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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
+9.79%
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
$18.4B
AUM Growth
+$3.08B
Cap. Flow
+$1.92B
Cap. Flow %
10.42%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.82%
Holding
2,433
New
233
Increased
1,303
Reduced
689
Closed
204

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$61.4M
2
CPHD
Cepheid Inc
CPHD
+$41.4M
3
EXAS
Exact Sciences
EXAS
+$35.7M
4
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$34.7M
5
ILMN icon
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
BRKR icon
Bruker
BRKR
+$18.3M
5
TMUS icon
T-Mobile US
TMUS
+$18.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Energy 14.05%
2 Healthcare 13.14%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.53%
4 Technology 10.57%
5 Industrials 8.46%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CHU
276
DELISTED
China Unicom (HONG KONG) Limited
CHU
$18.4M 0.1%
1,190,526
+22,720
+2% +$340K
LHX icon
277
L3Harris
LHX
$55.9B
$18.3M 0.1%
309,093
+9,765
+3% +$544K
NTGR icon
278
NETGEAR
NTGR
$669M
$18.3M 0.1%
593,197
+174,935
+42% +$5.37M
MCHP icon
279
Microchip Technology
MCHP
$42.8B
$18.3M 0.1%
907,980
+260,990
+40% +$5.17M
UPL
280
DELISTED
Ultra Petroleum Corp. Common Stock
UPL
$18.3M 0.1%
887,687
+28,130
+3% +$592K
XRAY icon
281
Dentsply Sirona
XRAY
$2.59B
$18.2M 0.1%
418,962
+231,582
+124% +$9.88M
BP icon
282
BP
BP
$113B
$18.2M 0.1%
528,181
+23,347
+5% +$801K
SWN
283
DELISTED
Southwestern Energy Company
SWN
$18.1M 0.1%
497,103
+5,775
+1% +$219K
TLP
284
DELISTED
Transmontaigne
TLP
$18M 0.1%
442,449
+16,520
+4% +$692K
FST
285
DELISTED
FOREST OIL CORPORATION
FST
$18M 0.1%
2,948,950
-1,244,402
-30% -$6.67M
PG icon
286
Procter & Gamble
PG
$343B
$17.9M 0.1%
237,236
+88,908
+60% +$7.08M
COF icon
287
Capital One
COF
$124B
$17.9M 0.1%
259,808
-33,612
-11% -$2.26M
PBR icon
288
Petrobras
PBR
$121B
$17.8M 0.1%
1,151,228
+56,991
+5% +$812K
SAN icon
289
Banco Santander
SAN
$194B
$17.7M 0.1%
2,388,929
+50,573
+2% +$336K
PCG icon
290
PG&E
PCG
$47.8B
$17.7M 0.1%
432,199
-1,290
-0.3% -$56.1K
ALR
291
DELISTED
Alere Inc
ALR
$17.7M 0.1%
578,075
+82,951
+17% +$2.53M
DHR icon
292
Danaher
DHR
$135B
$17.7M 0.1%
379,175
+31,057
+9% +$1.41M
OVV icon
293
Ovintiv
OVV
$17.5B
$17.6M 0.1%
203,364
-2,103
-1% -$183K
PTEN icon
294
Patterson-UTI
PTEN
$3.87B
$17.5M 0.1%
820,666
+161,835
+25% +$3.32M
WR
295
DELISTED
Westar Energy Inc
WR
$17.5M 0.09%
570,513
+85,782
+18% +$2.74M
XCO
296
DELISTED
Exco Resources
XCO
$17.5M 0.09%
174,582
+15,833
+10% +$1.82M
JPM icon
297
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$939B
$17.4M 0.09%
337,048
-27,779
-8% -$1.49M
F icon
298
Ford
F
$57.3B
$17.4M 0.09%
1,031,613
+447,934
+77% +$7.57M
DCM
299
DELISTED
NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
DCM
$17.4M 0.09%
1,072,240
+22,666
+2% +$360K
XLNX
300
DELISTED
Xilinx Inc
XLNX
$17.4M 0.09%
371,200
+102,598
+38% +$4.61M
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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 14% of assets, down from 15% 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.