FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

ETF Provider

FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP is an ETF Provider based in Wheaton, IL led by James Allen Bowen, reporting $256.33B in AUM as of Q3 2025 with CSCO as the largest holding (1% allocation).

CEOJames Allen Bowen

Portfolio Value: $134.15B
Positions: 2,564
Top Holding: CSCO at 1.49%
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Address120 E. Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, 60187, United States

Top Holdings

Largest long holdings in FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP's portfolio (10.9% of total portfolio)

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Holding	Sector	Position	Weight	Traded	Ownership	Owned Since
1 Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO	Communication Equipment Technology	$2.0B	1.49%	-$79.6M Sold	0.74% 29.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
2 Broadcom Inc. AVGO	Semiconductors Technology	$1.8B	1.31%	-$172.2M Sold	0.11% 5.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
3 Microsoft MSFT	Software - Infrastructure Technology	$1.7B	1.24%	-$102.5M Sold	0.04% 3.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
4 Meta Platforms, Inc. META	Internet Content & Information Communication Services	$1.6B	1.17%	+$31.8M Bought	0.08% 2.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
5 Nvidia NVDA	Semiconductors Technology	$1.5B	1.11%	+$158.0M Bought	0.03% 8.0M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
6 Alphabet Inc. GOOGL	Internet Content & Information Communication Services	$1.3B	1.00%	-$145.0M Sold	0.05% 5.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
7 CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD	Software - Infrastructure Technology	$1.3B	0.95%	+$211.5M Bought	1.04% 2.6M shares	Q2 2019 Held for 6y 6m
8 Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW	Software - Infrastructure Technology	$1.2B	0.90%	+$124.5M Bought	0.87% 5.9M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
9 Amazon AMZN	Specialty Retail Consumer Cyclical	$1.2B	0.89%	-$47.9M Sold	0.05% 5.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+
10 Apple AAPL	Consumer Electronics Technology	$1.1B	0.80%	+$4.2M Bought	0.03% 4.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+

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Changes

Portfolio activity, position movements, and quarter-over-quarter changes in FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP's latest filing

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Market Value

$134.15B

Prior: $124.12B

Q/Q Change

+8.09%

+$10.0B

Net Flows % of MV

+1.87%

Turnover Ratio

10.46%

New Purchases

58 stocks

$145.9M

Added To

1,195 stocks

+$15.3B

Sold Out Of

204 stocks

$571.8M

Reduced Holdings

1,172 stocks

-$12.3B

Increased Positions

Position	Shares Δ	Change
1 Freedom Holding FRHC	New	0 → 183.5K +$31.6M
2 PSKY Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock PSKY	New	0 → 839.2K +$15.9M
3 BigBear.ai BBAI	New	0 → 1.7M +$10.9M
4 Applied Digital APLD	New	0 → 440.2K +$10.1M
5 Serve Robotics SERV	New	0 → 760.1K +$8.8M

Decreased Positions

Position	Shares Δ	Change
1 Juniper Networks JNPR	Sold	2.2M → 0 −$87.3M
2 Ansys ANSS	Sold	233.7K → 0 −$82.1M
3 Invesco Preferred PGX	Sold	3.4M → 0 −$37.6M
4 Fiserv FI	Sold	213.3K → 0 −$36.8M
5 Wabash National WNC	Sold	3.1M → 0 −$32.6M

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Analytics

Portfolio insights and performance metrics for FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

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Sector Allocation

Technology

29.20%

Industrials

16.00%

Financial Services

14.40%

Consumer Cyclical

8.00%

Healthcare

5.90%

Communication Services

5.70%

Consumer Defensive

4.20%

Utilities

4.00%

ETF

3.70%

Energy

3.50%

Basic Materials

1.60%

Real Estate

1.00%

Market Cap Distribution

Mega Cap (> $200B)

19.36%

Large Cap ($10B - $200B)

57.24%

Mid Cap ($2B - $10B)

15.02%

Small Cap ($300M - $2B)

1.88%

Micro Cap ($50M - $300M)

0.01%

Nano Cap (< $50M)

0.53%

N/A (ETF or Unknown)

5.96%

Portfolio Concentration

Top 10 Holdings %

10.86%

Top 20 Holdings %

17.12%

Top 50 Holdings %

30.76%

Top 100 Holdings %

45.7%