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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
+7.26%
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
$29.6B
AUM Growth
+$4.22B
Cap. Flow
+$2.91B
Cap. Flow %
9.83%
Top 10 Hldgs %
7.91%
Holding
2,390
New
174
Increased
1,221
Reduced
844
Closed
147
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
MFA
401
MFA Financial
MFA
$929M
$20.6M 0.07%
644,039
+146,780
+30% +$4.83M
AD
402
Array Digital Infrastructure
AD
$3.02B
$20.4M 0.07%
512,916
+293,282
+134% +$10.7M
RHI icon
403
Robert Half
RHI
$3.61B
$20.4M 0.07%
349,870
-199,882
-36% -$10.8M
NVR icon
404
NVR
NVR
$17.2B
$20.4M 0.07%
15,990
+2,276
+17% +$2.76M
TU icon
405
Telus
TU
$16B
$20.2M 0.07%
1,123,202
+35,218
+3% +$634K
RTN
406
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$20.1M 0.07%
186,094
-196,383
-51% -$20.3M
DOC icon
407
Healthpeak Properties
DOC
$15.4B
$20.1M 0.07%
501,640
+67,989
+16% +$2.7M
FTNT icon
408
Fortinet
FTNT
$112B
$20.1M 0.07%
3,271,270
-484,845
-13% -$2.61M
DRIV
409
DELISTED
DIGITAL RIVER INC.
DRIV
$20M 0.07%
809,895
+200,074
+33% +$4.37M
NE
410
DELISTED
Noble Corporation
NE
$19.8M 0.07%
1,196,173
+437,975
+58% +$8.34M
PF
411
DELISTED
Pinnacle Foods, Inc.
PF
$19.6M 0.07%
554,093
+491,208
+781% +$16.5M
R icon
412
Ryder
R
$10.3B
$19.5M 0.07%
210,279
-52,846
-20% -$4.72M
GNC
413
DELISTED
GNC Holdings, Inc.
GNC
$19.4M 0.07%
+413,439
New +$17.3M
SAP icon
414
SAP
SAP
$187B
$19.3M 0.07%
277,716
+43,358
+19% +$2.98M
CRI icon
415
Carter's
CRI
$1.43B
$19.2M 0.06%
+219,917
New +$17.7M
FDO
416
DELISTED
FAMILY DOLLAR STORES
FDO
$19.2M 0.06%
242,067
+23,831
+11% +$1.87M
MRO
417
DELISTED
Marathon Oil Corporation
MRO
$19.1M 0.06%
674,204
-121,619
-15% -$3.87M
IT icon
418
Gartner
IT
$9.41B
$18.9M 0.06%
224,954
+162,425
+260% +$13.2M
MSI icon
419
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$69.4B
$18.8M 0.06%
280,736
-70,369
-20% -$4.49M
RBBN icon
420
Ribbon Communications
RBBN
$354M
$18.8M 0.06%
945,907
+261,120
+38% +$4.62M
WEB
421
DELISTED
Web.com Group, Inc.
WEB
$18.8M 0.06%
+987,857
New +$18M
CINF icon
422
Cincinnati Financial
CINF
$28.3B
$18.7M 0.06%
361,722
-27,038
-7% -$1.35M
PETM
423
DELISTED
PETSMART INC
PETM
$18.7M 0.06%
230,584
-8,860
-4% -$656K
ULTA icon
424
Ulta Beauty
ULTA
$20.4B
$18.7M 0.06%
+146,276
New +$17.9M
ATVI
425
DELISTED
Activision Blizzard
ATVI
$18.7M 0.06%
926,999
+226,872
+32% +$4.58M

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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2014, First Trust Advisors held 2,390 positions worth $29.6B, up 17% from $25.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 7.9% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.91B of net new capital in Q4 2014, opening 174 new positions and adding to 1,221 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: 857,683 shares worth $83.2M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, an estimated $120M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2014 buy was Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: 857,683 shares worth $83.2M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF in Q4 2014, an estimated $184M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2014 reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, cutting an estimated $120M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Immunogen Inc in Q4 2014, selling an estimated $61.5M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 7.9% of its $29.6B portfolio in Q4 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 174 new positions and closed 147 in Q4 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 17% quarter-over-quarter to $29.6B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2014, filed 13 Feb 2015.