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First Trust Advisors LP

CIK:0001125816
Asset Manager
$256B AUM
2,585 holdings
Wheaton, IL, United States
Founded:1991
520 employees
Latest filing:Jun 30, 2025

First Trust Advisors LP is a leading asset management and investment advisory firm headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois. Founded in 1991, the firm provides a broad range of investment solutions, including ETFs, closed-end funds, mutual funds, and separate managed accounts. With approximately 520 employees, First Trust serves individual investors, financial advisors, and institutional clients by developing innovative investment products and strategies across asset classes.

Investment Strategy

First Trust Advisors LP offers a diverse suite of actively managed and index-based investment products, with expertise in ETFs, mutual funds, and separately managed accounts. The firm's investment approach focuses on offering innovative, rules-based, quant-driven, and fundamental strategies designed to meet a variety of investment objectives, such as growth, income, and risk mitigation. First Trust emphasizes transparency, disciplined portfolio construction, risk management, and the use of proprietary research to deliver value to investors across asset classes and market conditions.

Latest 13F Filing Activity

First Trust Advisors LP filed their most recent 13F report on Jun 30, 2025 disclosing 2,553 equity positions with a total 13F market value of $124B. The fund increased holdings in First TR Exchange-traded FD, Broadcom Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. among other positions. First Trust Advisors LP reduced exposure to First TR Nasdaq 100 Tech Ind, Philip Morris Intl Inc., Abbvie Inc. among others.

Top Buys
Q
QQXTFIRST TR EXCHANGE-TRADED FD
+$732.4M
A
AVGOBROADCOM INC
+$549.3M
X
XOMEXXON MOBIL CORP
+$458.1M
M
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP
+$428.9M
N
NVDANVIDIA CORPORATION
+$428.7M
Top Sells
Q
QTECFIRST TR NASDAQ 100 TECH IND
-$697.8M
P
PMPHILIP MORRIS INTL INC
-$358.7M
A
ABBVABBVIE INC
-$278.0M
B
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL
-$235.5M
M
MKLMARKEL GROUP INC
-$205.5M

Top Holdings

C
CSCOCISCO SYS INC
+1.7%$2.11B
M
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP
+1.4%$1.70B
A
AVGOBROADCOM INC
+1.3%$1.61B
M
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC
+1.2%$1.54B
A
AMZNAMAZON COM INC
+1.0%$1.25B

Equity Positions (2,553)

TickerSecurityWeightMarket ValueSharesAvg CostPriceChange (QoQ)
CISCO SYS INC1.69%$2.11B30,356,336$47.36$69.38+$343.7M
MICROSOFT CORP1.37%$1.70B3,419,860$289.22$497.41+$428.9M
BROADCOM INC1.29%$1.61B5,835,094$50.31$275.65+$549.3M
META PLATFORMS INC1.24%$1.54B2,090,124$283.17$738.09+$304.9M
AMAZON COM INC1.00%$1.25B5,685,488$91.95$219.39+$226.5M

Industry Allocation

SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE
+11.1%
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
+5.2%
SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC.
+3.7%
SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC
+3.2%
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
+2.8%