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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
+2.72%
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
$43.5B
AUM Growth
+$1.54B
Cap. Flow
+$1.03B
Cap. Flow %
2.37%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.81%
Holding
2,485
New
111
Increased
1,290
Reduced
894
Closed
190

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$95.6M
2
NKTR icon
Nektar Therapeutics
NKTR
+$83.6M
3
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$75.3M
4
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$74.4M
5
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$59.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 22.85%
2 Financials 12.95%
3 Communication Services 9.69%
4 Industrials 9.65%
5 Healthcare 9.02%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
AMZN icon
1
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$778M 1.79%
10,756,360
+1,316,440
+14% +$94.1M
META icon
2
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.54T
$702M 1.61%
4,393,897
+811,554
+23% +$146M
FDN icon
3
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$4.84B
$648M 1.49%
5,378,499
+190,357
+4% +$23.1M
FTXO icon
4
First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF
FTXO
$303M
$617M 1.42%
20,896,230
+744,641
+4% +$23.1M
FXL icon
5
First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund
FXL
$2.51B
$613M 1.41%
11,140,683
+397,881
+4% +$22.1M
FXR icon
6
First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund
FXR
$730M
$599M 1.38%
15,135,227
+542,976
+4% +$22.1M
QTEC icon
7
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund
QTEC
$4.51B
$595M 1.37%
7,821,605
+278,273
+4% +$21.4M
NFLX icon
8
Netflix
NFLX
$287B
$521M 1.2%
17,626,670
-2,173,040
-11% -$59.2M
PYPL icon
9
PayPal
PYPL
$49.4B
$480M 1.1%
6,332,948
+883,183
+16% +$70M
GOOGL icon
10
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.88T
$462M 1.06%
8,908,740
+1,679,240
+23% +$93.1M
CRM icon
11
Salesforce
CRM
$129B
$440M 1.01%
3,779,249
+395,338
+12% +$45.4M
GOOG icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.88T
$390M 0.9%
7,564,460
+1,609,460
+27% +$88.8M
CSCO icon
13
Cisco
CSCO
$444B
$363M 0.83%
8,466,331
-1,046,000
-11% -$44.4M
INTC icon
14
Intel
INTC
$504B
$310M 0.71%
5,946,369
-870,683
-13% -$41.4M
AKAM icon
15
Akamai
AKAM
$17.1B
$291M 0.67%
4,100,596
+133,609
+3% +$9.1M
EBAY icon
16
eBay
EBAY
$48.5B
$290M 0.67%
7,212,743
+851,562
+13% +$35.2M
CTXS
17
DELISTED
Citrix Systems Inc
CTXS
$253M 0.58%
2,721,467
+369,473
+16% +$34M
JNPR
18
DELISTED
Juniper Networks
JNPR
$245M 0.56%
10,072,948
+1,084,808
+12% +$28.8M
AAPL icon
19
Apple
AAPL
$4.72T
$243M 0.56%
5,783,444
+699,032
+14% +$30.1M
IBM icon
20
IBM
IBM
$194B
$237M 0.55%
1,618,968
+66,039
+4% +$9.99M
ANET icon
21
Arista Networks
ANET
$222B
$237M 0.54%
14,838,624
+370,160
+3% +$6.24M
MSFT icon
22
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
$235M 0.54%
2,577,124
+23,333
+0.9% +$2.13M
TWTR
23
DELISTED
Twitter, Inc.
TWTR
$232M 0.53%
7,995,475
+514,003
+7% +$15.1M
ETFC
24
DELISTED
E*Trade Financial Corporation
ETFC
$208M 0.48%
3,753,467
+502,080
+15% +$26.8M
BICK
25
DELISTED
First Trust BICK Index Fund
BICK
$201M 0.46%
6,479,117
+337,978
+6% +$10.7M

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First Trust Advisors's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,485 positions worth $43.5B, up 3.7% from $42B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors's Q1 2018 filing shows 111 new, 1,290 increased, 894 reduced and 190 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Acadia Healthcare: 792,063 shares worth $31M. The largest sale was Snap, an estimated $95.6M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 23% of assets, up from 22% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Communication Services.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q1 2018 buy was Acadia Healthcare: 792,063 shares worth $31M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q1 2018, an estimated $146M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was Nektar Therapeutics, cutting an estimated $83.6M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Snap in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $95.6M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $43.5B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 111 new positions and closed 190 in Q1 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 3.7% quarter-over-quarter to $43.5B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 23 Apr 2018.