8,749,591 
87,394  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   8,557,621 
17,790  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   4,438,961 
203,671  Genpact Ltd.   8,201,831 
97,141  Global Payments, Inc.   13,306,374 
67,457  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   12,788,498 
12,397  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   4,504,822 
97,402  Paychex, Inc.   12,343,755 
71,547  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   3,753,356 
19,981  Visa, Inc., Class A   4,258,551 
472,878  Western Union (The) Co.   7,925,435 
49,659  WEX, Inc. (a)   8,255,312 
       143,271,952 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.3%     
273,883  Brunswick Corp.   20,708,294 
         
         
   Machinery — 17.6%     
151,710  AGCO Corp.   19,327,854 
451,438  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   16,901,839 
79,541  Caterpillar, Inc.   16,746,562 
163,679  Crane Co.   15,750,830 
86,408  Cummins, Inc.   16,347,530 
53,324  Deere & Co.   20,132,476 
1  Esab Corp. (a)   47 
72,721  Fortive Corp.   4,181,457 
1,471,066  Gates Industrial Corp. PLC (a)   18,756,091 
127,106  Graco, Inc.   7,883,114 
21,162  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   4,171,242 
88,002  Ingersoll Rand, Inc.   3,868,568 
176,740  ITT, Inc.   12,410,683 
128,607  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   17,327,221 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
81,079  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)  $12,477,247 
19,513  Nordson Corp.   4,208,759 
201,243  PACCAR, Inc.   16,713,231 
46,847  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   12,687,105 
326,938  Pentair PLC   16,592,103 
107,816  Snap-on, Inc.   22,909,822 
126,785  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   15,233,218 
51,831  Toro (The) Co.   4,153,218 
92,148  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   8,285,027 
       287,065,244 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 1.4%     
356,637  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   23,010,219 
         
         
   Professional Services — 3.5%     
151,325  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   12,352,660 
56,364  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   8,889,166 
188,706  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   17,021,281 
194,029  Robert Half International, Inc.   19,074,991 
       57,338,098 
         
   Road & Rail — 9.0%     
236,629  CSX Corp.   8,125,840 
110,334  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   18,850,564 
439,043  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   21,025,769 
88,129  Landstar System, Inc.   13,651,182 
31,071  Norfolk Southern Corp.   8,012,589 
29,667  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   8,310,320 
279,265  Ryder System, Inc.   19,520,624 
868,796  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   20,529,649 
64,871  Union Pacific Corp.   15,198,627 
243,454  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   13,095,391 
       146,320,555 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%     
147,693  MKS Instruments, Inc.   16,834,048 
         
         
   Software — 0.4%     
39,075  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   6,670,493 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 4.3%     
496,176  Air Lease Corp.   19,985,970 
155,998  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   12,925,994 
49,898  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   15,793,715 
34,361  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   17,181,531 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
14,545  Watsco, Inc.  $3,880,315 
       69,767,525 
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,627,848,173 
   (Cost $1,729,296,254)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
932,966  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
0.23% (b)
   932,966 
   (Cost $932,966)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   1,628,781,139 
   (Cost $1,730,229,220)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.0)%   (396,601)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,628,384,538 

  

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.

 

 

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,627,848,173   $1,627,848,173   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    932,966    932,966    —      —   
Total Investments   $1,628,781,139   $1,628,781,139   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.6%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%     
264,629  Hexcel Corp.  $14,385,232 
         
         
   Chemicals — 51.0%     
143,945  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   33,693,206 
71,166  Albemarle Corp.   13,722,940 
365,525  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   38,369,159 
503,564  Celanese Corp.   73,993,694 
349,036  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   33,797,156 
1,499,768  Chemours (The) Co.   49,597,328 
1,129,051  Dow, Inc.   75,081,892 
421,320  Eastman Chemical Co.   43,256,924 
89,138  Ecolab, Inc.   15,094,629 
2,155,842  Element Solutions, Inc.   44,453,462 
358,850  FMC Corp.   47,561,979 
2,397,484  Huntsman Corp.   81,202,783 
119,834  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   14,535,864 
699,701  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   74,189,297 
709,976  Mosaic (The) Co.   44,316,702 
110,893  NewMarket Corp.   35,996,977 
1,376,115  Olin Corp.   78,989,001 
127,983  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   13,301,273 
1,139,795  Valvoline, Inc.   34,456,003 
728,760  Westlake Corp.   92,224,578 
       937,834,847 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 3.5%     
90,456  Avery Dennison Corp.   16,336,354 
1,023,040  International Paper Co.   47,346,291 
       63,682,645 
         
   Machinery — 2.4%     
777,806  Timken (The) Co.   44,832,738 
         
         
   Metals & Mining — 33.6%     
174,804  Alcoa Corp.   11,851,711 
2,791,975  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   71,167,443 
1,446,386  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   58,650,952 
452,751  Newmont Corp.   32,982,910 
604,978  Nucor Corp.   93,638,495 
490,481  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   97,237,858 
254,610  Royal Gold, Inc.   33,221,513 
947,869  Southern Copper Corp.   59,023,803 
1,007,894  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   86,426,911 
2,382,868  United States Steel Corp.   72,653,645 
       616,855,241 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 5.2%     
2,161,760  Sylvamo Corp. (a)   96,522,584 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.1%     
264,947  Fastenal Co.  $14,654,218 
1,468,976  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   42,776,581 
       57,430,799 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.6%   1,831,544,086 
   (Cost $1,805,739,703)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
1,006,735  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (b)   1,006,735 
   (Cost $1,006,735)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.7%   1,832,550,821 
   (Cost $1,806,746,438)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.3%   5,993,664 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,838,544,485 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,831,544,086   $1,831,544,086   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    1,006,735    1,006,735    —      —   
Total Investments   $1,832,550,821   $1,832,550,821   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Communications Equipment — 0.6%     
40,954  F5, Inc. (a)  $6,856,109 
         
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 12.0%     
162,616  Amphenol Corp., Class A   11,627,044 
180,346  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   21,255,580 
527,097  Avnet, Inc.   23,013,055 
68,496  CDW Corp.   11,177,177 
579,645  Corning, Inc.   20,397,707 
194,925  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   18,416,514 
277,272  Jabil, Inc.   16,006,913 
210,840  National Instruments Corp.   7,619,758 
165,838  TD SYNNEX Corp.   16,598,725 
       146,112,473 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 3.0%     
6,157  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   14,051,444 
213,353  IAC/InterActiveCorp. (a)   17,682,697 
105,568  Twitter, Inc. (a)   5,174,943 
       36,909,084 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%     
34,850  DoorDash, Inc., Class A (a)   2,837,836 
         
         
   IT Services — 16.2%     
102,636  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   11,523,970 
208,198  Amdocs Ltd.   16,591,299 
142,993  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   12,317,417 
190,875  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   15,441,787 
102,759  Concentrix Corp.   16,182,487 
524,545  DXC Technology Co. (a)   15,054,441 
235,011  Fastly, Inc., Class A (a)   3,736,675 
41,191  Gartner, Inc. (a)   11,968,045 
46,753  Globant S.A. (a)   10,098,180 
204,492  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   16,524,999 
65,823  International Business Machines Corp.   8,702,459 
311,312  Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,701,500 
27,621  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   9,803,522 
17,830  Snowflake, Inc., Class A (a)   3,056,775 
228,148  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   14,752,050 
694,186  Switch, Inc., Class A   20,728,394 
38,470  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   6,874,204 
       197,058,204 
         
   Professional Services — 5.4%     
71,015  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   18,840,279 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services (Continued)     
510,612  Clarivate PLC (a)  $8,006,396 
699,397  Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a)   11,043,479 
113,433  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   11,741,450 
185,696  Science Applications International Corp.   15,455,478 
       65,087,082 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 21.4%     
156,534  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   13,386,788 
143,819  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   3,496,240 
74,184  Analog Devices, Inc.   11,452,526 
92,968  Applied Materials, Inc.   10,259,019 
27,179  Broadcom, Inc.   15,067,766 
252,331  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   19,126,690 
93,356  Entegris, Inc.   10,398,925 
431,694  Intel Corp.   18,817,541 
15,921  Lam Research Corp.   7,415,365 
56,961  Marvell Technology, Inc.   3,308,295 
113,890  Microchip Technology, Inc.   7,425,628 
274,683  Micron Technology, Inc.   18,730,634 
35,242  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   13,823,322 
78,412  NVIDIA Corp.   14,543,073 
66,206  NXP Semiconductors N.V.   11,314,605 
341,715  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   17,806,769 
172,396  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   19,615,217 
160,522  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   18,187,142 
72,380  Teradyne, Inc.   7,633,195 
66,782  Texas Instruments, Inc.   11,369,635 
51,259  Universal Display Corp.   6,547,312 
       259,725,687 
         
   Software — 30.2%     
119,643  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   7,681,081 
263,116  Anaplan, Inc. (a)   17,099,909 
12,860  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   3,545,373 
74,096  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   11,747,180 
29,125  Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (a)   6,548,174 
92,447  Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B   3,918,828 
147,577  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   9,709,091 
179,931  C3.ai, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   3,057,028 
52,038  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   7,849,932 
251,712  CDK Global, Inc.   13,695,650 
40,478  Citrix Systems, Inc.   4,051,848 
75,376  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   14,981,734 
112,996  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   13,647,657 
320,281  Datto Holding Corp. (a)   11,113,751 
156,653  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   12,135,908 
86,719  Dynatrace, Inc. (a)   3,326,541 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
50,083  Fortinet, Inc. (a)  $14,474,488 
8,599  HubSpot, Inc. (a)   3,262,718 
17,801  Intuit, Inc.   7,454,169 
245,844  Jamf Holding Corp. (a)   7,571,995 
958,978  Mandiant, Inc. (a)   21,078,336 
29,449  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   3,844,567 
39,745  Microsoft Corp.   11,030,032 
425,873  NCR Corp. (a)   14,918,331 
61,072  New Relic, Inc. (a)   3,864,025 
645,391  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   16,160,591 
152,294  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   3,811,919 
103,442  Oracle Corp.   7,592,643 
34,372  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   19,292,316 
37,915  PTC, Inc. (a)   4,330,272 
8,650  Roper Technologies, Inc.   4,064,808 
19,233  Salesforce, Inc. (a)   3,383,854 
15,367  ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   7,346,963 
82,451  Splunk, Inc. (a)   10,060,671 
36,765  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   10,543,834 
248,601  Teradata Corp. (a)   10,279,651 
19,232  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   7,591,063 
41,167  Unity Software, Inc. (a)   2,733,900 
107,605  VMware, Inc., Class A   11,625,644 
17,058  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   3,525,889 
101,865  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   12,431,605 
       366,383,969 
         
   Specialty Retail — 0.4%     
3,217,261  Vroom, Inc. (a) (b)   5,018,927 
         
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 10.6%     
122,526  Apple, Inc.   19,316,224 
341,021  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   16,031,397 
1,280,356  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   19,730,286 
589,392  HP, Inc.   21,589,429 
103,110  NetApp, Inc.   7,552,807 
605,916  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   17,753,339 
430,909  Western Digital Corp. (a)   22,868,341 
202,500  Xerox Holdings Corp.   3,523,500 
       128,365,323 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   1,214,354,694 
   (Cost $1,275,495,967)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
3,631,351  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   3,631,351 

 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds (Continued)     
823,162  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)  $823,162 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.3%   4,454,513 
   (Cost $4,454,513)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.3%     
$ 3,542,837  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $3,542,908. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $3,606,406. (d)   3,542,837 
   (Cost $3,542,837)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.6%   1,222,352,044 
   (Cost $1,283,493,317)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.6)%   (7,725,142)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,214,626,902 

  

 

(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 $6,716,558 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $7,174,188.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,214,354,694   $1,214,354,694   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    4,454,513    4,454,513    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    3,542,837    —      3,542,837    —   
Total Investments   $1,222,352,044   $1,218,809,207   $3,542,837   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 6.8%     
43,377  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)  $4,551,549 
18,274  Republic Services, Inc.   2,453,650 
41,082  Stericycle, Inc. (a)   2,061,905 
61,089  Waste Management, Inc.   10,045,475 
       19,112,579 
         
   Electric Utilities — 58.5%     
116,244  Alliant Energy Corp.   6,836,310 
97,067  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   9,620,310 
258,964  Avangrid, Inc. (b)   11,485,053 
86,720  Duke Energy Corp.   9,553,075 
103,607  Edison International   7,127,126 
82,942  Entergy Corp.   9,857,657 
177,125  Evergy, Inc.   12,017,931 
82,360  Eversource Energy   7,198,264 
254,131  Exelon Corp.   11,888,248 
105,569  FirstEnergy Corp.   4,572,193 
228,863  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   9,408,558 
62,953  IDACORP, Inc.   6,621,397 
315,542  NRG Energy, Inc.   11,327,958 
296,827  OGE Energy Corp.   11,481,268 
811,021  PG&E Corp. (a)   10,259,416 
154,979  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   11,034,505 
84,771  PPL Corp.   2,399,867 
66,764  Southern (The) Co.   4,899,810 
100,623  Xcel Energy, Inc.   7,371,641 
       164,960,587 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.6%     
79,710  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   1,592,606 
         
         
   Gas Utilities — 11.7%     
81,042  Atmos Energy Corp.   9,190,163 
176,185  National Fuel Gas Co.   12,355,854 
334,185  UGI Corp.   11,462,545 
       33,008,562 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 2.3%     
110,534  Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A   3,968,171 
104,126  Vistra Corp.   2,605,232 
       6,573,403 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 18.4%     
77,460  Ameren Corp.   7,196,034 
237,029  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   7,255,458 
69,231  CMS Energy Corp.   4,755,477 
102,274  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   9,484,891 
56,978  Dominion Energy, Inc.   4,651,684 
36,619  DTE Energy Co.   4,798,554 
228,394  NiSource, Inc.   6,650,833 
14,396  Sempra Energy   2,322,938 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities (Continued)     
48,516  WEC Energy Group, Inc.  $4,854,026 
       51,969,895 
         
   Water Utilities — 1.5%     
14,634  American Water Works Co., Inc.   2,254,807 
47,350  Essential Utilities, Inc.   2,119,386 
       4,374,193 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   281,591,825 
   (Cost $269,697,188)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
24,274  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   24,274 
389,591  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)   389,591 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.1%   413,865 
   (Cost $413,865)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.0%     
$ 23,682  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $23,682. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $24,107. (d)   23,682 
   (Cost $23,682)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   282,029,372 
   (Cost $270,134,735)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   168,029 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $282,197,401 

  

 

(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 $46,035 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $47,956.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $281,591,825   $281,591,825   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    413,865    413,865    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    23,682    —      23,682    —   
Total Investments   $282,029,372   $282,005,690   $23,682   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Sector Funds

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Valuation Inputs

 

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

Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)
Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.

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

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First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.0%     
12,873  General Dynamics Corp.  $3,044,851 
20,220  HEICO Corp.   2,855,670 
12,495  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   2,902,089 
4,689  Lockheed Martin Corp.   2,026,211 
11,570  Northrop Grumman Corp.   5,083,858 
20,893  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   1,982,955 
41,741  Textron, Inc.   2,890,564 
1,588  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   944,558 
       21,730,756 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%     
20,064  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   1,987,741 
8,945  FedEx Corp.   1,777,729 
19,302  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   3,473,974 
       7,239,444 
         
   Airlines — 0.4%     
26,154  Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)   1,125,406 
67,787  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   3,167,009 
       4,292,415 
         
   Auto Components — 0.1%     
8,644  Aptiv PLC (a)   919,722 
         
         
   Automobiles — 1.1%     
306,001  Ford Motor Co.   4,332,974 
118,301  General Motors Co. (a)   4,484,791 
3,842  Tesla, Inc. (a)   3,345,460 
       12,163,225 
         
   Banks — 4.2%     
100,427  Bank of America Corp.   3,583,235 
96,900  Citigroup, Inc.   4,671,549 
91,321  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   3,598,047 
96,180  Fifth Third Bancorp   3,609,635 
212,360  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   2,792,534 
30,366  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   3,624,486 
184,967  KeyCorp   3,571,713 
18,318  M&T Bank Corp.   3,052,511 
16,831  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   2,795,629 
92,982  Regions Financial Corp.   1,926,587 
3,527  Signature Bank   854,416 
1,850  SVB Financial Group (a)   902,134 
73,008  Truist Financial Corp.   3,529,937 
77,885  U.S. Bancorp   3,782,096 
85,422  Wells Fargo & Co.   3,726,962 
       46,021,471 
         
   Beverages — 0.8%     
50,076  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   3,235,410 
54,612  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   2,042,489 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Beverages (Continued)     
18,549  PepsiCo, Inc.  $3,185,049 
       8,462,948 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.9%     
31,919  AbbVie, Inc.   4,688,263 
6,338  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   845,679 
4,280  Amgen, Inc.   998,053 
14,742  Biogen, Inc. (a)   3,058,081 
87,038  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   5,164,835 
19,672  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   1,938,872 
52,123  Incyte Corp. (a)   3,907,140 
12,015  Moderna, Inc. (a)   1,614,936 
7,409  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   4,883,346 
15,862  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   4,333,816 
       31,433,021 
         
   Building Products — 0.3%     
22,561  Carrier Global Corp.   863,410 
15,782  Johnson Controls International PLC   944,868 
13,555  Trane Technologies PLC   1,896,209 
       3,704,487 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.3%     
3,445  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   914,613 
83,408  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   3,508,140 
32,610  Blackstone, Inc.   3,312,198 
84,636  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   3,071,440 
49,099  Charles Schwab (The) Corp.   3,256,737 
4,351  CME Group, Inc.   954,348 
2,383  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   961,517 
185,332  Franklin Resources, Inc.   4,557,314 
15,676  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   4,788,861 
23,499  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   2,721,419 
53,098  KKR & Co., Inc.   2,706,405 
5,666  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,064,471 
47,364  Morgan Stanley   3,817,065 
17,774  Northern Trust Corp.   1,831,611 
18,832  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   1,835,367 
47,516  State Street Corp.   3,182,147 
34,224  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   4,210,921 
       46,694,574 
         
   Chemicals — 4.2%     
12,424  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   2,908,086 
36,218  Celanese Corp.   5,321,873 
50,209  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   4,861,737 
72,017  Corteva, Inc.   4,154,661 
81,207  Dow, Inc.   5,400,266 
70,325  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   4,636,527 
36,941  Eastman Chemical Co.   3,792,732 
15,731  FMC Corp.   2,084,987 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
7,880  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.  $955,844 
50,325  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   5,335,960 
77,812  Mosaic (The) Co.   4,857,025 
15,792  PPG Industries, Inc.   2,021,218 
       46,330,916 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%     
7,298  Cintas Corp.   2,899,203 
8,248  Copart, Inc. (a)   937,385 
23,432  Republic Services, Inc.   3,146,215 
29,527  Rollins, Inc.   990,336 
19,588  Waste Management, Inc.   3,221,051 
       11,194,190 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.7%     
29,785  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   3,442,253 
55,679  Cisco Systems, Inc.   2,727,157 
8,546  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   1,826,195 
       7,995,605 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.1%     
7,863  Quanta Services, Inc.   911,951 
         
         
   Construction Materials — 0.4%     
5,378  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,904,995 
11,267  Vulcan Materials Co.   1,941,192 
       3,846,187 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.0%     
119,008  Ally Financial, Inc.   4,755,560 
5,534  American Express Co.   966,845 
39,413  Capital One Financial Corp.   4,911,648 
46,959  Discover Financial Services   5,281,009 
148,649  Synchrony Financial   5,471,770 
       21,386,832 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.1%     
5,948  Avery Dennison Corp.   1,074,209 
11,499  Ball Corp.   933,259 
112,122  International Paper Co.   5,189,006 
26,518  Packaging Corp. of America   4,273,906 
       11,470,380 
         
   Distributors — 0.9%     
16,424  Genuine Parts Co.   2,135,941 
113,950  LKQ Corp.   5,655,338 
4,894  Pool Corp.   1,983,147 
       9,774,426 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
50,084  Apollo Global Management, Inc.  $2,492,180 
14,662  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   4,733,333 
       7,225,513 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%     
285,896  AT&T, Inc.   5,391,999 
101,580  Verizon Communications, Inc.   4,703,154 
       10,095,153 
         
   Electric Utilities — 4.2%     
49,691  Alliant Energy Corp.   2,922,328 
41,492  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   4,112,272 
37,074  Duke Energy Corp.   4,084,072 
44,289  Edison International   3,046,640 
35,457  Entergy Corp.   4,214,064 
60,573  Evergy, Inc.   4,109,878 
35,205  Eversource Energy   3,076,917 
86,911  Exelon Corp.   4,065,697 
67,700  FirstEnergy Corp.   2,932,087 
24,434  NextEra Energy, Inc.   1,735,303 
346,698  PG&E Corp. (a)   4,385,730 
72,471  PPL Corp.   2,051,654 
28,545  Southern (The) Co.   2,094,917 
43,019  Xcel Energy, Inc.   3,151,572 
       45,983,131 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.6%     
15,542  AMETEK, Inc.   1,962,333 
13,638  Eaton Corp. PLC   1,977,783 
31,664  Emerson Electric Co.   2,855,459 
       6,795,575 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.2%     
27,470  Amphenol Corp., Class A   1,964,105 
5,785  CDW Corp.   943,996 
112,153  Corning, Inc.   3,946,664 
6,551  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   918,909 
31,605  TE Connectivity Ltd.   3,943,672 
2,190  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   945,095 
14,346  Trimble, Inc. (a)   956,878 
       13,619,319 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%     
81,982  Halliburton Co.   2,920,199 
50,104  Schlumberger N.V.   1,954,557 
       4,874,756 
         

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Entertainment — 0.5%     
74,091  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)  $4,618,092 
6,732  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   804,541 
       5,422,633 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.5%     
8,333  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   1,895,591 
24,105  Boston Properties, Inc.   2,834,748 
6,226  Camden Property Trust   976,797 
35,650  Duke Realty Corp.   1,951,837 
13,532  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   1,045,753 
11,508  Equity Residential   937,902 
2,996  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   986,493 
10,067  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   1,912,730 
25,756  Invitation Homes, Inc.   1,025,604 
83,798  Kimco Realty Corp.   2,122,603 
4,941  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   971,796 
12,817  Prologis, Inc.   2,054,437 
10,607  Public Storage   3,940,501 
14,933  Realty Income Corp.   1,035,753 
3,008  SBA Communications Corp.   1,044,107 
5,904  Sun Communities, Inc.   1,036,565 
18,039  UDR, Inc.   959,855 
109,090  VICI Properties, Inc.   3,251,973 
136,530  Weyerhaeuser Co.   5,627,767 
25,603  WP Carey, Inc.   2,067,954 
       37,680,766 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3%     
8,986  Costco Wholesale Corp.   4,778,036 
54,117  Kroger (The) Co.   2,920,153 
115,579  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   4,900,550 
13,899  Walmart, Inc.   2,126,408 
       14,725,147 
         
   Food Products — 3.6%     
45,862  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   4,107,401 
46,697  Bunge Ltd.   5,282,365 
123,312  Conagra Brands, Inc.   4,307,288 
45,846  General Mills, Inc.   3,242,688 
19,109  Hershey (The) Co.   4,314,239 
40,159  Hormel Foods Corp.   2,103,930 
22,928  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   3,139,531 
48,142  Kellogg Co.   3,297,727 
26,272  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   1,119,975 
49,453  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   3,188,729 
57,732  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   5,378,313 
       39,482,186 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
25,983  Atmos Energy Corp.  $2,946,472 
         
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.0%     
8,744  Abbott Laboratories   992,444 
26,693  Baxter International, Inc.   1,896,805 
3,891  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   961,816 
4,956  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   1,789,314 
4,046  Dexcom, Inc. (a)   1,653,115 
17,582  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   1,859,824 
40,415  Hologic, Inc. (a)   2,909,476 
3,885  Insulet Corp. (a)   928,476 
3,430  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   820,799 
18,655  Medtronic PLC   1,946,836 
12,841  STERIS PLC   2,877,026 
5,833  Teleflex, Inc.   1,666,021 
16,183  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   1,954,097 
       22,256,049 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%     
6,321  Anthem, Inc.   3,172,699 
24,585  Centene Corp. (a)   1,980,322 
17,277  Cigna Corp.   4,263,618 
40,900  CVS Health Corp.   3,931,717 
16,517  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   3,543,722 
7,135  Humana, Inc.   3,171,936 
19,626  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   4,715,735 
37,808  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   5,060,223 
10,147  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   5,160,257 
       35,000,229 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.1%     
12,050  Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)   1,846,180 
13,377  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   886,628 
655  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   953,424 
23,353  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   3,076,291 
4,185  McDonald’s Corp.   1,042,735 
74,027  MGM Resorts International   3,038,068 
8,731  Yum! Brands, Inc.   1,021,614 
       11,864,940 
         
   Household Durables — 1.7%     
69,447  D.R. Horton, Inc.   4,832,817 
34,901  Garmin Ltd.   3,830,036 
63,749  Lennar Corp., Class A   4,876,161 
1,159  NVR, Inc. (a)   5,072,027 
       18,611,041 
         
   Household Products — 0.5%     
20,827  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   2,031,882 
13,647  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   1,051,501 
8,402  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   1,166,450 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products (Continued)     
6,772  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.  $1,087,245 
       5,337,078 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%     
27,805  3M Co.   4,010,037 
5,318  Honeywell International, Inc.   1,029,086 
       5,039,123 
         
   Insurance — 7.0%     
64,289  Aflac, Inc.   3,682,474 
37,358  Allstate (The) Corp.   4,727,281 
82,435  American International Group, Inc.   4,823,272 
12,713  Aon PLC, Class A   3,661,217 
106,866  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   4,880,570 
17,782  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   2,996,089 
57,279  Brown & Brown, Inc.   3,550,153 
19,354  Chubb Ltd.   3,995,633 
38,059  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   4,668,317 
105,948  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   4,218,849 
72,058  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   5,039,016 
63,863  Loews Corp.   4,013,151 
3,508  Markel Corp. (a)   4,747,306 
18,218  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   2,945,851 
58,901  MetLife, Inc.   3,868,618 
42,293  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   2,881,845 
18,158  Progressive (The) Corp.   1,949,443 
35,030  Prudential Financial, Inc.   3,801,105 
22,654  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   3,875,193 
31,082  W.R. Berkley Corp.   2,066,642 
       76,392,025 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%     
1,117  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   2,549,206 
         
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%     
635  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   1,578,375 
         
         
   IT Services — 3.3%     
9,207  Accenture PLC, Class A   2,765,415 
26,004  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,919,729 
9,097  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   1,984,783 
25,938  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   2,234,299 
46,165  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   3,734,748 
30,917  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   3,065,421 
20,412  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   1,998,743 
8,311  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,073,761 
10,437  Gartner, Inc. (a)   3,032,470 
22,688  Global Payments, Inc.   3,107,802 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
15,919  International Business Machines Corp.  $2,104,651 
2,895  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   1,051,985 
2,333  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   828,052 
22,750  Paychex, Inc.   2,883,108 
13,796  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   892,049 
4,666  Visa, Inc., Class A   994,465 
       35,671,481 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4%     
9,187  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   4,704,295 
7,056  Danaher Corp.   1,771,973 
8,952  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,951,447 
753  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   961,980 
17,796  PerkinElmer, Inc.   2,609,072 
3,505  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   1,937,985 
5,040  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   1,587,902 
       15,524,654 
         
   Machinery — 3.0%     
9,290  Caterpillar, Inc.   1,955,917 
20,183  Cummins, Inc.   3,818,422 
12,455  Deere & Co.   4,702,385 
13,192  Dover Corp.   1,758,494 
33,969  Fortive Corp.   1,953,217 
4,942  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   974,118 
20,554  Ingersoll Rand, Inc.   903,554 
13,449  Otis Worldwide Corp.   979,625 
47,003  PACCAR, Inc.   3,903,599 
10,942  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   2,963,312 
37,017  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   4,447,593 
32,284  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   2,902,654 
12,139  Xylem, Inc.   977,189 
       32,240,079 
         
   Media — 1.5%     
110,518  Comcast Corp., Class A   4,394,196 
87,579  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   2,856,827 
24,386  Omnicom Group, Inc.   1,856,506 
136,855  Paramount Global, Class B   3,985,217 
468,986  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   2,813,916 
       15,906,662 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.1%     
104,031  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   4,218,457 
39,077  Newmont Corp.   2,846,759 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining (Continued)     
34,810  Nucor Corp.  $5,387,892 
       12,453,108 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.8%     
9,297  Dollar General Corp.   2,208,316 
12,924  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   2,099,504 
19,506  Target Corp.   4,460,047 
       8,767,867 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 2.3%     
33,113  Ameren Corp.   3,076,198 
135,104  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   4,135,533 
59,188  CMS Energy Corp.   4,065,624 
43,721  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   4,054,686 
36,539  Dominion Energy, Inc.   2,983,044 
15,656  DTE Energy Co.   2,051,562 
12,310  Sempra Energy   1,986,342 
31,105  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   3,112,055 
       25,465,044 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.8%     
37,321  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   5,068,565 
31,779  Chevron Corp.   4,978,816 
51,744  ConocoPhillips   4,942,587 
191,860  Coterra Energy, Inc.   5,523,649 
87,511  Devon Energy Corp.   5,090,515 
37,748  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   4,764,930 
43,399  EOG Resources, Inc.   5,067,267 
62,652  Exxon Mobil Corp.   5,341,083 
48,341  Hess Corp.   4,982,507 
218,910  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   3,973,217 
206,072  Marathon Oil Corp.   5,135,314 
48,416  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   4,224,780 
91,197  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   5,024,043 
73,262  ONEOK, Inc.   4,639,682 
35,938  Phillips 66   3,117,981 
20,696  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   4,811,199 
30,576  Valero Energy Corp.   3,408,613 
154,877  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   5,310,732 
       85,405,480 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%     
56,683  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   4,266,530 
9,332  Catalent, Inc. (a)   845,106 
14,455  Eli Lilly & Co.   4,222,739 
17,518  Johnson & Johnson   3,161,298 
50,452  Merck & Co., Inc.   4,474,588 
79,961  Pfizer, Inc.   3,923,686 
380,476  Viatris, Inc.   3,930,317 
       24,824,264 
         
   Professional Services — 0.2%     
4,364  Equifax, Inc.   888,161 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services (Continued)     
4,821  Verisk Analytics, Inc.  $983,725 
       1,871,886 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
45,232  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   3,756,065 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.3%     
82,902  CSX Corp.   2,846,855 
25,770  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   4,402,804 
7,257  Norfolk Southern Corp.   1,871,435 
6,930  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   1,941,232 
15,152  Union Pacific Corp.   3,549,962 
       14,612,288 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.3%     
28,395  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   2,428,340 
6,265  Analog Devices, Inc.   967,191 
7,851  Applied Materials, Inc.   866,358 
4,930  Broadcom, Inc.   2,733,143 
20,515  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   3,311,121 
15,768  Entegris, Inc.   1,756,398 
104,409  Intel Corp.   4,551,188 
2,827  KLA Corp.   902,548 
28,863  Marvell Technology, Inc.   1,676,363 
66,433  Micron Technology, Inc.   4,530,066 
6,393  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   2,507,590 
15,172  NVIDIA Corp.   2,813,951 
5,592  NXP Semiconductors N.V.   955,673 
66,117  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   3,445,357 
41,695  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   4,744,057 
20,316  QUALCOMM, Inc.   2,837,942 
38,825  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   4,398,873 
8,753  Teradyne, Inc.   923,091 
5,641  Texas Instruments, Inc.   960,380 
       47,309,630 
         
   Software — 2.5%     
9,126  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,557,899 
6,293  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   949,299 
13,672  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,717,447 
20,496  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   2,475,507 
12,113  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   3,500,778 
2,153  Intuit, Inc.   901,569 
6,714  Microsoft Corp.   1,863,269 
78,046  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   1,954,272 
12,509  Oracle Corp.   918,160 
8,313  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   4,665,921 
20,892  Splunk, Inc. (a)   2,549,242 
6,210  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   1,780,966 
2,326  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   918,095 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
4,289  Zscaler, Inc. (a)  $869,552 
       27,621,976 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.2%     
15,001  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   2,994,650 
2,531  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   4,949,295 
56,925  Best Buy Co., Inc.   5,119,265 
42,906  CarMax, Inc. (a)   3,680,477 
3,458  Home Depot (The), Inc.   1,038,783 
5,118  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   1,011,982 
6,044  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   3,665,988 
34,321  Ross Stores, Inc.   3,424,206 
34,167  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   2,093,754 
17,739  Tractor Supply Co.   3,573,521 
7,795  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   3,093,056 
       34,644,977 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.1%     
23,708  Apple, Inc.   3,737,566 
20,619  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   969,299 
309,663  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   4,771,907 
114,038  HP, Inc.   4,177,212 
24,938  NetApp, Inc.   1,826,709 
23,023  Seagate Technology Holdings PLC   1,888,807 
104,218  Western Digital Corp. (a)   5,530,849 
       22,902,349 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%     
72,803  VF Corp.   3,785,756 
         
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
39,613  Altria Group, Inc.   2,201,294 
11,016  Philip Morris International, Inc.   1,101,600 
       3,302,894 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%     
34,845  Fastenal Co.   1,927,277 
11,654  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   3,688,724 
8,026  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   4,013,241 
       9,629,242 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
24,189  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   2,978,634 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%  $1,091,725,603 
   (Cost $1,015,366,511)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,407,216  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   1,407,216 
482,099  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)   482,099 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.2%   1,889,315 
   (Cost $1,889,315)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.1%     
$ 1,372,915  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $1,372,942. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,397,549. (d)   1,372,915 
   (Cost $1,372,915)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.2%   1,094,987,833 
   (Cost $1,018,628,741)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.2)%   (2,542,126)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,092,445,707 

  

 

(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 $2,590,062 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,780,131.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

  

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,091,725,603   $1,091,725,603   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    1,889,315    1,889,315    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,372,915    —      1,372,915    —   
Total Investments   $1,094,987,833   $1,093,614,918   $1,372,915   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%     
28,415  BWX Technologies, Inc.  $1,475,307 
10,193  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   1,456,682 
11,510  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   2,448,637 
6,125  Woodward, Inc.   676,690 
       6,057,316 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
14,209  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   1,508,285 
         
         
   Airlines — 0.7%     
52,765  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)   2,869,888 
125,791  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   2,361,097 
102,371  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   1,127,105 
       6,358,090 
         
   Auto Components — 1.7%     
93,847  Adient PLC (a)   3,203,937 
78,686  BorgWarner, Inc.   2,898,005 
104,934  Gentex Corp.   3,079,813 
267,749  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co. (a)   3,566,417 
21,468  Lear Corp.   2,746,616 
48,958  Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   605,610 
       16,100,398 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
77,688  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   2,831,728 
48,617  Thor Industries, Inc. (b)   3,721,631 
       6,553,359 
         
   Banks — 5.3%     
71,684  Bank OZK   2,754,099 
32,581  BOK Financial Corp.   2,701,942 
52,305  Cadence Bank   1,309,717 
25,385  Comerica, Inc.   2,079,032 
10,689  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   730,807 
21,816  Community Bank System, Inc.   1,404,950 
5,528  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   731,299 
29,052  East West Bancorp, Inc.   2,071,408 
71,052  Eastern Bankshares, Inc.   1,361,356 
245,855  F.N.B. Corp.   2,832,250 
1,149  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   734,648 
30,440  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   1,392,934 
44,020  Hancock Whitney Corp.   2,058,815 
101,579  Home BancShares, Inc.   2,196,138 
9,368  Independent Bank Corp.   722,835 
70,969  PacWest Bancorp   2,334,170 
24,931  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   1,933,399 
37,447  Popular, Inc.   2,920,492 
33,088  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   2,163,294 
32,123  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   2,580,119 
28,137  SouthState Corp.   2,178,929 
62,468  Synovus Financial Corp.   2,594,921 
7,877  UMB Financial Corp.   710,348 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
65,816  United Bankshares, Inc.  $2,189,040 
176,320  Valley National Bancorp   2,112,314 
24,703  Wintrust Financial Corp.   2,157,066 
35,016  Zions Bancorp N.A.   1,978,754 
       50,935,076 
         
   Beverages — 0.8%     
6,159  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   2,719,199 
71,678  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   3,880,647 
17,592  National Beverage Corp.   775,455 
       7,375,301 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.0%     
87,254  Alkermes PLC (a)   2,517,278 
30,121  Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,311,167 
12,909  Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd. (a)   1,151,096 
67,510  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   1,508,174 
38,376  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,531,202 
8,162  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   734,825 
4,265  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   757,293 
       9,511,035 
         
   Building Products — 2.0%     
11,977  A.O. Smith Corp.   699,816 
19,321  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   1,979,630 
8,503  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   719,864 
59,283  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   3,650,054 
12,447  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   3,228,254 
41,816  Owens Corning   3,802,329 
14,036  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   1,455,112 
49,586  UFP Industries, Inc.   3,836,469 
       19,371,528 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.1%     
10,859  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   1,363,565 
37,681  Ares Management Corp., Class A   2,495,236 
6,688  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   755,610 
26,729  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   2,076,576 
34,370  Evercore, Inc., Class A   3,634,628 
26,146  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   2,177,700 
165,921  Invesco Ltd.   3,049,628 
116,473  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   3,582,709 
88,722  Lazard Ltd., Class A   2,907,420 
5,603  Morningstar, Inc.   1,418,848 
50,836  SEI Investments Co.   2,832,582 
45,080  Stifel Financial Corp.   2,788,198 
17,417  Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A   1,239,916 
       30,322,616 
         
   Chemicals — 3.2%     
23,328  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   2,448,740 
47,827  Avient Corp.   2,355,002 
62,265  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   1,579,663 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
5,599  Balchem Corp.  $689,797 
97,233  Chemours (The) Co.   3,215,495 
104,825  Element Solutions, Inc.   2,161,492 
34,745  H.B. Fuller Co.   2,317,492 
102,003  Huntsman Corp.   3,454,842 
73,186  Olin Corp.   4,200,876 
9,397  RPM International, Inc.   779,011 
12,447  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   1,293,617 
72,741  Valvoline, Inc.   2,198,960 
31,006  Westlake Corp.   3,923,809 
       30,618,796 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%     
34,921  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   2,871,903 
13,710  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   1,438,590 
58,236  Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,624,202 
13,919  Tetra Tech, Inc.   1,938,639 
       7,873,334 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.4%     
25,243  Ciena Corp. (a)   1,392,656 
3,663  F5, Inc. (a)   613,223 
20,593  Juniper Networks, Inc.   649,092 
15,681  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,273,454 
       3,928,425 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.3%     
36,387  API Group Corp. (a)   675,343 
20,382  EMCOR Group, Inc.   2,170,275 
35,142  MasTec, Inc. (a)   2,530,576 
114,856  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   2,958,691 
6,415  Valmont Industries, Inc.   1,596,116 
78,224  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   2,745,662 
       12,676,663 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.1%     
5,963  Eagle Materials, Inc.   735,357 
24,638  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   684,937 
       1,420,294 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.8%     
2,780  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   1,424,750 
80,703  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   3,706,689 
166,716  SLM Corp.   2,789,158 
       7,920,597 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.7%     
13,024  AptarGroup, Inc.   1,495,546 
52,811  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   2,975,900 
76,369  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   1,664,844 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging (Continued)     
57,140  Sealed Air Corp.  $3,668,959 
49,658  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   2,203,326 
81,355  Westrock Co.   4,029,513 
       16,038,088 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.9%     
302,461  ADT, Inc.   2,071,858 
146,932  H&R Block, Inc.   3,830,517 
46,504  Service Corp. International   3,051,128 
       8,953,503 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
24,755  Equitable Holdings, Inc.   713,687 
57,667  Voya Financial, Inc.   3,641,094 
       4,354,781 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%     
138,278  Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (a)   3,649,156 
18,980  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   677,776 
339,496  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   3,415,330 
       7,742,262 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.6%     
54,258  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   2,230,546 
13,266  IDACORP, Inc.   1,395,318 
99,742  NRG Energy, Inc.   3,580,738 
75,059  OGE Energy Corp.   2,903,282 
39,192  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   2,790,470 
55,502  Portland General Electric Co.   2,626,910 
       15,527,264 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.1%     
12,127  Acuity Brands, Inc.   2,091,665 
38,868  Atkore, Inc. (a)   3,735,215 
8,329  Hubbell, Inc.   1,627,153 
53,494  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   1,124,444 
10,287  Regal Rexnord Corp.   1,308,918 
50,393  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   1,006,852 
       10,894,247 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.2%     
32,252  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   3,801,221 
94,263  Avnet, Inc.   4,115,523 
9,917  Cognex Corp.   670,687 
31,669  II-VI, Inc. (a)   1,938,459 
27,887  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   2,634,764 
37,189  Jabil, Inc.   2,146,921 
3,069  Littelfuse, Inc.   703,568 
18,852  National Instruments Corp.   681,311 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
22,242  TD SYNNEX Corp.  $2,226,202 
90,417  Vontier Corp.   2,316,483 
       21,235,139 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%     
156,296  ChampionX Corp.   3,297,846 
         
         
   Entertainment — 0.1%     
40,434  Warner Music Group Corp., Class A   1,203,720 
         
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.4%     
11,531  Agree Realty Corp.   783,186 
19,116  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   757,185 
27,447  Americold Realty Trust   724,052 
28,628  Apartment Income REIT Corp.   1,407,639 
88,945  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   2,257,424 
37,986  Cousins Properties, Inc.   1,363,697 
29,416  CubeSmart   1,397,554 
22,898  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   674,575 
7,529  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   1,411,687 
6,269  Federal Realty Investment Trust   733,849 
24,721  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   1,433,818 
16,306  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   723,660 
16,730  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   683,253 
39,383  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   801,444 
55,240  Iron Mountain, Inc.   2,968,045 
30,041  Kilroy Realty Corp.   2,102,870 
67,214  Kite Realty Group Trust   1,498,872 
13,173  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   1,454,431 
16,347  Life Storage, Inc.   2,165,814 
146,222  LXP Industrial Trust   1,835,086 
36,198  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   665,681 
24,387  National Storage Affiliates Trust   1,380,304 
98,232  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   2,502,951 
87,254  Physicians Realty Trust   1,495,534 
4,553  PS Business Parks, Inc.   852,322 
37,219  Rayonier, Inc.   1,607,861 
10,726  Regency Centers Corp.   738,271 
30,776  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   2,401,759 
32,995  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (a)   3,084,373 
37,705  SL Green Realty Corp.   2,609,940 
49,884  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   2,167,460 
18,506  STAG Industrial, Inc.   690,644 
78,538  STORE Capital Corp.   2,232,835 
20,669  Terreno Realty Corp.   1,503,670 
33,769  Vornado Realty Trust   1,307,198 
       52,418,944 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%     
115,072  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   3,599,452 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing (Continued)     
56,591  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)  $3,641,631 
11,584  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   2,331,859 
15,031  Performance Food Group Co. (a)   740,277 
40,671  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   1,530,043 
       11,843,262 
         
   Food Products — 1.7%     
51,506  Campbell Soup Co.   2,432,113 
28,561  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   2,096,092 
59,528  Flowers Foods, Inc.   1,578,683 
17,561  Ingredion, Inc.   1,494,617 
10,261  Lancaster Colony Corp.   1,592,302 
30,488  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   864,335 
33,145  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,465,656 
909  Seaboard Corp.   3,840,516 
       16,364,314 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.4%     
55,692  National Fuel Gas Co.   3,905,680 
33,373  New Jersey Resources Corp.   1,440,379 
26,016  ONE Gas, Inc.   2,194,970 
29,322  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   2,583,561 
105,636  UGI Corp.   3,623,315 
       13,747,905 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5%     
2,310  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   662,000 
20,606  CONMED Corp.   2,739,774 
46,641  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   1,865,174 
12,694  Enovis Corp. (a)   823,460 
47,128  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   1,867,211 
20,743  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   1,373,601 
3,436  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   735,270 
11,908  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   728,293 
14,762  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   2,230,981 
13,161  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   1,269,773 
       14,295,537 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%     
23,356  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   1,585,405 
8,882  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   1,133,787 
29,338  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   2,867,790 
3,021  Chemed Corp.   1,484,489 
13,532  DaVita, Inc. (a)   1,466,463 
32,282  Encompass Health Corp.   2,221,970 
8,503  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   683,046 
26,330  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   2,135,363 
107,174  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   3,202,359 
86,005  Premier, Inc., Class A   3,114,241 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
57,192  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)  $1,287,964 
44,510  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   3,227,420 
26,396  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   3,234,302 
       27,644,599 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.3%     
11,924  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   2,453,482 
10,610  Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)   358,194 
       2,811,676 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3%     
46,533  Boyd Gaming Corp.   2,818,969 
16,193  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   2,274,469 
6,901  Churchill Downs, Inc.   1,400,489 
14,712  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   688,963 
13,024  Light & Wonder, Inc. (a)   730,125 
7,269  Papa John’s International, Inc.   661,842 
72,157  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   2,638,782 
27,175  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   2,174,815 
51,399  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   3,466,349 
18,278  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   1,504,828 
69,661  Wendy’s (The) Co.   1,376,501 
27,107  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   2,384,332 
       22,120,464 
         
   Household Durables — 3.1%     
7,814  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   1,676,181 
87,958  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   3,133,944 
48,291  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   3,986,422 
30,805  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   4,345,353 
107,225  Newell Brands, Inc.   2,482,259 
91,316  PulteGroup, Inc.   3,813,356 
41,830  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   2,135,003 
81,372  Toll Brothers, Inc.   3,773,220 
4,219  TopBuild Corp. (a)   764,230 
22,145  Whirlpool Corp.   4,019,760 
       30,129,728 
         
   Household Products — 0.2%     
52,163  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   1,543,503 
         
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5%     
83,838  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   2,559,574 
9,352  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   726,650 
65,827  Vistra Corp.   1,646,992 
       4,933,216 
         
   Insurance — 4.9%     
76,695  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   2,892,935 
21,019  American Financial Group, Inc.   2,910,711 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
8,417  Assurant, Inc.  $1,530,884 
50,618  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   2,901,930 
14,813  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   760,796 
11,721  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   2,763,226 
4,345  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   696,416 
10,157  Everest Re Group Ltd.   2,790,229 
59,026  First American Financial Corp.   3,441,806 
22,820  Globe Life, Inc.   2,238,186 
15,352  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   2,253,981 
13,535  Kemper Corp.   624,776 
13,423  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   2,975,745 
46,831  Lincoln National Corp.   2,816,885 
147,899  Old Republic International Corp.   3,255,257 
11,186  Primerica, Inc.   1,449,258 
20,972  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   2,250,715 
4,827  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   692,771 
13,833  RLI Corp.   1,587,752 
25,690  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   2,115,828 
25,759  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   1,638,787 
97,140  Unum Group   2,964,713 
       47,553,587 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.8%     
79,216  Bumble, Inc., Class A (a)   1,900,392 
30,524  IAC/InterActiveCorp. (a)   2,529,829 
39,534  Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)   3,493,224 
       7,923,445 
         
   IT Services — 1.8%     
13,783  Concentrix Corp.   2,170,547 
13,228  DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (a)   521,580 
70,355  DXC Technology Co. (a)   2,019,188 
21,364  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,908,709 
35,174  Genpact Ltd.   1,416,457 
27,427  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   2,216,376 
15,533  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   2,944,746 
30,629  Maximus, Inc.   2,232,241 
81,668  Western Union (The) Co.   1,368,756 
       17,798,600 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.5%     
37,841  Brunswick Corp.   2,861,158 
163,371  Callaway Golf Co. (a)   3,584,360 
28,024  Hasbro, Inc.   2,467,793 
137,816  Mattel, Inc. (a)   3,350,307 
21,797  Polaris, Inc.   2,069,407 
       14,333,025 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%     
21,697  Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   666,749 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Life Sciences Tools & Services (Continued)     
18,905  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)  $1,381,766 
       2,048,515 
         
   Machinery — 3.3%     
20,960  AGCO Corp.   2,670,304 
77,965  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   2,919,010 
28,268  Crane Co.   2,720,230 
29,471  Donaldson Co., Inc.   1,445,258 
65,153  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   2,716,228 
21,315  Flowserve Corp.   697,214 
27,645  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   1,933,491 
10,976  Graco, Inc.   680,731 
30,524  ITT, Inc.   2,143,395 
6,460  John Bean Technologies Corp.   761,569 
5,554  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   748,290 
9,336  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   1,436,717 
3,370  Nordson Corp.   726,875 
22,809  Oshkosh Corp.   2,108,464 
3,948  RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)   664,646 
14,896  Snap-on, Inc.   3,165,251 
50,426  Timken (The) Co.   2,906,555 
8,952  Toro (The) Co.   717,324 
5,482  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   698,736 
       31,860,288 
         
   Marine — 0.3%     
31,722  Matson, Inc.   2,728,726 
         
         
   Media — 1.0%     
120,889  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   3,446,545 
16,693  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   639,676 
138,190  News Corp., Class A   2,744,453 
20,299  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   3,215,768 
       10,046,442 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.6%     
42,498  Alcoa Corp.   2,881,364 
118,787  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   3,027,881 
91,930  Commercial Metals Co.   3,769,130 
66,727  MP Materials Corp. (a)   2,538,295 
20,868  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   4,137,081 
16,249  Royal Gold, Inc.   2,120,169 
45,860  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   3,932,495 
101,381  United States Steel Corp.   3,091,107 
       25,497,522 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.3%     
233,656  AGNC Investment Corp.   2,565,543 
543,483  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   3,489,161 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
72,214  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A  $2,169,308 
278,771  New Residential Investment Corp.   2,899,218 
63,320  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   1,448,762 
       12,571,992 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.2%     
14,256  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   4,331,115 
63,285  Kohl’s Corp.   3,662,936 
157,066  Macy’s, Inc.   3,796,285 
       11,790,336 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.4%     
29,807  Black Hills Corp.   2,183,064 
72,190  NiSource, Inc.   2,102,173 
       4,285,237 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.3%     
211,193  Antero Midstream Corp.   2,168,952 
125,324  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   4,411,405 
92,576  APA Corp.   3,789,136 
43,977  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   3,606,994 
64,078  Civitas Resources, Inc.   3,756,252 
38,672  Enviva, Inc.   3,261,596 
111,193  EQT Corp.   4,419,922 
76,811  HF Sinclair Corp. (a)   2,920,354 
161,781  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A   3,759,790 
72,219  Matador Resources Co.   3,525,732 
94,730  Murphy Oil Corp.   3,607,318 
70,762  Ovintiv, Inc.   3,622,307 
52,644  PDC Energy, Inc.   3,671,393 
125,943  Range Resources Corp. (a)   3,770,733 
98,232  SM Energy Co.   3,490,183 
106,726  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   800,445 
50,697  Targa Resources Corp.   3,721,667 
1,698  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   2,320,487 
       60,624,666 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%     
49,274  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   3,179,158 
         
         
   Personal Products — 0.3%     
255,359  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   2,070,962 
25,206  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   669,975 
       2,740,937 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%     
62,529  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   3,164,593 
65,721  Organon & Co.   2,124,760 
39,824  Perrigo Co. PLC   1,365,963 
       6,655,316 
         

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 2.0%     
76,907  Alight, Inc., Class A (a)  $660,631 
26,225  ASGN, Inc. (a)   2,975,226 
8,712  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   711,160 
10,161  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   2,695,713 
43,678  Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a)   689,676 
7,083  Exponent, Inc.   678,622 
9,735  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   1,535,307 
14,169  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   1,466,633 
24,443  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   2,204,759 
33,509  Robert Half International, Inc.   3,294,270 
16,603  Science Applications International Corp.   1,381,868 
15,559  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   1,380,083 
       19,673,948 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%     
36,147  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (b)   484,008 
7,385  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   740,642 
12,783  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   2,796,026 
       4,020,676 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.9%     
2,564  AMERCO   1,372,971 
14,531  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   3,889,513 
69,095  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,386,046 
75,826  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   3,631,307 
15,220  Landstar System, Inc.   2,357,578 
48,231  Ryder System, Inc.   3,371,347 
6,277  Saia, Inc. (a)   1,292,811 
10,511  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   565,386 
       17,866,959 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.4%     
26,944  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   655,009 
176,156  Amkor Technology, Inc.   3,313,494 
36,101  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   2,736,456 
17,593  Diodes, Inc. (a)   1,284,817 
36,553  First Solar, Inc. (a)   2,669,466 
12,555  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   603,142 
52,458  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   2,511,165 
5,100  MKS Instruments, Inc.   581,298 
35,227  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   2,506,049 
24,770  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,981,600 
9,263  SiTime Corp. (a)   1,561,464 
3,835  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   569,267 
4,584  Universal Display Corp.   585,514 
13,440  Wolfspeed, Inc. (a)   1,232,582 
       22,791,323 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software — 3.1%     
48,601  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)  $1,342,360 
13,881  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   2,200,694 
105,331  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   3,225,235 
47,159  CDK Global, Inc.   2,565,921 
85,916  Datto Holding Corp. (a)   2,981,285 
19,567  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   1,515,855 
32,912  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   715,836 
20,559  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   1,637,319 
3,282  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   1,225,860 
21,983  Jamf Holding Corp. (a)   677,076 
5,516  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   720,114 
19,040  NCR Corp. (a)   666,971 
16,120  Qualys, Inc. (a)   2,196,834 
13,759  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   1,314,260 
5,833  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   697,802 
52,965  Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,925,257 
15,524  Teradata Corp. (a)   641,917 
6,484  Workiva, Inc. (a)   625,771 
12,723  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   1,552,715 
       29,429,082 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.3%     
227,747  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (b)   3,441,257 
38,423  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   4,453,610 
30,602  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   2,950,645 
4,831  Five Below, Inc. (a)   758,950 
129,000  Foot Locker, Inc.   3,780,990 
9,188  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   1,149,143 
217,393  Gap (The), Inc.   2,700,021 
39,526  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   774,710 
12,749  Lithia Motors, Inc.   3,609,624 
19,134  Murphy USA, Inc.   4,469,702 
40,825  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   4,279,277 
117,305  Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc. (a) (b)   2,259,294 
42,102  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   2,955,560 
59,597  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   2,808,211 
5,277  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   688,543 
       41,079,537 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%     
86,686  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   2,539,900 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.0%     
33,274  Carter’s, Inc.   2,803,002 
33,811  Columbia Sportswear Co.   2,777,912 
10,017  Crocs, Inc. (a)   665,429 
49,943  PVH Corp.   3,634,851 
20,237  Ralph Lauren Corp.   2,111,529 
93,870  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   3,595,221 
102,991  Tapestry, Inc.   3,390,464 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (Continued)     
44,961  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)  $690,601 
       19,669,009 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.6%     
92,845  Essent Group Ltd.   3,763,008 
282,371  MGIC Investment Corp.   3,687,765 
285,532  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   2,638,316 
172,270  Radian Group, Inc.   3,684,855 
11,826  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   1,416,282 
       15,190,226 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.3%     
85,692  Air Lease Corp.   3,451,674 
38,726  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   2,309,231 
18,320  Herc Holdings, Inc.   2,341,662 
26,941  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   2,232,331 
54,519  Triton International Ltd.   3,330,566 
95,236  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,773,272 
10,047  Watsco, Inc.   2,680,339 
23,521  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   2,899,199 
       22,018,274 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.2%     
44,899  Essential Utilities, Inc.   2,009,679 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   963,557,516 
   (Cost $922,851,960)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.8%     
5,826,535  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   5,826,535 
1,735,454  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)   1,735,454 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.8%   7,561,989 
   (Cost $7,561,989)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.6%     
$ 5,684,513  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $5,684,627. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $5,786,511. (d)  $5,684,513 
   (Cost $5,684,513)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.2%   976,804,018 
   (Cost $936,098,462)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.2)%   (11,684,273)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $965,119,745 

  

 

(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 $10,903,528 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $11,511,048.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

    Total
Value at
4/30/2022
    Level 1
Quoted
Prices
    Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
    Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 
Common Stocks*   $963,557,516   $963,557,516   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    7,561,989    7,561,989    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    5,684,513    —      5,684,513    —   
Total Investments   $976,804,018   $971,119,505   $5,684,513   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%     
35,164  AAR Corp. (a)  $1,652,005 
6,029  AeroVironment, Inc. (a)   484,249 
27,718  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   420,482 
43,157  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   1,390,087 
8,807  Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)   491,342 
19,395  Moog, Inc., Class A   1,549,079 
29,334  Parsons Corp. (a)   1,083,305 
       7,070,549 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%     
84,850  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   2,655,805 
32,861  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,265,438 
23,222  Forward Air Corp.   2,251,837 
29,408  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,975,041 
       9,148,121 
         
   Airlines — 0.8%     
10,486  Allegiant Travel Co. (a)   1,627,322 
98,379  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   2,867,748 
65,047  Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,789,443 
       6,284,513 
         
   Auto Components — 1.3%     
161,539  Dana, Inc.   2,392,393 
11,947  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   1,179,408 
15,545  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   1,048,044 
21,872  LCI Industries   2,128,583 
47,069  Patrick Industries, Inc.   2,930,045 
5,200  Visteon Corp. (a)   544,492 
10,789  XPEL, Inc. (a) (b)   466,840 
       10,689,805 
         
   Automobiles — 0.3%     
52,531  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   2,793,599 
         
         
   Banks — 11.7%     
64,682  Ameris Bancorp   2,697,239 
99,762  Associated Banc-Corp.   1,990,252 
61,885  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   2,090,475 
13,643  BancFirst Corp.   1,115,315 
80,147  Bancorp (The), Inc. (a)   1,818,535 
13,529  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   1,005,746 
51,650  BankUnited, Inc.   1,938,941 
38,793  Banner Corp.   2,083,184 
58,782  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   1,454,267 
38,056  Cathay General Bancorp   1,525,665 
70,362  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   1,975,765 
43,549  Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)   1,832,106 
48,913  CVB Financial Corp.   1,125,977 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
49,262  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.  $1,548,797 
39,829  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   2,005,390 
35,994  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   1,589,855 
38,336  FB Financial Corp.   1,477,086 
40,769  First Bancorp   1,527,207 
173,063  First BanCorp   2,355,387 
89,605  First Busey Corp.   2,013,424 
149,775  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   2,018,967 
98,506  First Financial Bancorp   2,014,448 
70,108  First Foundation, Inc.   1,557,800 
61,058  First Hawaiian, Inc.   1,441,579 
30,874  First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A   1,004,022 
54,583  First Merchants Corp.   2,139,108 
136,618  Fulton Financial Corp.   2,072,495 
47,473  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   2,077,893 
96,538  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   2,460,754 
141,207  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   2,019,260 
23,931  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   1,622,522 
53,794  International Bancshares Corp.   2,140,463 
7,775  Lakeland Financial Corp.   566,176 
41,343  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   1,804,622 
42,277  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   1,543,533 
62,844  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   2,212,109 
168,069  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   2,131,115 
85,232  OFG Bancorp   2,265,467 
69,309  Old National Bancorp   1,050,724 
64,231  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   2,014,284 
8,641  Park National Corp.   1,018,342 
67,881  Renasant Corp.   2,022,175 
50,547  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   1,984,981 
32,419  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida   1,053,618 
11,309  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   1,322,701 
86,598  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   2,067,094 
10,730  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   560,964 
39,620  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   2,034,883 
75,838  TowneBank   2,090,854 
12,074  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   838,419 
74,716  Trustmark Corp.   2,083,082 
32,625  United Community Banks, Inc.   983,318 
29,742  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   977,025 
69,183  Washington Federal, Inc.   2,105,239 
82,604  WesBanco, Inc.   2,663,153 
18,764  Westamerica BanCorp   1,105,575 
       96,239,377 
         
   Beverages — 0.5%     
10,288  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   534,976 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Beverages (Continued)     
31,207  Duckhorn Portfolio (The), Inc. (a)  $606,040 
33,162  MGP Ingredients, Inc.   3,028,685 
       4,169,701 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.2%     
70,310  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,296,516 
59,941  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   424,382 
35,971  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   870,858 
174,552  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,621,588 
15,420  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   614,795 
104,733  Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)   924,792 
69,123  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   2,238,203 
65,549  Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,012,354 
135,368  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,624,416 
13,415  Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   420,560 
10,093  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   937,236 
22,525  Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)   461,763 
75,167  Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   1,976,892 
15,523  Prothena Corp. PLC (a)   452,651 
30,430  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,075,092 
22,029  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   553,589 
14,851  Vericel Corp. (a)   423,254 
       17,928,941 
         
   Building Products — 1.0%     
14,481  CSW Industrials, Inc.   1,527,890 
52,865  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   2,000,411 
111,963  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   2,327,711 
95,283  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,142,915 
       7,998,927 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.8%     
14,424  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   463,587 
51,026  AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)   981,230 
40,569  B. Riley Financial, Inc.   1,832,096 
387,031  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   1,404,923 
46,816  Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.   938,193 
66,665  Federated Hermes, Inc.   1,898,619 
12,411  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   489,614 
74,641  Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (c)   1,113,644 
12,089  Moelis & Co., Class A   535,059 
17,301  Piper Sandler Cos.   1,989,269 
8,993  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   593,448 
17,169  StepStone Group, Inc., Class A   439,870 
19,663  Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A   530,704 
30,501  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   880,869 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
4,731  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.  $838,144 
       14,929,269 
         
   Chemicals — 1.7%     
8,299  Cabot Corp.   546,489 
49,103  Ecovyst, Inc.   493,976 
17,721  Ingevity Corp. (a)   1,061,488 
18,400  Innospec, Inc.   1,753,704 
42,906  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   2,729,251 
3,500  NewMarket Corp.   1,136,135 
3,284  Quaker Chemical Corp.   534,339 
6,763  Sensient Technologies Corp.   572,150 
22,980  Stepan Co.   2,346,488 
59,229  Trinseo PLC   2,810,416 
       13,984,436 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%     
36,988  ABM Industries, Inc.   1,785,411 
36,804  Brady Corp., Class A   1,646,979 
166,833  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,112,106 
33,392  Brink’s (The) Co.   1,968,458 
8,926  Cimpress PLC (a)   450,852 
45,962  HNI Corp.   1,638,086 
94,347  KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)   1,383,127 
16,425  MillerKnoll, Inc.   521,165 
9,241  UniFirst Corp.   1,592,224 
       13,098,408 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.8%     
13,231  Calix, Inc. (a)   528,049 
185,961  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   1,785,226 
130,946  Infinera Corp. (a)   1,006,975 
53,083  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   1,634,956 
34,896  Viasat, Inc. (a)   1,284,522 
       6,239,728 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.6%     
28,560  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   1,440,566 
29,745  Arcosa, Inc.   1,592,250 
25,510  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   2,153,554 
11,917  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   1,011,873 
34,612  Granite Construction, Inc.   1,026,246 
18,110  MYR Group, Inc. (a)   1,432,320 
17,033  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   2,040,553 
119,154  Primoris Services Corp.   2,761,990 
       13,459,352 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.4%     
45,244  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   2,615,556 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
59,800  Enova International, Inc. (a)  $2,236,520 
24,208  FirstCash Holdings, Inc.   1,931,314 
61,970  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   1,640,965 
35,971  LendingClub Corp. (a)   548,558 
9,488  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   753,537 
166,563  Navient Corp.   2,646,686 
33,396  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   2,740,810 
50,368  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   2,116,967 
98,654  PROG Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,611,371 
       19,842,284 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.0%     
43,624  Greif, Inc., Class A   2,647,104 
129,207  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   1,741,710 
225,704  Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.   2,225,442 
53,067  TriMas Corp.   1,567,599 
       8,181,855 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.4%     
57,320  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   1,680,049 
24,636  Coursera, Inc. (a)   463,403 
19,016  Frontdoor, Inc. (a)   587,785 
4,641  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   2,749,189 
17,537  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   1,683,026 
34,205  Strategic Education, Inc.   2,209,643 
62,499  Stride, Inc. (a)   2,456,211 
       11,829,306 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
23,732  Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)   531,597 
47,761  Compass Diversified Holdings   1,044,055 
64,171  Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A   2,715,075 
       4,290,727 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
17,526  Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a)   387,675 
8,554  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   500,409 
386,156  Globalstar, Inc. (a)   447,941 
236,766  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   2,187,718 
       3,523,743 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.7%     
33,899  ALLETE, Inc.   2,011,567 
21,342  MGE Energy, Inc.   1,661,901 
36,331  Otter Tail Corp.   2,105,745 
       5,779,213 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
94,020  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)  $1,745,011 
24,881  Encore Wire Corp.   2,806,826 
22,835  EnerSys   1,494,779 
177,021  GrafTech International Ltd.   1,607,351 
       7,653,967 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.7%     
13,190  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   1,009,299 
11,386  Badger Meter, Inc.   918,736 
40,986  Belden, Inc.   2,116,107 
15,867  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,576,704 
10,775  Itron, Inc. (a)   514,830 
131,826  Knowles Corp. (a)   2,441,418 
65,623  Methode Electronics, Inc.   2,927,442 
20,006  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   1,582,475 
20,817  Plexus Corp. (a)   1,689,091 
70,219  Sanmina Corp. (a)   2,871,255 
153,211  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,137,293 
144,808  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   2,697,773 
       22,482,423 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%     
40,018  Cactus, Inc., Class A   1,998,099 
31,926  Expro Group Holdings N.V. (a)   487,829 
13,269  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   610,772 
38,304  Liberty Energy, Inc. (a)   618,227 
80,978  Noble Corp. (a)   2,585,627 
183,350  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   3,014,274 
496,847  Transocean Ltd. (a) (c)   1,868,145 
85,232  Weatherford International PLC (a)   2,751,289 
       13,934,262 
         
   Entertainment — 0.5%     
6,813  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   499,052 
9,496  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (a)   1,539,396 
36,363  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   2,123,236 
       4,161,684 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 6.3%     
52,391  Acadia Realty Trust   1,096,020 
73,433  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   1,556,780 
14,983  American Assets Trust, Inc.   548,378 
63,179  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   1,117,636 
80,289  Brandywine Realty Trust   936,973 
52,125  Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.   1,078,466 
11,571  Centerspace   1,067,540 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
39,779  Corporate Office Properties Trust  $1,061,701 
56,202  DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (a)   596,865 
157,682  DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (a)   1,097,467 
26,852  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   511,531 
173,415  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,498,306 
20,750  EPR Properties   1,089,790 
20,121  Equity Commonwealth (a)   526,969 
22,438  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   538,512 
20,993  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   576,468 
108,262  Global Net Lease, Inc.   1,518,916 
61,368  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   1,428,647 
42,939  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   1,170,517 
125,197  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   2,023,183 
92,212  InvenTrust Properties Corp.   2,793,101 
72,744  iStar, Inc.   1,225,009 
19,427  JBG SMITH Properties   512,096 
44,266  LTC Properties, Inc.   1,460,778 
108,883  Macerich (The) Co.   1,366,482 
28,860  National Health Investors, Inc.   1,487,156 
25,143  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   2,241,750 
19,966  Outfront Media, Inc.   511,130 
156,092  Paramount Group, Inc.   1,484,435 
23,189  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   566,275 
98,892  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,592,161 
32,295  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   1,788,820 
58,549  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   1,090,768 
40,315  RLJ Lodging Trust   565,216 
76,245  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   890,542 
64,286  Service Properties Trust   522,002 
101,911  SITE Centers Corp.   1,620,385 
96,374  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (a)   1,180,581 
33,023  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (c)   532,661 
123,761  Uniti Group, Inc.   1,533,399 
118,878  Urban Edge Properties   2,221,830 
65,284  Veris Residential, Inc. (a)   1,045,197 
66,782  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   1,608,778 
29,427  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)   567,647 
       51,448,864 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
17,318  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   583,097 
14,395  PriceSmart, Inc.   1,143,683 
53,249  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   1,586,820 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing (Continued)     
68,640  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)  $2,946,715 
31,793  Weis Markets, Inc.   2,539,625 
       8,799,940 
         
   Food Products — 1.4%     
42,078  B&G Foods, Inc. (c)   1,133,161 
10,281  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   552,398 
33,004  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   1,106,954 
129,364  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   2,935,269 
7,321  J & J Snack Foods Corp.   1,095,954 
59,832  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   2,492,003 
40,032  Sovos Brands, Inc. (a)   604,483 
52,789  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   1,662,853 
       11,583,075 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.8%     
16,483  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   2,063,177 
43,901  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   2,099,785 
31,642  Spire, Inc.   2,301,955 
       6,464,917 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8%     
17,289  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   897,818 
33,889  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   988,203 
27,203  Axonics, Inc. (a)   1,409,659 
8,978  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   454,915 
18,788  Inari Medical, Inc. (a)   1,516,192 
21,136  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   1,588,793 
14,418  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,778,749 
51,315  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,407,829 
25,599  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,587,394 
2,228  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   475,968 
25,005  Outset Medical, Inc. (a)   872,174 
       14,977,694 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%     
35,410  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   448,291 
80,707  Agiliti, Inc. (a)   1,593,156 
50,547  Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)   485,757 
11,710  Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (a) (c)   427,181 
143,466  Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)   1,100,384 
6,741  CorVel Corp. (a)   1,045,394 
67,617  Covetrus, Inc. (a)   933,115 
45,477  Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)   2,495,778 
72,528  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   1,343,219 
165,014  OPKO Health, Inc. (a)   445,538 
38,686  Owens & Minor, Inc.   1,372,966 
35,072  Patterson Cos., Inc.   1,079,165 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
33,132  Progyny, Inc. (a)  $1,273,925 
25,377  RadNet, Inc. (a)   494,851 
94,647  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   2,139,969 
41,247  Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)   2,110,196 
       18,788,885 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.7%     
100,827  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,083,086 
70,296  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   1,934,546 
485,170  Multiplan Corp. (a)   2,149,303 
       6,166,935 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%     
36,933  Bally’s Corp. (a)   1,102,081 
77,618  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   1,706,820 
29,751  Brinker International, Inc. (a)   1,080,854 
14,266  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc. (a)   526,558 
9,561  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   1,061,175 
23,122  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,052,051 
108,122  Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,876,998 
18,231  Jack in the Box, Inc.   1,508,798 
39,041  Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (a) (c)   558,286 
46,757  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   2,055,438 
65,246  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   2,496,964 
       15,026,023 
         
   Household Durables — 3.1%     
7,070  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   1,670,288 
52,983  Century Communities, Inc.   2,793,264 
6,720  Installed Building Products, Inc.   540,758 
8,953  iRobot Corp. (a)   453,469 
87,655  KB Home   2,842,652 
107,632  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   2,828,569 
29,057  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   2,722,931 
75,005  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   2,768,435 
63,995  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   2,833,699 
20,114  Sonos, Inc. (a)   459,001 
104,271  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   2,730,857 
141,347  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   2,921,643 
       25,565,566 
         
   Household Products — 0.5%     
55,680  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   2,304,038 
18,454  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   558,972 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products (Continued)     
12,797  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.  $1,088,641 
       3,951,651 
         
   Insurance — 2.1%     
27,504  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   1,177,171 
35,667  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   1,967,035 
21,157  BRP Group, Inc., Class A (a)   489,150 
113,123  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   2,730,789 
750,856  Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)   2,785,676 
54,281  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   2,163,098 
41,282  Mercury General Corp.   2,081,851 
151,779  SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)   953,172 
46,828  Stewart Information Services Corp.   2,416,325 
498  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   521,914 
       17,286,181 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
66,845  Cargurus, Inc. (a)   2,184,495 
33,283  Yelp, Inc. (a)   1,082,696 
       3,267,191 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
38,700  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   1,298,772 
596,269  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   2,510,292 
31,718  Revolve Group, Inc. (a)   1,340,403 
6,099  Shutterstock, Inc.   461,816 
56,369  Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (a)   535,506 
       6,146,789 
         
   IT Services — 2.0%     
50,547  Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.   2,769,976 
17,859  CSG Systems International, Inc.   1,097,793 
92,905  Cyxtera Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,117,647 
13,868  EVERTEC, Inc.   546,399 
10,312  Perficient, Inc. (a)   1,025,116 
101,729  Rackspace Technology, Inc. (a)   1,006,100 
148,989  Sabre Corp. (a)   1,559,915 
18,330  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   961,592 
127,944  SolarWinds Corp.   1,582,667 
55,254  Switch, Inc., Class A   1,649,884 
13,758  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   1,015,478 
139,470  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   1,956,764 
       16,289,331 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.8%     
42,299  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   1,723,261 
39,140  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   1,968,351 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Leisure Products (Continued)     
79,524  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)  $2,801,630 
       6,493,242 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%     
93,439  NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)   882,999 
         
         
   Machinery — 3.7%     
11,845  Alamo Group, Inc.   1,497,682 
13,463  Albany International Corp., Class A   1,053,076 
29,162  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   1,137,318 
26,401  Astec Industries, Inc.   1,032,279 
56,497  Barnes Group, Inc.   1,897,169 
17,425  EnPro Industries, Inc.   1,624,184 
24,356  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   1,521,032 
50,459  Federal Signal Corp.   1,717,120 
21,221  Helios Technologies, Inc.   1,425,627 
25,703  Hillenbrand, Inc.   1,049,196 
5,846  Kadant, Inc.   1,081,510 
79,363  Kennametal, Inc.   2,042,010 
14,461  Lindsay Corp.   1,954,404 
52,396  Mueller Industries, Inc.   2,837,243 
87,872  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   1,057,100 
53,003  Nikola Corp. (a) (c)   380,562 
32,193  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   1,371,744 
47,159  Shyft Group (The), Inc.   1,201,140 
22,978  SPX Corp. (a)   962,778 
14,406  Tennant Co.   930,339 
63,673  Terex Corp.   2,164,882 
33,040  Trinity Industries, Inc.   916,530 
       30,854,925 
         
   Media — 1.5%     
355,891  Advantage Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,790,132 
820,300  Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,017,938 
136,518  E.W. Scripps (The) Co., Class A (a)   2,247,086 
102,881  Gray Television, Inc.   1,905,356 
29,986  iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (a)   479,476 
32,113  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   1,634,231 
60,777  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   1,351,681 
32,549  WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)   652,607 
       12,078,507 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%     
22,156  Arconic Corp. (a)   557,445 
13,522  Carpenter Technology Corp.   516,270 
27,122  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   1,603,724 
172,799  Hecla Mining Co.   900,282 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining (Continued)     
6,028  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.  $581,702 
13,239  Materion Corp.   1,127,301 
55,207  Worthington Industries, Inc.   2,626,197 
       7,912,921 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.1%     
203,749  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   2,453,138 
33,273  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   568,968 
235,733  Chimera Investment Corp.   2,362,045 
143,466  Ladder Capital Corp.   1,634,078 
176,071  MFA Financial, Inc.   2,509,012 
777,600  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   2,503,872 
67,217  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   1,031,109 
269,539  Redwood Trust, Inc.   2,614,528 
410,594  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   1,974,957 
       17,651,707 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.7%     
68,506  Franchise Group, Inc.   2,554,589 
41,876  Nordstrom, Inc.   1,076,213 
39,641  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,904,750 
       5,535,552 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.5%     
50,289  Avista Corp.   2,040,225 
37,535  NorthWestern Corp.   2,127,859 
       4,168,084 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.2%     
20,661  Arch Resources, Inc. (c)   3,437,577 
63,452  California Resources Corp.   2,551,405 
48,041  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   2,463,062 
351,703  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)   2,722,181 
27,396  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   562,988 
217,489  Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)   3,703,838 
22,227  CVR Energy, Inc.   557,231 
36,125  Denbury, Inc. (a)   2,311,278 
67,258  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   528,648 
18,307  Green Plains, Inc. (a)   513,878 
394,748  Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)   2,668,496 
100,682  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.   2,515,036 
19,400  Oasis Petroleum, Inc.   2,573,604 
93,172  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   2,707,578 
115,706  Peabody Energy Corp. (a)   2,619,584 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
83,973  World Fuel Services Corp.  $2,033,826 
       34,470,210 
         
   Personal Products — 1.2%     
33,627  Beauty Health (The) Co. (a)   440,514 
61,920  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   2,361,629 
21,977  elf Beauty, Inc. (a)   534,700 
25,787  Inter Parfums, Inc.   2,107,571 
6,648  Medifast, Inc.   1,185,737 
47,423  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   2,022,117 
21,435  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   1,643,207 
       10,295,475 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%     
50,413  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,084,384 
58,339  Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,627,588 
37,188  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   2,773,109 
32,168  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,758,303 
52,689  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,470,023 
       9,713,407 
         
   Professional Services — 1.3%     
67,626  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   2,832,853 
12,058  ICF International, Inc.   1,191,451 
38,369  Kforce, Inc.   2,687,748 
34,965  Korn Ferry   2,148,250 
19,758  ManTech International Corp., Class A   1,587,358 
       10,447,660 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.3%     
69,822  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   1,574,486 
53,877  Marcus & Millichap, Inc.   2,413,151 
178,280  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   2,166,102 
181,009  Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)   1,983,859 
31,465  Redfin Corp. (a)   350,835 
47,912  St. Joe (The) Co.   2,549,397 
       11,037,830 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.2%     
28,206  ArcBest Corp.   2,035,345 
127,849  Marten Transport Ltd.   2,222,016 
111,303  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   2,630,090 
69,226  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   2,743,426 
       9,630,877 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.6%     
37,577  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)  $2,046,067 
95,887  Cohu, Inc. (a)   2,546,759 
27,011  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   1,029,389 
17,868  Impinj, Inc. (a)   880,178 
89,002  Rambus, Inc. (a)   2,217,040 
43,953  SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   995,975 
26,781  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   834,764 
104,384  Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)   2,392,481 
       12,942,653 
         
   Software — 1.7%     
8,814  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   478,776 
15,872  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   1,018,982 
89,605  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   828,846 
9,482  Blackbaud, Inc. (a)   550,051 
47,172  Cerence, Inc. (a)   1,391,574 
17,112  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   1,043,832 
11,226  Domo, Inc., Class B (a)   464,981 
17,794  InterDigital, Inc.   1,011,589 
20,308  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (c)   316,805 
16,602  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   474,319 
36,162  Progress Software Corp.   1,735,053 
26,814  Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a) (c)   271,894 
33,273  Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,123,816 
7,086  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)   434,230 
10,980  Verint Systems, Inc. (a)   599,069 
32,775  Xperi Holding Corp.   511,290 
37,895  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   461,182 
       13,716,289 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.0%     
70,979  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (a)   2,454,454 
72,035  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.   2,691,228 
17,718  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   3,254,974 
23,955  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,157,387 
68,721  Buckle (The), Inc.   2,134,474 
40,620  Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A (c)   1,043,122 
16,913  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   2,945,230 
129,896  Guess?, Inc. (c)   2,918,763 
38,406  Monro, Inc.   1,756,306 
26,057  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   981,046 
12,387  ODP (The) Corp. (a)   533,013 
90,138  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   2,174,128 
108,953  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,647,369 
11,195  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   454,069 
66,765  Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A   2,840,851 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
113,031  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)  $2,690,138 
       32,676,552 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.0%     
170,159  3D Systems Corp. (a)   1,929,603 
81,396  Avid Technology, Inc. (a)   2,581,067 
53,652  Corsair Gaming, Inc. (a) (c)   811,755 
59,644  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   2,511,012 
28,142  Xerox Holdings Corp.   489,671 
       8,323,108 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%     
27,456  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   1,090,827 
57,454  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A   1,040,492 
25,090  Oxford Industries, Inc.   2,248,064 
44,072  Steven Madden Ltd.   1,809,596 
50,322  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   997,382 
       7,186,361 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.9%     
36,710  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   1,390,575 
104,348  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   1,004,871 
79,169  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   1,500,253 
62,147  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   2,794,751 
137,645  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,529,915 
53,351  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   2,590,725 
97,034  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   2,147,362 
48,705  WSFS Financial Corp.   1,951,609 
       15,910,061 
         
   Tobacco — 0.4%     
235,733  Vector Group Ltd.   2,998,524 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.8%     
11,060  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   1,157,871 
40,857  Boise Cascade Co.   3,087,972 
135,317  Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (a)   889,033 
13,809  GATX Corp.   1,427,712 
57,027  GMS, Inc. (a)   2,734,445 
26,087  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   925,567 
20,040  McGrath RentCorp   1,672,538 
55,751  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   2,836,611 
       14,731,749 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.3%     
6,375  American States Water Co.   501,458 
9,576  California Water Service Group   496,707 
5,396  Middlesex Water Co.   479,974 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Water Utilities (Continued)     
16,317  SJW Group  $962,703 
       2,440,842 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.9%     
89,346  Gogo, Inc. (a) (c)   1,644,860 
150,330  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   2,754,045 
93,888  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   2,702,097 
       7,101,002 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   820,677,769 
   (Cost $842,226,970)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.8%     
4,204,489  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (d) (e)   4,204,489 
1,789,962  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (d)   1,789,962 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.8%   5,994,451 
   (Cost $5,994,451)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.5%     
$ 4,102,004  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (d), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $4,102,086. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $4,175,607. (e)   4,102,004 
   (Cost $4,102,004)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.1%  830,774,224 
   (Cost $852,323,425)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.1)%   (8,655,513)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $822,118,711 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b)

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

(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 $7,892,711 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $8,306,493.

(d) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(e) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $820,677,769   $820,677,769   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    5,994,451    5,994,451    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    4,102,004    —      4,102,004    —   
Total Investments   $830,774,224   $826,672,220   $4,102,004   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.4%     
18,580  General Dynamics Corp.  $4,394,727 
18,033  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   4,188,345 
10,152  Lockheed Martin Corp.   4,386,882 
20,039  Northrop Grumman Corp.   8,805,137 
22,020  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   2,089,918 
60,244  Textron, Inc.   4,171,897 
       28,036,906 
         
   Airlines — 0.4%     
97,836  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   4,570,898 
         
         
   Automobiles — 1.6%     
662,459  Ford Motor Co.   9,380,420 
256,109  General Motors Co. (a)   9,709,092 
       19,089,512 
         
   Banks — 6.6%     
158,769  Bank of America Corp.   5,664,878 
167,822  Citigroup, Inc.   8,090,699 
197,700  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   7,789,380 
152,054  Fifth Third Bancorp   5,706,587 
306,490  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   4,030,343 
65,741  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   7,846,846 
400,436  KeyCorp   7,732,419 
38,610  M&T Bank Corp.   6,433,970 
35,480  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   5,893,228 
115,423  Truist Financial Corp.   5,580,702 
123,132  U.S. Bancorp   5,979,290 
184,931  Wells Fargo & Co.   8,068,539 
       78,816,881 
         
   Beverages — 0.2%     
57,559  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   2,152,707 
         
         
   Biotechnology — 1.8%     
9,021  Amgen, Inc.   2,103,607 
21,277  Biogen, Inc. (a)   4,413,701 
150,743  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   8,945,089 
82,403  Incyte Corp. (a)   6,176,929 
       21,639,326 
         
   Building Products — 0.2%     
14,286  Trane Technologies PLC   1,998,469 
         
         
   Capital Markets — 4.0%     
180,571  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   7,594,816 
401,224  Franklin Resources, Inc.   9,866,098 
27,148  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   8,293,443 
74,879  Morgan Stanley   6,034,499 
19,848  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   1,934,386 
102,866  State Street Corp.   6,888,936 
59,275  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   7,293,196 
       47,905,374 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals — 6.3%     
17,930  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.  $4,196,875 
78,407  Celanese Corp.   11,521,125 
113,855  Corteva, Inc.   6,568,295 
175,803  Dow, Inc.   11,690,900 
152,245  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   10,037,513 
58,400  Eastman Chemical Co.   5,995,928 
16,580  FMC Corp.   2,197,513 
108,949  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   11,551,862 
134,763  Mosaic (The) Co.   8,411,906 
16,643  PPG Industries, Inc.   2,130,138 
       74,302,055 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
80,360  Cisco Systems, Inc.   3,936,033 
         
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
11,875  Vulcan Materials Co.   2,045,944 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 3.5%     
257,640  Ally Financial, Inc.   10,295,294 
85,324  Capital One Financial Corp.   10,633,077 
81,330  Discover Financial Services   9,146,372 
321,809  Synchrony Financial   11,845,789 
       41,920,532 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.5%     
242,734  International Paper Co.   11,233,729 
41,921  Packaging Corp. of America   6,756,408 
       17,990,137 
         
   Distributors — 1.2%     
17,310  Genuine Parts Co.   2,251,166 
246,691  LKQ Corp.   12,243,274 
       14,494,440 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%     
31,742  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   10,247,270 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%     
618,936  AT&T, Inc.   11,673,133 
175,927  Verizon Communications, Inc.   8,145,420 
       19,818,553 
         
   Electric Utilities — 6.3%     
71,716  Alliant Energy Corp.   4,217,618 
65,595  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   6,501,120 
58,611  Duke Energy Corp.   6,456,588 
93,359  Edison International   6,422,166 
76,761  Entergy Corp.   9,123,045 
131,135  Evergy, Inc.   8,897,510 
50,810  Eversource Energy   4,440,794 
188,154  Exelon Corp.   8,801,844 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
97,707  FirstEnergy Corp.  $4,231,690 
548,110  PG&E Corp. (a)   6,933,591 
76,383  PPL Corp.   2,162,403 
30,085  Southern (The) Co.   2,207,938 
62,088  Xcel Energy, Inc.   4,548,567 
       74,944,874 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.7%     
16,380  AMETEK, Inc.   2,068,139 
14,374  Eaton Corp. PLC   2,084,517 
45,700  Emerson Electric Co.   4,121,226 
       8,273,882 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.2%     
242,800  Corning, Inc.   8,544,132 
49,965  TE Connectivity Ltd.   6,234,633 
       14,778,765 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%     
118,322  Halliburton Co.   4,214,630 
52,807  Schlumberger N.V.   2,060,001 
       6,274,631 
         
   Entertainment — 0.1%     
14,189  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   1,695,727 
         
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.6%     
157,445  VICI Properties, Inc.   4,693,436 
295,572  Weyerhaeuser Co.   12,183,478 
26,985  WP Carey, Inc.   2,179,578 
       19,056,492 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%     
78,105  Kroger (The) Co.   4,214,546 
250,217  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   10,609,201 
       14,823,747 
         
   Food Products — 5.4%     
72,507  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   6,493,727 
101,093  Bunge Ltd.   11,435,640 
266,958  Conagra Brands, Inc.   9,324,843 
66,168  General Mills, Inc.   4,680,063 
42,326  Hormel Foods Corp.   2,217,459 
48,330  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   6,617,827 
69,481  Kellogg Co.   4,759,448 
55,382  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   2,360,935 
71,375  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   4,602,260 
124,982  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   11,643,323 
       64,135,525 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Gas Utilities — 0.5%     
54,770  Atmos Energy Corp.  $6,210,918 
         
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%     
28,134  Baxter International, Inc.   1,999,202 
19,661  Medtronic PLC   2,051,822 
6,148  Teleflex, Inc.   1,755,992 
       5,807,016 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.2%     
9,122  Anthem, Inc.   4,578,605 
25,911  Centene Corp. (a)   2,087,131 
37,402  Cigna Corp.   9,230,066 
64,661  CVS Health Corp.   6,215,862 
15,038  Humana, Inc.   6,685,293 
42,487  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   10,208,776 
81,851  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   10,954,938 
       49,960,671 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9%     
33,703  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   4,439,696 
156,044  MGM Resorts International   6,404,046 
       10,843,742 
         
   Household Durables — 2.8%     
150,344  D.R. Horton, Inc.   10,462,439 
55,176  Garmin Ltd.   6,055,014 
138,008  Lennar Corp., Class A   10,556,232 
1,465  NVR, Inc. (a)   6,411,148 
       33,484,833 
         
   Household Products — 0.2%     
17,712  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   2,458,957 
         
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%     
43,958  3M Co.   6,339,623 
         
         
   Insurance — 11.0%     
139,180  Aflac, Inc.   7,972,231 
80,876  Allstate (The) Corp.   10,234,049 
178,463  American International Group, Inc.   10,441,870 
231,355  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   10,565,983 
41,896  Chubb Ltd.   8,649,429 
82,393  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   10,106,325 
229,365  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   9,133,314 
124,799  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   8,727,194 
138,256  Loews Corp.   8,688,007 
7,594  Markel Corp. (a)   10,276,808 
127,515  MetLife, Inc.   8,375,185 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
89,149  Principal Financial Group, Inc.  $6,074,613 
19,138  Progressive (The) Corp.   2,054,656 
75,838  Prudential Financial, Inc.   8,229,181 
49,044  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   8,389,467 
32,759  W.R. Berkley Corp.   2,178,146 
       130,096,458 
         
   IT Services — 1.8%     
72,984  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   5,904,406 
44,621  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   4,424,172 
21,514  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   2,106,651 
47,825  Global Payments, Inc.   6,551,068 
16,778  International Business Machines Corp.   2,218,219 
       21,204,516 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.9%     
19,889  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   10,184,361 
         
         
   Machinery — 2.9%     
20,110  Caterpillar, Inc.   4,233,959 
43,692  Cummins, Inc.   8,266,089 
35,802  Fortive Corp.   2,058,615 
74,310  PACCAR, Inc.   6,171,446 
7,688  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   2,082,064 
64,109  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   7,702,696 
46,593  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   4,189,177 
       34,704,046 
         
   Media — 2.0%     
191,408  Comcast Corp., Class A   7,610,382 
126,400  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   4,123,168 
52,790  Omnicom Group, Inc.   4,018,903 
296,276  Paramount Global, Class B   8,627,557 
       24,380,010 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.2%     
27,457  Newmont Corp.   2,000,242 
         
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.0%     
9,798  Dollar General Corp.   2,327,319 
13,622  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   2,212,894 
30,838  Target Corp.   7,051,109 
       11,591,322 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 3.1%     
47,790  Ameren Corp.   4,439,691 
292,485  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   8,952,966 
93,572  CMS Energy Corp.   6,427,460 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities (Continued)     
69,122  Consolidated Edison, Inc.  $6,410,374 
52,734  Dominion Energy, Inc.   4,305,204 
16,500  DTE Energy Co.   2,162,160 
12,975  Sempra Energy   2,093,646 
21,856  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   2,186,693 
       36,978,194 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.6%     
55,037  Chevron Corp.   8,622,647 
415,357  Coterra Energy, Inc.   11,958,128 
135,636  Exxon Mobil Corp.   11,562,969 
346,084  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   6,281,424 
76,543  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   6,679,142 
51,868  Phillips 66   4,500,068 
44,129  Valero Energy Corp.   4,919,501 
       54,523,879 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%     
25,283  Johnson & Johnson   4,562,570 
79,762  Merck & Co., Inc.   7,074,092 
823,690  Viatris, Inc.   8,508,718 
       20,145,380 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
71,508  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   5,938,024 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 0.2%     
7,649  Norfolk Southern Corp.   1,972,524 
         
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.2%     
226,033  Intel Corp.   9,852,779 
143,821  Micron Technology, Inc.   9,807,154 
90,268  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   10,270,693 
67,241  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   7,618,405 
       37,549,031 
         
   Software — 0.3%     
168,961  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   4,230,783 
         
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.2%     
98,589  Best Buy Co., Inc.   8,866,109 
67,832  CarMax, Inc. (a)   5,818,629 
49,534  Ross Stores, Inc.   4,942,007 
36,011  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   2,206,754 
11,252  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   4,464,794 
       26,298,293 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.2%     
89,278  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   4,196,959 
670,389  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   10,330,694 
246,880  HP, Inc.   9,043,214 
26,283  NetApp, Inc.   1,925,230 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (Continued)     
225,623  Western Digital Corp. (a)  $11,973,813 
       37,469,910 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%     
115,097  VF Corp.   5,985,044 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%     
25,230  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   7,985,800 
         
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
34,910  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   4,298,817 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,185,591,074 
   (Cost $1,135,557,216)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
714,136  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (b)   714,136 
   (Cost $714,136)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   1,186,305,210 
   (Cost $1,136,271,352)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   625,908 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,186,931,118 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,185,591,074   $1,185,591,074   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    714,136    714,136    —      —   
Total Investments   $1,186,305,210   $1,186,305,210   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%     
47,209  HEICO Corp.  $6,667,327 
5,564  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   3,309,523 
       9,976,850 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.7%     
35,130  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   3,480,329 
22,878  FedEx Corp.   4,546,774 
42,249  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   7,603,975 
       15,631,078 
         
   Automobiles — 0.8%     
8,409  Tesla, Inc. (a)   7,322,221 
         
         
   Banks — 1.2%     
237,785  Regions Financial Corp.   4,926,905 
12,348  Signature Bank   2,991,303 
6,478  SVB Financial Group (a)   3,158,932 
       11,077,140 
         
   Beverages — 1.6%     
116,907  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   7,553,361 
43,303  PepsiCo, Inc.   7,435,558 
       14,988,919 
         
   Biotechnology — 4.2%     
55,889  AbbVie, Inc.   8,208,976 
22,193  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   2,961,212 
50,308  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   4,958,357 
30,726  Moderna, Inc. (a)   4,129,882 
12,974  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   8,551,293 
34,715  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   9,484,832 
       38,294,552 
         
   Building Products — 0.2%     
26,906  Johnson Controls International PLC   1,610,862 
         
         
   Capital Markets — 5.6%     
2,310  BlackRock, Inc.   1,443,011 
71,372  Blackstone, Inc.   7,249,254 
185,241  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   6,722,396 
107,460  Charles Schwab (The) Corp.   7,127,822 
15,237  CME Group, Inc.   3,342,083 
12,193  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   4,919,753 
54,858  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   6,353,105 
123,965  KKR & Co., Inc.   6,318,496 
5,227  Moody’s Corp.   1,654,241 
9,902  Nasdaq, Inc.   1,558,278 
45,455  Northern Trust Corp.   4,684,138 
       51,372,577 
         
   Chemicals — 0.9%     
87,909  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   8,512,229 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.9%     
17,037  Cintas Corp.  $6,768,119 
14,062  Copart, Inc. (a)   1,598,146 
54,702  Republic Services, Inc.   7,344,837 
103,398  Rollins, Inc.   3,467,969 
45,727  Waste Management, Inc.   7,519,348 
       26,698,419 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.2%     
52,155  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   6,027,553 
21,855  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   4,670,195 
       10,697,748 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.5%     
13,754  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   4,871,942 
         
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.2%     
10,144  Avery Dennison Corp.   1,832,006 
         
         
   Distributors — 0.6%     
12,517  Pool Corp.   5,072,139 
         
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%     
116,926  Apollo Global Management, Inc.   5,818,238 
         
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.5%     
62,483  NextEra Energy, Inc.   4,437,543 
         
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.3%     
5,937  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,302,459 
6,302  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   1,592,326 
       2,894,785 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%     
70,244  Amphenol Corp., Class A   5,022,446 
11,168  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,566,535 
       6,588,981 
         
   Entertainment — 0.9%     
129,726  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)   8,085,822 
         
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.1%     
8,767  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   1,596,997 
14,590  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   3,318,933 
56,276  Boston Properties, Inc.   6,618,058 
21,804  Camden Property Trust   3,420,829 
9,560  Crown Castle International Corp.   1,770,608 
62,417  Duke Realty Corp.   3,417,331 
23,072  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   1,783,004 
40,304  Equity Residential   3,284,776 
10,491  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   3,454,371 
25,745  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   4,891,550 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
51,395  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.  $1,686,270 
43,912  Invitation Homes, Inc.   1,748,576 
214,292  Kimco Realty Corp.   5,428,016 
17,303  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   3,403,154 
32,775  Prologis, Inc.   5,253,505 
18,570  Public Storage   6,898,755 
5,127  SBA Communications Corp.   1,779,633 
20,674  Sun Communities, Inc.   3,629,734 
30,753  UDR, Inc.   1,636,367 
       65,020,467 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%     
15,733  Costco Wholesale Corp.   8,365,551 
         
         
   Food Products — 0.8%     
33,459  Hershey (The) Co.   7,554,038 
         
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.7%     
30,620  Abbott Laboratories   3,475,370 
12,674  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   4,575,821 
7,086  Dexcom, Inc. (a)   2,895,198 
44,961  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   4,755,974 
94,349  Hologic, Inc. (a)   6,792,184 
6,623  Insulet Corp. (a)   1,582,831 
5,847  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   1,399,187 
7,277  ResMed, Inc.   1,455,182 
29,978  STERIS PLC   6,716,571 
       33,648,318 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%     
36,153  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   7,756,626 
17,765  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   9,034,391 
       16,791,017 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.2%     
30,818  Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)   4,721,626 
46,844  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   3,104,820 
2,291  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   3,334,802 
14,657  McDonald’s Corp.   3,651,938 
19,395  Starbucks Corp.   1,447,643 
30,574  Yum! Brands, Inc.   3,577,464 
       19,838,293 
         
   Household Products — 1.2%     
53,263  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   5,196,338 
34,642  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   5,561,773 
       10,758,111 
         
   Insurance — 3.1%     
22,260  Aon PLC, Class A   6,410,658 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
41,515  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.  $6,994,862 
125,365  Brown & Brown, Inc.   7,770,123 
42,530  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   6,877,101 
       28,052,744 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.7%     
2,604  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   5,942,823 
         
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%     
1,620  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   4,026,721 
         
         
   IT Services — 5.5%     
15,693  Accenture PLC, Class A   4,713,549 
60,707  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   6,816,182 
23,265  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   5,075,958 
13,014  Block, Inc. (a)   1,295,414 
60,551  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   5,215,863 
24,368  Gartner, Inc. (a)   7,080,122 
10,142  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   3,685,400 
8,170  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   2,899,778 
53,109  Paychex, Inc.   6,730,504 
48,309  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   3,123,660 
16,341  Visa, Inc., Class A   3,482,757 
       50,119,187 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.6%     
52,166  Avantor, Inc. (a)   1,663,052 
18,045  Danaher Corp.   4,531,641 
22,895  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,990,881 
2,638  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)   3,370,124 
41,545  PerkinElmer, Inc.   6,090,912 
12,269  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   6,783,776 
5,684  Waters Corp. (a)   1,722,366 
12,887  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   4,060,178 
       33,212,930 
         
   Machinery — 2.1%     
21,806  Deere & Co.   8,232,855 
33,733  Dover Corp.   4,496,609 
8,428  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   1,661,243 
35,044  Ingersoll Rand, Inc.   1,540,534 
47,095  Otis Worldwide Corp.   3,430,400 
       19,361,641 
         
   Media — 0.9%     
3,234  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   1,385,737 
1,094,880  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   6,569,280 
       7,955,017 
         

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining — 1.9%     
182,148  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.  $7,386,102 
60,949  Nucor Corp.   9,433,686 
       16,819,788 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 10.5%     
65,345  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   8,874,504 
90,601  ConocoPhillips   8,654,208 
153,227  Devon Energy Corp.   8,913,215 
66,093  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   8,342,919 
75,989  EOG Resources, Inc.   8,872,476 
84,645  Hess Corp.   8,724,360 
360,819  Marathon Oil Corp.   8,991,610 
159,681  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   8,796,826 
128,277  ONEOK, Inc.   8,123,782 
36,235  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   8,423,550 
271,183  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   9,298,865 
       96,016,315 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
6,479  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   1,710,845 
         
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.9%     
99,250  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   7,470,547 
32,678  Catalent, Inc. (a)   2,959,320 
25,311  Eli Lilly & Co.   7,394,102 
175,009  Pfizer, Inc.   8,587,692 
       26,411,661 
         
   Professional Services — 0.9%     
15,288  Equifax, Inc.   3,111,414 
17,073  TransUnion   1,494,229 
16,885  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   3,445,384 
       8,051,027 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.8%     
193,539  CSX Corp.   6,646,129 
45,125  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   7,709,606 
17,723  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   4,964,567 
26,528  Union Pacific Corp.   6,215,245 
       25,535,547 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.2%     
48,408  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   4,139,852 
27,495  Applied Materials, Inc.   3,034,073 
11,508  Broadcom, Inc.   6,379,920 
35,921  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   5,797,649 
40,326  Entegris, Inc.   4,491,913 
9,901  KLA Corp.   3,160,993 
73,815  Marvell Technology, Inc.   4,287,175 
23,478  Microchip Technology, Inc.   1,530,765 
14,921  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   5,852,613 
26,563  NVIDIA Corp.   4,926,640 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
19,582  NXP Semiconductors N.V.  $3,346,564 
144,706  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   7,540,630 
47,427  QUALCOMM, Inc.   6,625,078 
14,921  Teradyne, Inc.   1,573,569 
19,751  Texas Instruments, Inc.   3,362,608 
       66,050,042 
         
   Software — 5.7%     
23,338  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,984,030 
10,731  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   1,618,771 
23,308  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   4,632,698 
47,851  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   5,779,444 
21,208  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   6,129,324 
3,672  Intuit, Inc.   1,537,650 
17,170  Microsoft Corp.   4,765,018 
43,804  Oracle Corp.   3,215,214 
14,552  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   8,167,747 
35,620  Splunk, Inc. (a)   4,346,352 
15,879  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   4,553,939 
3,965  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,565,025 
7,315  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   1,483,043 
       51,778,255 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.9%     
25,573  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   5,105,138 
4,433  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   8,668,599 
14,790  Carvana Co. (a)   857,228 
5,894  Home Depot (The), Inc.   1,770,558 
17,926  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   3,544,508 
13,225  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   8,021,624 
38,825  Tractor Supply Co.   7,821,296 
       35,788,951 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.3%     
51,888  Apple, Inc.   8,180,143 
40,314  Seagate Technology Holdings PLC   3,307,361 
       11,487,504 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%     
13,112  NIKE, Inc., Class B   1,635,066 
         
         
   Tobacco — 1.0%     
101,303  Altria Group, Inc.   5,629,408 
38,579  Philip Morris International, Inc.   3,857,900 
       9,487,308 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.5%     
89,108  Fastenal Co.   4,928,564 
17,568  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   8,784,527 
       13,713,091 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Water Utilities — 0.2%     
10,660  American Water Works Co., Inc.  $1,642,493 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   912,558,802 
   (Cost $890,390,755)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.5%     
3,217,097  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   3,217,097 
1,283,326  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)   1,283,326 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.5%   4,500,423 
   (Cost $4,500,423)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.3%     
$ 3,138,681  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $3,138,744. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $3,194,998. (d)   3,138,681 
   (Cost $3,138,681)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.7%   920,197,906 
   (Cost $898,029,859)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.7)%   (6,415,137)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $913,782,769 

  

 

(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 $5,912,352 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $6,355,778.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $912,558,802   $912,558,802   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    4,500,423    4,500,423    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    3,138,681    —      3,138,681    —   
Total Investments   $920,197,906   $917,059,225   $3,138,681   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%     
1,954  AAR Corp. (a)  $91,799 
3,045  BWX Technologies, Inc.   158,096 
546  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   78,029 
1,379  General Dynamics Corp.   326,175 
822  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   174,872 
1,338  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   310,764 
753  Lockheed Martin Corp.   325,386 
2,398  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   77,240 
1,586  Moog, Inc., Class A   126,674 
1,487  Northrop Grumman Corp.   653,388 
1,634  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   155,083 
4,470  Textron, Inc.   309,547 
       2,787,053 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%     
7,072  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   221,354 
2,739  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   188,827 
1,523  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   161,666 
2,451  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   164,609 
       736,456 
         
   Airlines — 0.6%     
4,241  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)   230,668 
583  Allegiant Travel Co. (a)   90,476 
5,485  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   60,390 
8,200  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   239,030 
7,259  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   339,140 
3,614  Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   99,421 
       1,059,125 
         
   Auto Components — 1.2%     
10,057  Adient PLC (a)   343,346 
8,433  BorgWarner, Inc.   310,587 
13,464  Dana, Inc.   199,402 
5,623  Gentex Corp.   165,035 
28,694  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co. (a)   382,204 
1,823  LCI Industries   177,414 
1,725  Lear Corp.   220,697 
3,923  Patrick Industries, Inc.   244,207 
       2,042,892 
         
   Automobiles — 1.3%     
49,152  Ford Motor Co.   695,992 
19,002  General Motors Co. (a)   720,366 
8,326  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   303,483 
5,210  Thor Industries, Inc.   398,825 
4,378  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   232,822 
       2,351,488 
         
   Banks — 8.9%     
4,313  Ameris Bancorp   179,852 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
8,315  Associated Banc-Corp.  $165,884 
5,158  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   174,237 
11,780  Bank of America Corp.   420,310 
7,682  Bank OZK   295,142 
4,305  BankUnited, Inc.   161,610 
2,379  Banner Corp.   127,752 
4,807  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   118,925 
2,619  BOK Financial Corp.   217,194 
2,803  Cadence Bank   70,187 
3,112  Cathay General Bancorp   124,760 
12,452  Citigroup, Inc.   600,311 
14,668  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   577,919 
4,315  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   121,165 
1,814  Comerica, Inc.   148,567 
1,169  Community Bank System, Inc.   75,284 
2,000  CVB Financial Corp.   46,040 
2,737  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.   86,051 
2,443  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   123,005 
2,076  East West Bancorp, Inc.   148,019 
3,807  Eastern Bankshares, Inc.   72,942 
2,000  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   88,340 
19,761  F.N.B. Corp.   227,647 
3,135  FB Financial Corp.   120,792 
11,282  Fifth Third Bancorp   423,413 
2,265  First Bancorp   84,847 
14,424  First BanCorp   196,311 
5,496  First Busey Corp.   123,495 
9,186  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   123,827 
8,210  First Financial Bancorp   167,895 
3,896  First Foundation, Inc.   86,569 
3,393  First Hawaiian, Inc.   80,109 
3,347  First Merchants Corp.   131,169 
8,379  Fulton Financial Corp.   127,109 
1,631  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   74,635 
4,718  Hancock Whitney Corp.   220,661 
3,957  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   173,198 
8,046  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   205,093 
10,886  Home BancShares, Inc.   235,355 
11,769  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   168,297 
22,740  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   299,031 
1,004  Independent Bank Corp.   77,469 
1,330  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   90,174 
4,484  International Bancshares Corp.   178,418 
4,878  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   582,238 
29,711  KeyCorp   573,719 
2,865  M&T Bank Corp.   477,424 
2,536  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   110,696 
2,349  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   85,762 
3,854  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   135,661 
10,308  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   130,705 
2,834  Old National Bancorp   42,963 
5,354  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   167,901 
7,606  PacWest Bancorp   250,161 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
353  Park National Corp.  $41,601 
1,781  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   138,117 
2,632  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   437,175 
4,013  Popular, Inc.   312,974 
3,546  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   231,838 
5,658  Renasant Corp.   168,552 
4,213  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   165,445 
1,326  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida   43,095 
7,218  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   172,294 
2,010  SouthState Corp.   155,654 
5,021  Synovus Financial Corp.   208,572 
2,430  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   124,805 
6,321  TowneBank   174,270 
8,564  Truist Financial Corp.   414,069 
4,582  Trustmark Corp.   127,746 
9,136  U.S. Bancorp   443,644 
7,053  United Bankshares, Inc.   234,583 
1,334  United Community Banks, Inc.   40,207 
18,896  Valley National Bancorp   226,374 
4,243  Washington Federal, Inc.   129,115 
13,721  Wells Fargo & Co.   598,647 
5,508  WesBanco, Inc.   177,578 
1,765  Wintrust Financial Corp.   154,120 
3,753  Zions Bancorp N.A.   212,082 
       15,448,797 
         
   Beverages — 0.4%     
4,271  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   159,736 
7,681  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   415,849 
1,885  National Beverage Corp.   83,091 
       658,676 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.1%     
669  Amgen, Inc.   156,004 
1,579  Biogen, Inc. (a)   327,548 
5,761  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   186,541 
3,617  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   80,804 
11,185  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   663,718 
6,114  Incyte Corp. (a)   458,305 
413  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   38,351 
       1,911,271 
         
   Building Products — 0.7%     
3,242  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   122,677 
6,867  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   142,765 
3,585  Owens Corning   325,984 
5,844  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   131,432 
1,060  Trane Technologies PLC   148,283 
4,251  UFP Industries, Inc.   328,900 
       1,200,041 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets — 3.2%     
13,398  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.  $563,520 
21,505  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   78,063 
5,743  Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.   115,090 
2,947  Evercore, Inc., Class A   311,645 
4,089  Federated Hermes, Inc.   116,455 
29,769  Franklin Resources, Inc.   732,020 
2,014  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   615,257 
17,781  Invesco Ltd.   326,815 
12,482  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   383,946 
7,131  Lazard Ltd., Class A   233,683 
5,556  Morgan Stanley   447,758 
1,473  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   143,559 
2,724  SEI Investments Co.   151,781 
7,632  State Street Corp.   511,115 
3,623  Stifel Financial Corp.   224,082 
4,398  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   541,130 
1,247  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   36,013 
       5,531,932 
         
   Chemicals — 4.7%     
1,330  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   311,313 
1,667  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   174,985 
3,417  Avient Corp.   168,253 
3,336  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   84,634 
5,818  Celanese Corp.   854,897 
10,420  Chemours (The) Co.   344,589 
8,448  Corteva, Inc.   487,365 
13,044  Dow, Inc.   867,426 
11,296  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   744,745 
4,333  Eastman Chemical Co.   444,869 
1,230  FMC Corp.   163,024 
3,724  H.B. Fuller Co.   248,391 
10,931  Huntsman Corp.   370,233 
1,477  Ingevity Corp. (a)   88,472 
502  Innospec, Inc.   47,846 
8,084  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   857,147 
2,861  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   181,988 
9,999  Mosaic (The) Co.   624,138 
292  NewMarket Corp.   94,786 
1,235  PPG Industries, Inc.   158,068 
667  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   69,321 
1,409  Stepan Co.   143,873 
4,937  Trinseo PLC   234,261 
3,323  Westlake Corp.   420,526 
       8,185,150 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%     
2,055  ABM Industries, Inc.   99,195 
2,045  Brady Corp., Class A   91,514 
13,905  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   176,037 
735  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   77,123 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
1,253  HNI Corp.  $44,657 
5,242  KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)   76,848 
514  UniFirst Corp.   88,562 
       653,936 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.2%     
5,962  Cisco Systems, Inc.   292,019 
4,341  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   133,703 
       425,722 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.7%     
1,653  Arcosa, Inc.   88,485 
487  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   41,351 
1,456  EMCOR Group, Inc.   155,035 
1,415  Granite Construction, Inc.   41,955 
2,825  MasTec, Inc. (a)   203,428 
12,309  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   317,080 
9,931  Primoris Services Corp.   230,200 
344  Valmont Industries, Inc.   85,591 
       1,163,125 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.1%     
881  Vulcan Materials Co.   151,787 
         
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.5%     
19,116  Ally Financial, Inc.   763,875 
6,331  Capital One Financial Corp.   788,969 
6,034  Discover Financial Services   678,584 
660  FirstCash Holdings, Inc.   52,655 
3,443  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   91,171 
388  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   30,815 
11,106  Navient Corp.   176,474 
2,227  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   182,770 
6,919  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   317,790 
6,578  PROG Holdings, Inc. (a)   174,120 
13,400  SLM Corp.   224,182 
23,877  Synchrony Financial   878,912 
       4,360,317 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.6%     
698  AptarGroup, Inc.   80,151 
5,659  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   318,885 
4,092  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   89,205 
2,909  Greif, Inc., Class A   176,518 
18,010  International Paper Co.   833,503 
10,566  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   142,430 
3,110  Packaging Corp. of America   501,239 
13,843  Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.   136,492 
3,548  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   157,425 
2,949  TriMas Corp.   87,113 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging (Continued)     
6,975  Westrock Co.  $345,472 
       2,868,433 
         
   Distributors — 0.6%     
1,284  Genuine Parts Co.   166,984 
18,303  LKQ Corp.   908,378 
       1,075,362 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
21,609  ADT, Inc.   148,022 
3,185  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   93,352 
1,555  Frontdoor, Inc. (a)   48,065 
387  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   229,247 
974  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   93,475 
2,851  Strategic Education, Inc.   184,174 
3,833  Stride, Inc. (a)   150,637 
       946,972 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
2,355  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   760,265 
5,348  Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A   226,274 
4,944  Voya Financial, Inc.   312,164 
       1,298,703 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%     
45,922  AT&T, Inc.   866,089 
14,819  Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (a)   391,073 
19,734  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   182,342 
36,383  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   366,013 
13,053  Verizon Communications, Inc.   604,354 
       2,409,871 
         
   Electric Utilities — 4.0%     
2,079  ALLETE, Inc.   123,368 
5,321  Alliant Energy Corp.   312,928 
4,867  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   482,368 
4,349  Duke Energy Corp.   479,086 
6,927  Edison International   476,508 
5,695  Entergy Corp.   676,851 
9,730  Evergy, Inc.   660,181 
3,770  Eversource Energy   329,498 
13,960  Exelon Corp.   653,049 
7,249  FirstEnergy Corp.   313,954 
3,877  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   159,383 
711  IDACORP, Inc.   74,783 
8,551  NRG Energy, Inc.   306,981 
8,044  OGE Energy Corp.   311,142 
40,667  PG&E Corp. (a)   514,438 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
4,200  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.  $299,040 
4,461  Portland General Electric Co.   211,139 
5,667  PPL Corp.   160,433 
2,232  Southern (The) Co.   163,806 
4,607  Xcel Energy, Inc.   337,509 
       7,046,445 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.6%     
1,215  AMETEK, Inc.   153,406 
1,067  Eaton Corp. PLC   154,736 
3,391  Emerson Electric Co.   305,800 
1,269  EnerSys   83,069 
19,672  GrafTech International Ltd.   178,622 
446  Hubbell, Inc.   87,131 
551  Regal Rexnord Corp.   70,109 
2,700  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   53,946 
       1,086,819 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.4%     
2,765  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   325,883 
10,102  Avnet, Inc.   441,053 
18,015  Corning, Inc.   633,948 
2,263  II-VI, Inc. (a)   138,518 
433  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   43,027 
2,242  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   211,824 
3,985  Jabil, Inc.   230,054 
10,987  Knowles Corp. (a)   203,479 
4,376  Methode Electronics, Inc.   195,213 
1,112  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   87,959 
1,157  Plexus Corp. (a)   93,879 
5,852  Sanmina Corp. (a)   239,288 
2,384  TD SYNNEX Corp.   238,615 
3,707  TE Connectivity Ltd.   462,560 
12,770  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   178,142 
12,069  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   224,846 
9,690  Vontier Corp.   248,258 
       4,196,546 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%     
8,779  Halliburton Co.   312,708 
6,749  Noble Corp. (a)   215,495 
3,918  Schlumberger N.V.   152,841 
30,472  Transocean Ltd. (a)   114,575 
       795,619 
         
   Entertainment — 0.1%     
1,053  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)   125,844 
         
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.1%     
2,142  Acadia Realty Trust   44,811 
2,583  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   45,693 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
3,283  Brandywine Realty Trust  $38,313 
1,627  Corporate Office Properties Trust   43,425 
9,636  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   83,255 
848  EPR Properties   44,537 
8,853  Global Net Lease, Inc.   124,208 
1,673  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   38,947 
8,348  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   134,904 
5,949  iStar, Inc.   100,181 
2,460  LTC Properties, Inc.   81,180 
2,968  Macerich (The) Co.   37,248 
1,603  National Health Investors, Inc.   82,603 
7,895  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   201,165 
8,673  Paramount Group, Inc.   82,480 
9,351  Physicians Realty Trust   160,276 
5,495  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   88,469 
4,041  SL Green Realty Corp.   279,718 
3,564  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   154,856 
5,611  STORE Capital Corp.   159,521 
3,941  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (a)   48,277 
11,682  VICI Properties, Inc.   348,240 
1,810  Vornado Realty Trust   70,065 
3,711  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   89,398 
21,930  Weyerhaeuser Co.   903,955 
2,002  WP Carey, Inc.   161,701 
       3,647,426 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
828  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   166,676 
5,795  Kroger (The) Co.   312,698 
589  PriceSmart, Inc.   46,796 
4,355  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   129,779 
4,577  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   196,491 
18,565  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   787,156 
2,650  Weis Markets, Inc.   211,682 
       1,851,278 
         
   Food Products — 3.5%     
5,380  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   481,833 
1,720  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   46,320 
7,501  Bunge Ltd.   848,513 
3,680  Campbell Soup Co.   173,770 
19,807  Conagra Brands, Inc.   691,858 
2,041  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   149,789 
3,190  Flowers Foods, Inc.   84,599 
4,909  General Mills, Inc.   347,214 
1,349  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   45,245 
3,140  Hormel Foods Corp.   164,505 
941  Ingredion, Inc.   80,088 
3,586  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   491,031 
5,155  Kellogg Co.   353,117 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
4,109  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.  $175,167 
550  Lancaster Colony Corp.   85,349 
5,296  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   341,486 
2,368  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   176,156 
97  Seaboard Corp.   409,824 
4,317  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   135,985 
9,273  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   863,873 
       6,145,722 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.9%     
4,064  Atmos Energy Corp.   460,857 
2,692  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   128,758 
1,859  ONE Gas, Inc.   156,844 
3,142  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   276,842 
2,637  Spire, Inc.   191,842 
11,321  UGI Corp.   388,310 
       1,603,453 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%     
1,386  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   40,416 
2,087  Baxter International, Inc.   148,302 
3,332  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   133,247 
681  Enovis Corp. (a)   44,176 
3,367  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   133,401 
576  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   43,298 
1,459  Medtronic PLC   152,261 
456  Teleflex, Inc.   130,243 
       825,344 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.1%     
1,251  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   84,918 
476  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   60,761 
677  Anthem, Inc.   339,807 
1,922  Centene Corp. (a)   154,817 
2,775  Cigna Corp.   684,814 
4,798  CVS Health Corp.   461,232 
1,450  DaVita, Inc. (a)   157,136 
2,306  Encompass Health Corp.   158,722 
3,790  Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)   207,995 
940  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   76,234 
1,116  Humana, Inc.   496,129 
3,152  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)   757,363 
4,030  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   74,636 
2,150  Owens & Minor, Inc.   76,304 
1,434  Patterson Cos., Inc.   44,124 
9,217  Premier, Inc., Class A   333,748 
6,073  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   812,810 
5,805  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   131,251 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
2,829  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B  $346,637 
       5,459,438 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.2%     
8,404  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   173,627 
40,437  Multiplan Corp. (a)   179,136 
       352,763 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9%     
1,510  Bally’s Corp. (a)   45,058 
6,347  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   139,571 
3,649  Brinker International, Inc. (a)   132,568 
797  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   88,459 
2,501  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   329,457 
945  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)   42,998 
11,578  MGM Resorts International   475,161 
5,800  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   212,106 
979  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   80,601 
       1,545,979 
         
   Household Durables — 4.1%     
4,416  Century Communities, Inc.   232,812 
11,155  D.R. Horton, Inc.   776,276 
4,094  Garmin Ltd.   449,276 
419  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   89,880 
7,306  KB Home   236,934 
8,971  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   235,758 
9,426  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   335,848 
10,240  Lennar Corp., Class A   783,258 
2,422  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   226,966 
6,252  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   230,761 
5,334  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   236,190 
5,175  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   427,196 
3,301  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   465,639 
7,661  Newell Brands, Inc.   177,352 
109  NVR, Inc. (a)   477,007 
9,786  PulteGroup, Inc.   408,663 
8,691  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   227,617 
8,720  Toll Brothers, Inc.   404,346 
11,781  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   243,513 
2,373  Whirlpool Corp.   430,747 
       7,096,039 
         
   Household Products — 0.3%     
4,641  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   192,044 
1,314  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   182,423 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products (Continued)     
2,795  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.  $82,704 
       457,171 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%     
3,262  3M Co.   470,446 
         
         
   Insurance — 8.6%     
10,326  Aflac, Inc.   591,473 
6,001  Allstate (The) Corp.   759,367 
8,219  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   310,021 
2,253  American Financial Group, Inc.   311,995 
13,241  American International Group, Inc.   774,731 
17,166  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   783,971 
1,124  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   48,107 
451  Assurant, Inc.   82,028 
2,973  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   163,961 
5,425  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   311,015 
1,587  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   81,508 
3,109  Chubb Ltd.   641,853 
6,113  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   749,821 
9,428  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   227,592 
1,256  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   296,102 
466  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   74,690 
1,088  Everest Re Group Ltd.   298,884 
17,018  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   677,657 
6,326  First American Financial Corp.   368,869 
62,582  Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)   232,179 
2,446  Globe Life, Inc.   239,904 
1,645  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   241,519 
9,259  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   647,482 
3,329  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   132,661 
5,019  Lincoln National Corp.   301,893 
10,258  Loews Corp.   644,613 
563  Markel Corp. (a)   761,897 
3,441  Mercury General Corp.   173,530 
9,461  MetLife, Inc.   621,398 
15,850  Old Republic International Corp.   348,859 
599  Primerica, Inc.   77,606 
6,615  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   450,746 
1,420  Progressive (The) Corp.   152,451 
5,627  Prudential Financial, Inc.   610,586 
2,248  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   241,255 
741  RLI Corp.   85,052 
2,753  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   226,737 
6,206  SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)   38,974 
3,903  Stewart Information Services Corp.   201,395 
3,639  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   622,487 
10,410  Unum Group   317,713 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
2,431  W.R. Berkley Corp.  $161,637 
       15,086,219 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
5,659  Bumble, Inc., Class A (a)   135,759 
3,271  IAC/InterActiveCorp. (a)   271,101 
4,237  Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)   374,381 
       781,241 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%     
2,150  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   72,154 
49,697  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   209,224 
       281,378 
         
   IT Services — 1.5%     
4,213  Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.   230,872 
5,415  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   438,074 
730  CSG Systems International, Inc.   44,873 
5,026  DXC Technology Co. (a)   144,246 
3,311  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   328,286 
1,596  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   156,280 
1,885  Genpact Ltd.   75,909 
3,548  Global Payments, Inc.   486,005 
1,245  International Business Machines Corp.   164,602 
2,188  Maximus, Inc.   159,461 
4,159  Rackspace Technology, Inc. (a)   41,133 
7,109  SolarWinds Corp.   87,938 
13,128  Western Union (The) Co.   220,025 
       2,577,704 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.1%     
2,350  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   95,739 
4,055  Brunswick Corp.   306,599 
14,006  Callaway Golf Co. (a)   307,292 
2,002  Hasbro, Inc.   176,296 
3,262  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   164,046 
14,769  Mattel, Inc. (a)   359,034 
2,336  Polaris, Inc.   221,780 
6,628  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   233,504 
       1,864,290 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.4%     
1,476  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   755,801 
         
         
   Machinery — 2.9%     
1,685  AGCO Corp.   214,669 
658  Alamo Group, Inc.   83,197 
551  Albany International Corp., Class A   43,099 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
6,267  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.  $234,636 
1,192  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   46,488 
1,080  Astec Industries, Inc.   42,228 
3,465  Barnes Group, Inc.   116,355 
1,492  Caterpillar, Inc.   314,126 
3,242  Cummins, Inc.   613,354 
3,158  Donaldson Co., Inc.   154,868 
1  Esab Corp. (a)   47 
664  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   41,467 
2,804  Federal Signal Corp.   95,420 
2,656  Fortive Corp.   152,720 
2,181  ITT, Inc.   153,150 
4,867  Kennametal, Inc.   125,228 
3,593  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   43,224 
2,444  Oshkosh Corp.   225,923 
5,514  PACCAR, Inc.   457,938 
570  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   154,367 
1,789  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   76,229 
1,197  Snap-on, Inc.   254,350 
940  SPX Corp. (a)   39,386 
4,757  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   571,554 
589  Tennant Co.   38,038 
3,905  Terex Corp.   132,770 
5,404  Timken (The) Co.   311,487 
3,457  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   310,819 
       5,047,137 
         
   Marine — 0.2%     
3,399  Matson, Inc.   292,382 
         
         
   Media — 1.8%     
29,663  Advantage Solutions, Inc. (a)   149,205 
14,202  Comcast Corp., Class A   564,672 
12,955  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   369,347 
9,103  E.W. Scripps (The) Co., Class A (a)   149,835 
8,575  Gray Television, Inc.   158,809 
9,378  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   305,910 
2,626  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   133,637 
14,809  News Corp., Class A   294,107 
3,917  Omnicom Group, Inc.   298,201 
21,982  Paramount Global, Class B   640,116 
       3,063,839 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.1%     
9,852  Commercial Metals Co.   403,932 
541  Materion Corp.   46,066 
2,037  Newmont Corp.   148,395 
2,236  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   443,287 
4,915  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   421,461 
10,865  United States Steel Corp.   331,274 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining (Continued)     
4,601  Worthington Industries, Inc.  $218,870 
       2,013,285 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.5%     
18,780  AGNC Investment Corp.   206,204 
58,244  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   373,926 
16,982  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   204,463 
7,739  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   232,480 
19,648  Chimera Investment Corp.   196,873 
7,972  Ladder Capital Corp.   90,801 
14,675  MFA Financial, Inc.   209,119 
29,875  New Residential Investment Corp.   310,700 
64,811  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   208,691 
2,748  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   42,154 
22,465  Redwood Trust, Inc.   217,911 
6,786  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   155,264 
34,222  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   164,608 
       2,613,194 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.1%     
727  Dollar General Corp.   172,684 
1,011  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   164,237 
6,782  Kohl’s Corp.   392,542 
16,832  Macy’s, Inc.   406,830 
3,490  Nordstrom, Inc.   89,693 
2,203  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   105,854 
2,288  Target Corp.   523,151 
       1,854,991 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 2.0%     
3,546  Ameren Corp.   329,423 
3,084  Avista Corp.   125,118 
3,194  Black Hills Corp.   233,928 
21,701  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   664,268 
6,943  CMS Energy Corp.   476,915 
5,128  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   475,571 
3,913  Dominion Energy, Inc.   319,457 
1,224  DTE Energy Co.   160,393 
5,158  NiSource, Inc.   150,201 
3,129  NorthWestern Corp.   177,383 
963  Sempra Energy   155,390 
1,622  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   162,281 
       3,430,328 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.2%     
5,289  California Resources Corp.   212,671 
4,713  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   386,560 
4,084  Chevron Corp.   639,840 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
30,818  Coterra Energy, Inc.  $887,250 
10,064  Exxon Mobil Corp.   857,956 
8,232  HF Sinclair Corp. (a)   312,981 
25,678  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   466,056 
5,679  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   495,550 
7,766  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   225,680 
7,715  Peabody Energy Corp. (a)   174,668 
3,848  Phillips 66   333,852 
3,274  Valero Energy Corp.   364,985 
6,999  World Fuel Services Corp.   169,516 
       5,527,565 
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
27,366  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   221,938 
5,161  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   196,841 
2,909  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   124,040 
1,753  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   134,385 
       677,204 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%     
2,061  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   44,332 
1,876  Johnson & Johnson   338,543 
5,918  Merck & Co., Inc.   524,868 
7,043  Organon & Co.   227,700 
2,134  Perrigo Co. PLC   73,196 
1,436  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   40,064 
61,114  Viatris, Inc.   631,308 
       1,880,011 
         
   Professional Services — 0.8%     
2,108  ASGN, Inc. (a)   239,153 
934  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   76,243 
817  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   216,750 
522  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   82,325 
493  ICF International, Inc.   48,713 
2,144  Korn Ferry   131,727 
759  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   78,564 
1,746  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   157,489 
1,098  ManTech International Corp., Class A   88,213 
1,779  Science Applications International Corp.   148,066 
834  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   73,976 
       1,341,219 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
5,306  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   440,610 
1,370  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   299,660 
15,087  Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)   165,354 
       905,624 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail — 0.9%     
3,702  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)  $74,262 
8,126  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   389,154 
10,656  Marten Transport Ltd.   185,201 
567  Norfolk Southern Corp.   146,218 
5,169  Ryder System, Inc.   361,313 
9,277  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   219,216 
5,770  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   228,665 
1,126  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   60,568 
       1,664,597 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.2%     
18,878  Amkor Technology, Inc.   355,095 
1,934  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   146,597 
7,992  Cohu, Inc. (a)   212,268 
3,917  First Solar, Inc. (a)   286,058 
16,771  Intel Corp.   731,048 
10,671  Micron Technology, Inc.   727,655 
6,697  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   761,985 
4,989  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   565,254 
1,797  SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   40,720 
       3,826,680 
         
   Software — 0.3%     
2,604  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   71,922 
3,664  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   33,892 
2,621  Cerence, Inc. (a)   77,320 
1,048  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   81,189 
12,536  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   313,901 
       578,224 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.7%     
24,407  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (b)   368,790 
1,477  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   271,340 
4,118  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   477,317 
7,315  Best Buy Co., Inc.   657,838 
5,728  Buckle (The), Inc.   177,912 
4,982  Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A (b)   127,938 
5,033  CarMax, Inc. (a)   431,731 
13,825  Foot Locker, Inc.   405,211 
17,473  Gap (The), Inc.   217,014 
1,410  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   245,537 
8,661  Guess?, Inc.   194,613 
1,093  Lithia Motors, Inc.   309,461 
2,134  Monro, Inc.   97,588 
4,375  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   458,587 
8,381  Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc. (a) (b)   161,418 
5,528  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   133,335 
3,675  Ross Stores, Inc.   366,655 
8,910  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   134,719 
5,565  Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A   236,791 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
2,672  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.  $163,740 
835  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   331,328 
9,421  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   224,220 
6,387  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   300,955 
       6,494,038 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.8%     
11,346  3D Systems Corp. (a)   128,664 
2,194  Corsair Gaming, Inc. (a) (b)   33,195 
6,624  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   311,394 
49,740  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   766,493 
18,317  HP, Inc.   670,952 
1,950  NetApp, Inc.   142,837 
3,658  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   154,002 
16,740  Western Digital Corp. (a)   888,392 
       3,095,929 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.4%     
2,674  Carter’s, Inc.   225,258 
2,718  Columbia Sportswear Co.   223,311 
4,789  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A   86,729 
1,539  Oxford Industries, Inc.   137,894 
5,352  PVH Corp.   389,518 
1,446  Ralph Lauren Corp.   150,876 
10,060  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   385,298 
8,830  Tapestry, Inc.   290,684 
8,540  VF Corp.   444,080 
2,058  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   40,789 
       2,374,437 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.4%     
2,040  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   77,275 
4,266  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   41,082 
9,950  Essent Group Ltd.   403,273 
30,261  MGIC Investment Corp.   395,209 
5,180  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   232,945 
30,600  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   282,744 
11,472  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   210,855 
4,447  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   215,946 
5,951  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   131,696 
18,462  Radian Group, Inc.   394,902 
2,987  WSFS Financial Corp.   119,689 
       2,505,616 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.6%     
9,183  Air Lease Corp.   369,891 
452  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   47,320 
2,767  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   164,996 
3,405  Boise Cascade Co.   257,350 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
767  GATX Corp.  $79,300 
2,174  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   77,134 
1,114  McGrath RentCorp   92,974 
1,925  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   159,506 
3,717  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   189,121 
4,674  Triton International Ltd.   285,535 
1,872  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   592,525 
10,206  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   297,199 
1,890  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   232,961 
       2,845,812 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
12,530  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   229,550 
2,590  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   318,933 
7,825  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   225,203 
       773,686 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   174,125,872 
   (Cost $177,329,016)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
335,408  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   335,408 
183,806  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (c)   183,806 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.3%   519,214 
   (Cost $519,214)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.2%     
$ 327,232  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $327,239. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $333,104. (d)   327,232 
   (Cost $327,232)     

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

  Description  Value
         
   Total Investments — 100.4%  $174,972,318 
   (Cost $178,175,462)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.4)%   (653,919)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $174,318,399 

  

 

(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 $628,538 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $662,640.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $174,125,872   $174,125,872   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    519,214    519,214    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    327,232    —      327,232    —   
Total Investments   $174,972,318   $174,645,086   $327,232   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%     
4,959  HEICO Corp.  $700,359 
585  TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)   347,964 
5,379  Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a)   40,289 
       1,088,612 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.0%     
3,690  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   365,568 
2,403  FedEx Corp.   477,572 
2,216  Forward Air Corp.   214,886 
4,437  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   798,571 
       1,856,597 
         
   Airlines — 0.2%     
20,580  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   386,287 
         
         
   Auto Components — 0.3%     
1,678  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   165,652 
959  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   78,523 
2,184  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   147,246 
6,008  Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   74,319 
2,060  XPEL, Inc. (a) (c)   89,136 
       554,876 
         
   Automobiles — 0.4%     
883  Tesla, Inc. (a)   768,881 
         
         
   Banks — 1.6%     
7,649  Bancorp (The), Inc. (a)   173,556 
5,195  Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)   218,554 
1,484  Lakeland Financial Corp.   108,065 
1,045  Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   44,235 
8,134  OFG Bancorp   216,202 
24,977  Regions Financial Corp.   517,523 
3,941  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   316,541 
1,297  Signature Bank   314,198 
1,059  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   123,861 
2,048  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   107,069 
680  SVB Financial Group (a)   331,595 
1,696  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   117,770 
1,933  UMB Financial Corp.   174,318 
4,177  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   137,214 
1,134  Western Alliance Bancorp   86,309 
       2,987,010 
         
   Beverages — 1.3%     
1,963  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   102,076 
12,280  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   793,411 
756  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   333,774 
5,956  Duckhorn Portfolio (The), Inc. (a)   115,666 
3,165  MGP Ingredients, Inc.   289,059 
4,548  PepsiCo, Inc.   780,937 
       2,414,923 
         
   Biotechnology — 4.2%     
5,871  AbbVie, Inc.   862,332 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
6,584  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)  $121,409 
14,275  Alkermes PLC (a)   411,834 
2,332  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   311,159 
11,441  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   81,002 
5,544  Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   241,330 
5,052  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   122,309 
16,659  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   154,762 
2,375  Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd. (a)   211,779 
1,437  CareDx, Inc. (a)   43,742 
1,561  Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   47,689 
2,120  ChemoCentryx, Inc. (a)   39,135 
1,496  CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)   74,232 
2,944  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   117,377 
14,710  Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)   129,889 
6,255  Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   192,029 
7,064  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   281,854 
5,285  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   520,890 
9,475  ImmunityBio, Inc. (a)   34,394 
2,261  Insmed, Inc. (a)   49,674 
17,225  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   206,700 
2,561  Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   80,287 
3,228  Moderna, Inc. (a)   433,875 
2,003  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   180,330 
7,173  Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   188,650 
2,245  Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   20,407 
4,360  Prothena Corp. PLC (a)   127,138 
4,274  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   151,000 
1,363  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   898,367 
1,775  Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   42,298 
2,083  REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. (a)   41,598 
1,202  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   86,929 
941  SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   40,378 
4,204  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   105,647 
1,046  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   185,728 
1,928  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   39,466 
2,834  Vericel Corp. (a)   80,769 
3,647  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   996,433 
3,651  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   74,298 
4,061  Xencor, Inc. (a)   101,444 
       8,130,563 
         
   Building Products — 1.4%     
2,940  A.O. Smith Corp.   171,784 
954  AAON, Inc.   46,498 
3,161  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   323,876 
855  Allegion PLC   97,675 
2,086  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   176,601 
7,275  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   447,922 
1,909  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   495,118 
1,843  CSW Industrials, Inc.   194,455 
1,264  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   90,060 
5,906  Janus International Group, Inc. (a)   55,871 
2,827  Johnson Controls International PLC   169,252 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
364  Lennox International, Inc.  $77,601 
2,583  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   267,780 
       2,614,493 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.7%     
1,998  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   250,889 
5,780  Ares Management Corp., Class A   382,752 
2,754  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   88,514 
7,166  AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)   137,802 
3,871  B. Riley Financial, Inc.   174,814 
243  BlackRock, Inc.   151,797 
7,497  Blackstone, Inc.   761,470 
19,458  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   706,131 
1,642  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   185,513 
11,288  Charles Schwab (The) Corp.   748,733 
1,601  CME Group, Inc.   351,163 
4,373  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   339,739 
1,280  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   516,467 
2,369  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   93,457 
10,483  Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (b)   156,406 
688  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   47,183 
4,277  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   356,231 
1,425  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   84,873 
5,762  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   667,297 
13,021  KKR & Co., Inc.   663,680 
3,397  Moelis & Co., Class A   150,351 
550  Moody’s Corp.   174,064 
1,031  Morningstar, Inc.   261,080 
1,040  Nasdaq, Inc.   163,665 
4,774  Northern Trust Corp.   491,961 
5,729  Open Lending Corp., Class A (a)   78,144 
1,651  Piper Sandler Cos.   189,832 
1,717  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   113,305 
3,278  StepStone Group, Inc., Class A   83,982 
2,137  Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A   152,133 
5,523  Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A   149,066 
665  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   117,812 
       8,990,306 
         
   Chemicals — 1.4%     
12,190  Amyris, Inc. (a)   41,812 
687  Balchem Corp.   84,639 
9,234  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   894,128 
7,021  Diversey Holdings Ltd. (a)   54,343 
17,151  Element Solutions, Inc.   353,654 
8,981  Olin Corp.   515,509 
627  Quaker Chemical Corp.   102,019 
2,306  RPM International, Inc.   191,167 
1,899  Sensient Technologies Corp.   160,655 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
11,901  Valvoline, Inc.  $359,767 
       2,757,693 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.2%     
3,983  Brink’s (The) Co.   234,798 
4,285  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   352,398 
1,704  Cimpress PLC (a)   86,069 
1,790  Cintas Corp.   711,095 
1,477  Copart, Inc. (a)   167,861 
10,719  Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)   298,953 
2,454  IAA, Inc. (a)   89,939 
5,746  Republic Services, Inc.   771,515 
10,861  Rollins, Inc.   364,278 
2,277  Tetra Tech, Inc.   317,141 
4,804  Waste Management, Inc.   789,970 
       4,184,017 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.2%     
5,478  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   633,093 
2,525  Calix, Inc. (a)   100,773 
4,646  Ciena Corp. (a)   256,320 
6,745  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   40,672 
17,747  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   170,371 
898  F5, Inc. (a)   150,334 
18,391  Infinera Corp. (a)   141,427 
2,886  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   234,372 
2,296  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   490,632 
4,440  Viasat, Inc. (a)   163,436 
       2,381,430 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.6%     
3,407  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   171,849 
3,043  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   256,890 
2,304  MYR Group, Inc. (a)   182,223 
1,625  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   194,675 
11,998  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   421,130 
       1,226,767 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.4%     
1,463  Eagle Materials, Inc.   180,417 
1,444  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   511,494 
6,046  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   168,079 
       859,990 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.6%     
682  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   349,525 
4,318  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   249,624 
5,707  Enova International, Inc. (a)   213,442 
6,866  LendingClub Corp. (a)   104,706 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
4,807  PRA Group, Inc. (a)  $202,038 
       1,119,335 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.4%     
1,065  Avery Dennison Corp.   192,339 
2,602  Ranpak Holdings Corp. (a)   39,238 
7,011  Sealed Air Corp.   450,176 
       681,753 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
1,314  Pool Corp.   532,459 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
4,702  Coursera, Inc. (a)   88,445 
18,030  H&R Block, Inc.   470,042 
5,707  Service Corp. International   374,436 
7,862  Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (a)   41,197 
       974,120 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
12,282  Apollo Global Management, Inc.   611,152 
6,708  Compass Diversified Holdings   146,637 
       757,789 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
1,633  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   95,531 
73,703  Globalstar, Inc. (a)   85,495 
4,657  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   166,301 
       347,327 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.5%     
2,716  MGE Energy, Inc.   211,495 
6,563  NextEra Energy, Inc.   466,104 
4,334  Otter Tail Corp.   251,199 
       928,798 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
1,984  Acuity Brands, Inc.   342,200 
4,716  Array Technologies, Inc. (a)   30,795 
4,769  Atkore, Inc. (a)   458,301 
8,973  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)   166,539 
2,375  Encore Wire Corp.   267,924 
9,227  FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)   37,646 
624  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   136,893 
6,564  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   137,975 
662  Rockwell Automation, Inc.   167,268 
4,827  Stem, Inc. (a) (b)   34,610 
753  Vicor Corp. (a)   45,572 
       1,825,723 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%     
1,852  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.  $141,715 
7,379  Amphenol Corp., Class A   527,599 
1,599  Badger Meter, Inc.   129,023 
4,889  Belden, Inc.   252,419 
2,434  Cognex Corp.   164,611 
1,173  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   164,537 
1,129  Littelfuse, Inc.   258,823 
       1,638,727 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%     
4,773  Cactus, Inc., Class A   238,316 
19,178  ChampionX Corp.   404,656 
17,498  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   287,667 
8,134  Weatherford International PLC (a)   262,565 
       1,193,204 
         
   Entertainment — 0.9%     
7,621  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   116,601 
13,626  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)   849,309 
1,208  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (a)   195,829 
17,717  Skillz, Inc. (a)   36,320 
7,442  Warner Music Group Corp., Class A   221,548 
4,338  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   253,296 
       1,672,903 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 8.3%     
1,415  Agree Realty Corp.   96,107 
9,344  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   198,093 
921  Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   167,769 
4,692  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   185,850 
5,269  Apartment Income REIT Corp.   259,077 
1,533  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   348,727 
5,911  Boston Properties, Inc.   695,134 
14,552  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   369,330 
7,321  Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.   151,471 
2,291  Camden Property Trust   359,435 
5,613  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   90,987 
1,625  Centerspace   149,923 
6,992  Cousins Properties, Inc.   251,013 
1,004  Crown Castle International Corp.   185,951 
3,609  CubeSmart   171,464 
22,146  DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (a)   154,136 
6,556  Duke Realty Corp.   358,941 
5,125  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   97,631 
1,386  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   259,875 
2,423  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   187,249 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
4,234  Equity Residential  $345,071 
4,282  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   102,768 
1,102  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   362,856 
2,704  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   513,760 
1,539  Federal Realty Investment Trust   180,155 
4,550  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   263,900 
4,007  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   110,032 
4,002  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   177,609 
5,398  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   177,108 
4,106  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   167,689 
6,030  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   164,378 
8,799  InvenTrust Properties Corp.   266,522 
4,613  Invitation Homes, Inc.   183,690 
8,473  Iron Mountain, Inc.   455,254 
4,915  Kilroy Realty Corp.   344,050 
22,510  Kimco Realty Corp.   570,178 
8,248  Kite Realty Group Trust   183,930 
2,424  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   267,634 
2,006  Life Storage, Inc.   265,775 
17,943  LXP Industrial Trust   225,185 
8,883  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   163,358 
1,817  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.   357,368 
2,089  National Retail Properties, Inc.   91,582 
4,489  National Storage Affiliates Trust   254,077 
2,400  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   213,984 
4,110  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   227,653 
3,443  Prologis, Inc.   551,878 
558  PS Business Parks, Inc.   104,458 
1,951  Public Storage   724,797 
6,851  Rayonier, Inc.   295,963 
2,633  Regency Centers Corp.   181,229 
8,224  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   153,213 
3,777  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   294,757 
5,061  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (a)   473,102 
959  Safehold, Inc.   41,285 
539  SBA Communications Corp.   187,092 
12,968  SITE Centers Corp.   206,191 
2,271  STAG Industrial, Inc.   84,754 
2,172  Sun Communities, Inc.   381,338 
2,536  Terreno Realty Corp.   184,494 
3,230  UDR, Inc.   171,868 
15,748  Uniti Group, Inc.   195,118 
11,344  Urban Edge Properties   212,019 
9,169  Veris Residential, Inc. (a)   146,796 
       15,964,081 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%     
14,120  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   441,674 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing (Continued)     
6,944  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)  $446,846 
1,653  Costco Wholesale Corp.   878,933 
       1,767,453 
         
   Food Products — 0.7%     
915  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   85,415 
3,515  Hershey (The) Co.   793,582 
12,345  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   280,108 
5,710  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   237,821 
       1,396,926 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
1,573  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   196,892 
6,834  National Fuel Gas Co.   479,269 
       676,161 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.4%     
3,216  Abbott Laboratories   365,016 
567  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   162,491 
2,428  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   126,086 
3,462  Axonics, Inc. (a)   179,401 
2,528  CONMED Corp.   336,123 
1,331  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   480,544 
1,522  CryoPort, Inc. (a)   34,336 
744  Dexcom, Inc. (a)   303,983 
4,723  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)   499,599 
3,819  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   252,894 
384  Heska Corp. (a)   42,179 
9,911  Hologic, Inc. (a)   713,493 
2,391  Inari Medical, Inc. (a)   192,954 
696  Insulet Corp. (a)   166,337 
2,922  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   178,710 
615  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   147,169 
1,376  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   169,757 
4,897  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)   325,210 
3,257  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   201,967 
425  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   90,793 
725  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   79,148 
3,513  Outset Medical, Inc. (a)   122,533 
764  ResMed, Inc.   152,777 
1,811  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   273,696 
665  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   37,965 
3,149  STERIS PLC   705,533 
2,422  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   233,675 
       6,574,369 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6%     
4,797  1Life Healthcare, Inc. (a)   33,819 
6,759  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   85,569 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
10,270  Agiliti, Inc. (a)  $202,730 
9,648  Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)   92,717 
4,501  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   439,973 
2,235  Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (a)   81,533 
556  Chemed Corp.   273,213 
13,433  Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)   103,031 
947  CorVel Corp. (a)   146,861 
3,797  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   814,646 
6,669  Invitae Corp. (a)   35,413 
3,493  Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)   63,188 
16,439  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   491,197 
4,216  Progyny, Inc. (a)   162,105 
10,527  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   237,068 
4,844  RadNet, Inc. (a)   94,458 
4,921  Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)   251,758 
5,462  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   396,050 
1,866  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   948,954 
       4,954,283 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.3%     
6,708  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   184,604 
1,463  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   301,027 
2,016  Phreesia, Inc. (a)   46,126 
1,558  Schrodinger, Inc. (a)   38,514 
       570,271 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.0%     
3,237  Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)   495,941 
7,137  Boyd Gaming Corp.   432,359 
4,921  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   326,164 
241  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   350,802 
2,649  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   372,078 
1,271  Churchill Downs, Inc.   257,937 
12,899  Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)   223,927 
2,320  Jack in the Box, Inc.   192,003 
3,197  Light & Wonder, Inc. (a)   179,224 
1,539  McDonald’s Corp.   383,457 
1,784  Papa John’s International, Inc.   162,433 
3,334  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   266,820 
5,578  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   245,209 
6,307  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   425,344 
6,226  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   238,269 
2,037  Starbucks Corp.   152,042 
12,822  Wendy’s (The) Co.   253,363 
4,435  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   390,103 
3,211  Yum! Brands, Inc.   375,719 
       5,723,194 
         
   Household Durables — 0.5%     
899  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   212,389 
1,282  Installed Building Products, Inc.   103,162 
6,844  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   349,318 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Durables (Continued)     
5,650  Sonos, Inc. (a)  $128,933 
3,363  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   91,171 
517  TopBuild Corp. (a)   93,649 
       978,622 
         
   Household Products — 0.7%     
5,595  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   545,848 
3,522  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   106,682 
3,638  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   584,081 
1,798  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   152,956 
290  WD-40 Co.   53,354 
       1,442,921 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%     
10,287  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   314,062 
2,304  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)   39,790 
       353,852 
         
   Insurance — 1.9%     
2,338  Aon PLC, Class A   673,320 
4,360  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   734,616 
13,168  Brown & Brown, Inc.   816,153 
4,039  BRP Group, Inc., Class A (a)   93,382 
2,059  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   456,460 
4,467  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   722,314 
3,161  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   201,103 
       3,697,348 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
274  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   625,320 
6,379  Cargurus, Inc. (a)   208,466 
8,090  fuboTV, Inc. (a)   30,661 
       864,447 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%     
171  Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   425,043 
4,036  Revolve Group, Inc. (a)   170,561 
1,164  Shutterstock, Inc.   88,138 
       683,742 
         
   IT Services — 4.4%     
1,649  Accenture PLC, Class A   495,294 
6,377  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   716,010 
2,444  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   533,232 
2,426  BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1 (a)   43,353 
1,367  Block, Inc. (a)   136,071 
6,361  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   547,936 
2,255  Concentrix Corp.   355,117 
13,049  Cyxtera Technologies, Inc. (a)   156,979 
1,623  DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (a)   63,995 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
2,647  EVERTEC, Inc.  $104,292 
2,622  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   356,985 
2,560  Gartner, Inc. (a)   743,808 
4,488  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   362,675 
3,775  Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (a)   52,548 
1,906  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   361,339 
1,422  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)   44,537 
1,065  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   387,000 
858  MongoDB, Inc. (a)   304,530 
5,579  Paychex, Inc.   707,027 
1,968  Perficient, Inc. (a)   195,639 
3,598  Repay Holdings Corp. (a)   48,141 
18,958  Sabre Corp. (a)   198,490 
3,499  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   183,558 
5,074  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   328,085 
7,031  Switch, Inc., Class A   209,946 
1,932  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   142,601 
16,638  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   233,431 
1,717  Visa, Inc., Class A   365,944 
       8,378,563 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.0%     
1,566  YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)   76,530 
         
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.2%     
5,480  Avantor, Inc. (a)   174,703 
1,461  Bruker Corp.   83,993 
1,895  Danaher Corp.   475,891 
2,405  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   524,266 
5,325  Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   163,637 
574  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   76,669 
277  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   353,876 
1,530  NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)   28,734 
4,364  PerkinElmer, Inc.   639,806 
4,335  Sotera Health Co. (a)   88,347 
3,479  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   254,280 
1,289  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   712,714 
597  Waters Corp. (a)   180,903 
1,353  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.   426,276 
       4,184,095 
         
   Machinery — 2.8%     
3,469  Crane Co.   333,822 
2,291  Deere & Co.   864,967 
3,544  Dover Corp.   472,415 
2,218  EnPro Industries, Inc.   206,740 
7,995  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)   333,312 
4,523  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   316,339 
2,693  Graco, Inc.   167,020 
2,700  Helios Technologies, Inc.   181,386 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
3,610  Hillenbrand, Inc.  $147,360 
885  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   174,442 
3,681  Ingersoll Rand, Inc.   161,817 
821  Kadant, Inc.   151,885 
1,380  Lindsay Corp.   186,507 
1,718  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   264,383 
5,000  Mueller Industries, Inc.   270,750 
4,962  Nikola Corp. (a) (b)   35,627 
827  Nordson Corp.   178,376 
4,947  Otis Worldwide Corp.   360,339 
7,068  Proterra, Inc. (a)   43,892 
6,001  Shyft Group (The), Inc.   152,845 
2,197  Toro (The) Co.   176,046 
1,346  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   171,561 
       5,351,831 
         
   Media — 1.1%     
64  Cable One, Inc.   74,637 
340  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   145,686 
78,284  Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (a)   192,579 
8,423  iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (a)   134,684 
4,023  Magnite, Inc. (a)   38,822 
2,490  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   394,466 
7,733  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   171,982 
115,007  Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)   690,042 
9,142  WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)   183,297 
       2,026,195 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.7%     
5,215  Alcoa Corp.   353,577 
14,576  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   371,542 
3,451  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   204,058 
19,133  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   775,843 
8,188  MP Materials Corp. (a)   311,472 
6,403  Nucor Corp.   991,056 
2,658  Royal Gold, Inc.   346,816 
       3,354,364 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.1%     
9,346  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   159,816 
1,121  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   44,829 
       204,645 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.4%     
1,749  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   531,364 
6,538  Franchise Group, Inc.   243,802 
       775,166 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.8%     
25,915  Antero Midstream Corp.  $266,147 
15,378  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   541,306 
11,360  APA Corp.   464,965 
1,971  Arch Resources, Inc.   327,935 
4,584  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   235,022 
33,564  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)   259,785 
6,863  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   932,064 
7,863  Civitas Resources, Inc.   460,929 
20,756  Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)   353,475 
9,517  ConocoPhillips   909,064 
3,447  Denbury, Inc. (a)   220,539 
16,094  Devon Energy Corp.   936,188 
6,942  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   876,289 
4,745  Enviva, Inc.   400,193 
7,982  EOG Resources, Inc.   931,978 
13,644  EQT Corp.   542,349 
12,837  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   100,899 
8,891  Hess Corp.   916,395 
37,672  Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)   254,663 
19,852  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A   461,360 
37,901  Marathon Oil Corp.   944,493 
8,862  Matador Resources Co.   432,643 
11,624  Murphy Oil Corp.   442,642 
9,608  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.   240,008 
1,851  Oasis Petroleum, Inc.   245,554 
16,773  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   924,024 
13,474  ONEOK, Inc.   853,308 
8,683  Ovintiv, Inc.   444,483 
6,460  PDC Energy, Inc.   450,520 
3,806  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   884,781 
15,454  Range Resources Corp. (a)   462,693 
12,054  SM Energy Co.   428,279 
6,221  Targa Resources Corp.   456,684 
209  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   285,619 
28,484  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   976,716 
       18,863,992 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%     
6,046  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   390,088 
         
         
   Personal Products — 0.5%     
6,418  Beauty Health (The) Co. (a)   84,076 
6,174  elf Beauty, Inc. (a)   150,213 
680  Estee Lauder (The) Cos., Inc., Class A   179,561 
3,093  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   82,212 
3,076  Inter Parfums, Inc.   251,401 
1,269  Medifast, Inc.   226,339 
       973,802 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.1%     
1,395  Arvinas, Inc. (a)  $76,683 
10,425  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   784,690 
3,433  Catalent, Inc. (a)   310,892 
2,659  Eli Lilly & Co.   776,774 
5,567  Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)   250,738 
7,673  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   388,330 
3,549  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   264,649 
18,383  Pfizer, Inc.   902,054 
4,093  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   223,723 
       3,978,533 
         
   Professional Services — 1.1%     
6,454  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   270,358 
10,719  Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a)   169,253 
1,606  Equifax, Inc.   326,853 
1,738  Exponent, Inc.   166,518 
3,662  Kforce, Inc.   256,523 
4,112  Robert Half International, Inc.   404,251 
1,793  TransUnion   156,923 
2,287  Upwork, Inc. (a)   47,958 
1,773  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   361,781 
       2,160,418 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
4,435  eXp World Holdings, Inc.   59,385 
8,884  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   200,334 
5,142  Marcus & Millichap, Inc.   230,310 
17,014  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   206,720 
2,946  Redfin Corp. (a)   32,848 
4,573  St Joe (The) Co.   243,329 
       972,926 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.2%     
472  AMERCO   252,746 
2,692  ArcBest Corp.   194,255 
1,783  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   477,256 
20,329  CSX Corp.   698,098 
4,739  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   809,658 
2,490  Landstar System, Inc.   385,701 
2,446  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   79,740 
1,862  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   521,583 
1,156  Saia, Inc. (a)   238,090 
2,787  Union Pacific Corp.   652,966 
       4,310,093 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.5%     
5,236  ACM Research, Inc., Class A (a)   79,116 
5,085  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   434,869 
3,306  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   80,369 
2,888  Applied Materials, Inc.   318,691 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
3,587  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)  $195,312 
1,209  Broadcom, Inc.   670,258 
4,317  Diodes, Inc. (a)   315,271 
3,773  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   608,962 
4,236  Entegris, Inc.   471,848 
3,794  FormFactor, Inc. (a)   144,589 
2,510  Impinj, Inc. (a)   123,643 
1,040  KLA Corp.   332,030 
3,081  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   148,011 
7,753  Marvell Technology, Inc.   450,294 
6,437  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   308,139 
2,466  Microchip Technology, Inc.   160,783 
1,878  MKS Instruments, Inc.   214,055 
1,568  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   615,032 
2,791  NVIDIA Corp.   517,647 
2,057  NXP Semiconductors N.V.   351,541 
15,200  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   792,072 
4,322  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   307,467 
4,052  Power Integrations, Inc.   324,160 
4,982  QUALCOMM, Inc.   695,936 
8,493  Rambus, Inc. (a)   211,561 
1,354  Semtech Corp. (a)   80,698 
626  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   84,454 
1,516  SiTime Corp. (a)   255,552 
941  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   139,682 
1,568  Teradyne, Inc.   165,361 
2,074  Texas Instruments, Inc.   353,099 
3,761  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   117,230 
562  Universal Display Corp.   71,784 
9,962  Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)   228,329 
1,650  Wolfspeed, Inc. (a)   151,322 
       10,519,167 
         
   Software — 6.1%     
4,222  8x8, Inc. (a)   38,716 
1,630  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   99,560 
1,683  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (a)   91,421 
2,229  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   143,102 
874  Appian Corp. (a)   41,777 
1,703  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   269,994 
2,451  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   418,410 
16,156  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   494,697 
1,127  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   170,008 
5,787  CDK Global, Inc.   314,871 
2,403  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   146,583 
2,449  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   486,763 
5,027  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   607,161 
14,057  Datto Holding Corp. (a)   487,778 
2,144  Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)   67,858 
2,143  Domo, Inc., Class B (a)   88,763 
8,077  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   175,675 
3,784  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   301,358 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
1,218  Everbridge, Inc. (a)  $52,496 
604  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   225,600 
2,227  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   643,625 
2,499  InterDigital, Inc.   142,068 
386  Intuit, Inc.   161,637 
5,395  Jamf Holding Corp. (a)   166,166 
2,177  LivePerson, Inc. (a)   49,244 
677  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   88,382 
3,876  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   60,466 
1,804  Microsoft Corp.   500,646 
109  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   38,604 
3,501  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   87,630 
4,601  Oracle Corp.   337,713 
3,169  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   90,538 
1,529  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   858,197 
456  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   86,471 
4,602  Progress Software Corp.   220,804 
872  PTC, Inc. (a)   99,591 
862  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)   44,591 
2,638  Qualys, Inc. (a)   359,507 
2,532  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   241,857 
5,118  Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a) (b)   51,896 
3,115  Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)   198,830 
3,742  Splunk, Inc. (a)   456,599 
1,352  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)   82,851 
1,431  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   171,191 
1,668  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   478,366 
6,499  Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)   358,940 
417  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   164,594 
1,975  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   85,320 
1,591  Workiva, Inc. (a)   153,547 
6,255  Xperi Holding Corp.   97,578 
2,341  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   285,696 
768  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   155,704 
7,233  Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)   88,026 
       11,829,466 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.6%     
6,774  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (a)   234,245 
6,875  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.   256,850 
2,686  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   536,206 
466  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   911,249 
2,858  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   257,391 
1,553  Carvana Co. (a)   90,012 
3,755  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   362,057 
1,186  Five Below, Inc. (a)   186,321 
1,159  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   92,395 
1,691  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   211,493 
620  Home Depot (The), Inc.   186,248 
9,701  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   190,140 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
1,882  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.  $372,128 
2,348  Murphy USA, Inc.   548,493 
3,660  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   137,799 
1,389  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   842,498 
5,166  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   362,653 
2,137  Sleep Number Corp. (a)   86,677 
4,078  Tractor Supply Co.   821,513 
1,943  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   253,523 
       6,939,891 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.0%     
5,451  Apple, Inc.   859,350 
7,768  Avid Technology, Inc. (a)   246,323 
13,296  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   389,573 
4,235  Seagate Technology Holdings PLC   347,440 
       1,842,686 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%     
1,229  Crocs, Inc. (a)   81,642 
343  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   91,152 
3,857  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   153,239 
1,378  NIKE, Inc., Class B   171,837 
5,608  Steven Madden Ltd.   230,265 
11,034  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   169,482 
       897,617 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%     
7,413  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   140,476 
2,177  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   260,718 
       401,194 
         
   Tobacco — 0.7%     
10,641  Altria Group, Inc.   591,320 
4,052  Philip Morris International, Inc.   405,200 
22,497  Vector Group Ltd.   286,162 
       1,282,682 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4%     
19,005  Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (a)   124,863 
9,360  Fastenal Co.   517,702 
5,443  GMS, Inc. (a)   260,992 
2,810  Herc Holdings, Inc.   359,174 
581  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   81,938 
1,845  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   922,555 
1,541  Watsco, Inc.   411,108 
       2,678,332 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.5%     
1,791  American States Water Co.   140,880 
1,120  American Water Works Co., Inc.   172,570 
1,828  California Water Service Group   94,818 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Water Utilities (Continued)     
7,346  Essential Utilities, Inc.  $328,807 
1,030  Middlesex Water Co.   91,619 
2,292  SJW Group   135,228 
       963,922 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%     
11,369  Gogo, Inc. (a) (b)   209,303 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   192,087,754 
   (Cost $187,846,382)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.6%     
794,209  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (d) (e)   794,209 
376,773  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.23% (d)   376,773 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.6%   1,170,982 
   (Cost $1,170,982)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 774,850  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (d), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $774,866. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $788,753. (e)   774,850 
   (Cost $774,850)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.9%   194,033,586 
   (Cost $189,792,214)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.9)%   (1,646,510)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $192,387,076 

  

 

(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 $1,465,483 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,569,059.
(c) This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(d) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(e) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $192,087,754   $192,087,754   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    1,170,982    1,170,982    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    774,850    —      774,850    —   
Total Investments   $194,033,586   $193,258,736   $774,850   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%     
13,886  BWX Technologies, Inc.  $720,961 
2,489  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   355,703 
3,749  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   797,562 
       1,874,226 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%     
6,944  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   737,106 
         
         
   Airlines — 0.6%     
19,338  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)   1,051,794 
25,012  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   275,382 
       1,327,176 
         
   Auto Components — 2.7%     
45,859  Adient PLC (a)   1,565,626 
38,448  BorgWarner, Inc.   1,416,040 
25,639  Gentex Corp.   752,504 
130,834  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co. (a)   1,742,709 
7,868  Lear Corp.   1,006,632 
       6,483,511 
         
   Automobiles — 1.3%     
37,962  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   1,383,715 
23,756  Thor Industries, Inc.   1,818,522 
       3,202,237 
         
   Banks — 7.7%     
35,027  Bank OZK   1,345,737 
11,941  BOK Financial Corp.   990,267 
12,778  Cadence Bank   319,961 
8,269  Comerica, Inc.   677,231 
5,331  Community Bank System, Inc.   343,316 
9,463  East West Bancorp, Inc.   674,712 
17,359  Eastern Bankshares, Inc.   332,598 
90,101  F.N.B. Corp.   1,037,964 
7,435  Glacier Bancorp, Inc.   340,226 
21,510  Hancock Whitney Corp.   1,006,023 
49,636  Home BancShares, Inc.   1,073,130 
4,578  Independent Bank Corp.   353,239 
34,678  PacWest Bancorp   1,140,559 
8,122  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   629,861 
18,298  Popular, Inc.   1,427,061 
16,168  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   1,057,064 
9,167  SouthState Corp.   709,893 
22,893  Synovus Financial Corp.   950,975 
32,162  United Bankshares, Inc.   1,069,708 
86,157  Valley National Bancorp   1,032,161 
8,047  Wintrust Financial Corp.   702,664 
17,111  Zions Bancorp N.A.   966,943 
       18,181,293 
         
   Beverages — 1.0%     
35,023  Molson Coors Beverage Co.,
Class B
   1,896,145 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Beverages (Continued)     
8,595  National Beverage Corp.  $378,868 
       2,275,013 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.2%     
16,494  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   368,476 
         
         
   Building Products — 1.3%     
16,347  Owens Corning   1,486,433 
19,384  UFP Industries, Inc.   1,499,740 
       2,986,173 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.1%     
13,437  Evercore, Inc., Class A   1,420,963 
81,077  Invesco Ltd.   1,490,195 
56,914  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   1,750,675 
32,515  Lazard Ltd., Class A   1,065,517 
12,420  SEI Investments Co.   692,042 
16,520  Stifel Financial Corp.   1,021,762 
       7,441,154 
         
   Chemicals — 3.6%     
7,599  Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.   797,667 
15,581  Avient Corp.   767,209 
15,212  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   385,928 
47,512  Chemours (The) Co.   1,571,222 
16,980  H.B. Fuller Co.   1,132,566 
49,844  Huntsman Corp.   1,688,216 
3,040  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   315,947 
15,152  Westlake Corp.   1,917,486 
       8,576,241 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%     
3,348  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   351,306 
         
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.5%     
6,640  EMCOR Group, Inc.   707,027 
12,878  MasTec, Inc. (a)   927,345 
56,125  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   1,445,780 
1,568  Valmont Industries, Inc.   390,134 
       3,470,286 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.0%     
31,548  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   1,449,000 
61,098  SLM Corp.   1,022,169 
       2,471,169 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.9%     
3,183  AptarGroup, Inc.   365,504 
25,805  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   1,454,112 
18,658  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   406,744 
16,176  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   717,729 
31,802  Westrock Co.   1,575,153 
       4,519,242 
         

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%     
98,531  ADT, Inc.  $674,937 
         
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%     
22,543  Voya Financial, Inc.   1,423,365 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.5%     
67,567  Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (a)   1,783,093 
165,892  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   1,668,874 
       3,451,967 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.6%     
17,675  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   726,620 
3,240  IDACORP, Inc.   340,783 
38,990  NRG Energy, Inc.   1,399,741 
36,678  OGE Energy Corp.   1,418,705 
19,151  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   1,363,551 
20,340  Portland General Electric Co.   962,692 
       6,212,092 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.4%     
2,035  Hubbell, Inc.   397,557 
2,512  Regal Rexnord Corp.   319,627 
12,312  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   245,994 
       963,178 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.5%     
12,609  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   1,486,097 
46,059  Avnet, Inc.   2,010,936 
10,315  II-VI, Inc. (a)   631,381 
10,222  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   965,775 
18,173  Jabil, Inc.   1,049,127 
10,870  TD SYNNEX Corp.   1,087,978 
44,182  Vontier Corp.   1,131,943 
       8,363,237 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.0%     
35,999  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   917,255 
42,635  Physicians Realty Trust   730,764 
18,424  SL Green Realty Corp.   1,275,309 
16,251  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.   706,106 
25,584  STORE Capital Corp.   727,353 
8,250  Vornado Realty Trust   319,357 
       4,676,144 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%     
3,773  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   759,505 
         
         
   Food Products — 2.2%     
16,780  Campbell Soup Co.   792,352 
9,304  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   682,820 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
14,544  Flowers Foods, Inc.  $385,707 
4,290  Ingredion, Inc.   365,122 
2,506  Lancaster Colony Corp.   388,881 
10,798  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   803,263 
444  Seaboard Corp.   1,875,896 
       5,294,041 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.6%     
8,474  ONE Gas, Inc.   714,952 
14,329  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   1,262,528 
51,617  UGI Corp.   1,770,463 
       3,747,943 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%     
15,194  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   607,608 
3,101  Enovis Corp. (a)   201,162 
15,352  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   608,246 
       1,417,016 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%     
5,705  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   387,255 
2,170  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   277,001 
6,612  DaVita, Inc. (a)   716,542 
10,516  Encompass Health Corp.   723,816 
4,288  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   347,757 
42,026  Premier, Inc., Class A   1,521,762 
12,900  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   1,580,637 
       5,554,770 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6%     
26,444  Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)   967,057 
4,467  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   367,768 
       1,334,825 
         
   Household Durables — 5.3%     
1,910  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   409,714 
42,981  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   1,531,413 
23,599  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   1,948,098 
15,054  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   2,123,517 
34,928  Newell Brands, Inc.   808,583 
44,621  PulteGroup, Inc.   1,863,373 
39,763  Toll Brothers, Inc.   1,843,810 
10,820  Whirlpool Corp.   1,964,047 
       12,492,555 
         
   Household Products — 0.2%     
12,744  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   377,095 
         
         
   Insurance — 8.1%     
37,476  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   1,413,595 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
10,271  American Financial Group, Inc.  $1,422,328 
2,056  Assurant, Inc.   373,945 
24,734  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   1,418,000 
7,239  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   371,795 
5,729  Enstar Group Ltd. (a)   1,350,612 
2,123  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   340,274 
4,962  Everest Re Group Ltd.   1,363,111 
28,845  First American Financial Corp.   1,681,952 
11,150  Globe Life, Inc.   1,093,592 
7,502  Hanover Insurance Group (The),Inc.   1,101,444 
22,884  Lincoln National Corp.   1,376,472 
72,268  Old Republic International Corp.   1,590,619 
2,734  Primerica, Inc.   354,217 
10,249  Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   1,099,923 
3,381  RLI Corp.   388,071 
12,552  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   1,033,783 
47,468  Unum Group   1,448,723 
       19,222,456 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 1.5%     
25,805  Bumble, Inc., Class A (a)   619,062 
14,914  IAC/InterActiveCorp. (a)   1,236,072 
19,320  Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)   1,707,115 
       3,562,249 
         
   IT Services — 1.2%     
22,918  DXC Technology Co. (a)   657,746 
8,593  Genpact Ltd.   346,040 
9,977  Maximus, Inc.   727,124 
59,858  Western Union (The) Co.   1,003,220 
       2,734,130 
         
   Leisure Products — 2.6%     
18,491  Brunswick Corp.   1,398,104 
63,864  Callaway Golf Co. (a)   1,401,176 
9,128  Hasbro, Inc.   803,812 
67,342  Mattel, Inc. (a)   1,637,084 
10,652  Polaris, Inc.   1,011,301 
       6,251,477 
         
   Machinery — 3.0%     
7,682  AGCO Corp.   978,687 
28,573  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,069,773 
14,402  Donaldson Co., Inc.   706,274 
9,944  ITT, Inc.   698,268 
11,145  Oshkosh Corp.   1,030,244 
5,459  Snap-on, Inc.   1,159,983 
24,640  Timken (The) Co.   1,420,249 
       7,063,478 
         
   Marine — 0.6%     
15,500  Matson, Inc.   1,333,310 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media — 1.3%     
59,071  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)  $1,684,114 
67,525  News Corp., Class A   1,341,047 
       3,025,161 
         
   Metals & Mining — 3.1%     
44,922  Commercial Metals Co.   1,841,802 
10,196  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   2,021,357 
22,408  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   1,921,486 
49,539  United States Steel Corp.   1,510,444 
       7,295,089 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.5%     
85,630  AGNC Investment Corp.   940,217 
265,570  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   1,704,959 
35,287  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   1,060,022 
136,219  New Residential Investment Corp.   1,416,678 
30,940  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   707,907 
       5,829,783 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.5%     
30,923  Kohl’s Corp.   1,789,823 
76,748  Macy’s, Inc.   1,854,999 
       3,644,822 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.7%     
14,564  Black Hills Corp.   1,066,667 
23,518  NiSource, Inc.   684,844 
       1,751,511 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%     
21,490  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   1,762,610 
37,534  HF Sinclair Corp. (a)   1,427,042 
       3,189,652 
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
124,779  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   1,011,958 
         
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%     
32,114  Organon & Co.   1,038,246 
9,730  Perrigo Co. PLC   333,739 
       1,371,985 
         
   Professional Services — 2.1%     
9,612  ASGN, Inc. (a)   1,090,482 
4,258  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   347,581 
3,724  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   987,977 
2,378  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   375,034 
3,461  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   358,248 
7,961  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   718,082 
8,114  Science Applications International Corp.   675,328 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services (Continued)     
3,803  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)  $337,326 
       4,890,058 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%     
6,245  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   1,365,969 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.7%     
16,882  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   338,653 
37,051  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   1,774,372 
23,567  Ryder System, Inc.   1,647,333 
5,136  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   276,266 
       4,036,624 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.5%     
86,077  Amkor Technology, Inc.   1,619,108 
8,819  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   668,480 
17,861  First Solar, Inc. (a)   1,304,389 
       3,591,977 
         
   Software — 0.3%     
11,874  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   327,960 
4,781  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   370,384 
       698,344 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.2%     
111,286  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (b)   1,681,532 
18,773  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   2,175,978 
63,034  Foot Locker, Inc.   1,847,527 
79,672  Gap (The), Inc.   989,526 
4,985  Lithia Motors, Inc.   1,411,403 
19,948  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   2,090,949 
38,213  Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc. (a) (b)   735,982 
29,121  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   1,372,182 
       12,305,079 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 3.2%     
12,194  Carter’s, Inc.   1,027,223 
12,392  Columbia Sportswear Co.   1,018,127 
24,404  PVH Corp.   1,776,123 
6,594  Ralph Lauren Corp.   688,018 
45,870  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   1,756,821 
40,260  Tapestry, Inc.   1,325,359 
       7,591,671 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.8%     
45,368  Essent Group Ltd.   1,838,765 
137,980  MGIC Investment Corp.   1,802,019 
139,524  New York Community Bancorp,Inc.   1,289,202 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)     
84,180  Radian Group, Inc.  $1,800,610 
       6,730,596 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.9%     
41,872  Air Lease Corp.   1,686,604 
12,616  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   752,292 
8,776  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   727,179 
21,312  Triton International Ltd.   1,301,950 
46,537  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,355,158 
8,621  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   1,062,625 
       6,885,808 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   236,390,466 
   (Cost $249,952,959)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.5%     
1,135,198  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   1,135,198 
   (Cost $1,135,198)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 1,107,527  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $1,107,549. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,127,400. (d)   1,107,527 
   (Cost $1,107,527)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.7%   238,633,191 
   (Cost $252,195,684)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.7)%   (1,668,524)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $236,964,667 

  

 

(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 $2,109,635 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,242,725.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2021 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $236,390,466   $236,390,466   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    1,135,198    1,135,198    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,107,527    —      1,107,527    —   
Total Investments   $238,633,191   $237,525,664   $1,107,527   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Airlines — 0.7%     
102,247  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)  $1,919,176 
         
         
   Auto Components — 0.3%     
4,763  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   389,995 
29,847  Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   369,207 
       759,202 
         
   Banks — 1.0%     
19,582  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   1,572,826 
9,603  UMB Financial Corp.   865,998 
5,633  Western Alliance Bancorp   428,728 
       2,867,552 
         
   Beverages — 0.6%     
3,755  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   1,657,833 
         
         
   Biotechnology — 3.0%     
70,923  Alkermes PLC (a)   2,046,128 
27,544  Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,198,990 
11,804  Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd. (a)   1,052,563 
7,432  CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)   368,776 
35,093  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,400,211 
9,952  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   895,978 
5,971  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   431,823 
5,200  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   923,312 
18,137  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   369,088 
       8,686,869 
         
   Building Products — 3.7%     
14,603  A.O. Smith Corp.   853,253 
15,706  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   1,609,237 
4,249  Allegion PLC   485,406 
10,366  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   877,586 
36,141  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   2,225,201 
9,485  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   2,460,030 
6,281  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   447,521 
1,809  Lennox International, Inc.   385,661 
12,835  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   1,330,604 
       10,674,499 
         
   Capital Markets — 3.4%     
9,929  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   1,246,785 
28,715  Ares Management Corp., Class A   1,901,507 
8,154  Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   921,239 
21,725  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   1,687,815 
21,252  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   1,770,079 
7,078  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   421,566 
5,123  Morningstar, Inc.   1,297,297 
10,618  Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A   755,895 
       10,002,183 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals — 2.6%     
3,412  Balchem Corp.  $420,359 
85,205  Element Solutions, Inc.   1,756,927 
44,615  Olin Corp.   2,560,901 
11,456  RPM International, Inc.   949,702 
59,126  Valvoline, Inc.   1,787,379 
       7,475,268 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.8%     
21,289  Casella Waste Systems, Inc.,
Class A (a)
   1,750,807 
53,253  Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,485,226 
12,197  IAA, Inc. (a)   447,020 
11,313  Tetra Tech, Inc.   1,575,675 
       5,258,728 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.1%     
23,083  Ciena Corp. (a)   1,273,489 
4,465  F5, Inc. (a)   747,486 
14,339  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,164,470 
       3,185,445 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.7%     
59,610  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   2,092,311 
         
         
   Construction Materials — 0.6%     
7,268  Eagle Materials, Inc.   896,290 
30,039  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   835,084 
       1,731,374 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.6%     
3,390  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   1,737,375 
         
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.8%     
34,834  Sealed Air Corp.   2,236,691 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.4%     
89,574  H&R Block, Inc.   2,335,194 
28,350  Service Corp. International   1,860,044 
       4,195,238 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
23,139  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   826,294 
         
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.6%     
9,857  Acuity Brands, Inc.   1,700,135 
23,695  Atkore, Inc. (a)   2,277,090 
32,611  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   685,483 
       4,662,708 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%     
12,094  Cognex Corp.   817,917 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
5,611  Littelfuse, Inc.  $1,286,322 
       2,104,239 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%     
95,282  ChampionX Corp.   2,010,450 
         
         
   Entertainment — 0.6%     
37,865  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   579,334 
36,975  Warner Music Group Corp.,
Class A
   1,100,746 
       1,680,080 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 10.6%     
7,030  Agree Realty Corp.   477,478 
23,308  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   923,230 
26,178  Apartment Income REIT Corp.   1,287,172 
72,298  Brixmor Property Group, Inc.   1,834,923 
34,735  Cousins Properties, Inc.   1,246,986 
17,932  CubeSmart   851,949 
6,885  EastGroup Properties, Inc.   1,290,938 
7,644  Federal Realty Investment Trust   894,807 
22,605  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.   1,311,090 
19,881  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   882,319 
20,398  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   833,054 
42,096  Iron Mountain, Inc.   2,261,818 
24,418  Kilroy Realty Corp.   1,709,260 
40,975  Kite Realty Group Trust   913,743 
12,046  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   1,329,999 
9,966  Life Storage, Inc.   1,320,395 
89,141  LXP Industrial Trust   1,118,720 
44,134  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   811,624 
10,381  National Retail Properties, Inc.   455,103 
22,299  National Storage Affiliates Trust   1,262,123 
2,776  PS Business Parks, Inc.   519,667 
34,035  Rayonier, Inc.   1,470,312 
13,078  Regency Centers Corp.   900,159 
18,763  Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.   1,464,265 
25,143  Ryman Hospitality Properties,
Inc. (a)
   2,350,368 
11,282  STAG Industrial, Inc.   421,044 
12,599  Terreno Realty Corp.   916,577 
       31,059,123 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%     
70,151  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   2,194,323 
34,500  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,220,075 
       4,414,398 
         
   Food Products — 0.1%     
4,545  Freshpet, Inc. (a)   424,276 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Gas Utilities — 0.8%     
33,953  National Fuel Gas Co.  $2,381,124 
         
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.6%     
2,816  ABIOMED, Inc. (a)   807,009 
12,562  CONMED Corp.   1,670,244 
18,968  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   1,256,061 
14,519  Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corp. (a)
   887,982 
3,603  Omnicell, Inc. (a)   393,340 
8,999  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   1,360,019 
12,034  Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)   1,161,040 
       7,535,695 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%     
22,357  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   2,185,397 
2,763  Chemed Corp.   1,357,710 
17,355  Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)   313,952 
81,670  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   2,440,300 
52,298  R1 RCM, Inc. (a)   1,177,751 
27,134  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   1,967,486 
       9,442,596 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.5%     
7,269  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,495,669 
         
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.7%     
35,459  Boyd Gaming Corp.   2,148,106 
13,163  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   1,848,875 
6,311  Churchill Downs, Inc.   1,280,754 
15,881  Light & Wonder, Inc. (a)   890,289 
8,862  Papa John’s International, Inc.   806,885 
16,566  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   1,325,777 
31,334  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   2,113,165 
63,700  Wendy’s (The) Co.   1,258,712 
22,033  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,938,023 
       13,610,586 
         
   Household Durables — 0.9%     
34,002  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   1,735,462 
16,708  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   452,954 
2,572  TopBuild Corp. (a)   465,892 
       2,654,308 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5%     
51,109  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   1,560,358 
         
         
   Insurance — 1.1%     
10,229  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   2,267,667 
15,704  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   999,089 
       3,266,756 
         

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services — 2.6%     
11,203  Concentrix Corp.  $1,764,248 
8,064  DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (a)   317,964 
13,025  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,773,354 
22,294  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   1,801,578 
9,469  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   1,795,133 
       7,452,277 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.1%     
7,778  YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)   380,111 
         
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.1%     
7,255  Bruker Corp.   417,090 
26,454  Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   812,931 
2,852  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   380,942 
21,537  Sotera Health Co. (a)   438,924 
17,289  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   1,263,653 
       3,313,540 
         
   Machinery — 3.3%     
17,234  Crane Co.   1,658,428 
39,719  Evoqua Water Technologies
Corp. (a)
   1,655,885 
22,471  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   1,571,622 
13,382  Graco, Inc.   829,951 
8,536  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   1,313,605 
4,109  Nordson Corp.   886,270 
10,914  Toro (The) Co.   874,539 
6,684  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   851,943 
       9,642,243 
         
   Media — 0.8%     
319  Cable One, Inc.   372,018 
12,376  Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   1,960,606 
       2,332,624 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.4%     
25,908  Alcoa Corp.   1,756,562 
72,416  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   1,845,884 
40,679  MP Materials Corp. (a)   1,547,429 
13,208  Royal Gold, Inc.   1,723,380 
       6,873,255 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
8,691  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   2,640,413 
         
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 11.1%     
128,749  Antero Midstream Corp.   1,322,252 
76,401  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   2,689,315 
56,436  APA Corp.   2,309,926 
39,064  Civitas Resources, Inc.   2,289,932 
23,576  Enviva, Inc.   1,988,400 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
67,785  EQT Corp.  $2,694,454 
98,626  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A   2,292,068 
44,027  Matador Resources Co.   2,149,398 
57,749  Murphy Oil Corp.   2,199,082 
43,139  Ovintiv, Inc.   2,208,285 
32,093  PDC Energy, Inc.   2,238,166 
76,778  Range Resources Corp. (a)   2,298,733 
59,885  SM Energy Co.   2,127,714 
30,907  Targa Resources Corp.   2,268,883 
1,035  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   1,414,431 
       32,491,039 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%     
30,039  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   1,938,116 
         
         
   Personal Products — 0.1%     
15,365  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   408,402 
         
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%     
6,932  Arvinas, Inc. (a)   381,052 
38,119  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   1,929,203 
       2,310,255 
         
   Professional Services — 1.3%     
53,253  Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a)   840,865 
8,635  Exponent, Inc.   827,319 
20,428  Robert Half International, Inc.   2,008,277 
       3,676,461 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%     
22,036  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (b)   295,062 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 2.4%     
2,344  AMERCO   1,255,165 
8,859  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   2,371,289 
12,372  Landstar System, Inc.   1,916,423 
12,148  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   396,025 
5,740  Saia, Inc. (a)   1,182,210 
       7,121,112 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.2%     
16,426  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   399,316 
21,451  Diodes, Inc. (a)   1,566,567 
15,308  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   735,396 
31,979  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   1,530,835 
9,330  MKS Instruments, Inc.   1,063,433 
21,475  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   1,527,732 
20,134  Power Integrations, Inc.   1,610,720 
6,727  Semtech Corp. (a)   400,929 
3,105  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   418,896 
7,530  SiTime Corp. (a)   1,269,332 
4,677  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   694,254 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)     
2,795  Universal Display Corp.  $357,005 
8,195  Wolfspeed, Inc. (a)   751,563 
       12,325,978 
         
   Software — 7.7%     
8,463  Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)   1,341,724 
80,265  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   2,457,714 
28,749  CDK Global, Inc.   1,564,233 
69,836  Datto Holding Corp. (a)   2,423,309 
10,648  Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)   337,009 
40,129  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   872,806 
18,800  Envestnet, Inc. (a)   1,497,232 
3,000  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   1,120,530 
26,803  Jamf Holding Corp. (a)   825,532 
3,363  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   439,040 
17,394  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   435,372 
2,267  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   429,891 
4,330  PTC, Inc. (a)   494,529 
13,103  Qualys, Inc. (a)   1,785,677 
12,581  Rapid7, Inc. (a)   1,201,737 
7,111  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   850,689 
32,289  Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,783,322 
9,813  Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)   423,922 
7,907  Workiva, Inc. (a)   763,105 
11,635  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   1,419,935 
       22,467,308 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.8%     
18,657  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   1,798,908 
5,891  Five Below, Inc. (a)   925,476 
5,759  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.,
Class A (a)
   459,108 
8,402  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   1,050,838 
48,193  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   944,583 
11,665  Murphy USA, Inc.   2,724,944 
25,667  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   1,801,823 
9,651  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   1,259,262 
       10,964,942 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.7%     
66,058  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   1,935,499 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%     
6,106  Crocs, Inc. (a)   405,622 
1,704  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   452,838 
54,818  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   842,004 
       1,700,464 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.4%     
10,813  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   1,294,965 
         
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4%     
13,960  Herc Holdings, Inc.  $1,784,367 
2,885  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   406,871 
7,656  Watsco, Inc.   2,042,468 
       4,233,706 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.6%     
36,495  Essential Utilities, Inc.   1,633,516 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   291,039,692 
   (Cost $293,704,184)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.4%     
1,072,303  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   1,072,303 
   (Cost $1,072,303)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 1,046,165  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $1,046,186. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,064,937. (d)   1,046,165 
   (Cost $1,046,165)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.6%   293,158,160 
   (Cost $295,822,652)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.6)%   (1,592,031)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $291,566,129 

  

 

(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 $2,000,700 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,118,468.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

  

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $291,039,692   $291,039,692   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    1,072,303    1,072,303    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,046,165    —      1,046,165    —   
Total Investments   $293,158,160   $292,111,995   $1,046,165   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%     
14,000  AAR Corp. (a)  $657,720 
17,182  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   553,432 
11,366  Moog, Inc., Class A   907,803 
       2,118,955 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.7%     
50,675  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   1,586,127 
19,625  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,352,948 
17,562  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,179,464 
       4,118,539 
         
   Airlines — 1.2%     
4,174  Allegiant Travel Co. (a)   647,763 
58,755  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   1,712,708 
25,899  Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   712,482 
       3,072,953 
         
   Auto Components — 1.8%     
96,474  Dana, Inc.   1,428,780 
13,063  LCI Industries   1,271,291 
28,110  Patrick Industries, Inc.   1,749,848 
       4,449,919 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
31,372  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   1,668,363 
         
         
   Banks — 16.3%     
30,904  Ameris Bancorp   1,288,697 
59,582  Associated Banc-Corp.   1,188,661 
36,959  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   1,248,475 
30,848  BankUnited, Inc.   1,158,034 
17,048  Banner Corp.   915,478 
34,445  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   852,169 
22,299  Cathay General Bancorp   893,967 
30,922  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   868,290 
14,331  CVB Financial Corp.   329,900 
19,614  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.   616,664 
17,503  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   881,276 
14,332  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   633,044 
22,464  FB Financial Corp.   865,538 
16,232  First Bancorp   608,051 
103,359  First BanCorp   1,406,716 
39,379  First Busey Corp.   884,846 
65,821  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   887,267 
58,831  First Financial Bancorp   1,203,094 
27,914  First Foundation, Inc.   620,249 
24,311  First Hawaiian, Inc.   573,983 
23,987  First Merchants Corp.   940,050 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
60,039  Fulton Financial Corp.  $910,792 
28,352  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   1,240,967 
57,655  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   1,469,626 
84,331  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   1,205,933 
9,527  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   645,931 
32,126  International Bancshares Corp.   1,278,294 
18,170  Meta Financial Group, Inc.   793,120 
16,834  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   614,609 
27,619  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   972,189 
73,860  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   936,545 
20,307  Old National Bancorp   307,854 
38,362  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   1,203,032 
2,531  Park National Corp.   298,278 
40,539  Renasant Corp.   1,207,657 
30,188  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   1,185,483 
9,498  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida   308,685 
51,719  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   1,234,532 
17,412  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   894,280 
45,292  TowneBank   1,248,700 
32,834  Trustmark Corp.   915,412 
9,557  United Community Banks, Inc.   288,048 
30,404  Washington Federal, Inc.   925,194 
39,466  WesBanco, Inc.   1,272,384 
       40,221,994 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.6%     
41,282  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   1,336,711 
2,956  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   274,494 
       1,611,205 
         
   Building Products — 1.1%     
23,232  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   879,099 
49,203  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   1,022,930 
41,873  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   941,724 
       2,843,753 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.0%     
154,097  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   559,372 
41,148  Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.   824,606 
29,298  Federated Hermes, Inc.   834,407 
8,936  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   258,072 
       2,476,457 
         
   Chemicals — 2.3%     
10,582  Ingevity Corp. (a)   633,862 
3,594  Innospec, Inc.   342,544 
20,500  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   1,304,005 
2,091  NewMarket Corp.   678,760 
10,099  Stepan Co.   1,031,209 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
35,374  Trinseo PLC  $1,678,496 
       5,668,876 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.7%     
14,727  ABM Industries, Inc.   710,872 
14,654  Brady Corp., Class A   655,766 
99,637  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,261,404 
8,978  HNI Corp.   319,976 
37,563  KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)   550,674 
3,679  UniFirst Corp.   633,892 
       4,132,584 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.4%     
31,105  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   958,034 
         
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.2%     
11,843  Arcosa, Inc.   633,956 
3,492  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   296,506 
10,142  Granite Construction, Inc.   300,710 
71,161  Primoris Services Corp.   1,649,512 
       2,880,684 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.1%     
4,729  FirstCash Holdings, Inc.   377,280 
24,673  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   653,341 
2,779  LendingTree, Inc. (a)   220,708 
79,580  Navient Corp.   1,264,526 
15,955  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   1,309,427 
47,133  PROG Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,247,610 
       5,072,892 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.6%     
20,844  Greif, Inc., Class A   1,264,814 
75,709  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   1,020,557 
99,190  Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.   978,013 
21,129  TriMas Corp.   624,151 
       3,887,535 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 2.3%     
22,821  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   668,883 
11,143  Frontdoor, Inc. (a)   344,430 
2,772  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   1,642,050 
6,982  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   670,063 
20,429  Strategic Education, Inc.   1,319,713 
27,466  Stride, Inc. (a)   1,079,414 
       5,724,553 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%     
38,324  Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A  $1,621,488 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%     
141,403  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   1,306,564 
         
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.4%     
14,897  ALLETE, Inc.   883,988 
         
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.8%     
9,093  EnerSys   595,228 
140,961  GrafTech International Ltd.   1,279,926 
       1,875,154 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.7%     
3,100  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   308,047 
78,731  Knowles Corp. (a)   1,458,098 
31,355  Methode Electronics, Inc.   1,398,746 
7,966  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   630,111 
8,289  Plexus Corp. (a)   672,569 
41,937  Sanmina Corp. (a)   1,714,804 
91,502  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,276,453 
86,482  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   1,611,160 
       9,069,988 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.0%     
48,360  Noble Corp. (a)   1,544,135 
218,348  Transocean Ltd. (a)   820,988 
       2,365,123 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.5%     
15,349  Acadia Realty Trust   321,101 
18,509  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   327,424 
23,524  Brandywine Realty Trust   274,525 
11,655  Corporate Office Properties Trust   311,072 
69,046  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   596,557 
6,080  EPR Properties   319,322 
63,436  Global Net Lease, Inc.   890,007 
11,987  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   279,057 
59,817  Industrial Logistics Properties Trust   966,643 
42,625  iStar, Inc.   717,805 
17,625  LTC Properties, Inc.   581,625 
21,268  Macerich (The) Co.   266,913 
11,489  National Health Investors, Inc.   592,028 
62,148  Paramount Group, Inc.   591,028 
39,375  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   633,938 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
28,236  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (a)  $345,891 
26,590  Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   640,553 
       8,655,489 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.7%     
4,217  PriceSmart, Inc.   335,041 
31,202  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   929,820 
32,795  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   1,407,889 
18,988  Weis Markets, Inc.   1,516,761 
       4,189,511 
         
   Food Products — 0.7%     
12,328  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   331,993 
9,669  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   324,298 
30,932  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   974,358 
       1,630,649 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.9%     
19,294  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   922,832 
18,898  Spire, Inc.   1,374,830 
       2,297,662 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%     
9,930  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   289,559 
4,128  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   310,302 
       599,861 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.5%     
27,160  Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)   1,490,541 
28,878  MEDNAX, Inc. (a)   534,820 
15,402  Owens & Minor, Inc.   546,617 
10,275  Patterson Cos., Inc.   316,162 
41,594  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   940,440 
       3,828,580 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.0%     
60,215  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,244,042 
289,755  Multiplan Corp. (a)   1,283,615 
       2,527,657 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3%     
10,820  Bally’s Corp. (a)   322,869 
45,480  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   1,000,105 
26,149  Brinker International, Inc. (a)   949,993 
5,712  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   633,975 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
6,774  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)  $308,217 
       3,215,159 
         
   Household Durables — 5.4%     
31,642  Century Communities, Inc.   1,668,166 
52,350  KB Home   1,697,711 
64,280  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   1,689,278 
17,354  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   1,626,243 
44,795  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   1,653,383 
38,220  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   1,692,382 
62,272  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   1,630,904 
84,415  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   1,744,858 
       13,402,925 
         
   Household Products — 0.6%     
33,253  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   1,376,009 
         
         
   Insurance — 3.5%     
8,058  Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.   344,882 
21,301  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   1,174,750 
67,559  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   1,630,874 
448,430  Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)   1,663,675 
23,854  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   950,582 
24,656  Mercury General Corp.   1,243,402 
44,467  SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)   279,253 
27,966  Stewart Information Services Corp.   1,443,046 
       8,730,464 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.8%     
15,407  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   517,059 
356,107  Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A   1,499,210 
       2,016,269 
         
   IT Services — 1.2%     
30,188  Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,654,302 
5,232  CSG Systems International, Inc.   321,611 
29,805  Rackspace Technology, Inc. (a)   294,772 
50,940  SolarWinds Corp.   630,128 
       2,900,813 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.4%     
16,840  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   686,061 
23,376  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   1,175,579 
47,494  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   1,673,214 
       3,534,854 
         

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery — 2.7%     
4,715  Alamo Group, Inc.  $596,164 
3,945  Albany International Corp., Class A   308,578 
8,544  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   333,216 
7,736  Astec Industries, Inc.   302,478 
24,829  Barnes Group, Inc.   833,758 
4,757  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   297,075 
20,090  Federal Signal Corp.   683,663 
34,877  Kennametal, Inc.   897,385 
25,744  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   309,700 
12,818  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   546,175 
6,733  SPX Corp. (a)   282,113 
4,221  Tennant Co.   272,592 
27,982  Terex Corp.   951,388 
       6,614,285 
         
   Media — 1.7%     
212,547  Advantage Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,069,111 
65,227  E.W. Scripps (The) Co., Class A (a)   1,073,637 
61,442  Gray Television, Inc.   1,137,906 
18,816  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   957,546 
       4,238,200 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.8%     
3,879  Materion Corp.   330,297 
32,972  Worthington Industries, Inc.   1,568,478 
       1,898,775 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.9%     
121,685  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   1,465,087 
140,786  Chimera Investment Corp.   1,410,676 
57,120  Ladder Capital Corp.   650,597 
105,153  MFA Financial, Inc.   1,498,430 
464,402  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   1,495,374 
19,694  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   302,106 
160,975  Redwood Trust, Inc.   1,561,458 
245,217  Two Harbors Investment Corp.   1,179,494 
       9,563,222 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.6%     
25,010  Nordstrom, Inc.   642,757 
15,783  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   758,373 
       1,401,130 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.9%     
22,100  Avista Corp.   896,597 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities (Continued)     
22,417  NorthWestern Corp.  $1,270,820 
       2,167,417 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.3%     
37,895  California Resources Corp.   1,523,758 
55,645  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   1,617,044 
55,281  Peabody Energy Corp. (a)   1,251,562 
50,150  World Fuel Services Corp.   1,214,633 
       5,606,997 
         
   Personal Products — 1.3%     
36,980  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   1,410,417 
20,841  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   888,660 
12,559  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   962,773 
       3,261,850 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%     
14,771  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   317,724 
10,291  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   287,119 
       604,843 
         
   Professional Services — 0.8%     
3,534  ICF International, Inc.   349,194 
15,366  Korn Ferry   944,087 
7,867  ManTech International Corp., Class A   632,035 
       1,925,316 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
108,103  Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)   1,184,809 
         
         
   Road & Rail — 1.8%     
76,355  Marten Transport Ltd.   1,327,050 
66,474  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   1,570,780 
41,344  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   1,638,463 
       4,536,293 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%     
57,266  Cohu, Inc. (a)   1,520,985 
12,877  SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   291,793 
       1,812,778 
         
   Software — 0.3%     
26,252  Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)   242,831 
18,783  Cerence, Inc. (a)   554,099 
       796,930 
         
   Specialty Retail — 5.4%     
10,580  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   1,943,652 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
41,044  Buckle (The), Inc.  $1,274,826 
35,701  Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A (b)   916,802 
10,100  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   1,758,814 
62,061  Guess?, Inc.   1,394,511 
15,292  Monro, Inc.   699,303 
39,612  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   955,441 
63,842  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   965,291 
39,875  Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A   1,696,681 
67,506  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   1,606,643 
       13,211,964 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.9%     
81,299  3D Systems Corp. (a)   921,931 
15,718  Corsair Gaming, Inc. (a) (b)   237,813 
26,212  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   1,103,525 
       2,263,269 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%     
34,313  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A   621,408 
11,026  Oxford Industries, Inc.   987,930 
14,744  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   292,226 
       1,901,564 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 3.0%     
14,616  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   553,654 
30,571  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   294,399 
37,116  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   1,669,106 
82,205  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,510,928 
31,863  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   1,547,267 
42,643  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   943,690 
21,403  WSFS Financial Corp.   857,618 
       7,376,662 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.2%     
3,241  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   339,300 
24,400  Boise Cascade Co.   1,844,152 
5,499  GATX Corp.   568,542 
15,580  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   552,778 
7,980  McGrath RentCorp   666,011 
26,636  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,355,240 
       5,326,023 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.3%     
89,780  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   1,644,770 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication Services (Continued)     
56,073  United States Cellular Corp. (a)  $1,613,781 
       3,258,551 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   245,886,381 
   (Cost $266,414,719)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
696,637  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 0.28% (c) (d)   696,637 
   (Cost $696,637)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.3%     
$ 679,656  BNP Paribas S.A., 0.24% (c), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $679,670. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 0.25%, due 09/30/25. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $691,851. (d)   679,656 
   (Cost $679,656)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.4%   247,262,674 
   (Cost $267,791,012)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.4)%   (986,931)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $246,275,743 

  

 

(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 $1,337,165 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,376,293.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $245,886,381   $245,886,381   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    696,637    696,637    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    679,656    —      679,656    —   
Total Investments   $247,262,674   $246,583,018   $679,656   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

  

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%     
31,819  Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)  $238,324 
         
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%     
13,107  Forward Air Corp.   1,270,986 
         
         
   Auto Components — 1.1%     
9,924  Dorman Products, Inc. (b)   979,697 
12,912  Gentherm, Inc. (b)   870,527 
12,181  XPEL, Inc. (b) (c)   527,072 
       2,377,296 
         
   Banks — 3.3%     
45,240  Bancorp (The), Inc. (b)   1,026,496 
30,726  Customers Bancorp, Inc. (b)   1,292,643 
8,779  Lakeland Financial Corp.   639,287 
6,177  Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   261,472 
48,110  OFG Bancorp   1,278,764 
6,264  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (b)   732,637 
12,114  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   633,320 
10,030  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (b)   696,483 
24,708  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   811,658 
       7,372,760 
         
   Beverages — 1.3%     
11,613  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (b)   603,876 
35,229  Duckhorn Portfolio (The), Inc. (b)   684,147 
18,718  MGP Ingredients, Inc.   1,709,515 
       2,997,538 
         
   Biotechnology — 6.3%     
38,939  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)   718,035 
67,669  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   479,097 
29,883  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (b)   723,467 
98,528  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)   915,325 
8,499  CareDx, Inc. (b)   258,710 
9,230  Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   281,976 
12,539  ChemoCentryx, Inc. (b)   231,470 
17,409  Cytokinetics, Inc. (b)   694,097 
87,001  Dynavax Technologies Corp. (b)   768,219 
36,999  Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   1,135,869 
56,037  ImmunityBio, Inc. (a) (b)   203,414 
13,378  Insmed, Inc. (b)   293,915 
101,879  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)   1,222,548 
15,143  Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   474,733 
42,427  Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (b)   1,115,830 
13,275  Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   120,670 
25,788  Prothena Corp. PLC (b)   751,978 
25,277  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   893,036 
10,504  Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   250,310 
12,323  REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. (b)   246,090 
5,570  SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (b)   239,009 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
24,867  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (b)  $624,908 
11,402  Veracyte, Inc. (b)   233,399 
16,766  Vericel Corp. (b)   477,831 
24,018  Xencor, Inc. (b)   599,970 
       13,953,906 
         
   Building Products — 0.8%     
5,641  AAON, Inc.   274,942 
10,899  CSW Industrials, Inc.   1,149,954 
34,930  Janus International Group, Inc. (b)   330,438 
       1,755,334 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.2%     
16,285  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   523,400 
42,386  AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (b)   815,083 
22,899  B. Riley Financial, Inc.   1,034,119 
14,010  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (b)   552,694 
62,005  Golub Capital BDC, Inc.   925,115 
4,068  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   278,983 
20,087  Moelis & Co., Class A   889,051 
33,888  Open Lending Corp., Class A (b)   462,232 
9,765  Piper Sandler Cos.   1,122,780 
10,152  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   669,930 
19,384  StepStone Group, Inc., Class A   496,618 
32,667  Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A   881,682 
3,930  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   696,239 
       9,347,926 
         
   Chemicals — 1.0%     
72,102  Amyris, Inc. (a) (b)   247,310 
41,528  Diversey Holdings Ltd. (b)   321,427 
3,708  Quaker Chemical Corp.   603,329 
11,234  Sensient Technologies Corp.   950,396 
       2,122,462 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%     
23,559  Brink’s (The) Co.   1,388,803 
10,077  Cimpress PLC (b)   508,989 
       1,897,792 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.6%     
14,934  Calix, Inc. (b)   596,016 
39,894  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (b)   240,561 
104,967  Extreme Networks, Inc. (b)   1,007,683 
108,777  Infinera Corp. (b)   836,495 
26,263  Viasat, Inc. (b)   966,741 
       3,647,496 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Construction & Engineering — 2.1%     
20,151  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (b)  $1,016,416 
17,998  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   1,519,391 
13,629  MYR Group, Inc. (b)   1,077,918 
9,615  NV5 Global, Inc. (b)   1,151,877 
       4,765,602 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.0%     
25,539  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (b)   1,476,409 
33,754  Enova International, Inc. (b)   1,262,400 
40,609  LendingClub Corp. (b)   619,287 
28,430  PRA Group, Inc. (b)   1,194,913 
       4,553,009 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.1%     
15,388  Ranpak Holdings Corp. (b)   232,051 
         
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%     
27,814  Coursera, Inc. (b)   523,181 
46,504  Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (b)   243,681 
       766,862 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
39,676  Compass Diversified Holdings   867,317 
         
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%     
9,658  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   564,993 
435,933  Globalstar, Inc. (b)   505,682 
       1,070,675 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.2%     
16,063  MGE Energy, Inc.   1,250,826 
25,633  Otter Tail Corp.   1,485,688 
       2,736,514 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.6%     
27,894  Array Technologies, Inc. (b)   182,148 
53,070  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (b)   984,979 
14,045  Encore Wire Corp.   1,584,417 
54,577  FuelCell Energy, Inc. (b)   222,674 
28,553  Stem, Inc. (b)   204,725 
4,456  Vicor Corp. (b)   269,677 
       3,448,620 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.4%     
10,956  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   838,353 
9,459  Badger Meter, Inc.   763,247 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
28,918  Belden, Inc.  $1,493,036 
       3,094,636 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 2.1%     
28,235  Cactus, Inc., Class A   1,409,774 
103,492  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   1,701,408 
48,110  Weatherford International PLC (b)   1,552,991 
       4,664,173 
         
   Entertainment — 1.3%     
7,146  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (b)   1,158,438 
104,788  Skillz, Inc. (a) (b)   214,815 
25,658  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   1,498,171 
       2,871,424 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.7%     
55,267  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   1,171,660 
43,301  Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.   895,898 
33,203  CareTrust REIT, Inc.   538,221 
9,612  Centerspace   886,803 
130,985  DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (b)   911,656 
30,313  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   577,463 
25,329  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   607,896 
23,699  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   650,774 
35,670  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.   972,364 
52,048  InvenTrust Properties Corp.   1,576,534 
14,192  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   1,265,359 
24,305  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   1,346,254 
48,638  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   906,126 
5,670  Safehold, Inc.   244,093 
76,699  SITE Centers Corp.   1,219,514 
93,143  Uniti Group, Inc.   1,154,042 
67,101  Urban Edge Properties   1,254,118 
54,232  Veris Residential, Inc. (b)   868,254 
       17,047,029 
         
   Food Products — 1.4%     
73,020  Hostess Brands, Inc. (b)   1,656,824 
33,772  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (b)   1,406,604 
       3,063,428 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.5%     
9,304  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   1,164,582 
         
         

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.0%     
14,361  AtriCure, Inc. (b)  $745,767 
20,474  Axonics, Inc. (b)   1,060,963 
9,006  CryoPort, Inc. (b)   203,175 
2,274  Heska Corp. (b)   249,776 
14,140  Inari Medical, Inc. (b)   1,141,098 
8,139  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (b)   1,004,108 
28,965  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (b)   1,923,566 
19,267  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (b)   1,194,747 
2,514  Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   537,066 
20,774  Outset Medical, Inc. (b)   724,597 
3,934  STAAR Surgical Co. (b)   224,592 
       9,009,455 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%     
28,372  1Life Healthcare, Inc. (b)   200,023 
39,976  AdaptHealth Corp. (b)   506,096 
60,741  Agiliti, Inc. (b)   1,199,027 
57,064  Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (b)   548,385 
13,221  Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   482,302 
79,452  Community Health Systems, Inc. (b)   609,397 
5,599  CorVel Corp. (b)   868,293 
39,444  Invitae Corp. (b)   209,448 
24,935  Progyny, Inc. (b)   958,751 
28,646  RadNet, Inc. (b)   558,597 
29,102  Surgery Partners, Inc. (b)   1,488,858 
       7,629,177 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.7%     
39,679  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (b)   1,091,966 
11,926  Phreesia, Inc. (b)   272,867 
9,213  Schrodinger, Inc. (b)   227,745 
       1,592,578 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%     
76,288  Everi Holdings, Inc. (b)   1,324,360 
13,720  Jack in the Box, Inc.   1,135,467 
32,992  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   1,450,328 
36,828  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (b)   1,409,408 
       5,319,563 
         
   Household Durables — 1.2%     
5,321  Cavco Industries, Inc. (b)   1,257,086 
7,584  Installed Building Products, Inc.   610,284 
33,419  Sonos, Inc. (b)   762,622 
       2,629,992 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products — 0.8%     
20,832  Energizer Holdings, Inc.  $631,001 
10,631  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   904,379 
1,716  WD-40 Co.   315,710 
       1,851,090 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%     
13,632  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (b)   235,425 
         
         
   Insurance — 0.2%     
23,885  BRP Group, Inc., Class A (b)   552,221 
         
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%     
37,731  Cargurus, Inc. (b)   1,233,049 
47,848  fuboTV, Inc. (a) (b)   181,344 
       1,414,393 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%     
23,871  Revolve Group, Inc. (b)   1,008,789 
6,885  Shutterstock, Inc.   521,332 
       1,530,121 
         
   IT Services — 4.3%     
14,348  BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1 (b)   256,399 
77,176  Cyxtera Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   928,427 
15,656  EVERTEC, Inc.   616,846 
22,328  Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (b)   310,806 
8,408  LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (b)   263,339 
11,642  Perficient, Inc. (b)   1,157,331 
21,284  Repay Holdings Corp. (b)   284,780 
112,129  Sabre Corp. (b)   1,173,991 
20,694  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (b)   1,085,607 
41,585  Switch, Inc., Class A   1,241,728 
11,428  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   843,501 
98,406  Verra Mobility Corp. (b)   1,380,636 
       9,543,391 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%     
9,046  NanoString Technologies, Inc. (b)   169,884 
         
         
   Machinery — 3.7%     
13,114  EnPro Industries, Inc.   1,222,356 
15,971  Helios Technologies, Inc.   1,072,932 
21,351  Hillenbrand, Inc.   871,548 
4,857  Kadant, Inc.   898,545 
8,163  Lindsay Corp.   1,103,230 
29,574  Mueller Industries, Inc.   1,601,432 
29,352  Nikola Corp. (a) (b)   210,747 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
41,804  Proterra, Inc. (a) (b)  $259,603 
35,492  Shyft Group (The), Inc.   903,981 
       8,144,374 
         
   Media — 1.9%     
463,021  Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (b)   1,139,032 
49,820  iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (b)   796,622 
23,797  Magnite, Inc. (b)   229,641 
45,740  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A   1,017,257 
54,076  WideOpenWest, Inc. (b)   1,084,224 
       4,266,776 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.5%     
20,412  Compass Minerals International, Inc.   1,206,962 
         
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.5%     
55,282  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   945,322 
6,628  Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   265,054 
       1,210,376 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.6%     
38,669  Franchise Group, Inc.   1,441,967 
         
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.9%     
11,661  Arch Resources, Inc. (a)   1,940,157 
27,116  Callon Petroleum Co. (b)   1,390,237 
198,520  Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (b)   1,536,545 
122,763  Comstock Resources, Inc. (b)   2,090,654 
20,390  Denbury, Inc. (b)   1,304,552 
75,926  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   596,778 
222,817  Kosmos Energy Ltd. (b)   1,506,243 
56,831  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.   1,419,639 
10,951  Oasis Petroleum, Inc.   1,452,760 
       13,237,565 
         
   Personal Products — 1.9%     
37,964  Beauty Health (The) Co. (b)   497,328 
36,511  elf Beauty, Inc. (b)   888,313 
18,195  Inter Parfums, Inc.   1,487,077 
7,504  Medifast, Inc.   1,338,414 
       4,211,132 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.0%     
32,930  Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (b)   1,483,167 
20,991  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (b)   1,565,299 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Pharmaceuticals (Continued)     
24,209  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (b)  $1,323,264 
       4,371,730 
         
   Professional Services — 1.5%     
38,172  CBIZ, Inc. (b)   1,599,025 
21,659  Kforce, Inc.   1,517,213 
13,527  Upwork, Inc. (b)   283,661 
       3,399,899 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 2.4%     
52,548  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   1,184,957 
30,411  Marcus & Millichap, Inc.   1,362,109 
100,631  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   1,222,667 
17,426  Redfin Corp. (b)   194,300 
27,043  St Joe (The) Co.   1,438,958 
       5,402,991 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.5%     
15,921  ArcBest Corp.   1,148,859 
         
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.9%     
30,972  ACM Research, Inc., Class A (b)   467,987 
21,210  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (b)   1,154,885 
22,439  FormFactor, Inc. (b)   855,150 
14,842  Impinj, Inc. (b)   731,117 
50,236  Rambus, Inc. (b)   1,251,379 
22,248  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (b)   693,470 
58,921  Veeco Instruments, Inc. (b)   1,350,469 
       6,504,457 
         
   Software — 5.0%     
24,969  8x8, Inc. (b)   228,966 
9,642  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (b)   588,933 
9,950  Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (b)   540,484 
13,184  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (b)   846,413 
5,169  Appian Corp. (b)   247,078 
14,214  CommVault Systems, Inc. (b)   867,054 
12,672  Domo, Inc., Class B (b)   524,874 
7,203  Everbridge, Inc. (b)   310,449 
14,782  InterDigital, Inc.   840,357 
12,873  LivePerson, Inc. (b)   291,187 
22,928  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   357,677 
647  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   229,148 
18,743  PagerDuty, Inc. (b)   535,488 
27,217  Progress Software Corp.   1,305,872 
5,099  Q2 Holdings, Inc. (b)   263,771 
30,271  Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a) (b)   306,948 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
18,427  Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (b)  $1,176,195 
7,998  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (b)   490,118 
36,999  Xperi Holding Corp.   577,184 
42,779  Zuora, Inc., Class A (b)   520,620 
       11,048,816 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.6%     
40,064  Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (b)   1,385,413 
40,661  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.   1,519,095 
16,901  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (b)   1,522,104 
21,645  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (b)   814,934 
12,637  Sleep Number Corp. (b)   512,557 
       5,754,103 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.7%     
45,943  Avid Technology, Inc. (b)   1,456,852 
         
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%     
22,808  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   906,162 
33,169  Steven Madden Ltd.   1,361,919 
       2,268,081 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.4%     
43,844  Columbia Financial, Inc. (b)   830,844 
         
         
   Tobacco — 0.8%     
133,061  Vector Group Ltd.   1,692,536 
         
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0%     
112,407  Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (b)   738,514 
32,189  GMS, Inc. (b)   1,543,463 
       2,281,977 
         
   Water Utilities — 1.2%     
10,594  American States Water Co.   833,324 
10,810  California Water Service Group   560,715 
6,093  Middlesex Water Co.   541,972 
13,554  SJW Group   799,686 
       2,735,697 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%     
67,242  Gogo, Inc. (a) (b)   1,237,925 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%  222,658,951 
   (Cost $248,695,316)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 2.6%     
$ 179,442  Bank of America Corp., 0.28% (d), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $179,443. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rate of 0.00%, due 11/15/32 to 02/15/42. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $183,031. (e)  $179,442 
2,805,243  Citigroup, Inc., 0.30% (d), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $2,805,266. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 0.00% to 7.50%, due 04/30/22 to 08/15/51. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $2,861,348. (e)   2,805,243 
2,805,243  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 0.28% (d), dated 04/29/22, due 05/02/22, with a maturity value of $2,805,265. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 0.00% to 2.75%, due 05/03/22 to 05/31/28. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is
$2,861,348. (e)
   2,805,243 
   Total Repurchase Agreements — 2.6%   5,789,928 
   (Cost $5,789,928)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.5%   228,448,879 
   (Cost $254,485,244)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.5)%   (5,667,230)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $222,781,649 

  

 

(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 $5,412,823 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $5,789,928.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(d) Rate shown reflects yield as of April 30, 2022.
(e) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     
Valuation Inputs    
       
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
4/30/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $222,658,951   $222,658,951   $—     $—   
Repurchase Agreements    5,789,928    —      5,789,928    —   
Total Investments   $228,448,879   $222,658,951   $5,789,928   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Style Funds

April 30, 2022 (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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