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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
EMHY icon
2426
iShares JPMorgan EM High Yield Bond ETF
EMHY
$618M
-58,702
Closed -$2.88M
ENOV icon
2427
Enovis
ENOV
$1.54B
-118,268
Closed -$6.49M
ETD icon
2428
Ethan Allen Interiors
ETD
$581M
-62,119
Closed -$1.43M
EVV
2429
Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund
EVV
$1.06B
-65,745
Closed -$856K
FHN icon
2430
First Horizon
FHN
$12.1B
-277,613
Closed -$5.23M
FIZZ icon
2431
National Beverage
FIZZ
$2.88B
-41,280
Closed -$1.84M
FMX icon
2432
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$43.4B
-2,919
Closed -$267K
FTS icon
2433
Fortis
FTS
$30B
-622,580
Closed -$21M
FWONK icon
2434
Liberty Media Series C
FWONK
$24.2B
-106,544
Closed -$3.18M
GOGO icon
2435
Gogo Inc
GOGO
$515M
-121,735
Closed -$1.05M
HELE icon
2436
Helen of Troy
HELE
$660M
-21,046
Closed -$1.83M
HMY icon
2437
Harmony Gold Mining
HMY
$9.88B
-74,692
Closed -$179K
IBND icon
2438
State Street SPDR Bloomberg International Corporate Bond ETF
IBND
$453M
-24,916
Closed -$897K
IVR icon
2439
Invesco Mortgage Capital
IVR
$776M
-56,205
Closed -$9.21M
KWR icon
2440
Quaker Houghton
KWR
$2.63B
-9,190
Closed -$1.36M
LBRDA icon
2441
Liberty Broadband Class A
LBRDA
$4.16B
-174,228
Closed -$14.8M
MANH icon
2442
Manhattan Associates
MANH
$9.12B
-20,107
Closed -$842K
MAT icon
2443
Mattel
MAT
$4.14B
-32,936
Closed -$433K
MDXG icon
2444
MiMedx Group
MDXG
$626M
-108,892
Closed -$759K
MFG icon
2445
Mizuho Financial
MFG
$129B
-21,584
Closed -$80K
MIDD icon
2446
Middleby
MIDD
$6.02B
-12,667
Closed -$1.57M
MMLP icon
2447
Martin Midstream Partners
MMLP
$95.5M
-603,731
Closed -$8.15M
MSTR icon
2448
Strategy Inc
MSTR
$33.6B
-104,900
Closed -$1.35M
MTD icon
2449
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$26.8B
-7,097
Closed -$4.08M
MXL icon
2450
MaxLinear
MXL
$6.21B
-21,640
Closed -$492K

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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.