First Trust Advisors LP
In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed May 13, 2024), First Trust Advisors LP reported 2,326 stock positions worth $98.2 billion. Its top holding was Cisco Systems (CSCO) at 1.4% of the portfolio, followed by Microsoft (MSFT, 1.0%) and Broadcom (AVGO, 1.0%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 113 new positions, sold out of 121, added to 1,128 and reduced 1,084. The biggest buy was Apple (AAPL, shares +295%) and the biggest sale Netapp (NTAP, shares −72%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Wheaton, IL
- CIK
- 0001125816
- Portfolio Value
- $98.2B (Q1 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001445546-24-003641 ↗ filed May 13, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 2,326 stocks · $98.2B
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.43% | 28,140,346 | $1.4B | Add +12.8% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.01% | 2,351,063 | $989.1M | Add +26.0% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.99% | 737,512 | $977.5M | Reduce -11.1% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.92% | 5,025,267 | $906.5M | Reduce -1.0% |
| FTXL First Trust Nasdaq Semicondu | 0.83% | 9,040,141 | $818.5M | Add +2.0% |
| QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | 0.83% | 4,262,564 | $812.8M | Add +2.0% |
| FXR First Trust Indst/Producers | 0.82% | 11,005,868 | $803.0M | Add +2.0% |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | 0.80% | 3,852,634 | $790.1M | Add +2.0% |
| FXD First Trust Consumer Discret | 0.80% | 12,191,860 | $786.8M | Add +2.0% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 0.77% | 4,400,218 | $754.5M | Add +295.0% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.74% | 1,498,494 | $727.6M | Reduce -17.4% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.67% | 2,045,868 | $655.9M | Reduce -7.6% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.64% | 4,188,012 | $632.1M | Add +3.8% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.63% | 3,635,902 | $615.6M | Add +8.5% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.62% | 3,206,571 | $612.3M | Add +2.6% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.62% | 3,348,832 | $609.8M | Reduce -13.5% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.62% | 3,476,254 | $605.6M | Reduce -10.0% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.61% | 2,121,587 | $602.8M | Add +19.7% |
| CTSH Cognizant Tech Solutions-A | 0.60% | 8,063,087 | $590.9M | Add +45.9% |
| GRMN Garmin Ltd. | 0.54% | 3,561,389 | $530.2M | Add +58.5% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.53% | 2,528,334 | $521.4M | Add +49.3% |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | 0.53% | 4,186,482 | $518.7M | Add +52.2% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.51% | 5,135,170 | $497.2M | Add +2.5% |
| INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR | 0.49% | 26,979,794 | $483.7M | Add +7.0% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.48% | 485,188 | $471.4M | Reduce -7.5% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.47% | 5,377,589 | $461.7M | Reduce -0.8% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.46% | 10,858,447 | $455.6M | Reduce -1.6% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.46% | 2,868,304 | $452.4M | Reduce -41.0% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.46% | 1,500,091 | $451.8M | Add +0.9% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 0.46% | 644,197 | $450.0M | Add +73.3% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.45% | 1,282,289 | $444.5M | Reduce -9.2% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.45% | 489,816 | $442.6M | Reduce -10.0% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.44% | 837,299 | $434.2M | Add +83.1% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.43% | 3,925,328 | $426.9M | Add +21.6% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.43% | 1,523,548 | $425.2M | Reduce -0.6% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.43% | 882,596 | $425.0M | Reduce -5.2% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.42% | 2,687,200 | $409.2M | Add +5.9% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.41% | 14,348,173 | $398.2M | Reduce -29.6% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.40% | 649,044 | $394.2M | Reduce -3.4% |
| DASH DoorDash Inc. Class A | 0.39% | 2,806,457 | $386.5M | Reduce -8.8% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.38% | 1,289,774 | $374.0M | Reduce -11.5% |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | 0.37% | 1,339,992 | $365.5M | Add +10.5% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 0.36% | 5,169,045 | $353.1M | Reduce -2.8% |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | 0.36% | 1,830,694 | $352.6M | Add +12.0% |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | 0.35% | 3,303,952 | $345.7M | Reduce -19.1% |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | 0.35% | 1,758,537 | $343.1M | Add +11.6% |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | 0.35% | 1,146,900 | $339.7M | Add +6.5% |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | 0.34% | 16,026,668 | $337.2M | Add +24.7% |
| DDOG Datadog Inc. Class A | 0.34% | 2,693,349 | $332.9M | Add +12.5% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 0.34% | 1,681,201 | $332.5M | Add +2.5% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.34% | 1,653,995 | $331.3M | Reduce -9.3% |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | 0.34% | 1,122,760 | $330.8M | Add +170.5% |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 0.33% | 336,472 | $323.9M | Reduce -8.1% |
| OTEX Open Text Corp. | 0.33% | 8,259,822 | $320.6M | Add +18.6% |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. filed as CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP | 0.32% | 3,526,836 | $313.3M | Add +450.7% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 0.32% | 2,099,335 | $311.6M | Reduce -1.3% |
| FITB Fifth Third Bancorp | 0.32% | 8,360,229 | $311.1M | Add +300.5% |
| STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. | 0.32% | 2,091,726 | $310.1M | Add +4.3% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.31% | 5,708,137 | $307.8M | Add +1.6% |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | 0.31% | 4,183,237 | $306.4M | Add +1.6% |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | 0.31% | 944,407 | $299.9M | Add +625.8% |
| ABNB Airbnb Inc. Class A | 0.30% | 1,784,553 | $294.4M | Reduce -8.7% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | 0.30% | 6,791,340 | $292.8M | Reduce -1.7% |
| RS Reliance Inc. | 0.30% | 876,127 | $292.8M | Reduce -1.1% |
| TEL Te Connectivity Ltd. | 0.30% | 1,997,232 | $290.1M | Reduce -6.8% |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.29% | 1,408,064 | $289.0M | Reduce -3.4% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 0.29% | 1,251,565 | $289.0M | Add +223.2% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed as CF INDS HLDGS INC | 0.29% | 3,472,180 | $288.9M | Add +18.6% |
| EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. | 0.29% | 3,633,107 | $287.4M | Add +309.2% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.29% | 2,464,649 | $286.5M | Add +3.6% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.29% | 1,626,737 | $284.7M | Reduce -2.8% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.29% | 1,096,531 | $284.1M | Add +214.8% |
| MTG Mgic Investment Corp. | 0.29% | 12,559,534 | $280.8M | Add +4.1% |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.29% | 993,871 | $280.8M | Reduce -4.9% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.28% | 2,218,755 | $278.7M | Reduce -18.2% |
| LEN Lennar Corp. Class A | 0.28% | 1,618,779 | $278.4M | Add +4.6% |
| MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP | 0.28% | 1,909,008 | $277.6M | Add +283.6% |
| GEN Gen Digital Inc. | 0.28% | 12,320,378 | $276.0M | Add +24.8% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.28% | 1,697,075 | $275.4M | Reduce -1.1% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.28% | 4,571,305 | $275.1M | Reduce -1.8% |
| SLM SLM Corp. | 0.28% | 12,508,826 | $272.6M | Add +629.3% |
| COF Capital One Financial Corp. | 0.28% | 1,827,482 | $272.1M | Add +6.5% |
| MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A | 0.28% | 10,471,706 | $271.7M | Add +3.4% |
| JXN Jackson Financial Inc. Class A | 0.28% | 4,100,761 | $271.2M | Add +549.9% |
| EQH Equitable Holdings Inc. | 0.28% | 7,130,338 | $271.0M | Add +14.4% |
| OMC Omnicom Group | 0.27% | 2,790,566 | $270.0M | Add +7.4% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.27% | 543,204 | $268.7M | Add +1.3% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.27% | 1,075,485 | $268.6M | Reduce -4.0% |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | 0.27% | 3,833,803 | $268.4M | Reduce -6.8% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.27% | 694,534 | $266.4M | Reduce -16.0% |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | 0.27% | 7,952,254 | $266.2M | Add +566.8% |
| IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. | 0.27% | 8,144,156 | $265.7M | Add +17.6% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.27% | 1,679,258 | $265.6M | Add +2.8% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.27% | 2,075,381 | $265.3M | Add +368.5% |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | 0.27% | 2,803,996 | $263.5M | Add +2547.1% |
| NTNX Nutanix Inc. Class A | 0.27% | 4,261,951 | $263.0M | Reduce -18.8% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.27% | 2,137,896 | $262.5M | Reduce -3.0% |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | 0.27% | 1,595,000 | $262.5M | Add +364.5% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.27% | 5,919,478 | $261.5M | Add +6.5% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | 0.27% | 3,901,959 | $261.4M | Add +6.4% |
Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $284.4M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 149,450 | $182.2M | Add +12.7% |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 82,724 | $98.8M | No change |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | 137,920 | $3.4M | Reduce -9.8% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $98.5B.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| NTAP Netapp Inc. | Reduce -72.1% | 0.17% | −0.38 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -41.0% | 0.46% | −0.33 |
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Reduce -47.8% | 0.22% | −0.30 |
| JNPR Juniper Networks Inc. | Reduce -69.0% | 0.15% | −0.27 |
| LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | Reduce -99.0% | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Reduce -65.0% | 0.20% | −0.24 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -29.6% | 0.41% | −0.24 |
| CIVI Civitas Resources Inc. | Reduce -93.0% | 0.02% | −0.23 |
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Reduce -68.5% | 0.10% | −0.23 |
| CHRD Chord Energy Corp. | Reduce -89.3% | 0.03% | −0.23 |
| PFG Principal Financial Group | Reduce -94.2% | 0.01% | −0.23 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -73.2% | 0.08% | −0.22 |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | Reduce -65.4% | 0.11% | −0.22 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Reduce -71.6% | 0.09% | −0.22 |
| IT Gartner Inc. | Reduce -85.3% | 0.04% | −0.22 |
| COP Conocophillips | Reduce -75.7% | 0.07% | −0.21 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Reduce -85.6% | 0.02% | −0.21 |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Reduce -94.2% | 0.01% | −0.21 |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | Reduce -87.8% | 0.03% | −0.20 |
| BIIB Biogen Inc. | Reduce -65.8% | 0.07% | −0.20 |
| BPOP Popular Inc. | Reduce -77.0% | 0.06% | −0.20 |
| CMA Comerica Inc. | Reduce -70.6% | 0.07% | −0.20 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | Reduce -90.3% | 0.02% | −0.20 |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | Reduce -74.0% | 0.08% | −0.20 |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | Reduce -68.9% | 0.07% | −0.19 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Reduce -63.2% | 0.10% | −0.18 |
| HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc. | Reduce -61.3% | 0.11% | −0.17 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Reduce -54.9% | 0.13% | −0.17 |
| CFG Citizens Financial Group | Reduce -60.6% | 0.11% | −0.16 |
| SPLK Splunk Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| FTGC First Trust Global Tactical | Reduce -99.7% | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | Reduce -10.0% | 0.62% | −0.10 |
| HUBB Hubbell Inc. | Reduce -60.2% | 0.09% | −0.10 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Reduce -9.2% | 0.45% | −0.09 |
| RIVN Rivian Automotive Inc. Class A | Reduce -34.2% | 0.04% | −0.09 |
| MSEX Middlesex Water Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| S Sentinelone Inc. Class A | Reduce -6.9% | 0.23% | −0.08 |
| OGE Oge Energy Corp. | Reduce -75.2% | 0.02% | −0.08 |
| ETSY Etsy Inc. | Reduce -82.6% | 0.01% | −0.08 |
| ERIE Erie Indemnity Company Class A | Reduce -91.9% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| POR Portland General Electric Co. | Reduce -92.8% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| TXNM TXNM Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| AVA Avista Corp. | Reduce -87.5% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| BKH Black Hills Corp. | Reduce -83.4% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| NWE Northwestern Energy Group Inc. | Reduce -86.1% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| OTTR Otter Tail Corp. | Reduce -89.9% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| SAP Sap SE-Sponsored ADR | Reduce -61.5% | 0.06% | −0.07 |
| PNW Pinnacle West Capital | Reduce -69.3% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| GRFS Grifols SA-ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| TECH Bio-Techne Corp. | Reduce -90.4% | 0.01% | −0.06 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +295.0% | 0.77% | +0.53 |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | Add +625.8% | 0.31% | +0.28 |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. | Add +450.7% | 0.32% | +0.27 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Add +2547.1% | 0.27% | +0.26 |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | Add +1568.6% | 0.26% | +0.24 |
| SLM SLM Corp. | Add +629.3% | 0.28% | +0.24 |
| JXN Jackson Financial Inc. Class A | Add +549.9% | 0.28% | +0.24 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +26.0% | 1.01% | +0.24 |
| FITB Fifth Third Bancorp | Add +300.5% | 0.32% | +0.24 |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | Add +52.2% | 0.53% | +0.23 |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | Add +566.8% | 0.27% | +0.23 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | Add +49.3% | 0.53% | +0.23 |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | Add +170.5% | 0.34% | +0.23 |
| GRMN Garmin Ltd. | Add +58.5% | 0.54% | +0.22 |
| EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. | Add +309.2% | 0.29% | +0.22 |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | Add +73.3% | 0.46% | +0.22 |
| HIG Hartford Insurance Group Inc. | Add +720.5% | 0.25% | +0.22 |
| CRC California Resources Corp. | Add +639.6% | 0.26% | +0.22 |
| LIN Linde PLC | Add +1061.5% | 0.24% | +0.22 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Add +368.5% | 0.27% | +0.21 |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | Add +223.2% | 0.29% | +0.21 |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | Add +364.5% | 0.27% | +0.21 |
| MTB M & T Bank Corp. | Add +283.6% | 0.28% | +0.21 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Add +83.1% | 0.44% | +0.21 |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | Add +214.8% | 0.29% | +0.20 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Add +329.5% | 0.24% | +0.19 |
| PPG PPG Industries Inc. | Add +245.5% | 0.26% | +0.18 |
| CTSH Cognizant Tech Solutions-A | Add +45.9% | 0.60% | +0.14 |
| NTRA Natera Inc. | Add +883.8% | 0.11% | +0.10 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Add +8.5% | 0.63% | +0.10 |
| BRKR Bruker Corp. | Add +13343.7% | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| FIVN FIVE9 Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| EME Emcor Group Inc. | Add +48.6% | 0.13% | +0.07 |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | Add +24.7% | 0.34% | +0.07 |
| MARA Mara Holdings Inc. | Add +1556.0% | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +44.8% | 0.15% | +0.07 |
| SEIC Sei Investments Company | Add +584.7% | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| K Kellanova | Add +636.1% | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +2.6% | 0.62% | +0.06 |
| SIGI Selective Insurance Group | Add +1694.2% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
| MGEE Mge Energy Inc. | Add +14107.0% | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| SWX Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. | Add +774.9% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
| EQIX Equinix Inc. | Add +291.4% | 0.08% | +0.06 |
| NWN Northwest Natural Holding Co. | Add +1309.2% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
| NFG National Fuel Gas Co. | Add +201.6% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
| DELL Dell Technologies -C | Add +23.3% | 0.15% | +0.06 |
| NI Nisource Inc. | Add +667.4% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
| PREMIER INC-CLASS A | Add +214.9% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
| TU Telus Corp. | Add +156.2% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| CMS CMS Energy Corp. | Add +479.8% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | Add +12.7% | 149,450 | $182.2M |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | Reduce -9.8% | 137,920 | $3.4M |
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 |