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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
TOL icon
976
Toll Brothers
TOL
$14B
$5.86M 0.02%
170,987
+104,830
+158% +$3.42M
RVBD
977
DELISTED
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC COM
RVBD
$5.85M 0.02%
286,613
-363,339
-56% -$6.98M
UL icon
978
Unilever
UL
$131B
$5.84M 0.02%
128,202
+22,414
+21% +$1.03M
CAJ
979
DELISTED
Canon, Inc.
CAJ
$5.8M 0.02%
183,073
+26,684
+17% +$842K
TXNM
980
TXNM Energy Inc
TXNM
$6.47B
$5.78M 0.02%
195,161
+14,813
+8% +$420K
CCC
981
DELISTED
Calgon Carbon Corp
CCC
$5.72M 0.02%
275,452
+47,885
+21% +$971K
MDC
982
DELISTED
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
MDC
$5.68M 0.02%
298,202
-31,789
-10% -$583K
CLC
983
DELISTED
Clarcor
CLC
$5.66M 0.02%
84,927
+45,458
+115% +$2.95M
AR icon
984
Antero Resources
AR
$10.9B
$5.66M 0.02%
139,391
+546
+0.4% +$26.2K
SKM icon
985
SK Telecom
SKM
$13.7B
$5.65M 0.02%
127,059
-1,254
-1% -$58.2K
STE icon
986
Steris
STE
$20.9B
$5.65M 0.02%
87,141
-4,154
-5% -$257K
ETP
987
DELISTED
Energy Transfer Partners L.p.
ETP
$5.65M 0.02%
86,892
-42,944
-33% -$2.74M
NWBI icon
988
Northwest Bancshares
NWBI
$2.25B
$5.64M 0.02%
450,336
+274,154
+156% +$3.44M
ECON icon
989
Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF
ECON
$327M
$5.61M 0.02%
221,367
-3,799
-2% -$99.5K
TK icon
990
Teekay
TK
$975M
$5.58M 0.02%
109,650
-83,487
-43% -$4.54M
PACW
991
DELISTED
PacWest Bancorp
PACW
$5.57M 0.02%
122,569
+38,350
+46% +$1.68M
HP icon
992
Helmerich & Payne
HP
$3.53B
$5.56M 0.02%
82,468
-67,653
-45% -$5.27M
EME icon
993
Emcor
EME
$33.1B
$5.56M 0.02%
124,941
+35,186
+39% +$1.51M
IDTI
994
DELISTED
Integrated Device Technology I
IDTI
$5.55M 0.02%
283,326
-32,487
-10% -$559K
OLN icon
995
Olin
OLN
$2.64B
$5.53M 0.02%
243,054
-6,555
-3% -$160K
AIV
996
Aimco
AIV
$380M
$5.52M 0.02%
1,116,299
+35,725
+3% +$170K
BKU icon
997
Bankunited
BKU
$3.38B
$5.52M 0.02%
190,546
+26,193
+16% +$774K
RGC
998
DELISTED
Regal Entertainment Group
RGC
$5.52M 0.02%
258,330
-447,622
-63% -$9.44M
BPL
999
DELISTED
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
BPL
$5.51M 0.02%
72,768
+11,257
+18% +$867K
MSCC
1000
DELISTED
Microsemi Corp
MSCC
$5.5M 0.02%
193,606
+5,957
+3% +$157K

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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.