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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
-14.59%
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
$42.2B
AUM Growth
-$11.5B
Cap. Flow
-$3.23B
Cap. Flow %
-7.66%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.17%
Holding
2,571
New
151
Increased
924
Reduced
1,316
Closed
179

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.89%
2 Healthcare 14.55%
3 Financials 10.41%
4 Communication Services 10.07%
5 Consumer Discretionary 7.97%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
OCFC icon
1776
OceanFirst Financial
OCFC
$1.7B
$1.16M ﹤0.01%
51,322
-18,571
-27% -$465K
SITE icon
1777
SiteOne Landscape Supply
SITE
$4.43B
$1.15M ﹤0.01%
20,873
-75,587
-78% -$4.74M
CTRL
1778
DELISTED
Control4 Corporation
CTRL
$1.15M ﹤0.01%
65,211
+5,218
+9% +$124K
TEN
1779
DELISTED
Tenneco Inc. Class A Voting Common Stock
TEN
$1.15M ﹤0.01%
41,849
-28,119
-40% -$941K
ZIXI
1780
DELISTED
Zix Corporation
ZIXI
$1.15M ﹤0.01%
199,778
+7,924
+4% +$47.2K
PRDO icon
1781
Perdoceo Education
PRDO
$1.9B
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
+100,177
New +$1.33M
NIC icon
1782
Nicolet Bankshares
NIC
$3.57B
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
23,422
-1,956
-8% -$101K
NCOM
1783
DELISTED
National Commerce Corporation
NCOM
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
31,679
-24,780
-44% -$943K
KNL
1784
DELISTED
Knoll, Inc.
KNL
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
69,004
-40,410
-37% -$790K
ATRI
1785
DELISTED
Atrion Corp
ATRI
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
1,533
-3,501
-70% -$2.5M
NSIT icon
1786
Insight Enterprises
NSIT
$3.55B
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
27,856
-23,168
-45% -$1.07M
DORM icon
1787
Dorman Products
DORM
$4.01B
$1.13M ﹤0.01%
12,568
-11,683
-48% -$934K
ENTG icon
1788
Entegris
ENTG
$19.7B
$1.13M ﹤0.01%
40,486
-119,806
-75% -$3.24M
IRWD icon
1789
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
IRWD
$611M
$1.13M ﹤0.01%
130,059
-77,311
-37% -$887K
SNLN
1790
DELISTED
Highland/iBoxx Senior Loan ETF
SNLN
$1.13M ﹤0.01%
65,654
-1,422
-2% -$25.4K
PAGS icon
1791
PagSeguro Digital
PAGS
$2.57B
$1.12M ﹤0.01%
59,970
-18,442
-24% -$452K
PJT icon
1792
PJT Partners
PJT
$4.37B
$1.11M ﹤0.01%
+28,767
New +$1.29M
XRAY icon
1793
Dentsply Sirona
XRAY
$2.59B
$1.11M ﹤0.01%
29,972
-181,402
-86% -$6.6M
CUBE icon
1794
CubeSmart
CUBE
$9.53B
$1.11M ﹤0.01%
38,797
-134,080
-78% -$3.94M
LOPE icon
1795
Grand Canyon Education
LOPE
$3.71B
$1.1M ﹤0.01%
11,471
-44,702
-80% -$5.2M
MUI
1796
DELISTED
BlackRock Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
MUI
$1.1M ﹤0.01%
86,984
-29,053
-25% -$366K
MINI
1797
DELISTED
Mobile Mini Inc
MINI
$1.09M ﹤0.01%
34,464
-49,102
-59% -$1.9M
HRI icon
1798
Herc Holdings
HRI
$5.43B
$1.09M ﹤0.01%
41,985
+2,273
+6% +$79.2K
TCBK icon
1799
TriCo Bancshares
TCBK
$1.85B
$1.09M ﹤0.01%
32,284
-11,710
-27% -$421K
BFS
1800
Saul Centers
BFS
$875M
$1.09M ﹤0.01%
23,077
+3,443
+18% +$176K

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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,571 positions worth $42.2B, down 21% from $53.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 13% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors withdrew a net $3.23B in Q4 2018, closing 179 positions and reducing 1,316 holdings. Its most notable exit was First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund, an estimated $703M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, down from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

Against the trend, First Trust Advisors opened a new position in First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund worth $516M.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2018 buy was First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund: 7,493,230 shares worth $516M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to NXP Semiconductors in Q4 2018, an estimated $69.9M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2018 reduction was Twitter, Inc., cutting an estimated $99.3M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund in Q4 2018, selling an estimated $703M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 13% of its $42.2B portfolio in Q4 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 151 new positions and closed 179 in Q4 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value fell 21% quarter-over-quarter to $42.2B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 7 Feb 2019.