First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund
FXU
|
+$578M |
| 2 |
Lumen
LUMN
|
+$153M |
| 3 |
Arista Networks
ANET
|
+$110M |
| 4 |
EXAS
Exact Sciences
EXAS
|
+$107M |
| 5 |
Wells Fargo
WFC
|
+$99.6M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund
FXH
|
+$511M |
| 2 |
ZNGA
ZYNGA INC. CL A COMMON
ZNGA
|
+$146M |
| 3 |
Open Text
OTEX
|
+$102M |
| 4 |
Equinix
EQIX
|
+$91.4M |
| 5 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
+$89.3M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 25.18% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.51% |
| 3 | Communication Services | 10.75% |
| 4 | Financials | 10.66% |
| 5 | Consumer Discretionary | 8.29% |
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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2019 Portfolio in Review
As of Q2 2019, First Trust Advisors held 2,575 positions worth $53B, up 5.4% from $50.3B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 12% of the portfolio.
First Trust Advisors deployed $1.72B of net new capital in Q2 2019, opening 173 new positions and adding to 1,093 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund: 20,307,209 shares worth $583M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 25% of assets, up from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Communication Services.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was ZYNGA INC. CL A COMMON, an estimated $146M trimmed.
- First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2019 buy was First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund: 20,307,209 shares worth $583M.
- First Trust Advisors added most to Lumen in Q2 2019, an estimated $153M increase.
- First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2019 reduction was ZYNGA INC. CL A COMMON, cutting an estimated $146M.
- First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund in Q2 2019, selling an estimated $511M.
- First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 12% of its $53B portfolio in Q2 2019.
- First Trust Advisors opened 173 new positions and closed 163 in Q2 2019.
- First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 5.4% quarter-over-quarter to $53B.
Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2019, filed 30 Jul 2019.