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First Trust Advisors LP 13F Portfolio Snapshot & Holdings (Q2 2026)
First Trust Advisors LPCIK: 0001125816
Diversified strategyMomentum followerQuality / disciplined sizing
Total reported value
$170.0B
Reporting period: 2026-06-30 · Number of holdings: 2938
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP disclosed 2938 holdings in its latest 13F filing for the period ending 2026-06-30, with total reported value of $170.0B and a quarterly turnover rate of 38.5%.
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Personality snowflake
- Concentration
- 1.34
- Portfolio Stability
- 38.45
- Momentum
- 77.56
- Sector conviction
- 59.03
- Diversification
- 100
- Sizing Uniformity
- 71.91
First Trust Advisors LP's disclosed holdings carry a Herfindahl concentration index of 0.003 — mathematically equivalent to about 299 equally-sized positions, well below its 2938 actual disclosed holdings. That gap points to a strategy built around a small core of high-conviction bets rather than broad diversification.
Position sizes vary widely across the portfolio (a coefficient of variation of 2.81), with a handful of outsized bets alongside many smaller positions.
No strong tilt toward either adding to existing winners or initiating outsized new positions was observed in the latest reported quarter.
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Recent moves
View source Form 13F filing on SEC.govTrim XOM
-81.2% -$889.8M
Add MU
+1.0% $941.7M
Add QTEC
+111933.4% $812.5M
New buy FXL
Sold out FXN
Sold out MISL
Holdings Map
New buyAddUnchangedTrim
Institutional Game-State Analysis
Core Intent
The filing shows a broad, highly diversified book (2,655 positions; HHI 0.003) with active trading concentrated in a small set of names. The clearest moves are additions to MU, PWR, KLAC and new/add tech ETF positions (QTEC, FXL), alongside a sharp trim in XOM; AMAT and CSCO were trimmed in share terms even though their portfolio weights rose, so price action likely offset part of the reduction. Overall the active changes tilt toward technology and industrials rather than energy, consistent with a positive momentum tilt of roughly +2.8pp.
Macro & Fundamentals
These flows line up with what appears to be an ongoing rotation toward technology/semis and industrial electrification/power names and away from energy, with the added tech ETFs amplifying the momentum-style exposure. This is an inference from a limited set of top changes; the aggregate sector weights still show an enormous passive/index-like base, so the active signal is modest relative to the portfolio.
Blind Spots / Risks
The main risk in reading this filing is that weights and actions can conflict: a 'trim' with a higher current weight (AMAT, CSCO) cannot be translated into a dollar amount without share counts, and the omitted shares_change_pct fields make the true notional size of each trade unknowable. With a 2,655-name book, the top changes shown are a small slice; other active bets or offsets outside the top list could materially change the interpretation.
Sourced and summarized by AI directly from this institution's SEC EDGAR filings, limited to historical activity. Not investment guidance — verify against the primary filing below. View the original 2026-06-30 Form 13F filing on SEC.gov
Top 10 holdings by weight
Full holdings list this quarter
Showing top 200 holdings (of 2938 total)
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Asset Subclass | Weight | Weight Change | Shares Change | 4Q Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | Stock-Tech | 1.48% | +0.25% | -3.53% | |
| 2 | NVDA | Nvidia CORP | Stock-Tech | 1.28% | -0.02% | +4.25% | |
| 3 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | Stock-Tech | 1.14% | — | -0.66% | |
| 4 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | Stock-Comm Services | 1.14% | +0.13% | +10.34% | |
| 5 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc | Stock-Tech | 1.05% | +0.31% | -18.72% | |
| 6 | AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | Stock-Tech | 1.05% | +0.42% | -4.91% | |
| 7 | MSFT | Microsoft CORP | Stock-Tech | 1.02% | -0.07% | +12.95% | |
| 8 | AAPL | Apple Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.99% | +0.04% | +11.88% | |
| 9 | FTNT | Fortinet Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.98% | +0.31% | -6.00% | |
| 10 | KLAC | Kla CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.95% | +0.35% | +843.88% | |
| 11 | LRCX | Lam Research CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.92% | +0.27% | -14.39% | |
| 12 | CRWD | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A | Stock-Tech | 0.85% | +0.13% | -26.47% | |
| 13 | PWR | Quanta Services Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.82% | +0.43% | +93.76% | |
| 14 | ETN | Eaton Corporation plc | Stock-Industrials | 0.78% | +0.19% | +36.08% | |
| 15 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.78% | +0.51% | +1.02% | |
| 16 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | Stock-Comm Services | 0.73% | -0.04% | +17.50% | |
| 17 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Stock-Healthcare | 0.72% | +0.18% | +46.37% | |
| 18 | GEV | GE Vernova Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.70% | +0.10% | +5.37% | |
| 19 | IBM | Intl Business Machines CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.60% | +0.02% | +9.56% | |
| 20 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.59% | -0.06% | -2.87% | |
| 21 | NET | Cloudflare Inc - Class A | Stock-Tech | 0.54% | -0.02% | -0.46% | |
| 22 | FBT | First Trust Nyse Arca Biotec | ETF-Other | 0.49% | -0.01% | -3.60% | |
| 23 | MLI | Mueller Industries Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.49% | +0.05% | +22.13% | |
| 24 | SNA | Snap-on Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.49% | -0.04% | +1.83% | |
| 25 | FTXL | First Trust Nasdaq Semicondu | ETF-Tech | 0.48% | +0.02% | -35.00% | |
| 26 | QTEC | First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | ETF-Tech | 0.48% | +0.48% | +111933.39% | |
| 27 | FXL | First Trust Technology Alpha | ETF-Tech | 0.48% | +0.48% | NEW | |
| 28 | FTXR | First Trust Nasdaq Transport | ETF-Tech | 0.47% | -0.01% | +0.06% | |
| 29 | ORCL | Oracle CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.46% | +0.08% | +46.90% | |
| 30 | ANET | Arista Networks Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.46% | +0.08% | +6.09% | |
| 31 | CINF | Cincinnati Financial CORP | Stock-Financials | 0.45% | +0.21% | +96.97% | |
| 32 | STRL | Sterling Infrastructure Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.44% | +0.18% | +2.04% | |
| 33 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.44% | +0.03% | -9.81% | |
| 34 | ROST | Ross Stores Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.43% | -0.14% | -7.44% | |
| 35 | VLTO | Veralto CORP | Stock-Industrials | 0.43% | +0.04% | +33.17% | |
| 36 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | Stock-Comm Services | 0.43% | -0.10% | +16.58% | |
| 37 | DDOG | Datadog Inc - Class A | Stock-Tech | 0.43% | +0.12% | -24.57% | |
| 38 | JPM | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | Stock-Financials | 0.42% | -0.05% | -1.49% | |
| 39 | TXN | Texas Instruments Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.42% | +0.06% | -7.25% | |
| 40 | COST | Costco Wholesale CORP | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.42% | -0.07% | +9.09% | |
| 41 | CRM | Salesforce Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.41% | -0.09% | +20.77% | |
| 42 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | Stock-Financials | 0.41% | +0.01% | +8.28% | |
| 43 | BAC | Bank Of America CORP | Stock-Financials | 0.40% | +0.05% | +19.46% | |
| 44 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing | Stock-Tech | 0.40% | +0.04% | +20.18% | |
| 45 | USB | US Bancorp | Stock-Financials | 0.39% | +0.09% | +36.38% | |
| 46 | MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.39% | -0.07% | -18.36% | |
| 47 | GE | General Electric | Stock-Industrials | 0.39% | — | -8.89% | |
| 48 | CVX | Chevron CORP | Stock-Energy | 0.38% | -0.25% | -8.09% | |
| 49 | ACN | Accenture plc | Stock-Tech | 0.38% | -0.11% | +50.36% | |
| 50 | WSM | Williams-sonoma Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.38% | +0.03% | +4.73% |
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Portfolio Performance
Performance for Q3 2026
+3.3%
Performance Last 4 Quarters
+21.3%
- Stdev
- +13.4%
- Beta
- +0.96
- Alpha
- -1.8%
- Max Drawdown
- -9.3%
- Annualized Perf
- +17.9%
- Batting Avg vs S&P
- +36.1%
- Sortino
- +2.52
- Stutzer
- +0.38
- Treynor
- +0.18
- Sterling
- +1.1
- Calmar
- +1.91
- Information Ratio
- -0.5
- Tracking Error
- +5.2%
- Stdev Down
- +6.9%
- Winning Months %
- +69.4%
- Losing Months %
- +30.6%
- Best 12 Months
- +30.8%
- Worst 12 Months
- +3.8%
- Efficiency Ratio
- +0.53
- Sharpe
- +1.3
- Stdev Sectors
- +9.8%
- Skewness
- -0.03
- Kurtosis
- -0.61
- Upside Potential
- +4.16
Reported value over time
Sector allocation
Sector allocation over time
Quarterly history
| Period | Holdings | Total value | Stability | Top holdings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 2938 | $170.0B | 38 | ||
| 2026 Q1 | 2882 | $140.0B | 31 | ||
| 2025 Q4 | 2910 | $137.6B | 25 | ||
| 2025 Q3 | 2822 | $134.3B | 39 | ||
| 2025 Q2 | 2844 | $124.3B | 0 | ||
| 2025 Q1 | 2791 | $112.9B | 100 | ||
| 2024 Q4 | 2814 | $113.4B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q3 | 2594 | $105.0B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q2 | 2597 | $98.1B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q1 | 2611 | $98.5B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q4 | 2621 | $91.6B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q3 | 2578 | $84.4B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q2 | 2592 | $87.9B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q1 | 2640 | $86.6B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q4 | 2695 | $84.1B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q3 | 2768 | $77.1B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q2 | 2790 | $81.0B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q1 | 2824 | $97.8B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q4 | 2814 | $102.8B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q3 | 2813 | $93.0B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q2 | 2804 | $92.4B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q1 | 2645 | $82.6B | 33 | ||
| 2020 Q4 | 2304 | $75.5B | 32 | ||
| 2020 Q3 | 2300 | $62.4B | 32 | ||
| 2020 Q2 | 2352 | $57.7B | 51 | ||
| 2020 Q1 | 2344 | $44.1B | 41 | ||
| 2019 Q4 | 2383 | $58.6B | 26 | ||
| 2019 Q3 | 2391 | $53.1B | 31 | ||
| 2019 Q2 | 2413 | $53.0B | 100 | ||
| 2019 Q1 | 2404 | $50.3B | 0 | ||
| 2018 Q4 | 2392 | $42.2B | 38 | ||
| 2018 Q3 | 2420 | $53.7B | 30 | ||
| 2018 Q2 | 2405 | $48.2B | 29 | ||
| 2018 Q1 | 2295 | $43.5B | 24 | ||
| 2017 Q4 | 2374 | $42.0B | 30 | ||
| 2017 Q3 | 2385 | $38.9B | 21 | ||
| 2017 Q2 | 2358 | $37.5B | 28 | ||
| 2017 Q1 | 2371 | $36.1B | 34 | ||
| 2016 Q4 | 2413 | $33.6B | 44 | ||
| 2016 Q3 | 2301 | $33.5B | 31 | ||
| 2016 Q2 | 2269 | $31.8B | 37 | ||
| 2016 Q1 | 2210 | $31.1B | 61 | ||
| 2015 Q4 | 2229 | $38.5B | 37 | ||
| 2015 Q3 | 2254 | $34.5B | 37 | ||
| 2015 Q2 | 2231 | $38.5B | 37 | ||
| 2015 Q1 | 2216 | $34.0B | 45 | ||
| 2014 Q4 | 2244 | $29.6B | 45 | ||
| 2014 Q3 | 2217 | $25.4B | 37 | ||
| 2014 Q2 | 2206 | $24.1B | 41 | ||
| 2014 Q1 | 2239 | $22.8B | 48 | ||
| 2013 Q4 | 2195 | $20.6B | 39 | ||
| 2013 Q3 | 2229 | $18.4B | 34 | ||
| 2013 Q2 | 2200 | $15.4B | 0 |
Holding changes this quarter
First Trust Advisors LP's most significant position changes for 2026-06-30: New buy: First Trust Technology Alpha (FXL); Sold out: First Trust Energy Alphadex (FXN); Sold out: First Trust Indxx Aero & Def (MISL); Sold out: Honeywell International Inc (HON); New buy: Thomson Reuters CORP (TRI).
Showing top 200 changes by size (of 2781 total)
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Weight Change | Shares Change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | +0.5% | +1.02% | Add |
| 2 | QTEC | First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | +0.5% | +111933.39% | Add |
| 3 | FXL | First Trust Technology Alpha | +0.5% | NEW | New buy |
| 4 | PWR | Quanta Services Inc | +0.4% | +93.76% | Add |
| 5 | AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | +0.4% | -4.91% | Trim |
| 6 | KLAC | Kla CORP | +0.4% | +843.88% | Add |
| 7 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc | +0.3% | -18.72% | Trim |
| 8 | FTNT | Fortinet Inc | +0.3% | -6.00% | Trim |
| 9 | LRCX | Lam Research CORP | +0.3% | -14.39% | Trim |
| 10 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | +0.3% | -3.53% | Trim |
| 11 | PM | Philip Morris International | +0.3% | +624.83% | Add |
| 12 | CINF | Cincinnati Financial CORP | +0.2% | +96.97% | Add |
| 13 | WDC | Western Digital CORP | +0.2% | +99.56% | Add |
| 14 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | +0.2% | -8.07% | Trim |
| 15 | MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | +0.2% | +0.55% | Add |
| 16 | INTC | Intel CORP | +0.2% | -15.42% | Trim |
| 17 | ETN | Eaton Corporation plc | +0.2% | +36.08% | Add |
| 18 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | +0.2% | +46.37% | Add |
| 19 | STRL | Sterling Infrastructure Inc | +0.2% | +2.04% | Add |
| 20 | SNDK | Sandisk CORP | +0.2% | +35.61% | Add |
| 21 | ALAB | Astera Labs Inc | +0.1% | +143.02% | Add |
| 22 | TER | Teradyne Inc | +0.1% | +331.03% | Add |
| 23 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | +0.1% | +10.34% | Add |
| 24 | CRWD | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A | +0.1% | -26.47% | Trim |
| 25 | DDOG | Datadog Inc - Class A | +0.1% | -24.57% | Trim |
| 26 | OKTA | Okta Inc | +0.1% | +7.23% | Add |
| 27 | STX | Seagate Technology Holdings plc | +0.1% | -9.90% | Trim |
| 28 | NVT | nVent Electric plc | +0.1% | +55.48% | Add |
| 29 | DELL | Dell Technologies -c | +0.1% | +2.90% | Add |
| 30 | SYK | Stryker CORP | +0.1% | +1450.85% | Add |
| 31 | TRI | Thomson Reuters CORP | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 32 | RBRK | Rubrik Inc-a | +0.1% | +22.15% | Add |
| 33 | LUV | Southwest Airlines Co | +0.1% | +536.72% | Add |
| 34 | NBIS | Nebius Group N.V. | +0.1% | +1196.42% | Add |
| 35 | GEV | GE Vernova Inc | +0.1% | +5.37% | Add |
| 36 | CHRW | C.h. Robinson Worldwide Inc | +0.1% | +66.48% | Add |
| 37 | OC | Owens Corning | +0.1% | +33.06% | Add |
| 38 | UNP | Union Pacific CORP | +0.1% | +109.19% | Add |
| 39 | MSI | Motorola Solutions Inc | +0.1% | +181.47% | Add |
| 40 | BB | Blackberry LTD | +0.1% | +16.04% | Add |
| 41 | A | Agilent Technologies Inc | +0.1% | +164.56% | Add |
| 42 | EG | Everest Group, Ltd. | +0.1% | +404.05% | Add |
| 43 | BX | Blackstone Inc | +0.1% | +2541.13% | Add |
| 44 | USB | US Bancorp | +0.1% | +36.38% | Add |
| 45 | FROG | JFrog Ltd. | +0.1% | +11.00% | Add |
| 46 | MDT | Medtronic plc | +0.1% | +253.88% | Add |
| 47 | ISRG | Intuitive Surgical Inc | +0.1% | +262.66% | Add |
| 48 | SO | Southern Co/the | +0.1% | +227.32% | Add |
| 49 | MMM | 3m Co | +0.1% | +431.13% | Add |
| 50 | ✓ | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
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FAQ
What is First Trust Advisors LP and what type of investor is it?
First Trust Advisors LP is an investment manager that files SEC Form 13F quarterly, disclosing its U.S. public equity holdings to regulators. As of the most recent reporting period (2026-06-30), the firm manages a tracked equity portfolio valued at approximately $170.0B, spread across 2938 disclosed positions.
What are First Trust Advisors LP's largest equity positions?
Based on the latest 13F filing, First Trust Advisors LP's top holdings by market value are:
1. Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) — $2.5B (1.5%)
2. Nvidia CORP (NVDA) — $2.2B (1.3%)
3. Broadcom Inc (AVGO) — $1.9B (1.1%)
4. Alphabet Inc-cl A (GOOGL) — $1.9B (1.1%)
5. Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) — $1.8B (1.1%)
What changes did First Trust Advisors LP make in its most recent portfolio filing?
In the latest reported quarter, First Trust Advisors LP made 200 notable position adjustments: 6 new positions were initiated, 120 existing holdings were added to, 69 positions were partially reduced, and 5 were completely exited. The largest of these moves: New buy: First Trust Technology Alpha (FXL); Sold out: First Trust Energy Alphadex (FXN); Sold out: First Trust Indxx Aero & Def (MISL); Sold out: Honeywell International Inc (HON); New buy: Thomson Reuters CORP (TRI)
What sectors does First Trust Advisors LP focus on?
First Trust Advisors LP is concentrated in the following sectors based on its current disclosed equity portfolio:
• Information Technology: 34.6%
• Industrials: 19.8%
• Financials: 14.7%
• Health Care: 7.7%
• Consumer Discretionary: 6.9%
• Communication Services: 4.3%
Investment Profile
First Trust Advisors LP returned an annualized 17.9% over the trailing 36 months — underperforming the S&P 500 by 1.8 points — based on a reconstructed track record of its disclosed 13F positions, with a beta of 0.96 (roughly in line with the market) and a 36% quarterly batting average against the index.
Its portfolio is broadly diversified and moderately active, with 34.6% of the portfolio concentrated in Information Technology.
Its turnover score has risen from 0 to 38 over the past 4 quarters — a shift toward more active trading.
It has added to its PWR position over the past two quarters (+$1.0B, now $1.4B), while trimming NFLX over the same stretch (-$436.9M, still holding $277.1M).
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