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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
+8.23%
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
$134B
AUM Growth
+$9.99B
Cap. Flow
+$2.51B
Cap. Flow %
1.87%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.85%
Holding
2,767
New
182
Increased
1,193
Reduced
1,176
Closed
201

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ACM icon
Aecom
ACM
+$261M
2
ACN icon
Accenture
ACN
+$246M
3
CBOE icon
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
+$238M
4
IBM icon
IBM
IBM
+$226M
5
CRWV
CoreWeave
CRWV
+$215M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
BLK icon
Blackrock
BLK
+$281M
2
TEL icon
TE Connectivity
TEL
+$277M
3
EOG icon
EOG Resources
EOG
+$236M
4
TROW icon
T. Rowe Price
TROW
+$209M
5
SYK icon
Stryker
SYK
+$209M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 29.77%
2 Industrials 16.07%
3 Financials 14.65%
4 Consumer Discretionary 8.36%
5 Communication Services 6.44%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CSCO icon
1
Cisco
CSCO
$444B
$2B 1.49%
29,193,618
-1,162,718
-4% -$79.3M
AVGO icon
2
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.87T
$1.75B 1.3%
5,313,252
-521,842
-9% -$160M
MSFT icon
3
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
$1.67B 1.24%
3,221,890
-197,970
-6% -$101M
META icon
4
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.54T
$1.57B 1.17%
2,133,432
+43,308
+2% +$32.2M
NVDA icon
5
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.06T
$1.48B 1.11%
7,956,869
+846,982
+12% +$148M
GOOGL icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.88T
$1.35B 1%
5,541,016
-596,316
-10% -$125M
CRWD icon
7
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$187B
$1.27B 0.95%
10,399,608
+1,725,528
+20% +$196M
PANW icon
8
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$265B
$1.2B 0.9%
5,906,963
+611,375
+12% +$117M
AMZN icon
9
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$1.2B 0.89%
5,467,485
-218,003
-4% -$49.3M
AAPL icon
10
Apple
AAPL
$4.72T
$1.08B 0.8%
4,234,034
+16,301
+0.4% +$3.68M
INFY icon
11
Infosys
INFY
$43.2B
$965M 0.72%
59,328,844
+8,997,143
+18% +$155M
NFLX icon
12
Netflix
NFLX
$287B
$892M 0.66%
7,443,060
+432,630
+6% +$52.8M
IBM icon
13
IBM
IBM
$194B
$861M 0.64%
3,052,880
+865,253
+40% +$226M
FDN icon
14
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF
FDN
$4.84B
$856M 0.64%
3,057,313
-91,677
-3% -$25.1M
NET icon
15
Cloudflare
NET
$93.1B
$849M 0.63%
3,955,959
-493,164
-11% -$101M
XOM icon
16
ExxonMobil
XOM
$650B
$811M 0.6%
7,193,094
-409,507
-5% -$45.5M
CRM icon
17
Salesforce
CRM
$129B
$797M 0.59%
3,362,464
+688,991
+26% +$174M
BKNG icon
18
Booking.com
BKNG
$134B
$794M 0.59%
3,676,825
+152,900
+4% +$34.1M
FXO icon
19
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
FXO
$1.1B
$786M 0.58%
13,229,820
-392,312
-3% -$22.8M
FXR icon
20
First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund
FXR
$730M
$779M 0.58%
9,981,455
-295,212
-3% -$23M
EBAY icon
21
eBay
EBAY
$48.5B
$756M 0.56%
8,309,698
+1,808,976
+28% +$160M
KLAC icon
22
KLA
KLAC
$286B
$751M 0.56%
6,964,400
+1,177,520
+20% +$110M
FXU icon
23
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund
FXU
$838M
$730M 0.54%
16,052,065
-476,083
-3% -$21M
QQXT icon
24
First Trust NASDAQ 100 ex-Technology Sector Index Fund
QQXT
$151M
$712M 0.53%
7,199,549
-213,862
-3% -$21.1M
ORCL icon
25
Oracle
ORCL
$346B
$684M 0.51%
2,430,969
-311,093
-11% -$79.2M
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First Trust Advisors's Q3 2025 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2025, First Trust Advisors held 2,767 positions worth $134B, up 8% from $124B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 11% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors's Q3 2025 filing shows 182 new, 1,193 increased, 1,176 reduced and 201 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Freedom Holding: 183,532 shares worth $31.6M. The largest sale was Blackrock, an estimated $281M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 30% of assets, up from 30% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Financials.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q3 2025 buy was Freedom Holding: 183,532 shares worth $31.6M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Aecom in Q3 2025, an estimated $261M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q3 2025 reduction was Blackrock, cutting an estimated $281M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited Juniper Networks in Q3 2025, selling an estimated $87.3M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 11% of its $134B portfolio in Q3 2025.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 182 new positions and closed 201 in Q3 2025.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 8% quarter-over-quarter to $134B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2025, filed 12 Nov 2025.