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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
APC
201
DELISTED
Anadarko Petroleum
APC
$22.4M 0.12%
240,616
-46,876
-16% -$4.26M
ETR icon
202
Entergy
ETR
$54.1B
$22.3M 0.12%
707,112
+77,728
+12% +$2.58M
HP icon
203
Helmerich & Payne
HP
$3.53B
$22.2M 0.12%
322,526
+29,888
+10% +$1.97M
BBG
204
DELISTED
Bill Barrett Corp
BBG
$22.1M 0.12%
881,951
-40,872
-4% -$919K
ATVI
205
DELISTED
Activision Blizzard
ATVI
$22.1M 0.12%
1,326,505
+288,021
+28% +$4.76M
CMCSA icon
206
Comcast
CMCSA
$79.7B
$22.1M 0.12%
979,172
-50,758
-5% -$1.11M
RDS.A
207
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$22.1M 0.12%
336,024
+17,634
+6% +$1.15M
HRC
208
DELISTED
HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
HRC
$22.1M 0.12%
615,648
+89,354
+17% +$3.16M
AMAT icon
209
Applied Materials
AMAT
$426B
$22M 0.12%
1,253,517
+481,865
+62% +$7.69M
PVA
210
DELISTED
PENN VIRGINIA CORP
PVA
$22M 0.12%
3,301,554
-942,497
-22% -$4.91M
GEN icon
211
Gen Digital
GEN
$15.6B
$21.9M 0.12%
885,870
+113,238
+15% +$2.84M
NEM icon
212
Newmont
NEM
$99.5B
$21.9M 0.12%
778,850
+238,959
+44% +$7.08M
LIFE
213
DELISTED
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM STK (DE)
LIFE
$21.9M 0.12%
292,435
-380,759
-57% -$28.4M
SGY
214
DELISTED
Stone Energy
SGY
$21.8M 0.12%
11,845
+10,868
+1,112% +$16.9M
RTN
215
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$21.8M 0.12%
282,517
-10,970
-4% -$814K
VEON icon
216
VEON
VEON
$3.53B
$21.7M 0.12%
73,980
+9,524
+15% +$2.54M
HRL icon
217
Hormel Foods
HRL
$13.9B
$21.7M 0.12%
1,029,196
-822,462
-44% -$17.3M
NS
218
DELISTED
NuStar Energy L.P.
NS
$21.6M 0.12%
538,745
-166,034
-24% -$7.05M
NGG icon
219
National Grid
NGG
$81.9B
$21.6M 0.12%
378,739
-309,671
-45% -$17.5M
FE icon
220
FirstEnergy
FE
$28.9B
$21.5M 0.12%
589,121
+64,435
+12% +$2.42M
TEG
221
DELISTED
INTEGRYS ENERGY GROUP INC COM (USA)
TEG
$21.4M 0.12%
383,224
+34,288
+10% +$2.01M
PPL
222
PPL Corp
PPL
$27.3B
$21.4M 0.12%
756,409
+32,211
+4% +$924K
SCG
223
DELISTED
Scana
SCG
$21.4M 0.12%
463,914
+117,358
+34% +$5.78M
ORAN
224
DELISTED
Orange
ORAN
$21.2M 0.11%
1,692,796
+35,017
+2% +$366K
NOC icon
225
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$77B
$21.1M 0.11%
221,285
+2,952
+1% +$273K
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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.