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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
+3.03%
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
$53B
AUM Growth
+$2.74B
Cap. Flow
+$1.72B
Cap. Flow %
3.25%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.11%
Holding
2,575
New
173
Increased
1,093
Reduced
1,142
Closed
163

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 25.18%
2 Healthcare 12.51%
3 Communication Services 10.75%
4 Financials 10.66%
5 Consumer Discretionary 8.29%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
AMZN icon
1
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$1.02B 1.93%
10,784,860
-349,340
-3% -$32.5M
META icon
2
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.54T
$864M 1.63%
4,476,357
-403,857
-8% -$73.8M
PYPL icon
3
PayPal
PYPL
$49.4B
$611M 1.15%
5,340,027
-335,745
-6% -$37.2M
FXU icon
4
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund
FXU
$838M
$583M 1.1%
+20,307,209
New +$578M
FBT icon
5
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund
FBT
$2.81B
$578M 1.09%
4,105,258
+449,629
+12% +$62M
FXL icon
6
First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund
FXL
$2.51B
$565M 1.06%
8,486,622
-761,911
-8% -$49.9M
FDN icon
7
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$4.84B
$564M 1.06%
3,920,735
-144,249
-4% -$20.6M
QTEC icon
8
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund
QTEC
$4.51B
$551M 1.04%
6,440,143
-566,967
-8% -$47.8M
GOOGL icon
9
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.89T
$547M 1.03%
10,109,220
+476,340
+5% +$27.6M
NFLX icon
10
Netflix
NFLX
$287B
$538M 1.01%
14,639,060
-2,132,280
-13% -$76.9M
CRM icon
11
Salesforce
CRM
$129B
$520M 0.98%
3,424,506
-333,331
-9% -$52.2M
GOOG icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.89T
$451M 0.85%
8,338,320
+467,600
+6% +$27M
CTXS
13
DELISTED
Citrix Systems Inc
CTXS
$391M 0.74%
3,986,354
+912,477
+30% +$89.5M
CSCO icon
14
Cisco
CSCO
$444B
$373M 0.7%
6,824,309
+370,669
+6% +$20.5M
VRSN icon
15
VeriSign
VRSN
$23.8B
$372M 0.7%
1,778,143
-121,202
-6% -$23.8M
T icon
16
AT&T
T
$157B
$340M 0.64%
13,444,477
+2,601,629
+24% +$62.4M
OKTA icon
17
Okta
OKTA
$23.7B
$329M 0.62%
2,663,153
-7,795
-0.3% -$846K
EBAY icon
18
eBay
EBAY
$48.5B
$317M 0.6%
8,013,713
+15,112
+0.2% +$568K
IBM icon
19
IBM
IBM
$195B
$314M 0.59%
2,381,157
+651,893
+38% +$85.6M
VEEV icon
20
Veeva Systems
VEEV
$29.2B
$312M 0.59%
1,924,757
-238,736
-11% -$34.8M
MSFT icon
21
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
$309M 0.58%
2,304,525
+89,484
+4% +$11.4M
TWTR
22
DELISTED
Twitter, Inc.
TWTR
$308M 0.58%
8,836,664
-72,241
-0.8% -$2.65M
ANET icon
23
Arista Networks
ANET
$222B
$297M 0.56%
18,301,632
+6,348,512
+53% +$110M
VZ icon
24
Verizon
VZ
$183B
$276M 0.52%
4,823,133
+573,597
+13% +$33.1M
JNPR
25
DELISTED
Juniper Networks
JNPR
$258M 0.49%
9,675,188
-1,152,767
-11% -$30.8M

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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2019, First Trust Advisors held 2,575 positions worth $53B, up 5.4% from $50.3B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 12% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $1.72B of net new capital in Q2 2019, opening 173 new positions and adding to 1,093 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund: 20,307,209 shares worth $583M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 25% of assets, up from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Communication Services.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was ZYNGA INC. CL A COMMON, an estimated $146M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2019 buy was First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund: 20,307,209 shares worth $583M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Lumen in Q2 2019, an estimated $153M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2019 reduction was ZYNGA INC. CL A COMMON, cutting an estimated $146M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund in Q2 2019, selling an estimated $511M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 12% of its $53B portfolio in Q2 2019.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 173 new positions and closed 163 in Q2 2019.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 5.4% quarter-over-quarter to $53B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2019, filed 30 Jul 2019.