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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
+5.51%
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
$48.2B
AUM Growth
+$4.68B
Cap. Flow
+$2.97B
Cap. Flow %
6.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.49%
Holding
2,555
New
260
Increased
1,265
Reduced
879
Closed
150

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$130M
2
OKTA icon
Okta
OKTA
+$109M
3
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$99.2M
4
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$90.4M
5
BKU icon
Bankunited
BKU
+$87.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M
2
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$99.8M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$81.2M
4
AVXS
AveXis, Inc. Common Stock
AVXS
+$75.7M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$68M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.01%
2 Financials 12.35%
3 Communication Services 11.37%
4 Healthcare 9.49%
5 Industrials 8.73%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
ILMN icon
101
Illumina
ILMN
$29.8B
$93.4M 0.19%
343,683
-11,953
-3% -$3.04M
P
102
DELISTED
Pandora Media Inc
P
$92.1M 0.19%
11,693,999
-1,822,515
-13% -$12.2M
USB icon
103
US Bancorp
USB
$98.7B
$91.7M 0.19%
1,833,473
+135,732
+8% +$6.89M
XLNX
104
DELISTED
Xilinx Inc
XLNX
$90.9M 0.19%
1,393,254
+265,842
+24% +$18.1M
CFG icon
105
Citizens Financial Group
CFG
$30.3B
$89.9M 0.19%
2,309,918
+122,562
+6% +$5.11M
NTGR icon
106
NETGEAR
NTGR
$672M
$89.8M 0.19%
1,437,340
+50,642
+4% +$3.07M
WEB
107
DELISTED
Web.com Group, Inc.
WEB
$88.3M 0.18%
3,415,902
+227,583
+7% +$4.57M
PM icon
108
Philip Morris
PM
$298B
$88.3M 0.18%
1,093,601
+159,985
+17% +$13.6M
PBCT
109
DELISTED
People's United Financial Inc
PBCT
$87.6M 0.18%
4,844,250
+1,885,432
+64% +$35.1M
VRTX icon
110
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$120B
$87.3M 0.18%
513,675
+36,704
+8% +$5.69M
SNPS icon
111
Synopsys
SNPS
$71.5B
$87M 0.18%
1,016,313
-163,353
-14% -$14.2M
AMGN icon
112
Amgen
AMGN
$201B
$86.1M 0.18%
466,428
-143,183
-23% -$25.3M
EBIX
113
DELISTED
Ebix Inc
EBIX
$86.1M 0.18%
1,128,758
+128,632
+13% +$9.86M
PSX icon
114
Phillips 66
PSX
$83B
$85.5M 0.18%
761,284
+356,258
+88% +$40.1M
AVTA
115
DELISTED
Avantax, Inc. Common Stock
AVTA
$85.3M 0.18%
2,306,393
-458,531
-17% -$14.8M
TFC icon
116
Truist Financial
TFC
$62.5B
$85M 0.18%
1,685,621
-67,301
-4% -$3.58M
DXC icon
117
DXC Technology
DXC
$1.5B
$84.8M 0.18%
+1,051,480
New +$90.4M
KO icon
118
Coca-Cola
KO
$349B
$84.7M 0.18%
1,930,412
-370,665
-16% -$16M
GRPN icon
119
Groupon
GRPN
$966M
$81.9M 0.17%
952,546
+93,049
+11% +$8.63M
VLO icon
120
Valero Energy
VLO
$90.6B
$80.5M 0.17%
726,791
+68,546
+10% +$7.69M
ASML icon
121
ASML
ASML
$693B
$80.1M 0.17%
404,616
-764
-0.2% -$153K
AFL icon
122
Aflac
AFL
$63.3B
$80.1M 0.17%
1,861,384
+638,814
+52% +$28.7M
SAP icon
123
SAP
SAP
$171B
$79.8M 0.17%
690,213
+139,749
+25% +$15.8M
OTEX icon
124
Open Text
OTEX
$5.22B
$79.1M 0.16%
2,248,225
+335,496
+18% +$11.8M
EQIX icon
125
Equinix
EQIX
$102B
$78M 0.16%
181,531
+56,438
+45% +$22.8M

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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,555 positions worth $48.2B, up 11% from $43.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.97B of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 260 new positions and adding to 1,265 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.

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

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Intel, an estimated $116M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2018 buy was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Bankunited in Q2 2018, an estimated $87.7M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Intel, cutting an estimated $116M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited AveXis, Inc. Common Stock in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $75.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $48.2B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 260 new positions and closed 150 in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $48.2B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 2 Aug 2018.