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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
+9.79%
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
$18.4B
AUM Growth
+$3.08B
Cap. Flow
+$1.92B
Cap. Flow %
10.42%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.82%
Holding
2,433
New
233
Increased
1,303
Reduced
689
Closed
204

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Energy 14.05%
2 Healthcare 13.14%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.53%
4 Technology 10.57%
5 Industrials 8.46%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
THS
1876
DELISTED
Treehouse Foods
THS
$534K ﹤0.01%
7,991
-2,782
-26% -$192K
HA
1877
DELISTED
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.
HA
$534K ﹤0.01%
71,778
+6,267
+10% +$44.8K
DEST
1878
DELISTED
Destination Maternity Corporation
DEST
$534K ﹤0.01%
16,798
+1,273
+8% +$37.2K
SHOE
1879
Shoe Station Group
SHOE
$395M
$533K ﹤0.01%
39,456
+3,294
+9% +$43.2K
GWRE icon
1880
Guidewire Software
GWRE
$11.5B
$530K ﹤0.01%
11,255
+4,673
+71% +$210K
EVC icon
1881
Entravision Communication
EVC
$983M
$528K ﹤0.01%
+89,522
New +$518K
ATSG
1882
DELISTED
Air Transport Services Group
ATSG
$527K ﹤0.01%
70,342
+3,521
+5% +$23.6K
BRLI
1883
DELISTED
BIO-REFERENCE LABS INC-NEW-
BRLI
$525K ﹤0.01%
+17,582
New +$489K
ACOR
1884
DELISTED
Acorda Therapeutics
ACOR
$524K ﹤0.01%
128
+20
+19% +$86.1K
FXN icon
1885
First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund
FXN
$398M
$522K ﹤0.01%
22,758
-8,341
-27% -$188K
SONY icon
1886
Sony
SONY
$123B
$522K ﹤0.01%
121,285
-5,490
-4% -$23.3K
TCBK icon
1887
TriCo Bancshares
TCBK
$1.85B
$521K ﹤0.01%
22,856
+3,745
+20% +$81.8K
KAI icon
1888
Kadant
KAI
$3.69B
$518K ﹤0.01%
15,428
+1,289
+9% +$42.3K
NVR icon
1889
NVR
NVR
$17.2B
$518K ﹤0.01%
563
-9,452
-94% -$8.55M
USPH icon
1890
US Physical Therapy
USPH
$1.14B
$518K ﹤0.01%
16,667
+1,439
+9% +$42.5K
UTL icon
1891
Unitil
UTL
$1,000M
$518K ﹤0.01%
17,699
+1,316
+8% +$38.8K
TMH
1892
DELISTED
Team Health Holdings Inc
TMH
$518K ﹤0.01%
13,650
+5,880
+76% +$230K
FXO icon
1893
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
FXO
$1.12B
$515K ﹤0.01%
26,075
-12,456
-32% -$245K
SAFM
1894
DELISTED
Sanderson Farms Inc
SAFM
$515K ﹤0.01%
7,888
-954
-11% -$66K
CATY icon
1895
Cathay General Bancorp
CATY
$4.2B
$514K ﹤0.01%
22,001
+10,430
+90% +$241K
CFFN icon
1896
Capitol Federal Financial
CFFN
$1.08B
$513K ﹤0.01%
41,231
-36,052
-47% -$451K
YOKU
1897
DELISTED
YOUKU TUDOU INC.(CAYMAN ISLS)
YOKU
$513K ﹤0.01%
18,728
-1,204
-6% -$27.6K
DANG
1898
DELISTED
E-COMMERCE CHINA DANGDANG INC SPNSRD ADS REP COM CL A (CYM)
DANG
$511K ﹤0.01%
48,765
-3,135
-6% -$27.7K
NVO
1899
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$216B
$510K ﹤0.01%
+30,110
New +$506K
INDB icon
1900
Independent Bank
INDB
$4.05B
$509K ﹤0.01%
14,257
+2,972
+26% +$108K

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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2013 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2013, First Trust Advisors held 2,433 positions worth $18.4B, up 20% from $15.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.8% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $1.92B of net new capital in Q3 2013, opening 233 new positions and adding to 1,303 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Cepheid Inc: 1,143,034 shares worth $44.6M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Energy at 14% of assets, down from 15% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE), an estimated $28.4M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2013 buy was Cepheid Inc: 1,143,034 shares worth $44.6M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Alphabet (Google) Class C in Q3 2013, an estimated $61.4M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2013 reduction was LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE), cutting an estimated $28.4M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited SMITHFIELD FOODS,INC in Q3 2013, selling an estimated $32M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 6.8% of its $18.4B portfolio in Q3 2013.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 233 new positions and closed 204 in Q3 2013.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 20% quarter-over-quarter to $18.4B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2013, filed 12 Nov 2013.