First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings
First Trust Advisors manages the mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds of First Trust, a fund company that was among the first to offer smart beta and thematic ETFs. First Trust began in 1991 as Nike Securities, set up in Chicago by Robert Van Kampen, an investment banker who had worked at Nuveen, and was later renamed First Trust. James Bowen, who was chosen to lead the new firm at the start, bought it from Van Kampen's family in 2010 and is chief executive of First Trust Advisors.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund
FXL
|
+$726M |
| 2 |
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund
QTEC
|
+$695M |
| 3 |
Quanta Services
PWR
|
+$643M |
| 4 |
Philip Morris
PM
|
+$424M |
| 5 |
Johnson Controls International
JCI
|
+$377M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ExxonMobil
XOM
|
+$751M |
| 2 |
First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund
FXN
|
+$672M |
| 3 |
First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF
MISL
|
+$657M |
| 4 |
CrowdStrike
CRWD
|
+$389M |
| 5 |
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
|
+$355M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 32.24% |
| 2 | Industrials | 20.04% |
| 3 | Financials | 14.1% |
| 4 | Healthcare | 7.05% |
| 5 | Consumer Discretionary | 6.46% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | Held Since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Cisco
CSCO
$387B
| $2.51B | 1.48% |
21,358,742
-780,648
| -4% | -$81.6M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
2
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.08T
| $2.17B | 1.28% |
10,869,435
+442,855
| +4% | +$91.1M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
3
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.58T
| $1.94B | 1.14% |
5,141,470
-34,247
| -0.7% | -$13.7M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
4
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.53T
| $1.93B | 1.14% |
5,404,045
+506,546
| +10% | +$182M |
2015 Q4
42 quarters
|
|
5
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$267B
| $1.79B | 1.05% |
5,255,509
-1,210,609
| -19% | -$277M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
6
Applied Materials
AMAT
$296B
| $1.78B | 1.05% |
2,462,125
-127,132
| -5% | -$58.7M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
7
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.96T
| $1.74B | 1.02% |
4,667,043
+535,152
| +13% | +$217M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
8
Apple
AAPL
$5.06T
| $1.69B | 0.99% |
5,833,307
+619,432
| +12% | +$177M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
9
Fortinet
FTNT
$90.8B
| $1.66B | 0.98% |
10,815,814
-690,359
| -6% | -$79.8M |
2014 Q2
48 quarters
|
|
10
KLA
KLAC
$199B
| $1.61B | 0.95% |
5,340,970
-317,530
| -6% | -$63M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
11
Lam Research
LRCX
$278B
| $1.57B | 0.92% |
3,617,460
-608,094
| -14% | -$185M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
|
12
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$231B
| $1.45B | 0.85% |
7,601,936
-2,736,048
| -26% | -$389M |
2019 Q2
28 quarters
|
|
|
13
Quanta Services
PWR
$87.9B
| $1.4B | 0.82% |
1,945,228
+941,311
| +94% | +$643M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
14
Eaton
ETN
$138B
| $1.33B | 0.78% |
3,125,697
+828,773
| +36% | +$334M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
15
Micron Technology
MU
$820B
| $1.33B | 0.78% |
1,148,631
+11,622
| +1% | +$8.72M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
16
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.64T
| $1.25B | 0.73% |
2,212,729
+329,545
| +17% | +$202M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
|
17
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$85.5B
| $1.23B | 0.72% |
8,433,447
+2,671,770
| +46% | +$377M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
18
GE Vernova
GEV
$211B
| $1.19B | 0.7% |
1,010,178
+51,480
| +5% | +$52.5M |
2024 Q2
8 quarters
|
|
19
IBM
IBM
$231B
| $1.03B | 0.6% |
3,649,008
+318,471
| +10% | +$80.2M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
20
Amazon
AMZN
$2.93T
| $1B | 0.59% |
4,210,806
-124,324
| -3% | -$31.2M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
21
Cloudflare
NET
$110B
| $921M | 0.54% |
3,756,643
-17,383
| -0.5% | -$3.8M |
2019 Q4
26 quarters
|
|
22
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund
FBT
$3.03B
| $840M | 0.49% |
3,388,725
-126,368
| -4% | -$27.2M |
2021 Q1
21 quarters
|
|
23
Mueller Industries
MLI
$12B
| $840M | 0.49% |
13,664,782
+2,476,348
| +22% | +$162M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
24
Snap-on
SNA
$19.3B
| $833M | 0.49% |
2,070,244
+37,115
| +2% | +$14M |
2013 Q2
52 quarters
|
|
|
25
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
$999M
| $814M | 0.48% |
2,854,912
-1,537,333
| -35% | -$355M |
2025 Q4
2 quarters
|
|
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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2026 Portfolio in Review
As of Q2 2026, First Trust Advisors held 2,776 positions worth $170B, up 21% from $140B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 11% of the portfolio.
First Trust Advisors deployed $6.15B of net new capital in Q2 2026, opening 174 new positions and adding to 1,442 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund: 3,725,523 shares worth $809M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 32% of assets, up from 27% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Financials.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was ExxonMobil, an estimated $751M trimmed.
- First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2026 buy was First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund: 3,725,523 shares worth $809M.
- First Trust Advisors added most to First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund in Q2 2026, an estimated $695M increase.
- First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2026 reduction was ExxonMobil, cutting an estimated $751M.
- First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund in Q2 2026, selling an estimated $672M.
- First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 11% of its $170B portfolio in Q2 2026.
- First Trust Advisors opened 174 new positions and closed 121 in Q2 2026.
- First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 21% quarter-over-quarter to $170B.
Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2026, filed 11 Aug 2026.