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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
+3.22%
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
$113B
AUM Growth
+$8.48B
Cap. Flow
+$7.88B
Cap. Flow %
6.94%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.79%
Holding
2,679
New
324
Increased
1,251
Reduced
973
Closed
127

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
FXO icon
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
FXO
+$825M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$244M
3
BRO icon
Brown & Brown
BRO
+$216M
4
ACGL icon
Arch Capital
ACGL
+$216M
5
AON icon
Aon
AON
+$194M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
FTXL icon
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
+$832M
2
LPLA icon
LPL Financial
LPLA
+$290M
3
CMI icon
Cummins
CMI
+$235M
4
RJF icon
Raymond James Financial
RJF
+$228M
5
WRB icon
W.R. Berkley
WRB
+$194M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 28.35%
2 Financials 15.79%
3 Industrials 13.28%
4 Consumer Discretionary 8.71%
5 Healthcare 6.59%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
LMT icon
126
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$134B
$231M 0.2%
475,488
-30,486
-6% -$16.6M
PWR icon
127
Quanta Services
PWR
$93.9B
$229M 0.2%
725,453
+254,640
+54% +$81.9M
ACGL icon
128
Arch Capital
ACGL
$36.1B
$227M 0.2%
2,462,382
+2,139,782
+663% +$216M
GD icon
129
General Dynamics
GD
$105B
$227M 0.2%
861,800
+40,567
+5% +$11.7M
NOC icon
130
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$77B
$226M 0.2%
482,112
+371,814
+337% +$187M
EME icon
131
Emcor
EME
$33.1B
$225M 0.2%
496,436
+129,186
+35% +$61.1M
UPS icon
132
United Parcel Service
UPS
$97.6B
$223M 0.2%
1,767,781
+66,917
+4% +$8.81M
IEX icon
133
IDEX
IEX
$16.5B
$221M 0.19%
1,056,677
+105,960
+11% +$23.2M
ROST icon
134
Ross Stores
ROST
$76.6B
$221M 0.19%
1,458,963
+1,173,607
+411% +$173M
INTU icon
135
Intuit
INTU
$81.1B
$219M 0.19%
348,300
-474
-0.1% -$303K
RNR icon
136
RenaissanceRe
RNR
$13.7B
$215M 0.19%
864,252
+710,698
+463% +$191M
NTNX icon
137
Nutanix
NTNX
$14.9B
$214M 0.19%
3,498,768
+297,754
+9% +$19.5M
MCO icon
138
Moody's
MCO
$81.7B
$212M 0.19%
447,061
+29,003
+7% +$13.8M
EA icon
139
Electronic Arts
EA
$52.4B
$211M 0.19%
1,440,205
-21,890
-1% -$3.37M
CPRT icon
140
Copart
CPRT
$25.9B
$206M 0.18%
3,597,657
-3,355,261
-48% -$191M
RBRK icon
141
Rubrik
RBRK
$15.1B
$206M 0.18%
3,156,035
+662,914
+27% +$32.7M
OTEX icon
142
Open Text
OTEX
$5.43B
$206M 0.18%
7,275,908
+632,437
+10% +$19.5M
DELL icon
143
Dell
DELL
$283B
$206M 0.18%
1,786,620
+293,274
+20% +$36.8M
COR icon
144
Cencora
COR
$60.3B
$205M 0.18%
913,867
+16,162
+2% +$3.8M
ROP icon
145
Roper Technologies
ROP
$36.3B
$204M 0.18%
392,960
+8,865
+2% +$4.87M
ABNB icon
146
Airbnb
ABNB
$83.7B
$203M 0.18%
1,544,123
-125,247
-8% -$16.9M
SYK icon
147
Stryker
SYK
$127B
$203M 0.18%
563,505
-12,852
-2% -$4.76M
NTAP icon
148
NetApp
NTAP
$32.9B
$202M 0.18%
1,744,058
+135,751
+8% +$16.6M
ETN icon
149
Eaton
ETN
$157B
$201M 0.18%
605,803
-4,730
-0.8% -$1.66M
WMS icon
150
Advanced Drainage Systems
WMS
$10.9B
$200M 0.18%
1,732,827
+544,109
+46% +$75.5M
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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2024 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2024, First Trust Advisors held 2,679 positions worth $113B, up 8.1% from $105B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.8% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $7.88B of net new capital in Q4 2024, opening 324 new positions and adding to 1,251 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 28% of assets, down from 29% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was LPL Financial, an estimated $290M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2024 buy was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Microsoft in Q4 2024, an estimated $244M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2024 reduction was LPL Financial, cutting an estimated $290M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF in Q4 2024, selling an estimated $832M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 9.8% of its $113B portfolio in Q4 2024.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 324 new positions and closed 127 in Q4 2024.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 8.1% quarter-over-quarter to $113B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2024, filed 13 Feb 2025.