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Industrials & Materials

Is FXR a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) is a industrials and materials ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores FXR 4.2 out of 10 — highest on Value (7.0), lowest on Growth (2.1). It trades at 18.0 times earnings, against its own median of 17.8. Its ten largest holdings are 11% of the fund.

What stands out in FXR's data

U.S. industrial stocks, selected through a quantitative screen.

Earns more on its equity than most industrial funds — a sign the screen is finding the stronger operators.

Return on equity of 28.7% runs well ahead of the 15.3% category median. Holdings 159 stocks.

A value-oriented sleeve for an industrial allocation, favoring stocks the screen picks.

Why did FXR move this week? It fell 0.6% in the week to October 9, 2026 — IES and Vicor drove it

FXR fell 0.6% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were IES (−12.3%), Vicor (−13.9%) and Agco (−9.9%); Affirm (+14.0%) pushed the other way.

How is FXR rated? ETF Copilot scores First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) 4.2 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) 4.2 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 4.2 / 10
  • Growth: 2.1 / 10
  • Value: 7.0 / 10
  • Risk: 3.7 / 10
  • Quality: 4.3 / 10
  • Return: 4.6 / 10

Is FXR expensive right now? It trades at 18.0 times earnings, against its own median of 17.8

As of October 9, 2026, FXR is more expensive than 52% of its own last 9 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from FXR's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside FXR? 15% Tech

What's inside FXR: Size (Large 27%, Mid 59%, Small 15%); Geography (International 9%, US 91%); Tech 14.9%; Memory 0.3%.

What are FXR's top holdings? The ten largest are 11% of the fund

Western Union, ADT, Quanta Services, Genpact, TransUnion, PayPal, Amentum, Fidelity National Info Serv, Synchrony Financial and Corpay are FXR's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 98% of Industrials & Materials ETFs.

Half of FXR's weight sits in its 51 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 128 equally weighted holdings.

What is FXR's expense ratio? 0.60% a year

As of October 9, 2026, FXR charges 0.60% a year, yields 0.81% and holds $686M in assets across 159 positions.

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) — cost, income and size
MeasureFXR
Expense ratio0.60%
Dividend yield0.81%
Assets under management$686M
Holdings159

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

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ETF Copilot, “First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/fxr

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