We are live on ! Find out more
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
+5.51%
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
$48.2B
AUM Growth
+$4.68B
Cap. Flow
+$2.97B
Cap. Flow %
6.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.49%
Holding
2,555
New
260
Increased
1,265
Reduced
879
Closed
150

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$130M
2
OKTA icon
Okta
OKTA
+$109M
3
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$99.2M
4
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$90.4M
5
BKU icon
Bankunited
BKU
+$87.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M
2
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$99.8M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$81.2M
4
AVXS
AveXis, Inc. Common Stock
AVXS
+$75.7M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$68M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.01%
2 Financials 12.35%
3 Communication Services 11.37%
4 Healthcare 9.49%
5 Industrials 8.73%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
OKTA icon
76
Okta
OKTA
$23.9B
$115M 0.24%
+2,286,487
New +$109M
VG
77
DELISTED
Vonage Holdings Corporation
VG
$115M 0.24%
8,924,929
+972,857
+12% +$11.2M
WDC icon
78
Western Digital
WDC
$188B
$114M 0.24%
1,940,824
+58,048
+3% +$3.69M
AVGO icon
79
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.84T
$112M 0.23%
4,636,010
-537,770
-10% -$13.2M
BOX icon
80
Box
BOX
$4B
$111M 0.23%
4,424,370
-122,084
-3% -$3.03M
PANW icon
81
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$266B
$109M 0.23%
3,177,120
+2,117,484
+200% +$70.6M
FFIV icon
82
F5
FFIV
$22B
$105M 0.22%
611,001
+80,010
+15% +$13.3M
ORCL icon
83
Oracle
ORCL
$350B
$104M 0.22%
2,362,112
-224,786
-9% -$10.4M
BIDU icon
84
Baidu
BIDU
$36.1B
$104M 0.22%
428,052
-4,679
-1% -$1.17M
NTES icon
85
NetEase
NTES
$76.3B
$103M 0.21%
2,042,605
+472,965
+30% +$24.1M
STX icon
86
Seagate
STX
$202B
$103M 0.21%
1,823,657
-246,176
-12% -$14.2M
SWKS icon
87
Skyworks Solutions
SWKS
$9.23B
$103M 0.21%
1,061,433
+200,918
+23% +$19.5M
MO icon
88
Altria Group
MO
$121B
$101M 0.21%
1,783,837
+175,671
+11% +$10.1M
MCHP icon
89
Microchip Technology
MCHP
$43.9B
$101M 0.21%
2,210,702
-61,174
-3% -$2.83M
WFC icon
90
Wells Fargo
WFC
$261B
$101M 0.21%
1,812,989
+138,765
+8% +$7.43M
ADSK icon
91
Autodesk
ADSK
$44.3B
$99.4M 0.21%
758,052
+185,893
+32% +$24.6M
IQV icon
92
IQVIA
IQV
$34.6B
$99.1M 0.21%
+993,054
New +$99.2M
PEP icon
93
PepsiCo
PEP
$184B
$98.9M 0.21%
908,728
+474,449
+109% +$49M
CCOI icon
94
Cogent Communications
CCOI
$635M
$98.8M 0.21%
1,851,129
+5,273
+0.3% +$262K
SPLK
95
DELISTED
Splunk Inc
SPLK
$97.6M 0.2%
984,523
+312,893
+47% +$34M
KLAC icon
96
KLA
KLAC
$285B
$97.4M 0.2%
9,496,250
+34,160
+0.4% +$371K
CSOD
97
DELISTED
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.
CSOD
$97.1M 0.2%
2,047,436
+61,632
+3% +$2.88M
ETN icon
98
Eaton
ETN
$160B
$96.3M 0.2%
1,288,380
-3,745
-0.3% -$290K
NBIX icon
99
Neurocrine Biosciences
NBIX
$17.5B
$96.2M 0.2%
979,671
+52,200
+6% +$4.67M
EGHT icon
100
8x8 Inc
EGHT
$240M
$94.7M 0.2%
4,725,161
+700,508
+17% +$14M

Similar funds

First Trust Advisors's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,555 positions worth $48.2B, up 11% from $43.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.97B of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 260 new positions and adding to 1,265 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 23% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Communication Services.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Intel, an estimated $116M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2018 buy was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Bankunited in Q2 2018, an estimated $87.7M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Intel, cutting an estimated $116M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited AveXis, Inc. Common Stock in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $75.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $48.2B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 260 new positions and closed 150 in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $48.2B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 2 Aug 2018.