First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund
FEMS

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FEMS) dividend history and yield

Dividend summary

Frequency
Quarterly
Trailing 12 months
$1.80
Forward yield
3.85%
Growth streak
1 years

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund pays a quarterly distribution. Its most recent payment was $0.40 per share, with an ex-date of September 24, 2026 and a pay date of September 30, 2026. Over the trailing twelve months, the fund paid $1.80 per share, a yield of 3.88% at a share price of $46.31.

The amount varies widely from one distribution to the next. In the table, which starts in December 2021, it ranged from $0.09 to $0.84. The March distribution was the smallest of the year in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Distributions with ex-dates in each calendar year added up to $1.77 in 2022, $1.78 in 2023, $1.50 in 2024 and $1.79 in 2025. The 2025 total was about 19% above 2024. The source counts a growth streak of one year.

In 2026, the three distributions so far were $0.30, $0.45 and $0.40, adding up to $1.15. Ex-dates usually fall late in the last month of each quarter, with payment at month end. The December ex-dates came earlier, in mid-December, in 2024 and 2025. If the pattern holds, the next distribution would go ex-distribution in mid-December 2026 and be paid at the end of December.

Dividend per share by year

2025
$1.80
2024
$1.50
2023
$1.79
2022
$1.77
2021
$2.51
2020
$1.19

Dividend history

DeclaredEx-dividend datePay dateAmount
Sep 23, 2026Sep 24, 2026Sep 30, 2026$0.40
Jun 24, 2026Jun 25, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.45
Mar 25, 2026Mar 26, 2026Mar 31, 2026$0.30
Dec 11, 2025Dec 12, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.65
Sep 24, 2025Sep 25, 2025Sep 30, 2025$0.53
Jun 25, 2025Jun 26, 2025Jun 30, 2025$0.52
Mar 26, 2025Mar 27, 2025Mar 31, 2025$0.09
Dec 12, 2024Dec 13, 2024Dec 31, 2024$0.45
Sep 25, 2024Sep 26, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.34
Jun 26, 2024Jun 27, 2024Jun 28, 2024$0.54
Mar 20, 2024Mar 21, 2024Mar 28, 2024$0.17
Dec 21, 2023Dec 22, 2023Dec 29, 2023$0.37
Sep 21, 2023Sep 22, 2023Sep 29, 2023$0.65
Jun 26, 2023Jun 27, 2023Jun 30, 2023$0.66
Mar 23, 2023Mar 24, 2023Mar 31, 2023$0.10
Dec 22, 2022Dec 23, 2022Dec 30, 2022$0.09
Sep 22, 2022Sep 23, 2022Sep 30, 2022$0.75
Jun 23, 2022Jun 24, 2022Jun 30, 2022$0.81
Mar 24, 2022Mar 25, 2022Mar 31, 2022$0.12
Dec 22, 2021Dec 23, 2021Dec 31, 2021$0.84

Frequently asked questions

  • Does First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FEMS) pay a distribution?

    Yes. First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund pays a quarterly distribution; the most recent payment was $0.40 per share.

  • What is FEMS's distribution yield?

    First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund paid $1.80 per share over the trailing twelve months, a yield of 3.85% at the last price of $46.71. Click here to learn more

  • When is FEMS's most recent ex-distribution date?

    First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund's most recent ex-distribution date is Sep 24, 2026, payable on Sep 30, 2026.

  • What is the difference between ex and payment dates?

    An ex-date is the cutoff day for ownership, the payment date is when the distribution actually happens. Click here to learn more

  • Has FEMS been raising its distribution?

    Yes — First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has increased its distribution for 1 consecutive calendar years.

Dividend amounts and dates are supplied by third parties and may be revised. Declaring, raising, cutting or suspending a dividend is entirely at the issuer’s discretion, and scheduled dates are estimates until declared. A past record of payments does not mean future payments will be made. Nothing here suggests trading around a distribution.

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