Head to Head Review: First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT) & Global X Video Games & Esports ETF (NASDAQ:HERO)

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT) and Global X Video Games & Esports ETF (NASDAQ:HERO) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global X Video Games & Esports ETF has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund and Global X Video Games & Esports ETF”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global X Video Games & Esports ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund and Global X Video Games & Esports ETF, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund	0	0	0	0	2.86
Global X Video Games & Esports ETF	0	4	2	0	2.68

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund presently has a consensus price target of $58.68, indicating a potential upside of 0.10%. Global X Video Games & Esports ETF has a consensus price target of $26.96, indicating a potential upside of 0.12%. Given Global X Video Games & Esports ETF’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global X Video Games & Esports ETF is more favorable than First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund.

Dividends

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Global X Video Games & Esports ETF pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.6% of Global X Video Games & Esports ETF shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Global X Video Games & Esports ETF shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund and Global X Video Games & Esports ETF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global X Video Games & Esports ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Global X Video Games & Esports ETF beats First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

The First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (FDT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US index. The fund tracks an index of international, developed-market stocks, selected by growth and value factors and equal-weighted in tiers. FDT was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.

About Global X Video Games & Esports ETF

The Global X Video Games & Esports ETF (HERO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Solactive Video Games & Esports index, a modified market-cap-weighted global index of companies in video games and esports industry. HERO was launched on Oct 25, 2019 and is managed by Global X.