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First Trust Advisors

First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $140B
1-Year Est. Return 27.84%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+3.22%
1 Year Est. Return
+27.84%
3 Year Est. Return
+78.79%
5 Year Est. Return
+98.89%
10 Year Est. Return
+456.9%
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 8.71%
5 Healthcare 6.59%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CXM icon
2576
Sprinklr
CXM
$1.33B
– –
-43,772
Closed -$338K
CYTK icon
2577
Cytokinetics
CYTK
$11B
– –
-12,039
Closed -$636K
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2578
3D Systems Corp
DDD
$420M
– –
-1,398,215
Closed -$3.97M
DXPE icon
2579
DXP Enterprises
DXPE
$2.62B
– –
-350,153
Closed -$18.7M
DYN icon
2580
Dyne Therapeutics
DYN
$4.04B
– –
-32,283
Closed -$1.16M
ESGR
2581
DELISTED
Enstar Group
ESGR
– –
-19,905
Closed -$6.4M
ETWO
2582
DELISTED
E2open Parent Holdings
ETWO
– –
-308,641
Closed -$1.36M
EXTR icon
2583
Extreme Networks
EXTR
$3.86B
– –
-191,384
Closed -$2.88M
FEUZ icon
2584
First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX
FEUZ
$133M
– –
-898,164
Closed -$39.3M
FIZZ icon
2585
National Beverage
FIZZ
$2.87B
– –
-59,556
Closed -$2.8M
FSM icon
2586
Fortuna Silver Mines
FSM
$2.59B
– –
-10,342
Closed -$47.9K
FTRE icon
2587
Fortrea Holdings
FTRE
$1.85B
– –
-22,597
Closed -$452K
FTXL icon
2588
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
$2.22B
– –
-8,919,993
Closed -$832M
FWRD icon
2589
Forward Air
FWRD
$482M
– –
-31,963
Closed -$1.13M
FWRG icon
2590
First Watch Restaurant Group
FWRG
$747M
– –
-82,098
Closed -$1.28M
FYBR
2591
DELISTED
Frontier Communications
FYBR
– –
-185,952
Closed -$6.61M
GDEN
2592
DELISTED
Golden Entertainment
GDEN
– –
-125,812
Closed -$4M
GEF.B icon
2593
Greif Class B
GEF.B
$3.65B
– –
-4,151
Closed -$290K
GEL icon
2594
Genesis Energy
GEL
$1.84B
– –
-167,428
Closed -$2.24M
GLBE icon
2595
Global E Online
GLBE
$6.08B
– –
-60,559
Closed -$2.33M
GPRK icon
2596
GeoPark
GPRK
$649M
– –
-54,074
Closed -$426K
GSL icon
2597
Global Ship Lease
GSL
$1.57B
– –
-33,663
Closed -$897K
HE icon
2598
Hawaiian Electric Industries
HE
$2.33B
– –
-431,275
Closed -$4.17M
HI
2599
DELISTED
Hillenbrand
HI
– –
-34,235
Closed -$952K
HTLD icon
2600
Heartland Express
HTLD
$1.11B
– –
-191,946
Closed -$2.36M
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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.