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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
NCI
1001
DELISTED
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
NCI
$3.76M 0.02%
243,371
+108,788
+81% +$1.52M
CYN
1002
DELISTED
CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
CYN
$3.76M 0.02%
56,385
+23,987
+74% +$1.62M
AOS icon
1003
A.O. Smith
AOS
$8.38B
$3.73M 0.02%
164,930
+84,758
+106% +$1.77M
MTB icon
1004
M&T Bank
MTB
$36.2B
$3.72M 0.02%
33,215
-2,398
-7% -$277K
KEX icon
1005
Kirby Corp
KEX
$7.95B
$3.71M 0.02%
42,907
-15,741
-27% -$1.32M
TW
1006
DELISTED
TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE)
TW
$3.7M 0.02%
34,608
-14,429
-29% -$1.27M
CLF icon
1007
Cleveland-Cliffs
CLF
$6.81B
$3.68M 0.02%
179,370
-334
-0.2% -$6.87K
CTAS icon
1008
Cintas
CTAS
$82.4B
$3.67M 0.02%
287,144
+117,372
+69% +$1.42M
DMLP icon
1009
Dorchester Minerals
DMLP
$1.34B
$3.67M 0.02%
153,415
-4,284
-3% -$104K
CPT icon
1010
Camden Property Trust
CPT
$11.3B
$3.65M 0.02%
59,410
-28,388
-32% -$1.91M
OTEX icon
1011
Open Text
OTEX
$5.43B
$3.65M 0.02%
195,312
+24,556
+14% +$431K
TSM icon
1012
TSMC
TSM
$2.09T
$3.63M 0.02%
+214,180
New +$3.65M
NDSN icon
1013
Nordson
NDSN
$16.5B
$3.63M 0.02%
49,240
+32,086
+187% +$2.31M
VCI
1014
DELISTED
VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS INC
VCI
$3.61M 0.02%
124,869
+49,941
+67% +$1.41M
VMI icon
1015
Valmont Industries
VMI
$9.44B
$3.6M 0.02%
25,929
-44,877
-63% -$6.42M
AMD icon
1016
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
$851B
$3.6M 0.02%
+943,872
New +$3.6M
FULT icon
1017
Fulton Financial
FULT
$4.7B
$3.59M 0.02%
307,577
+68,468
+29% +$836K
SIVB
1018
DELISTED
SVB Financial Group
SIVB
$3.59M 0.02%
41,587
+17,750
+74% +$1.53M
LSI
1019
DELISTED
LSI CORPORATION
LSI
$3.58M 0.02%
456,889
+313,861
+219% +$2.4M
HDB icon
1020
HDFC Bank
HDB
$119B
$3.57M 0.02%
463,708
+7,484
+2% +$61.5K
FMC icon
1021
FMC
FMC
$1.42B
$3.56M 0.02%
57,271
+48,226
+533% +$2.77M
ACGL icon
1022
Arch Capital
ACGL
$36.1B
$3.54M 0.02%
196,305
+1,005
+0.5% +$18K
CLNY
1023
DELISTED
Colony Capital, Inc.
CLNY
$3.54M 0.02%
176,921
+14,666
+9% +$296K
ZBRA icon
1024
Zebra Technologies
ZBRA
$12.4B
$3.52M 0.02%
77,145
+28,749
+59% +$1.33M
MCRS
1025
DELISTED
MICROS SYSTEMS INC
MCRS
$3.51M 0.02%
70,351
+37,666
+115% +$1.82M
39 40
41
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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.