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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
DCP
1026
DELISTED
DCP Midstream, LP
DCP
$5.1M 0.02%
112,285
+27,178
+32% +$1.36M
SVC
1027
Service Properties Trust
SVC
$1.1B
$5.09M 0.02%
33,056
+8,046
+32% +$1.19M
AOS icon
1028
A.O. Smith
AOS
$8.38B
$5.08M 0.02%
180,296
-268,232
-60% -$7.01M
EDIV icon
1029
State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
EDIV
$1.22B
$5.06M 0.02%
148,431
-9,722
-6% -$346K
VCSH icon
1030
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF
VCSH
$44.7B
$5.05M 0.02%
63,462
-3,897
-6% -$312K
BITA
1031
DELISTED
Bitauto Holdings Limited
BITA
$5.04M 0.02%
71,575
+53,599
+298% +$4.12M
TMUS icon
1032
T-Mobile US
TMUS
$193B
$5.03M 0.02%
+186,812
New +$5.16M
HAPN
1033
Happen Inc
HAPN
$2.08B
$4.98M 0.02%
+39,369
New +$4.97M
CBSH icon
1034
Commerce Bancshares
CBSH
$8.5B
$4.98M 0.02%
195,748
-4,325
-2% -$108K
MTZ icon
1035
MasTec
MTZ
$26.7B
$4.95M 0.02%
219,095
+85,595
+64% +$2.12M
RBS.PRP
1036
DELISTED
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (The) ADR representing Pref
RBS.PRP
$4.95M 0.02%
+205,900
New +$4.96M
ENS icon
1037
EnerSys
ENS
$6.95B
$4.86M 0.02%
78,796
-14,921
-16% -$880K
BPOP icon
1038
Popular Inc
BPOP
$11B
$4.83M 0.02%
141,887
-199,484
-58% -$6.26M
MTD icon
1039
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$26.8B
$4.82M 0.02%
15,926
+10,452
+191% +$2.87M
TROW icon
1040
T. Rowe Price
TROW
$25B
$4.73M 0.02%
55,038
+8,443
+18% +$688K
AEGN
1041
DELISTED
Aegion Corp
AEGN
$4.72M 0.02%
253,783
+21,994
+9% +$407K
VER
1042
DELISTED
VEREIT, Inc.
VER
$4.71M 0.02%
104,155
+25,730
+33% +$1.26M
MTUS icon
1043
Metallus
MTUS
$873M
$4.7M 0.02%
126,902
-454,325
-78% -$16.8M
CHL
1044
DELISTED
China Mobile Limited
CHL
$4.7M 0.02%
79,877
+22,959
+40% +$1.38M
BKH icon
1045
Black Hills Corp
BKH
$5.73B
$4.68M 0.02%
88,218
+27,947
+46% +$1.47M
ZBRA icon
1046
Zebra Technologies
ZBRA
$12.4B
$4.67M 0.02%
60,355
-269,732
-82% -$19.4M
CGNX icon
1047
Cognex
CGNX
$10.3B
$4.64M 0.02%
224,436
+143,790
+178% +$2.86M
VRNT
1048
DELISTED
Verint Systems
VRNT
$4.62M 0.02%
155,501
-1,431
-0.9% -$41.7K
RDY icon
1049
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
RDY
$9.82B
$4.62M 0.02%
457,425
+89,510
+24% +$942K
RBS.PRM
1050
DELISTED
ROYAL BK SCOTLAND PLC SPONS ADR SER M REPSTG (UK)
RBS.PRM
$4.61M 0.02%
187,124
-186,501
-50% -$4.58M

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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.