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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
CLDT
2251
Chatham Lodging
CLDT
$630M
– –
-14,281
Closed -$245K
CNK icon
2252
Cinemark Holdings
CNK
$3.82B
– –
-293,775
Closed -$8.2M
CNS icon
2253
Cohen & Steers
CNS
$4.18B
– –
-7,542
Closed -$256K
CPRT icon
2254
Copart
CPRT
$25.9B
– –
-534,152
Closed -$2.06M
CTRN icon
2255
Citi Trends
CTRN
$524M
– –
-19,103
Closed -$278K
CVCO icon
2256
Cavco Industries
CVCO
$4.39B
– –
-8,088
Closed -$408K
DHX icon
2257
DHI Group
DHX
$166M
– –
-83,921
Closed -$773K
EFSC icon
2258
Enterprise Financial Services Corp
EFSC
$2.41B
– –
-21,017
Closed -$335K
EGY icon
2259
Vaalco Energy
EGY
$594M
– –
-73,067
Closed -$418K
ENSG icon
2260
The Ensign Group
ENSG
$10.1B
– –
-86,358
Closed -$776K
EVTC icon
2261
Evertec
EVTC
$1.83B
– –
-9,151
Closed -$201K
EXTR icon
2262
Extreme Networks
EXTR
$3.86B
– –
-111,463
Closed -$383K
FBP icon
2263
First Bancorp
FBP
$4.4B
– –
-28,347
Closed -$201K
FCFS icon
2264
FirstCash
FCFS
$8.55B
– –
-10,946
Closed -$539K
FISI icon
2265
Financial Institutions
FISI
$800M
– –
-16,198
Closed -$298K
FTK icon
2266
Flotek Industries
FTK
$935M
– –
-9,248
Closed -$995K
FTNT icon
2267
Fortinet
FTNT
$112B
– –
-294,170
Closed -$1.03M
FXR icon
2268
First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund
FXR
$732M
– –
-15,607
Closed -$353K
GDO
2269
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund
GDO
$78.3M
– –
-15,925
Closed -$290K
GLD icon
2270
SPDR Gold Trust
GLD
$131B
– –
-2,267
Closed -$270K
HCKT icon
2271
Hackett Group
HCKT
$245M
– –
-35,297
Closed -$183K
HEES
2272
DELISTED
H&E Equipment Services
HEES
– –
-36,140
Closed -$761K
MCHB
2273
Mechanics Bancorp
MCHB
$3.47B
– –
-16,832
Closed -$361K
HMY icon
2274
Harmony Gold Mining
HMY
$9.92B
– –
-33,058
Closed -$126K
HNI icon
2275
HNI Corp
HNI
$3B
– –
-13,645
Closed -$492K
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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.