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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
+7.26%
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
$29.6B
AUM Growth
+$4.22B
Cap. Flow
+$2.91B
Cap. Flow %
9.83%
Top 10 Hldgs %
7.91%
Holding
2,390
New
174
Increased
1,221
Reduced
844
Closed
147
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
UFI icon
2151
UNIFI
UFI
$117M
$222K ﹤0.01%
7,468
-830
-10% -$23K
PATK icon
2152
Patrick Industries
PATK
$2.8B
$221K ﹤0.01%
16,939
-1,910
-10% -$24.2K
EMBJ
2153
Embraer S.A. ADS
EMBJ
$11.6B
$220K ﹤0.01%
5,968
-1,644
-22% -$60.5K
SODA
2154
DELISTED
SodaStream International Ltd
SODA
$220K ﹤0.01%
10,916
-947
-8% -$20.7K
VALE icon
2155
Vale
VALE
$62.9B
$218K ﹤0.01%
26,698
+7,504
+39% +$70.3K
PSTB
2156
DELISTED
Park Sterling Corp.
PSTB
$217K ﹤0.01%
29,556
+5,126
+21% +$36.6K
UVSP icon
2157
Univest Financial
UVSP
$1.23B
$216K ﹤0.01%
+10,686
New +$212K
RCAP
2158
DELISTED
RCS CAPITAL CORPORATION CLASS A COM
RCAP
$214K ﹤0.01%
17,495
-1,481
-8% -$21.1K
COKE icon
2159
Coca-Cola Consolidated
COKE
$12.3B
$212K ﹤0.01%
+24,040
New +$207K
PFC
2160
DELISTED
Premier Financial Corp. Common Stock
PFC
$210K ﹤0.01%
+12,314
New +$187K
CTWS
2161
DELISTED
Connecticut Water Service Inc
CTWS
$210K ﹤0.01%
5,777
-522
-8% -$18.3K
SCLN
2162
DELISTED
Sciclone Pharmaceuticals Inc
SCLN
$210K ﹤0.01%
24,019
-2,357
-9% -$19.1K
IIIN icon
2163
Insteel Industries
IIIN
$633M
$209K ﹤0.01%
+8,884
New +$198K
NTLS
2164
DELISTED
NTELOS HLDGS CORP COM
NTLS
$209K ﹤0.01%
49,778
+5,185
+12% +$40.9K
MDR
2165
DELISTED
McDermott International
MDR
$208K ﹤0.01%
23,827
+12,927
+119% +$145K
BMRC icon
2166
Bank of Marin Bancorp
BMRC
$466M
$206K ﹤0.01%
+7,820
New +$194K
SYT
2167
DELISTED
Syngenta Ag
SYT
$206K ﹤0.01%
+3,206
New +$202K
CIEN icon
2168
Ciena
CIEN
$55.3B
$204K ﹤0.01%
10,504
-53,681
-84% -$896K
NNBR icon
2169
NN Inc
NNBR
$272M
$203K ﹤0.01%
9,855
-237
-2% -$5.09K
OMN
2170
DELISTED
OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
OMN
$201K ﹤0.01%
24,652
-2,234
-8% -$15.2K
CNQ icon
2171
Canadian Natural Resources
CNQ
$96.9B
$200K ﹤0.01%
13,417
-25,269
-65% -$413K
FCBC icon
2172
First Community Bankshares
FCBC
$915M
$200K ﹤0.01%
12,128
+2,102
+21% +$33.2K
NOG icon
2173
Northern Oil and Gas
NOG
$2.3B
$199K ﹤0.01%
3,516
-5,989
-63% -$575K
BHR
2174
Braemar Hotels & Resorts
BHR
$153M
$196K ﹤0.01%
+11,560
New +$192K
TSC
2175
DELISTED
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.
TSC
$194K ﹤0.01%
18,922
+3,279
+21% +$32.5K

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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2014, First Trust Advisors held 2,390 positions worth $29.6B, up 17% from $25.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 7.9% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.91B of net new capital in Q4 2014, opening 174 new positions and adding to 1,221 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: 857,683 shares worth $83.2M.

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

On the sell side, the largest reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, an estimated $120M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2014 buy was Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: 857,683 shares worth $83.2M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF in Q4 2014, an estimated $184M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2014 reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, cutting an estimated $120M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Immunogen Inc in Q4 2014, selling an estimated $61.5M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 7.9% of its $29.6B portfolio in Q4 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 174 new positions and closed 147 in Q4 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 17% quarter-over-quarter to $29.6B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2014, filed 13 Feb 2015.