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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
+6.67%
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
$53.7B
AUM Growth
+$5.48B
Cap. Flow
+$3.13B
Cap. Flow %
5.82%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.99%
Holding
2,619
New
214
Increased
1,332
Reduced
871
Closed
199

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 24.17%
2 Healthcare 12.61%
3 Financials 10.99%
4 Communication Services 10.58%
5 Industrials 8.45%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
IPAR icon
1101
Interparfums
IPAR
$3.92B
$5.3M 0.01%
82,189
+7,961
+11% +$489K
GBCI icon
1102
Glacier Bancorp
GBCI
$6.55B
$5.29M 0.01%
122,694
+2,879
+2% +$125K
EVH icon
1103
Evolent Health
EVH
$475M
$5.27M 0.01%
185,502
+103,326
+126% +$2.46M
MMSI icon
1104
Merit Medical Systems
MMSI
$4.43B
$5.26M 0.01%
85,648
+34,760
+68% +$2M
SAVE
1105
DELISTED
Spirit Airlines, Inc.
SAVE
$5.26M 0.01%
112,041
-735,422
-87% -$32.5M
GTES icon
1106
Gates Industrial Corporation Ltd.
GTES
$6.81B
$5.26M 0.01%
+269,741
New +$4.72M
WLY icon
1107
John Wiley & Sons Class A
WLY
$2.52B
$5.25M 0.01%
86,648
-15,105
-15% -$940K
SHAK icon
1108
Shake Shack
SHAK
$2.3B
$5.22M 0.01%
82,853
+17,327
+26% +$1.05M
HOPE icon
1109
Hope Bancorp
HOPE
$1.72B
$5.21M 0.01%
321,966
+73,096
+29% +$1.27M
FCFS icon
1110
FirstCash
FCFS
$8.55B
$5.2M 0.01%
63,459
+4,972
+9% +$419K
HMN icon
1111
Horace Mann Educators
HMN
$2.1B
$5.19M 0.01%
115,569
+9,521
+9% +$433K
WTW icon
1112
Willis Towers Watson
WTW
$27.9B
$5.17M 0.01%
36,683
-285
-0.8% -$43.1K
TTC icon
1113
Toro Company
TTC
$8.93B
$5.17M 0.01%
86,148
+25,014
+41% +$1.52M
ENS icon
1114
EnerSys
ENS
$6.95B
$5.16M 0.01%
59,232
+4,965
+9% +$399K
RH icon
1115
RH
RH
$3.3B
$5.14M 0.01%
39,240
-1,574
-4% -$221K
HTLF
1116
DELISTED
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
HTLF
$5.14M 0.01%
88,565
+11,583
+15% +$688K
LITE icon
1117
Lumentum
LITE
$59.4B
$5.14M 0.01%
85,743
-35,417
-29% -$2.12M
WRD
1118
DELISTED
WildHorse Resource Development
WRD
$5.11M 0.01%
216,216
+12,660
+6% +$272K
SFNC icon
1119
Simmons First National
SFNC
$3.35B
$5.1M 0.01%
173,171
+23,944
+16% +$737K
JLL icon
1120
Jones Lang LaSalle
JLL
$15.1B
$5.1M 0.01%
35,313
+12,096
+52% +$1.9M
PCTY icon
1121
Paylocity
PCTY
$6.71B
$5.09M 0.01%
63,357
+18,287
+41% +$1.3M
STMP
1122
DELISTED
Stamps.com, Inc.
STMP
$5.08M 0.01%
22,463
+8,239
+58% +$2.06M
TRUP icon
1123
Trupanion
TRUP
$1.05B
$5.08M 0.01%
142,084
+24,803
+21% +$957K
WSFS icon
1124
WSFS Financial
WSFS
$4.1B
$5.05M 0.01%
107,068
+29,951
+39% +$1.54M
KIO
1125
KKR Income Opportunities Fund
KIO
$450M
$5.04M 0.01%
307,427
+17,410
+6% +$291K

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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,619 positions worth $53.7B, up 11% from $48.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $3.13B of net new capital in Q3 2018, opening 214 new positions and adding to 1,332 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund: 4,470,114 shares worth $708M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Bankunited, an estimated $98.4M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2018 buy was First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund: 4,470,114 shares worth $708M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q3 2018, an estimated $158M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2018 reduction was Bankunited, cutting an estimated $98.4M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF in Q3 2018, selling an estimated $607M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $53.7B portfolio in Q3 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 214 new positions and closed 199 in Q3 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $53.7B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2018, filed 25 Oct 2018.