First Trust Advisors LP
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed August 11, 2026), First Trust Advisors LP reported 2,653 stock positions worth $169.8 billion. Its top holding was Cisco Systems (CSCO) at 1.5% of the portfolio, followed by Nvidia (NVDA, 1.3%) and Broadcom (AVGO, 1.1%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 170 new positions, sold out of 119, added to 1,444 and reduced 1,017. The biggest buy was Micron Technology (MU, shares +1%) and the biggest sale Exxon Mobil (XOM, shares −81%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Wheaton, IL
- CIK
- 0001125816
- Portfolio Value
- $169.8B (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001445546-26-005965 ↗ filed Aug 11, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 2,653 stocks · $169.8B
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.48% | 21,358,742 | $2.5B | Reduce -3.5% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.28% | 10,869,435 | $2.2B | Add +4.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.14% | 5,141,470 | $1.9B | Reduce -0.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.14% | 5,404,045 | $1.9B | Add +10.3% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 1.06% | 5,255,509 | $1.8B | Reduce -18.7% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 1.05% | 2,462,125 | $1.8B | Reduce -4.9% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.03% | 4,667,043 | $1.7B | Add +12.9% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 0.99% | 5,833,307 | $1.7B | Add +11.9% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 0.98% | 10,815,814 | $1.7B | Reduce -6.0% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 0.95% | 5,340,970 | $1.6B | Reduce -5.6% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.92% | 3,617,460 | $1.6B | Reduce -14.4% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.85% | 1,900,484 | $1.5B | Reduce -26.5% |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | 0.82% | 1,945,228 | $1.4B | Add +93.8% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.78% | 3,125,697 | $1.3B | Add +36.1% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 0.78% | 1,148,631 | $1.3B | Add +1.0% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.73% | 2,212,729 | $1.2B | Add +17.5% |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | 0.73% | 8,433,447 | $1.2B | Add +46.4% |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | 0.70% | 1,010,178 | $1.2B | Add +5.4% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.60% | 3,649,008 | $1.0B | Add +9.6% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.59% | 4,210,806 | $1.0B | Reduce -2.9% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.54% | 3,756,643 | $921.4M | Reduce -0.5% |
| FBT First Trust Nyse Arca Biotec | 0.49% | 3,388,725 | $840.0M | Reduce -3.6% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.49% | 6,832,391 | $839.9M | Add +22.1% |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | 0.49% | 2,070,244 | $833.1M | Add +1.8% |
| FTXL First Trust Nasdaq Semicondu | 0.48% | 2,854,912 | $813.5M | Reduce -35.0% |
| QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | 0.48% | 2,428,884 | $812.9M | Add +111933.4% |
| FXL First Trust Technology Alpha | 0.48% | 3,725,523 | $809.3M | New |
| FTXR First Trust Nasdaq Transport | 0.47% | 17,572,217 | $800.8M | Add +0.1% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.46% | 5,336,948 | $782.1M | Add +46.9% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.46% | 4,591,762 | $780.0M | Add +6.1% |
| CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 0.45% | 4,145,056 | $767.4M | Add +97.0% |
| STRL Sterling Infrastructure Inc. | 0.44% | 895,943 | $752.0M | Add +2.0% |
| FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. | 0.44% | 375,090 | $743.4M | Reduce -9.8% |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | 0.43% | 3,419,275 | $727.8M | Reduce -7.4% |
| VLTO Veralto Corp. | 0.43% | 8,190,187 | $726.3M | Add +33.2% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.43% | 17,145,993 | $726.0M | Add +16.6% |
| DDOG Datadog Inc. Class A | 0.43% | 2,780,074 | $723.8M | Reduce -24.6% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.42% | 2,203,107 | $721.1M | Reduce -1.5% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.42% | 2,404,732 | $716.8M | Reduce -7.3% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.42% | 755,150 | $706.4M | Add +9.1% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.41% | 4,484,194 | $702.5M | Add +20.8% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.41% | 2,025,535 | $694.9M | Add +8.3% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | 0.40% | 11,888,923 | $677.4M | Add +19.5% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.40% | 3,002,029 | $672.3M | Add +20.2% |
| USB US Bancorp | 0.39% | 11,072,514 | $668.8M | Add +36.4% |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | 0.39% | 482,781 | $667.4M | Reduce -18.4% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.39% | 1,768,117 | $660.8M | Reduce -8.9% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.38% | 3,932,543 | $651.9M | Reduce -8.1% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.38% | 5,235,822 | $651.5M | Add +50.4% |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | 0.38% | 2,790,554 | $650.5M | Add +4.7% |
| EME Emcor Group Inc. | 0.38% | 772,897 | $641.4M | Add +22.6% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.38% | 1,540,207 | $640.7M | Add +4.3% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.37% | 1,508,238 | $634.4M | Add +20.4% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.37% | 1,090,409 | $633.4M | Reduce -8.1% |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | 0.36% | 4,497,939 | $613.7M | Add +7.2% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.36% | 4,363,426 | $609.3M | Reduce -15.4% |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 0.36% | 4,172,551 | $603.4M | Reduce -3.2% |
| AGX Argan Inc. | 0.35% | 754,403 | $602.4M | Reduce -4.7% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.35% | 4,407,158 | $596.7M | Add +11.2% |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | 0.35% | 1,803,212 | $595.3M | Add +5.7% |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.35% | 3,331,826 | $593.9M | Reduce -5.4% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.35% | 1,742,005 | $593.6M | Add +8.5% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | 0.34% | 7,698,248 | $585.5M | Add +44.2% |
| ALL Allstate Corp. | 0.34% | 2,438,113 | $580.1M | Add +9.2% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 0.34% | 1,946,266 | $579.8M | Add +0.6% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.33% | 1,096,922 | $563.4M | Add +10.5% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.33% | 4,752,119 | $561.7M | Reduce -0.6% |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | 0.33% | 18,544,746 | $560.1M | Add +38.8% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.33% | 3,027,401 | $559.4M | Reduce -24.3% |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | 0.33% | 1,328,399 | $552.7M | Reduce -5.9% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.31% | 21,818,803 | $525.4M | Add +6.8% |
| CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. | 0.30% | 2,736,463 | $515.4M | Add +66.5% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.30% | 2,835,056 | $512.9M | Add +624.8% |
| HIG Hartford Insurance Group Inc. | 0.30% | 3,822,362 | $506.5M | Add +10.4% |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | 0.29% | 3,529,213 | $498.1M | Add +0.3% |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.29% | 1,075,144 | $493.2M | Add +9.4% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 0.29% | 1,235,789 | $490.8M | Add +22.5% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.29% | 1,438,146 | $486.5M | Add +1.2% |
| NTAP Netapp Inc. | 0.28% | 3,104,993 | $480.5M | Reduce -15.1% |
| RBRK Rubrik Inc. Class A | 0.28% | 5,980,251 | $480.1M | Add +22.1% |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | 0.28% | 738,165 | $471.5M | Add +99.6% |
| HUBB Hubbell Inc. | 0.28% | 901,095 | $471.5M | Add +26.1% |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | 0.28% | 1,829,197 | $468.1M | Add +53.5% |
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings | 0.27% | 483,514 | $466.6M | Reduce -9.9% |
| OC Owens Corning | 0.27% | 2,899,702 | $460.9M | Add +33.1% |
| DY Dycom Industries Inc. | 0.27% | 908,588 | $459.4M | Add +13.8% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.27% | 6,379,718 | $459.0M | Reduce -5.0% |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | 0.27% | 8,267,874 | $458.9M | Reduce -14.4% |
| NVT Nvent Electric PLC | 0.26% | 2,637,445 | $447.3M | Add +55.5% |
| RMD Resmed Inc. | 0.26% | 2,278,696 | $444.1M | Add +48.2% |
| TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. filed as PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC | 0.26% | 3,902,311 | $443.7M | Add +5.6% |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 0.26% | 4,795,131 | $442.4M | Add +42.0% |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.26% | 3,162,716 | $434.0M | Reduce -26.7% |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | 0.26% | 1,759,998 | $433.3M | Reduce -37.5% |
| SAIA Saia Inc. | 0.25% | 1,023,332 | $431.0M | Add +27.2% |
| WMS Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. | 0.25% | 2,660,753 | $417.6M | Add +30.2% |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp. | 0.24% | 182,005 | $413.8M | Add +35.6% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.24% | 1,131,395 | $409.7M | Add +76.8% |
| RL Ralph Lauren Corp. | 0.24% | 1,019,507 | $409.2M | Add +44.9% |
| POWL Powell Industries Inc. | 0.24% | 1,426,981 | $408.6M | Reduce -7.9% |
Other holdings (2): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $183.4M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 158,555 | $183.4M | No change |
| COHEN & STEERS QUALITY-R | RIGHT 07/15/2026 | 37,977 | $565 | Reduce -57.0% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $170.0B.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -81.2% | 0.09% | −0.66 |
| FXN First Trust Energy Alphadex | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.48 |
| MISL First Trust Indxx Aero & Def | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.47 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -8.1% | 0.38% | −0.25 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Reduce -30.6% | 0.16% | −0.22 |
| COP Conocophillips | Reduce -71.9% | 0.05% | −0.21 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Reduce -45.1% | 0.14% | −0.21 |
| DOV Dover Corp. | Reduce -55.7% | 0.13% | −0.20 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -42.0% | 0.20% | −0.19 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -43.3% | 0.13% | −0.18 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -39.1% | 0.19% | −0.18 |
| INGR Ingredion Inc. | Reduce -54.7% | 0.08% | −0.17 |
| PRIM Primoris Services Corp. | Reduce -22.6% | 0.13% | −0.17 |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | Reduce -37.5% | 0.26% | −0.16 |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Reduce -83.2% | 0.03% | −0.16 |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | Reduce -14.4% | 0.27% | −0.15 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Reduce -7.4% | 0.43% | −0.14 |
| HSY The Hershey Co. | Reduce -74.3% | 0.03% | −0.13 |
| PPG PPG Industries Inc. | Reduce -67.2% | 0.05% | −0.12 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Reduce -22.4% | 0.14% | −0.12 |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | Reduce -56.3% | 0.07% | −0.12 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -47.3% | 0.12% | −0.12 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Reduce -12.8% | 0.13% | −0.11 |
| ADSK Autodesk Inc. | Reduce -36.2% | 0.08% | −0.11 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | Reduce -26.7% | 0.26% | −0.11 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | Reduce -24.4% | 0.19% | −0.11 |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | Reduce -76.3% | 0.02% | −0.10 |
| MCO Moody's Corp. | Reduce -74.7% | 0.03% | −0.10 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Reduce -81.5% | 0.03% | −0.09 |
| AEP American Electric Power | Reduce -59.3% | 0.05% | −0.09 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Reduce -81.7% | 0.02% | −0.09 |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | Reduce -4.4% | 0.22% | −0.09 |
| APA Apa Corp. | Reduce -53.8% | 0.04% | −0.09 |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | Reduce -9.4% | 0.16% | −0.09 |
| MRNA Moderna Inc. | Reduce -99.0% | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | Reduce -23.3% | 0.17% | −0.09 |
| ACM Aecom | Reduce -19.2% | 0.10% | −0.08 |
| F Ford Motor Co. | Reduce -56.0% | 0.06% | −0.08 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | Reduce -22.3% | 0.16% | −0.08 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | Reduce -5.4% | 0.35% | −0.07 |
| SPXC SPX Technologies Inc. | Reduce -38.6% | 0.12% | −0.07 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Reduce -33.6% | 0.09% | −0.07 |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | Reduce -61.3% | 0.04% | −0.07 |
| PGR Progressive Corp. | Reduce -28.1% | 0.13% | −0.07 |
| MCK McKesson Corp. | Reduce -66.4% | 0.02% | −0.07 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | Reduce -65.8% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| UNM Unum Group | Reduce -41.5% | 0.10% | −0.07 |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | Reduce -18.4% | 0.39% | −0.07 |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | Reduce -17.2% | 0.18% | −0.07 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Add +1.0% | 0.78% | +0.51 |
| QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | Add +111933.4% | 0.48% | +0.48 |
| FXL First Trust Technology Alpha | New | 0.48% | +0.48 |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | Add +93.8% | 0.82% | +0.43 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Add +624.8% | 0.30% | +0.26 |
| CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. | Add +97.0% | 0.45% | +0.21 |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | Add +99.6% | 0.28% | +0.21 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Add +0.6% | 0.34% | +0.20 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Add +36.1% | 0.78% | +0.20 |
| STRL Sterling Infrastructure Inc. | Add +2.0% | 0.44% | +0.19 |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | Add +46.4% | 0.73% | +0.19 |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp. | Add +35.6% | 0.24% | +0.18 |
| ALAB Astera Labs Inc. | Add +143.0% | 0.17% | +0.15 |
| TER Teradyne Inc. | Add +331.0% | 0.17% | +0.14 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +10.3% | 1.14% | +0.13 |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | Add +7.2% | 0.36% | +0.13 |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | Add +1450.8% | 0.13% | +0.12 |
| NVT Nvent Electric PLC | Add +55.5% | 0.26% | +0.12 |
| DELL Dell Technologies -C | Add +2.9% | 0.22% | +0.12 |
| RBRK Rubrik Inc. Class A | Add +22.1% | 0.28% | +0.11 |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | Add +1196.4% | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. | Add +66.5% | 0.30% | +0.11 |
| LUV Southwest Airlines Co. | Add +536.7% | 0.13% | +0.11 |
| BB Blackberry Ltd. | Add +16.0% | 0.14% | +0.10 |
| OC Owens Corning | Add +33.1% | 0.27% | +0.10 |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Add +404.1% | 0.13% | +0.10 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Add +5.4% | 0.70% | +0.10 |
| A Agilent Technologies Inc. | Add +164.6% | 0.16% | +0.10 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Add +2541.1% | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. | Add +181.5% | 0.18% | +0.10 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Add +109.2% | 0.20% | +0.09 |
| USB US Bancorp | Add +36.4% | 0.39% | +0.09 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Add +253.9% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| LGN Legence Corp. Class A | Add +1185.5% | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| MMM 3M Co. | Add +431.1% | 0.11% | +0.09 |
| FROG Jfrog Ltd. | Add +11.0% | 0.20% | +0.09 |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Add +262.7% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| SO The Southern Co. | Add +227.3% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | Add +44.2% | 0.34% | +0.08 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Add +76.8% | 0.24% | +0.08 |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | Add +38.8% | 0.33% | +0.08 |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | Add +6.1% | 0.46% | +0.08 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | Add +53.5% | 0.28% | +0.08 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Add +46.9% | 0.46% | +0.08 |
| DY Dycom Industries Inc. | Add +13.8% | 0.27% | +0.08 |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | Add +157.8% | 0.15% | +0.08 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +35.7% | 0.20% | +0.07 |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | Add +4.3% | 0.38% | +0.07 |
| RL Ralph Lauren Corp. | Add +44.9% | 0.24% | +0.07 |
| C Citigroup Inc. | Add +65.8% | 0.16% | +0.07 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | Sold out | 120,408 | $2.9Mbefore exit |
| M-TRON INDUSTRIES INC | RIGHT 04/15/2026 | Sold out | 10,011 | $21Kbefore exit |
| COHEN & STEERS QUALITY-R | RIGHT 07/15/2026 | Reduce -57.0% | 37,977 | $565 |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 2,653 | $169.8B | CSCO, NVDA, AVGO, GOOGL, PANW |
| Q1 2026 | 2,599 | $139.8B | NVDA, CSCO, AVGO, MSFT, GOOGL |
| Q4 2025 | 2,621 | $137.4B | CSCO, NVDA, MSFT, AVGO, GOOGL |
| Q3 2025 | 2,562 | $134.1B | CSCO, AVGO, MSFT, META, NVDA |
| Q2 2025 | 2,583 | $124.1B | CSCO, MSFT, AVGO, META, AMZN |
| Q1 2025 | 2,529 | $112.6B | CSCO, MSFT, META, AVGO, AAPL |
| Q4 2024 | 2,549 | $113.1B | CSCO, AVGO, MSFT, AMZN, META |
| Q3 2024 | 2,352 | $104.7B | CSCO, AVGO, MSFT, META, AMZN |
| Q2 2024 | 2,307 | $97.8B | CSCO, AVGO, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN |
| Q1 2024 | 2,326 | $98.2B | CSCO, MSFT, AVGO, AMZN, FTXL |