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First Trust Advisors

First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $170B
1-Year Est. Return 46.21%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+3.22%
1 Year Est. Return
+46.21%
3 Year Est. Return
+117.8%
5 Year Est. Return
+135.17%
10 Year Est. Return
+586.77%
AUM
$113B
AUM Growth
+$8.48B
Cap. Flow
+$7.88B
Cap. Flow %
6.94%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.79%
Holding
2,679
New
324
Increased
1,251
Reduced
973
Closed
127

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
FXO icon
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
FXO
+$825M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$244M
3
BRO icon
Brown & Brown
BRO
+$216M
4
ACGL icon
Arch Capital
ACGL
+$216M
5
AON icon
Aon
AON
+$194M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
FTXL icon
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
+$832M
2
LPLA icon
LPL Financial
LPLA
+$290M
3
CMI icon
Cummins
CMI
+$235M
4
RJF icon
Raymond James Financial
RJF
+$228M
5
WRB icon
W.R. Berkley
WRB
+$194M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 28.35%
2 Financials 15.79%
3 Industrials 13.28%
4 Consumer Discretionary 8.7%
5 Healthcare 6.59%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
FSP
2551
Franklin Street Properties
FSP
$42.3M
$23.1K ﹤0.01%
12,619
+40
+0.3% +$73
FUBO icon
2552
FuboTV Inc
FUBO
$339M
$17.7K ﹤0.01%
1,169
-533
-31% -$9.77K
ADV icon
2553
Advantage Solutions
ADV
$396M
– –
-28,398
Closed -$2.44M
AGL icon
2554
Agilon Health
AGL
$1.53B
– –
-14,178
Closed -$1.39M
ALGT icon
2555
Allegiant Air
ALGT
$2.08B
– –
-77,923
Closed -$4.29M
ALRM icon
2556
Alarm.com
ALRM
$2.75B
– –
-22,189
Closed -$1.21M
AMLX icon
2557
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
AMLX
$3.78B
– –
-221,626
Closed -$718K
APG icon
2558
APi Group
APG
$17.4B
– –
-243,488
Closed -$5.36M
ARDC
2559
Are Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
ARDC
$295M
– –
-70,374
Closed -$1.08M
ARR
2560
Armour Residential REIT
ARR
$2.3B
– –
-56,942
Closed -$1.16M
ASND icon
2561
Ascendis Pharma A/S
ASND
$17.7B
– –
-5,887
Closed -$879K
OPTU
2562
Optimum Communications Inc
OPTU
$377M
– –
-373,537
Closed -$919K
AVDX
2563
DELISTED
AvidXchange
AVDX
– –
-158,641
Closed -$1.29M
BASE
2564
DELISTED
Couchbase
BASE
– –
-23,061
Closed -$372K
BIL icon
2565
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
BIL
$46.5B
– –
-482,251
Closed -$44.3M
BSY icon
2566
Bentley Systems
BSY
$9.92B
– –
-68,594
Closed -$3.49M
BVN icon
2567
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura
BVN
$8.68B
– –
-10,417
Closed -$144K
BXC icon
2568
BlueLinx
BXC
$638M
– –
-30,944
Closed -$3.26M
BZH icon
2569
Beazer Homes USA
BZH
$887M
– –
-139,469
Closed -$4.77M
CBRL icon
2570
Cracker Barrel
CBRL
$1.18B
– –
-56,154
Closed -$2.55M
CDNA icon
2571
CareDx
CDNA
$2.6B
– –
-26,940
Closed -$841K
CELH icon
2572
Celsius Holdings
CELH
$7.48B
– –
-35,888
Closed -$1.13M
CHGG icon
2573
Chegg
CHGG
$88.4M
– –
-1,212,854
Closed -$2.15M
CRSR icon
2574
Corsair Gaming
CRSR
$1.33B
– –
-47,773
Closed -$333K
CTKB icon
2575
Cytek Biosciences
CTKB
$601M
– –
-76,810
Closed -$426K
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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2024 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2024, First Trust Advisors held 2,679 positions worth $113B, up 8.1% from $105B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.8% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $7.88B of net new capital in Q4 2024, opening 324 new positions and adding to 1,251 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 28% of assets, down from 29% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was LPL Financial, an estimated $290M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2024 buy was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Microsoft in Q4 2024, an estimated $244M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2024 reduction was LPL Financial, cutting an estimated $290M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF in Q4 2024, selling an estimated $832M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 9.8% of its $113B portfolio in Q4 2024.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 324 new positions and closed 127 in Q4 2024.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 8.1% quarter-over-quarter to $113B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2024, filed 13 Feb 2025.