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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
PFE icon
26
Pfizer
PFE
$140B
$149M 0.44%
4,822,076
+309,993
+7% +$9.46M
AAPL icon
27
Apple
AAPL
$4.89T
$146M 0.44%
5,055,148
+1,481,248
+41% +$42M
MSFT icon
28
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.86T
$142M 0.42%
2,289,168
+760,931
+50% +$45.8M
PM icon
29
Philip Morris
PM
$302B
$127M 0.38%
1,383,248
+214,634
+18% +$19.9M
PEG icon
30
Public Service Enterprise Group
PEG
$39.8B
$119M 0.35%
2,704,282
+158,889
+6% +$6.63M
DUK icon
31
Duke Energy
DUK
$101B
$118M 0.35%
1,517,563
+17,750
+1% +$1.36M
KHC icon
32
Kraft Heinz
KHC
$30.2B
$110M 0.33%
1,261,818
-548,745
-30% -$46.9M
VLO icon
33
Valero Energy
VLO
$89.9B
$109M 0.33%
1,599,139
-92,798
-5% -$5.71M
MRK icon
34
Merck
MRK
$324B
$106M 0.32%
1,893,521
+112,139
+6% +$6.56M
TXN icon
35
Texas Instruments
TXN
$257B
$106M 0.31%
1,447,824
+382,800
+36% +$27.3M
TMUS icon
36
T-Mobile US
TMUS
$192B
$104M 0.31%
1,807,733
-306,207
-14% -$16M
EXPE icon
37
Expedia Group
EXPE
$31.6B
$103M 0.31%
907,443
-65,545
-7% -$7.99M
MO icon
38
Altria Group
MO
$121B
$102M 0.3%
1,503,362
-1,099,211
-42% -$70.8M
CA
39
DELISTED
CA, Inc.
CA
$99.5M 0.3%
3,131,295
+1,354,804
+76% +$43.3M
NVDA icon
40
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.09T
$96.6M 0.29%
36,215,520
+5,996,200
+20% +$12.5M
TWTR
41
DELISTED
Twitter, Inc.
TWTR
$96.2M 0.29%
5,902,093
+832,754
+16% +$15.3M
AEP icon
42
American Electric Power
AEP
$73.5B
$95.9M 0.29%
1,523,047
+50,086
+3% +$3.09M
AMTD
43
DELISTED
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp
AMTD
$95.2M 0.28%
2,183,714
-268,571
-11% -$10.4M
PPL
44
PPL Corp
PPL
$27.4B
$93.8M 0.28%
2,754,764
+593,702
+27% +$19.9M
LUMN icon
45
Lumen
LUMN
$6.66B
$88.8M 0.26%
3,734,318
+96,052
+3% +$2.44M
AEE icon
46
Ameren
AEE
$31.4B
$87.9M 0.26%
1,675,156
+169,187
+11% +$8.39M
AMAT icon
47
Applied Materials
AMAT
$435B
$84.2M 0.25%
2,609,924
+987,144
+61% +$30M
ETFC
48
DELISTED
E*Trade Financial Corporation
ETFC
$83.5M 0.25%
2,408,895
-562,848
-19% -$18M
VEEV icon
49
Veeva Systems
VEEV
$30.1B
$83.1M 0.25%
2,042,587
-243,291
-11% -$9.94M
LRCX icon
50
Lam Research
LRCX
$390B
$83M 0.25%
7,852,780
+4,818,000
+159% +$48.9M

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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.