First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
|
+$61.4M |
| 2 |
CPHD
Cepheid Inc
CPHD
|
+$41.4M |
| 3 |
EXAS
Exact Sciences
EXAS
|
+$35.7M |
| 4 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
+$34.7M |
| 5 |
Illumina
ILMN
|
+$34.1M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SFD
SMITHFIELD FOODS,INC
SFD
|
+$32M |
| 2 |
AFFX
Affymetrix Inc
AFFX
|
+$28.7M |
| 3 |
LIFE
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE)
LIFE
|
+$28.4M |
| 4 |
Bruker
BRKR
|
+$18.3M |
| 5 |
T-Mobile US
TMUS
|
+$18.2M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energy | 15.19% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 13.5% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 11.74% |
| 4 | Technology | 11.32% |
| 5 | Industrials | 8.6% |
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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2013 Portfolio in Review
As of Q3 2013, First Trust Advisors held 2,433 positions worth $18.4B, up 20% from $15.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.8% of the portfolio.
First Trust Advisors deployed $1.92B of net new capital in Q3 2013, opening 233 new positions and adding to 1,303 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Cepheid Inc: 1,143,034 shares worth $44.6M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Energy at 15% of assets, down from 16% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE), an estimated $28.4M trimmed.
- First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2013 buy was Cepheid Inc: 1,143,034 shares worth $44.6M.
- First Trust Advisors added most to Alphabet (Google) Class C in Q3 2013, an estimated $61.4M increase.
- First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2013 reduction was LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE), cutting an estimated $28.4M.
- First Trust Advisors fully exited SMITHFIELD FOODS,INC in Q3 2013, selling an estimated $32M.
- First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 6.8% of its $18.4B portfolio in Q3 2013.
- First Trust Advisors opened 233 new positions and closed 204 in Q3 2013.
- First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 20% quarter-over-quarter to $18.4B.
Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2013, filed 12 Nov 2013.