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First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the StrataQuant Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	First Trust Advisors LP
Website	www.ftportfolios.com
Inception date	May 10, 2007
Assets (mns)	$321
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	64 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	Bank of New York Mellon
Weighting	Tiered
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	119
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$27,802
Large cap (>$10bn)	50.6%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	47.5%
Small cap (<$2bn)	1.9%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	15.3 %
TESLA MOTORS INC	1.7 %
LENNAR CORP-CL A	1.6 %
TOLL BROTHERS INC	1.6 %
GAP INC/THE	1.5 %
LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC	1.5 %
MGM MIRAGE	1.5 %
MACY'S INC	1.5 %
LEAR CORP	1.5 %
BEST BUY CO INC	1.5 %
MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC	1.5 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	96.7 %
	BRITAIN	1.4 %
	IRELAND	0.8 %
	LUXEMBOURG	0.5 %
	CHINA	0.3 %
	SWITZERLAND	0.3 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

	Custom date range	Compare to
	thru

Standardized Annual Returns (thru December 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
24.2%	24.2%	5.9%	12.6%	7.6%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	1.10	84%
MSCI EAFE	1.02	59%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.66	42%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$45.50
30d moving avg.	$45.20
Annualized volatility	14.6%
Short interest (ETF)	0.2%
Short interest (Underlying)	6.3%
Relative strength (RSI)	61

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	30
Turnover	0.4%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.06%
ADV underlying (mns)	$24,920

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the First Trust Consumer Discretionary ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with FXD. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

FXD

Expense:

64 bp

ALTAR Score™:

7.7%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH FXD
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs FXD (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs FXD (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs FXD (%)
RCD	Invesco S&P Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary	41.1	40	24	8.2	+0.5
JHMC	John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary	36.8	40	24	5.6	-2.1
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	29.5	10	54	5.1	-2.6
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discrettionary	29.3	8	56	5.1	-2.6
XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR	24.6	13	51	5.3	-2.4
IYC	iShares DJ US Consumer Services	24.1	42	22	4.8	-2.9
IEDI	iShares Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending	22.0	18	46	4.8	-2.9
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail	20.2	35	29	8.5	+0.8
RXI	iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary	19.1	46	18	6.4	-1.3
FNK	First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX	18.0	70	-6	8.7	+1.0
ONEO	SPDR Russell 1000 Momentum Focus	18.0	20	44	6.6	-1.1
SZNE	Pacer CFRA-Stovall Equal Weight Seasonal Rotation	17.9	60	4	7.1	-0.6
PEZ	Invesco DWA Consumer Discretionary Momentum	17.7	60	4	4.2	-3.5
IEME	iShares Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment	16.8	18	46	5.7	-2.0
OMFL	Oppenheimer Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor	16.6	29	35	9.0	+1.3
IYK	iShares US Consumer Goods	16.4	42	22	5.9	-1.8
RVRS	Reverse Cap Weighted US Large Cap	16.0	29	35	7.3	-0.4
DEUS	Xtrackers Russell 1000 Comprehensive Factor	15.7	17	47	6.4	-1.3
JPME	JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Mid Cap Equity	15.7	24	40	5.7	-2.0
PY	Principal Shareholder Yield	15.0	29	35	7.7	0.0

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
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Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
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Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	First Trust Consumer Discretionary
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

SPECULATIVE

Deeply undervalued but risky. A rating of SPECULATIVE is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the top quintile (the top 20%) of their category, indicating exceptional appreciation potential. However, often these are narrowly-focused funds or in industries with structural issues, which may also make them very risky. Nonetheless they may still be useful as part of a well-diversified portfolio.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	19.2	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	2.3	x
Less: Expense ratio	64	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	7.7	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.58	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.55

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.