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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
+3.35%
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
$37.5B
AUM Growth
+$1.39B
Cap. Flow
+$541M
Cap. Flow %
1.45%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.2%
Holding
2,559
New
188
Increased
989
Reduced
1,179
Closed
200

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$154M
2
BICK
First Trust BICK Index Fund
BICK
+$132M
3
FDT icon
First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund
FDT
+$131M
4
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$103M
5
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
+$97.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
YHOO
Yahoo Inc
YHOO
+$230M
2
FLN icon
First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund
FLN
+$109M
3
FBZ
First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund
FBZ
+$109M
4
MRK icon
Merck
MRK
+$95.1M
5
ETR icon
Entergy
ETR
+$80.4M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 18.5%
2 Financials 12.26%
3 Healthcare 9.59%
4 Industrials 9.56%
5 Communication Services 9.52%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
UGI icon
151
UGI
UGI
$7.92B
$54.7M 0.15%
1,130,817
+959,950
+562% +$47.7M
BAX icon
152
Baxter International
BAX
$11.2B
$54.6M 0.15%
901,409
-45,616
-5% -$2.59M
REGN icon
153
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
REGN
$68.3B
$54.2M 0.14%
110,424
+16,638
+18% +$7.28M
MTB icon
154
M&T Bank
MTB
$35.6B
$53.9M 0.14%
332,679
+19,190
+6% +$3.03M
WEC icon
155
WEC Energy
WEC
$37.4B
$53.8M 0.14%
877,037
+17,502
+2% +$1.08M
JNJ icon
156
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$624B
$53.1M 0.14%
401,238
-49,233
-11% -$6.28M
DAL icon
157
Delta Air Lines
DAL
$53.9B
$52.9M 0.14%
984,648
+84,464
+9% +$4.14M
IDXX icon
158
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$42.5B
$52.7M 0.14%
326,751
-15,088
-4% -$2.45M
WMT icon
159
Walmart Inc
WMT
$863B
$52.2M 0.14%
2,068,107
+15,261
+0.7% +$387K
ATVI
160
DELISTED
Activision Blizzard
ATVI
$52.2M 0.14%
906,032
+476,031
+111% +$26.3M
BOX icon
161
Box
BOX
$3.92B
$52.2M 0.14%
2,859,338
+697,214
+32% +$12.6M
WEB
162
DELISTED
Web.com Group, Inc.
WEB
$51.7M 0.14%
2,043,114
+153,546
+8% +$3.25M
EGHT icon
163
8x8 Inc
EGHT
$228M
$51.4M 0.14%
3,535,356
+784,916
+29% +$11.1M
GLW icon
164
Corning
GLW
$134B
$51M 0.14%
1,695,851
+22,505
+1% +$647K
EQIX icon
165
Equinix
EQIX
$102B
$50.9M 0.14%
118,542
+15,330
+15% +$6.5M
PBCT
166
DELISTED
People's United Financial Inc
PBCT
$50.5M 0.13%
2,859,169
+257,579
+10% +$4.48M
VLO icon
167
Valero Energy
VLO
$90.6B
$50.3M 0.13%
744,989
-168,970
-18% -$11M
AGIO icon
168
Agios Pharmaceuticals
AGIO
$2.16B
$50.1M 0.13%
973,870
+334,291
+52% +$17.1M
ALNY icon
169
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
ALNY
$35.9B
$50M 0.13%
626,331
-67,853
-10% -$4.34M
NTGR icon
170
NETGEAR
NTGR
$672M
$49.8M 0.13%
1,154,306
+295,823
+34% +$13.5M
FTR
171
DELISTED
Frontier Communications Corp.
FTR
$49.6M 0.13%
2,849,466
+1,434,841
+101% +$32.9M
KITE
172
DELISTED
Kite Pharma, Inc.
KITE
$49.4M 0.13%
476,952
-133,620
-22% -$10.9M
FNF icon
173
Fidelity National Financial
FNF
$13.1B
$49.2M 0.13%
1,582,374
-251,222
-14% -$7.24M
GD icon
174
General Dynamics
GD
$103B
$48.9M 0.13%
246,956
+56,509
+30% +$11.1M
SGEN
175
DELISTED
Seagen Inc. Common Stock
SGEN
$48.5M 0.13%
937,383
+231,462
+33% +$14.7M
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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, First Trust Advisors held 2,559 positions worth $37.5B, up 3.8% from $36.1B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 12% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors's Q2 2017 filing shows 188 new, 989 increased, 1,179 reduced and 200 closed positions. Its largest new stake was First Trust BICK Index Fund: 5,196,462 shares worth $135M. The largest sale was Yahoo Inc, an estimated $230M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 18% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2017 buy was First Trust BICK Index Fund: 5,196,462 shares worth $135M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to ExxonMobil in Q2 2017, an estimated $154M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was Merck, cutting an estimated $95.1M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Yahoo Inc in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $230M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 12% of its $37.5B portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 188 new positions and closed 200 in Q2 2017.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 3.8% quarter-over-quarter to $37.5B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 2 Aug 2017.