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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
+5.51%
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
$48.2B
AUM Growth
+$4.68B
Cap. Flow
+$2.97B
Cap. Flow %
6.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.49%
Holding
2,555
New
260
Increased
1,265
Reduced
879
Closed
150

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$130M
2
OKTA icon
Okta
OKTA
+$109M
3
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$99.2M
4
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$90.4M
5
BKU icon
Bankunited
BKU
+$87.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M
2
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$99.8M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$81.2M
4
AVXS
AveXis, Inc. Common Stock
AVXS
+$75.7M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$68M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.01%
2 Financials 12.35%
3 Communication Services 11.37%
4 Healthcare 9.49%
5 Industrials 8.73%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
HTH icon
1951
Hilltop Holdings
HTH
$2.29B
$959K ﹤0.01%
43,431
-1,739
-4% -$40.5K
SP
1952
DELISTED
SP Plus Corporation
SP
$958K ﹤0.01%
25,756
+3,970
+18% +$146K
BSRR icon
1953
Sierra Bancorp
BSRR
$548M
$956K ﹤0.01%
33,837
+5,658
+20% +$160K
CSW
1954
CSW Industrials
CSW
$4.71B
$956K ﹤0.01%
18,098
+2,758
+18% +$131K
MERC icon
1955
Mercer International
MERC
$44.9M
$956K ﹤0.01%
54,654
+8,441
+18% +$127K
IRWD icon
1956
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
IRWD
$611M
$952K ﹤0.01%
+59,454
New +$880K
PKO
1957
DELISTED
Pimco Income Opportunity Fund
PKO
$952K ﹤0.01%
34,859
+512
+1% +$13.9K
IYC icon
1958
iShares US Consumer Discretionary ETF
IYC
$1.12B
$949K ﹤0.01%
19,584
+1,644
+9% +$77.4K
FUL icon
1959
H.B. Fuller
FUL
$3B
$943K ﹤0.01%
17,565
-20,370
-54% -$1.06M
ALTA
1960
DELISTED
Altabancorp
ALTA
$943K ﹤0.01%
26,403
+5,323
+25% +$183K
NGHC
1961
DELISTED
National General Holdings Corp
NGHC
$942K ﹤0.01%
35,773
-76,377
-68% -$2M
BFX
1962
DELISTED
BowFlex Inc.
BFX
$940K ﹤0.01%
59,864
+30,284
+102% +$460K
CRS icon
1963
Carpenter Technology
CRS
$30B
$939K ﹤0.01%
17,870
-9,488
-35% -$513K
MMS icon
1964
Maximus
MMS
$3.14B
$937K ﹤0.01%
15,084
-14,257
-49% -$924K
BCPC
1965
Balchem Corp
BCPC
$5.23B
$936K ﹤0.01%
9,537
+2,287
+32% +$213K
AGM icon
1966
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
AGM
$2.27B
$934K ﹤0.01%
10,441
+1,629
+18% +$146K
DBD
1967
DELISTED
Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated
DBD
$933K ﹤0.01%
78,063
+40,981
+111% +$548K
ANGO icon
1968
AngioDynamics
ANGO
$562M
$928K ﹤0.01%
41,709
+6,414
+18% +$131K
WTM icon
1969
White Mountains Insurance
WTM
$5.47B
$924K ﹤0.01%
+1,019
New +$898K
COKE icon
1970
Coca-Cola Consolidated
COKE
$12.3B
$923K ﹤0.01%
68,320
-39,440
-37% -$582K
LBC
1971
DELISTED
Luther Burbank Corporation Common Stock
LBC
$920K ﹤0.01%
+79,948
New +$983K
SNEX icon
1972
StoneX
SNEX
$8.83B
$918K ﹤0.01%
89,905
+13,846
+18% +$130K
EOT
1973
Eaton Vance National Municipal Opportunities Trust
EOT
$267M
$913K ﹤0.01%
44,686
+236
+0.5% +$4.81K
COHU icon
1974
Cohu
COHU
$2.39B
$906K ﹤0.01%
36,967
+3,820
+12% +$90K
KFRC icon
1975
Kforce
KFRC
$983M
$904K ﹤0.01%
26,363
+3,737
+17% +$118K

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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,555 positions worth $48.2B, up 11% from $43.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.97B of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 260 new positions and adding to 1,265 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 23% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Communication Services.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Intel, an estimated $116M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2018 buy was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Bankunited in Q2 2018, an estimated $87.7M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Intel, cutting an estimated $116M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited AveXis, Inc. Common Stock in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $75.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $48.2B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 260 new positions and closed 150 in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $48.2B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 2 Aug 2018.