First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund
FXG

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (FXG) dividend history and yield

Dividend summary

Frequency
Quarterly
Trailing 12 months
$1.26
Forward yield
2.05%
Growth streak
2 years

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund pays quarterly distributions. Its most recent distribution was $0.33 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 $1.26 per share, a yield of 2.13% at a share price of $59.08.

Payment falls at the end of March, June, September and December. Ex-dates usually come a few days before, except in December 2024 and 2025, when they came in mid-month. In the table the amount ranged from $0.10 in March 2024 to $0.60 in September 2025. The June and September 2025 distributions, at $0.52 and $0.60, were unusually large next to the $0.26 to $0.34 paid in the other quarters of 2025 and so far in 2026.

Distributions with ex-dates in each calendar year added up to $1.14 in 2022, $0.89 in 2023, $1.09 in 2024 and $1.72 in 2025. The 2025 total includes the two unusually large payments. The source counts a growth streak of two calendar years. If the pattern holds, the next would go ex-distribution in mid-December 2026 and be paid at the end of the month.

Dividend per share by year

2025
$1.71
2024
$1.09
2023
$0.89
2022
$1.15
2021
$0.85
2020
$0.73

Dividend history

DeclaredEx-dividend datePay dateAmount
Sep 23, 2026Sep 24, 2026Sep 30, 2026$0.33
Jun 24, 2026Jun 25, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.30
Mar 25, 2026Mar 26, 2026Mar 31, 2026$0.30
Dec 11, 2025Dec 12, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.34
Sep 24, 2025Sep 25, 2025Sep 30, 2025$0.60
Jun 25, 2025Jun 26, 2025Jun 30, 2025$0.52
Mar 26, 2025Mar 27, 2025Mar 31, 2025$0.26
Dec 12, 2024Dec 13, 2024Dec 31, 2024$0.33
Sep 25, 2024Sep 26, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.32
Jun 26, 2024Jun 27, 2024Jun 28, 2024$0.34
Mar 20, 2024Mar 21, 2024Mar 28, 2024$0.10
Dec 21, 2023Dec 22, 2023Dec 29, 2023$0.31
Sep 21, 2023Sep 22, 2023Sep 29, 2023$0.21
Jun 26, 2023Jun 27, 2023Jun 30, 2023$0.18
Mar 23, 2023Mar 24, 2023Mar 31, 2023$0.19
Dec 22, 2022Dec 23, 2022Dec 30, 2022$0.54
Sep 22, 2022Sep 23, 2022Sep 30, 2022$0.26
Jun 23, 2022Jun 24, 2022Jun 30, 2022$0.14
—Mar 25, 2022Mar 31, 2022$0.20
—Dec 23, 2021Dec 31, 2021$0.22

Frequently asked questions

  • Does First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (FXG) pay a distribution?

    Yes. First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund pays a quarterly distribution; the most recent payment was $0.33 per share.

  • What is FXG's distribution yield?

    First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund paid $1.26 per share over the trailing twelve months, a yield of 2.05% at the last price of $61.27. Click here to learn more

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

    First Trust Consumer Staples 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 FXG been raising its distribution?

    Yes — First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund has increased its distribution for 2 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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