First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF (LALT)Multistrategy | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
24.53 USD
-0.02
(-0.091%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 24.53 Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:26 p.m. EDT
LALT has shown relatively stable price movement in the recent period, hovering around its 50-day average with a slight upward trend. The dividend yield of 3.74% is attractive, but the dividend payments have been inconsistent over the past five years, with some months showing very low or zero payouts. This suggests that while the yield is appealing, the reliability of dividends might be a concern for income-focused investors. The short-term forecasting model indicates a modest positive direction, but the high H-Stat and low Ljung-Box p-value suggest potential volatility and uncertainty in the near term. For long-term investors, the stock appears to have a reasonable risk-reward profile, but careful monitoring of the fund's underlying assets and management is advised. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.030539 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.031549 |
| AutoETS | 0.032054 |
| AutoTheta | 0.037303 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 5.55 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.224 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.19 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 20.44 |
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.11% | 3.97% | — | — |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | 0.504 | 2.109669 |
| 2025-12-12 | 0.324 | 1.458153 |
| 2025-06-26 | 0.082 | 0.400663 |
| 2025-03-27 | 0.058 | 0.285199 |
| 2024-12-13 | 0.357 | 1.761092 |
| 2024-06-27 | 0.075 | 0.384963 |
| 2023-12-22 | 0.389 | 2.096325 |
| 2023-06-27 | 0.092 | 0.505559 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 25.18 |
| All Time Low | 19.66 |
| Ask | 24.54 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 27,240 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 18,370 |
| Average Volume | 18,370 |
| Average Volume10Days | 27,240 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.14 |
| Bid | 24.5 |
| Bid Size | 700 |
| Category | Multistrategy |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 24.55 |
| Day Low | 24.4515 |
| Dividend Date | 1,483,056,000 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.74 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.200171 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 24.35342 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.17317963 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.007111101 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 18.451141 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 25.18 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.6534004 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.025949182 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 20.62 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.906599 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.18945679 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 20.62 - 25.18 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,675,348,200,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fund Family | First Trust |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,675,123,200 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by allocating its assets amongst a variety of alternative asset categories and strategies in an effort to provide lower correlation and diversifying risk exposures compared to traditional equity and fixed income benchmarks (e.g., the S&P 500® Index or Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index) over various market cycles. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1818782858 |
| Nav Price | 24.48 |
| Net Assets | 47,387,988.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 1.18 |
| Open | 24.5 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 24.5266 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,701 |
| Previous Close | 24.5489 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0223007 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.090842 |
| Regular Market Day High | 24.55 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 24.4515 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 24.4515 - 24.55 |
| Regular Market Open | 24.5 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 24.5489 |
| Regular Market Price | 24.5266 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,454,547 |
| Regular Market Volume | 13,334 |
| Short Name | First Trust Multi-Strategy Alte |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | LALT |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.1002982 |
| Total Assets | 47,387,988 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 20.43592 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 9.06948 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 9.06948 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 23.018585 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.5080147 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.06551292 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 13,334 |
| Yield | 0.0374 |
| Ytd Return | 9.06948 |