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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
DRE
1001
DELISTED
Duke Realty Corp.
DRE
$5.49M 0.02%
271,527
+57,591
+27% +$1.09M
TTM
1002
DELISTED
Tata Motors Limited
TTM
$5.48M 0.02%
129,513
+37,870
+41% +$1.69M
TAL icon
1003
TAL Education Group
TAL
$5.71B
$5.47M 0.02%
1,169,202
+1,065,774
+1,030% +$5.59M
LTM
1004
DELISTED
LIFE TIME FITNESS INC
LTM
$5.46M 0.02%
96,381
-40,163
-29% -$2.15M
PL
1005
DELISTED
PROTECTIVE LIFE CORP
PL
$5.45M 0.02%
78,309
-10,269
-12% -$715K
ITRI icon
1006
Itron
ITRI
$3.73B
$5.43M 0.02%
128,343
-9,617
-7% -$384K
CLH icon
1007
Clean Harbors
CLH
$16.1B
$5.41M 0.02%
112,555
-235,460
-68% -$11.5M
WIRE
1008
DELISTED
Encore Wire Corp
WIRE
$5.38M 0.02%
144,232
+59,681
+71% +$2.23M
TUP
1009
DELISTED
Tupperware Brands Corporation
TUP
$5.37M 0.02%
85,259
+15,977
+23% +$1.04M
FIX icon
1010
Comfort Systems
FIX
$61B
$5.36M 0.02%
313,032
+85,565
+38% +$1.29M
HXL icon
1011
Hexcel
HXL
$8.32B
$5.34M 0.02%
128,727
-940
-0.7% -$38.7K
MINT icon
1012
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
MINT
$17B
$5.3M 0.02%
+52,431
New +$5.31M
PKG icon
1013
Packaging Corp of America
PKG
$22.7B
$5.3M 0.02%
67,895
-270,231
-80% -$19.4M
HHH icon
1014
Howard Hughes
HHH
$3.93B
$5.26M 0.02%
42,306
-28,696
-40% -$3.83M
NTCT icon
1015
NETSCOUT
NTCT
$2.86B
$5.25M 0.02%
143,657
+14,018
+11% +$528K
HEP
1016
DELISTED
Holly Energy Partners, L.P.
HEP
$5.24M 0.02%
175,084
-9,275
-5% -$306K
DLR icon
1017
Digital Realty Trust
DLR
$73.7B
$5.21M 0.02%
78,583
+19,985
+34% +$1.33M
IDXX icon
1018
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$42.9B
$5.19M 0.02%
70,002
-655,586
-90% -$46M
FCS
1019
DELISTED
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTL INC COMMON
FCS
$5.19M 0.02%
307,391
+52,023
+20% +$810K
ENPH icon
1020
Enphase Energy
ENPH
$4.84B
$5.19M 0.02%
363,047
+273,362
+305% +$3.41M
KMPR icon
1021
Kemper
KMPR
$1.7B
$5.18M 0.02%
143,599
-1,310
-0.9% -$46.2K
IBOC icon
1022
International Bancshares
IBOC
$4.77B
$5.14M 0.02%
193,641
+7,134
+4% +$184K
PTEN icon
1023
Patterson-UTI
PTEN
$3.87B
$5.12M 0.02%
308,515
-21,870
-7% -$461K
OKS
1024
DELISTED
Oneok Partners LP
OKS
$5.11M 0.02%
128,821
+29,212
+29% +$1.39M
SVU
1025
DELISTED
SUPERVALU Inc.
SVU
$5.1M 0.02%
75,138
-30,929
-29% -$1.93M

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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.