Financial Contrast: First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT) and 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

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

Risk & Volatility

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global X Video Games & Esports ETF has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund	0	0	2	0	2.88
Global X Video Games & Esports ETF	0	4	2	0	2.68

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund currently has a consensus target price of $57.74, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Global X Video Games & Esports ETF has a consensus target price of $26.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund and Global X Video Games & Esports ETF”s top-line revenue, earnings per share 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

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%.

Insider and Institutional 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.