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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
EA icon
351
Electronic Arts
EA
$52.4B
$15.5M 0.08%
608,474
+136,042
+29% +$3.53M
NGL icon
352
NGL Energy Partners
NGL
$1.94B
$15.5M 0.08%
503,189
+680
+0.1% +$20.5K
QVCGA
353
DELISTED
QVC Group Inc Series A
QVCGA
$15.5M 0.08%
16,073
+4,168
+35% +$4.05M
EMC
354
DELISTED
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
$15.4M 0.08%
602,964
+171,921
+40% +$4.46M
RBBN icon
355
Ribbon Communications
RBBN
$354M
$15.4M 0.08%
911,346
+185,165
+25% +$3.15M
CTSH icon
356
Cognizant
CTSH
$21.5B
$15.4M 0.08%
373,872
+40,666
+12% +$1.51M
SIRI icon
357
SiriusXM
SIRI
$10B
$15.3M 0.08%
395,552
+200,110
+102% +$7.45M
PLKI
358
DELISTED
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
PLKI
$15.3M 0.08%
351,467
+7,232
+2% +$287K
SNP
359
DELISTED
CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION ADS (REP 100 ORDINARY H SHARES)
SNP
$15.3M 0.08%
195,662
+3,839
+2% +$287K
APD icon
360
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$66.3B
$15.2M 0.08%
154,414
+17,183
+13% +$1.63M
VHC icon
361
VirnetX Holding Corp
VHC
$52.3M
$15.2M 0.08%
37,303
+11,666
+46% +$4.6M
UNTD
362
DELISTED
UNITED ONLINE INC COM NEW
UNTD
$15.2M 0.08%
271,739
+16,728
+7% +$940K
SIG icon
363
Signet Jewelers
SIG
$3.55B
$15.1M 0.08%
210,178
-16,445
-7% -$1.17M
UFS
364
DELISTED
DOMTAR CORPORATION (New)
UFS
$15M 0.08%
377,778
+127,622
+51% +$4.53M
NRG icon
365
NRG Energy
NRG
$29.8B
$15M 0.08%
547,529
+63,453
+13% +$1.71M
PKG icon
366
Packaging Corp of America
PKG
$22.7B
$15M 0.08%
262,039
+84,095
+47% +$4.55M
CNP icon
367
CenterPoint Energy
CNP
$29.1B
$14.9M 0.08%
622,919
+52,562
+9% +$1.25M
PKX icon
368
POSCO
PKX
$15.8B
$14.9M 0.08%
202,095
+3,618
+2% +$263K
WOLF icon
369
Wolfspeed
WOLF
$1.2B
$14.8M 0.08%
246,217
+127,965
+108% +$8.14M
LLL
370
DELISTED
L3 Technologies, Inc.
LLL
$14.8M 0.08%
156,815
+16,112
+11% +$1.49M
X
371
DELISTED
US Steel
X
$14.7M 0.08%
715,504
+189,152
+36% +$3.56M
SBUX icon
372
Starbucks
SBUX
$118B
$14.7M 0.08%
382,258
+306,114
+402% +$11M
OMC icon
373
Omnicom Group
OMC
$22.7B
$14.7M 0.08%
231,601
+31,739
+16% +$2.02M
HCA icon
374
HCA Healthcare
HCA
$84.8B
$14.6M 0.08%
342,529
-227,622
-40% -$8.89M
INVA icon
375
Innoviva
INVA
$1.58B
$14.6M 0.08%
+443,983
New +$13.8M
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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.