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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
+4.23%
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
$33.6B
AUM Growth
+$98.9M
Cap. Flow
-$672M
Cap. Flow %
-2%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.62%
Holding
2,602
New
301
Increased
1,225
Reduced
883
Closed
189

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 16.21%
2 Financials 9.87%
3 Industrials 9.87%
4 Communication Services 9.15%
5 Healthcare 9.03%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
SNA icon
351
Snap-on
SNA
$20.9B
$25.4M 0.08%
148,533
+85,215
+135% +$13.9M
BAC icon
352
Bank of America
BAC
$435B
$25.4M 0.08%
1,148,641
-173,171
-13% -$3.34M
DE icon
353
Deere & Co
DE
$170B
$25.4M 0.08%
246,122
+15,378
+7% +$1.45M
WAT icon
354
Waters Corp
WAT
$36.8B
$25.3M 0.08%
188,378
+126,090
+202% +$18M
KDP icon
355
Keurig Dr Pepper
KDP
$40.4B
$25.3M 0.08%
278,718
-389,926
-58% -$34.2M
WU icon
356
Western Union
WU
$2.57B
$25.1M 0.07%
1,156,128
-17,952
-2% -$373K
PFG icon
357
Principal Financial Group
PFG
$23.6B
$25.1M 0.07%
433,830
-66,439
-13% -$3.72M
UHS icon
358
Universal Health Services
UHS
$9.43B
$24.9M 0.07%
234,045
-23,749
-9% -$2.81M
TT icon
359
Trane Technologies
TT
$106B
$24.9M 0.07%
331,762
+203,673
+159% +$14.7M
UNM icon
360
Unum
UNM
$13.8B
$24.9M 0.07%
566,702
-55,040
-9% -$2.2M
ODFL icon
361
Old Dominion Freight Line
ODFL
$48.5B
$24.8M 0.07%
865,581
+634,755
+275% +$17M
HII icon
362
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$11.3B
$24.7M 0.07%
134,161
+90,289
+206% +$15.3M
MKC icon
363
McCormick & Company Non-Voting
MKC
$13.4B
$24.7M 0.07%
529,490
-968,064
-65% -$45.2M
MTD icon
364
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$26.8B
$24.7M 0.07%
59,001
+49,076
+494% +$20.4M
KMI icon
365
Kinder Morgan
KMI
$73.1B
$24.7M 0.07%
1,191,656
-156,857
-12% -$3.32M
TTE icon
366
TotalEnergies
TTE
$193B
$24.5M 0.07%
481,346
-458
-0.1% -$22.1K
PDCO
367
DELISTED
Patterson Companies, Inc.
PDCO
$24.5M 0.07%
597,458
-108,334
-15% -$4.67M
ALGN icon
368
Align Technology
ALGN
$12B
$24.4M 0.07%
253,905
-32,180
-11% -$2.99M
AVTA
369
DELISTED
Avantax, Inc. Common Stock
AVTA
$24.4M 0.07%
1,651,181
-195,823
-11% -$2.64M
PGEN icon
370
Precigen
PGEN
$1.93B
$24.3M 0.07%
1,010,356
-80,412
-7% -$2.24M
TMO icon
371
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$211B
$24.3M 0.07%
171,944
+24,947
+17% +$3.68M
MAT icon
372
Mattel
MAT
$4.17B
$24.2M 0.07%
879,494
+66,507
+8% +$2.02M
HAIN icon
373
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$47.8M
$24.2M 0.07%
620,367
-792,573
-56% -$29.7M
MYGN icon
374
Myriad Genetics
MYGN
$530M
$24.2M 0.07%
1,449,519
+578,811
+66% +$10.5M
FTI icon
375
TechnipFMC
FTI
$30.6B
$24.2M 0.07%
913,935
-655,663
-42% -$16.4M

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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, First Trust Advisors held 2,602 positions worth $33.6B, up 0.3% from $33.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors's Q4 2016 filing shows 301 new, 1,225 increased, 883 reduced and 189 closed positions. Its largest new stake was First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund: 10,845,422 shares worth $571M. The largest sale was First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund, an estimated $627M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 16% of assets, up from 12% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2016 buy was First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund: 10,845,422 shares worth $571M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q4 2016, an estimated $62.3M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF, cutting an estimated $172M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $627M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $33.6B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 301 new positions and closed 189 in Q4 2016.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 0.3% quarter-over-quarter to $33.6B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 6 Feb 2017.