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First Trust Advisors

First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $170B
1-Year Est. Return 46.21%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+5.57%
1 Year Est. Return
+46.21%
3 Year Est. Return
+117.8%
5 Year Est. Return
+135.17%
10 Year Est. Return
+586.77%
AUM
$33.5B
AUM Growth
+$1.74B
Cap. Flow
+$484M
Cap. Flow %
1.45%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.81%
Holding
2,486
New
216
Increased
1,148
Reduced
933
Closed
185

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 13.28%
2 Miscellaneous 12.87%
3 Communication Services 10.09%
4 Consumer Staples 10.04%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.88%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
FDN icon
1
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$5.38B
$746M 2.23%
9,142,149
-362,019
-4% -$28.2M
FXN icon
2
First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund
FXN
$403M
$656M 1.96%
42,551,081
-1,673,348
-4% -$24.8M
FXU icon
3
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund
FXU
$793M
$631M 1.88%
24,317,252
-960,327
-4% -$25.6M
FXD icon
4
First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund
FXD
$264M
$627M 1.87%
17,791,024
-700,839
-4% -$24.9M
FXG icon
5
First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund
FXG
$227M
$626M 1.87%
13,491,095
-532,336
-4% -$25.5M
AMZN icon
6
Amazon
AMZN
$2.79T
$462M 1.38%
11,036,640
+860,440
+8% +$32.9M
META icon
7
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.57T
$453M 1.35%
3,532,343
-133,440
-4% -$16.6M
T icon
8
AT&T
T
$176B
$283M 0.84%
9,222,740
+336,266
+4% +$10.6M
VZ icon
9
Verizon
VZ
$208B
$253M 0.76%
4,867,657
+218,200
+5% +$11.7M
GOOGL icon
10
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.14T
$225M 0.67%
5,585,400
-24,780
-0.4% -$969K
CSCO icon
11
Cisco
CSCO
$431B
$221M 0.66%
6,975,324
+599,921
+9% +$18.5M
PYPL icon
12
PayPal
PYPL
$47B
$209M 0.63%
5,111,630
+484,122
+10% +$18.6M
CRM icon
13
Salesforce
CRM
$213B
$198M 0.59%
2,775,547
+475,786
+21% +$37.1M
INTC icon
14
Intel
INTC
$506B
$194M 0.58%
5,146,727
+157,047
+3% +$5.56M
NFLX icon
15
Netflix
NFLX
$326B
$193M 0.58%
19,586,970
+1,175,570
+6% +$11.2M
GOOG icon
16
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.1T
$193M 0.58%
4,963,460
+379,560
+8% +$14.4M
IBM icon
17
IBM
IBM
$221B
$178M 0.53%
1,168,930
+109,491
+10% +$16.6M
HYLS icon
18
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF
HYLS
$1.63B
$173M 0.52%
3,566,239
+97,036
+3% +$4.71M
YHOO
19
DELISTED
Yahoo Inc
YHOO
$168M 0.5%
3,897,506
+115,257
+3% +$4.73M
MO icon
20
Altria Group
MO
$115B
$165M 0.49%
2,602,573
+222,668
+9% +$14.8M
EBAY icon
21
eBay
EBAY
$46B
$163M 0.49%
4,958,539
-320,639
-6% -$9.68M
KHC icon
22
Kraft Heinz
KHC
$29.5B
$162M 0.48%
1,810,563
+384,534
+27% +$34M
PFE icon
23
Pfizer
PFE
$162B
$145M 0.43%
4,512,083
+619,110
+16% +$20.7M
QCOM icon
24
Qualcomm
QCOM
$180B
$137M 0.41%
1,994,566
+70,926
+4% +$4.31M
PG icon
25
Procter & Gamble
PG
$340B
$136M 0.41%
1,518,124
+3,749
+0.2% +$326K

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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2016, First Trust Advisors held 2,486 positions worth $33.5B, up 5.5% from $31.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 15% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors's Q3 2016 filing shows 216 new, 1,148 increased, 933 reduced and 185 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Treehouse Foods: 1,132,288 shares worth $98.7M. The largest sale was First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund, an estimated $91.2M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 13% of assets, up from 12% a quarter earlier, followed by Miscellaneous and Communication Services.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2016 buy was Treehouse Foods: 1,132,288 shares worth $98.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Post Holdings in Q3 2016, an estimated $116M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2016 reduction was Rite Aid Corporation, cutting an estimated $85M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund in Q3 2016, selling an estimated $91.2M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 15% of its $33.5B portfolio in Q3 2016.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 216 new positions and closed 185 in Q3 2016.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 5.5% quarter-over-quarter to $33.5B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2016, filed 1 Nov 2016.