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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

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$61.4M
2
CPHD
Cepheid Inc
CPHD
+$41.4M
3
EXAS
Exact Sciences
EXAS
+$35.7M
4
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$34.7M
5
ILMN icon
Illumina
ILMN
+$34.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
SFD
SMITHFIELD FOODS,INC
SFD
+$32M
2
AFFX
Affymetrix Inc
AFFX
+$28.7M
3
LIFE
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE)
LIFE
+$28.4M
4
BRKR icon
Bruker
BRKR
+$18.3M
5
TMUS icon
T-Mobile US
TMUS
+$18.2M

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
HASI icon
2176
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital
HASI
$4.9B
$223K ﹤0.01%
+19,534
New +$230K
GCAP
2177
DELISTED
Gain Capital Holdings, Inc.
GCAP
$223K ﹤0.01%
+17,724
New +$140K
BNCL
2178
DELISTED
Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.
BNCL
$219K ﹤0.01%
24,171
+11,437
+90% +$95K
AMRS
2179
DELISTED
Amyris Inc.
AMRS
$218K ﹤0.01%
6,283
+285
+5% +$11.6K
TCF
2180
DELISTED
TCF Financial Corporation Common Stock
TCF
$214K ﹤0.01%
+7,680
New +$219K
UHT
2181
Universal Health Realty Income Trust
UHT
$608M
$213K ﹤0.01%
5,099
-15,219
-75% -$647K
CULP icon
2182
Culp Inc
CULP
$45M
$211K ﹤0.01%
+11,292
New +$212K
ERC
2183
Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund
ERC
$255M
$210K ﹤0.01%
14,818
-6,690
-31% -$94.8K
ORIT
2184
DELISTED
Oritani Financial Corp. New
ORIT
$208K ﹤0.01%
+12,659
New +$204K
RSE
2185
DELISTED
ROUSE PPTYS INC COM (DE)
RSE
$208K ﹤0.01%
10,094
-7,010
-41% -$140K
BSBR icon
2186
Santander
BSBR
$39.7B
$206K ﹤0.01%
30,966
+2,709
+10% +$15.8K
GTY
2187
Getty Realty Corp
GTY
$2.1B
$206K ﹤0.01%
10,714
-19,787
-65% -$390K
AIXG
2188
DELISTED
Aixtron SE
AIXG
$206K ﹤0.01%
+12,157
New +$202K
CBF
2189
DELISTED
Capital Bank Financial Corp. Class A Common Stock
CBF
$203K ﹤0.01%
+9,269
New +$187K
IJT icon
2190
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF
IJT
$8.22B
$200K ﹤0.01%
+3,696
New +$193K
VKQ icon
2191
Invesco Municipal Trust
VKQ
$536M
$200K ﹤0.01%
17,102
-703
-4% -$8.15K
TLYS icon
2192
Tilly's
TLYS
$115M
$199K ﹤0.01%
+13,738
New +$202K
UBA
2193
DELISTED
Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Class A
UBA
$199K ﹤0.01%
10,024
-8,955
-47% -$183K
BB icon
2194
BlackBerry
BB
$5.01B
$197K ﹤0.01%
24,783
+5,830
+31% +$56.6K
NFBK
2195
DELISTED
Northfield Bancorp
NFBK
$197K ﹤0.01%
+16,239
New +$196K
IAU icon
2196
iShares Gold Trust
IAU
$63B
$194K ﹤0.01%
7,529
-532
-7% -$13.7K
STM icon
2197
STMicroelectronics
STM
$46B
$192K ﹤0.01%
20,897
+835
+4% +$7.44K
GGB icon
2198
Gerdau
GGB
$9.44B
$188K ﹤0.01%
31,678
-7,633
-19% -$41.2K
OB
2199
DELISTED
Onebeacon Insurance Group Ltd
OB
$188K ﹤0.01%
12,724
+1,456
+13% +$21.2K
TBBK icon
2200
The Bancorp
TBBK
$2.79B
$184K ﹤0.01%
10,420
-38,506
-79% -$624K
86 87
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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.