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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
+8.55%
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
$92.4B
AUM Growth
+$9.8B
Cap. Flow
+$3.67B
Cap. Flow %
3.98%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.12%
Holding
2,607
New
200
Increased
1,300
Reduced
965
Closed
138

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$225M
2
LOW icon
Lowe's Companies
LOW
+$221M
3
HUM icon
Humana
HUM
+$196M
4
GIS icon
General Mills
GIS
+$185M
5
HON icon
Honeywell
HON
+$183M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 32.59%
2 Industrials 10.56%
3 Financials 10.53%
4 Healthcare 10.37%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.08%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
ALXN
201
DELISTED
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
ALXN
$124M 0.13%
672,646
-46,025
-6% -$7.9M
INFY icon
202
Infosys
INFY
$45B
$123M 0.13%
5,822,365
-771,452
-12% -$14.7M
GLW icon
203
Corning
GLW
$126B
$123M 0.13%
2,999,326
+33,370
+1% +$1.45M
CRL icon
204
Charles River Laboratories
CRL
$10.9B
$120M 0.13%
325,153
-38,059
-10% -$12.7M
HYLS icon
205
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF
HYLS
$1.61B
$120M 0.13%
2,473,393
+12,500
+0.5% +$608K
CHRW icon
206
C.H. Robinson
CHRW
$22B
$120M 0.13%
1,278,054
-303,022
-19% -$29.5M
DOX icon
207
Amdocs
DOX
$5.53B
$119M 0.13%
1,537,492
+122,864
+9% +$9.49M
DUK icon
208
Duke Energy
DUK
$102B
$118M 0.13%
1,194,252
-119,172
-9% -$12M
AEP icon
209
American Electric Power
AEP
$73.7B
$117M 0.13%
1,385,927
+283,043
+26% +$24.4M
ON icon
210
ON Semiconductor
ON
$33.8B
$117M 0.13%
3,061,753
-276,761
-8% -$10.9M
SAIC icon
211
Saic
SAIC
$5.03B
$117M 0.13%
1,333,922
+300,353
+29% +$26.8M
RPD icon
212
Rapid7
RPD
$634M
$117M 0.13%
1,231,158
+72,385
+6% +$6.1M
ADSK icon
213
Autodesk
ADSK
$44.3B
$115M 0.12%
393,448
-91,338
-19% -$26.1M
OTEX icon
214
Open Text
OTEX
$5.43B
$113M 0.12%
2,217,521
-6,195
-0.3% -$300K
SO icon
215
Southern Company
SO
$110B
$111M 0.12%
1,828,883
-19,118
-1% -$1.22M
OLED icon
216
Universal Display
OLED
$3.71B
$110M 0.12%
496,114
-23,755
-5% -$5.2M
V icon
217
Visa
V
$677B
$110M 0.12%
470,612
-585,825
-55% -$134M
DELL icon
218
Dell
DELL
$283B
$109M 0.12%
2,158,306
+490,148
+29% +$24.6M
IQV icon
219
IQVIA
IQV
$34.7B
$108M 0.12%
445,873
+10,232
+2% +$2.36M
ANSS
220
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$107M 0.12%
308,649
-23,499
-7% -$8.13M
TECH icon
221
Bio-Techne
TECH
$11.2B
$107M 0.12%
948,188
-143,764
-13% -$15.1M
JCI icon
222
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$87.5B
$106M 0.12%
1,551,081
+1,011,379
+187% +$65.3M
TGT icon
223
Target
TGT
$62.1B
$106M 0.11%
437,165
-725,902
-62% -$159M
LPX icon
224
Louisiana-Pacific
LPX
$5.2B
$105M 0.11%
1,749,732
+516,174
+42% +$33M
APTV icon
225
Aptiv
APTV
$12B
$105M 0.11%
669,051
+237,318
+55% +$34.8M

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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2021, First Trust Advisors held 2,607 positions worth $92.4B, up 12% from $82.6B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.1% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $3.67B of net new capital in Q2 2021, opening 200 new positions and adding to 1,300 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Moody's: 520,732 shares worth $189M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 33% of assets, down from 34% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Alphabet (Google) Class A, an estimated $279M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2021 buy was Moody's: 520,732 shares worth $189M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to UnitedHealth in Q2 2021, an estimated $225M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2021 reduction was Alphabet (Google) Class A, cutting an estimated $279M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund in Q2 2021, selling an estimated $57M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 9.1% of its $92.4B portfolio in Q2 2021.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 200 new positions and closed 138 in Q2 2021.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 12% quarter-over-quarter to $92.4B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2021, filed 16 Aug 2021.