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First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the Defined Small Cap Value Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	First Trust Advisors LP
Website	www.ftportfolios.com
Inception date	Apr 19, 2011
Assets (mns)	$235
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	70 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	No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	262
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$1,699
Large cap (>$10bn)	0.0%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	32.8%
Small cap (<$2bn)	67.2%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	7.4 %
CROCS INC	0.8 %
ATKORE INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC.	0.8 %
NEVRO CORP	0.8 %
INSTALLED BUILDING PRODUCTS	0.8 %
FORMFACTOR INC	0.7 %
INPHI CORP	0.7 %
SPX CORP	0.7 %
BOOT BARN HOLDINGS, INC.	0.7 %
DIODES INC	0.7 %
TAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	0.7 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	97.3 %
	BERMUDA	1.3 %
	PUERTO RICO	1.1 %
	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0.2 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru October 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
11.5%	-1.1%	9.0%	--	9.3%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	1.21	67%
MSCI EAFE	0.85	28%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.50	16%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$45.14
30d moving avg.	$44.20
Annualized volatility	17.9%
Short interest (ETF)	0.0%
Short interest (Underlying)	5.6%
Relative strength (RSI)	68

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	39
Turnover	0.8%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.15%
ADV underlying (mns)	$4,024

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

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

Benchmark ticker:

FYC

Expense:

70 bp

ALTAR Score™:

2.8%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH FYC
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs FYC (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs FYC (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs FYC (%)
FYX	First Trust Small Cap Core Alphadex	39.0	66	4	5.7	+3.0
RNSC	Small Cap US Equity Select	28.7	60	10	6.3	+3.5
DWAS	Invesco DWA Smallcap Technology	27.7	60	10	0.4	-2.4
PSC	Principal U.S. Small Cap Index	26.2	38	32	6.3	+3.5
SLYG	SPDR S&P600 Small Cap Growth	26.1	15	55	4.7	+2.0
IJT	iShares S&P 600 SmallCap Growth	26.1	25	45	4.6	+1.8
VIOG	Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth	25.2	20	50	4.6	+1.8
CSF	Compass EMP US Discovery 500 Enhanced Vol.	25.0	35	35	7.3	+4.5
PXSG	Invesco Fundamental Pure Small Growth	24.8	39	31	4.7	+2.0
IWO	iShares Russell 2000 Growth	24.2	24	46	0.9	-1.9
SLY	SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap	23.8	15	55	6.2	+3.4
IJR	iShares Core S&P Small-Cap	23.7	7	63	6.2	+3.4
VTWG	Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth	23.4	20	50	0.9	-1.9
CSA	Victory CEMP US Small Cap Volatility Wtd	23.1	35	35	7.2	+4.5
VIOO	Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600	22.9	15	55	6.0	+3.2
FAD	First Trust Multi Cap Growth	20.2	69	1	3.4	+0.7
DESC	Xtrackers Russell 2000 Comprehensive Factor	19.4	30	40	6.5	+3.7
EWSC	Invesco S&P Small Cap 600 Equal Weight	19.3	40	30	5.7	+3.0
DES	WisdomTree Smallcap Dividend	19.0	38	32	7.3	+4.5
GSSC	Goldman Sachs Activebeta U.S. Small Cap Equity	19.0	20	50	5.9	+3.1

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

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019E	2020E
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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
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

AVOID

Not worthwhile for most investors. A rating of AVOID is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the lowest quintile (the bottom 20%) of their category. Often, funds in this category consist of stocks with little if any history or expectation of profitability, and as a result our fundamentally-driven analysis may not be relevant.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	8.6	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	2.5	x
Less: Expense ratio	70	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	2.8	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.52	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.