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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
+0.02%
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
$25.4B
AUM Growth
+$1.36B
Cap. Flow
+$1.79B
Cap. Flow %
7.02%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.49%
Holding
2,395
New
190
Increased
1,204
Reduced
817
Closed
179

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 17.5%
2 Technology 12.73%
3 Consumer Discretionary 10.13%
4 Industrials 9.54%
5 Consumer Staples 7.8%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
META icon
1
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.54T
$279M 1.1%
3,533,903
-130,464
-4% -$9.57M
GOOG icon
2
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.89T
$225M 0.89%
7,745,748
-622,023
-7% -$18M
AMZN icon
3
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$165M 0.65%
10,227,720
-403,560
-4% -$6.71M
GILD icon
4
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$162B
$164M 0.65%
1,545,195
+421,228
+37% +$41.2M
INTC icon
5
Intel
INTC
$504B
$157M 0.62%
4,509,928
-337,937
-7% -$11.4M
T icon
6
AT&T
T
$157B
$139M 0.55%
5,240,953
+28,903
+0.6% +$769K
CELG
7
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$134M 0.53%
1,414,125
+487,328
+53% +$44M
FBT icon
8
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund
FBT
$2.81B
$133M 0.53%
1,454,495
+578,136
+66% +$50.2M
HYG icon
9
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
HYG
$16.3B
$129M 0.51%
1,406,642
+207,287
+17% +$19.4M
PFE icon
10
Pfizer
PFE
$143B
$123M 0.48%
4,375,143
+1,145,296
+35% +$32.1M
EBAY icon
11
eBay
EBAY
$48.5B
$121M 0.48%
5,077,880
-456,675
-8% -$10.2M
BKNG icon
12
Booking.com
BKNG
$134B
$121M 0.48%
2,607,025
-123,550
-5% -$6.08M
BIIB icon
13
Biogen
BIIB
$29.6B
$120M 0.47%
364,173
+10,672
+3% +$3.52M
MYGN icon
14
Myriad Genetics
MYGN
$538M
$119M 0.47%
3,077,909
+231,857
+8% +$8.65M
ILMN icon
15
Illumina
ILMN
$29.8B
$117M 0.46%
734,458
-49,935
-6% -$8.35M
ALXN
16
DELISTED
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
ALXN
$117M 0.46%
702,953
-65,610
-9% -$10.8M
FXH icon
17
First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund
FXH
$1.01B
$116M 0.46%
2,087,447
+829,634
+66% +$45.5M
NFLX icon
18
Netflix
NFLX
$287B
$116M 0.46%
17,966,690
+1,225,910
+7% +$7.95M
AAPL icon
19
Apple
AAPL
$4.72T
$112M 0.44%
4,438,244
+321,800
+8% +$7.9M
CSCO icon
20
Cisco
CSCO
$444B
$112M 0.44%
4,435,287
+399,208
+10% +$10M
FDN icon
21
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$4.84B
$112M 0.44%
1,832,001
+728,195
+66% +$44.1M
AMGN icon
22
Amgen
AMGN
$201B
$111M 0.44%
793,051
+126,556
+19% +$16.5M
MNK
23
DELISTED
MALLINCKRODT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
MNK
$108M 0.43%
1,198,899
+1,170,100
+4,063% +$91.5M
FXG icon
24
First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund
FXG
$229M
$105M 0.41%
2,683,583
+1,066,531
+66% +$41.8M
CVX icon
25
Chevron
CVX
$387B
$102M 0.4%
854,219
+2,005
+0.2% +$256K

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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, First Trust Advisors held 2,395 positions worth $25.4B, up 5.6% from $24.1B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.5% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $1.79B of net new capital in Q3 2014, opening 190 new positions and adding to 1,204 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Pilgrim's Pride: 2,668,440 shares worth $81.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 16% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was SAFEWAY INC, an estimated $66.7M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2014 buy was Pilgrim's Pride: 2,668,440 shares worth $81.5M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to MALLINCKRODT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY in Q3 2014, an estimated $91.5M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was SAFEWAY INC, cutting an estimated $66.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited INTERMUNE INC in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $90M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 6.5% of its $25.4B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 190 new positions and closed 179 in Q3 2014.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 5.6% quarter-over-quarter to $25.4B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 12 Nov 2014.