First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
FXO
|
+$825M |
| 2 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
+$244M |
| 3 |
Brown & Brown
BRO
|
+$216M |
| 4 |
Arch Capital
ACGL
|
+$216M |
| 5 |
Aon
AON
|
+$194M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
|
+$832M |
| 2 |
LPL Financial
LPLA
|
+$290M |
| 3 |
Cummins
CMI
|
+$235M |
| 4 |
Raymond James Financial
RJF
|
+$228M |
| 5 |
W.R. Berkley
WRB
|
+$194M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 28.35% |
| 2 | Financials | 15.79% |
| 3 | Industrials | 13.28% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 8.71% |
| 5 | Healthcare | 6.59% |
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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2024 Portfolio in Review
As of Q4 2024, First Trust Advisors held 2,679 positions worth $113B, up 8.1% from $105B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.8% of the portfolio.
First Trust Advisors deployed $7.88B of net new capital in Q4 2024, opening 324 new positions and adding to 1,251 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 28% of assets, down from 29% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was LPL Financial, an estimated $290M trimmed.
- First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2024 buy was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.
- First Trust Advisors added most to Microsoft in Q4 2024, an estimated $244M increase.
- First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2024 reduction was LPL Financial, cutting an estimated $290M.
- First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF in Q4 2024, selling an estimated $832M.
- First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 9.8% of its $113B portfolio in Q4 2024.
- First Trust Advisors opened 324 new positions and closed 127 in Q4 2024.
- First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 8.1% quarter-over-quarter to $113B.
Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2024, filed 13 Feb 2025.