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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
+8.2%
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
$105B
AUM Growth
+$6.89B
Cap. Flow
+$736M
Cap. Flow %
0.7%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.25%
Holding
2,522
New
212
Increased
1,138
Reduced
992
Closed
167

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
LPLA icon
LPL Financial
LPLA
+$203M
2
CMI icon
Cummins
CMI
+$202M
3
EG icon
Everest Group
EG
+$188M
4
EXPD icon
Expeditors International
EXPD
+$187M
5
VRTX icon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
+$179M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$394M
2
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$209M
3
ROST icon
Ross Stores
ROST
+$198M
4
KMB icon
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
+$179M
5
UNP icon
Union Pacific
UNP
+$178M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 29.03%
2 Financials 14.55%
3 Industrials 12.72%
4 Consumer Discretionary 8.34%
5 Healthcare 7.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CSCO icon
1
Cisco
CSCO
$444B
$1.62B 1.54%
30,349,975
-677,170
-2% -$32.9M
AVGO icon
2
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.87T
$1.22B 1.16%
7,047,475
-715,005
-9% -$115M
MSFT icon
3
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
$1.11B 1.06%
2,589,621
+183,066
+8% +$78.3M
META icon
4
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.54T
$874M 0.83%
1,526,171
-85,409
-5% -$43.9M
AMZN icon
5
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$854M 0.81%
4,581,988
-115,583
-2% -$21.1M
FTXL icon
6
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
$2.33B
$832M 0.79%
8,919,993
-96,482
-1% -$8.99M
FXR icon
7
First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund
FXR
$730M
$823M 0.78%
10,859,538
-117,510
-1% -$8.38M
FDN icon
8
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$4.84B
$806M 0.77%
3,803,230
-40,751
-1% -$8.18M
QTEC icon
9
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund
QTEC
$4.51B
$805M 0.77%
4,205,955
-45,487
-1% -$8.59M
CRWD icon
10
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$187B
$768M 0.73%
10,952,620
+1,846,876
+20% +$131M
FXD icon
11
First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund
FXD
$259M
$761M 0.73%
12,029,845
-130,105
-1% -$7.85M
PANW icon
12
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$265B
$745M 0.71%
4,361,224
-366,940
-8% -$61.8M
IBM icon
13
IBM
IBM
$194B
$704M 0.67%
3,183,925
-382,768
-11% -$75.1M
QCOM icon
14
Qualcomm
QCOM
$180B
$665M 0.63%
3,913,175
+781,861
+25% +$138M
CTSH icon
15
Cognizant
CTSH
$20.3B
$663M 0.63%
8,585,937
-444,999
-5% -$33.2M
INFY icon
16
Infosys
INFY
$43.2B
$630M 0.6%
28,301,205
-7,096,735
-20% -$155M
GOOGL icon
17
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.88T
$615M 0.59%
3,705,641
+458,131
+14% +$76.8M
AAPL icon
18
Apple
AAPL
$4.72T
$612M 0.58%
2,627,692
-1,766,223
-40% -$394M
ABBV icon
19
AbbVie
ABBV
$454B
$608M 0.58%
3,076,481
-117,665
-4% -$22M
AMAT icon
20
Applied Materials
AMAT
$447B
$586M 0.56%
2,899,436
+474,607
+20% +$97.3M
AFL icon
21
Aflac
AFL
$63.3B
$547M 0.52%
4,896,271
+1,635,917
+50% +$166M
NFLX icon
22
Netflix
NFLX
$287B
$547M 0.52%
7,710,880
+339,680
+5% +$22.7M
XOM icon
23
ExxonMobil
XOM
$650B
$529M 0.5%
4,510,210
+143,707
+3% +$16.6M
CB icon
24
Chubb
CB
$137B
$520M 0.5%
1,804,104
+41,585
+2% +$11.4M
VZ icon
25
Verizon
VZ
$183B
$507M 0.48%
11,285,102
+142,764
+1% +$5.96M
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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2024 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2024, First Trust Advisors held 2,522 positions worth $105B, up 7% from $98.1B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.2% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors's Q3 2024 filing shows 212 new, 1,138 increased, 992 reduced and 167 closed positions. Its largest new stake was WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund: 1,358,650 shares worth $68.2M. The largest sale was Apple, an estimated $394M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 29% of assets, down from 31% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2024 buy was WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund: 1,358,650 shares worth $68.2M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to LPL Financial in Q3 2024, an estimated $203M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2024 reduction was Apple, cutting an estimated $394M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Vodafone in Q3 2024, selling an estimated $25.8M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 9.2% of its $105B portfolio in Q3 2024.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 212 new positions and closed 167 in Q3 2024.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 7% quarter-over-quarter to $105B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2024, filed 13 Nov 2024.