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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
EXC icon
101
Exelon
EXC
$48.5B
$35.2M 0.19%
1,666,740
+52,570
+3% +$1.15M
MYGN icon
102
Myriad Genetics
MYGN
$529M
$35M 0.19%
1,490,868
+632,494
+74% +$18M
AMTD
103
DELISTED
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp
AMTD
$34.9M 0.19%
1,333,453
+245,143
+23% +$6.52M
ES icon
104
Eversource Energy
ES
$28.1B
$34.3M 0.19%
831,738
+155,053
+23% +$6.56M
FCX icon
105
Freeport-McMoran
FCX
$89.3B
$34.3M 0.19%
1,035,755
+166,661
+19% +$5.09M
CVS icon
106
CVS Health
CVS
$137B
$34.2M 0.19%
601,996
-29,235
-5% -$1.74M
PPLI
107
People Inc
PPLI
$3.12B
$34M 0.18%
3,478,559
+746,708
+27% +$6.82M
WPZ
108
DELISTED
WILLIAMS PARTNERS L.P. COM UTS REPTG L.P. INT
WPZ
$33.9M 0.18%
681,432
+57,789
+9% +$2.77M
ITC
109
DELISTED
ITC HOLDINGS CORP
ITC
$33.8M 0.18%
1,079,769
+231,918
+27% +$7.04M
EEQ
110
DELISTED
Enbridge Energy Management Llc
EEQ
$33.7M 0.18%
1,844,877
+294,662
+19% +$5.62M
CINF icon
111
Cincinnati Financial
CINF
$28.1B
$33.7M 0.18%
713,838
+78,838
+12% +$3.76M
FLG
112
Flagstar Bank National Association
FLG
$5.75B
$33.5M 0.18%
738,857
+32,097
+5% +$1.44M
TTE icon
113
TotalEnergies
TTE
$192B
$33.3M 0.18%
575,377
-3,993
-0.7% -$216K
EQNR icon
114
Equinor
EQNR
$96.2B
$33M 0.18%
1,456,900
+5,584
+0.4% +$122K
JAZZ icon
115
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
JAZZ
$15.9B
$32.9M 0.18%
+358,172
New +$28.9M
WEC icon
116
WEC Energy
WEC
$37.6B
$32.9M 0.18%
813,798
+66,559
+9% +$2.77M
EXAS
117
DELISTED
Exact Sciences
EXAS
$32.8M 0.18%
+2,781,575
New +$35.7M
AGN
118
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
$32.8M 0.18%
227,641
+65,818
+41% +$8.77M
FMER
119
DELISTED
FIRSTMERIT CORP
FMER
$32.7M 0.18%
1,503,313
-100,420
-6% -$2.18M
NKTR icon
120
Nektar Therapeutics
NKTR
$2.38B
$32.6M 0.18%
208,337
+59,624
+40% +$11M
WDC icon
121
Western Digital
WDC
$178B
$32.6M 0.18%
679,302
+86,515
+15% +$4.27M
ETFC
122
DELISTED
E*Trade Financial Corporation
ETFC
$32.5M 0.18%
1,970,211
+146,512
+8% +$2.19M
ALL icon
123
Allstate
ALL
$66.7B
$32.5M 0.18%
642,917
+33,840
+6% +$1.7M
ELV icon
124
Elevance Health
ELV
$82B
$32M 0.17%
383,291
-24,277
-6% -$2.08M
MDLZ icon
125
Mondelez International
MDLZ
$77.7B
$32M 0.17%
1,017,689
+120,360
+13% +$3.73M
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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.