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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
+5.51%
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
$48.2B
AUM Growth
+$4.68B
Cap. Flow
+$2.97B
Cap. Flow %
6.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.49%
Holding
2,555
New
260
Increased
1,265
Reduced
879
Closed
150

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$130M
2
OKTA icon
Okta
OKTA
+$109M
3
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$99.2M
4
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$90.4M
5
BKU icon
Bankunited
BKU
+$87.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M
2
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$99.8M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$81.2M
4
AVXS
AveXis, Inc. Common Stock
AVXS
+$75.7M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$68M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.01%
2 Financials 12.35%
3 Communication Services 11.37%
4 Healthcare 9.49%
5 Industrials 8.73%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
EXPE icon
26
Expedia Group
EXPE
$30.9B
$220M 0.46%
1,827,633
+130,021
+8% +$15M
IBM icon
27
IBM
IBM
$195B
$207M 0.43%
1,547,833
-71,135
-4% -$9.92M
XOM icon
28
ExxonMobil
XOM
$650B
$202M 0.42%
2,447,111
-140,151
-5% -$11.2M
VEEV icon
29
Veeva Systems
VEEV
$29.2B
$196M 0.41%
2,553,247
+497,318
+24% +$37.8M
T icon
30
AT&T
T
$157B
$191M 0.4%
7,877,457
+525,071
+7% +$13.2M
GRUB
31
DELISTED
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. American Depositary Shares
GRUB
$188M 0.39%
896,709
+90,619
+11% +$18.8M
INTC icon
32
Intel
INTC
$504B
$187M 0.39%
3,766,888
-2,179,481
-37% -$116M
FNI
33
DELISTED
First Trust Chindia ETF
FNI
$186M 0.39%
4,821,505
+51,117
+1% +$2.02M
FDT icon
34
First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund
FDT
$1.28B
$183M 0.38%
3,046,721
+33,260
+1% +$2.09M
BICK
35
DELISTED
First Trust BICK Index Fund
BICK
$180M 0.37%
6,548,495
+69,378
+1% +$2.04M
FGM icon
36
First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund
FGM
$95.7M
$178M 0.37%
3,862,940
+40,951
+1% +$2.06M
VZ icon
37
Verizon
VZ
$183B
$172M 0.36%
3,415,074
+92,146
+3% +$4.46M
FSZ icon
38
First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund
FSZ
$36M
$171M 0.35%
3,401,725
+36,098
+1% +$1.88M
ADBE icon
39
Adobe
ADBE
$84.3B
$170M 0.35%
695,445
-10,005
-1% -$2.37M
TXN icon
40
Texas Instruments
TXN
$260B
$167M 0.35%
1,516,503
-399,076
-21% -$43.2M
QCOM icon
41
Qualcomm
QCOM
$180B
$163M 0.34%
2,900,849
+90,165
+3% +$5.03M
INTU icon
42
Intuit
INTU
$77B
$160M 0.33%
785,402
+50,427
+7% +$9.67M
NTAP icon
43
NetApp
NTAP
$32.3B
$160M 0.33%
2,041,010
+257,679
+14% +$18.1M
JPM icon
44
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$930B
$157M 0.33%
1,508,904
+10,885
+0.7% +$1.19M
LOGM
45
DELISTED
LogMein, Inc.
LOGM
$155M 0.32%
1,498,716
+284,212
+23% +$31.8M
NVDA icon
46
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.06T
$150M 0.31%
25,322,560
+2,454,760
+11% +$14.9M
ZD icon
47
Ziff Davis
ZD
$1.91B
$150M 0.31%
1,991,269
+195,063
+11% +$14.3M
PNC icon
48
PNC Financial Services
PNC
$99.5B
$149M 0.31%
1,104,894
+95,574
+9% +$13.9M
PFE icon
49
Pfizer
PFE
$143B
$149M 0.31%
4,336,258
-285,962
-6% -$9.77M
TRIP icon
50
TripAdvisor
TRIP
$1.57B
$147M 0.3%
2,637,299
-110,842
-4% -$5.3M

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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,555 positions worth $48.2B, up 11% from $43.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.97B of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 260 new positions and adding to 1,265 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 23% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Communication Services.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Intel, an estimated $116M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2018 buy was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Bankunited in Q2 2018, an estimated $87.7M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Intel, cutting an estimated $116M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited AveXis, Inc. Common Stock in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $75.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $48.2B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 260 new positions and closed 150 in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $48.2B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 2 Aug 2018.