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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
AMZN icon
1
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$1B 2.08%
11,823,260
+1,066,900
+10% +$84.7M
META icon
2
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.54T
$928M 1.92%
4,776,423
+382,526
+9% +$69.1M
FDN icon
3
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$4.84B
$755M 1.57%
5,486,111
+107,612
+2% +$14.1M
NFLX icon
4
Netflix
NFLX
$287B
$685M 1.42%
17,503,850
-122,820
-0.7% -$4.19M
FXL icon
5
First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund
FXL
$2.51B
$639M 1.33%
11,364,168
+223,485
+2% +$12.6M
QTEC icon
6
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund
QTEC
$4.51B
$615M 1.27%
7,978,608
+157,003
+2% +$12.2M
FTXO icon
7
First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF
FTXO
$303M
$607M 1.26%
21,314,836
+418,606
+2% +$12.5M
FXR icon
8
First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund
FXR
$730M
$604M 1.25%
15,439,338
+304,111
+2% +$12.1M
GOOGL icon
9
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.89T
$580M 1.2%
10,277,620
+1,368,880
+15% +$74.5M
CRM icon
10
Salesforce
CRM
$129B
$569M 1.18%
4,172,931
+393,682
+10% +$50.2M
PYPL icon
11
PayPal
PYPL
$49.4B
$561M 1.16%
6,737,978
+405,030
+6% +$32.3M
GOOG icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.89T
$485M 1.01%
8,689,320
+1,124,860
+15% +$60.8M
TWTR
13
DELISTED
Twitter, Inc.
TWTR
$384M 0.8%
8,784,475
+789,000
+10% +$27.7M
JNPR
14
DELISTED
Juniper Networks
JNPR
$302M 0.63%
11,010,606
+937,658
+9% +$24.4M
EBAY icon
15
eBay
EBAY
$48.5B
$298M 0.62%
8,231,752
+1,019,009
+14% +$39.7M
CSCO icon
16
Cisco
CSCO
$444B
$297M 0.62%
6,909,660
-1,556,671
-18% -$68M
CTXS
17
DELISTED
Citrix Systems Inc
CTXS
$295M 0.61%
2,811,923
+90,456
+3% +$9.31M
AKAM icon
18
Akamai
AKAM
$17.1B
$282M 0.59%
3,855,266
-245,330
-6% -$18.4M
ANET icon
19
Arista Networks
ANET
$222B
$258M 0.53%
16,011,232
+1,172,608
+8% +$19.2M
AAPL icon
20
Apple
AAPL
$4.72T
$255M 0.53%
5,502,548
-280,896
-5% -$12.7M
GDDY icon
21
GoDaddy
GDDY
$11.6B
$251M 0.52%
3,549,257
+611,798
+21% +$41.6M
VRSN icon
22
VeriSign
VRSN
$23.8B
$243M 0.5%
1,768,067
+166,951
+10% +$21.4M
MSFT icon
23
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
$236M 0.49%
2,388,505
-188,619
-7% -$18.3M
ETFC
24
DELISTED
E*Trade Financial Corporation
ETFC
$231M 0.48%
3,779,822
+26,355
+0.7% +$1.63M
AMTD
25
DELISTED
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp
AMTD
$221M 0.46%
4,043,899
+666,702
+20% +$39.7M

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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.