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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
+9.79%
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
$18.4B
AUM Growth
+$3.08B
Cap. Flow
+$1.92B
Cap. Flow %
10.42%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.82%
Holding
2,433
New
233
Increased
1,303
Reduced
689
Closed
204

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$61.4M
2
CPHD
Cepheid Inc
CPHD
+$41.4M
3
EXAS
Exact Sciences
EXAS
+$35.7M
4
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$34.7M
5
ILMN icon
Illumina
ILMN
+$34.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
SFD
SMITHFIELD FOODS,INC
SFD
+$32M
2
AFFX
Affymetrix Inc
AFFX
+$28.7M
3
LIFE
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE)
LIFE
+$28.4M
4
BRKR icon
Bruker
BRKR
+$18.3M
5
TMUS icon
T-Mobile US
TMUS
+$18.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Energy 14.05%
2 Healthcare 13.14%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.53%
4 Technology 10.57%
5 Industrials 8.46%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
PCYC
626
DELISTED
PHARMACYCLICS INC
PCYC
$7.99M 0.04%
+57,799
New +$6.41M
OPLN
627
Openlane
OPLN
$4.17B
$7.99M 0.04%
748,103
+292,361
+64% +$2.92M
AFL icon
628
Aflac
AFL
$63.9B
$7.98M 0.04%
257,348
+22,228
+9% +$669K
NFG icon
629
National Fuel Gas
NFG
$7.84B
$7.97M 0.04%
115,876
+378
+0.3% +$24.6K
AFG icon
630
American Financial Group
AFG
$11.9B
$7.97M 0.04%
147,375
+19,946
+16% +$1.04M
EPL
631
DELISTED
EPL OIL & GAS, INC COMMON STK
EPL
$7.93M 0.04%
213,754
+4,338
+2% +$145K
GWW icon
632
W.W. Grainger
GWW
$65.3B
$7.91M 0.04%
30,236
+25,464
+534% +$6.63M
OI icon
633
O-I Glass
OI
$1.39B
$7.87M 0.04%
262,181
+40,232
+18% +$1.19M
XL
634
DELISTED
XL Group Ltd.
XL
$7.85M 0.04%
254,568
+96,840
+61% +$3.01M
MCD icon
635
McDonald's
MCD
$188B
$7.84M 0.04%
81,536
+8,178
+11% +$798K
VRSK icon
636
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$26.4B
$7.84M 0.04%
120,682
+21,862
+22% +$1.38M
LOW icon
637
Lowe's Companies
LOW
$116B
$7.83M 0.04%
164,391
-25,717
-14% -$1.17M
ARR
638
Armour Residential REIT
ARR
$2.02B
$7.82M 0.04%
46,559
+9,420
+25% +$1.62M
SNX icon
639
TD Synnex
SNX
$19.4B
$7.82M 0.04%
254,510
+11,132
+5% +$284K
BFX
640
DELISTED
BowFlex Inc.
BFX
$7.81M 0.04%
1,081,829
-6,036
-0.6% -$46.5K
FTI icon
641
TechnipFMC
FTI
$30.6B
$7.81M 0.04%
189,343
+65,293
+53% +$2.68M
PII icon
642
Polaris
PII
$4.15B
$7.76M 0.04%
60,107
-14,069
-19% -$1.58M
TOL icon
643
Toll Brothers
TOL
$14B
$7.76M 0.04%
239,303
+31,739
+15% +$1.03M
GPN icon
644
Global Payments
GPN
$22.1B
$7.72M 0.04%
302,294
+8,316
+3% +$201K
NJR icon
645
New Jersey Resources
NJR
$6.06B
$7.71M 0.04%
349,976
+112,106
+47% +$2.46M
CPAY icon
646
Corpay
CPAY
$24.2B
$7.64M 0.04%
69,380
+15,745
+29% +$1.54M
IP icon
647
International Paper
IP
$22.3B
$7.64M 0.04%
182,649
+139,152
+320% +$6.19M
VOCS
648
DELISTED
VOCUS INC
VOCS
$7.63M 0.04%
820,123
+122,148
+18% +$1.24M
AN icon
649
AutoNation
AN
$6.97B
$7.63M 0.04%
146,328
-21,142
-13% -$1.02M
JWN
650
DELISTED
Nordstrom
JWN
$7.63M 0.04%
+135,800
New +$8.02M
24 25
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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2013 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2013, First Trust Advisors held 2,433 positions worth $18.4B, up 20% from $15.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.8% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $1.92B of net new capital in Q3 2013, opening 233 new positions and adding to 1,303 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Cepheid Inc: 1,143,034 shares worth $44.6M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Energy at 14% of assets, down from 15% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE), an estimated $28.4M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2013 buy was Cepheid Inc: 1,143,034 shares worth $44.6M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Alphabet (Google) Class C in Q3 2013, an estimated $61.4M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2013 reduction was LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE), cutting an estimated $28.4M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited SMITHFIELD FOODS,INC in Q3 2013, selling an estimated $32M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 6.8% of its $18.4B portfolio in Q3 2013.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 233 new positions and closed 204 in Q3 2013.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 20% quarter-over-quarter to $18.4B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2013, filed 12 Nov 2013.