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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
+2.72%
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
$43.5B
AUM Growth
+$1.54B
Cap. Flow
+$1.03B
Cap. Flow %
2.37%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.81%
Holding
2,485
New
111
Increased
1,290
Reduced
894
Closed
190

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$95.6M
2
NKTR icon
Nektar Therapeutics
NKTR
+$83.6M
3
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$75.3M
4
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$74.4M
5
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$59.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 24.03%
2 Financials 13.22%
3 Miscellaneous 10.6%
4 Communication Services 9.84%
5 Industrials 9.75%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
AVTA
126
DELISTED
Avantax, Inc. Common Stock
AVTA
$68M 0.16%
2,764,924
+410,433
+17% +$9.76M
P
127
DELISTED
Pandora Media Inc
P
$68M 0.16%
13,516,514
+2,990,310
+28% +$14.3M
ADM icon
128
Archer Daniels Midland
ADM
$40.7B
$67.9M 0.16%
1,565,842
-248,035
-14% -$10.4M
OTEX icon
129
Open Text
OTEX
$5.66B
$66.6M 0.15%
1,912,729
-166,223
-8% -$5.8M
SPLK
130
DELISTED
Splunk Inc
SPLK
$66.1M 0.15%
671,630
+412,528
+159% +$39.4M
NOC icon
131
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$73.7B
$65.9M 0.15%
188,824
+5,221
+3% +$1.75M
BIIB icon
132
Biogen
BIIB
$31.4B
$64.4M 0.15%
235,346
+26,001
+12% +$8.07M
ALNY icon
133
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
ALNY
$34.8B
$63.9M 0.15%
536,667
-34,731
-6% -$4.48M
LMT icon
134
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$124B
$63.3M 0.15%
187,279
-65,289
-26% -$22.2M
ON icon
135
ON Semiconductor
ON
$27.7B
$63M 0.14%
2,576,330
+39,934
+2% +$963K
CRL icon
136
Charles River Laboratories
CRL
$13.4B
$62.8M 0.14%
588,164
+41,196
+8% +$4.44M
TECH icon
137
Bio-Techne
TECH
$11.3B
$62.7M 0.14%
1,661,360
+17,396
+1% +$615K
PPL
138
PPL Corp
PPL
$26.4B
$62.7M 0.14%
2,216,887
+543,944
+33% +$16.2M
HD icon
139
Home Depot
HD
$313B
$62.6M 0.14%
351,353
+33,860
+11% +$6.35M
SO icon
140
Southern Company
SO
$102B
$62.6M 0.14%
1,400,878
+152,649
+12% +$6.78M
F icon
141
Ford
F
$55.8B
$61.6M 0.14%
5,562,225
+849,709
+18% +$9.59M
UPS icon
142
United Parcel Service
UPS
$85.5B
$61.6M 0.14%
588,323
-29,862
-5% -$3.45M
URI icon
143
United Rentals
URI
$63.2B
$61.2M 0.14%
354,301
+20,036
+6% +$3.56M
SBUX icon
144
Starbucks
SBUX
$116B
$61.2M 0.14%
1,056,420
+344,173
+48% +$19.9M
VLO icon
145
Valero Energy
VLO
$110B
$61.1M 0.14%
658,245
+16,067
+3% +$1.5M
INFY icon
146
Infosys
INFY
$45.1B
$60.3M 0.14%
6,756,104
-37,404
-0.6% -$331K
UNH icon
147
UnitedHealth
UNH
$360B
$60M 0.14%
280,140
+82
+0% +$18.7K
CHRW icon
148
C.H. Robinson
CHRW
$17.5B
$59.2M 0.14%
631,244
+167,037
+36% +$15.4M
ADP icon
149
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$106B
$58.9M 0.14%
519,090
+199,565
+62% +$23.3M
TDC icon
150
Teradata
TDC
$2.58B
$58.4M 0.13%
1,471,901
-130,497
-8% -$5.14M

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First Trust Advisors's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,485 positions worth $43.5B, up 3.7% from $42B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors's Q1 2018 filing shows 111 new, 1,290 increased, 894 reduced and 190 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Acadia Healthcare: 792,063 shares worth $31M. The largest sale was Snap, an estimated $95.6M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Miscellaneous.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q1 2018 buy was Acadia Healthcare: 792,063 shares worth $31M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q1 2018, an estimated $146M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was Nektar Therapeutics, cutting an estimated $83.6M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Snap in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $95.6M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $43.5B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 111 new positions and closed 190 in Q1 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 3.7% quarter-over-quarter to $43.5B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 23 Apr 2018.