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First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings
AUM
$140B
1-Year Est. Return
27.84%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter
Est. Return
+3.22%
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
$113B
AUM Growth
+$8.48B
(+8.1%)
Cap. Flow
+$7.88B
Cap. Flow
% of AUM
6.94%
Top 10 Holdings %
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.79%
Holding
2,679
New
324
Increased
1,251
Reduced
973
Closed
127
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
FXO
|
+$825M |
| 2 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
+$244M |
| 3 |
Brown & Brown
BRO
|
+$216M |
| 4 |
Arch Capital
ACGL
|
+$216M |
| 5 |
Aon
AON
|
+$194M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL
|
+$832M |
| 2 |
LPL Financial
LPLA
|
+$290M |
| 3 |
Cummins
CMI
|
+$235M |
| 4 |
Raymond James Financial
RJF
|
+$228M |
| 5 |
W.R. Berkley
WRB
|
+$194M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 28.35% |
| 2 | Financials | 15.79% |
| 3 | Industrials | 13.28% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 8.71% |
| 5 | Healthcare | 6.59% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Cisco
CSCO
$444B
| $1.79B | 1.58% |
30,243,977
-105,998
| -0.3% | -$6.05M |
|
2
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.87T
| $1.61B | 1.42% |
6,959,938
-87,537
| -1% | -$16.2M |
|
|
3
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
| $1.33B | 1.18% |
3,163,452
+573,831
| +22% | +$244M |
|
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
| $1.16B | 1.02% |
5,288,837
+706,849
| +15% | +$145M |
|
5
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.54T
| $1.03B | 0.91% |
1,757,456
+231,285
| +15% | +$136M |
|
6
IBM
IBM
$195B
| $885M | 0.78% |
4,023,989
+840,064
| +26% | +$187M |
|
7
Apple
AAPL
$4.72T
| $838M | 0.74% |
3,346,239
+718,547
| +27% | +$169M |
|
8
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$4.84B
| $828M | 0.73% |
3,406,711
-396,519
| -10% | -$92.7M |
|
|
9
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
FXO
$1.1B
| $815M | 0.72% |
+15,055,890
| New | +$825M |
|
10
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund
QTEC
$4.51B
| $809M | 0.71% |
4,296,257
+90,302
| +2% | +$17.6M |
|
11
First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund
FXD
$259M
| $808M | 0.71% |
12,506,030
+476,185
| +4% | +$30.9M |
|
12
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$187B
| $806M | 0.71% |
9,424,496
-1,528,124
| -14% | -$127M |
|
13
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$265B
| $799M | 0.7% |
4,388,742
+27,518
| +0.6% | +$5.2M |
|
14
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.89T
| $794M | 0.7% |
4,193,981
+488,340
| +13% | +$85.4M |
|
15
First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund
FXR
$730M
| $793M | 0.7% |
10,602,142
-257,396
| -2% | -$20.1M |
|
16
Infosys
INFY
$43.2B
| $710M | 0.63% |
32,410,108
+4,108,903
| +15% | +$91.9M |
|
17
Netflix
NFLX
$287B
| $670M | 0.59% |
7,513,190
-197,690
| -3% | -$16.3M |
|
18
AbbVie
ABBV
$454B
| $667M | 0.59% |
3,755,006
+678,525
| +22% | +$125M |
|
19
Cognizant
CTSH
$20.3B
| $648M | 0.57% |
8,425,377
-160,560
| -2% | -$12.6M |
|
20
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.06T
| $631M | 0.56% |
4,698,018
+659,412
| +16% | +$90.9M |
|
21
Snap-on
SNA
$20.5B
| $618M | 0.54% |
1,819,403
+411,317
| +29% | +$139M |
|
22
Qualcomm
QCOM
$180B
| $616M | 0.54% |
4,010,518
+97,343
| +2% | +$15.9M |
|
23
Arista Networks
ANET
$222B
| $607M | 0.54% |
5,494,674
+933,170
| +20% | +$96M |
|
24
Salesforce
CRM
$129B
| $607M | 0.54% |
1,816,051
-14,999
| -0.8% | -$4.79M |
|
25
Cloudflare
NET
$93.1B
| $579M | 0.51% |
5,377,343
-301,965
| -5% | -$29.5M |
|
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First Trust Advisors's Q4 2024 Portfolio in Review
As of Q4 2024, First Trust Advisors held 2,679 positions worth $113B, up 8.1% from $105B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.8% of the portfolio.
First Trust Advisors deployed $7.88B of net new capital in Q4 2024, opening 324 new positions and adding to 1,251 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 28% of assets, down from 29% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was LPL Financial, an estimated $290M trimmed.
- First Trust Advisors's largest Q4 2024 buy was First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund: 15,055,890 shares worth $815M.
- First Trust Advisors added most to Microsoft in Q4 2024, an estimated $244M increase.
- First Trust Advisors's biggest Q4 2024 reduction was LPL Financial, cutting an estimated $290M.
- First Trust Advisors fully exited First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF in Q4 2024, selling an estimated $832M.
- First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 9.8% of its $113B portfolio in Q4 2024.
- First Trust Advisors opened 324 new positions and closed 127 in Q4 2024.
- First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 8.1% quarter-over-quarter to $113B.
Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2024, filed 13 Feb 2025.