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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
+0.02%
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
$25.4B
AUM Growth
+$1.36B
Cap. Flow
+$1.79B
Cap. Flow %
7.02%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.49%
Holding
2,395
New
190
Increased
1,204
Reduced
817
Closed
179

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 17.5%
2 Technology 12.73%
3 Consumer Discretionary 10.13%
4 Industrials 9.54%
5 Consumer Staples 7.8%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
SAM icon
1926
Boston Beer
SAM
$1.88B
$509K ﹤0.01%
2,297
-1,724
-43% -$386K
STM icon
1927
STMicroelectronics
STM
$46B
$508K ﹤0.01%
66,062
-30,477
-32% -$254K
PMC
1928
DELISTED
PharMerica Corporation
PMC
$508K ﹤0.01%
20,778
-17,801
-46% -$472K
CUBI icon
1929
Customers Bancorp
CUBI
$2.59B
$507K ﹤0.01%
28,208
+13,505
+92% +$256K
ARGO
1930
DELISTED
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
ARGO
$506K ﹤0.01%
+13,997
New +$523K
ARLP icon
1931
Alliance Resource Partners
ARLP
$3.18B
$505K ﹤0.01%
11,793
+531
+5% +$25.3K
ASRT
1932
DELISTED
Assertio
ASRT
$504K ﹤0.01%
+553
New +$444K
FUL icon
1933
H.B. Fuller
FUL
$3B
$504K ﹤0.01%
12,704
+2,556
+25% +$116K
AME icon
1934
Ametek
AME
$55.5B
$503K ﹤0.01%
+10,015
New +$520K
CCOI icon
1935
Cogent Communications
CCOI
$594M
$503K ﹤0.01%
14,963
+3,404
+29% +$116K
PZZA icon
1936
Papa John's
PZZA
$999M
$501K ﹤0.01%
12,518
-35,236
-74% -$1.44M
MRH
1937
DELISTED
MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD
MRH
$500K ﹤0.01%
16,089
+424
+3% +$13.3K
PWRD
1938
DELISTED
PERFECT WORLD CO LTD SPONSORED ADR REPSTG CL B (CAYMAN ISL)
PWRD
$498K ﹤0.01%
25,289
+2,773
+12% +$57.2K
ALX
1939
Alexander's
ALX
$1.4B
$497K ﹤0.01%
1,330
+491
+59% +$189K
POWR
1940
DELISTED
POWERSECURE INTL INC COM STK (DE)
POWR
$496K ﹤0.01%
51,820
-33,818
-39% -$346K
BUSE icon
1941
First Busey Corp
BUSE
$2.52B
$491K ﹤0.01%
29,400
-666
-2% -$11.3K
POOL icon
1942
Pool Corp
POOL
$6.7B
$490K ﹤0.01%
9,084
-14,888
-62% -$829K
ROCK icon
1943
Gibraltar Industries
ROCK
$1.34B
$490K ﹤0.01%
+35,825
New +$549K
KRNY icon
1944
Kearny Financial
KRNY
$592M
$489K ﹤0.01%
50,589
+319
+0.6% +$3.48K
TY icon
1945
TRI-Continental Corp
TY
$1.86B
$489K ﹤0.01%
23,454
+640
+3% +$13.5K
WSBC icon
1946
WesBanco
WSBC
$3.95B
$488K ﹤0.01%
15,951
-121
-0.8% -$3.7K
MORN icon
1947
Morningstar
MORN
$6.56B
$486K ﹤0.01%
7,158
+1,169
+20% +$80K
LOGI icon
1948
Logitech
LOGI
$15.2B
$485K ﹤0.01%
37,815
+4,357
+13% +$59.3K
KOP icon
1949
Koppers
KOP
$966M
$483K ﹤0.01%
14,561
+1,695
+13% +$61.5K
IQI icon
1950
Invesco Quality Municipal Securities
IQI
$526M
$481K ﹤0.01%
39,711
-213
-0.5% -$2.59K

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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, First Trust Advisors held 2,395 positions worth $25.4B, up 5.6% from $24.1B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.5% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $1.79B of net new capital in Q3 2014, opening 190 new positions and adding to 1,204 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Pilgrim's Pride: 2,668,440 shares worth $81.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 16% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was SAFEWAY INC, an estimated $66.7M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2014 buy was Pilgrim's Pride: 2,668,440 shares worth $81.5M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to MALLINCKRODT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY in Q3 2014, an estimated $91.5M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was SAFEWAY INC, cutting an estimated $66.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited INTERMUNE INC in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $90M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 6.5% of its $25.4B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 190 new positions and closed 179 in Q3 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 5.6% quarter-over-quarter to $25.4B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 12 Nov 2014.