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First Trust Alternative Opportunities Fund(VFLAX)

Fund

Live Price

Offline

$27.36

-0.07% today

Window Change

+1.76%

Window

Jul 24, 2025 → Jun 1, 2026

Market Cap
$3.20B
Dividend Yield
0.0%
50-Day Avg
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Exchange
NASDAQ

Coverage: 214 bars · Jul 24, 2025 → Jun 1, 2026

Research Briefing

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Research Snapshot

First Trust Alternative Opportunities Fund (VFLAX) is a fund with a market cap of $3.20B and listed on NASDAQ. The fund last traded around $27.36 and up 1.8% across the available one-year price window (Jul 24, 2025 → Jun 1, 2026). Stock Foundry combines VFLAX price history, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.

Benchmark Comparison

Normalized Performance vs SPY

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Normalized return

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Relative to SPY

VFLAX Max Drawdown

-1.65%

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VFLAX Dividend History

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Monthly

Dividend Yield

No active yield

Trailing 12M Payout

$1.42

Last Payout

$0.16
Ex: Apr 2, 2026 · Pay: Apr 2, 2026
Ex-DateRecordPayDividendAdjFrequency
Apr 2, 2026Apr 1, 2026Apr 2, 2026$0.16$0.16Monthly
Mar 4, 2026Mar 3, 2026Mar 4, 2026$0.16$0.16Monthly
Feb 4, 2026Feb 3, 2026Feb 4, 2026$0.16$0.16Irregular
Dec 12, 2025Dec 11, 2025Dec 12, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Nov 5, 2025Nov 4, 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Oct 1, 2025Sep 30, 2025Oct 1, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Sep 3, 2025Sep 2, 2025Sep 3, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Aug 6, 2025Aug 5, 2025Aug 6, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Jul 2, 2025Jul 1, 2025Jul 2, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Jun 4, 2025Jun 3, 2025Jun 4, 2025$0.15$0.15Monthly
May 7, 2025May 6, 2025May 7, 2025$0.15$0.15Monthly
Apr 2, 2025Apr 1, 2025Apr 2, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Mar 5, 2025Mar 4, 2025Mar 5, 2025$0.16$0.16Monthly
Feb 5, 2025Feb 4, 2025Feb 5, 2025$0.16$0.16Special
Dec 13, 2024Dec 12, 2024Dec 13, 2024$0.38$0.38Monthly
Dec 4, 2024Dec 3, 2024Dec 4, 2024$0.16$0.16Monthly
Nov 6, 2024Nov 5, 2024Nov 6, 2024$0.16$0.16Monthly
Oct 2, 2024Oct 1, 2024Oct 2, 2024$0.16$0.16Monthly
Sep 4, 2024Sep 3, 2024Sep 4, 2024$0.16$0.16Monthly
Aug 7, 2024Aug 6, 2024Aug 7, 2024$0.16$0.16Monthly
Jul 3, 2024Jul 2, 2024Jul 3, 2024$0.16$0.16Monthly
Jun 5, 2024Jun 4, 2024Jun 5, 2024$0.16$0.16Monthly
May 1, 2024Apr 30, 2024May 1, 2024$0.15$0.15Monthly
Apr 3, 2024Apr 2, 2024Apr 3, 2024$0.15$0.15Monthly
Mar 6, 2024Mar 5, 2024Mar 6, 2024$0.15$0.15Monthly
Feb 7, 2024Feb 6, 2024Feb 7, 2024$0.15$0.15Monthly
Dec 8, 2023Dec 7, 2023Dec 8, 2023$0.14$0.14Monthly
Nov 1, 2023Oct 31, 2023Nov 1, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Oct 4, 2023Oct 3, 2023Oct 4, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Sep 6, 2023Sep 5, 2023Sep 6, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Aug 2, 2023Aug 1, 2023Aug 2, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Jul 5, 2023Jul 3, 2023Jul 5, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Jun 7, 2023Jun 6, 2023Jun 7, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
May 3, 2023May 2, 2023May 3, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Apr 5, 2023Apr 4, 2023Apr 5, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Mar 1, 2023Feb 28, 2023Mar 1, 2023$0.15$0.15Quarterly
Feb 1, 2023Jan 31, 2023Feb 1, 2023$0.15$0.15Monthly
Dec 9, 2022Dec 8, 2022Dec 9, 2022$0.53$0.53Monthly
Nov 2, 2022Nov 1, 2022Nov 2, 2022$0.11$0.11Semi-Annual
Oct 5, 2022Oct 4, 2022Oct 5, 2022$0.11$0.11Monthly
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