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First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Airlines — 3.5%     
43,670  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)  $1,941,568 
51,024  Copa Holdings S.A., Class A (a)   3,838,536 
91,390  Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)   3,100,863 
128,926  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   1,036,565 
55,432  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   2,014,953 
       11,932,485 
         
   Auto Components — 2.3%     
108,893  BorgWarner, Inc.   4,086,754 
107,569  Gentex Corp.   2,849,503 
7,141  Lear Corp.   990,528 
       7,926,785 
         
   Automobiles — 6.4%     
381,604  Ford Motor Co.   5,102,045 
133,190  General Motors Co.   5,227,708 
98,027  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   4,215,161 
9,665  Tesla, Inc. (a)   2,199,174 
61,075  Thor Industries, Inc.   4,975,780 
       21,719,868 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.9%     
8,035  Copart, Inc. (a)   924,186 
152,753  Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)   4,885,041 
53,679  IAA, Inc. (a)   2,036,044 
49,295  Rollins, Inc.   2,074,334 
       9,919,605 
         
   Distributors — 1.5%     
28,624  Genuine Parts Co.   5,091,065 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.5%     
31,178  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   3,137,442 
99,625  Mister Car Wash, Inc. (a) (b)   879,689 
14,801  Service Corp. International   897,088 
       4,914,219 
         
   Entertainment — 3.8%     
14,777  Electronic Arts, Inc.   1,861,311 
29,226  Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C (a)   1,687,217 
22,484  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,789,951 
6,253  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.   979,282 
91,030  Playtika Holding Corp. (a)   860,234 
9,064  Walt Disney (The) Co. (a)   965,679 
60,909  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   4,805,111 
       12,948,785 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%     
58,702  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)  $4,543,535 
7,237  Costco Wholesale Corp.   3,629,355 
       8,172,890 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 13.6%     
71,755  Boyd Gaming Corp.   4,144,569 
1,706  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   2,556,151 
15,611  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   2,026,932 
4,645  Churchill Downs, Inc.   965,742 
33,832  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   4,842,713 
56,458  DraftKings, Inc., Class A (a)   892,036 
9,122  Expedia Group, Inc. (a)   852,633 
28,348  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   3,834,350 
45,562  Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)   1,731,812 
24,396  Marriott International, Inc., Class A   3,906,044 
14,030  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.   2,073,073 
3,704  McDonald’s Corp.   1,009,933 
143,806  MGM Resorts International   5,115,179 
75,248  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   1,270,939 
93,216  Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)   3,085,450 
30,433  Starbucks Corp.   2,635,193 
3,962  Vail Resorts, Inc.   868,193 
45,735  Wendy’s (The) Co.   950,373 
13,936  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,058,160 
40,684  Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)   2,599,708 
       46,419,183 
         
   Household Durables — 10.4%     
63,458  D.R. Horton, Inc.   4,878,651 
31,933  Garmin Ltd.   2,811,381 
77,193  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   2,605,264 
57,330  Lennar Corp., Class A   4,626,531 
246,164  Newell Brands, Inc.   3,399,525 
858  NVR, Inc. (a)   3,635,989 
113,973  PulteGroup, Inc.   4,557,780 
70,822  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   1,904,404 
101,759  Toll Brothers, Inc.   4,383,778 
19,023  Whirlpool Corp.   2,629,739 
       35,433,042 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.8%     
116,142  TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)   2,743,274 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.8%     
12,676  Hasbro, Inc.   827,109 
180,529  Mattel, Inc. (a)   3,422,830 
17,873  Polaris, Inc.   1,815,897 
       6,065,836 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Media — 5.9%     
83,584  Fox Corp., Class A  $2,413,070 
66,781  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   1,989,406 
29,732  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   861,039 
226,288  News Corp., Class A   3,817,479 
20,495  Nexstar Media Group, Inc.   3,510,793 
13,547  Omnicom Group, Inc.   985,544 
224,473  Paramount Global, Class B (b)   4,112,345 
42,920  Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a)   2,285,061 
       19,974,737 
         
   Multiline Retail — 6.0%     
14,253  Dollar General Corp.   3,635,228 
12,560  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   1,990,760 
169,941  Kohl’s Corp.   5,089,733 
272,751  Macy’s, Inc.   5,686,858 
102,185  Nordstrom, Inc.   2,078,443 
16,565  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   927,640 
5,762  Target Corp.   946,408 
       20,355,070 
         
   Personal Products — 0.5%     
270,504  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   1,815,082 
         
   Road & Rail — 3.8%     
6,714  AMERCO   3,861,826 
11,512  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   2,722,127 
210,022  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,864,405 
96,768  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,571,126 
       13,019,484 
         
   Specialty Retail — 20.1%     
5,469  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   1,038,672 
41,958  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   4,460,555 
1,598  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   4,047,542 
52,440  Bath & Body Works, Inc.   1,750,447 
40,487  Best Buy Co., Inc.   2,769,716 
25,896  CarMax, Inc. (a)   1,631,707 
32,675  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   3,717,108 
18,629  Five Below, Inc. (a)   2,726,354 
36,500  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,678,005 
6,198  Home Depot (The), Inc.   1,835,414 
58,113  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   815,907 
19,923  Lithia Motors, Inc.   3,947,742 
13,656  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   2,662,237 
4,861  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   4,069,483 
43,419  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   4,846,429 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
153,192  Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc. (a)  $1,613,112 
10,421  RH (a)   2,646,205 
30,429  Ross Stores, Inc.   2,911,751 
68,803  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   4,960,696 
9,200  Tractor Supply Co.   2,021,884 
10,653  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   4,467,549 
88,062  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   3,311,131 
29,012  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   3,592,556 
       68,522,202 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 12.1%     
111,183  Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)   5,078,839 
52,177  Carter’s, Inc.   3,541,253 
38,107  Columbia Sportswear Co.   2,838,972 
10,939  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   3,827,884 
368,445  Hanesbrands, Inc. (b)   2,512,795 
3,060  Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)   1,006,862 
95,403  PVH Corp.   4,896,082 
40,256  Ralph Lauren Corp.   3,731,329 
134,743  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   4,639,201 
120,267  Tapestry, Inc.   3,810,059 
514,162  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   3,830,507 
57,156  VF Corp.   1,614,657 
       41,328,440 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%     
16,415  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   1,902,006 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   340,204,058 
   (Cost $392,494,335)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.9%     
2,457,419  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   2,457,419 
553,638  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
   553,638 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.9%   3,011,057 
   (Cost $3,011,057)     

 

 

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund (FXD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.1%     
$ 3,869,567  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $3,869,882. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $3,943,242. (d)  $3,869,567 
   (Cost $3,869,567)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.9%   347,084,682 
   (Cost $399,374,959)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.9)%   (6,535,410)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $340,549,272 

  

(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 $5,959,916 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $6,326,986.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $340,204,058   $340,204,058   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    3,011,057    3,011,057    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    3,869,567    —      3,869,567    —   
Total Investments   $347,084,682   $343,215,115   $3,869,567   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.4%     
   Beverages — 11.9%     
143,221  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B  $9,739,028 
170,194  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   10,186,111 
133,085  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   5,169,021 
397,343  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   20,038,008 
164,459  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   15,413,098 
87,599  PepsiCo, Inc.   15,906,226 
       76,451,492 
         
   Chemicals — 2.6%     
250,243  Corteva, Inc.   16,350,877 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 23.0%     
766,106  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   15,712,834 
47,078  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   10,955,521 
429,599  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   14,851,237 
326,888  Kroger (The) Co.   15,458,534 
554,961  Performance Food Group Co. (a)   28,880,171 
269,672  Sysco Corp.   23,342,808 
360,599  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   10,731,426 
759,095  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   27,706,968 
       147,639,499 
         
   Food Products — 47.9%     
237,023  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   22,986,491 
288,671  Bunge Ltd.   28,491,828 
101,170  Campbell Soup Co.   5,352,905 
438,289  Conagra Brands, Inc.   16,085,206 
288,261  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   22,622,723 
193,079  Flowers Foods, Inc.   5,543,298 
124,452  General Mills, Inc.   10,152,794 
86,490  Hershey (The) Co.   20,651,217 
104,910  Hormel Foods Corp.   4,873,070 
236,817  Ingredion, Inc.   21,105,131 
69,385  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   10,453,544 
273,736  Kellogg Co.   21,028,400 
285,884  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   10,997,957 
308,033  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   26,558,605 
173,887  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   10,690,573 
828,344  Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)   19,093,329 
290,997  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   26,311,949 
361,529  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   24,710,507 
       307,709,527 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 10.8%     
176,129  AmerisourceBergen Corp.   27,691,001 
149,957  CVS Health Corp.   14,200,928 
70,131  McKesson Corp.   27,306,908 
       69,198,837 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products — 2.4%     
66,729  Church & Dwight Co., Inc.  $4,946,621 
37,759  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   5,085,004 
183,280  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   5,597,371 
       15,628,996 
         
   Tobacco — 0.8%     
57,428  Philip Morris International, Inc.   5,274,762 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.4%   638,253,990 
   (Cost $614,270,401)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.0%     
131,368  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (b)
   131,368 
   (Cost $131,368)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.4%   638,385,358 
   (Cost $614,401,769)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.6%   3,855,751 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $642,241,109 

   

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.

 

 

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund (FXG)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $638,253,990   $638,253,990   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    131,368    131,368    —      —   
Total Investments   $638,385,358   $638,385,358   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund (FXN)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Electrical Equipment — 1.2%     
934,273  ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)  $13,061,137 
656,354  Plug Power, Inc. (b)   10,488,537 
       23,549,674 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.0%     
560,125  Halliburton Co.   20,399,753 
852,296  NOV, Inc.   19,091,430 
384,112  Schlumberger N.V.   19,985,347 
       59,476,530 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 91.9%     
3,004,354  Antero Midstream Corp.   31,996,370 
2,258,439  Antero Resources Corp. (b)   82,794,374 
806,668  APA Corp.   36,671,127 
415,580  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   73,312,468 
585,511  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   59,880,210 
287,950  Chevron Corp.   52,090,155 
404,243  ConocoPhillips   50,971,000 
825,626  Continental Resources, Inc.   61,071,555 
2,639,743  Coterra Energy, Inc.   82,175,200 
1,146,690  Devon Energy Corp.   88,696,471 
572,381  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   89,926,779 
531,508  DT Midstream, Inc.   31,731,028 
229,594  Enviva, Inc.   13,738,905 
370,270  EOG Resources, Inc.   50,549,260 
315,881  Exxon Mobil Corp.   35,002,774 
379,568  Hess Corp.   53,549,453 
1,024,518  HF Sinclair Corp.   62,669,766 
1,657,453  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   30,033,048 
3,053,578  Marathon Oil Corp.   92,981,450 
277,656  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   31,547,275 
1,261,950  New Fortress Energy, Inc.   69,495,586 
1,122,049  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   81,460,757 
538,246  ONEOK, Inc.   31,928,753 
1,199,121  Ovintiv, Inc.   60,735,479 
1,193,125  PDC Energy, Inc.   86,072,038 
512,510  Phillips 66   53,449,668 
191,053  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   48,987,900 
1,091,850  Range Resources Corp.   31,095,888 
9,013,062  Southwestern Energy Co. (b)   62,460,520 
914,157  Targa Resources Corp.   62,500,914 
23,277  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   53,627,182 
387,180  Valero Energy Corp.   48,610,449 
481,673  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   15,765,157 
       1,817,578,959 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.9%     
198,800  Enphase Energy, Inc. (b)   61,031,600 
104,251  First Solar, Inc. (b)   15,175,818 
       76,207,418 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%  $1,976,812,581 
   (Cost $1,591,870,925)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
4,183,983  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   4,183,983 
279,893  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
   279,893 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.2%   4,463,876 
   (Cost $4,463,876)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.3%     
$ 6,588,297  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $6,588,833. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $6,713,736. (d)   6,588,297 
   (Cost $6,588,297)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.5%   1,987,864,754 
   (Cost $1,602,923,098)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.5)%   (9,606,849)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,978,257,905 

 

(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $10,912,788 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $10,772,280. The collateral requirements are determined at the beginning of each business day based on the market value of the loaned securities from the end of the prior day. On October 31, 2022, the last business day of the period, there was sufficient collateral based on the end of day market value from the prior business day; however, as a result of market movement from October 28 to October 31, the value of the related securities loaned was above the collateral value received.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 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 October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,976,812,581   $1,976,812,581   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    4,463,876    4,463,876    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    6,588,297    —      6,588,297    —   
Total Investments   $1,987,864,754   $1,981,276,457   $6,588,297   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

  

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Banks — 21.6%     
227,758  Bank of America Corp.  $8,208,398 
260,805  Bank OZK   11,209,399 
77,404  BOK Financial Corp.   8,529,147 
330,132  Citigroup, Inc.   15,139,853 
200,182  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   8,187,444 
48,370  Comerica, Inc.   3,410,085 
51,224  East West Bancorp, Inc.   3,666,102 
592,955  F.N.B. Corp.   8,568,200 
215,217  Fifth Third Bancorp   7,681,095 
21,565  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   17,729,018 
139,631  First Hawaiian, Inc.   3,571,761 
521,871  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   7,922,002 
98,728  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   12,427,880 
644,033  KeyCorp   11,508,870 
608,695  PacWest Bancorp   15,132,158 
42,407  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   3,519,357 
46,031  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   7,449,197 
143,180  Popular, Inc.   10,125,689 
103,151  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   7,382,517 
342,714  Regions Financial Corp.   7,522,572 
68,328  Signature Bank   10,832,038 
10,240  SVB Financial Group (a)   2,365,030 
183,374  Synovus Financial Corp.   7,307,454 
236,963  Truist Financial Corp.   10,613,573 
170,593  U.S. Bancorp   7,241,673 
342,032  Wells Fargo & Co.   15,730,052 
104,630  Western Alliance Bancorp   7,027,997 
42,170  Wintrust Financial Corp.   3,947,955 
67,619  Zions Bancorp N.A.   3,512,131 
       247,468,647 
         
   Capital Markets — 30.3%     
153,736  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   19,087,862 
27,298  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   8,438,358 
55,514  Ares Management Corp., Class A   4,209,627 
357,129  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   15,038,702 
6,252  BlackRock, Inc.   4,038,229 
665,467  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   18,819,407 
143,556  Charles Schwab (The) Corp.   11,437,106 
209,066  Evercore, Inc., Class A   21,972,837 
17,193  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   7,315,450 
799,054  Franklin Resources, Inc.   18,737,816 
46,945  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   16,173,022 
1,255,159  Invesco Ltd.   19,229,036 
846,663  Janus Henderson Group PLC   19,278,516 
466,323  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   16,046,174 
324,143  Lazard Ltd., Class A   12,223,432 
78,706  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   20,121,189 
87,057  Morgan Stanley   7,153,474 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
40,196  Northern Trust Corp.  $3,390,533 
174,012  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   20,557,778 
11,266  S&P Global, Inc.   3,619,202 
280,459  SEI Investments Co.   15,228,924 
226,223  State Street Corp.   16,740,502 
265,007  Stifel Financial Corp.   16,395,983 
163,751  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   17,383,806 
662,329  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   14,822,923 
       347,459,888 
         
   Consumer Finance — 7.5%     
617,885  Ally Financial, Inc.   17,028,910 
31,408  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   14,624,193 
151,304  Discover Financial Services   15,805,216 
582,510  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   22,461,586 
737,484  SLM Corp.   12,234,859 
165,421  Upstart Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   3,834,459 
       85,989,223 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%     
261,033  Equitable Holdings, Inc.   7,992,830 
56,847  Voya Financial, Inc.   3,886,061 
       11,878,891 
         
   Insurance — 29.9%     
183,582  Aflac, Inc.   11,953,024 
27,975  American Financial Group, Inc.   4,059,452 
362,169  American International Group, Inc.   20,643,633 
226,557  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   13,027,027 
80,345  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   15,030,943 
212,951  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   12,604,570 
209,915  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   11,476,053 
396,032  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   22,601,546 
113,727  Brown & Brown, Inc.   6,686,010 
37,816  Chubb Ltd.   8,126,280 
61,877  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   15,903,008 
39,316  Everest Re Group Ltd.   12,685,701 
380,015  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   14,964,991 
373,009  First American Financial Corp.   18,799,654 
34,493  Globe Life, Inc.   3,984,631 
26,838  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   3,931,499 
166,570  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   12,061,334 
156,643  Lincoln National Corp.   8,438,358 
207,013  Loews Corp.   11,803,881 
23,036  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   3,720,084 
657,264  Old Republic International Corp.   15,255,097 
142,999  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   12,602,502 
118,378  Progressive (The) Corp.   15,199,735 
40,092  Prudential Financial, Inc.   4,217,277 
24,494  RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.   3,788,732 

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
423,329  Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. (a)  $18,986,306 
67,349  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   12,423,197 
354,548  Unum Group   16,163,843 
53,253  W.R. Berkley Corp.   3,960,958 
34,232  Willis Towers Watson PLC   7,469,765 
       342,569,091 
         
   IT Services — 0.9%     
71,490  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   10,727,790 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.4%     
1,002,079  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   18,588,565 
2,349,137  Rithm Capital Corp.   19,803,225 
566,266  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   11,699,056 
       50,090,846 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 4.2%     
1,341,315  MGIC Investment Corp.   18,308,950 
1,612,726  New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (b)   15,014,479 
2,176,665  Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A (b)   15,018,988 
       48,342,417 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,144,526,793 
   (Cost $1,203,523,421)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.5%     
16,300,413  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   16,300,413 
1,074,620  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
   1,074,620 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.5%   17,375,033 
   (Cost $17,375,033)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 2.2%     
$ 25,667,398  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $25,669,487. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $26,156,095. (d)  $25,667,398 
   (Cost $25,667,398)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.6%   1,187,569,224 
   (Cost $1,246,565,852)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.6)%   (41,800,770)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,145,768,454 

 

(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 $41,315,086 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $41,967,811.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXO)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,144,526,793   $1,144,526,793   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    17,375,033    17,375,033    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    25,667,398    —      25,667,398    —   
Total Investments   $1,187,569,224   $1,161,901,826   $25,667,398   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

  

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Biotechnology — 23.8%     
40,057  AbbVie, Inc.  $5,864,345 
142,686  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   29,573,100 
47,702  Amgen, Inc.   12,896,236 
40,270  Biogen, Inc. (a)   11,414,129 
1,092,857  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   18,119,569 
174,291  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   13,674,872 
276,878  Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)   17,255,037 
322,689  Incyte Corp. (a)   23,988,700 
645,715  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   28,540,603 
241,522  Moderna, Inc. (a)   36,308,002 
490,734  Natera, Inc. (a)   23,044,869 
268,901  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)   30,955,883 
31,216  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   23,372,980 
258,368  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   29,459,119 
102,703  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   23,676,123 
74,269  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   23,171,928 
       351,315,495 
         
   Chemicals — 0.6%     
3,446,152  Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   9,407,995 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 21.2%     
177,098  Abbott Laboratories   17,522,076 
25,957  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   5,043,445 
99,815  Baxter International, Inc.   5,424,945 
40,743  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   11,138,729 
758,518  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   23,377,525 
466,768  Enovis Corp. (a)   23,081,678 
522,279  Envista Holdings Corp. (a)   17,240,430 
90,247  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   6,046,549 
333,292  Hologic, Inc. (a)   22,597,198 
35,697  ICU Medical, Inc. (a)   5,297,792 
46,870  Insulet Corp. (a)   12,130,425 
404,533  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)   20,327,783 
28,681  Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)   7,069,006 
121,394  Masimo Corp. (a)   15,975,450 
212,210  Medtronic PLC   18,534,421 
70,755  Novocure Ltd. (a)   4,999,548 
90,379  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   15,497,287 
399,552  QuidelOrtho Corp. (a)   35,887,761 
49,253  ResMed, Inc.   11,017,404 
32,331  STERIS PLC   5,579,684 
26,543  Stryker Corp.   6,084,717 
85,059  Teleflex, Inc.   18,250,259 
51,421  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   5,828,570 
       313,952,682 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 31.3%     
137,529  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   11,181,108 
918,189  agilon health, Inc. (a)   18,226,052 
55,543  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   5,420,441 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
138,183  Centene Corp. (a)  $11,763,519 
24,629  Chemed Corp.   11,498,541 
102,930  Cigna Corp.   33,252,566 
129,902  DaVita, Inc. (a)   9,484,145 
62,874  Elevance Health, Inc.   34,377,617 
475,436  Encompass Health Corp.   25,882,736 
99,870  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   4,943,565 
93,237  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   20,276,250 
326,958  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   22,383,545 
58,864  Humana, Inc.   32,850,821 
139,447  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings   30,937,711 
86,588  Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)   31,072,970 
633,589  Premier, Inc., Class A   22,099,584 
175,271  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   25,177,679 
979,759  Signify Health, Inc., Class A (a)   28,638,356 
332,222  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   14,737,368 
56,550  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   31,393,732 
323,883  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   37,528,323 
       463,126,629 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.3%     
177,895  Doximity, Inc., Class A (a)   4,708,881 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 9.5%     
88,457  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   12,238,026 
548,571  Avantor, Inc. (a)   11,064,677 
54,634  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   11,596,067 
66,344  Danaher Corp.   16,696,794 
210,575  Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   3,495,545 
89,355  PerkinElmer, Inc.   11,936,041 
415,116  QIAGEN N.V. (a)   18,082,453 
114,927  Repligen Corp. (a)   20,973,028 
456,076  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   22,977,109 
21,199  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   10,895,650 
       139,955,390 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 13.3%     
241,046  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   18,673,834 
148,590  Catalent, Inc. (a)   9,766,821 
1,380,821  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   18,213,029 
66,504  Eli Lilly & Co.   24,080,433 
40,333  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   5,799,482 
32,909  Johnson & Johnson   5,725,179 
249,698  Merck & Co., Inc.   25,269,438 
732,307  Organon & Co.   19,171,797 
150,757  Perrigo Co. PLC   6,072,492 
652,651  Pfizer, Inc.   30,380,904 
3,352,111  Viatris, Inc.   33,956,884 
       197,110,293 

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%  $1,479,577,365 
   (Cost $1,398,771,554)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
3,497,411  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   3,497,411 
358,538  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
   358,538 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.3%   3,855,949 
   (Cost $3,855,949)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 5,507,189  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $5,507,637. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $5,612,043. (d)   5,507,189 
   (Cost $5,507,189)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.7%   1,488,940,503 
   (Cost $1,408,134,692)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.7)%   (9,367,102)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,479,573,401 

 

(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 $8,939,112 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $9,004,600.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund (FXH)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,479,577,365   $1,479,577,365   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    3,855,949    3,855,949    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    5,507,189    —      5,507,189    —   
Total Investments   $1,488,940,503   $1,483,433,314   $5,507,189   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 6.3%     
29,570  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)  $4,300,661 
67,953  BWX Technologies, Inc.   3,871,962 
24,600  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   4,128,618 
16,130  General Dynamics Corp.   4,029,274 
71,315  HEICO Corp.   11,598,672 
221,325  Howmet Aerospace, Inc.   7,868,104 
80,358  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   20,657,631 
16,473  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   4,060,100 
8,864  Lockheed Martin Corp.   4,313,931 
21,828  Northrop Grumman Corp.   11,983,790 
41,813  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   3,964,709 
176,252  Textron, Inc.   12,062,687 
       92,840,139 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 4.5%     
184,805  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   18,059,145 
155,034  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   15,170,077 
92,212  FedEx Corp.   14,779,739 
292,878  GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)   10,701,762 
42,377  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   7,109,589 
       65,820,312 
         
   Building Products — 10.8%     
140,909  A.O. Smith Corp.   7,718,995 
143,110  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   16,583,587 
38,163  Allegion PLC   3,998,338 
86,398  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   6,529,097 
617,834  AZEK (The) Co., Inc. (a)   10,818,273 
302,079  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   18,626,191 
63,476  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   15,158,069 
192,509  Carrier Global Corp.   7,654,158 
255,003  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   15,381,781 
2,006,586  Hayward Holdings, Inc. (a)   18,560,920 
146,619  Masco Corp.   6,784,061 
226,412  Owens Corning   19,383,131 
70,910  Trane Technologies PLC   11,319,363 
       158,515,964 
         
   Chemicals — 2.3%     
162,523  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   3,790,036 
203,734  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   11,653,585 
30,925  PPG Industries, Inc.   3,531,017 
164,339  RPM International, Inc.   15,541,539 
       34,516,177 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%     
17,639  Cintas Corp.   7,541,554 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
26,628  Tetra Tech, Inc.  $3,762,004 
       11,303,558 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 6.1%     
150,188  AECOM   11,306,153 
107,800  MasTec, Inc. (a)   8,309,224 
375,443  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   10,692,617 
139,719  Quanta Services, Inc.   19,845,687 
66,259  Valmont Industries, Inc.   21,151,198 
441,318  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   18,769,254 
       90,074,133 
         
   Construction Materials — 2.8%     
127,739  Eagle Materials, Inc.   15,623,757 
31,879  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   10,710,706 
86,814  Vulcan Materials Co.   14,211,452 
       40,545,915 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.8%     
25,367  American Express Co.   3,765,731 
148,539  Capital One Financial Corp.   15,748,105 
631,372  Synchrony Financial   22,451,588 
       41,965,424 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 6.4%     
36,018  AptarGroup, Inc.   3,571,185 
294,246  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   13,923,721 
42,238  Crown Holdings, Inc.   2,897,104 
901,644  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   20,701,746 
121,925  Packaging Corp. of America   14,656,604 
162,835  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   7,711,866 
181,000  Sonoco Products Co.   11,236,480 
576,185  Westrock Co.   19,624,861 
       94,323,567 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
913,961  ADT, Inc. (b)   7,732,110 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 2.4%     
65,211  Acuity Brands, Inc.   11,970,783 
93,493  Emerson Electric Co.   8,096,494 
216,561  nVent Electric PLC   7,904,477 
24,386  Regal Rexnord Corp.   3,085,804 
91,813  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC   3,691,801 
       34,749,359 
         

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.9%     
65,257  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)  $11,364,507 
51,680  Littelfuse, Inc.   11,382,520 
10,147  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   4,038,303 
819,340  Vontier Corp.   15,649,394 
       42,434,724 
         
   Household Durables — 2.2%     
195,180  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   18,493,305 
83,088  TopBuild Corp. (a)   14,136,592 
       32,629,897 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%     
61,947  3M Co.   7,792,313 
         
   IT Services — 5.0%     
13,301  Accenture PLC, Class A   3,776,154 
45,399  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   10,972,938 
90,585  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   7,517,649 
73,159  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   7,516,356 
312,799  Genpact Ltd.   15,170,751 
37,554  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   7,475,499 
30,502  Paychex, Inc.   3,608,692 
230,180  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   10,581,375 
507,075  Western Union (The) Co.   6,850,583 
       73,469,997 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.0%     
209,186  Brunswick Corp.   14,783,175 
         
   Machinery — 17.8%     
142,364  AGCO Corp.   17,677,338 
304,155  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   12,850,549 
20,860  Caterpillar, Inc.   4,515,356 
156,401  Crane Holdings Co.   15,693,276 
33,637  Cummins, Inc.   8,224,583 
30,753  Deere & Co.   12,172,652 
279,580  Donaldson Co., Inc.   16,061,871 
58,721  Dover Corp.   7,674,248 
57,097  Graco, Inc.   3,972,809 
68,507  IDEX Corp.   15,229,791 
18,943  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   4,044,899 
104,772  ITT, Inc.   8,003,533 
108,904  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   15,464,368 
53,410  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   7,469,923 
16,122  Nordson Corp.   3,627,450 
146,088  Oshkosh Corp.   12,855,744 
160,947  Otis Worldwide Corp.   11,369,296 
122,697  PACCAR, Inc.   11,880,751 
28,247  Parker-Hannifin Corp.   8,209,143 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
252,433  Pentair PLC  $10,841,997 
67,997  Snap-on, Inc.   15,098,734 
136,529  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   10,716,161 
158,319  Toro (The) Co.   16,691,572 
84,148  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   7,849,325 
39,185  Xylem, Inc.   4,013,720 
       262,209,089 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 1.3%     
347,697  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   19,697,035 
         
   Professional Services — 3.7%     
192,726  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   20,978,225 
61,962  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   9,643,146 
211,643  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   16,580,113 
89,485  Robert Half International, Inc.   6,842,023 
       54,043,507 
         
   Road & Rail — 9.2%     
256,967  CSX Corp.   7,467,461 
87,524  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   14,972,731 
363,753  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   17,471,057 
123,286  Landstar System, Inc.   19,259,739 
16,328  Norfolk Southern Corp.   3,723,927 
27,522  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   7,557,541 
235,772  Ryder System, Inc.   18,982,004 
876,773  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   19,499,431 
52,704  Union Pacific Corp.   10,390,067 
307,529  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   15,911,550 
       135,235,508 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%     
215,371  MKS Instruments, Inc.   17,692,728 
         
   Software — 1.2%     
8,311  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   3,979,639 
56,668  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   13,135,076 
       17,114,715 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 8.3%     
441,504  Air Lease Corp.   15,580,676 
782,696  Core & Main, Inc., Class A (a)   18,455,972 
141,027  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   11,702,420 
50,688  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   16,002,708 
36,380  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   21,258,653 
69,131  Watsco, Inc.   18,731,736 

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
149,087  WESCO International, Inc. (a)  $20,539,716 
       122,271,881 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   1,471,761,227 
  

(Cost $1,533,758,590)

 

     
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
2,397,284  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   2,397,284 
1,104,727  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
   1,104,727 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.2%   3,502,011 
   (Cost $3,502,011)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.3%     
$ 3,774,877  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $3,775,184. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $3,846,749. (d)   3,774,877 
   (Cost $3,774,877)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.5%   1,479,038,115 
   (Cost $1,541,035,478)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.5)%   (6,531,801)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,472,506,314 

 

(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 $5,830,031 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $6,172,161.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,471,761,227   $1,471,761,227   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    3,502,011    3,502,011    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    3,774,877    —      3,774,877    —   
Total Investments   $1,479,038,115   $1,475,263,238   $3,774,877   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

  

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%     
192,018  Hexcel Corp.  $10,695,403 
         
   Chemicals — 50.5%     
42,667  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   10,683,817 
112,662  Albemarle Corp.   31,530,714 
104,574  Ashland, Inc.   10,971,904 
439,710  Celanese Corp.   42,264,925 
589,584  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   62,649,196 
1,208,631  Chemours (The) Co.   34,603,105 
904,240  Dow, Inc.   42,264,177 
419,312  Eastman Chemical Co.   32,207,355 
68,770  Ecolab, Inc.   10,801,704 
1,220,756  Element Solutions, Inc.   20,997,003 
187,910  FMC Corp.   22,342,499 
2,312,464  Huntsman Corp.   61,881,537 
218,674  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   21,344,769 
36,838  Linde PLC   10,953,779 
527,677  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   40,340,907 
821,917  Mosaic (The) Co.   44,178,039 
66,015  NewMarket Corp.   20,091,005 
926,385  Olin Corp.   49,052,086 
232,301  Scotts Miracle-Gro (The) Co.   10,664,939 
783,808  Valvoline, Inc.   23,012,603 
653,173  Westlake Corp.   63,129,170 
       665,965,233 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 4.0%     
122,081  Avery Dennison Corp.   20,698,834 
939,832  International Paper Co.   31,587,753 
       52,286,587 
         
   Machinery — 2.7%     
504,616  Timken (The) Co.   35,974,075 
         
   Metals & Mining — 38.7%     
1,180,131  Alcoa Corp.   46,060,513 
4,212,910  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   54,725,701 
1,090,103  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   34,545,364 
363,765  MP Materials Corp. (a)   10,927,501 
472,565  Newmont Corp.   19,998,951 
530,403  Nucor Corp.   69,684,346 
227,762  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   45,889,488 
211,704  Royal Gold, Inc.   20,103,412 
664,426  Southern Copper Corp.   31,208,089 
2,700,433  SSR Mining, Inc.   37,265,975 
799,824  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   75,223,447 
3,131,782  United States Steel Corp.   63,763,081 
       509,395,868 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.3%     
215,700  Fastenal Co.   10,424,781 
1,310,144  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   33,382,469 
       43,807,250 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   (Cost $1,557,809,351)  $1,318,124,416 
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.0%     
187,921  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (b)
     
   (Cost $187,921)   187,921 
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   1,318,312,337 
   (Cost $1,557,997,272)     
   Net Other Assets and  Liabilities — 0.0%   288,610 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,318,600,947 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.

 

 

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (FXZ)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,318,124,416   $1,318,124,416   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    187,921    187,921    —      —   
Total Investments   $1,318,312,337   $1,318,312,337   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
21,359  F5, Inc. (a)  $3,052,415 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
636,082  Vertiv Holdings Co.   9,102,333 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 15.7%     
184,669  Amphenol Corp., Class A   14,003,450 
176,046  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   17,826,418 
449,325  Avnet, Inc.   18,058,372 
79,225  CDW Corp.   13,690,872 
354,818  Coherent Corp. (a)   11,925,433 
559,257  Corning, Inc.   17,991,298 
192,408  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   16,481,669 
281,227  Jabil, Inc.   18,068,835 
430,038  National Instruments Corp.   16,418,851 
152,302  TD SYNNEX Corp.   13,937,156 
       158,402,354 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 3.7%     
101,806  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   9,621,685 
119,617  Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)   11,143,519 
417,930  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   10,281,078 
148,409  ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. (a)   6,608,653 
       37,654,935 
         
   IT Services — 18.8%     
121,237  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   10,708,864 
122,565  Amdocs Ltd.   10,578,585 
55,891  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   3,147,781 
282,549  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   17,588,675 
145,388  Concentrix Corp.   17,770,775 
662,975  DXC Technology Co. (a)   19,060,531 
34,141  EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)   11,949,350 
44,690  Gartner, Inc. (a)   13,492,805 
33,048  Globant S.A. (a)   6,235,497 
174,456  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   14,026,263 
52,039  International Business Machines Corp.   7,196,473 
36,378  Snowflake, Inc., Class A (a)   5,831,394 
258,962  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   13,315,826 
481,734  Switch, Inc., Class A   16,403,043 
582,403  Toast, Inc., Class A (a)   12,865,282 
17,797  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   3,567,587 
79,032  Wix.com Ltd. (a)   6,646,591 
       190,385,322 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3%     
72,127  Azenta, Inc.   3,202,439 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 7.5%     
47,366  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)  $14,400,685 
1,316,872  Clarivate PLC (a)   13,603,288 
785,938  Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.   10,099,303 
286,104  KBR, Inc.   14,239,396 
111,327  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   11,309,710 
110,119  Science Applications International Corp.   11,930,292 
       75,582,674 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 18.8%     
153,690  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)   9,230,621 
282,962  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   7,190,065 
69,885  Analog Devices, Inc.   9,966,999 
6,962  Broadcom, Inc.   3,272,976 
235,896  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   15,833,340 
629,787  Intel Corp.   17,904,844 
32,177  KLA Corp.   10,182,412 
125,639  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   6,094,748 
159,557  Microchip Technology, Inc.   9,851,049 
323,944  Micron Technology, Inc.   17,525,370 
8,507  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   2,887,701 
260,382  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   15,995,266 
204,378  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   17,592,858 
54,724  QUALCOMM, Inc.   6,438,826 
190,332  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   16,370,455 
164,543  Teradyne, Inc.   13,385,573 
62,914  Texas Instruments, Inc.   10,105,876 
       189,828,979 
         
   Software — 25.4%     
174,387  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   8,497,879 
13,944  ANSYS, Inc. (a)   3,083,855 
14,680  Atlassian Corp., Class A (a)   2,976,076 
33,098  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   7,092,901 
191,031  Black Knight, Inc. (a)   11,551,645 
75,662  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   11,454,470 
110,643  Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a)   7,323,460 
130,053  Confluent, Inc., Class A (a)   3,495,825 
52,574  Coupa Software, Inc. (a)   2,798,514 
18,757  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   3,023,628 
34,820  Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)   2,803,358 
94,900  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   6,343,116 
452,118  DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (a)   13,215,409 
298,394  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   6,490,070 
86,182  Elastic N.V. (a)   5,511,339 
62,922  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   3,596,622 
15,963  Intuit, Inc.   6,824,183 
92,952  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   11,309,470 
13,273  Microsoft Corp.   3,081,062 
181,258  nCino, Inc. (a)   5,706,002 
650,470  NCR Corp. (a)   13,828,992 

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
215,501  New Relic, Inc. (a)  $12,766,279 
306,987  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   6,916,417 
296,818  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   8,132,813 
59,453  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   10,201,540 
29,509  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   10,210,114 
124,954  Procore Technologies, Inc. (a)   6,829,986 
93,095  PTC, Inc. (a)   10,969,384 
8,596  Roper Technologies, Inc.   3,563,386 
120,945  SentinelOne, Inc., Class A (a)   2,762,384 
89,970  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   3,141,752 
40,475  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   11,840,961 
28,022  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   9,060,353 
20,309  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   3,164,548 
40,622  Zendesk, Inc. (a)   3,115,301 
132,325  Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   11,041,198 
18,807  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   2,898,159 
       256,622,451 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.5%     
44,737  Apple, Inc.   6,859,972 
180,940  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   6,948,096 
1,354,726  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   19,331,940 
496,205  HP, Inc.   13,705,182 
49,981  NetApp, Inc.   3,462,184 
592,971  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   18,299,085 
498,606  Western Digital Corp. (a)   17,137,088 
       85,743,547 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   1,009,577,449 
   (Cost $1,119,088,653)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.6%     
15,731,578  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (b)
   15,731,578 
   (Cost $15,731,578)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.5%   1,025,309,027 
   (Cost $1,134,820,231)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.5)%   (15,183,970)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,010,125,057 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.

 

 

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund (FXL)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,009,577,449   $1,009,577,449   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    15,731,578    15,731,578    —      —   
Total Investments   $1,025,309,027   $1,025,309,027   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.7%     
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 9.6%     
62,799  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)  $7,690,366 
126,931  Republic Services, Inc.   16,833,589 
107,776  Waste Management, Inc.   17,068,485 
       41,592,440 
         
   Electric Utilities — 52.5%     
130,343  Alliant Energy Corp.   6,799,994 
119,844  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   10,536,684 
331,269  Avangrid, Inc.   13,476,023 
148,503  Duke Energy Corp.   13,837,510 
183,109  Edison International   10,993,864 
137,272  Entergy Corp.   14,707,322 
232,556  Evergy, Inc.   14,216,148 
88,594  Eversource Energy   6,757,950 
368,761  Exelon Corp.   14,230,487 
280,011  FirstEnergy Corp.   10,559,215 
298,916  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   11,370,765 
69,763  IDACORP, Inc.   7,304,186 
451,197  NRG Energy, Inc.   20,033,147 
473,592  OGE Energy Corp.   17,347,675 
1,105,106  PG&E Corp. (a)   16,499,233 
267,668  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   17,989,966 
408,695  PPL Corp.   10,826,331 
50,789  Southern (The) Co.   3,325,664 
107,922  Xcel Energy, Inc.   7,026,801 
       227,838,965 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.6%     
125,169  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   2,817,554 
         
   Gas Utilities — 11.2%     
101,725  Atmos Energy Corp.   10,838,799 
280,542  National Fuel Gas Co.   18,933,779 
534,094  UGI Corp.   18,869,541 
       48,642,119 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 8.0%     
764,042  AES (The) Corp.   19,987,339 
105,674  Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A   3,279,064 
493,353  Vistra Corp.   11,332,318 
       34,598,721 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 16.1%     
85,750  Ameren Corp.   6,990,340 
367,648  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   10,518,409 
118,593  CMS Energy Corp.   6,765,731 
161,078  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   14,168,421 
49,974  Dominion Energy, Inc.   3,496,681 
30,015  DTE Energy Co.   3,364,982 
548,382  NiSource, Inc.   14,087,934 
23,032  Sempra Energy   3,476,450 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities (Continued)     
77,232  WEC Energy Group, Inc.  $7,053,598 
       69,922,546 
         
   Water Utilities — 1.7%     
26,531  American Water Works Co., Inc.   3,856,016 
83,456  Essential Utilities, Inc.   3,690,424 
       7,546,440 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.7%   432,958,785 
   (Cost $441,933,405)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
1,006,742  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (b)
   1,006,742 
   (Cost $1,006,742)     
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   433,965,527 
   (Cost $442,940,147)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   436,405 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $434,401,932 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.

 

 

First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund (FXU)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $432,958,785   $432,958,785   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    1,006,742    1,006,742    —      —   
Total Investments   $433,965,527   $433,965,527   $—     $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Sector Funds

October 31, 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
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)                                                                                                     

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.0%     
8,224  General Dynamics Corp.  $2,054,355 
24,237  HEICO Corp.   3,941,906 
12,593  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   3,103,797 
2,258  Lockheed Martin Corp.   1,098,923 
7,420  Northrop Grumman Corp.   4,073,654 
21,314  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   2,020,993 
59,897  Textron, Inc.   4,099,351 
1,663  TransDigm Group, Inc.   957,489 
       21,350,468 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%     
45,291  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   4,425,836 
39,515  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   3,866,543 
23,504  FedEx Corp.   3,767,221 
5,401  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   906,126 
       12,965,726 
         
   Airlines — 0.4%     
31,091  Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)   1,054,917 
84,865  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   3,084,843 
       4,139,760 
         
   Automobiles — 1.2%     
389,466  Ford Motor Co.   5,207,160 
135,931  General Motors Co.   5,335,292 
9,867  Tesla, Inc. (a)   2,245,137 
       12,787,589 
         
   Banks — 4.1%     
86,663  Bank of America Corp.   3,123,335 
83,745  Citigroup, Inc.   3,840,546 
101,560  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   4,153,804 
81,891  Fifth Third Bancorp   2,922,690 
6,683  First Republic Bank   802,628 
198,575  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   3,014,369 
33,393  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   4,203,511 
217,829  KeyCorp   3,892,604 
4,948  M&T Bank Corp.   833,095 
17,516  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   2,834,614 
173,873  Regions Financial Corp.   3,816,512 
5,196  SVB Financial Group (a)   1,200,068 
80,148  Truist Financial Corp.   3,589,829 
64,912  U.S. Bancorp   2,755,514 
86,764  Wells Fargo & Co.   3,990,276 
       44,973,395 
         
   Beverages — 1.4%     
26,210  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   1,782,280 
31,147  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   1,864,148 
11,395  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   2,815,477 
48,711  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   1,891,935 
30,096  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   2,820,597 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Beverages (Continued)     
21,374  PepsiCo, Inc.  $3,881,091 
       15,055,528 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.5%     
6,500  AbbVie, Inc.   951,600 
17,435  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,613,578 
7,741  Amgen, Inc.   2,092,779 
6,535  Biogen, Inc. (a)   1,852,280 
42,425  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   3,328,666 
26,182  Incyte Corp. (a)   1,946,370 
36,888  Moderna, Inc. (a)   5,545,373 
5,065  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,792,419 
12,052  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,760,224 
       26,883,289 
         
   Building Products — 1.2%     
15,556  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   3,714,773 
98,134  Carrier Global Corp.   3,901,808 
17,725  Johnson Controls International PLC   1,025,214 
74,740  Masco Corp.   3,458,220 
6,024  Trane Technologies PLC   961,611 
       13,061,626 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.2%     
3,463  Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   1,070,483 
90,592  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   3,814,829 
3,171  BlackRock, Inc.   2,048,181 
10,423  Blackstone, Inc.   949,952 
168,810  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   4,773,947 
6,541  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   2,783,130 
202,696  Franklin Resources, Inc.   4,753,221 
11,908  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   4,102,425 
19,312  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   1,845,648 
19,966  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   5,104,308 
33,125  Morgan Stanley   2,721,881 
2,068  MSCI, Inc.   969,602 
17,656  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   2,085,880 
57,386  State Street Corp.   4,246,564 
41,539  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   4,409,780 
       45,679,831 
         
   Chemicals — 4.8%     
11,246  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   2,815,998 
48,285  Celanese Corp.   4,641,154 
45,320  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   4,815,703 
76,326  Corteva, Inc.   4,987,141 
99,295  Dow, Inc.   4,641,048 
69,239  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   3,960,471 
61,394  Eastman Chemical Co.   4,715,673 
33,014  FMC Corp.   3,925,365 
28,815  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   2,812,632 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
57,944  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A  $4,429,819 
90,255  Mosaic (The) Co.   4,851,206 
7,881  PPG Industries, Inc.   899,853 
50,207  Westlake Corp.   4,852,507 
       52,348,570 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.4%     
6,742  Cintas Corp.   2,882,542 
16,398  Copart, Inc. (a)   1,886,098 
32,064  Republic Services, Inc.   4,252,328 
75,468  Rollins, Inc.   3,175,693 
21,781  Waste Management, Inc.   3,449,457 
       15,646,118 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.9%     
30,912  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   3,736,024 
65,431  Cisco Systems, Inc.   2,972,530 
11,685  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   2,917,862 
       9,626,416 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.1%     
6,849  Quanta Services, Inc.   972,832 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
5,418  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,820,339 
5,531  Vulcan Materials Co.   905,425 
       2,725,764 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.4%     
6,467  American Express Co.   960,026 
47,326  Capital One Financial Corp.   5,017,503 
38,381  Discover Financial Services   4,009,279 
154,736  Synchrony Financial   5,502,412 
       15,489,220 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.2%     
10,724  Avery Dennison Corp.   1,818,254 
36,110  Ball Corp.   1,783,473 
137,603  International Paper Co.   4,624,837 
38,846  Packaging Corp. of America   4,669,678 
       12,896,242 
         
   Distributors — 1.0%     
29,213  Genuine Parts Co.   5,195,824 
74,011  LKQ Corp.   4,117,972 
5,483  Pool Corp.   1,668,093 
       10,981,889 
f        
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%     
3,267  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   964,059 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%     
284,356  AT&T, Inc.  $5,183,810 
114,880  Verizon Communications, Inc.   4,293,065 
       9,476,875 
         
   Electric Utilities — 4.1%     
49,391  Alliant Energy Corp.   2,576,729 
30,274  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   2,661,690 
20,974  Constellation Energy Corp.   1,982,882 
37,515  Duke Energy Corp.   3,495,648 
46,257  Edison International   2,777,270 
34,678  Entergy Corp.   3,715,401 
58,748  Evergy, Inc.   3,591,265 
33,572  Eversource Energy   2,560,872 
93,156  Exelon Corp.   3,594,890 
70,736  FirstEnergy Corp.   2,667,455 
44,505  NextEra Energy, Inc.   3,449,138 
279,169  PG&E Corp. (a)   4,167,993 
103,243  PPL Corp.   2,734,907 
25,659  Southern (The) Co.   1,680,151 
40,894  Xcel Energy, Inc.   2,662,608 
       44,318,899 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.8%     
15,385  AMETEK, Inc.   1,994,819 
13,084  Eaton Corp. PLC   1,963,516 
35,745  Emerson Electric Co.   3,095,517 
83,047  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   1,327,091 
       8,380,943 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.7%     
52,115  Amphenol Corp., Class A   3,951,880 
60,124  Corning, Inc.   1,934,189 
22,176  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   3,861,950 
31,621  TE Connectivity Ltd.   3,865,035 
7,755  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   3,086,335 
16,075  Trimble, Inc. (a)   967,072 
3,330  Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)   943,123 
       18,609,584 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%     
70,870  Halliburton Co.   2,581,086 
97,204  Schlumberger N.V.   5,057,524 
       7,638,610 
         
   Entertainment — 0.8%     
7,540  Electronic Arts, Inc.   949,739 
22,946  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,826,731 
14,822  Netflix, Inc. (a)   4,326,245 
24,342  ROBLOX Corp., Class A (a)   1,089,061 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Entertainment (Continued)     
9,248  Walt Disney (The) Co. (a)  $985,282 
       9,177,058 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.5%     
34,910  Boston Properties, Inc.   2,537,957 
13,883  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   887,957 
38,935  Equity Residential   2,453,684 
3,602  Essex Property Trust, Inc.   800,508 
15,154  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   2,688,926 
19,719  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   988,316 
38,063  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   903,235 
219,749  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   4,148,861 
25,834  Invitation Homes, Inc.   818,679 
39,682  Iron Mountain, Inc.   1,986,878 
189,551  Kimco Realty Corp.   4,052,600 
2,980  Public Storage   923,055 
21,718  Ventas, Inc.   849,825 
58,453  VICI Properties, Inc.   1,871,665 
13,564  Welltower, Inc.   827,947 
30,547  Weyerhaeuser Co.   944,819 
       27,684,912 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%     
186,934  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   3,834,016 
59,822  Kroger (The) Co.   2,828,982 
37,014  Sysco Corp.   3,203,932 
138,918  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   5,070,507 
6,726  Walmart, Inc.   957,312 
       15,894,749 
         
   Food Products — 3.2%     
43,376  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   4,206,604 
52,828  Bunge Ltd.   5,214,124 
37,029  Campbell Soup Co.   1,959,204 
80,209  Conagra Brands, Inc.   2,943,670 
34,163  General Mills, Inc.   2,787,017 
15,828  Hershey (The) Co.   3,779,252 
38,399  Hormel Foods Corp.   1,783,634 
12,698  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   1,913,081 
25,048  Kellogg Co.   1,924,187 
52,319  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   2,012,712 
31,822  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   1,956,417 
66,162  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   4,522,173 
       35,002,075 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.2%     
25,696  Atmos Energy Corp.   2,737,909 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%     
9,017  Abbott Laboratories   892,142 
4,212  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   818,392 
32,395  Baxter International, Inc.   1,760,668 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
3,915  Becton, Dickinson and Co.  $923,823 
6,612  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   1,807,655 
13,522  Hologic, Inc. (a)   916,792 
7,606  Insulet Corp. (a)   1,968,509 
32,412  Medtronic PLC   2,830,864 
3,996  ResMed, Inc.   893,865 
5,247  STERIS PLC   905,527 
8,344  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   945,792 
       14,664,029 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7%     
22,424  Centene Corp. (a)   1,908,955 
9,433  Cigna Corp.   3,047,425 
27,443  CVS Health Corp.   2,598,852 
3,841  Elevance Health, Inc.   2,100,144 
14,240  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   3,096,773 
3,596  Humana, Inc.   2,006,856 
21,298  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings   4,725,174 
12,835  McKesson Corp.   4,997,564 
35,553  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   5,107,188 
       29,588,931 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9%     
8,305  Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)   887,888 
531  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   992,694 
2,322  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   3,479,122 
34,532  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   4,942,910 
28,930  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   3,913,072 
24,901  Marriott International, Inc., Class A   3,986,899 
7,562  McDonald’s Corp.   2,061,855 
146,771  MGM Resorts International   5,220,644 
41,415  Starbucks Corp.   3,586,125 
16,408  Yum! Brands, Inc.   1,940,246 
       31,011,455 
         
   Household Durables — 1.7%     
64,766  D.R. Horton, Inc.   4,979,210 
43,452  Garmin Ltd.   3,825,514 
58,511  Lennar Corp., Class A   4,721,838 
1,094  NVR, Inc. (a)   4,636,098 
       18,162,660 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
12,418  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   916,945 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%     
23,685  3M Co.   2,979,336 
5,225  Honeywell International, Inc.   1,066,005 
       4,045,341 
         

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance — 5.1%     
62,093  Aflac, Inc.  $4,042,875 
7,006  Allstate (The) Corp.   884,508 
91,871  American International Group, Inc.   5,236,647 
6,514  Aon PLC, Class A   1,833,626 
76,627  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   4,406,053 
20,381  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   3,812,877 
43,274  Brown & Brown, Inc.   2,544,078 
19,186  Chubb Ltd.   4,122,880 
9,740  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   1,006,337 
56,339  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   4,079,507 
52,513  Loews Corp.   2,994,291 
17,531  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   2,831,081 
28,707  MetLife, Inc.   2,101,639 
48,366  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   4,262,496 
20,341  Prudential Financial, Inc.   2,139,670 
22,779  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   4,201,814 
67,545  W.R. Berkley Corp.   5,023,997 
       55,524,376 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
32,150  Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)   2,995,094 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%     
8,712  Etsy, Inc. (a)   818,144 
         
   IT Services — 3.1%     
6,781  Accenture PLC, Class A   1,925,126 
32,585  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,878,233 
11,570  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   2,796,469 
12,090  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   1,814,225 
60,752  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   3,781,812 
18,647  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   1,915,793 
12,612  Gartner, Inc. (a)   3,807,815 
16,148  Global Payments, Inc.   1,845,071 
14,686  International Business Machines Corp.   2,030,927 
9,573  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   1,905,601 
3,068  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   1,006,856 
15,549  Paychex, Inc.   1,839,602 
5,133  Snowflake, Inc., Class A (a)   822,820 
54,810  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   2,818,330 
5,022  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   1,006,710 
4,911  Visa, Inc., Class A   1,017,363 
       33,212,753 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%     
14,355  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   1,986,014 
8,865  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   1,881,596 
6,755  Danaher Corp.   1,700,031 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Life Sciences Tools & Services (Continued)     
805  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)  $1,018,269 
3,440  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   1,768,057 
       8,353,967 
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
15,951  Caterpillar, Inc.   3,452,753 
12,860  Cummins, Inc.   3,144,399 
10,452  Deere & Co.   4,137,111 
22,450  Dover Corp.   2,933,990 
14,964  Fortive Corp.   956,200 
17,461  IDEX Corp.   3,881,755 
9,659  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   2,062,486 
40,333  Ingersoll Rand, Inc.   2,036,817 
12,330  Nordson Corp.   2,774,250 
13,674  Otis Worldwide Corp.   965,931 
41,697  PACCAR, Inc.   4,037,521 
46,398  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   3,641,779 
32,172  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   3,001,004 
       37,025,996 
         
   Media — 1.6%     
8,628  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   3,171,826 
148,722  Comcast Corp., Class A   4,720,436 
113,743  Fox Corp., Class A   3,283,761 
27,655  Omnicom Group, Inc.   2,011,901 
229,098  Paramount Global, Class B   4,197,075 
       17,384,999 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.5%     
63,843  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   2,023,185 
83,027  Newmont Corp.   3,513,702 
40,771  Nucor Corp.   5,356,494 
61,480  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   5,782,194 
       16,675,575 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.5%     
19,230  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   3,047,955 
11,758  Target Corp.   1,931,252 
       4,979,207 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.6%     
32,492  Ameren Corp.   2,648,748 
123,833  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   3,542,862 
44,939  CMS Energy Corp.   2,563,770 
40,690  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   3,579,093 
12,623  Dominion Energy, Inc.   883,231 
15,165  DTE Energy Co.   1,700,148 
5,818  Sempra Energy   878,169 
19,510  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   1,781,848 
       17,577,869 
         

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 11.1%     
127,582  APA Corp.  $5,799,878 
26,291  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   4,637,995 
30,361  Chevron Corp.   5,492,305 
42,623  ConocoPhillips   5,374,334 
65,290  Continental Resources, Inc.   4,829,501 
167,000  Coterra Energy, Inc.   5,198,710 
72,543  Devon Energy Corp.   5,611,201 
36,212  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   5,689,267 
39,040  EOG Resources, Inc.   5,329,741 
107,044  EQT Corp.   4,478,721 
49,960  Exxon Mobil Corp.   5,536,068 
40,022  Hess Corp.   5,646,304 
209,713  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   3,800,000 
193,181  Marathon Oil Corp.   5,882,361 
43,914  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   4,989,509 
70,985  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   5,153,511 
51,078  ONEOK, Inc.   3,029,947 
94,826  Ovintiv, Inc.   4,802,937 
54,039  Phillips 66   5,635,727 
20,145  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   5,165,379 
72,291  Targa Resources Corp.   4,942,536 
2,455  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   5,656,001 
40,824  Valero Energy Corp.   5,125,453 
91,415  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   2,992,013 
       120,799,399 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%     
36,815  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   2,852,058 
8,094  Eli Lilly & Co.   2,930,756 
10,681  Johnson & Johnson   1,858,174 
40,520  Merck & Co., Inc.   4,100,624 
59,808  Pfizer, Inc.   2,784,062 
       14,525,674 
         
   Professional Services — 0.8%     
37,577  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   3,108,369 
8,041  Jacobs Solutions, Inc.   926,484 
29,922  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   3,039,776 
14,665  TransUnion   869,195 
5,116  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   935,358 
       8,879,182 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%     
51,690  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   3,666,889 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.2%     
65,496  CSX Corp.   1,903,314 
22,309  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   3,816,400 
4,161  Norfolk Southern Corp.   948,999 
10,520  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   2,888,792 
98,763  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,624,133 
4,478  Union Pacific Corp.   882,793 
       13,064,431 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.8%     
12,522  Analog Devices, Inc.  $1,785,888 
1,965  Broadcom, Inc.   923,786 
15,721  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   4,826,347 
169,268  Intel Corp.   4,812,289 
5,765  KLA Corp.   1,824,334 
20,331  Marvell Technology, Inc.   806,734 
42,884  Microchip Technology, Inc.   2,647,658 
87,066  Micron Technology, Inc.   4,710,271 
2,401  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   815,019 
11,829  NXP Semiconductors N.V.   1,727,980 
69,983  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   4,299,056 
15,443  QUALCOMM, Inc.   1,817,023 
51,155  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   4,399,842 
46,436  Teradyne, Inc.   3,777,569 
11,273  Texas Instruments, Inc.   1,810,782 
       40,984,578 
         
   Software — 2.2%     
9,341  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   2,001,776 
6,590  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   878,842 
21,353  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   3,232,631 
5,293  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   853,232 
4,505  Intuit, Inc.   1,925,887 
43,317  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   975,932 
15,979  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   2,741,837 
7,931  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   2,744,126 
16,681  PTC, Inc. (a)   1,965,522 
2,426  Roper Technologies, Inc.   1,005,674 
8,567  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   2,506,276 
5,021  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,623,440 
5,732  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   893,160 
5,308  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   817,963 
       24,166,298 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.0%     
2,037  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   5,159,477 
55,093  Best Buy Co., Inc.   3,768,912 
39,643  CarMax, Inc. (a)   2,497,905 
9,485  Home Depot (The), Inc.   2,808,793 
18,581  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   3,622,366 
6,202  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   5,192,128 
10,352  Ross Stores, Inc.   990,583 
14,044  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   1,012,572 
14,080  Tractor Supply Co.   3,094,362 
10,873  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   4,559,810 
       32,706,908 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.7%     
12,625  Apple, Inc.   1,935,917 
364,110  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   5,195,850 
105,025  HP, Inc.   2,900,791 
14,105  NetApp, Inc.   977,053 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FEX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (Continued)     
49,168  Seagate Technology Holdings PLC  $2,441,683 
134,010  Western Digital Corp. (a)   4,605,924 
       18,057,218 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%     
116,671  VF Corp.   3,295,956 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
21,605  Altria Group, Inc.   999,663 
10,509  Philip Morris International, Inc.   965,252 
       1,964,915 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%     
18,949  Fastenal Co.   915,805 
12,919  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   4,078,658 
8,917  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   5,210,649 
       10,205,112 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
13,004  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   1,970,886 
         
   Total Investments — 99.8%   1,084,694,723 
   (Cost $1,000,807,429)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.2%   1,787,917 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,086,482,640 

  

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,084,694,723   $1,084,694,723   $—     $—   
                     
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%     
5,488  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)  $798,175 
12,611  BWX Technologies, Inc.   718,575 
4,564  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   765,976 
5,736  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   1,474,553 
16,205  Parsons Corp. (a)   759,690 
7,914  Woodward, Inc.   725,714 
       5,242,683 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%     
54,355  GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)   1,986,132 
         
   Airlines — 0.7%     
48,676  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)   2,164,135 
158,280  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   2,244,410 
58,583  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,523,756 
       6,932,301 
         
   Auto Components — 1.8%     
80,921  BorgWarner, Inc.   3,036,965 
8,033  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   705,699 
79,937  Gentex Corp.   2,117,531 
314,782  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co. (a)   3,997,731 
31,304  LCI Industries   3,321,668 
5,308  Lear Corp.   736,273 
23,958  Visteon Corp. (a)   3,125,800 
       17,041,667 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
72,847  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   3,132,421 
45,386  Thor Industries, Inc.   3,697,597 
       6,830,018 
         
   Banks — 4.4%     
14,199  BancFirst Corp.   1,360,548 
48,172  Bank OZK   2,070,433 
14,297  BOK Financial Corp.   1,575,386 
49,999  Cadence Bank   1,382,472 
17,868  Comerica, Inc.   1,259,694 
19,203  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   1,360,341 
10,572  Community Bank System, Inc.   660,010 
14,413  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   2,234,736 
75,264  CVB Financial Corp.   2,161,582 
18,922  East West Bancorp, Inc.   1,354,248 
32,344  Eastern Bankshares, Inc.   620,035 
109,523  F.N.B. Corp.   1,582,607 
1,593  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   1,309,637 
30,372  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   1,169,018 
41,600  Hancock Whitney Corp.   2,324,192 
28,220  Home BancShares, Inc.   719,328 
8,523  Independent Bank Corp.   741,586 
38,569  Old National Bancorp   754,410 
15,665  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   1,300,038 
26,446  Popular, Inc.   1,870,261 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
19,053  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.  $1,363,623 
7,940  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   598,120 
16,057  SouthState Corp.   1,452,035 
50,804  Synovus Financial Corp.   2,024,539 
15,072  UMB Financial Corp.   1,254,292 
35,537  United Bankshares, Inc.   1,504,992 
19,192  United Community Banks, Inc.   738,892 
117,635  Valley National Bancorp   1,396,327 
14,054  Webster Financial Corp.   762,570 
9,663  Western Alliance Bancorp   649,064 
15,579  Wintrust Financial Corp.   1,458,506 
24,980  Zions Bancorp N.A.   1,297,461 
       42,310,983 
         
   Beverages — 0.8%     
35,027  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,190,259 
3,085  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   1,502,426 
52,946  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   2,670,067 
       7,362,752 
         
   Biotechnology — 2.2%     
27,901  Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,687,732 
26,668  Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,174,992 
65,555  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   2,862,131 
32,131  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,536,183 
71,810  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   3,174,002 
9,094  Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   612,208 
43,489  Natera, Inc. (a)   2,042,243 
28,733  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   3,276,137 
6,068  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   1,398,856 
164,738  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   3,620,941 
       21,385,425 
         
   Building Products — 2.0%     
13,076  A.O. Smith Corp.   716,303 
25,538  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   2,959,343 
24,052  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,817,610 
53,906  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   3,323,844 
47,325  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   2,854,644 
2,853  Lennox International, Inc.   666,375 
40,404  Owens Corning   3,458,986 
44,015  UFP Industries, Inc.   3,135,189 
       18,932,294 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.8%     
22,717  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   2,820,543 
10,254  Ares Management Corp., Class A   777,561 
10,142  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   610,143 
38,615  Evercore, Inc., Class A   4,058,436 
25,281  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   2,258,099 
19,879  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   1,593,302 
231,835  Invesco Ltd.   3,551,712 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
86,132  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.  $2,963,802 
59,871  Lazard Ltd., Class A   2,257,735 
51,803  SEI Investments Co.   2,812,903 
48,949  Stifel Financial Corp.   3,028,475 
       26,732,711 
         
   Chemicals — 3.3%     
20,066  Ashland, Inc.   2,105,325 
83,859  Avient Corp.   2,892,297 
60,326  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   1,406,802 
5,225  Balchem Corp.   730,455 
49,712  Cabot Corp.   3,652,838 
103,080  Chemours (The) Co.   2,951,180 
78,086  Element Solutions, Inc.   1,343,079 
21,139  H.B. Fuller Co.   1,473,600 
129,427  Huntsman Corp.   3,463,467 
103,626  Livent Corp. (a)   3,271,473 
74,071  Olin Corp.   3,922,059 
30,500  RPM International, Inc.   2,884,385 
50,136  Valvoline, Inc.   1,471,993 
       31,568,953 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.1%     
24,947  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   2,040,914 
28,879  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   3,536,522 
90,812  Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,904,168 
39,888  IAA, Inc. (a)   1,512,952 
4,942  Tetra Tech, Inc.   698,206 
       10,692,762 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.8%     
41,559  Calix, Inc. (a)   3,060,405 
15,712  Ciena Corp. (a)   752,605 
4,389  F5, Inc. (a)   627,232 
48,639  Juniper Networks, Inc.   1,488,353 
18,528  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,379,410 
       7,308,005 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.6%     
95,738  API Group Corp. (a)   1,578,720 
13,053  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   1,609,174 
11,001  EMCOR Group, Inc.   1,552,241 
20,006  MasTec, Inc. (a)   1,542,062 
69,678  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   1,984,429 
11,824  Valmont Industries, Inc.   3,774,457 
78,754  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   3,349,408 
       15,390,491 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.2%     
17,781  Eagle Materials, Inc.   2,174,794 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance — 1.3%     
91,302  Ally Financial, Inc.  $2,516,283 
1,450  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a) (b)   675,149 
25,980  FirstCash Holdings, Inc.   2,557,731 
107,593  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   4,148,786 
136,219  SLM Corp.   2,259,873 
       12,157,822 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.8%     
6,684  AptarGroup, Inc.   662,719 
54,608  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   2,584,051 
160,899  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   3,694,241 
42,654  Greif, Inc., Class A   2,824,121 
30,220  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   1,431,219 
33,592  Sonoco Products Co.   2,085,391 
102,821  Westrock Co.   3,502,083 
       16,783,825 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
169,621  ADT, Inc. (b)   1,434,994 
59,730  H&R Block, Inc.   2,457,889 
11,001  Service Corp. International   666,771 
       4,559,654 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
72,322  Equitable Holdings, Inc.   2,214,499 
20,999  Voya Financial, Inc.   1,435,492 
       3,649,991 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%     
108,447  Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (a)   2,539,829 
57,267  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   2,950,968 
436,285  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   3,211,058 
       8,701,855 
         
   Electric Utilities — 1.6%     
50,767  ALLETE, Inc.   2,856,659 
36,654  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   1,394,318 
12,832  IDACORP, Inc.   1,343,511 
82,993  NRG Energy, Inc.   3,684,889 
34,845  OGE Energy Corp.   1,276,372 
39,388  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   2,647,268 
43,850  Portland General Electric Co.   1,970,619 
       15,173,636 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.0%     
12,102  Acuity Brands, Inc.   2,221,564 
32,655  Atkore, Inc. (a)   3,112,021 
86,074  ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   1,203,315 
2,849  Hubbell, Inc.   676,581 
9,051  Regal Rexnord Corp.   1,145,314 
23,024  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   518,270 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electrical Equipment (Continued)     
65,353  Vertiv Holdings Co.  $935,201 
       9,812,266 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.2%     
34,452  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   3,488,610 
87,933  Avnet, Inc.   3,534,027 
54,683  Coherent Corp. (a)   1,837,896 
30,124  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   2,580,422 
55,036  Jabil, Inc.   3,536,063 
3,197  Littelfuse, Inc.   704,139 
31,296  TD SYNNEX Corp.   2,863,897 
152,060  Vontier Corp.   2,904,346 
       21,449,400 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.3%     
97,378  ChampionX Corp.   2,786,958 
68,729  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   3,402,773 
163,158  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   2,879,739 
51,920  Valaris Ltd. (a)   3,475,005 
       12,544,475 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.3%     
18,800  Agree Realty Corp.   1,291,560 
65,792  Apartment Income REIT Corp.   2,528,387 
135,540  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   2,320,445 
122,710  Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.   2,103,249 
108,818  Cousins Properties, Inc.   2,585,516 
70,857  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   1,246,375 
70,686  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   1,995,466 
15,085  Kilroy Realty Corp.   644,733 
11,471  Life Storage, Inc.   1,268,807 
267,803  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   3,066,344 
15,936  National Retail Properties, Inc.   669,790 
64,621  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   2,053,655 
112,829  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   1,475,803 
126,708  Physicians Realty Trust   1,908,223 
21,195  Rayonier, Inc.   714,272 
25,896  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   2,302,672 
96,833  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   1,322,739 
82,282  Vornado Realty Trust   1,941,032 
       31,439,068 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%     
43,623  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,376,420 
6,273  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   1,459,790 
57,244  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   1,978,925 
14,790  Performance Food Group Co. (a)   769,672 
48,051  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   1,429,998 
       9,014,805 
         
   Food Products — 1.9%     
38,411  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   3,014,495 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
77,185  Flowers Foods, Inc.  $2,215,981 
31,556  Ingredion, Inc.   2,812,271 
32,836  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   2,831,120 
4,227  Lancaster Colony Corp.   762,044 
31,021  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,804,919 
933  Seaboard Corp.   3,495,372 
       17,936,202 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.3%     
41,282  National Fuel Gas Co.   2,786,122 
49,243  New Jersey Resources Corp.   2,198,207 
27,074  ONE Gas, Inc.   2,097,693 
18,214  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   1,330,897 
10,192  Spire, Inc.   711,504 
98,241  UGI Corp.   3,470,855 
       12,595,278 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1%     
89,627  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   2,762,304 
34,323  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   2,915,739 
26,235  Inari Medical, Inc. (a)   2,018,259 
3,581  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   698,116 
15,211  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,939,250 
45,161  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,341,462 
6,701  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   1,149,021 
11,421  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   3,348,066 
9,004  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   638,114 
6,306  Teleflex, Inc.   1,353,015 
       20,163,346 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%     
32,501  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   2,642,331 
108,493  agilon health, Inc. (a)   2,153,586 
6,563  Amedisys, Inc. (a)   640,483 
29,975  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   3,761,862 
1,455  Chemed Corp.   679,296 
7,674  DaVita, Inc. (a)   560,279 
42,134  Encompass Health Corp.   2,293,775 
7,990  Ensign Group (The), Inc.   717,342 
11,801  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   584,149 
28,372  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   2,210,463 
28,975  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   1,983,629 
77,720  Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)   1,572,276 
100,927  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   3,054,051 
18,716  Premier, Inc., Class A   652,814 
57,487  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   1,476,266 
24,631  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   1,092,631 
36,019  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   4,173,522 
       30,248,755 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%     
26,663  Boyd Gaming Corp.   1,540,055 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
11,600  Choice Hotels International, Inc.  $1,506,144 
3,449  Churchill Downs, Inc.   717,082 
41,957  DraftKings, Inc., Class A (a)   662,921 
38,626  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   1,515,684 
7,846  Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A (a)   739,172 
10,426  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.   1,540,546 
55,918  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   944,455 
92,364  Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)   3,057,248 
16,761  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (a)   894,702 
41,874  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   2,435,392 
36,398  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   3,601,582 
18,618  Travel + Leisure Co.   707,112 
2,946  Vail Resorts, Inc.   645,557 
67,976  Wendy’s (The) Co.   1,412,541 
10,129  Wingstop, Inc.   1,604,332 
10,354  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   786,179 
30,235  Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)   1,932,016 
       26,242,720 
         
   Household Durables — 3.0%     
57,366  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   1,936,102 
34,830  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   3,300,142 
182,931  Newell Brands, Inc.   2,526,277 
84,697  PulteGroup, Inc.   3,387,033 
60,075  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   3,496,966 
136,198  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   3,587,455 
105,258  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   2,830,388 
75,622  Toll Brothers, Inc.   3,257,796 
11,565  TopBuild Corp. (a)   1,967,669 
14,136  Whirlpool Corp.   1,954,161 
       28,243,989 
         
   Household Products — 0.1%     
24,422  Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.   745,848 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%     
39,888  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   1,385,709 
22,108  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   1,999,668 
151,246  Vistra Corp.   3,474,121 
       6,859,498 
         
   Insurance — 4.2%     
68,139  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   2,935,428 
10,334  American Financial Group, Inc.   1,499,567 
4,372  Assurant, Inc.   593,980 
39,333  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   2,328,120 
38,773  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   2,119,720 
11,429  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   2,937,367 
4,841  Everest Re Group Ltd.   1,561,997 
70,191  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   2,764,122 
68,897  First American Financial Corp.   3,472,409 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
6,372  Globe Life, Inc.  $736,093 
4,957  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   726,151 
9,947  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   3,134,996 
43,400  Lincoln National Corp.   2,337,958 
121,400  Old Republic International Corp.   2,817,694 
5,145  Primerica, Inc.   744,482 
6,204  RLI Corp.   806,954 
62,553  Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,805,502 
7,803  Selective Insurance Group, Inc.   765,318 
65,488  Unum Group   2,985,598 
1,462  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   2,070,411 
       40,143,867 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
54,526  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   1,341,340 
37,105  Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)   2,871,556 
       4,212,896 
         
   IT Services — 1.5%     
103,796  DXC Technology Co. (a)   2,984,135 
17,243  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,135,640 
14,513  Genpact Ltd.   703,880 
26,887  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   2,161,715 
21,954  Maximus, Inc.   1,353,903 
75,984  Toast, Inc., Class A (a)   1,678,487 
14,336  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   637,522 
94,108  Western Union (The) Co.   1,271,399 
       13,926,681 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.2%     
58,426  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   2,720,899 
38,822  Brunswick Corp.   2,743,551 
28,266  Hasbro, Inc.   1,844,356 
67,078  Mattel, Inc. (a)   1,271,799 
13,283  Polaris, Inc.   1,349,553 
98,945  Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (a)   1,852,250 
       11,782,408 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%     
16,167  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,588,751 
10,186  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,858,843 
40,418  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   2,036,259 
       7,483,853 
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
6,605  AGCO Corp.   820,143 
56,448  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   2,384,928 
13,782  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   3,071,732 
14,513  Crane Holdings Co.   1,456,235 
12,962  Donaldson Co., Inc.   744,667 
26,141  Flowserve Corp.   749,724 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
38,871  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.  $3,185,090 
10,596  Graco, Inc.   737,270 
19,444  ITT, Inc.   1,485,327 
7,387  John Bean Technologies Corp.   673,694 
20,211  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   2,869,962 
9,912  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   1,386,292 
53,435  Mueller Industries, Inc.   3,347,168 
27,112  Oshkosh Corp.   2,385,856 
9,465  Snap-on, Inc.   2,101,703 
43,037  Timken (The) Co.   3,068,108 
7,345  Toro (The) Co.   774,383 
10,104  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   1,478,822 
       32,721,104 
         
   Marine — 0.7%     
41,812  Kirby Corp. (a)   2,916,387 
51,627  Matson, Inc.   3,798,715 
       6,715,102 
         
   Media — 1.1%     
229,656  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   3,424,171 
49,627  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   1,478,388 
22,095  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   639,871 
168,162  News Corp., Class A   2,836,893 
15,228  Nexstar Media Group, Inc.   2,608,557 
       10,987,880 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.7%     
94,360  Alcoa Corp.   3,682,871 
94,318  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   1,225,191 
89,519  Commercial Metals Co.   4,073,115 
18,211  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   3,669,152 
175,284  United States Steel Corp.   3,568,782 
       16,219,111 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.0%     
185,091  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   3,433,438 
433,900  Rithm Capital Corp.   3,657,777 
104,593  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   2,160,891 
       9,252,106 
         
   Multiline Retail — 1.2%     
126,288  Kohl’s Corp.   3,782,325 
202,689  Macy’s, Inc.   4,226,066 
113,909  Nordstrom, Inc.   2,316,909 
12,311  Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)   689,416 
       11,014,716 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.3%     
28,136  Black Hills Corp.   1,839,250 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multi-Utilities (Continued)     
25,218  NiSource, Inc.  $647,851 
       2,487,101 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.5%     
69,197  Antero Midstream Corp.   736,948 
104,034  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   3,813,886 
82,647  California Resources Corp.   3,728,206 
33,714  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   3,447,931 
18,578  Chord Energy Corp.   2,844,106 
55,344  Civitas Resources, Inc.   3,869,099 
183,698  Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)   3,449,848 
36,821  Denbury, Inc. (a)   3,365,808 
36,726  DT Midstream, Inc.   2,192,542 
10,576  Enviva, Inc.   632,868 
58,993  HF Sinclair Corp.   3,608,602 
128,264  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A   3,293,820 
64,925  Matador Resources Co.   4,314,266 
90,309  Murphy Oil Corp.   4,380,890 
90,334  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   3,997,279 
43,967  PDC Energy, Inc.   3,171,779 
125,738  Range Resources Corp.   3,581,018 
84,450  SM Energy Co.   3,798,561 
518,978  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   3,596,518 
       61,823,975 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%     
49,637  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   2,811,936 
         
   Personal Products — 0.2%     
301,533  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   2,023,286 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%     
102,373  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   1,350,300 
13,653  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   623,532 
9,532  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   1,370,606 
54,293  Organon & Co.   1,421,391 
17,813  Perrigo Co. PLC   717,508 
298,231  Viatris, Inc.   3,021,080 
       8,504,417 
         
   Professional Services — 2.0%     
173,323  Alight, Inc., Class A (a)   1,436,848 
28,116  ASGN, Inc. (a)   2,383,674 
4,867  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   1,479,714 
11,500  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   1,789,745 
58,790  KBR, Inc.   2,925,978 
54,120  Korn Ferry   3,008,531 
39,278  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   3,077,038 
16,608  Robert Half International, Inc.   1,269,848 
7,184  Science Applications International Corp.   778,315 
17,838  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   1,159,113 
       19,308,804 
         

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%     
34,406  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)  $2,110,808 
21,024  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   3,344,708 
       5,455,516 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.6%     
4,990  AMERCO   2,870,198 
17,115  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   4,047,013 
156,076  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,871,798 
64,912  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   3,117,723 
22,000  Landstar System, Inc.   3,436,840 
42,074  Ryder System, Inc.   3,387,378 
10,030  Saia, Inc. (a)   1,994,566 
57,074  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   2,953,009 
       24,678,525 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.2%     
29,072  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   738,720 
186,284  Amkor Technology, Inc.   3,872,844 
27,699  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   1,859,157 
39,145  Diodes, Inc. (a)   2,805,522 
12,909  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   626,216 
12,265  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   709,776 
30,747  MKS Instruments, Inc.   2,525,866 
19,836  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   1,325,838 
31,998  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   2,754,388 
5,146  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   591,378 
19,247  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   1,705,284 
18,437  Wolfspeed, Inc. (a)   1,451,914 
       20,966,903 
         
   Software — 2.5%     
29,381  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,728,778 
78,134  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   2,269,793 
9,751  Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A   651,757 
92,904  DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,715,584 
30,658  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   666,812 
8,854  Elastic N.V. (a)   566,213 
3,083  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   1,476,264 
14,326  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   1,743,044 
18,623  nCino, Inc. (a)   586,252 
66,831  NCR Corp. (a)   1,420,827 
22,141  New Relic, Inc. (a)   1,311,633 
64,469  Paycor HCM, Inc. (a)   1,964,370 
10,518  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   2,437,967 
12,839  Procore Technologies, Inc. (a)   701,780 
18,229  Qualys, Inc. (a)   2,598,726 
10,227  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   1,293,920 
       24,133,720 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.7%     
75,300  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.   3,315,459 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
4,063  Advance Auto Parts, Inc.  $771,645 
21,020  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   3,315,905 
31,179  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   3,314,639 
38,971  Bath & Body Works, Inc.   1,300,852 
30,353  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   3,452,957 
13,843  Five Below, Inc. (a)   2,025,923 
27,124  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,990,088 
25,277  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   715,592 
14,804  Lithia Motors, Inc.   2,933,413 
11,553  Murphy USA, Inc.   3,633,534 
32,268  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   3,601,754 
7,744  RH (a)   1,966,434 
21,561  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   2,669,899 
       35,008,094 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%     
18,590  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   713,856 
69,627  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   2,148,689 
       2,862,545 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.3%     
37,755  Columbia Sportswear Co.   2,812,748 
27,756  Crocs, Inc. (a)   1,963,737 
2,032  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   711,058 
273,806  Hanesbrands, Inc. (b)   1,867,357 
70,896  PVH Corp.   3,638,383 
22,438  Ralph Lauren Corp.   2,079,778 
100,131  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   3,447,510 
67,031  Tapestry, Inc.   2,123,542 
382,092  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   2,846,585 
       21,490,698 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.7%     
91,086  Essent Group Ltd.   3,605,184 
247,749  MGIC Investment Corp.   3,381,774 
297,880  New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (b)   2,773,263 
164,652  Radian Group, Inc.   3,436,287 
30,347  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   2,730,016 
       15,926,524 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.2%     
81,939  Air Lease Corp.   2,891,627 
30,902  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   3,843,591 
46,435  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   2,616,612 
111,737  Core & Main, Inc., Class A (a)   2,634,758 
22,381  GATX Corp.   2,343,515 
12,230  Herc Holdings, Inc.   1,438,370 
26,173  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   2,171,836 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
12,200  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)  $1,413,614 
58,033  Triton International Ltd.   3,522,023 
83,804  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,135,326 
9,869  Watsco, Inc.   2,674,104 
21,284  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   2,932,297 
       30,617,673 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   952,773,845 
   (Cost $897,499,502)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.5%     
2,506,126  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   2,506,126 
1,752,071  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
   1,752,071 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.5%   4,258,197 
   (Cost $4,258,197)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 3,946,263  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $3,946,585. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $4,021,399. (d)   3,946,263 
   (Cost $3,946,263)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.7%   960,978,305 
   (Cost $905,703,962)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.7)%   (6,662,760)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $954,315,545 

  

 

(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 $6,293,493 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $6,452,389.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FNX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $952,773,845   $952,773,845   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    4,258,197    4,258,197    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    3,946,263    —      3,946,263    —   
Total Investments   $960,978,305   $957,032,042   $3,946,263   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%     
25,617  AAR Corp. (a)  $1,135,345 
11,007  AeroVironment, Inc. (a)   1,007,140 
45,158  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)   500,351 
98,034  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   2,190,080 
19,566  Moog, Inc., Class A   1,658,219 
       6,491,135 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%     
95,226  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   2,780,599 
20,332  Forward Air Corp.   2,152,549 
33,256  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   2,580,666 
       7,513,814 
         
   Airlines — 0.7%     
25,147  Allegiant Travel Co. (a)   1,887,282 
138,401  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   1,112,744 
141,082  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   2,494,330 
       5,494,356 
         
   Auto Components — 1.4%     
82,666  Adient PLC (a)   2,891,657 
160,560  Dana, Inc.   2,562,538 
11,174  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   912,022 
9,225  Gentherm, Inc. (a)   538,924 
62,979  Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   509,500 
52,327  Patrick Industries, Inc.   2,391,867 
28,479  XPEL, Inc. (a) (c)   1,970,462 
       11,776,970 
         
   Automobiles — 0.3%     
43,113  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   2,573,415 
         
   Banks — 9.0%     
29,729  1st Source Corp.   1,729,039 
30,785  Ameris Bancorp   1,585,735 
68,546  Associated Banc-Corp.   1,669,095 
45,307  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   1,564,904 
20,873  Bancorp (The), Inc. (a)   575,677 
6,027  Bank of Hawaii Corp.   457,751 
40,281  BankUnited, Inc.   1,448,102 
15,532  Banner Corp.   1,161,017 
33,611  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   983,122 
35,788  Cathay General Bancorp   1,631,933 
5,173  City Holding Co.   521,697 
47,643  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   1,594,611 
77,816  Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)   2,621,621 
47,008  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.   1,623,186 
30,710  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   1,390,549 
20,836  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   1,114,101 
24,014  FB Financial Corp.   1,007,627 
25,084  First Bancorp   1,117,994 
134,152  First BanCorp   2,118,260 
62,620  First Busey Corp.   1,653,794 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
107,196  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  $1,537,191 
65,294  First Financial Bancorp   1,702,215 
75,876  First Foundation, Inc.   1,210,981 
37,255  First Hawaiian, Inc.   952,983 
23,723  First Merchants Corp.   1,065,163 
58,076  Fulton Financial Corp.   1,058,725 
31,744  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   1,565,614 
73,851  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   2,137,986 
145,190  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   1,970,228 
14,947  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   943,006 
21,591  International Bancshares Corp.   1,070,914 
18,905  Lakeland Financial Corp.   1,562,498 
12,404  National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A   543,543 
24,179  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   1,145,843 
67,921  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   1,022,890 
73,841  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   1,667,330 
73,028  OFG Bancorp   2,036,021 
14,819  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   539,560 
81,203  PacWest Bancorp   2,018,707 
3,686  Park National Corp.   543,685 
44,003  Renasant Corp.   1,776,401 
31,308  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   1,183,755 
52,047  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   1,844,546 
15,177  Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida   468,969 
6,088  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   345,555 
42,111  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   1,005,190 
25,951  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   888,562 
26,984  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   2,109,879 
15,545  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   932,700 
51,299  TowneBank   1,689,789 
10,275  TriCo Bancshares   595,025 
29,957  Trustmark Corp.   1,095,528 
51,764  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   1,634,707 
45,911  Washington Federal, Inc.   1,776,756 
41,246  WesBanco, Inc.   1,667,988 
8,774  Westamerica BanCorp   550,393 
       73,430,641 
         
   Beverages — 0.3%     
21,609  MGP Ingredients, Inc.   2,421,288 
         
   Biotechnology — 3.7%     
56,088  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   899,091 
131,838  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,318,380 
52,615  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   1,340,630 
71,987  Avid Bioservices, Inc. (a)   1,219,460 
109,238  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,458,327 
6,963  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   360,962 
92,314  Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (a)   962,835 
87,892  Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)   1,006,363 
109,290  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   2,279,789 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
176,326  FibroGen, Inc. (a)  $2,870,587 
63,899  Insmed, Inc. (a)   1,106,731 
132,856  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,453,445 
187,776  Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (a) (b)   1,104,123 
38,875  Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   2,041,715 
37,836  Prothena Corp. PLC (a)   2,324,644 
45,697  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,728,260 
129,361  Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   1,364,759 
52,077  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   1,232,663 
23,432  Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   882,449 
37,240  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   807,363 
27,638  Veracyte, Inc. (a)   555,800 
52,979  Xencor, Inc. (a)   1,483,412 
       29,801,788 
         
   Building Products — 2.0%     
25,546  AAON, Inc.   1,647,462 
55,210  AZEK (The) Co., Inc. (a)   966,727 
19,149  CSW Industrials, Inc.   2,468,689 
33,628  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   1,717,718 
46,626  Griffon Corp.   1,498,560 
205,740  Janus International Group, Inc. (a)   1,981,276 
262,171  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   2,781,634 
43,779  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   932,930 
96,285  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,274,252 
       16,269,248 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.1%     
34,073  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   971,421 
75,254  AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,558,510 
438,344  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   1,735,842 
27,706  Federated Hermes, Inc.   962,784 
14,561  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   506,577 
37,030  Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (b)   480,279 
7,696  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   460,375 
17,522  Piper Sandler Cos.   2,242,290 
20,599  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   1,532,566 
11,063  StoneX Group, Inc. (a)   1,032,399 
98,413  Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A   2,846,104 
44,179  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   988,726 
11,505  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   1,972,993 
       17,290,866 
         
   Chemicals — 1.9%     
217,440  Ecovyst, Inc. (a)   2,163,528 
294,102  Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   802,899 
15,135  Ingevity Corp. (a)   1,018,131 
10,711  Innospec, Inc.   1,070,993 
64,393  LSB Industries, Inc. (a)   1,135,249 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
62,337  Mativ Holdings, Inc.  $1,479,880 
46,428  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   2,554,004 
3,050  NewMarket Corp.   928,237 
3,178  Quaker Chemical Corp.   516,870 
14,694  Stepan Co.   1,534,641 
125,218  Trinseo PLC   2,356,603 
       15,561,035 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.7%     
48,004  ABM Industries, Inc.   2,136,658 
32,984  Brady Corp., Class A   1,509,018 
231,133  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,061,706 
9,471  Brink’s (The) Co.   564,756 
259,502  CoreCivic, Inc. (a)   2,716,986 
51,921  HNI Corp.   1,505,190 
117,641  MillerKnoll, Inc.   2,491,636 
5,454  UniFirst Corp.   1,003,591 
       13,989,541 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.8%     
93,729  ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.   2,105,153 
21,923  Clearfield, Inc. (a)   2,662,987 
199,261  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   2,638,216 
175,516  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   3,148,757 
43,946  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   1,578,540 
60,708  Viasat, Inc. (a)   2,486,600 
       14,620,253 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.6%     
34,507  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   2,086,984 
16,047  Arcosa, Inc.   1,030,218 
24,013  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   2,837,856 
36,140  Granite Construction, Inc.   1,219,002 
10,830  MYR Group, Inc. (a)   947,733 
14,821  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   2,148,304 
141,169  Primoris Services Corp.   2,850,202 
       13,120,299 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
76,594  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   2,018,252 
         
   Consumer Finance — 1.8%     
72,941  Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.   2,633,899 
50,439  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   2,568,354 
72,519  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   1,380,037 
207,601  LendingClub Corp. (a)   2,208,875 
124,929  Navient Corp.   1,891,425 
23,175  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   2,064,661 
55,849  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   1,870,941 
       14,618,192 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.7%     
141,714  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   2,311,355 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging (Continued)     
210,217  Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.  $2,293,467 
54,903  TriMas Corp.   1,254,534 
       5,859,356 
         
   Distributors — 0.3%     
113,452  Funko, Inc., Class A (a)   2,342,784 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.1%     
12,587  Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)   524,878 
9,635  Duolingo, Inc. (a)   788,528 
22,502  Frontdoor, Inc. (a)   496,394 
3,411  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   2,128,021 
16,735  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   1,684,043 
22,413  Strategic Education, Inc.   1,546,497 
43,663  Stride, Inc. (a)   1,463,147 
       8,631,508 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
25,404  Compass Diversified Holdings   540,597 
82,666  Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A   3,171,068 
       3,711,665 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
865,659  Globalstar, Inc. (a)   1,878,480 
74,601  Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)   581,142 
       2,459,622 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.3%     
6,991  MGE Energy, Inc.   476,017 
29,831  Otter Tail Corp.   2,011,206 
       2,487,223 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 1.4%     
138,360  Array Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,504,316 
68,854  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)   1,288,258 
19,854  Encore Wire Corp.   2,731,712 
15,775  EnerSys   1,045,725 
425,800  GrafTech International Ltd.   2,167,322 
63,870  Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,476,036 
7,758  Vicor Corp. (a)   370,599 
       11,583,968 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.9%     
17,781  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   1,398,476 
14,898  Badger Meter, Inc.   1,675,727 
38,220  Belden, Inc.   2,661,259 
55,078  CTS Corp.   2,176,682 
44,179  ePlus, Inc. (a)   2,152,401 
16,702  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   1,578,506 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
37,699  Knowles Corp. (a)  $518,361 
49,400  Methode Electronics, Inc.   2,036,762 
25,467  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   2,092,878 
5,239  Plexus Corp. (a)   515,518 
39,826  Sanmina Corp. (a)   2,232,247 
139,241  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,131,780 
128,949  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   2,696,323 
       23,866,920 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 2.0%     
285,856  Archrock, Inc.   2,146,778 
23,877  Cactus, Inc., Class A   1,234,918 
36,013  Expro Group Holdings N.V. (a)   681,726 
180,915  Liberty Energy, Inc. (a)   3,059,273 
4,522  Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)   786,964 
248,000  NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)   2,499,840 
264,820  RPC, Inc.   2,947,447 
71,043  Weatherford International PLC (a)   2,961,072 
       16,318,018 
         
   Entertainment — 0.6%     
75,772  Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)   803,941 
10,406  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   510,206 
6,715  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.   1,051,636 
32,692  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   2,579,072 
       4,944,855 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.5%     
109,065  Acadia Realty Trust   1,523,638 
55,344  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   1,078,101 
2,195  Alexander’s, Inc.   515,584 
35,676  American Assets Trust, Inc.   980,377 
314,246  Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A   2,495,113 
271,881  Brandywine Realty Trust   1,783,539 
39,499  Corporate Office Properties Trust   1,052,648 
183,275  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   1,711,789 
78,383  Elme Communities   1,496,331 
279,756  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   2,061,802 
18,834  Equity Commonwealth   492,697 
23,589  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   507,635 
18,966  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   485,909 
34,125  Getty Realty Corp.   1,074,596 
172,320  Global Net Lease, Inc.   2,110,920 
167,598  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   1,850,282 
21,510  InvenTrust Properties Corp.   542,052 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
247,732  iStar, Inc.  $2,596,231 
74,079  JBG SMITH Properties   1,457,875 
24,503  LTC Properties, Inc.   947,531 
250,436  LXP Industrial Trust   2,424,221 
115,567  Macerich (The) Co.   1,286,261 
8,117  National Health Investors, Inc.   460,234 
9,929  NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.   452,762 
30,204  Outfront Media, Inc.   545,182 
294,575  Paramount Group, Inc.   1,905,900 
63,239  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   1,014,354 
173,788  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   1,816,085 
45,336  RLJ Lodging Trust   551,739 
57,122  SL Green Realty Corp. (b)   2,266,601 
194,819  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   2,172,232 
33,538  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.   604,019 
68,785  Urban Edge Properties   971,244 
80,704  Veris Residential, Inc. (a)   1,277,544 
33,270  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   568,252 
       45,081,280 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%     
73,929  Andersons (The), Inc.   2,607,476 
63,349  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   2,320,474 
28,961  Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A   2,733,049 
15,934  PriceSmart, Inc.   1,019,298 
49,600  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   1,463,200 
53,395  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   2,264,482 
25,761  Weis Markets, Inc.   2,413,033 
       14,821,012 
         
   Food Products — 1.9%     
55,646  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   911,481 
41,266  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   2,331,942 
78,968  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   2,059,485 
54,361  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   1,017,094 
78,968  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   2,091,073 
3,544  J & J Snack Foods Corp.   523,130 
28,684  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   1,098,597 
64,438  Sovos Brands, Inc. (a)   893,111 
41,358  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   1,670,450 
10,815  TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)   543,345 
121,537  Utz Brands, Inc.   1,970,115 
       15,109,823 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
7,953  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   989,194 
31,729  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   1,525,848 
       2,515,042 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%     
812  Atrion Corp.   487,452 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
21,065  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)  $466,590 
26,053  Axonics, Inc. (a)   1,905,516 
39,835  Enovis Corp. (a)   1,969,841 
25,853  Glaukos Corp. (a)   1,449,578 
14,746  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   919,118 
16,238  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   1,116,687 
55,331  PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (a) (b)   2,513,687 
40,782  Silk Road Medical, Inc. (a)   1,797,671 
       12,626,140 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.9%     
122,152  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   2,785,066 
4,818  Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)   493,460 
32,061  Agiliti, Inc. (a)   560,106 
155,000  Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)   2,052,200 
11,764  Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (a)   417,151 
264,591  Cano Health, Inc. (a)   947,236 
3,315  CorVel Corp. (a)   544,356 
411,111  Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (a)   1,866,444 
138,610  LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (a) (b)   1,046,505 
57,113  Owens & Minor, Inc.   970,921 
57,303  Patterson Cos., Inc.   1,488,159 
55,578  Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (a)   1,078,213 
24,760  Progyny, Inc. (a)   1,101,077 
       15,350,894 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.6%     
90,374  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,328,498 
51,077  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   1,624,759 
36,013  Phreesia, Inc. (a)   983,875 
28,356  Simulations Plus, Inc.   1,176,774 
       5,113,906 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.2%     
25,030  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   600,970 
55,099  Brinker International, Inc. (a)   1,839,756 
15,669  Cheesecake Factory (The), Inc.   561,107 
14,867  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   1,698,109 
44,358  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,767,666 
21,655  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   1,561,109 
14,729  Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   543,647 
56,572  Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,073,737 
13,150  Golden Entertainment, Inc. (a)   555,193 
24,777  Jack in the Box, Inc.   2,186,075 
39,792  Krispy Kreme, Inc. (b)   571,015 
16,345  Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)   1,297,956 
26,784  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   1,115,554 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
25,921  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)  $578,038 
181,775  Target Hospitality Corp. (a) (b)   2,212,202 
       18,162,134 
         
   Household Durables — 3.5%     
8,920  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   2,021,896 
53,623  Century Communities, Inc.   2,386,760 
107,296  Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)   2,481,756 
14,272  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   1,350,417 
11,330  Installed Building Products, Inc.   974,380 
88,504  KB Home   2,550,685 
101,639  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   2,517,598 
28,192  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   2,595,074 
83,661  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   2,548,314 
63,318  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   2,627,064 
32,645  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   2,486,243 
66,014  Sonos, Inc. (a)   1,064,146 
151,819  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   2,542,968 
       28,147,301 
         
   Household Products — 0.6%     
53,724  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   2,102,757 
36,499  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   1,054,456 
35,265  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   1,627,127 
2,611  WD-40 Co.   418,178 
       5,202,518 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%     
131,537  Montauk Renewables, Inc. (a)   1,969,109 
62,337  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)   1,155,728 
       3,124,837 
         
   Insurance — 2.2%     
52,833  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   3,015,179 
69,647  BRP Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,974,492 
102,126  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   2,252,900 
655,427  Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)   3,060,844 
13,001  Horace Mann Educators Corp.   513,019 
27,401  Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,437,593 
47,032  ProAssurance Corp.   1,044,581 
11,250  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   978,188 
52,566  Stewart Information Services Corp.   2,047,971 
15,440  Trupanion, Inc. (a) (b)   779,257 
       18,104,024 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
9,145  Shutterstock, Inc.   457,524 
13,530  Yelp, Inc. (a)   519,687 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Interactive Media & Services (Continued)     
83,418  ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A (a)  $1,398,920 
       2,376,131 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.5%     
56,526  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   1,314,229 
40,395  Xometry, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   2,426,124 
       3,740,353 
         
   IT Services — 1.5%     
8,676  CSG Systems International, Inc.   561,077 
39,966  Flywire Corp. (a)   877,254 
97,982  Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,333,535 
110,955  Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,072,935 
449,803  Rackspace Technology, Inc. (a)   2,316,485 
165,036  Remitly Global, Inc. (a)   1,917,718 
89,087  Sabre Corp. (a)   517,596 
30,854  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   1,418,358 
21,479  Squarespace, Inc., Class A (a)   477,049 
119,401  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   2,038,175 
       12,530,182 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.6%     
38,241  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   2,022,949 
94,326  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   2,739,227 
       4,762,176 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%     
124,674  Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (a) (b)   1,934,940 
         
   Machinery — 3.5%     
287,468  3D Systems Corp. (a)   2,538,342 
7,505  Alamo Group, Inc.   1,141,360 
11,640  Albany International Corp., Class A   1,066,457 
13,646  Altra Industrial Motion Corp.   820,670 
31,773  Barnes Group, Inc.   1,123,811 
63,313  Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)   1,629,043 
51,463  Enerpac Tool Group Corp.   1,307,675 
16,197  EnPro Industries, Inc.   1,724,981 
12,494  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   1,076,608 
12,293  Federal Signal Corp.   573,468 
37,483  Hillenbrand, Inc.   1,655,999 
60,849  Hillman Solutions Corp. (a)   475,231 
8,251  Kadant, Inc.   1,468,265 
89,174  Kennametal, Inc.   2,381,838 
12,808  Lindsay Corp. (b)   2,168,394 
89,348  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   1,045,372 
92,129  Proterra, Inc. (a)   574,885 
37,782  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   1,442,895 
16,223  Tennant Co.   944,990 
61,708  Terex Corp.   2,501,642 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
42,979  Trinity Industries, Inc.  $1,226,191 
       28,888,117 
         
   Media — 1.6%     
1,076,994  Advantage Solutions, Inc. (a)   3,640,240 
78,696  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   520,181 
160,195  Gray Television, Inc.   2,266,759 
36,645  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   1,546,053 
59,661  Scholastic Corp.   2,275,470 
7,750  TechTarget, Inc. (a)   500,262 
186,960  WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)   2,563,222 
       13,312,187 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.2%     
16,764  Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.   2,830,602 
107,699  Arconic Corp. (a)   2,235,831 
86,208  ATI, Inc. (a)   2,565,550 
29,466  Carpenter Technology Corp.   1,102,029 
116,446  Hecla Mining Co.   532,158 
7,478  Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   604,148 
28,675  Materion Corp.   2,457,734 
64,529  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   2,396,607 
60,147  Worthington Industries, Inc.   2,860,591 
       17,585,250 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.1%     
87,892  Chimera Investment Corp.   593,271 
156,320  Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. (b)   2,501,120 
112,935  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   1,967,328 
204,821  Ladder Capital Corp.   2,185,440 
392,137  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   1,054,848 
38,947  PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust   540,195 
       8,842,202 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.3%     
6,729  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   2,212,428 
18,880  Franchise Group, Inc.   573,008 
       2,785,436 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.5%     
49,533  Avista Corp.   2,032,339 
37,240  NorthWestern Corp.   1,967,389 
       3,999,728 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.0%     
15,474  Arch Resources, Inc.   2,356,535 
26,210  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   1,152,192 
118,171  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   1,986,454 
35,665  CONSOL Energy, Inc.   2,247,608 
79,158  CVR Energy, Inc.   3,091,911 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
84,525  Delek US Holdings, Inc.  $2,507,011 
186,201  Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   3,009,008 
122,673  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   1,032,907 
25,983  Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)   2,325,738 
65,299  International Seaways, Inc.   2,769,331 
14,082  Kinetik Holdings, Inc. (b)   517,936 
354,971  Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)   2,303,762 
29,200  Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)   1,887,780 
83,691  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.   2,857,211 
92,425  Peabody Energy Corp. (a)   2,208,957 
337,353  Permian Resources Corp. (a)   3,295,939 
137,778  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   2,931,916 
78,293  World Fuel Services Corp.   1,995,689 
       40,477,885 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%     
40,602  Sylvamo Corp.   1,955,798 
         
   Personal Products — 1.4%     
38,914  Beauty Health (The) Co. (a)   444,787 
22,260  BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)   539,137 
36,802  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   1,442,270 
60,978  elf Beauty, Inc. (a)   2,637,908 
46,134  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   980,809 
24,321  Inter Parfums, Inc.   1,967,083 
4,234  Medifast, Inc.   495,336 
41,246  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   1,575,185 
24,557  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   1,289,488 
       11,372,003 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%     
32,654  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,009,009 
10,313  Arvinas, Inc. (a)   512,659 
71,576  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   2,047,074 
31,077  Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,616,004 
8,626  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   446,482 
27,622  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,504,846 
178,175  SIGA Technologies, Inc. (b)   1,637,428 
13,554  Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   464,496 
       9,237,998 
         
   Professional Services — 1.0%     
53,623  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   2,661,846 
71,520  First Advantage Corp. (a)   1,004,856 
34,627  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   2,549,586 
4,208  ICF International, Inc.   503,403 
7,823  Kforce, Inc.   494,961 
52,018  Sterling Check Corp. (a)   1,015,912 
       8,230,564 
         

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%     
282,860  Anywhere Real Estate, Inc. (a)  $2,101,650 
40,928  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (b)   540,659 
55,986  Marcus & Millichap, Inc.   2,062,524 
284,615  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   2,330,997 
147,525  Opendoor Technologies, Inc. (a)   382,090 
       7,417,920 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.4%     
31,541  ArcBest Corp.   2,505,302 
160,308  Heartland Express, Inc.   2,385,383 
95,783  Marten Transport Ltd.   1,797,847 
113,005  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   2,513,231 
48,809  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   1,913,313 
       11,115,076 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.7%     
37,880  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)   2,197,040 
71,187  Cohu, Inc. (a)   2,343,476 
28,664  Impinj, Inc. (a)   3,285,754 
14,065  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   434,327 
94,145  Photronics, Inc. (a)   1,527,032 
72,195  Rambus, Inc. (a)   2,177,401 
71,269  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,217,179 
       14,182,209 
         
   Software — 2.5%     
65,856  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   1,602,277 
32,446  Adeia, Inc.   362,746 
33,156  Agilysys, Inc. (a)   2,127,621 
91,455  Alkami Technology, Inc. (a)   1,449,562 
16,433  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   800,780 
13,144  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   1,647,863 
20,638  Asana, Inc., Class A (a)   425,143 
60,210  Clear Secure, Inc., Class A (a)   1,626,874 
8,650  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   526,699 
151,170  E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (a)   881,321 
35,374  Freshworks, Inc., Class A (a)   480,733 
42,838  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   561,606 
56,364  MeridianLink, Inc. (a)   1,014,552 
99,415  N-able, Inc. (a)   1,076,664 
22,026  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   603,512 
109,958  PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,199,160 
32,348  Progress Software Corp.   1,650,718 
49,761  Sprinklr, Inc., Class A (a)   460,289 
7,561  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)   456,155 
5,897  Workiva, Inc. (a)   458,846 
       20,413,121 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.8%     
188,613  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   2,142,644 
7,848  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   445,766 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
57,966  Buckle (The), Inc.  $2,279,803 
73,691  Foot Locker, Inc.   2,336,005 
16,056  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   2,777,688 
62,379  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   875,801 
21,114  Monro, Inc.   1,008,193 
14,052  National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)   520,486 
13,052  ODP (The) Corp. (a)   516,468 
78,606  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   1,638,935 
109,238  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,388,415 
32,089  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   2,093,486 
116,743  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   2,785,488 
47,266  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   1,777,202 
       22,586,380 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%     
19,725  Avid Technology, Inc. (a)   542,240 
41,656  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   2,898,841 
35,076  Xerox Holdings Corp.   513,162 
       3,954,243 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%     
21,004  Carter’s, Inc.   1,425,542 
40,952  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   1,461,986 
95,121  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A   1,423,010 
25,552  Oxford Industries, Inc.   2,599,405 
34,406  Steven Madden Ltd.   1,027,707 
89,434  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   1,532,005 
       9,469,655 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.6%     
40,210  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   1,566,582 
110,554  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   904,332 
43,427  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   891,990 
56,642  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   2,236,792 
112,616  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   2,469,669 
53,473  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   2,851,180 
70,585  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   1,582,516 
9,875  WSFS Financial Corp.   459,780 
       12,962,841 
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
39,861  Universal Corp.   2,017,365 
52,077  Vector Group Ltd.   553,058 
       2,570,423 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.1%     
38,581  Boise Cascade Co.   2,576,053 
236,088  Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (a)   1,636,090 
34,200  Global Industrial Co.   1,085,508 
45,868  GMS, Inc. (a)   2,164,970 
48,567  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   1,833,890 
10,942  McGrath RentCorp   1,029,095 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
136,956  NOW, Inc. (a)  $1,743,450 
52,303  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   2,609,397 
18,771  Veritiv Corp. (a)   2,182,316 
       16,860,769 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.2%     
5,885  American States Water Co.   532,357 
8,708  California Water Service Group   540,419 
7,965  SJW Group   562,966 
       1,635,742 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%     
165,036  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   2,805,612 
88,129  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   2,746,981 
       5,552,593 
         
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   813,307,845 
   (Cost $792,811,008)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 1.4%     
9,395,522  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (d) (e)   9,395,522 
1,816,933  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (d)
   1,816,933 
   Total Money Market Funds — 1.4%   11,212,455 
   (Cost $11,212,455)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 1.8%     
$ 14,794,632  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (d), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $14,795,836. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $15,076,316. (e)   14,794,632 
   (Cost $14,794,632)     
         
   Total Investments — 103.0%   839,314,932 
   (Cost $818,818,095)     
   Net Other Assets andLiabilities — (3.0)%   (24,420,634)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $814,894,298 

 

 

(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 $23,752,446 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $24,190,154.
(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 October 31, 2022.
(e) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund (FYX)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $813,307,845   $813,307,845   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    11,212,455    11,212,455    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    14,794,632    —      14,794,632    —   
Total Investments   $839,314,932   $824,520,300   $14,794,632   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%     
18,307  General Dynamics Corp.  $4,573,089 
18,688  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   4,606,031 
4,894  Lockheed Martin Corp.   2,381,812 
47,467  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   4,500,821 
97,416  Textron, Inc.   6,667,151 
       22,728,904 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.6%     
87,833  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   8,594,459 
65,299  FedEx Corp.   10,466,124 
       19,060,583 
         
   Airlines — 0.6%     
184,013  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   6,688,873 
         
   Automobiles — 2.0%     
865,619  Ford Motor Co.   11,573,326 
302,112  General Motors Co.   11,857,896 
       23,431,222 
         
   Banks — 8.0%     
187,922  Bank of America Corp.   6,772,709 
186,135  Citigroup, Inc.   8,536,151 
225,719  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   9,231,907 
177,572  Fifth Third Bancorp   6,337,545 
14,488  First Republic Bank   1,740,009 
430,581  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   6,536,220 
74,218  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   9,342,562 
484,144  KeyCorp   8,651,653 
10,730  M&T Bank Corp.   1,806,610 
26,002  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   4,207,904 
386,453  Regions Financial Corp.   8,482,643 
5,630  SVB Financial Group (a)   1,300,305 
178,481  Truist Financial Corp.   7,994,164 
140,741  U.S. Bancorp   5,974,455 
192,844  Wells Fargo & Co.   8,868,895 
       95,783,732 
         
   Beverages — 0.3%     
108,467  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   4,212,858 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.4%     
14,549  Biogen, Inc. (a)   4,123,768 
81,987  Moderna, Inc. (a)   12,325,106 
       16,448,874 
         
   Building Products — 0.5%     
159,585  Carrier Global Corp.   6,345,100 
         
   Capital Markets — 5.9%     
201,355  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   8,479,059 
7,061  BlackRock, Inc.   4,560,770 
375,187  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   10,610,288 
450,503  Franklin Resources, Inc.   10,564,295 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
26,460  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.  $9,115,735 
20,929  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   2,000,185 
71,833  Morgan Stanley   5,902,518 
19,150  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   2,262,381 
127,549  State Street Corp.   9,438,626 
73,858  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   7,840,765 
       70,774,622 
         
   Chemicals — 5.8%     
107,311  Celanese Corp.   10,314,733 
220,694  Dow, Inc.   10,315,238 
192,351  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   11,002,477 
136,457  Eastman Chemical Co.   10,481,262 
42,772  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   4,174,975 
128,783  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   9,845,460 
17,089  PPG Industries, Inc.   1,951,222 
111,595  Westlake Corp.   10,785,657 
       68,871,024 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.5%     
141,866  Cisco Systems, Inc.   6,444,972 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
5,876  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,974,218 
11,988  Vulcan Materials Co.   1,962,436 
       3,936,654 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.9%     
14,025  American Express Co.   2,082,011 
105,195  Capital One Financial Corp.   11,152,774 
85,307  Discover Financial Services   8,911,169 
343,916  Synchrony Financial   12,229,653 
       34,375,607 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 2.2%     
23,875  Avery Dennison Corp.   4,048,006 
39,158  Ball Corp.   1,934,014 
305,828  International Paper Co.   10,278,879 
86,344  Packaging Corp. of America   10,379,412 
       26,640,311 
         
   Distributors — 0.8%     
164,488  LKQ Corp.   9,152,112 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%     
7,082  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   2,089,827 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8%     
632,016  AT&T, Inc.   11,521,652 
255,328  Verizon Communications, Inc.   9,541,607 
       21,063,259 
         

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities — 6.3%     
73,333  Alliant Energy Corp.  $3,825,783 
65,646  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   5,771,596 
22,733  Constellation Energy Corp.   2,149,178 
61,000  Duke Energy Corp.   5,683,980 
68,671  Edison International   4,123,007 
56,394  Entergy Corp.   6,042,053 
130,573  Evergy, Inc.   7,981,927 
72,789  Eversource Energy   5,552,345 
207,045  Exelon Corp.   7,989,867 
153,370  FirstEnergy Corp.   5,783,583 
620,470  PG&E Corp. (a)   9,263,617 
223,857  PPL Corp.   5,929,972 
27,819  Southern (The) Co.   1,821,588 
60,718  Xcel Energy, Inc.   3,953,349 
       75,871,845 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
16,680  AMETEK, Inc.   2,162,729 
14,180  Eaton Corp. PLC   2,127,993 
77,507  Emerson Electric Co.   6,712,106 
       11,002,828 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1%     
51,430  TE Connectivity Ltd.   6,286,289 
11,513  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   4,581,944 
34,857  Trimble, Inc. (a)   2,096,997 
       12,965,230 
         
   Entertainment — 0.8%     
32,947  Netflix, Inc. (a)   9,616,570 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.5%     
51,834  Boston Properties, Inc.   3,768,332 
57,807  Equity Residential   3,642,997 
82,524  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   1,958,295 
421,300  Kimco Realty Corp.   9,007,394 
       18,377,018 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 2.3%     
415,480  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   8,521,495 
129,720  Kroger (The) Co.   6,134,459 
308,752  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   11,269,448 
14,578  Walmart, Inc.   2,074,886 
       28,000,288 
         
   Food Products — 5.1%     
96,410  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   9,349,842 
117,406  Bunge Ltd.   11,587,972 
40,141  Campbell Soup Co.   2,123,861 
119,079  Conagra Brands, Inc.   4,370,199 
50,724  General Mills, Inc.   4,138,064 
41,626  Hormel Foods Corp.   1,933,528 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products (Continued)     
28,273  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.  $4,259,610 
55,772  Kellogg Co.   4,284,405 
116,507  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   4,482,024 
70,865  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   4,356,780 
147,042  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   10,050,321 
       60,936,606 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.5%     
55,716  Atmos Energy Corp.   5,936,540 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%     
9,141  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   1,776,096 
35,128  Baxter International, Inc.   1,909,207 
14,729  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   4,026,762 
48,124  Medtronic PLC   4,203,150 
11,383  STERIS PLC   1,964,478 
       13,879,693 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.3%     
49,944  Centene Corp. (a)   4,251,733 
20,450  Cigna Corp.   6,606,577 
59,497  CVS Health Corp.   5,634,366 
8,553  Elevance Health, Inc.   4,676,524 
30,873  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   6,713,951 
3,908  Humana, Inc.   2,180,976 
47,344  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings   10,503,740 
79,020  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   11,351,223 
       51,919,090 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0%     
326,205  MGM Resorts International   11,603,112 
         
   Household Durables — 3.0%     
143,949  D.R. Horton, Inc.   11,066,799 
70,655  Garmin Ltd.   6,220,466 
130,056  Lennar Corp., Class A   10,495,519 
1,941  NVR, Inc. (a)   8,225,473 
       36,008,257 
         
   Household Products — 0.2%     
16,803  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   2,091,301 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%     
35,168  3M Co.   4,423,783 
         
   Insurance — 6.7%     
138,007  Aflac, Inc.   8,985,636 
204,183  American International Group, Inc.   11,638,431 
170,310  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   9,792,825 
42,644  Chubb Ltd.   9,163,769 
21,121  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   2,182,222 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
125,227  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.  $9,067,687 
113,865  Loews Corp.   6,492,582 
31,125  MetLife, Inc.   2,278,661 
107,503  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   9,474,240 
45,295  Prudential Financial, Inc.   4,764,581 
37,046  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   6,833,505 
       80,674,139 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
57,268  Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)   5,335,087 
         
   IT Services — 2.8%     
70,645  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   6,240,073 
26,932  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   4,041,416 
135,029  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   8,405,555 
41,527  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   4,266,484 
17,504  Global Payments, Inc.   2,000,007 
15,923  International Business Machines Corp.   2,201,992 
118,840  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   6,110,753 
       33,266,280 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%     
9,614  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   2,040,572 
         
   Machinery — 3.5%     
23,684  Caterpillar, Inc.   5,126,639 
27,882  Cummins, Inc.   6,817,428 
48,674  Dover Corp.   6,361,205 
32,438  Fortive Corp.   2,072,788 
92,679  PACCAR, Inc.   8,974,108 
103,125  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   8,094,281 
47,769  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   4,455,892 
       41,902,341 
         
   Media — 3.2%     
18,699  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   6,874,126 
330,549  Comcast Corp., Class A   10,491,625 
252,794  Fox Corp., Class A   7,298,163 
61,587  Omnicom Group, Inc.   4,480,454 
509,180  Paramount Global, Class B (b)   9,328,178 
       38,472,546 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.6%     
135,023  Newmont Corp.   5,714,173 
136,639  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   12,850,898 
       18,565,071 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Multiline Retail — 0.4%     
26,193  Target Corp.  $4,302,200 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 2.6%     
48,237  Ameren Corp.   3,932,280 
275,233  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   7,874,416 
97,447  CMS Energy Corp.   5,559,351 
66,166  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   5,819,962 
16,436  DTE Energy Co.   1,842,640 
12,616  Sempra Energy   1,904,259 
43,446  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   3,967,923 
       30,900,831 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.0%     
97,602  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   11,089,539 
120,111  Phillips 66   12,526,376 
       23,615,915 
         
   Professional Services — 0.4%     
44,426  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   4,513,237 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%     
114,893  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   8,150,509 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.5%     
36,285  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   6,207,275 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.1%     
376,211  Intel Corp.   10,695,679 
193,521  Micron Technology, Inc.   10,469,486 
113,688  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   9,778,305 
75,523  Teradyne, Inc.   6,143,796 
       37,087,266 
         
   Software — 0.2%     
93,922  NortonLifeLock, Inc.   2,116,063 
         
   Specialty Retail — 1.5%     
122,449  Best Buy Co., Inc.   8,376,736 
85,964  CarMax, Inc. (a)   5,416,592 
22,457  Ross Stores, Inc.   2,148,910 
30,450  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   2,195,445 
       18,137,683 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.3%     
809,257  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   11,548,098 
311,237  HP, Inc.   8,596,366 
62,816  NetApp, Inc.   4,351,264 
106,605  Seagate Technology Holdings PLC   5,294,004 
297,852  Western Digital Corp. (a)   10,237,173 
       40,026,905 
         

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%     
189,726  VF Corp.  $5,359,760 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.8%     
28,706  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   9,062,771 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%     
14,099  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   2,136,845 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   1,192,553,991 
   (Cost $1,185,389,968)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.1%     
925,023  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   925,023 
478,968  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
   478,968 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.1%   1,403,991 
   (Cost $1,403,991)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.1%     
$ 1,456,584  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $1,456,703. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,484,317. (d)   1,456,584 
   (Cost $1,456,584)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.0%   1,195,414,566 
   (Cost $1,188,250,543)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.0)%   (160,837)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $1,195,253,729 

 

 

(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 $2,247,864 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $2,381,607.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FTA)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $1,192,553,991   $1,192,553,991   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    1,403,991    1,403,991    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,456,584    —      1,456,584    —   
Total Investments   $1,195,414,566   $1,193,957,982   $1,456,584   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%     
40,908  HEICO Corp.  $6,653,277 
12,523  Northrop Grumman Corp.   6,875,252 
2,732  TransDigm Group, Inc.   1,572,977 
       15,101,506 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%     
76,446  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   7,470,303 
18,231  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   3,058,615 
       10,528,918 
         
   Automobiles — 0.4%     
16,216  Tesla, Inc. (a)   3,689,789 
         
   Beverages — 2.6%     
64,612  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   4,393,616 
52,570  Coca-Cola (The) Co.   3,146,314 
18,727  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   4,627,067 
49,462  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   4,635,579 
36,078  PepsiCo, Inc.   6,551,043 
       23,353,619 
         
   Biotechnology — 4.2%     
21,943  AbbVie, Inc.   3,212,455 
29,426  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   6,098,833 
19,082  Amgen, Inc.   5,158,819 
69,723  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   5,470,467 
64,544  Incyte Corp. (a)   4,798,201 
8,550  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   6,401,812 
20,343  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   6,347,016 
       37,487,603 
         
   Building Products — 1.3%     
26,256  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   6,269,933 
126,150  Masco Corp.   5,836,960 
       12,106,893 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.0%     
17,129  Blackstone, Inc.   1,561,137 
10,750  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   4,574,018 
33,699  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   8,615,149 
3,399  MSCI, Inc.   1,593,655 
16,757  Northern Trust Corp.   1,413,453 
       17,757,412 
         
   Chemicals — 4.2%     
25,308  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   6,337,123 
76,493  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   8,128,146 
128,827  Corteva, Inc.   8,417,556 
55,723  FMC Corp.   6,625,465 
152,337  Mosaic (The) Co.   8,188,114 
       37,696,404 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.1%     
15,173  Cintas Corp.   6,487,216 
27,678  Copart, Inc. (a)   3,183,524 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     
54,120  Republic Services, Inc.  $7,177,394 
124,026  Rollins, Inc.   5,219,014 
36,764  Waste Management, Inc.   5,822,315 
       27,889,463 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.2%     
52,175  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   6,305,870 
19,204  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   4,795,431 
       11,101,301 
         
   Distributors — 1.3%     
49,307  Genuine Parts Co.   8,769,743 
9,255  Pool Corp.   2,815,649 
       11,585,392 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.6%     
75,117  NextEra Energy, Inc.   5,821,567 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.4%     
8,048  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   932,844 
140,170  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   2,239,916 
       3,172,760 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.8%     
87,963  Amphenol Corp., Class A   6,670,234 
101,481  Corning, Inc.   3,264,644 
37,430  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   6,518,435 
       16,453,313 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%     
174,705  Halliburton Co.   6,362,756 
164,066  Schlumberger N.V.   8,536,354 
       14,899,110 
         
   Entertainment — 0.9%     
56,566  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   4,503,219 
82,170  ROBLOX Corp., Class A (a)   3,676,286 
       8,179,505 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.6%     
43,698  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   1,395,714 
22,815  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   1,459,247 
24,904  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   4,418,966 
66,568  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   3,336,388 
370,904  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   7,002,667 
42,456  Invitation Homes, Inc.   1,345,431 
97,822  Iron Mountain, Inc.   4,897,948 
4,897  Public Storage   1,516,846 
5,037  SBA Communications Corp.   1,359,486 
10,595  Sun Communities, Inc.   1,428,736 
98,659  VICI Properties, Inc.   3,159,061 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
50,201  Weyerhaeuser Co.  $1,552,717 
       32,873,207 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%     
60,829  Sysco Corp.   5,265,358 
         
   Food Products — 0.7%     
26,715  Hershey (The) Co.   6,378,741 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1%     
30,436  Abbott Laboratories   3,011,338 
13,216  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   3,118,579 
17,802  Dexcom, Inc. (a)   2,150,126 
45,645  Hologic, Inc. (a)   3,094,731 
12,838  Insulet Corp. (a)   3,322,603 
13,491  ResMed, Inc.   3,017,802 
13,713  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   1,554,368 
       19,269,547 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%     
21,662  McKesson Corp.   8,434,533 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.2%     
28,037  Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)   2,997,436 
1,792  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   3,350,108 
3,919  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   5,871,955 
58,284  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   8,342,772 
48,830  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   6,604,746 
42,029  Marriott International, Inc., Class A   6,729,263 
12,764  McDonald’s Corp.   3,480,232 
69,902  Starbucks Corp.   6,052,814 
27,694  Yum! Brands, Inc.   3,274,816 
       46,704,142 
         
   Household Products — 0.5%     
41,922  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   3,095,520 
11,356  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   1,529,313 
       4,624,833 
         
   Insurance — 3.1%     
16,057  Aon PLC, Class A   4,519,885 
34,400  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   6,435,552 
71,118  Brown & Brown, Inc.   4,181,027 
28,812  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   4,652,850 
114,005  W.R. Berkley Corp.   8,479,692 
       28,269,006 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%     
14,990  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   1,416,705 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.3%     
29,411  Etsy, Inc. (a)   2,761,987 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services — 3.6%     
11,445  Accenture PLC, Class A  $3,249,235 
19,016  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   4,596,167 
25,922  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   1,459,927 
8,138  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,514,645 
21,287  Gartner, Inc. (a)   6,426,971 
23,598  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   4,697,418 
5,042  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   1,654,684 
26,245  Paychex, Inc.   3,105,046 
17,328  Snowflake, Inc., Class A (a)   2,777,678 
8,254  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   1,654,597 
8,071  Visa, Inc., Class A   1,671,988 
       32,808,356 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%     
24,228  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   3,351,944 
16,653  Danaher Corp.   4,191,061 
7,915  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,659,538 
1,322  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   1,672,237 
5,806  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   2,984,110 
       13,858,890 
         
   Machinery — 3.3%     
17,641  Deere & Co.   6,982,661 
29,472  IDEX Corp.   6,551,920 
23,810  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   5,084,149 
99,427  Ingersoll Rand, Inc.   5,021,064 
20,263  Nordson Corp.   4,559,175 
22,472  Otis Worldwide Corp.   1,587,422 
       29,786,391 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.6%     
157,381  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   4,987,404 
68,814  Nucor Corp.   9,040,783 
       14,028,187 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.6%     
31,603  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   5,009,075 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.2%     
20,745  Dominion Energy, Inc.   1,451,528 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 21.0%     
215,339  APA Corp.   9,789,311 
44,377  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   7,828,547 
51,245  Chevron Corp.   9,270,221 
71,941  ConocoPhillips   9,071,041 
110,200  Continental Resources, Inc.   8,151,494 
281,870  Coterra Energy, Inc.   8,774,613 
122,443  Devon Energy Corp.   9,470,966 
61,119  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   9,602,406 
65,895  EOG Resources, Inc.   8,995,985 
180,674  EQT Corp.   7,559,400 
84,325  Exxon Mobil Corp.   9,344,053 

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
67,552  Hess Corp.  $9,530,236 
353,964  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   6,413,828 
326,061  Marathon Oil Corp.   9,928,557 
119,812  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   8,698,351 
114,949  ONEOK, Inc.   6,818,775 
160,053  Ovintiv, Inc.   8,106,684 
34,002  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   8,718,453 
122,016  Targa Resources Corp.   8,342,234 
4,143  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   9,544,933 
68,905  Valero Energy Corp.   8,651,023 
205,727  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   6,733,445 
       189,344,556 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 3.1%     
82,852  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   6,418,545 
13,302  Eli Lilly & Co.   4,816,521 
18,027  Johnson & Johnson   3,136,157 
68,392  Merck & Co., Inc.   6,921,271 
134,597  Pfizer, Inc.   6,265,490 
       27,557,984 
         
   Professional Services — 0.7%     
61,755  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   5,108,373 
8,408  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   1,537,235 
       6,645,608 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.2%     
110,547  CSX Corp.   3,212,496 
14,047  Norfolk Southern Corp.   3,203,699 
17,290  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   4,747,834 
222,263  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   5,905,528 
15,116  Union Pacific Corp.   2,979,968 
       20,049,525 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.6%     
21,135  Analog Devices, Inc.   3,014,274 
17,499  Applied Materials, Inc.   1,544,987 
3,229  Broadcom, Inc.   1,518,017 
26,534  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   8,145,938 
9,732  KLA Corp.   3,079,691 
33,413  Marvell Technology, Inc.   1,325,828 
70,477  Microchip Technology, Inc.   4,351,250 
3,946  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   1,339,470 
29,159  NXP Semiconductors N.V.   4,259,547 
118,120  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   7,256,112 
26,066  QUALCOMM, Inc.   3,066,925 
19,027  Texas Instruments, Inc.   3,056,307 
       41,958,346 
         
   Software — 4.6%     
15,765  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   3,378,439 
10,832  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,444,555 
36,040  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   5,456,096 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
8,699  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)  $1,402,279 
29,183  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   1,668,100 
7,604  Intuit, Inc.   3,250,710 
26,261  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   4,506,125 
13,034  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   4,509,764 
41,121  PTC, Inc. (a)   4,845,287 
14,078  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   4,118,519 
12,378  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   4,002,179 
9,419  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   1,467,669 
8,722  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   1,344,060 
       41,393,782 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.7%     
3,437  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   8,705,508 
21,345  Home Depot (The), Inc.   6,320,895 
31,361  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   6,113,827 
10,468  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   8,763,496 
23,140  Tractor Supply Co.   5,085,478 
18,352  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   7,696,278 
       42,685,482 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%     
31,123  Apple, Inc.   4,772,401 
         
   Tobacco — 0.4%     
35,506  Altria Group, Inc.   1,642,863 
17,272  Philip Morris International, Inc.   1,586,433 
       3,229,296 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%     
63,966  Fastenal Co.   3,091,477 
15,050  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   8,794,467 
       11,885,944 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.2%     
34,648  Essential Utilities, Inc.   1,532,135 
         
   Total Investments — 99.9%   900,820,100 
   (Cost $812,973,200)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.1%   1,196,923 
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $902,017,023 

  

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

 

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FTC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $900,820,100   $900,820,100   $—     $—   
                     
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%     
1,505  BWX Technologies, Inc.  $85,755 
545  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   91,467 
1,448  General Dynamics Corp.   361,710 
342  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   87,918 
1,478  L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   364,283 
387  Lockheed Martin Corp.   188,345 
9,343  Maxar Technologies, Inc.   208,723 
1,243  Moog, Inc., Class A   105,344 
3,753  Raytheon Technologies Corp.   355,860 
7,703  Textron, Inc.   527,193 
       2,376,598 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%     
7,261  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   212,021 
6,975  Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   682,504 
5,186  FedEx Corp.   831,212 
4,323  GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)   157,963 
2,535  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   196,716 
       2,080,416 
         
   Airlines — 0.6%     
3,872  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)   172,149 
1,763  Allegiant Travel Co. (a)   132,313 
6,471  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   52,027 
13,445  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   237,708 
14,586  Southwest Airlines Co. (a)   530,201 
       1,124,398 
         
   Auto Components — 1.2%     
7,879  Adient PLC (a)   275,607 
9,654  BorgWarner, Inc.   362,315 
15,301  Dana, Inc.   244,204 
6,359  Gentex Corp.   168,450 
37,557  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co. (a)   476,974 
3,735  LCI Industries   396,321 
633  Lear Corp.   87,803 
4,987  Patrick Industries, Inc.   227,956 
       2,239,630 
         
   Automobiles — 1.3%     
68,749  Ford Motor Co.   919,174 
23,995  General Motors Co.   941,804 
5,415  Thor Industries, Inc.   441,160 
4,108  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   245,207 
       2,547,345 
         
   Banks — 7.8%     
1,889  1st Source Corp.   109,864 
2,878  Ameris Bancorp   148,246 
6,409  Associated Banc-Corp.   156,059 
4,237  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   146,346 
14,895  Bank of America Corp.   536,816 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
5,748  Bank OZK  $247,049 
3,766  BankUnited, Inc.   135,388 
726  Banner Corp.   54,269 
1,571  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   45,952 
853  BOK Financial Corp.   93,992 
2,982  Cadence Bank   82,452 
2,274  Cathay General Bancorp   103,694 
14,783  Citigroup, Inc.   677,948 
17,928  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   733,255 
3,027  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   101,314 
1,066  Comerica, Inc.   75,153 
7,416  Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)   249,845 
4,395  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.   151,759 
1,951  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   88,341 
1,129  East West Bancorp, Inc.   80,803 
1,985  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   106,138 
13,067  F.N.B. Corp.   188,818 
1,123  FB Financial Corp.   47,121 
14,041  Fifth Third Bancorp   501,123 
1,173  First Bancorp   52,281 
3,979  First Busey Corp.   105,085 
95  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   78,101 
6,811  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   97,670 
6,105  First Financial Bancorp   159,157 
7,095  First Foundation, Inc.   113,236 
1,109  First Merchants Corp.   49,794 
1,145  First Republic Bank   137,515 
5,535  Fulton Financial Corp.   100,903 
4,964  Hancock Whitney Corp.   277,339 
2,017  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   99,479 
7,038  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   203,750 
13,837  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   187,768 
34,130  Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   518,093 
1,424  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   89,840 
1,009  International Bancshares Corp.   50,046 
5,895  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   742,063 
38,452  KeyCorp   687,137 
848  M&T Bank Corp.   142,778 
1,130  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   53,551 
3,176  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   47,831 
6,904  OceanFirst Financial Corp.   155,892 
4,601  Old National Bancorp   89,996 
7,739  PacWest Bancorp   192,392 
1,869  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   155,108 
2,057  PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   332,884 
3,155  Popular, Inc.   223,122 
2,274  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   162,750 
30,692  Regions Financial Corp.   673,689 
4,114  Renasant Corp.   166,082 
2,983  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   112,787 
3,650  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   129,356 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
4,014  Simmons First National Corp., Class A  $95,814 
1,214  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   41,567 
445  SVB Financial Group (a)   102,777 
6,061  Synovus Financial Corp.   241,531 
727  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   43,620 
3,259  TowneBank   107,352 
14,148  Truist Financial Corp.   633,689 
11,130  U.S. Bancorp   472,469 
899  UMB Financial Corp.   74,815 
2,120  United Bankshares, Inc.   89,782 
2,290  United Community Banks, Inc.   88,165 
14,036  Valley National Bancorp   166,607 
4,840  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   152,847 
4,293  Washington Federal, Inc.   166,139 
1,677  Webster Financial Corp.   90,994 
15,316  Wells Fargo & Co.   704,383 
2,621  WesBanco, Inc.   105,993 
1,859  Wintrust Financial Corp.   174,040 
1,491  Zions Bancorp N.A.   77,443 
       14,879,247 
         
   Beverages — 0.3%     
8,578  Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   333,170 
6,317  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   318,566 
       651,736 
         
   Biotechnology — 1.1%     
1,151  Biogen, Inc. (a)   326,239 
10,416  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   217,278 
8,441  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   92,345 
6,512  Moderna, Inc. (a)   978,949 
19,655  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   432,017 
       2,046,828 
         
   Building Products — 1.2%     
5,262  AZEK (The) Co., Inc. (a)   92,138 
12,619  Carrier Global Corp.   501,731 
4,235  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   255,455 
2,136  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   109,107 
2,962  Griffon Corp.   95,199 
24,985  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   265,091 
340  Lennox International, Inc.   79,414 
3,857  Owens Corning   330,198 
2,047  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   43,621 
9,176  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   216,737 
4,201  UFP Industries, Inc.   299,237 
       2,287,928 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.7%     
2,710  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   336,474 
3,247  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   92,572 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets (Continued)     
4,781  AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)  $99,014 
15,991  Bank of New York Mellon (The) Corp.   673,381 
27,850  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   110,286 
560  BlackRock, Inc.   361,710 
29,799  Carlyle Group (The), Inc.   842,716 
3,686  Evercore, Inc., Class A   387,399 
2,640  Federated Hermes, Inc.   91,740 
35,780  Franklin Resources, Inc.   839,041 
2,102  Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.   724,160 
1,656  Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   158,264 
27,660  Invesco Ltd.   423,751 
10,277  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   353,632 
7,144  Lazard Ltd., Class A   269,400 
5,679  Morgan Stanley   466,643 
1,229  Piper Sandler Cos.   157,275 
1,514  Raymond James Financial, Inc.   178,864 
4,636  SEI Investments Co.   251,735 
10,130  State Street Corp.   749,620 
4,380  Stifel Financial Corp.   270,991 
517  StoneX Group, Inc. (a)   48,246 
5,866  T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   622,734 
7,503  Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A   216,987 
2,066  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   46,237 
1,097  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   188,124 
       8,960,996 
         
   Chemicals — 4.3%     
10,006  Avient Corp.   345,107 
8,523  Celanese Corp.   819,231 
12,299  Chemours (The) Co.   352,120 
17,528  Dow, Inc.   819,259 
15,278  DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   873,901 
10,837  Eastman Chemical Co.   832,390 
15,248  Ecovyst, Inc. (a)   151,718 
4,658  Element Solutions, Inc.   80,118 
2,522  H.B. Fuller Co.   175,809 
15,442  Huntsman Corp.   413,228 
708  Ingevity Corp. (a)   47,627 
501  Innospec, Inc.   50,095 
3,382  International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   330,117 
10,228  LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   781,931 
3,961  Mativ Holdings, Inc.   94,034 
3,540  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   194,735 
143  NewMarket Corp.   43,521 
8,838  Olin Corp.   467,972 
1,351  PPG Industries, Inc.   154,257 
1,374  Stepan Co.   143,500 
11,933  Trinseo PLC   224,579 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
8,863  Westlake Corp.  $856,609 
       8,251,858 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%     
3,366  ABM Industries, Inc.   149,821 
2,095  Brady Corp., Class A   95,846 
22,027  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   196,481 
24,731  CoreCivic, Inc. (a)   258,934 
4,855  HNI Corp.   140,746 
11,211  MillerKnoll, Inc.   237,449 
255  UniFirst Corp.   46,922 
       1,126,199 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.5%     
11,246  Cisco Systems, Inc.   510,906 
2,902  Juniper Networks, Inc.   88,801 
1,106  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   82,341 
4,257  Viasat, Inc. (a)   174,367 
       856,415 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.6%     
5,711  API Group Corp. (a)   94,174 
750  Arcosa, Inc.   48,150 
779  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   96,035 
657  EMCOR Group, Inc.   92,703 
1,689  Granite Construction, Inc.   56,970 
2,387  MasTec, Inc. (a)   183,990 
5,542  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   157,836 
506  MYR Group, Inc. (a)   44,280 
13,453  Primoris Services Corp.   271,616 
       1,045,754 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.3%     
464  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   155,895 
7,299  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   192,329 
949  Vulcan Materials Co.   155,351 
       503,575 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.9%     
10,894  Ally Financial, Inc.   300,239 
1,109  American Express Co.   164,631 
6,951  Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.   251,001 
8,354  Capital One Financial Corp.   885,691 
6,775  Discover Financial Services   707,716 
4,807  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   244,772 
3,099  FirstCash Holdings, Inc.   305,096 
4,607  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   87,671 
19,785  LendingClub Corp. (a)   210,512 
11,906  Navient Corp.   180,257 
2,208  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   196,711 
12,837  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   494,995 
5,322  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   178,287 
16,252  SLM Corp.   269,621 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance (Continued)     
27,314  Synchrony Financial  $971,286 
       5,448,486 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 2.1%     
1,889  Avery Dennison Corp.   320,280 
3,095  Ball Corp.   152,862 
6,515  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   308,290 
5,089  Greif, Inc., Class A   336,942 
24,290  International Paper Co.   816,387 
13,505  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   220,266 
6,857  Packaging Corp. of America   824,280 
20,035  Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.   218,582 
3,605  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   170,733 
2,672  Sonoco Products Co.   165,878 
3,488  TriMas Corp.   79,701 
12,268  Westrock Co.   417,848 
       4,032,049 
         
   Distributors — 0.4%     
13,064  LKQ Corp.   726,881 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%     
20,237  ADT, Inc. (b)   171,205 
2,104  Frontdoor, Inc. (a)   46,414 
325  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   202,758 
1,424  Strategic Education, Inc.   98,256 
       518,633 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%     
560  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)   165,250 
5,753  Equitable Holdings, Inc.   176,157 
7,879  Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A   302,238 
1,252  Voya Financial, Inc.   85,587 
       729,232 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.2%     
50,195  AT&T, Inc.   915,055 
12,939  Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (a)   303,031 
52,054  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   383,118 
20,279  Verizon Communications, Inc.   757,826 
       2,359,030 
         
   Electric Utilities — 3.9%     
6,057  ALLETE, Inc.   340,827 
5,799  Alliant Energy Corp.   302,534 
5,191  American Electric Power Co., Inc.   456,393 
1,798  Constellation Energy Corp.   169,983 
4,824  Duke Energy Corp.   449,500 
5,430  Edison International   326,017 
4,460  Entergy Corp.   477,844 
10,370  Evergy, Inc.   633,918 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electric Utilities (Continued)     
5,756  Eversource Energy  $439,068 
16,444  Exelon Corp.   634,574 
12,129  FirstEnergy Corp.   457,385 
2,187  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   83,194 
766  IDACORP, Inc.   80,200 
9,902  NRG Energy, Inc.   439,649 
49,280  PG&E Corp. (a)   735,750 
4,699  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   315,820 
5,231  Portland General Electric Co.   235,081 
17,702  PPL Corp.   468,926 
2,200  Southern (The) Co.   144,056 
4,801  Xcel Energy, Inc.   312,593 
       7,503,312 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.8%     
962  Acuity Brands, Inc.   176,594 
1,319  AMETEK, Inc.   171,021 
1,122  Eaton Corp. PLC   168,379 
6,144  Emerson Electric Co.   532,070 
737  EnerSys   48,856 
40,580  GrafTech International Ltd.   206,552 
540  Regal Rexnord Corp.   68,332 
2,747  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   61,835 
       1,433,639 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.1%     
4,110  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   416,179 
10,491  Avnet, Inc.   421,633 
4,350  Coherent Corp. (a)   146,203 
3,098  ePlus, Inc. (a)   150,935 
1,061  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   100,275 
2,695  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   230,854 
3,464  Methode Electronics, Inc.   142,821 
1,786  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   146,773 
2,793  Sanmina Corp. (a)   156,548 
2,800  TD SYNNEX Corp.   256,228 
4,067  TE Connectivity Ltd.   497,109 
910  Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)   362,162 
2,756  Trimble, Inc. (a)   165,801 
13,270  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   203,164 
9,832  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   205,587 
18,142  Vontier Corp.   346,512 
       3,948,784 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%     
20,047  Archrock, Inc.   150,553 
         
   Entertainment — 0.4%     
2,616  Netflix, Inc. (a)   763,558 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.6%     
10,198  Acadia Realty Trust   142,466 
2,587  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   50,395 
3,400  American Assets Trust, Inc.   93,432 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
7,850  Apartment Income REIT Corp.  $301,675 
23,959  Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A   190,234 
4,098  Boston Properties, Inc.   297,925 
25,911  Brandywine Realty Trust   169,976 
14,640  Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.   250,930 
1,847  Corporate Office Properties Trust   49,223 
12,983  Cousins Properties, Inc.   308,476 
17,137  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   160,060 
4,227  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   74,353 
4,980  Elme Communities   95,068 
19,618  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   144,585 
4,571  Equity Residential   288,064 
12,085  Global Net Lease, Inc.   148,041 
6,527  Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   154,886 
5,622  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   158,709 
15,972  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   176,331 
23,610  iStar, Inc.   247,433 
6,927  JBG SMITH Properties   136,323 
33,460  Kimco Realty Corp.   715,375 
23,867  LXP Industrial Trust   231,033 
31,952  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   365,850 
5,140  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   163,349 
28,073  Paramount Group, Inc.   181,632 
13,461  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   176,070 
2,957  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   47,430 
15,118  Physicians Realty Trust   227,677 
16,563  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   173,083 
5,776  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   78,900 
5,444  SL Green Realty Corp.   216,018 
18,567  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   207,022 
6,555  Urban Edge Properties   92,557 
3,773  Veris Residential, Inc. (a)   59,727 
9,817  Vornado Realty Trust   231,583 
       6,805,891 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.9%     
32,998  Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A   676,789 
7,046  Andersons (The), Inc.   248,512 
375  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   87,266 
2,760  Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A   260,461 
10,257  Kroger (The) Co.   485,054 
1,518  PriceSmart, Inc.   97,106 
4,638  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   136,821 
5,089  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   215,825 
2,866  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)   85,292 
24,522  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   895,053 
1,154  Walmart, Inc.   164,249 
1,806  Weis Markets, Inc.   169,168 
       3,521,596 
         

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food Products — 3.2%     
7,657  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.  $742,576 
2,601  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   42,604 
9,325  Bunge Ltd.   920,378 
3,175  Campbell Soup Co.   167,989 
9,416  Conagra Brands, Inc.   345,567 
7,525  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   196,252 
4,011  General Mills, Inc.   327,217 
2,541  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   47,542 
3,292  Hormel Foods Corp.   152,913 
2,823  Ingredion, Inc.   251,586 
2,236  J.M. Smucker (The) Co.   336,876 
4,411  Kellogg Co.   338,853 
9,213  Kraft Heinz (The) Co.   354,424 
5,604  Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   344,534 
3,701  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   334,645 
89  Seaboard Corp.   333,428 
11,679  Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   798,260 
       6,035,644 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.6%     
4,417  Atmos Energy Corp.   470,631 
2,967  Northwest Natural Holding Co.   142,683 
2,173  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   158,781 
11,721  UGI Corp.   414,103 
       1,186,198 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9%     
722  Align Technology, Inc. (a)   140,285 
1,970  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   43,636 
2,778  Baxter International, Inc.   150,984 
1,165  Cooper (The) Cos., Inc.   318,499 
8,020  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   247,176 
3,797  Enovis Corp. (a)   187,762 
689  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   42,945 
3,805  Medtronic PLC   332,329 
899  STERIS PLC   155,149 
752  Teleflex, Inc.   161,349 
       1,780,114 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%     
3,949  Centene Corp. (a)   336,178 
1,621  Cigna Corp.   523,680 
4,717  CVS Health Corp.   446,700 
915  DaVita, Inc. (a)   66,804 
676  Elevance Health, Inc.   369,617 
3,352  Encompass Health Corp.   182,483 
2,442  HCA Healthcare, Inc.   531,062 
2,305  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   157,800 
309  Humana, Inc.   172,447 
3,760  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings   834,194 
5,340  Owens & Minor, Inc.   90,780 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
3,641  Patterson Cos., Inc.  $94,557 
2,598  Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (a)   50,401 
2,233  Premier, Inc., Class A   77,887 
6,276  Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   901,547 
3,429  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   88,057 
2,938  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   130,330 
4,298  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   498,009 
       5,552,533 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.0%     
5,742  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   84,407 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.7%     
2,341  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   56,207 
622  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.   91,907 
25,908  MGM Resorts International   921,548 
8,265  Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)   273,571 
       1,343,233 
         
   Household Durables — 4.2%     
850  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   192,669 
5,110  Century Communities, Inc.   227,446 
11,433  D.R. Horton, Inc.   878,969 
5,588  Garmin Ltd.   491,968 
10,226  Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)   236,527 
1,335  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   126,318 
1,079  Installed Building Products, Inc.   92,794 
8,435  KB Home   243,097 
9,686  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   239,922 
6,844  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   230,985 
10,329  Lennar Corp., Class A   833,550 
2,687  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   247,338 
7,973  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   242,858 
6,034  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   250,351 
3,112  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   237,010 
4,155  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   393,686 
21,826  Newell Brands, Inc.   301,417 
155  NVR, Inc. (a)   656,851 
10,105  PulteGroup, Inc.   404,099 
3,086  Sonos, Inc. (a)   49,746 
16,250  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   428,025 
9,022  Toll Brothers, Inc.   388,668 
919  TopBuild Corp. (a)   156,359 
14,468  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   242,339 
1,686  Whirlpool Corp.   233,073 
       8,026,065 
         
   Household Products — 0.3%     
3,767  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   147,440 
3,478  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   100,480 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Household Products (Continued)     
1,329  Kimberly-Clark Corp.  $165,407 
3,298  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   152,170 
       565,497 
         
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%     
2,781  3M Co.   349,822 
         
   Insurance — 5.4%     
10,961  Aflac, Inc.   713,671 
8,129  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   350,197 
616  American Financial Group, Inc.   89,388 
16,217  American International Group, Inc.   924,369 
13,527  Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)   777,803 
4,693  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   277,779 
4,626  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   252,903 
5,035  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   287,347 
3,387  Chubb Ltd.   727,832 
1,670  Cincinnati Financial Corp.   172,544 
9,733  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   214,710 
577  Everest Re Group Ltd.   186,175 
8,375  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   329,807 
8,220  First American Financial Corp.   414,288 
62,463  Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)   291,702 
592  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   86,722 
9,945  Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.   720,117 
3,452  Lincoln National Corp.   185,959 
9,026  Loews Corp.   514,663 
2,461  MetLife, Inc.   180,170 
14,485  Old Republic International Corp.   336,197 
8,538  Principal Financial Group, Inc.   752,454 
2,199  ProAssurance Corp.   48,840 
3,582  Prudential Financial, Inc.   376,791 
526  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   45,736 
5,009  Stewart Information Services Corp.   195,151 
2,936  Travelers (The) Cos., Inc.   541,575 
7,814  Unum Group   356,240 
       10,351,130 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%     
4,540  Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)   422,946 
855  Shutterstock, Inc.   42,776 
4,427  Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)   342,606 
       808,328 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.0%     
3,591  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   83,491 
         
   IT Services — 1.9%     
5,601  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   494,736 
2,129  Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   319,478 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services (Continued)     
10,724  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A  $667,569 
12,384  DXC Technology Co. (a)   356,040 
3,284  Fiserv, Inc. (a)   337,398 
1,385  Global Payments, Inc.   158,250 
1,259  International Business Machines Corp.   174,107 
10,574  Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)   102,251 
1,309  Maximus, Inc.   80,726 
42,867  Rackspace Technology, Inc. (a)   220,765 
9,398  SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   483,245 
1,711  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   76,088 
16,842  Western Union (The) Co.   227,536 
       3,698,189 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.6%     
4,632  Brunswick Corp.   327,343 
2,248  Hasbro, Inc.   146,682 
3,644  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   192,768 
792  Polaris, Inc.   80,467 
11,805  Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (a)   220,989 
8,990  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   261,070 
       1,229,319 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%     
760  Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)   161,310 
3,214  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   161,921 
       323,231 
         
   Machinery — 3.2%     
27,396  3D Systems Corp. (a)   241,907 
351  Alamo Group, Inc.   53,380 
544  Albany International Corp., Class A   49,841 
6,734  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   284,511 
3,028  Barnes Group, Inc.   107,100 
1,872  Caterpillar, Inc.   405,213 
2,210  Cummins, Inc.   540,367 
1,547  Donaldson Co., Inc.   88,875 
3,850  Dover Corp.   503,157 
584  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   50,323 
1,150  Federal Signal Corp.   53,648 
2,566  Fortive Corp.   163,967 
2,382  Hillenbrand, Inc.   105,237 
2,319  ITT, Inc.   177,148 
8,499  Kennametal, Inc.   227,008 
1,182  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   165,315 
4,178  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   48,883 
2,157  Oshkosh Corp.   189,816 
7,360  PACCAR, Inc.   712,669 
2,401  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   91,694 
1,129  Snap-on, Inc.   250,694 
8,190  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   642,833 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
759  Tennant Co.  $44,212 
4,327  Terex Corp.   175,417 
3,851  Timken (The) Co.   274,538 
2,009  Trinity Industries, Inc.   57,317 
603  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   88,255 
3,777  Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   352,319 
       6,145,644 
         
   Marine — 0.2%     
6,160  Matson, Inc.   453,253 
         
   Media — 2.7%     
102,640  Advantage Solutions, Inc. (a)   346,923 
15,000  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   99,150 
1,483  Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)   545,180 
26,253  Comcast Corp., Class A   833,270 
27,400  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   408,534 
20,078  Fox Corp., Class A   579,652 
15,267  Gray Television, Inc.   216,028 
5,921  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   176,387 
2,329  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   98,261 
2,636  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   76,339 
15,048  News Corp., Class A   253,860 
4,870  Omnicom Group, Inc.   354,292 
40,441  Paramount Global, Class B (b)   740,879 
5,686  Scholastic Corp.   216,864 
17,818  WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)   244,285 
       5,189,904 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.1%     
11,285  Alcoa Corp.   440,453 
1,598  Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.   269,822 
10,264  Arconic Corp. (a)   213,081 
1,378  Carpenter Technology Corp.   51,537 
10,681  Commercial Metals Co.   485,985 
10,677  Newmont Corp.   451,851 
2,173  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   437,816 
10,853  Steel Dynamics, Inc.   1,020,725 
20,913  United States Steel Corp.   425,789 
5,732  Worthington Industries, Inc.   272,614 
       4,069,673 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.0%     
22,083  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   409,640 
8,219  Chimera Investment Corp.   55,478 
14,898  Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. (b)   238,368 
10,763  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   187,492 
19,520  Ladder Capital Corp.   208,278 
18,333  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   49,316 
51,768  Rithm Capital Corp.   436,404 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
12,479  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.  $257,816 
       1,842,792 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.9%     
641  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   210,754 
15,067  Kohl’s Corp.   451,257 
24,183  Macy’s, Inc.   504,215 
13,591  Nordstrom, Inc.   276,441 
2,071  Target Corp.   340,162 
       1,782,829 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 1.5%     
3,814  Ameren Corp.   310,917 
3,474  Avista Corp.   142,538 
2,238  Black Hills Corp.   146,298 
21,859  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   625,386 
7,706  CMS Energy Corp.   439,627 
5,232  Consolidated Edison, Inc.   460,207 
1,300  DTE Energy Co.   145,743 
2,612  NorthWestern Corp.   137,992 
998  Sempra Energy   150,638 
3,435  WEC Energy Group, Inc.   313,719 
       2,873,065 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.3%     
9,861  California Resources Corp.   444,830 
2,217  Chord Energy Corp.   339,401 
7,039  HF Sinclair Corp.   430,576 
7,752  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   880,782 
10,804  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   478,077 
8,808  Peabody Energy Corp. (a)   210,511 
32,150  Permian Resources Corp. (a)   314,105 
9,539  Phillips 66   994,822 
7,461  World Fuel Services Corp.   190,181 
       4,283,285 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%     
3,797  Sylvamo Corp.   182,902 
         
   Personal Products — 0.3%     
23,984  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   160,933 
2,339  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   91,665 
6,471  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   137,573 
3,857  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   147,299 
1,560  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   81,916 
       619,386 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%     
6,107  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   80,551 
9,717  Organon & Co.   254,391 
1,755  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   95,612 
35,581  Viatris, Inc.   360,436 
       790,990 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 1.0%     
20,679  Alight, Inc., Class A (a)  $171,429 
2,516  ASGN, Inc. (a)   213,307 
580  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   176,337 
3,344  First Advantage Corp. (a)   46,983 
731  Kforce, Inc.   46,250 
6,457  Korn Ferry   358,945 
3,513  Leidos Holdings, Inc.   356,886 
3,515  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   275,365 
1,981  Robert Half International, Inc.   151,467 
2,128  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   138,278 
       1,935,247 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%     
26,957  Anywhere Real Estate, Inc. (a)   200,290 
9,125  CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   647,327 
4,105  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   251,842 
2,007  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   319,294 
5,335  Marcus & Millichap, Inc.   196,541 
27,124  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   222,146 
       1,837,440 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.4%     
596  AMERCO   342,813 
15,278  Heartland Express, Inc.   227,337 
2,876  J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   491,997 
7,744  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.   371,944 
6,717  Marten Transport Ltd.   126,078 
5,020  Ryder System, Inc.   404,160 
8,616  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   191,620 
4,652  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   182,359 
5,107  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   264,236 
       2,602,544 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%     
22,226  Amkor Technology, Inc.   462,079 
4,992  Cohu, Inc. (a)   164,337 
4,670  Diodes, Inc. (a)   334,699 
29,879  Intel Corp.   849,460 
15,369  Micron Technology, Inc.   831,463 
3,669  MKS Instruments, Inc.   301,408 
3,817  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   328,567 
9,030  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   776,670 
1,531  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   135,647 
5,972  Teradyne, Inc.   485,822 
4,998  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   155,488 
       4,825,640 
         
   Software — 0.3%     
4,184  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   101,797 
7,067  E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (a)   41,200 
7,973  NCR Corp. (a)   169,506 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
7,428  NortonLifeLock, Inc.  $167,353 
       479,856 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.0%     
7,187  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.   316,444 
17,975  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   204,196 
2,508  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   395,637 
2,976  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   316,379 
6,975  Bath & Body Works, Inc.   232,825 
9,725  Best Buy Co., Inc.   665,287 
4,065  Buckle (The), Inc.   159,876 
6,797  CarMax, Inc. (a)   428,279 
7,023  Foot Locker, Inc.   222,629 
1,530  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   264,690 
1,767  Lithia Motors, Inc.   350,131 
988  Monro, Inc.   47,177 
3,080  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   343,790 
4,994  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   104,125 
925  RH (a)   234,885 
1,775  Ross Stores, Inc.   169,850 
10,214  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   129,820 
3,059  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   199,569 
2,408  TJX (The) Cos., Inc.   173,617 
11,126  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   265,466 
4,420  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   166,192 
2,572  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   318,491 
       5,709,355 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.8%     
4,436  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   170,342 
64,273  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   917,176 
24,719  HP, Inc.   682,739 
4,968  NetApp, Inc.   344,133 
8,431  Seagate Technology Holdings PLC   418,683 
23,656  Western Digital Corp. (a)   813,057 
       3,346,130 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7%     
1,964  Carter’s, Inc.   133,297 
3,378  Columbia Sportswear Co.   251,661 
3,311  Crocs, Inc. (a)   234,253 
242  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   84,683 
32,668  Hanesbrands, Inc.   222,796 
6,044  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A   90,418 
8,459  PVH Corp.   434,116 
2,677  Ralph Lauren Corp.   248,131 
11,946  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   411,301 
7,998  Tapestry, Inc.   253,377 
45,588  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   339,630 
15,003  VF Corp.   423,835 
8,362  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   143,241 
       3,270,739 
         

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.6%     
3,760  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)  $146,490 
5,168  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   42,274 
10,867  Essent Group Ltd.   430,116 
29,559  MGIC Investment Corp.   403,480 
5,398  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   213,167 
35,541  New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   330,887 
10,733  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   235,375 
5,096  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   271,719 
6,600  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   147,972 
19,645  Radian Group, Inc.   409,991 
3,621  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   325,745 
       2,957,216 
         
   Tobacco — 0.1%     
3,799  Universal Corp.   192,267 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.0%     
9,777  Air Lease Corp.   345,030 
4,155  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   234,134 
3,677  Boise Cascade Co.   245,513 
2,671  GATX Corp.   279,680 
3,259  Global Industrial Co.   103,441 
4,541  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   171,468 
511  McGrath RentCorp   48,060 
2,082  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   172,764 
8,701  NOW, Inc. (a)   110,764 
3,987  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   198,911 
1,456  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   168,707 
6,924  Triton International Ltd.   420,218 
2,280  United Rentals, Inc. (a)   719,819 
1,789  Veritiv Corp. (a)   207,989 
2,539  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   349,798 
       3,776,296 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%     
15,728  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   267,376 
1,115  T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)   168,989 
8,399  United States Cellular Corp. (a)   261,797 
       698,162 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   190,202,383 
   (Cost $196,200,637)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
248,487  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   248,487 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds (Continued)     
97,282  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class -
2.85% (c)
  $97,282 
   Total Money Market Funds — 0.2%   345,769 
   (Cost $345,769)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.2%     
$ 391,279  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $391,311. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $398,729. (d)   391,279 
   (Cost $391,279)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.3%   190,939,431 
   (Cost $196,937,685)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.3)%   (493,214)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $190,446,217 

 

(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 $610,702 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $639,766.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FAB)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $190,202,383   $190,202,383   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    345,769    345,769    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    391,279    —      391,279    —   
Total Investments   $190,939,431   $190,548,152   $391,279   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%     
3,093  AAR Corp. (a)  $137,082 
1,329  AeroVironment, Inc. (a)   121,604 
1,127  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)   163,911 
3,674  HEICO Corp.   597,539 
1,125  Northrop Grumman Corp.   617,636 
245  TransDigm Group, Inc.   141,061 
       1,778,833 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%     
6,865  C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   670,848 
1,668  Forward Air Corp.   176,591 
1,637  United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   274,639 
       1,122,078 
         
   Airlines — 0.3%     
16,255  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   230,496 
6,016  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   259,169 
       489,665 
         
   Auto Components — 0.5%     
1,349  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   110,105 
1,650  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   144,953 
10,333  Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   83,594 
2,460  Visteon Corp. (a)   320,956 
2,920  XPEL, Inc. (a) (c)   202,035 
       861,643 
         
   Automobiles — 0.4%     
7,481  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   321,683 
1,456  Tesla, Inc. (a)   331,298 
       652,981 
         
   Banks — 1.4%     
2,188  BancFirst Corp.   209,654 
1,972  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   139,697 
1,480  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   229,474 
7,729  CVB Financial Corp.   221,977 
11,005  First BanCorp   173,769 
3,119  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   120,050 
1,522  Lakeland Financial Corp.   125,793 
1,207  Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   39,191 
5,991  OFG Bancorp   167,029 
2,431  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   88,513 
1,631  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   122,863 
999  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   56,703 
2,474  SouthState Corp.   223,724 
2,214  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   173,113 
679  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   34,969 
1,985  Western Alliance Bancorp   133,332 
       2,259,851 
         
   Beverages — 1.8%     
5,802  Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   394,536 
3,597  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   327,615 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Beverages (Continued)     
4,721  Coca-Cola (The) Co.  $282,552 
317  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   154,382 
1,682  Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   415,588 
2,559  Duckhorn Portfolio (The), Inc. (a)   37,413 
1,773  MGP Ingredients, Inc.   198,665 
4,442  Monster Beverage Corp. (a)   416,304 
1,693  National Beverage Corp.   80,282 
3,240  PepsiCo, Inc.   588,319 
       2,895,656 
         
   Biotechnology — 5.1%     
1,971  AbbVie, Inc.   288,555 
6,771  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   108,539 
2,643  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   547,788 
1,714  Amgen, Inc.   463,380 
10,611  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   106,110 
3,821  Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   231,132 
5,755  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   146,637 
1,974  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   68,715 
7,874  Avid Bioservices, Inc. (a)   133,386 
4,108  Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   180,999 
11,948  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   159,506 
1,142  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   59,201 
7,573  Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (a)   78,986 
998  CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)   52,235 
6,732  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   293,919 
10,611  Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)   121,496 
4,161  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   68,989 
14,465  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   235,490 
6,261  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   491,238 
3,300  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   157,773 
7,430  ImmunityBio, Inc. (a)   40,865 
5,796  Incyte Corp. (a)   430,875 
5,143  Insmed, Inc. (a)   89,077 
7,375  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   325,975 
429  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   37,602 
15,113  Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (a) (b)   88,865 
1,868  Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   125,754 
4,466  Natera, Inc. (a)   209,723 
3,189  Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   167,486 
3,104  Prothena Corp. PLC (a)   190,710 
3,749  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   141,787 
14,149  Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   149,272 
768  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   575,040 
5,696  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   134,824 
1,651  Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   36,685 
1,873  REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. (a)   37,947 
2,829  Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   106,540 
2,951  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   336,473 
4,496  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   97,473 
1,048  Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)   34,406 
1,968  uniQure N.V. (a)   36,644 
935  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   215,546 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
1,827  Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)  $570,024 
5,795  Xencor, Inc. (a)   162,260 
       8,335,927 
         
   Building Products — 1.7%     
2,686  A.O. Smith Corp.   147,139 
2,794  AAON, Inc.   180,185 
2,623  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   303,953 
727  Allegion PLC   76,168 
2,470  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   186,658 
5,536  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   341,350 
2,358  Carlisle Cos., Inc.   563,091 
1,571  CSW Industrials, Inc.   202,533 
21,097  Janus International Group, Inc. (a)   203,164 
11,329  Masco Corp.   524,193 
832  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   71,119 
       2,799,553 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.7%     
1,053  Ares Management Corp., Class A   79,849 
1,538  Blackstone, Inc.   140,173 
1,042  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   62,687 
965  FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   410,598 
2,389  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   83,113 
6,075  Golub Capital BDC, Inc.   78,793 
619  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   37,029 
2,596  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   231,875 
3,062  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   245,419 
3,026  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   773,597 
1,092  Moelis & Co., Class A   46,366 
307  Morningstar, Inc.   71,279 
305  MSCI, Inc.   143,002 
1,505  Northern Trust Corp.   126,947 
1,658  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   123,355 
1,507  StepStone Group, Inc., Class A   44,487 
       2,698,569 
         
   Chemicals — 3.4%     
2,273  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   569,159 
2,061  Ashland, Inc.   216,240 
9,293  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   216,713 
1,073  Balchem Corp.   150,005 
5,105  Cabot Corp.   375,115 
6,869  CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   729,900 
11,569  Corteva, Inc.   755,919 
5,004  FMC Corp.   594,976 
35,506  Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   96,931 
10,642  Livent Corp. (a)   335,968 
7,774  LSB Industries, Inc. (a)   137,056 
13,681  Mosaic (The) Co.   735,354 
3,132  RPM International, Inc.   296,193 
941  Sensient Technologies Corp.   67,244 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Chemicals (Continued)     
7,723  Valvoline, Inc.  $226,747 
       5,503,520 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.5%     
1,554  Brink’s (The) Co.   92,665 
3,416  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   279,463 
1,363  Cintas Corp.   582,750 
2,966  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   363,216 
2,486  Copart, Inc. (a)   285,940 
11,658  Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)   372,823 
6,145  IAA, Inc. (a)   233,080 
1,097  Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (a)   48,027 
4,860  Republic Services, Inc.   644,533 
11,138  Rollins, Inc.   468,687 
1,015  Tetra Tech, Inc.   143,399 
3,302  Waste Management, Inc.   522,938 
       4,037,521 
         
   Communications Equipment — 1.5%     
7,689  ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.   172,695 
4,685  Arista Networks, Inc. (a)   566,229 
4,268  Calix, Inc. (a)   314,296 
1,798  Clearfield, Inc. (a)   218,403 
20,433  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   270,533 
14,398  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   258,300 
7,630  Infinera Corp. (a)   42,804 
1,725  Motorola Solutions, Inc.   430,750 
4,807  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   172,667 
       2,446,677 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 0.8%     
2,831  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   171,219 
1,970  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   232,814 
1,216  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   176,259 
1,214  Valmont Industries, Inc.   387,533 
8,088  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   343,983 
       1,311,808 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.1%     
1,826  Eagle Materials, Inc.   223,338 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.2%     
298  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   138,755 
13,368  SoFi Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   72,722 
1,776  Upstart Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   41,167 
       252,644 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.3%     
16,524  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   379,391 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Containers & Packaging (Continued)     
1,466  Sealed Air Corp.  $69,811 
       449,202 
         
   Distributors — 0.8%     
9,307  Funko, Inc., Class A (a)   192,190 
4,428  Genuine Parts Co.   787,564 
831  Pool Corp.   252,815 
       1,232,569 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%     
1,753  Chegg, Inc. (a)   37,812 
1,163  Duolingo, Inc. (a)   95,180 
1,347  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   135,549 
7,668  H&R Block, Inc.   315,538 
2,260  Service Corp. International   136,979 
4,477  Stride, Inc. (a)   150,024 
       871,082 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%     
4,168  Compass Diversified Holdings   88,695 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%     
708  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   37,177 
69,673  Globalstar, Inc. (a)   151,190 
5,881  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   303,048 
       491,415 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.5%     
1,147  MGE Energy, Inc.   78,099 
6,746  NextEra Energy, Inc.   522,815 
3,579  OGE Energy Corp.   131,099 
2,447  Otter Tail Corp.   164,977 
       896,990 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
11,350  Array Technologies, Inc. (a)   205,435 
3,354  Atkore, Inc. (a)   319,636 
7,531  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)   140,905 
8,840  ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   123,583 
1,629  Encore Wire Corp.   224,134 
723  Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)   83,803 
12,588  Plug Power, Inc. (a)   201,156 
5,141  Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A (a)   118,809 
623  Vicor Corp. (a)   29,761 
       1,447,222 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.6%     
1,945  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   152,974 
7,899  Amphenol Corp., Class A   598,981 
1,629  Badger Meter, Inc.   183,230 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (Continued)     
3,135  Belden, Inc.  $218,290 
9,113  Corning, Inc.   293,165 
4,518  CTS Corp.   178,552 
5,652  Jabil, Inc.   363,141 
3,361  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)   585,318 
328  Littelfuse, Inc.   72,242 
       2,645,893 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 2.6%     
2,883  Cactus, Inc., Class A   149,109 
10,000  ChampionX Corp.   286,200 
8,695  Expro Group Holdings N.V. (a)   164,596 
15,689  Halliburton Co.   571,393 
7,058  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   349,442 
14,841  Liberty Energy, Inc. (a)   250,961 
742  Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)   129,130 
25,430  NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)   256,334 
22,341  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   394,319 
21,724  RPC, Inc.   241,788 
14,734  Schlumberger N.V.   766,610 
14,950  Transocean Ltd. (a)   55,016 
6,665  Valaris Ltd. (a)   446,089 
5,828  Weatherford International PLC (a)   242,911 
       4,303,898 
         
   Entertainment — 0.9%     
9,617  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   64,049 
9,148  Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)   97,060 
5,080  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)   404,419 
2,513  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   123,212 
849  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.   132,962 
7,379  ROBLOX Corp., Class A (a)   330,137 
2,811  Warner Music Group Corp., Class A   73,142 
2,682  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   211,583 
       1,436,564 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.1%     
1,931  Agree Realty Corp.   132,660 
360  Alexander’s, Inc.   84,561 
3,924  American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   125,333 
13,920  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   238,310 
1,628  CubeSmart   68,164 
2,342  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   40,727 
1,819  EPR Properties   70,213 
2,049  Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   131,054 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
1,898  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.  $40,845 
2,237  Extra Space Storage, Inc.   396,933 
1,527  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   39,122 
5,978  Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.   299,617 
2,799  Getty Realty Corp.   88,141 
33,309  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   628,874 
1,731  InvenTrust Properties Corp.   43,621 
3,813  Invitation Homes, Inc.   120,834 
8,785  Iron Mountain, Inc.   439,865 
3,788  Kite Realty Group Trust   74,396 
791  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   72,954 
1,178  Life Storage, Inc.   130,299 
2,010  LTC Properties, Inc.   77,727 
1,637  National Retail Properties, Inc.   68,803 
2,431  Outfront Media, Inc.   43,880 
1,590  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   70,739 
440  Public Storage   136,290 
4,353  Rayonier, Inc.   146,696 
2,684  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   38,864 
3,546  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   315,310 
985  Saul Centers, Inc.   40,336 
452  SBA Communications Corp.   121,995 
951  Sun Communities, Inc.   128,242 
5,502  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.   99,091 
8,860  VICI Properties, Inc.   283,697 
4,508  Weyerhaeuser Co.   139,433 
       4,977,626 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%     
4,480  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   346,752 
5,197  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   190,366 
5,879  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)   203,237 
5,463  Sysco Corp.   472,877 
       1,213,232 
         
   Food Products — 1.5%     
3,385  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   191,286 
3,945  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   309,604 
10,569  Flowers Foods, Inc.   303,436 
2,399  Hershey (The) Co.   572,809 
6,478  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   171,538 
4,215  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   363,417 
2,353  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   90,120 
7,780  Sovos Brands, Inc. (a)   107,831 
4,524  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   182,724 
9,970  Utz Brands, Inc.   161,614 
       2,454,379 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.7%     
652  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   81,096 
5,299  National Fuel Gas Co.   357,630 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Gas Utilities (Continued)     
6,743  New Jersey Resources Corp.  $301,008 
3,707  ONE Gas, Inc.   287,218 
2,093  Spire, Inc.   146,112 
       1,173,064 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%     
2,733  Abbott Laboratories   270,403 
944  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   39,761 
133  Atrion Corp.   79,841 
2,137  Axonics, Inc. (a)   156,300 
1,187  Becton, Dickinson and Co.   280,096 
1,599  Dexcom, Inc. (a)   193,127 
2,081  Glaukos Corp. (a)   116,682 
1,095  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   73,365 
3,525  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   299,449 
4,099  Hologic, Inc. (a)   277,912 
2,694  Inari Medical, Inc. (a)   207,250 
368  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   71,742 
1,153  Insulet Corp. (a)   298,408 
1,562  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   199,139 
4,638  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)   343,166 
1,960  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   134,789 
859  Novocure Ltd. (a)   60,697 
688  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   117,971 
4,539  PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (a) (b)   206,207 
1,212  ResMed, Inc.   271,112 
1,173  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   343,865 
3,345  Silk Road Medical, Inc. (a)   147,448 
925  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   65,555 
1,232  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   139,647 
       4,393,932 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%     
3,338  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   271,379 
10,020  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   228,456 
5,260  Agiliti, Inc. (a)   91,892 
11,142  agilon health, Inc. (a)   221,169 
12,715  Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)   168,346 
3,078  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   386,289 
21,705  Cano Health, Inc. (a)   77,704 
299  Chemed Corp.   139,594 
544  CorVel Corp. (a)   89,330 
1,212  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   59,994 
2,914  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   227,030 
33,725  Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (a)   153,111 
16,734  LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (a) (b)   126,342 
1,945  McKesson Corp.   757,325 
10,642  Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)   215,288 
10,365  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   313,645 
2,989  Progyny, Inc. (a)   132,921 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)     
486  US Physical Therapy, Inc.  $43,157 
       3,702,972 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.2%     
4,190  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   133,284 
12,911  Multiplan Corp. (a)   37,055 
2,954  Phreesia, Inc. (a)   80,703 
1,478  Schrodinger, Inc. (a)   35,428 
1,551  Simulations Plus, Inc.   64,366 
       350,836 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.7%     
2,518  Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)   269,199 
161  Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)   300,986 
2,738  Boyd Gaming Corp.   158,147 
4,435  Brinker International, Inc. (a)   148,085 
2,022  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   88,422 
352  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   527,412 
1,787  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   232,024 
709  Churchill Downs, Inc.   147,408 
1,626  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   185,722 
5,234  Darden Restaurants, Inc.   749,195 
4,852  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)   193,352 
2,369  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   170,781 
8,618  DraftKings, Inc., Class A (a)   136,164 
2,416  Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   89,175 
6,830  Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)   129,633 
2,157  Golden Entertainment, Inc. (a)   91,069 
5,950  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   233,478 
4,385  Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   593,115 
2,033  Jack in the Box, Inc.   179,372 
6,528  Krispy Kreme, Inc. (b)   93,677 
3,774  Marriott International, Inc., Class A   604,255 
1,146  McDonald’s Corp.   312,468 
1,973  Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)   156,676 
11,485  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   193,982 
1,131  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   74,058 
3,233  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   134,655 
5,164  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (a)   275,654 
5,734  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   333,489 
4,253  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   94,842 
6,278  Starbucks Corp.   543,612 
14,912  Target Hospitality Corp. (a) (b)   181,479 
3,738  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.   369,875 
1,912  Travel + Leisure Co.   72,618 
605  Vail Resorts, Inc.   132,574 
10,471  Wendy’s (The) Co.   217,587 
1,560  Wingstop, Inc.   247,088 
1,063  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   80,714 
4,140  Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)   264,546 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
2,487  Yum! Brands, Inc.  $294,088 
       9,300,676 
         
   Household Durables — 0.4%     
6,170  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   359,156 
10,810  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   290,681 
       649,837 
         
   Household Products — 0.3%     
3,765  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   278,008 
1,020  Procter & Gamble (The) Co.   137,363 
428  WD-40 Co.   68,549 
       483,920 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%     
4,097  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   142,330 
10,790  Montauk Renewables, Inc. (a)   161,526 
3,027  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   273,792 
6,818  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)   126,406 
15,533  Vistra Corp.   356,793 
       1,060,847 
         
   Insurance — 2.6%     
1,442  Aon PLC, Class A   405,909 
3,089  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   577,890 
6,387  Brown & Brown, Inc.   375,492 
5,713  BRP Group, Inc., Class A (a)   161,964 
1,174  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   301,730 
1,277  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   402,472 
2,587  Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   417,775 
2,248  Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a)   199,982 
637  RLI Corp.   82,855 
6,424  Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. (a)   288,116 
1,864  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   94,076 
10,238  W.R. Berkley Corp.   761,502 
150  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   212,422 
       4,282,185 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
1,346  Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   127,210 
2,606  Cargurus, Inc. (a)   37,943 
5,600  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   137,760 
9,124  ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A (a)   153,010 
       455,923 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.3%     
2,641  Etsy, Inc. (a)   248,016 
3,314  Xometry, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   199,039 
       447,055 
         

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   IT Services — 3.0%     
1,028  Accenture PLC, Class A  $291,849 
1,708  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   412,824 
2,328  Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)   131,113 
584  Concentrix Corp.   71,382 
1,178  EVERTEC, Inc.   42,184 
1,771  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   322,056 
731  FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)   136,054 
3,278  Flywire Corp. (a)   71,952 
1,912  Gartner, Inc. (a)   577,271 
3,682  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   296,033 
8,038  Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (a)   109,397 
2,119  Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   421,808 
453  Mastercard, Inc., Class A   148,665 
2,357  Paychex, Inc.   278,857 
13,538  Remitly Global, Inc. (a)   157,312 
14,616  Sabre Corp. (a)   84,919 
3,375  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   155,149 
1,556  Snowflake, Inc., Class A (a)   249,427 
3,524  Squarespace, Inc., Class A (a)   78,268 
11,705  Toast, Inc., Class A (a)   258,563 
741  VeriSign, Inc. (a)   148,541 
9,795  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   167,201 
725  Visa, Inc., Class A   150,191 
514  WEX, Inc. (a)   84,368 
       4,845,384 
         
   Leisure Products — 0.3%     
6,000  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   279,420 
10,333  Mattel, Inc. (a)   195,914 
       475,334 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%     
2,176  Agilent Technologies, Inc.   301,050 
1,229  Bruker Corp.   76,001 
10,227  Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (a) (b)   158,723 
1,495  Danaher Corp.   376,247 
711  IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)   149,075 
2,555  Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   42,413 
1,660  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   368,487 
119  Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)   150,527 
1,046  Repligen Corp. (a)   190,884 
522  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   268,292 
       2,081,699 
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
1,357  AGCO Corp.   168,499 
1,415  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   315,375 
2,236  Crane Holdings Co.   224,360 
1,584  Deere & Co.   626,979 
5,096  Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)   131,120 
6,213  Enerpac Tool Group Corp.   157,872 
1,772  EnPro Industries, Inc.   188,718 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery (Continued)     
3,992  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.  $327,104 
2,176  Graco, Inc.   151,406 
730  Helios Technologies, Inc.   41,384 
2,647  IDEX Corp.   588,455 
2,138  Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   456,527 
8,929  Ingersoll Rand, Inc.   450,915 
664  Kadant, Inc.   118,159 
2,076  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   294,792 
1,051  Lindsay Corp.   177,934 
5,488  Mueller Industries, Inc.   343,768 
1,820  Nordson Corp.   409,500 
2,018  Otis Worldwide Corp.   142,552 
22,245  Proterra, Inc. (a)   138,809 
       5,454,228 
         
   Marine — 0.2%     
4,294  Kirby Corp. (a)   299,507 
         
   Media — 0.2%     
1,564  Nexstar Media Group, Inc.   267,913 
1,272  TechTarget, Inc. (a)   82,108 
       350,021 
         
   Metals & Mining — 1.3%     
7,072  ATI, Inc. (a)   210,463 
9,686  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   125,821 
14,134  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   447,907 
2,352  Materion Corp.   201,590 
2,390  MP Materials Corp. (a)   71,796 
6,180  Nucor Corp.   811,928 
695  Royal Gold, Inc.   65,997 
6,617  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   245,755 
       2,181,257 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.1%     
4,449  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   50,096 
3,211  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   44,215 
4,746  MFA Financial, Inc.   47,270 
       141,581 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.3%     
2,838  Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)   449,823 
3,098  Franchise Group, Inc.   94,024 
       543,847 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.2%     
1,863  Dominion Energy, Inc.   130,354 
5,180  NiSource, Inc.   133,074 
       263,428 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 15.3%     
14,213  Antero Midstream Corp.   151,368 
10,684  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   391,675 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)     
19,339  APA Corp.  $879,151 
1,587  Arch Resources, Inc.   241,684 
3,164  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   139,089 
3,985  Cheniere Energy, Inc.   702,994 
3,462  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   354,059 
4,602  Chevron Corp.   832,502 
5,684  Civitas Resources, Inc.   397,368 
9,694  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   162,956 
18,865  Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)   354,285 
6,461  ConocoPhillips   814,668 
2,926  CONSOL Energy, Inc.   184,397 
9,897  Continental Resources, Inc.   732,081 
25,313  Coterra Energy, Inc.   787,994 
6,494  CVR Energy, Inc.   253,656 
6,934  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   205,662 
3,781  Denbury, Inc. (a)   345,621 
10,996  Devon Energy Corp.   850,541 
5,489  Diamondback Energy, Inc.   862,377 
3,772  DT Midstream, Inc.   225,188 
15,275  Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   246,844 
2,172  Enviva, Inc.   129,973 
5,918  EOG Resources, Inc.   807,925 
16,225  EQT Corp.   678,854 
14,810  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   124,700 
7,573  Exxon Mobil Corp.   839,164 
2,131  Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)   190,746 
6,067  Hess Corp.   855,932 
5,357  International Seaways, Inc.   227,190 
31,788  Kinder Morgan, Inc.   575,999 
2,310  Kinetik Holdings, Inc. (b)   84,962 
29,119  Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)   188,982 
2,395  Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)   154,837 
13,172  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A   338,257 
29,282  Marathon Oil Corp.   891,637 
6,668  Matador Resources Co.   443,089 
9,275  Murphy Oil Corp.   449,930 
6,865  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.   234,371 
10,760  Occidental Petroleum Corp.   781,176 
10,323  ONEOK, Inc.   612,360 
14,374  Ovintiv, Inc.   728,043 
4,515  PDC Energy, Inc.   325,712 
3,054  Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   783,076 
12,913  Range Resources Corp.   367,762 
8,673  SM Energy Co.   390,112 
53,298  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   369,355 
11,302  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   240,507 
10,958  Targa Resources Corp.   749,198 
15,450  Tellurian, Inc. (a)   41,715 
372  Texas Pacific Land Corp.   857,040 
6,188  Valero Energy Corp.   776,903 
18,475  Williams (The) Cos., Inc.   604,687 
       24,960,354 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%     
5,098  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  $288,802 
         
   Personal Products — 0.4%     
6,384  Beauty Health (The) Co. (a)   72,969 
3,652  BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)   88,451 
5,002  elf Beauty, Inc. (a)   216,387 
1,995  Inter Parfums, Inc.   161,356 
695  Medifast, Inc.   81,308 
       620,471 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.2%     
3,942  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   121,808 
1,692  Arvinas, Inc. (a)   84,109 
7,441  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   576,454 
5,872  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   167,939 
1,195  Eli Lilly & Co.   432,698 
2,501  Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)   130,052 
2,804  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   128,059 
1,468  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   211,084 
1,619  Johnson & Johnson   281,658 
6,142  Merck & Co., Inc.   621,570 
1,415  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   73,240 
12,087  Pfizer, Inc.   562,650 
14,616  SIGA Technologies, Inc. (b)   134,321 
       3,525,642 
         
   Professional Services — 1.1%     
4,399  CBIZ, Inc. (a)   218,366 
5,546  CoStar Group, Inc. (a)   458,765 
744  Exponent, Inc.   70,874 
1,575  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   245,117 
2,841  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   209,183 
6,038  KBR, Inc.   300,511 
6,280  Sterling Check Corp. (a)   122,648 
755  Verisk Analytics, Inc.   138,037 
       1,763,501 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%     
6,715  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (b)   88,705 
2,388  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   39,665 
1,153  St. Joe (The) Co.   40,966 
       169,336 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.1%     
2,587  ArcBest Corp.   205,485 
2,197  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)   519,503 
9,928  CSX Corp.   288,508 
16,029  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   294,934 
2,259  Landstar System, Inc.   352,901 
4,953  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   72,512 
1,261  Norfolk Southern Corp.   287,596 
1,553  Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   426,454 
1,030  Saia, Inc. (a)   204,826 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail (Continued)     
4,859  TuSimple Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)  $16,666 
19,960  Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)   530,337 
1,358  Union Pacific Corp.   267,716 
       3,467,438 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.4%     
2,986  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   75,874 
1,898  Analog Devices, Inc.   270,693 
1,572  Applied Materials, Inc.   138,792 
3,107  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)   180,206 
290  Broadcom, Inc.   136,335 
2,845  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   190,956 
2,383  Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)   731,581 
2,351  Impinj, Inc. (a)   269,495 
874  KLA Corp.   276,577 
1,326  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   64,324 
2,519  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   145,775 
3,001  Marvell Technology, Inc.   119,080 
2,308  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   71,271 
6,329  Microchip Technology, Inc.   390,752 
354  Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   120,165 
2,619  NXP Semiconductors N.V.   382,584 
10,608  ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)   651,649 
2,037  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   136,153 
7,577  Photronics, Inc. (a)   122,899 
2,341  QUALCOMM, Inc.   275,442 
5,922  Rambus, Inc. (a)   178,608 
1,057  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   121,470 
1,709  Texas Instruments, Inc.   274,517 
1,894  Wolfspeed, Inc. (a)   149,153 
       5,474,351 
         
   Software — 5.2%     
5,323  Adeia, Inc.   59,511 
2,720  Agilysys, Inc. (a)   174,542 
3,017  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   177,520 
7,361  Alkami Technology, Inc. (a)   116,672 
1,984  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   96,680 
1,058  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   132,642 
1,661  Asana, Inc., Class A (a)   34,217 
1,416  Autodesk, Inc. (a)   303,449 
973  Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   129,759 
838  Blackbaud, Inc. (a)   45,839 
8,024  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   233,097 
3,237  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   490,049 
4,846  Clear Secure, Inc., Class A (a)   130,939 
696  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   42,380 
1,554  Confluent, Inc., Class A (a)   41,772 
781  Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   125,897 
2,563  Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)   37,420 
9,541  DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (a)   278,883 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
6,297  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)  $136,960 
909  Elastic N.V. (a)   58,131 
317  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   151,792 
2,621  Fortinet, Inc. (a)   149,816 
2,847  Freshworks, Inc., Class A (a)   38,691 
914  InterDigital, Inc.   45,581 
683  Intuit, Inc.   291,983 
1,666  Jamf Holding Corp. (a)   39,434 
1,471  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   178,977 
7,028  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   92,137 
4,624  MeridianLink, Inc. (a)   83,232 
174  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   46,547 
12,002  N-able, Inc. (a)   129,982 
1,913  nCino, Inc. (a)   60,221 
3,411  New Relic, Inc. (a)   202,068 
5,318  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   145,713 
1,601  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   39,929 
2,358  Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)   404,609 
1,171  Paycom Software, Inc. (a)   405,166 
6,621  Paycor HCM, Inc. (a)   201,742 
1,080  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   250,333 
9,020  PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   180,400 
2,637  Procore Technologies, Inc. (a)   144,138 
2,603  Progress Software Corp.   132,831 
3,693  PTC, Inc. (a)   435,146 
1,872  Qualys, Inc. (a)   266,872 
2,552  SentinelOne, Inc., Class A (a)   58,288 
1,899  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   66,313 
8,164  Sprinklr, Inc., Class A (a)   75,517 
609  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)   36,741 
1,050  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   132,846 
1,264  Synopsys, Inc. (a)   369,783 
1,112  Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)   359,543 
846  Workday, Inc., Class A (a)   131,824 
968  Workiva, Inc. (a)   75,320 
783  Zscaler, Inc. (a)   120,660 
       8,390,534 
         
   Specialty Retail — 3.3%     
309  AutoZone, Inc. (a)   782,660 
1,288  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   73,158 
3,117  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   354,590 
1,422  Five Below, Inc. (a)   208,110 
3,714  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   272,496 
5,192  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   146,986 
1,917  Home Depot (The), Inc.   567,681 
7,531  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   105,735 
2,816  Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   548,979 
1,186  Murphy USA, Inc.   373,009 
940  O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)   786,940 
2,078  Tractor Supply Co.   456,682 
1,648  Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)   691,122 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Specialty Retail (Continued)     
2,768  Warby Parker, Inc., Class A (a)  $44,426 
       5,412,574 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%     
2,795  Apple, Inc.   428,585 
3,236  Avid Technology, Inc. (a)   88,958 
9,534  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   294,219 
3,417  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   237,789 
       1,049,551 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%     
3,296  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   117,667 
2,096  Oxford Industries, Inc.   213,226 
4,154  Steven Madden Ltd.   124,080 
       454,973 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%     
3,562  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   73,163 
         
   Tobacco — 0.2%     
3,189  Altria Group, Inc.   147,555 
1,551  Philip Morris International, Inc.   142,460 
8,544  Vector Group Ltd.   90,737 
       380,752 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.7%     
3,174  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   394,782 
14,344  Core & Main, Inc., Class A (a)   338,232 
25,823  Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (a)   178,953 
5,745  Fastenal Co.   277,656 
3,763  GMS, Inc. (a)   177,614 
1,256  Herc Holdings, Inc.   147,718 
8,606  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   219,281 
1,352  W.W. Grainger, Inc.   790,041 
1,014  Watsco, Inc.   274,753 
       2,799,030 
         
   Water Utilities — 0.3%     
966  American States Water Co.   87,384 
1,429  California Water Service Group   88,684 
3,112  Essential Utilities, Inc.   137,612 
478  Middlesex Water Co.   42,767 
1,307  SJW Group   92,379 
       448,826 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   162,395,862 
   (Cost $146,323,006)     
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.4%     
714,656  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (d) (e)  $714,656 
   (Cost $714,656)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.7%     
$ 1,125,330  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (d), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $1,125,422. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,146,756. (e)   1,125,330 
   (Cost $1,125,330)     
         
   Total Investments — 101.0%   164,235,848 
   (Cost $148,162,992)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.0)%   (1,597,226)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $162,638,622 

  

(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 $1,794,624 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,839,986.
(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 October 31, 2022.
(e) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FAD)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $162,395,862   $162,395,862   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    714,656    714,656    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,125,330    —      1,125,330    —   
Total Investments   $164,235,848   $163,110,518   $1,125,330   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.8%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%     
6,048  BWX Technologies, Inc.  $344,615 
2,188  Curtiss-Wright Corp.   367,212 
1,376  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   353,728 
       1,065,555 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%     
17,377  GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)   634,956 
         
   Airlines — 0.3%     
15,561  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)   691,842 
         
   Auto Components — 2.6%     
38,803  BorgWarner, Inc.   1,456,277 
25,558  Gentex Corp.   677,032 
150,953  Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The) Co. (a)   1,917,103 
15,012  LCI Industries   1,592,923 
2,547  Lear Corp.   353,294 
       5,996,629 
         
   Automobiles — 0.8%     
21,768  Thor Industries, Inc.   1,773,439 
         
   Banks — 4.9%     
23,101  Bank OZK   992,881 
3,429  BOK Financial Corp.   377,841 
11,988  Cadence Bank   331,468 
4,286  Comerica, Inc.   302,163 
4,537  East West Bancorp, Inc.   324,713 
52,519  F.N.B. Corp.   758,899 
384  First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A   315,694 
19,951  Hancock Whitney Corp.   1,114,662 
18,494  Old National Bancorp   361,743 
7,515  Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   623,670 
12,680  Popular, Inc.   896,730 
9,140  Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.   654,150 
24,366  Synovus Financial Corp.   970,985 
3,612  UMB Financial Corp.   300,591 
8,521  United Bankshares, Inc.   360,864 
9,202  United Community Banks, Inc.   354,277 
56,409  Valley National Bancorp   669,575 
6,737  Webster Financial Corp.   365,550 
7,470  Wintrust Financial Corp.   699,341 
5,987  Zions Bancorp N.A.   310,965 
       11,086,762 
         
   Beverages — 0.6%     
25,390  Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   1,280,418 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.8%     
78,997  Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)   1,736,354 
         
   Building Products — 1.7%     
17,024  Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   1,026,888 
1,370  Lennox International, Inc.   319,991 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Building Products (Continued)     
15,504  Owens Corning  $1,327,297 
16,884  UFP Industries, Inc.   1,202,647 
       3,876,823 
         
   Capital Markets — 4.0%     
10,894  Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   1,352,599 
14,813  Evercore, Inc., Class A   1,556,846 
111,173  Invesco Ltd.   1,703,170 
41,302  Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   1,421,202 
28,712  Lazard Ltd., Class A   1,082,730 
18,634  SEI Investments Co.   1,011,826 
17,604  Stifel Financial Corp.   1,089,160 
       9,217,533 
         
   Chemicals — 3.2%     
40,212  Avient Corp.   1,386,912 
49,433  Chemours (The) Co.   1,415,267 
18,721  Element Solutions, Inc.   322,001 
10,138  H.B. Fuller Co.   706,720 
62,068  Huntsman Corp.   1,660,939 
35,521  Olin Corp.   1,880,837 
       7,372,676 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.3%     
11,662  Juniper Networks, Inc.   356,857 
4,442  Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)   330,707 
       687,564 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.1%     
22,958  API Group Corp. (a)   378,577 
3,130  Comfort Systems USA, Inc.   385,866 
2,636  EMCOR Group, Inc.   371,940 
9,595  MasTec, Inc. (a)   739,583 
22,274  MDU Resources Group, Inc.   634,364 
       2,510,330 
         
   Consumer Finance — 2.4%     
43,780  Ally Financial, Inc.   1,206,577 
12,457  FirstCash Holdings, Inc.   1,226,392 
51,597  OneMain Holdings, Inc.   1,989,580 
65,323  SLM Corp.   1,083,708 
       5,506,257 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 2.5%     
26,184  Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)   1,239,027 
20,452  Greif, Inc., Class A   1,354,127 
14,491  Silgan Holdings, Inc.   686,294 
10,737  Sonoco Products Co.   666,553 
49,310  Westrock Co.   1,679,498 
       5,625,499 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%     
81,340  ADT, Inc. (b)   688,136 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
23,120  Equitable Holdings, Inc.  $707,935 
5,037  Voya Financial, Inc.   344,329 
       1,052,264 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.2%     
52,008  Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (a)   1,218,027 
209,216  Lumen Technologies, Inc.   1,539,830 
       2,757,857 
         
   Electric Utilities — 2.6%     
24,343  ALLETE, Inc.   1,369,781 
8,787  Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.   334,257 
3,074  IDACORP, Inc.   321,848 
39,802  NRG Energy, Inc.   1,767,209 
18,889  Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   1,269,530 
21,030  Portland General Electric Co.   945,088 
       6,007,713 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.5%     
3,870  Acuity Brands, Inc.   710,416 
2,170  Regal Rexnord Corp.   274,592 
11,040  Sunrun, Inc. (a)   248,510 
       1,233,518 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.2%     
16,521  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)   1,672,917 
42,165  Avnet, Inc.   1,694,611 
17,482  Coherent Corp. (a)   587,570 
10,833  IPG Photonics Corp. (a)   927,955 
11,255  TD SYNNEX Corp.   1,029,945 
72,919  Vontier Corp.   1,392,753 
       7,305,751 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.1%     
31,549  Apartment Income REIT Corp.   1,212,428 
58,846  Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.   1,008,620 
52,183  Cousins Properties, Inc.   1,239,868 
16,988  Douglas Emmett, Inc.   298,819 
22,596  Highwoods Properties, Inc.   637,885 
128,423  Medical Properties Trust, Inc.   1,470,443 
20,657  Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.   656,480 
54,107  Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   707,720 
60,764  Physicians Realty Trust   915,106 
23,218  Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   317,158 
39,456  Vornado Realty Trust   930,767 
       9,395,294 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%     
1,504  Casey’s General Stores, Inc.   349,996 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing (Continued)     
11,523  US Foods Holding Corp. (a)  $342,924 
       692,920 
         
   Food Products — 1.6%     
11,349  Ingredion, Inc.   1,011,423 
14,877  Post Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,345,178 
357  Seaboard Corp.   1,337,458 
       3,694,059 
         
   Gas Utilities — 1.0%     
8,735  Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.   638,266 
47,109  UGI Corp.   1,664,361 
       2,302,627 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%     
32,232  DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   993,390 
3,024  Teleflex, Inc.   648,830 
       1,642,220 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%     
3,680  DaVita, Inc. (a)   268,677 
13,471  Encompass Health Corp.   733,361 
9,264  Henry Schein, Inc. (a)   634,213 
8,975  Premier, Inc., Class A   313,048 
13,786  Select Medical Holdings Corp.   354,024 
11,810  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)   523,892 
17,273  Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   2,001,423 
       4,828,638 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6%     
2,499  Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.   369,252 
33,222  Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,099,648 
       1,468,900 
         
   Household Durables — 4.5%     
27,511  Leggett & Platt, Inc.   928,496 
16,705  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)   1,582,799 
87,722  Newell Brands, Inc.   1,211,441 
40,615  PulteGroup, Inc.   1,624,194 
65,315  Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)   1,720,397 
36,266  Toll Brothers, Inc.   1,562,339 
3,696  TopBuild Corp. (a)   628,838 
6,780  Whirlpool Corp.   937,267 
       10,195,771 
         
   Insurance — 5.0%     
32,679  American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.   1,407,811 
2,478  American Financial Group, Inc.   359,583 
18,865  Assured Guaranty Ltd.   1,116,619 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
18,592  Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.  $1,016,425 
2,319  Everest Re Group Ltd.   748,248 
33,662  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.   1,325,609 
33,040  First American Financial Corp.   1,665,216 
2,377  Hanover Insurance Group (The), Inc.   348,207 
13,872  Lincoln National Corp.   747,285 
58,217  Old Republic International Corp.   1,351,217 
31,406  Unum Group   1,431,799 
       11,518,019 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%     
17,794  Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)   1,377,078 
         
   IT Services — 1.3%     
49,775  DXC Technology Co. (a)   1,431,031 
5,265  Maximus, Inc.   324,693 
6,876  TTEC Holdings, Inc.   305,776 
67,695  Western Union (The) Co.   914,559 
       2,976,059 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.4%     
18,615  Brunswick Corp.   1,315,522 
9,038  Hasbro, Inc.   589,730 
3,182  Polaris, Inc.   323,291 
47,446  Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (a)   888,189 
       3,116,732 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3%     
12,924  Syneos Health, Inc. (a)   651,111 
         
   Machinery — 2.7%     
27,072  Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   1,143,792 
6,219  Donaldson Co., Inc.   357,281 
9,322  ITT, Inc.   712,108 
4,753  Middleby (The) Corp. (a)   664,755 
8,666  Oshkosh Corp.   762,608 
4,538  Snap-on, Inc.   1,007,663 
15,477  Timken (The) Co.   1,103,355 
2,421  Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A   354,337 
       6,105,899 
         
   Marine — 0.8%     
24,756  Matson, Inc.   1,821,546 
         
   Media — 1.6%     
110,132  DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)   1,642,068 
23,796  Interpublic Group of (The) Cos., Inc.   708,883 
10,595  New York Times (The) Co., Class A   306,831 
60,481  News Corp., Class A   1,020,315 
       3,678,097 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining — 3.1%     
45,250  Alcoa Corp.  $1,766,107 
42,925  Commercial Metals Co.   1,953,088 
8,733  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   1,759,525 
84,055  United States Steel Corp.   1,711,360 
       7,190,080 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.9%     
88,759  Annaly Capital Management, Inc.   1,646,479 
208,076  Rithm Capital Corp.   1,754,081 
50,154  Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   1,036,182 
       4,436,742 
         
   Multiline Retail — 2.2%     
60,562  Kohl’s Corp.   1,813,832 
97,198  Macy’s, Inc.   2,026,578 
54,625  Nordstrom, Inc.   1,111,073 
       4,951,483 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.3%     
8,994  Black Hills Corp.   587,938 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.0%     
39,634  California Resources Corp.   1,787,890 
8,906  Chord Energy Corp.   1,363,420 
28,289  HF Sinclair Corp.   1,730,438 
43,318  PBF Energy, Inc., Class A (a)   1,916,821 
       6,798,569 
         
   Personal Products — 0.3%     
96,402  Coty, Inc., Class A (a)   646,857 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%     
24,545  Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)   323,748 
39,056  Organon & Co.   1,022,486 
143,013  Viatris, Inc.   1,448,722 
       2,794,956 
         
   Professional Services — 2.6%     
83,119  Alight, Inc., Class A (a)   689,056 
10,115  ASGN, Inc. (a)   857,550 
2,336  CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)   710,214 
25,951  Korn Ferry   1,442,616 
14,128  ManpowerGroup, Inc.   1,106,788 
7,965  Robert Half International, Inc.   609,004 
8,553  TriNet Group, Inc. (a)   555,774 
       5,971,002 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%     
16,500  Howard Hughes (The) Corp. (a)   1,012,275 
8,067  Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)   1,283,379 
       2,295,654 
         
   Road & Rail — 2.4%     
2,392  AMERCO   1,375,855 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail (Continued)     
31,127  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.  $1,495,030 
20,177  Ryder System, Inc.   1,624,450 
20,526  XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)   1,062,015 
       5,557,350 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7%     
89,331  Amkor Technology, Inc.   1,857,191 
18,772  Diodes, Inc. (a)   1,345,389 
14,748  MKS Instruments, Inc.   1,211,548 
15,344  Qorvo, Inc. (a)   1,320,812 
6,153  Synaptics, Inc. (a)   545,156 
       6,280,096 
         
   Software — 0.3%     
32,050  NCR Corp. (a)   681,383 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.4%     
28,885  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.   1,271,807 
10,078  Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)   1,589,805 
11,962  AutoNation, Inc. (a)   1,271,680 
28,035  Bath & Body Works, Inc.   935,808 
7,100  Lithia Motors, Inc.   1,406,865 
12,382  Penske Automotive Group, Inc.   1,382,079 
3,712  RH (a)   942,588 
10,341  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   1,280,526 
       10,081,158 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%     
17,829  Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C   684,634 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.4%     
13,580  Columbia Sportswear Co.   1,011,710 
13,309  Crocs, Inc. (a)   941,612 
974  Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)   340,832 
131,303  Hanesbrands, Inc.   895,486 
33,999  PVH Corp.   1,744,829 
10,763  Ralph Lauren Corp.   997,622 
48,019  Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)   1,653,294 
32,147  Tapestry, Inc.   1,018,417 
183,233  Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)   1,365,086 
       9,968,888 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 3.3%     
43,677  Essent Group Ltd.   1,728,736 
118,807  MGIC Investment Corp.   1,621,715 
142,848  New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (b)   1,329,915 
78,957  Radian Group, Inc.   1,647,832 
14,554  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.   1,309,278 
       7,637,476 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.5%     
39,294  Air Lease Corp.  $1,386,685 
16,703  Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)   941,214 
10,730  GATX Corp.   1,123,538 
8,365  MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   694,128 
5,849  SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)   677,724 
27,832  Triton International Ltd.   1,689,124 
10,210  WESCO International, Inc. (a)   1,406,632 
       7,919,045 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.8%   228,056,157 
   (Cost $240,401,092)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.2%     
541,035  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   541,035 
   (Cost $541,035)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 851,940  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $852,009. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $868,160. (d)   851,940 
   (Cost $851,940)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.4%   229,449,132 
   (Cost $241,794,067)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.4)%   (932,585)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $228,516,547 

 

(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 $1,342,660 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,392,975.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FNK)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $228,056,157   $228,056,157   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    541,035    541,035    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    851,940    —      851,940    —   
Total Investments   $229,449,132   $228,597,192   $851,940   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%     
6,153  Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)  $894,892 
         
   Airlines — 1.0%     
88,729  American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)   1,258,177 
32,840  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,414,747 
       2,672,924 
         
   Auto Components — 1.0%     
9,006  Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)   791,177 
13,430  Visteon Corp. (a)   1,752,212 
       2,543,389 
         
   Automobiles — 0.7%     
40,837  Harley-Davidson, Inc.   1,755,991 
         
   Banks — 2.9%     
11,940  BancFirst Corp.   1,144,091 
10,764  Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   762,522 
8,079  Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   1,252,649 
42,192  CVB Financial Corp.   1,211,754 
17,026  First Financial Bankshares, Inc.   655,331 
8,902  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.   670,587 
13,502  SouthState Corp.   1,220,986 
10,834  Western Alliance Bancorp   727,720 
       7,645,640 
         
   Beverages — 1.2%     
19,635  Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,788,356 
1,730  Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.   842,527 
9,239  National Beverage Corp.   438,113 
       3,068,996 
         
   Biotechnology — 4.6%     
20,855  Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,261,519 
10,774  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   375,043 
22,424  Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   988,002 
5,449  CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)   285,201 
36,750  Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)   1,604,505 
22,711  Exelixis, Inc. (a)   376,548 
18,012  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   861,154 
40,256  Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,779,315 
10,198  Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   686,529 
24,379  Natera, Inc. (a)   1,144,838 
16,107  Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,836,520 
5,102  United Therapeutics Corp. (a)   1,176,164 
       12,375,338 
         
   Building Products — 2.3%     
14,660  A.O. Smith Corp.   803,075 
14,316  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   1,658,938 
3,971  Allegion PLC   416,042 
13,483  Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   1,018,910 
30,219  Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)   1,863,304 
4,542  Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.   388,250 
       6,148,519 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Capital Markets — 1.4%     
5,748  Ares Management Corp., Class A  $435,871 
5,686  Cohen & Steers, Inc.   342,070 
14,173  Houlihan Lokey, Inc.   1,265,932 
16,715  Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A   1,339,707 
1,677  Morningstar, Inc.   389,366 
       3,772,946 
         
   Chemicals — 3.8%     
11,249  Ashland, Inc.   1,180,245 
50,726  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)   1,182,930 
5,858  Balchem Corp.   818,948 
27,868  Cabot Corp.   2,047,741 
58,092  Livent Corp. (a)   1,833,965 
17,098  RPM International, Inc.   1,616,958 
5,135  Sensient Technologies Corp.   366,947 
42,159  Valvoline, Inc.   1,237,788 
       10,285,522 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.8%     
18,647  Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)   1,525,511 
16,189  Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)   1,982,505 
63,635  Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,035,047 
33,541  IAA, Inc. (a)   1,272,210 
5,541  Tetra Tech, Inc.   782,833 
       7,598,106 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.6%     
23,297  Calix, Inc. (a)   1,715,591 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.5%     
6,628  Valmont Industries, Inc.   2,115,790 
44,148  WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)   1,877,615 
       3,993,405 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.5%     
9,967  Eagle Materials, Inc.   1,219,064 
         
   Consumer Finance — 0.4%     
1,626  Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)   757,098 
72,971  SoFi Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   396,962 
       1,154,060 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 0.9%     
90,198  Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   2,070,946 
8,000  Sealed Air Corp.   380,960 
       2,451,906 
         

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.9%     
41,855  H&R Block, Inc.  $1,722,333 
12,335  Service Corp. International   747,625 
       2,469,958 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%     
32,102  Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)   1,654,216 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.3%     
19,534  OGE Energy Corp.   715,530 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.9%     
18,307  Atkore, Inc. (a)   1,744,657 
48,252  ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   674,563 
       2,419,220 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%     
30,852  Jabil, Inc.   1,982,241 
1,792  Littelfuse, Inc.   394,688 
       2,376,929 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.0%     
54,588  ChampionX Corp.   1,562,309 
38,528  Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   1,907,521 
121,952  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   2,152,453 
36,381  Valaris Ltd. (a)   2,434,980 
       8,057,263 
         
   Entertainment — 0.3%     
51,658  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   344,042 
15,343  Warner Music Group Corp., Class A   399,225 
       743,267 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.8%     
10,539  Agree Realty Corp.   724,029 
75,982  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.   1,300,812 
8,889  CubeSmart   372,182 
9,931  EPR Properties   383,337 
20,679  Kite Realty Group Trust   406,136 
4,317  Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   398,157 
6,430  Life Storage, Inc.   711,222 
8,934  National Retail Properties, Inc.   375,496 
8,677  PotlatchDeltic Corp.   386,040 
23,764  Rayonier, Inc.   800,847 
19,356  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.   1,721,135 
       7,579,393 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%     
24,454  BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,892,740 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Food & Staples Retailing (Continued)     
32,090  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)  $1,109,351 
       3,002,091 
         
   Food Products — 2.0%     
21,533  Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)   1,689,910 
57,691  Flowers Foods, Inc.   1,656,309 
23,010  Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   1,983,922 
       5,330,141 
         
   Gas Utilities — 2.2%     
28,928  National Fuel Gas Co.   1,952,351 
36,806  New Jersey Resources Corp.   1,643,020 
20,236  ONE Gas, Inc.   1,567,885 
11,426  Spire, Inc.   797,649 
       5,960,905 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.6%     
5,978  Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)   400,526 
19,241  Haemonetics Corp. (a)   1,634,523 
14,707  Inari Medical, Inc. (a)   1,131,410 
2,008  Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   391,460 
8,527  iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,087,107 
25,317  Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,873,205 
4,687  Novocure Ltd. (a)   331,183 
3,756  Penumbra, Inc. (a)   644,041 
6,403  Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)   1,877,039 
5,048  STAAR Surgical Co. (a)   357,752 
       9,728,246 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.7%     
18,220  Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)   1,481,286 
60,819  agilon health, Inc. (a)   1,207,257 
16,803  AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)   2,108,776 
1,631  Chemed Corp.   761,465 
6,614  Guardant Health, Inc. (a)   327,393 
15,904  HealthEquity, Inc. (a)   1,239,081 
58,092  Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)   1,175,201 
56,577  Option Care Health, Inc. (a)   1,712,020 
       10,012,479 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 6.6%     
14,947  Boyd Gaming Corp.   863,339 
11,038  Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)   482,692 
9,755  Choice Hotels International, Inc.   1,266,589 
3,867  Churchill Downs, Inc.   803,988 
47,040  DraftKings, Inc., Class A (a)   743,232 
32,481  Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)   1,274,554 
62,693  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)   1,058,885 
6,175  Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)   404,339 
28,188  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (a)   1,504,675 
31,298  SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,820,292 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     
20,404  Texas Roadhouse, Inc.  $2,018,976 
10,437  Travel + Leisure Co.   396,397 
3,302  Vail Resorts, Inc.   723,567 
57,159  Wendy’s (The) Co.   1,187,764 
8,517  Wingstop, Inc.   1,349,008 
5,806  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   440,850 
22,599  Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)   1,444,076 
       17,783,223 
         
   Household Durables — 1.3%     
33,677  Skyline Champion Corp. (a)   1,960,338 
59,005  Tempur Sealy International, Inc.   1,586,645 
       3,546,983 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.6%     
22,362  Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C   776,856 
16,524  Ormat Technologies, Inc.   1,494,596 
84,786  Vistra Corp.   1,947,534 
       4,218,986 
         
   Insurance — 2.6%     
6,407  Erie Indemnity Co., Class A   1,646,663 
6,971  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.   2,197,050 
3,478  RLI Corp.   452,384 
35,066  Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,572,710 
820  White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.   1,161,243 
       7,030,050 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%     
30,566  Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)   751,924 
         
   IT Services — 2.1%     
3,190  Concentrix Corp.   389,914 
9,667  ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,757,944 
20,096  GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)   1,615,718 
63,893  Toast, Inc., Class A (a)   1,411,396 
2,805  WEX, Inc. (a)   460,413 
       5,635,385 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.0%     
32,752  Acushnet Holdings Corp.   1,525,261 
56,404  Mattel, Inc. (a)   1,069,420 
       2,594,681 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4%     
6,711  Bruker Corp.   415,008 
13,948  Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   231,537 
9,062  Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)   2,011,583 
5,710  Repligen Corp. (a)   1,042,018 
       3,700,146 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Machinery — 3.7%     
7,406  AGCO Corp.  $919,603 
7,726  Chart Industries, Inc. (a)   1,721,971 
12,203  Crane Holdings Co.   1,224,449 
21,791  Franklin Electric Co., Inc.   1,785,554 
11,880  Graco, Inc.   826,610 
11,330  Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.   1,608,860 
29,954  Mueller Industries, Inc.   1,876,319 
       9,963,366 
         
   Marine — 0.6%     
23,440  Kirby Corp. (a)   1,634,940 
         
   Media — 0.6%     
8,537  Nexstar Media Group, Inc.   1,462,388 
         
   Metals & Mining — 0.5%     
52,873  Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)   686,820 
13,044  MP Materials Corp. (a)   391,842 
3,796  Royal Gold, Inc.   360,468 
       1,439,130 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.3%     
28,273  NiSource, Inc.   726,333 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 10.3%     
77,582  Antero Midstream Corp.   826,248 
58,319  Antero Resources Corp. (a)   2,137,974 
18,899  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   1,932,801 
31,024  Civitas Resources, Inc.   2,168,888 
102,978  Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)   1,933,927 
20,641  Denbury, Inc. (a)   1,886,794 
20,587  DT Midstream, Inc.   1,229,044 
11,858  Enviva, Inc.   709,583 
71,903  Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A   1,846,469 
36,397  Matador Resources Co.   2,418,580 
50,624  Murphy Oil Corp.   2,455,770 
24,648  PDC Energy, Inc.   1,778,107 
70,487  Range Resources Corp.   2,007,470 
47,341  SM Energy Co.   2,129,398 
290,930  Southwestern Energy Co. (a)   2,016,145 
       27,477,198 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.6%     
27,826  Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   1,576,343 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%     
15,306  Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)   699,025 
8,015  Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)   1,152,477 
       1,851,502 
         
   Professional Services — 1.3%     
4,062  Exponent, Inc.   386,946 
8,594  FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)   1,337,484 
32,957  KBR, Inc.   1,640,270 
       3,364,700 
         

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Road & Rail — 2.9%     
11,993  Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)  $2,835,865 
87,494  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,609,889 
12,333  Landstar System, Inc.   1,926,661 
27,039  Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)   395,851 
5,623  Saia, Inc. (a)   1,118,190 
       7,886,456 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.8%     
16,297  Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)   414,107 
15,527  Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)   1,042,172 
7,237  Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)   351,067 
13,751  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)   795,770 
11,119  Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)   743,194 
5,770  Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)   663,089 
10,336  Wolfspeed, Inc. (a)   813,960 
       4,823,359 
         
   Software — 5.3%     
16,471  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)   969,154 
43,800  Box, Inc., Class A (a)   1,272,390 
52,080  DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,522,299 
34,372  Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)   747,591 
4,964  Elastic N.V. (a)   317,448 
1,729  Fair Isaac Corp. (a)   827,914 
8,031  Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   977,132 
10,440  nCino, Inc. (a)   328,651 
18,618  New Relic, Inc. (a)   1,102,930 
36,139  Paycor HCM, Inc. (a)   1,101,155 
5,896  Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)   1,366,634 
14,394  Procore Technologies, Inc. (a)   786,776 
10,218  Qualys, Inc. (a)   1,456,678 
13,932  SentinelOne, Inc., Class A (a)   318,207 
10,364  Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)   361,911 
5,733  SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)   725,339 
       14,182,209 
         
   Specialty Retail — 2.8%     
17,015  Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   1,935,627 
7,760  Five Below, Inc. (a)   1,135,676 
20,274  Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,487,503 
28,340  GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)   802,305 
6,477  Murphy USA, Inc.   2,037,081 
       7,398,192 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%     
52,043  Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)   1,606,047 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.8%     
17,324  Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   2,154,759 
78,298  Core & Main, Inc., Class A (a)   1,846,267 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Trading Companies & Distributors (Continued)     
6,856  Herc Holdings, Inc.  $806,334 
46,979  Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,197,025 
5,533  Watsco, Inc.   1,499,222 
       7,503,607 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   267,503,075 
   (Cost $250,639,416)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
736,575  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   736,575 
   (Cost $736,575)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.4%     
$ 1,159,846  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $1,159,940. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,181,929. (d)   1,159,846 
   (Cost $1,159,846)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.6%   269,399,496 
   (Cost $252,535,837)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.6)%   (1,645,736)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $267,753,760 

  

(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 $1,864,503 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,896,421.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FNY)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $267,503,075   $267,503,075   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    736,575    736,575    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,159,846    —      1,159,846    —   
Total Investments   $269,399,496   $268,239,650   $1,159,846   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 99.9%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%     
44,686  Maxar Technologies, Inc.  $998,285 
5,948  Moog, Inc., Class A   504,093 
       1,502,378 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%     
34,725  Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)   1,013,970 
12,126  Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)   940,978 
       1,954,948 
         
   Airlines — 1.1%     
8,436  Allegiant Travel Co. (a)   633,122 
30,950  JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)   248,838 
64,311  SkyWest, Inc. (a)   1,137,018 
       2,018,978 
         
   Auto Components — 1.9%     
37,684  Adient PLC (a)   1,318,186 
73,187  Dana, Inc.   1,168,065 
23,855  Patrick Industries, Inc.   1,090,412 
       3,576,663 
         
   Automobiles — 0.6%     
19,650  Winnebago Industries, Inc.   1,172,909 
         
   Banks — 11.6%     
9,032  1st Source Corp.   525,301 
13,768  Ameris Bancorp   709,190 
30,659  Associated Banc-Corp.   746,547 
20,263  Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   699,884 
18,017  BankUnited, Inc.   647,711 
3,473  Banner Corp.   259,607 
7,515  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   219,814 
10,877  Cathay General Bancorp   495,991 
14,477  Columbia Banking System, Inc.   484,545 
35,471  Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)   1,195,018 
21,022  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.   725,890 
9,333  Eagle Bancorp, Inc.   422,598 
9,499  Enterprise Financial Services Corp.   507,912 
5,372  FB Financial Corp.   225,409 
5,611  First Bancorp   250,082 
19,030  First Busey Corp.   502,582 
32,577  First Commonwealth Financial Corp.   467,154 
29,201  First Financial Bancorp   761,270 
33,935  First Foundation, Inc.   541,603 
5,305  First Merchants Corp.   238,194 
26,472  Fulton Financial Corp.   482,585 
9,647  Heartland Financial USA, Inc.   475,790 
33,662  Hilltop Holdings, Inc.   974,515 
66,183  Hope Bancorp, Inc.   898,103 
6,814  Independent Bank Group, Inc.   429,895 
4,826  International Bancshares Corp.   239,370 
5,406  NBT Bancorp, Inc.   256,190 
15,187  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.   228,716 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Banks (Continued)     
33,023  OceanFirst Financial Corp.  $745,659 
37,016  PacWest Bancorp   920,218 
19,679  Renasant Corp.   794,441 
14,272  S&T Bancorp, Inc.   539,624 
17,456  Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.   618,641 
19,196  Simmons First National Corp., Class A   458,209 
5,801  Southside Bancshares, Inc.   198,626 
3,476  Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)   208,560 
15,592  TowneBank   513,600 
23,150  Veritex Holdings, Inc.   731,077 
20,533  Washington Federal, Inc.   794,627 
12,533  WesBanco, Inc.   506,835 
       21,641,583 
         
   Biotechnology — 0.8%     
49,819  Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)   1,039,224 
40,376  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   441,714 
       1,480,938 
         
   Building Products — 2.1%     
25,166  AZEK (The) Co., Inc. (a)   440,657 
10,220  Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)   522,037 
14,169  Griffon Corp.   455,392 
119,510  JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)   1,268,001 
9,789  PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)   208,603 
43,890  Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,036,682 
       3,931,372 
         
   Capital Markets — 2.7%     
15,531  Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A   442,789 
22,871  AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)   473,658 
133,208  BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   527,503 
12,629  Federated Hermes, Inc.   438,858 
5,875  Piper Sandler Cos.   751,824 
2,472  StoneX Group, Inc. (a)   230,687 
35,888  Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A   1,037,881 
9,879  Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A   221,092 
5,243  Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.   899,122 
       5,023,414 
         
   Chemicals — 2.4%     
72,938  Ecovyst, Inc. (a)   725,733 
3,383  Ingevity Corp. (a)   227,574 
2,393  Innospec, Inc.   239,276 
18,943  Mativ Holdings, Inc.   449,707 
16,931  Minerals Technologies, Inc.   931,374 
684  NewMarket Corp.   208,169 
6,572  Stepan Co.   686,380 
57,078  Trinseo PLC   1,074,208 
       4,542,421 
         

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.9%     
16,101  ABM Industries, Inc.  $716,656 
10,022  Brady Corp., Class A   458,506 
105,358  BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)   939,793 
118,293  CoreCivic, Inc. (a)   1,238,528 
23,219  HNI Corp.   673,119 
53,625  MillerKnoll, Inc.   1,135,778 
1,220  UniFirst Corp.   224,492 
       5,386,872 
         
   Communications Equipment — 0.5%     
20,365  Viasat, Inc. (a)   834,150 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.1%     
3,590  Arcosa, Inc.   230,478 
8,081  Granite Construction, Inc.   272,572 
2,421  MYR Group, Inc. (a)   211,862 
64,353  Primoris Services Corp.   1,299,287 
       2,014,199 
         
   Construction Materials — 0.5%     
34,915  Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)   920,010 
         
   Consumer Finance — 3.5%     
33,250  Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,200,657 
22,992  Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)   1,170,753 
22,038  Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)   419,383 
94,634  LendingClub Corp. (a)   1,006,906 
56,947  Navient Corp.   862,178 
10,566  Nelnet, Inc., Class A   941,325 
25,460  PRA Group, Inc. (a)   852,910 
       6,454,112 
         
   Containers & Packaging — 1.3%     
64,597  O-I Glass, Inc. (a)   1,053,577 
95,825  Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.   1,045,451 
16,684  TriMas Corp.   381,229 
       2,480,257 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.9%     
10,065  Frontdoor, Inc. (a)   222,034 
1,556  Graham Holdings Co., Class B   970,742 
6,812  Strategic Education, Inc.   470,028 
       1,662,804 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%     
37,684  Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A   1,445,558 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 0.7%     
3,525  EnerSys   233,672 
194,097  GrafTech International Ltd.   987,954 
       1,221,626 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.8%     
14,819  ePlus, Inc. (a)  $721,982 
5,074  Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)   479,544 
16,568  Methode Electronics, Inc.   683,098 
8,545  OSI Systems, Inc. (a)   702,228 
13,359  Sanmina Corp. (a)   748,772 
63,470  TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)   971,726 
47,022  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.   983,230 
       5,290,580 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%     
95,883  Archrock, Inc.   720,081 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 7.7%     
48,779  Acadia Realty Trust   681,443 
12,375  Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.   241,065 
16,262  American Assets Trust, Inc.   446,880 
114,595  Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A   909,884 
123,934  Brandywine Realty Trust   813,007 
8,833  Corporate Office Properties Trust   235,399 
81,968  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.   765,581 
23,820  Elme Communities   454,724 
93,839  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   691,593 
57,799  Global Net Lease, Inc.   708,038 
76,399  Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.   843,445 
112,926  iStar, Inc.   1,183,464 
33,131  JBG SMITH Properties   652,018 
114,160  LXP Industrial Trust   1,105,069 
134,277  Paramount Group, Inc.   868,772 
14,139  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust   226,790 
79,219  Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A   827,839 
26,040  SL Green Realty Corp. (b)   1,033,267 
88,808  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.   990,209 
31,356  Urban Edge Properties   442,747 
18,046  Veris Residential, Inc. (a)   285,668 
       14,406,902 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 2.9%     
33,700  Andersons (The), Inc.   1,188,599 
13,201  Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A   1,245,778 
7,261  PriceSmart, Inc.   464,486 
22,182  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   654,369 
24,340  United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)   1,032,260 
8,639  Weis Markets, Inc.   809,215 
       5,394,707 
         
   Food Products — 0.7%     
12,442  B&G Foods, Inc. (b)   203,800 
35,998  Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.   938,828 
12,156  Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc. (a)   227,439 
       1,370,067 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Gas Utilities — 0.4%     
14,191  Northwest Natural Holding Co.  $682,445 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%     
9,423  Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)   208,719 
18,159  Enovis Corp. (a)   897,963 
3,296  Integer Holdings Corp. (a)   205,440 
       1,312,122 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%     
25,544  Owens & Minor, Inc.   434,248 
17,414  Patterson Cos., Inc.   452,242 
12,431  Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (a)   241,161 
       1,127,651 
         
   Health Care Technology — 0.2%     
27,464  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)   403,721 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%     
11,195  Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   268,792 
         
   Household Durables — 6.8%     
4,067  Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)   921,867 
24,442  Century Communities, Inc.   1,087,913 
48,909  Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)   1,131,265 
6,382  Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)   603,865 
5,163  Installed Building Products, Inc.   444,018 
40,343  KB Home   1,162,685 
46,331  La-Z-Boy, Inc.   1,147,619 
12,849  LGI Homes, Inc. (a)   1,182,751 
38,135  M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   1,161,592 
28,864  M/I Homes, Inc. (a)   1,197,567 
14,880  Meritage Homes Corp. (a)   1,133,261 
14,763  Sonos, Inc. (a)   237,980 
69,207  Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)   1,159,217 
       12,571,600 
         
   Household Products — 1.0%     
18,023  Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)   705,420 
16,640  Energizer Holdings, Inc.   480,730 
15,770  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   727,628 
       1,913,778 
         
   Insurance — 2.8%     
24,085  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)   1,374,531 
46,551  CNO Financial Group, Inc.   1,026,915 
298,768  Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)   1,395,246 
10,517  ProAssurance Corp.   233,583 
2,516  Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   218,766 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Insurance (Continued)     
23,961  Stewart Information Services Corp.  $933,521 
       5,182,562 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%     
4,090  Shutterstock, Inc.   204,623 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%     
17,178  Overstock.com, Inc. (a)   399,389 
         
   IT Services — 0.8%     
50,580  Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)   489,108 
205,039  Rackspace Technology, Inc. (a)   1,055,951 
       1,545,059 
         
   Leisure Products — 1.2%     
17,433  Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)   922,206 
42,996  Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)   1,248,604 
       2,170,810 
         
   Machinery — 3.4%     
131,038  3D Systems Corp. (a)   1,157,066 
1,677  Alamo Group, Inc.   255,038 
2,604  Albany International Corp., Class A   238,578 
14,482  Barnes Group, Inc.   512,228 
2,795  ESCO Technologies, Inc.   240,845 
5,498  Federal Signal Corp.   256,482 
11,389  Hillenbrand, Inc.   503,166 
40,648  Kennametal, Inc.   1,085,708 
19,978  Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A   233,743 
11,480  Proto Labs, Inc. (a)   438,421 
3,627  Tennant Co.   211,273 
20,696  Terex Corp.   839,016 
9,609  Trinity Industries, Inc.   274,145 
       6,245,709 
         
   Media — 3.1%     
490,936  Advantage Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,659,364 
71,744  Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)   474,228 
73,022  Gray Television, Inc.   1,033,261 
11,137  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A   469,870 
27,195  Scholastic Corp.   1,037,217 
85,224  WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)   1,168,421 
       5,842,361 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.1%     
7,643  Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.   1,290,521 
49,094  Arconic Corp. (a)   1,019,191 
6,591  Carpenter Technology Corp.   246,503 
27,418  Worthington Industries, Inc.   1,304,000 
       3,860,215 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.9%     
39,310  Chimera Investment Corp.   265,342 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)     
71,255  Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. (b)  $1,140,080 
51,478  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.   896,747 
93,364  Ladder Capital Corp.   996,194 
87,687  New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.   235,878 
       3,534,241 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.5%     
3,066  Dillard’s, Inc., Class A   1,008,070 
         
   Multi-Utilities — 0.7%     
16,615  Avista Corp.   681,714 
12,492  NorthWestern Corp.   659,952 
       1,341,666 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8%     
42,132  Peabody Energy Corp. (a)   1,006,955 
153,779  Permian Resources Corp. (a)   1,502,421 
35,687  World Fuel Services Corp.   909,661 
       3,419,037 
         
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%     
18,160  Sylvamo Corp.   874,767 
         
   Personal Products — 1.2%     
11,184  Edgewell Personal Care Co.   438,301 
30,950  Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)   657,997 
18,446  Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A   704,453 
7,463  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)   391,882 
       2,192,633 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%     
8,392  Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)   457,196 
         
   Professional Services — 0.2%     
15,995  First Advantage Corp. (a)   224,730 
3,500  Kforce, Inc.   221,445 
       446,175 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.6%     
128,938  Anywhere Real Estate, Inc. (a)   958,009 
25,521  Marcus & Millichap, Inc.   940,194 
129,737  Newmark Group, Inc., Class A   1,062,546 
       2,960,749 
         
   Road & Rail — 1.9%     
73,075  Heartland Express, Inc.   1,087,356 
32,126  Marten Transport Ltd.   603,005 
41,208  Schneider National, Inc., Class B   916,466 
22,247  Werner Enterprises, Inc.   872,082 
       3,478,909 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.8%     
23,877  Cohu, Inc. (a)  $786,031 
23,907  Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)   743,747 
       1,529,778 
         
   Software — 0.4%     
20,014  ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)   486,941 
33,806  E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (a)   197,089 
       684,030 
         
   Specialty Retail — 4.5%     
85,979  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.   976,721 
19,444  Buckle (The), Inc.   764,733 
33,590  Foot Locker, Inc.   1,064,803 
7,321  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.   1,266,533 
4,723  Monro, Inc.   225,523 
23,887  Rent-A-Center, Inc.   498,044 
48,856  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)   620,960 
14,626  Signet Jewelers Ltd.   954,200 
53,216  Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)   1,269,734 
21,139  Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)   794,826 
       8,436,077 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%     
9,394  Carter’s, Inc.   637,571 
28,906  Levi Strauss & Co., Class A   432,434 
39,998  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.   685,165 
       1,755,170 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.7%     
17,984  Axos Financial, Inc. (a)   700,657 
24,723  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   202,234 
25,818  Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)   1,019,553 
51,334  NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,125,754 
24,375  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.   1,299,675 
31,567  Provident Financial Services, Inc.   707,732 
       5,055,605 
         
   Tobacco — 0.5%     
18,172  Universal Corp.   919,685 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.8%     
17,587  Boise Cascade Co.   1,174,284 
15,592  Global Industrial Co.   494,890 
21,722  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.   820,223 
2,448  McGrath RentCorp   230,234 
41,619  NOW, Inc. (a)   529,810 
19,076  Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A   951,702 
8,555  Veritiv Corp. (a)   994,604 
       5,195,747 
         
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.4%     
75,229  Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.   1,278,893 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Wireless Telecommunication (Continued)     
40,172  United States Cellular Corp. (a)  $1,252,161 
       2,531,054 
   Total Common Stocks — 99.9%   185,998,955 
   (Cost $197,416,982)     
         
   Money Market Funds — 0.3%     
637,925  Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 3.03% (c) (d)   637,925 
   (Cost $637,925)     

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 0.5%     
$ 1,004,508  BNP Paribas S.A., 2.93% (c), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $1,004,589. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, interest rate of 2.75%, due 05/31/29. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $1,023,633. (d)   1,004,508 
   (Cost $1,004,508)     
         
   Total Investments — 100.7%   187,641,388 
   (Cost $199,059,415)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.7)%   (1,353,146)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $186,288,242 

 

(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 $1,604,786 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $1,642,433.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of October 31, 2022.
(d) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund (FYT)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
                 

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $185,998,955   $185,998,955   $—     $—   
Money Market Funds    637,925    637,925    —      —   
Repurchase Agreements    1,004,508    —      1,004,508    —   
Total Investments   $187,641,388   $186,636,880   $1,004,508   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks — 100.0%     
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%     
20,547  AAR Corp. (a)  $910,643 
8,830  AeroVironment, Inc. (a)   807,945 
       1,718,588 
         
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%     
11,082  Forward Air Corp.   1,173,251 
         
   Auto Components — 1.2%     
8,963  Dorman Products, Inc. (a)   731,560 
68,649  Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)   555,371 
19,401  XPEL, Inc. (a) (c)   1,342,355 
       2,629,286 
         
   Banks — 2.6%     
73,115  First BanCorp   1,154,486 
10,108  Lakeland Financial Corp.   835,426 
8,018  Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.   260,344 
39,801  OFG Bancorp   1,109,652 
16,153  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.   588,131 
6,638  Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)   376,773 
14,707  Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.   1,149,940 
4,515  Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)   232,523 
       5,707,275 
         
   Beverages — 0.7%     
17,003  Duckhorn Portfolio (The), Inc. (a)   248,584 
11,777  MGP Ingredients, Inc.   1,319,613 
       1,568,197 
         
   Biotechnology — 8.3%     
44,988  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   721,158 
70,498  Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   704,980 
38,235  Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   974,228 
52,314  Avid Bioservices, Inc. (a)   886,199 
79,383  BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   1,059,763 
7,590  Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)   393,466 
50,312  Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (a)   524,754 
70,498  Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a) (b)   807,202 
96,102  FibroGen, Inc. (a)   1,564,540 
49,363  ImmunityBio, Inc. (a) (b)   271,496 
34,169  Insmed, Inc. (a)   591,807 
2,849  Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   249,715 
100,410  Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (a) (b)   590,411 
21,188  Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (a)   1,112,794 
20,621  Prothena Corp. PLC (a)   1,266,954 
24,906  PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   941,945 
94,006  Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)   991,763 
37,845  REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)   895,791 
10,967  Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   243,687 
12,441  REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. (a)   252,055 
18,795  Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   707,820 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Biotechnology (Continued)     
29,871  Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)  $647,603 
6,961  Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)   228,530 
13,078  uniQure N.V. (a)   243,512 
38,500  Xencor, Inc. (a)   1,078,000 
       17,950,173 
         
   Building Products — 1.8%     
18,564  AAON, Inc.   1,197,192 
10,437  CSW Industrials, Inc.   1,345,538 
140,165  Janus International Group, Inc. (a)   1,349,789 
       3,892,519 
         
   Capital Markets — 1.3%     
15,871  Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)   552,152 
40,364  Golub Capital BDC, Inc.   523,521 
4,115  Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   246,159 
7,256  Moelis & Co., Class A   308,090 
11,015  PJT Partners, Inc., Class A   819,516 
10,010  StepStone Group, Inc., Class A   295,495 
       2,744,933 
         
   Chemicals — 0.7%     
235,901  Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   644,010 
51,649  LSB Industries, Inc. (a)   910,572 
       1,554,582 
         
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%     
10,324  Brink’s (The) Co.   615,620 
7,291  Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (a)   319,200 
       934,820 
         
   Communications Equipment — 3.5%     
51,084  ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.   1,147,347 
11,947  Clearfield, Inc. (a)   1,451,202 
135,752  CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)   1,797,357 
95,659  Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)   1,716,122 
50,689  Infinera Corp. (a)   284,365 
31,936  NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)   1,147,141 
       7,543,534 
         
   Construction & Engineering — 1.8%     
18,806  Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)   1,137,387 
13,088  Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)   1,546,740 
8,077  NV5 Global, Inc. (a)   1,170,761 
       3,854,888 
         

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Consumer Finance — 0.1%     
11,800  Upstart Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)  $273,524 
         
   Distributors — 0.6%     
61,834  Funko, Inc., Class A (a)   1,276,872 
         
   Diversified Consumer Services — 1.3%     
11,643  Chegg, Inc. (a)   251,140 
7,729  Duolingo, Inc. (a)   632,541 
8,948  Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   900,437 
29,747  Stride, Inc. (a)   996,822 
       2,780,940 
         
   Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%     
27,692  Compass Diversified Holdings   589,286 
         
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%     
4,703  Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   246,954 
462,899  Globalstar, Inc. (a)   1,004,491 
       1,251,445 
         
   Electric Utilities — 0.7%     
7,620  MGE Energy, Inc.   518,846 
16,258  Otter Tail Corp.   1,096,114 
       1,614,960 
         
   Electrical Equipment — 2.2%     
75,407  Array Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,364,866 
50,035  Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)   936,155 
10,821  Encore Wire Corp.   1,488,861 
34,153  Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A (a)   789,276 
4,149  Vicor Corp. (a)   198,198 
       4,777,356 
         
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3%     
12,921  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.   1,016,237 
10,826  Badger Meter, Inc.   1,217,708 
20,831  Belden, Inc.   1,450,463 
30,019  CTS Corp.   1,186,351 
       4,870,759 
         
   Energy Equipment & Services — 4.6%     
19,152  Cactus, Inc., Class A   990,541 
57,771  Expro Group Holdings N.V. (a)   1,093,605 
98,602  Liberty Energy, Inc. (a)   1,667,360 
4,929  Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)   857,794 
168,956  NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)   1,703,077 
144,331  RPC, Inc.   1,606,404 
99,327  Transocean Ltd. (a)   365,523 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Energy Equipment & Services (Continued)     
38,721  Weatherford International PLC (a)  $1,613,891 
       9,898,195 
         
   Entertainment — 1.7%     
60,776  Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)   644,833 
16,693  Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (a)   818,458 
5,632  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.   882,028 
17,818  World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A   1,405,662 
       3,750,981 
         
   Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.0%     
2,394  Alexander’s, Inc.   562,327 
15,558  Easterly Government Properties, Inc.   270,554 
12,615  Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.   271,475 
10,143  Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.   259,864 
18,597  Getty Realty Corp.   585,619 
11,501  InvenTrust Properties Corp.   289,825 
13,355  LTC Properties, Inc.   516,438 
16,151  Outfront Media, Inc.   291,525 
17,830  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.   258,178 
6,541  Saul Centers, Inc.   267,854 
36,557  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.   658,392 
       4,232,051 
         
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%     
34,525  Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc. (a)   1,264,651 
         
   Food Products — 2.8%     
22,492  Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   1,271,023 
43,039  Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)   1,139,673 
15,634  Simply Good Foods (The) Co. (a)   598,782 
51,686  Sovos Brands, Inc. (a)   716,368 
30,054  Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.   1,213,881 
66,239  Utz Brands, Inc.   1,073,734 
       6,013,461 
         
   Gas Utilities — 0.3%     
4,333  Chesapeake Utilities Corp.   538,939 
         
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%     
6,275  AtriCure, Inc. (a)   264,303 
885  Atrion Corp.   531,274 
14,199  Axonics, Inc. (a)   1,038,515 
13,824  Glaukos Corp. (a)   775,112 
13,024  Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)   895,660 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     
30,155  PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (a)  $1,369,942 
22,227  Silk Road Medical, Inc. (a)   979,766 
       5,854,572 
         
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%     
66,575  AdaptHealth Corp. (a)   1,517,910 
34,948  Agiliti, Inc. (a)   610,541 
84,479  Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)   1,118,502 
144,208  Cano Health, Inc. (a)   516,265 
3,612  CorVel Corp. (a)   593,126 
224,063  Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (a)   1,017,246 
111,180  LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (a)   839,409 
19,861  Progyny, Inc. (a)   883,219 
3,227  US Physical Therapy, Inc.   286,558 
       7,382,776 
         
   Health Care Technology — 1.1%     
27,838  Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)   885,527 
85,781  Multiplan Corp. (a)   246,191 
19,627  Phreesia, Inc. (a)   536,210 
9,821  Schrodinger, Inc. (a)   235,409 
10,303  Simulations Plus, Inc.   427,575 
       2,330,912 
         
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.7%     
29,464  Brinker International, Inc. (a)   983,803 
10,804  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   1,234,033 
32,234  Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)   1,284,525 
15,736  Dine Brands Global, Inc.   1,134,408 
16,056  Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   592,627 
45,377  Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)   861,255 
14,334  Golden Entertainment, Inc. (a)   605,182 
13,504  Jack in the Box, Inc.   1,191,458 
43,374  Krispy Kreme, Inc. (b)   622,417 
13,110  Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)   1,041,065 
21,483  Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A   894,767 
28,254  Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)   630,064 
99,070  Target Hospitality Corp. (a)   1,205,682 
       12,281,286 
         
   Household Products — 0.2%     
2,846  WD-40 Co.   455,815 
         
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.9%     
71,691  Montauk Renewables, Inc. (a)   1,073,214 

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (Continued)     
45,300  Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)  $839,862 
       1,913,076 
         
   Insurance — 1.4%     
37,959  BRP Group, Inc., Class A (a)   1,076,138 
14,933  Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a)   1,328,440 
12,384  Trupanion, Inc. (a)   625,020 
       3,029,598 
         
   Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%     
17,314  Cargurus, Inc. (a)   252,092 
60,619  ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A (a)   1,016,580 
       1,268,672 
         
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.6%     
22,015  Xometry, Inc., Class A (a)   1,322,221 
         
   IT Services — 2.7%     
7,826  EVERTEC, Inc.   280,249 
21,782  Flywire Corp. (a)   478,115 
53,401  Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (a)   726,788 
89,947  Remitly Global, Inc. (a)   1,045,184 
97,108  Sabre Corp. (a)   564,198 
22,422  Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)   1,030,739 
23,413  Squarespace, Inc., Class A (a)   520,003 
65,076  Verra Mobility Corp. (a)   1,110,847 
       5,756,123 
         
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.5%     
67,949  Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (a)   1,054,568 
         
   Machinery — 2.9%     
33,855  Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)   871,089 
41,280  Enerpac Tool Group Corp.   1,048,925 
11,770  EnPro Industries, Inc.   1,253,505 
4,848  Helios Technologies, Inc.   274,833 
4,412  Kadant, Inc.   785,115 
6,980  Lindsay Corp.   1,181,714 
147,794  Proterra, Inc. (a)   922,235 
       6,337,416 
         
   Media — 0.3%     
8,449  TechTarget, Inc. (a)   545,383 
         
   Metals & Mining — 2.0%     
46,986  ATI, Inc. (a)   1,398,303 
15,629  Materion Corp.   1,339,562 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Metals & Mining (Continued)     
43,961  Warrior Met Coal, Inc.  $1,632,711 
       4,370,576 
         
   Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.4%     
29,558  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   332,823 
21,334  Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   293,769 
31,534  MFA Financial, Inc.   314,079 
       940,671 
         
   Multiline Retail — 0.3%     
20,582  Franchise Group, Inc.   624,664 
         
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.0%     
10,541  Arch Resources, Inc.   1,605,289 
21,024  Callon Petroleum Co. (a)   924,215 
64,406  CNX Resources Corp. (a)   1,082,665 
19,439  CONSOL Energy, Inc.   1,225,046 
43,142  CVR Energy, Inc.   1,685,126 
46,067  Delek US Holdings, Inc.   1,366,347 
101,483  Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   1,639,965 
98,397  Equitrans Midstream Corp.   828,503 
14,162  Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)   1,267,641 
35,590  International Seaways, Inc.   1,509,372 
15,350  Kinetik Holdings, Inc. (b)   564,573 
193,465  Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)   1,255,588 
15,915  Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)   1,028,905 
45,614  Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.   1,557,262 
75,091  Talos Energy, Inc. (a)   1,597,936 
102,651  Tellurian, Inc. (a)   277,158 
       19,415,591 
         
   Personal Products — 1.9%     
42,418  Beauty Health (The) Co. (a)   484,838 
24,266  BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)   587,722 
33,235  elf Beauty, Inc. (a)   1,437,746 
13,254  Inter Parfums, Inc.   1,071,984 
4,615  Medifast, Inc.   539,909 
       4,122,199 
         
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.2%     
26,192  Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)   809,333 
11,241  Arvinas, Inc. (a)   558,790 
39,011  Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)   1,115,715 
16,617  Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)   864,084 
9,403  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)   486,699 
97,108  SIGA Technologies, Inc.   892,422 
       4,727,043 
         

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Professional Services — 1.7%     
29,226  CBIZ, Inc. (a)  $1,450,779 
18,872  Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)   1,389,545 
41,724  Sterling Check Corp. (a)   814,870 
       3,655,194 
         
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%     
44,612  eXp World Holdings, Inc. (b)   589,324 
15,869  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.   263,584 
7,660  St. Joe (The) Co.   272,160 
       1,125,068 
         
   Road & Rail — 0.7%     
17,190  ArcBest Corp.   1,365,402 
32,282  TuSimple Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   110,727 
       1,476,129 
         
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%     
20,644  Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)   1,197,352 
15,623  Impinj, Inc. (a)   1,790,865 
15,332  MaxLinear, Inc. (a)   473,452 
50,343  Photronics, Inc. (a)   816,563 
39,347  Rambus, Inc. (a)   1,186,706 
       5,464,938 
         
   Software — 6.4%     
35,369  Adeia, Inc.   395,425 
18,070  Agilysys, Inc. (a)   1,159,552 
48,904  Alkami Technology, Inc. (a)   775,128 
13,180  Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)   642,261 
7,028  Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)   881,100 
11,036  Asana, Inc., Class A (a)   227,342 
5,568  Blackbaud, Inc. (a)   304,570 
32,196  Clear Secure, Inc., Class A (a)   869,936 
4,625  CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)   281,616 
10,321  Confluent, Inc., Class A (a)   277,428 
17,026  Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)   248,580 
18,916  Freshworks, Inc., Class A (a)   257,068 
6,070  InterDigital, Inc.   302,711 
11,070  Jamf Holding Corp. (a)   262,027 
46,696  Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)   612,185 
30,719  MeridianLink, Inc. (a)   552,942 
1,156  MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   309,242 
79,741  N-able, Inc. (a)   863,595 
35,333  Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)   968,124 
10,634  PagerDuty, Inc. (a)   265,212 
59,930  PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)   1,198,600 
17,298  Progress Software Corp.   882,717 
54,242  Sprinklr, Inc., Class A (a)   501,738 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Description  Value
         
   Common Stocks (Continued)     
   Software (Continued)     
4,042  Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)  $243,854 
6,428  Workiva, Inc. (a)   500,163 
       13,783,116 
         
   Specialty Retail — 0.7%     
8,555  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)   485,924 
50,034  Leslie’s, Inc. (a)   702,477 
18,392  Warby Parker, Inc., Class A (a) (b)   295,192 
       1,483,593 
         
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.0%     
21,501  Avid Technology, Inc. (a)   591,063 
22,704  Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)   1,579,971 
       2,171,034 
         
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.4%     
21,899  Kontoor Brands, Inc.   781,794 
13,925  Oxford Industries, Inc.   1,416,590 
27,596  Steven Madden Ltd.   824,293 
       3,022,677 
         
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%     
23,669  Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)   486,161 
         
   Tobacco — 0.3%     
56,765  Vector Group Ltd.   602,844 
         
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%     
171,564  Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (a)   1,188,938 
24,999  GMS, Inc. (a)   1,179,953 
       2,368,891 
         
   Water Utilities — 1.0%     
6,416  American States Water Co.   580,391 
9,492  California Water Service Group   589,074 
3,177  Middlesex Water Co.   284,246 
8,683  SJW Group   613,715 
       2,067,426 
   Total Common Stocks — 100.0%   215,845,699 
   (Cost $206,952,298)     
         

 

Principal
Value
  Description  Value
         
   Repurchase Agreements — 2.2%     
$ 2,303,145  Citigroup, Inc., 3.00% (d), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $2,303,337. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 0.13% to 4.38%, due 11/15/31 to 02/15/52. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $2,350,586. (e)  $2,303,145 
146,188  Daiwa Capital Markets America, Inc., 3.00% (d), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $146,200. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 0.00% to 4.00%, due 02/15/23 to 08/15/52. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $149,112. (e)   146,188 
2,303,145  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.00% (d), dated 10/31/22, due 11/01/22, with a maturity value of $2,303,337. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 0.00% to 6.13%, due 11/15/22 to 02/15/46. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $2,349,208. (e)   2,303,145 
   Total Repurchase Agreements — 2.2%   4,752,478 
   (Cost $4,752,478)     
         
   Total Investments — 102.2%   220,598,177 
   (Cost $211,704,776)     
   Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.2)%   (4,673,064)
   Net Assets — 100.0%  $215,925,113 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities is $4,555,748 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $4,752,478.
(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 October 31, 2022.
(e) This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.

 

 

 

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund (FYC)
 
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

               
Valuation Inputs              
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):

   Total
Value at
10/31/2022
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*   $215,845,699   $215,845,699   $—     $—   
Repurchase Agreements    4,752,478    —      4,752,478    —   
Total Investments   $220,598,177   $215,845,699   $4,752,478   $—   
                     
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.

 

 

 

 

  

Additional Information

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

Style Funds

October 31, 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

 

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