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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
TIMB icon
1201
TIM SA
TIMB
$10.2B
$3.12M 0.01%
140,361
+18,039
+15% +$429K
SAFM
1202
DELISTED
Sanderson Farms Inc
SAFM
$3.12M 0.01%
37,095
+1,195
+3% +$103K
AKR icon
1203
Acadia Realty Trust
AKR
$2.99B
$3.09M 0.01%
96,560
+15,845
+20% +$490K
BELFB
1204
Bel Fuse Inc Class B
BELFB
$3.88B
$3.09M 0.01%
113,129
-1,685
-1% -$44K
IJJ icon
1205
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF
IJJ
$8.85B
$3.09M 0.01%
48,362
+8,286
+21% +$514K
SCSC icon
1206
Scansource
SCSC
$1.12B
$3.09M 0.01%
76,973
+51,280
+200% +$1.93M
KNGT
1207
DELISTED
KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC
KNGT
$3.09M 0.01%
91,705
+22,571
+33% +$760K
ESE icon
1208
ESCO Technologies
ESE
$8.49B
$3.08M 0.01%
83,557
-6,105
-7% -$219K
WTFC icon
1209
Wintrust Financial
WTFC
$10.7B
$3.08M 0.01%
65,866
-2,083
-3% -$94.3K
KING
1210
DELISTED
KING DIGITAL ENTMT PLC ORD SHS (IRL)
KING
$3.08M 0.01%
+200,427
New +$2.85M
GIII icon
1211
G-III Apparel Group
GIII
$1.47B
$3.06M 0.01%
60,624
-2,580
-4% -$111K
PIPR icon
1212
Piper Sandler
PIPR
$5.14B
$3.06M 0.01%
210,456
-32,796
-13% -$450K
OMG
1213
DELISTED
OM GROUP INC.
OMG
$3.06M 0.01%
102,556
+16,475
+19% +$434K
TTWO icon
1214
Take-Two Interactive
TTWO
$43B
$3.05M 0.01%
108,877
-17,449
-14% -$445K
NSIT icon
1215
Insight Enterprises
NSIT
$3.55B
$3.05M 0.01%
117,666
+45,285
+63% +$1.08M
CSH
1216
DELISTED
CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL INC
CSH
$3.04M 0.01%
134,393
-43,611
-25% -$950K
SUSQ
1217
DELISTED
SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES INC
SUSQ
$3.02M 0.01%
225,199
-200,091
-47% -$2.33M
AMWD
1218
DELISTED
American Woodmark
AMWD
$3.02M 0.01%
74,680
+32,798
+78% +$1.29M
NWE icon
1219
NorthWestern Energy
NWE
$4.48B
$3.02M 0.01%
53,352
+6,726
+14% +$351K
CVGW
1220
DELISTED
Calavo Growers
CVGW
$3.01M 0.01%
63,647
-5,337
-8% -$245K
WSTC
1221
DELISTED
West Corporation
WSTC
$3.01M 0.01%
91,254
+712
+0.8% +$21.9K
GIFI
1222
DELISTED
Gulf Island Fabrication
GIFI
$3M 0.01%
154,725
+31,877
+26% +$631K
KEYS icon
1223
Keysight
KEYS
$54.5B
$3M 0.01%
+88,831
New +$2.9M
FSTR icon
1224
Foster
FSTR
$443M
$3M 0.01%
61,697
+8,897
+17% +$434K
HZO icon
1225
MarineMax
HZO
$800M
$2.99M 0.01%
149,069
+20,066
+16% +$368K

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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.