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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
+5.51%
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
$48.2B
AUM Growth
+$4.68B
Cap. Flow
+$2.97B
Cap. Flow %
6.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.49%
Holding
2,555
New
260
Increased
1,265
Reduced
879
Closed
150

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$130M
2
OKTA icon
Okta
OKTA
+$109M
3
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$99.2M
4
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$90.4M
5
BKU icon
Bankunited
BKU
+$87.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M
2
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$99.8M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$81.2M
4
AVXS
AveXis, Inc. Common Stock
AVXS
+$75.7M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$68M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.01%
2 Financials 12.35%
3 Communication Services 11.37%
4 Healthcare 9.49%
5 Industrials 8.73%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
VVUS
2401
DELISTED
Vivus Inc
VVUS
$80K ﹤0.01%
11,298
+1,731
+18% +$10.4K
MUFG icon
2402
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
MUFG
$258B
$67K ﹤0.01%
+11,771
New +$74.5K
ASX icon
2403
ASE Group
ASX
$80.8B
$65K ﹤0.01%
14,074
-1,031
-7% -$5.67K
CDR
2404
DELISTED
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc
CDR
$50K ﹤0.01%
1,602
-553
-26% -$15.3K
GGB icon
2405
Gerdau
GGB
$9.44B
$41K ﹤0.01%
+14,566
New +$50.8K
AAOI icon
2406
Applied Optoelectronics
AAOI
$8.04B
-36,291
Closed -$909K
ADTN icon
2407
Adtran
ADTN
$798M
-91,033
Closed -$1.42M
AMC icon
2408
AMC Entertainment Holdings
AMC
$2.03B
-12,353
Closed -$1.74M
APAM icon
2409
Artisan Partners
APAM
$2.79B
-21,518
Closed -$717K
BAK icon
2410
Braskem
BAK
$980M
-8,821
Closed -$256K
BFH icon
2411
Bread Financial
BFH
$4.21B
-69,416
Closed -$11.8M
BFS
2412
Saul Centers
BFS
$875M
-6,145
Closed -$313K
BHE icon
2413
Benchmark Electronics
BHE
$2.91B
-75,501
Closed -$2.25M
BWFG icon
2414
Bankwell Financial Group
BWFG
$496M
-9,025
Closed -$291K
CCK icon
2415
Crown Holdings
CCK
$12.8B
-29,417
Closed -$1.49M
CFFI icon
2416
C&F Financial
CFFI
$254M
-4,079
Closed -$215K
CMTL icon
2417
Comtech Telecommunications
CMTL
$51.8M
-17,471
Closed -$522K
CNI icon
2418
Canadian National Railway
CNI
$78.5B
-289,827
Closed -$21.2M
COLM icon
2419
Columbia Sportswear
COLM
$3.19B
-20,805
Closed -$1.59M
CPF icon
2420
Central Pacific Financial
CPF
$1.01B
-7,886
Closed -$224K
CWH icon
2421
Camping World
CWH
$363M
-110,492
Closed -$3.56M
DB icon
2422
Deutsche Bank
DB
$66.3B
-32,765
Closed -$458K
DLB icon
2423
Dolby
DLB
$4.72B
-183,819
Closed -$11.7M
EBND icon
2424
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF
EBND
$2.24B
-29,005
Closed -$881K
ELF icon
2425
e.l.f. Beauty
ELF
$4.56B
-10,223
Closed -$198K

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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,555 positions worth $48.2B, up 11% from $43.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.97B of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 260 new positions and adding to 1,265 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 23% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Communication Services.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Intel, an estimated $116M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2018 buy was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Bankunited in Q2 2018, an estimated $87.7M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Intel, cutting an estimated $116M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited AveXis, Inc. Common Stock in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $75.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $48.2B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 260 new positions and closed 150 in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $48.2B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 2 Aug 2018.