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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
+3.03%
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
$53B
AUM Growth
+$2.74B
Cap. Flow
+$1.72B
Cap. Flow %
3.25%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.11%
Holding
2,575
New
173
Increased
1,093
Reduced
1,142
Closed
163

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%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
ZD icon
76
Ziff Davis
ZD
$1.9B
$129M 0.24%
1,673,296
-321,538
-16% -$24.3M
PPL
77
PPL Corp
PPL
$27.3B
$129M 0.24%
4,170,550
+2,114,378
+103% +$65.5M
ALXN
78
DELISTED
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
ALXN
$128M 0.24%
978,015
+63,824
+7% +$8.23M
ILMN icon
79
Illumina
ILMN
$29.4B
$127M 0.24%
353,553
-135,473
-28% -$42.8M
HPE icon
80
Hewlett Packard
HPE
$63.2B
$126M 0.24%
8,435,240
-188,890
-2% -$2.86M
CMI icon
81
Cummins
CMI
$91.7B
$126M 0.24%
732,709
+118,424
+19% +$19.4M
EXEL icon
82
Exelixis
EXEL
$13.9B
$125M 0.24%
5,865,637
+433,202
+8% +$9.08M
PM icon
83
Philip Morris
PM
$301B
$125M 0.24%
1,593,712
+457,597
+40% +$37.8M
ADBE icon
84
Adobe
ADBE
$89.5B
$124M 0.23%
421,418
-103,678
-20% -$28.8M
SGEN
85
DELISTED
Seagen Inc. Common Stock
SGEN
$124M 0.23%
1,784,642
+278,792
+19% +$19.5M
VRTX icon
86
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$121B
$123M 0.23%
668,232
-69,332
-9% -$12.1M
DUK icon
87
Duke Energy
DUK
$102B
$120M 0.23%
1,354,349
+464,779
+52% +$41.1M
APD icon
88
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$66.3B
$119M 0.23%
527,192
+220,088
+72% +$45.6M
NTAP icon
89
NetApp
NTAP
$32.9B
$119M 0.22%
1,931,748
-706,444
-27% -$47.7M
QCOM icon
90
Qualcomm
QCOM
$176B
$119M 0.22%
1,565,042
-1,094,704
-41% -$80.2M
MO icon
91
Altria Group
MO
$122B
$118M 0.22%
2,496,106
-417,772
-14% -$21.9M
HON icon
92
Honeywell
HON
$77B
$118M 0.22%
714,101
+342,772
+92% +$54.6M
UPS icon
93
United Parcel Service
UPS
$97.6B
$117M 0.22%
1,130,245
+427,354
+61% +$44.4M
MRK icon
94
Merck
MRK
$324B
$116M 0.22%
1,455,295
-243,435
-14% -$18.6M
JNJ icon
95
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$634B
$116M 0.22%
833,484
+309,496
+59% +$42.8M
BOX icon
96
Box
BOX
$4.02B
$115M 0.22%
6,512,107
+1,484,080
+30% +$28.4M
PEP icon
97
PepsiCo
PEP
$186B
$115M 0.22%
874,050
-316,487
-27% -$40.6M
NXPI icon
98
NXP Semiconductors
NXPI
$68B
$114M 0.22%
1,169,231
-62,861
-5% -$6.09M
ADP icon
99
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$100B
$114M 0.22%
690,115
+90,207
+15% +$14.7M
MDB icon
100
MongoDB
MDB
$24B
$113M 0.21%
746,150
+651,708
+690% +$94.6M

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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.