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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
AZN icon
876
AstraZeneca
AZN
$263B
$5.04M 0.03%
96,972
+2,064
+2% +$104K
TGI
877
DELISTED
Triumph Group
TGI
$5.04M 0.03%
71,706
+13,620
+23% +$1.05M
CWT icon
878
California Water Service
CWT
$3.04B
$5.03M 0.03%
247,485
+1,891
+0.8% +$38.9K
MA icon
879
Mastercard
MA
$477B
$5.02M 0.03%
74,670
+6,630
+10% +$416K
CMO
880
DELISTED
Capstead Mortgage Corp.
CMO
$5.01M 0.03%
425,621
-18,980
-4% -$225K
CMA
881
DELISTED
Comerica
CMA
$5M 0.03%
127,197
+5,286
+4% +$220K
EWBC icon
882
East-West Bancorp
EWBC
$17.9B
$4.97M 0.03%
155,677
+11,103
+8% +$336K
HNT
883
DELISTED
HEALTH NET INC
HNT
$4.97M 0.03%
156,662
+126,358
+417% +$3.99M
HLX icon
884
Helix Energy Solutions
HLX
$1.46B
$4.93M 0.03%
194,476
-8,026
-4% -$206K
GSK icon
885
GSK
GSK
$103B
$4.92M 0.03%
78,405
+5,080
+7% +$327K
FLOW
886
DELISTED
FLOW INTL CORP
FLOW
$4.91M 0.03%
1,229,997
-47,430
-4% -$176K
RF icon
887
Regions Financial
RF
$26.3B
$4.9M 0.03%
529,555
-214,607
-29% -$2.1M
TT icon
888
Trane Technologies
TT
$106B
$4.9M 0.03%
94,521
+4,691
+5% +$230K
UL icon
889
Unilever
UL
$131B
$4.9M 0.03%
112,977
-213,267
-65% -$9.68M
CWCO icon
890
Consolidated Water Co
CWCO
$469M
$4.9M 0.03%
327,127
+2,498
+0.8% +$31.9K
J icon
891
Jacobs Solutions
J
$15.9B
$4.9M 0.03%
101,757
+17,752
+21% +$863K
KKR icon
892
KKR & Co
KKR
$89.2B
$4.89M 0.03%
237,496
+3,995
+2% +$80.1K
DNB
893
DELISTED
Dun & Bradstreet
DNB
$4.88M 0.03%
47,010
-4,862
-9% -$506K
RNR icon
894
RenaissanceRe
RNR
$13.7B
$4.87M 0.03%
53,787
+13,623
+34% +$1.19M
PCY icon
895
Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF
PCY
$1.38B
$4.85M 0.03%
177,310
-18,795
-10% -$510K
PNG
896
DELISTED
PAA NATURAL GAS STORAGE, L.P. COM UNIT LTD PARTNERSHIP
PNG
$4.84M 0.03%
+207,995
New +$4.55M
PFG icon
897
Principal Financial Group
PFG
$23.6B
$4.83M 0.03%
112,812
-33,642
-23% -$1.4M
FHI icon
898
Federated Hermes
FHI
$4.4B
$4.81M 0.03%
177,053
+12,984
+8% +$369K
AFSI
899
DELISTED
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
AFSI
$4.81M 0.03%
246,494
+6,775
+3% +$126K
BCOV
900
DELISTED
Brightcove, Inc.
BCOV
$4.78M 0.03%
425,268
+53,507
+14% +$539K
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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.