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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
WMB icon
1226
Williams Companies
WMB
$90.5B
$2.99M 0.01%
66,483
-95,311
-59% -$4.87M
LSI
1227
DELISTED
Life Storage, Inc.
LSI
$2.98M 0.01%
51,305
-4,423
-8% -$246K
PPS
1228
DELISTED
Post Properties
PPS
$2.98M 0.01%
50,670
+7,905
+18% +$445K
ADTN icon
1229
Adtran
ADTN
$798M
$2.97M 0.01%
136,341
+62,327
+84% +$1.28M
RSP icon
1230
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
RSP
$96.1B
$2.96M 0.01%
37,016
-8,142
-18% -$633K
LECO icon
1231
Lincoln Electric
LECO
$13.8B
$2.95M 0.01%
42,655
-14,688
-26% -$1.03M
TFSL icon
1232
TFS Financial
TFSL
$5.1B
$2.94M 0.01%
197,848
+32,568
+20% +$481K
MGLN
1233
DELISTED
Magellan Health Services, Inc.
MGLN
$2.94M 0.01%
49,011
+3,886
+9% +$229K
OUTR
1234
DELISTED
OUTERWALL INC
OUTR
$2.93M 0.01%
39,006
-9,582
-20% -$614K
APOG icon
1235
Apogee Enterprises
APOG
$850M
$2.93M 0.01%
69,175
+3,989
+6% +$170K
HVT icon
1236
Haverty Furniture Companies
HVT
$401M
$2.92M 0.01%
132,867
+10,067
+8% +$216K
POWI icon
1237
Power Integrations
POWI
$3.54B
$2.9M 0.01%
112,294
-6,174
-5% -$157K
KELYA icon
1238
Kelly Services Class A
KELYA
$526M
$2.89M 0.01%
169,834
+6,125
+4% +$99K
TG icon
1239
Tredegar Corp
TG
$268M
$2.89M 0.01%
128,372
+18,917
+17% +$356K
IWV icon
1240
iShares Russell 3000 ETF
IWV
$19.5B
$2.88M 0.01%
+23,534
New +$2.81M
TX icon
1241
Ternium
TX
$9.29B
$2.87M 0.01%
162,842
+152,037
+1,407% +$3.06M
RAIL icon
1242
FreightCar America
RAIL
$275M
$2.86M 0.01%
108,868
+3,769
+4% +$114K
SABR icon
1243
Sabre
SABR
$656M
$2.86M 0.01%
141,154
+873
+0.6% +$15.8K
GTIV
1244
DELISTED
GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC
GTIV
$2.85M 0.01%
149,692
-21,670
-13% -$414K
CAL icon
1245
Caleres
CAL
$396M
$2.85M 0.01%
88,686
+20,860
+31% +$605K
HTLD icon
1246
Heartland Express
HTLD
$1.11B
$2.85M 0.01%
105,570
+32,271
+44% +$816K
DRH icon
1247
Diamondrock Hospitality Co
DRH
$2.63B
$2.84M 0.01%
191,025
-14,068
-7% -$200K
HNGR
1248
DELISTED
Hanger Inc.
HNGR
$2.84M 0.01%
129,693
+63,043
+95% +$1.37M
HPY
1249
DELISTED
HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. COM STK
HPY
$2.84M 0.01%
52,640
+39,157
+290% +$2.06M
PVTB
1250
DELISTED
PrivateBancorp Inc
PVTB
$2.83M 0.01%
84,892
+42,181
+99% +$1.32M

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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.