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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
+7.26%
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
$29.6B
AUM Growth
+$4.22B
Cap. Flow
+$2.91B
Cap. Flow %
9.83%
Top 10 Hldgs %
7.91%
Holding
2,390
New
174
Increased
1,221
Reduced
844
Closed
147
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
WERN icon
951
Werner Enterprises
WERN
$2.54B
$6.04M 0.02%
193,754
-6,420
-3% -$181K
BNS icon
952
Scotiabank
BNS
$106B
$6.03M 0.02%
111,673
+28,373
+34% +$1.6M
CPN
953
DELISTED
Calpine Corporation
CPN
$6.03M 0.02%
272,375
-103,190
-27% -$2.29M
CDZI icon
954
Cadiz
CDZI
$266M
$6.02M 0.02%
+537,571
New +$5.6M
RY icon
955
Royal Bank of Canada
RY
$291B
$6.02M 0.02%
87,148
+18,953
+28% +$1.34M
FRC
956
DELISTED
First Republic Bank
FRC
$6.02M 0.02%
115,457
+9,738
+9% +$490K
TLP
957
DELISTED
Transmontaigne
TLP
$6.01M 0.02%
190,734
+59,810
+46% +$2.18M
WMK icon
958
Weis Markets
WMK
$1.82B
$6.01M 0.02%
125,649
+2,156
+2% +$94.3K
WU icon
959
Western Union
WU
$2.57B
$6M 0.02%
334,807
+126,436
+61% +$2.19M
CMLP
960
DELISTED
CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP NEW UTS REP LTD PRT INT (DE)
CMLP
$5.99M 0.02%
394,619
+106,223
+37% +$2.03M
WCC
961
WESCO International
WCC
$16.2B
$5.98M 0.02%
78,482
-61,224
-44% -$4.82M
COL
962
DELISTED
Rockwell Collins
COL
$5.98M 0.02%
70,795
-24,369
-26% -$2M
UDR icon
963
UDR
UDR
$12.9B
$5.98M 0.02%
193,940
+37,162
+24% +$1.11M
NEU icon
964
NewMarket
NEU
$7.17B
$5.98M 0.02%
14,810
-13,713
-48% -$5.29M
YUM icon
965
Yum! Brands
YUM
$41B
$5.95M 0.02%
113,604
-56,953
-33% -$2.97M
KRC icon
966
Kilroy Realty
KRC
$4.58B
$5.94M 0.02%
85,984
+8,537
+11% +$568K
JCI icon
967
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$87.5B
$5.93M 0.02%
117,115
-148,276
-56% -$7.25M
CM icon
968
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
CM
$107B
$5.92M 0.02%
139,315
+32,378
+30% +$1.43M
KIM icon
969
Kimco Realty
KIM
$17.6B
$5.91M 0.02%
235,028
-183,213
-44% -$4.48M
DFT
970
DELISTED
DuPont Fabros Technology Inc.
DFT
$5.9M 0.02%
177,463
+8,049
+5% +$250K
HMC icon
971
Honda
HMC
$36.5B
$5.9M 0.02%
199,799
+28,664
+17% +$891K
TDG icon
972
TransDigm Group
TDG
$69.2B
$5.89M 0.02%
+30,013
New +$5.66M
WTW icon
973
Willis Towers Watson
WTW
$27.9B
$5.88M 0.02%
49,556
+4,450
+10% +$498K
FNB icon
974
FNB Corp
FNB
$6.78B
$5.87M 0.02%
440,907
-15,453
-3% -$194K
BMY icon
975
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$127B
$5.87M 0.02%
99,432
-1,857
-2% -$105K

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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2014, First Trust Advisors held 2,390 positions worth $29.6B, up 17% from $25.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 7.9% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.91B of net new capital in Q4 2014, opening 174 new positions and adding to 1,221 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: 857,683 shares worth $83.2M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, an estimated $120M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2014 buy was Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: 857,683 shares worth $83.2M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF in Q4 2014, an estimated $184M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2014 reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, cutting an estimated $120M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Immunogen Inc in Q4 2014, selling an estimated $61.5M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 7.9% of its $29.6B portfolio in Q4 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 174 new positions and closed 147 in Q4 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 17% quarter-over-quarter to $29.6B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2014, filed 13 Feb 2015.