First Trust Advisors LP
In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 13, 2025), First Trust Advisors LP reported 2,549 stock positions worth $113.1 billion. Its top holding was Cisco Systems (CSCO) at 1.6% of the portfolio, followed by Broadcom (AVGO, 1.4%) and Microsoft (MSFT, 1.2%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 323 new positions, sold out of 128, added to 1,251 and reduced 971. The biggest buy was a new position in First Trust Financial Alphad (FXO) and the biggest sale an exit from First Trust Nasdaq Semicondu (FTXL).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Wheaton, IL
- CIK
- 0001125816
- Portfolio Value
- $113.1B (Q4 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001445546-25-001262 ↗ filed Feb 13, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 2,549 stocks · $113.1B
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.58% | 30,243,977 | $1.8B | Reduce -0.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.43% | 6,959,938 | $1.6B | Reduce -1.2% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.18% | 3,163,452 | $1.3B | Add +22.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.03% | 5,288,837 | $1.2B | Add +15.4% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.91% | 1,757,456 | $1.0B | Add +15.2% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.78% | 4,023,989 | $884.6M | Add +26.4% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 0.74% | 3,346,239 | $838.0M | Add +27.4% |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | 0.73% | 3,406,711 | $828.4M | Reduce -10.4% |
| FXO First Trust Financial Alphad | 0.72% | 15,055,890 | $815.0M | New |
| QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | 0.71% | 4,296,257 | $808.9M | Add +2.1% |
| FXD First Trust Consumer Discret | 0.71% | 12,506,030 | $808.3M | Add +4.0% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.71% | 2,356,124 | $806.2M | Reduce -13.9% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.71% | 4,388,742 | $798.6M | Add +0.6% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.70% | 4,193,981 | $793.9M | Add +13.2% |
| FXR First Trust Indst/Producers | 0.70% | 10,602,142 | $793.1M | Reduce -2.4% |
| INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR | 0.63% | 32,410,108 | $710.4M | Add +14.5% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.59% | 751,319 | $669.7M | Reduce -2.6% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.59% | 3,755,006 | $667.3M | Add +22.1% |
| CTSH Cognizant Tech Solutions-A | 0.57% | 8,425,377 | $647.9M | Reduce -1.9% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.56% | 4,698,018 | $630.9M | Add +16.3% |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | 0.55% | 1,819,403 | $617.7M | Add +29.2% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.54% | 4,010,518 | $616.1M | Add +2.5% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.54% | 5,494,674 | $607.3M | Add +20.5% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.54% | 1,816,051 | $607.2M | Reduce -0.8% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.51% | 5,377,343 | $579.0M | Reduce -5.3% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.49% | 5,157,102 | $554.7M | Add +14.3% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.47% | 1,686,787 | $533.1M | Add +2.1% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.47% | 1,009,513 | $531.6M | Add +5.0% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.47% | 1,920,692 | $530.7M | Add +6.5% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.45% | 12,597,863 | $503.8M | Add +11.6% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.44% | 6,214,930 | $493.2M | Add +5.6% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.43% | 5,116,398 | $489.4M | Add +15.6% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 0.43% | 5,109,927 | $482.8M | Reduce -3.8% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.42% | 2,907,357 | $472.8M | Add +0.3% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 0.41% | 744,240 | $469.0M | Add +17.9% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.41% | 1,267,396 | $467.5M | Add +48.7% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.41% | 4,463,511 | $461.7M | Reduce -8.8% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.41% | 3,172,171 | $459.5M | Reduce -3.5% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.40% | 2,374,992 | $452.3M | Add +6.2% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.39% | 2,639,877 | $439.9M | Reduce -6.9% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.39% | 2,340,801 | $438.9M | Add +0.7% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.39% | 6,069,678 | $438.4M | Add +0.2% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.38% | 1,788,544 | $428.7M | Add +6.2% |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | 0.36% | 2,286,648 | $412.5M | Reduce -0.8% |
| FITB Fifth Third Bancorp | 0.36% | 9,531,485 | $403.0M | Add +12.1% |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | 0.35% | 17,053,457 | $401.1M | Add +7.7% |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. | 0.35% | 3,973,705 | $395.6M | Reduce -9.0% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | 0.35% | 6,053,273 | $393.5M | Reduce -14.2% |
| EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. | 0.34% | 3,990,611 | $382.1M | Add +0.2% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.34% | 14,372,086 | $381.3M | Add +20.3% |
| MTG Mgic Investment Corp. | 0.34% | 16,008,489 | $379.6M | Add +22.4% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed as CF INDS HLDGS INC | 0.33% | 4,425,518 | $377.6M | Add +3.5% |
| RS Reliance Inc. | 0.33% | 1,382,916 | $372.4M | Add +15.5% |
| EQH Equitable Holdings Inc. | 0.33% | 7,840,415 | $369.8M | Add +5.0% |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.32% | 73,674 | $366.0M | Reduce -3.9% |
| DASH DoorDash Inc. Class A | 0.32% | 2,181,416 | $365.9M | Add +1.3% |
| SLM SLM Corp. | 0.32% | 13,239,039 | $365.1M | Reduce -7.7% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | 0.32% | 4,276,383 | $365.0M | Add +10.2% |
| IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. | 0.32% | 12,975,872 | $363.6M | Add +13.0% |
| STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. | 0.32% | 3,179,062 | $362.6M | Add +14.1% |
| GRMN Garmin Ltd. | 0.32% | 1,755,771 | $362.1M | Reduce -20.3% |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | 0.32% | 1,954,483 | $361.9M | Reduce -8.5% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 0.32% | 2,804,642 | $361.0M | Add +15.3% |
| MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A | 0.32% | 15,410,496 | $360.3M | Add +24.6% |
| JXN Jackson Financial Inc. Class A | 0.32% | 4,134,545 | $360.0M | Add +13.4% |
| CRC California Resources Corp. | 0.31% | 6,818,266 | $353.8M | Add +14.2% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.31% | 2,823,131 | $346.1M | Add +12.4% |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | 0.30% | 1,326,036 | $342.2M | Add +3.0% |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | 0.30% | 3,287,538 | $342.0M | Add +5.5% |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | 0.30% | 10,766,237 | $341.5M | Add +20.6% |
| CHKP Check Point Software Tech | 0.30% | 1,822,787 | $340.3M | Add +17.4% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.30% | 2,816,466 | $339.0M | Add +2.4% |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | 0.30% | 1,045,288 | $338.5M | Reduce -12.8% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.30% | 1,138,144 | $337.8M | Add +4.2% |
| OMC Omnicom Group | 0.30% | 3,882,800 | $334.1M | Add +23.8% |
| GEN Gen Digital Inc. | 0.29% | 11,943,691 | $327.0M | Reduce -1.4% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.29% | 6,218,299 | $325.2M | Add +3.7% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.28% | 7,309,383 | $321.2M | Add +7.5% |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | 0.28% | 4,203,246 | $318.1M | Add +18.9% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.28% | 1,259,848 | $316.8M | Add +3.1% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.28% | 898,880 | $316.2M | Reduce -7.7% |
| CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel | 0.28% | 939,768 | $313.1M | Add +2.3% |
| EXPD Expeditors Intl Wash Inc. | 0.27% | 2,734,816 | $302.9M | Add +33.8% |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | 0.27% | 1,244,485 | $302.9M | Reduce -20.8% |
| MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP | 0.27% | 1,605,724 | $301.9M | Add +2.1% |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.26% | 1,324,211 | $299.1M | Reduce -1.4% |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | 0.26% | 2,133,159 | $298.3M | Add +34.0% |
| LEN Lennar Corp. Class A | 0.26% | 2,178,987 | $297.1M | Add +37.9% |
| COF Capital One Financial Corp. | 0.26% | 1,659,973 | $296.0M | Reduce -8.4% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.26% | 321,209 | $294.3M | Add +6.5% |
| HIG Hartford Insurance Group Inc. | 0.26% | 2,683,531 | $293.6M | Add +15.1% |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | 0.26% | 3,705,088 | $292.0M | Reduce -1.4% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.26% | 994,615 | $291.2M | Reduce -0.7% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 0.26% | 1,367,083 | $290.5M | Reduce -5.8% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.25% | 711,615 | $287.4M | Add +7.1% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.25% | 1,959,577 | $283.4M | Add +6.3% |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 0.25% | 2,142,749 | $280.8M | Add +163.1% |
| NUE Nucor Corp. | 0.25% | 2,404,477 | $280.6M | Add +24.6% |
| MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. | 0.25% | 605,381 | $279.8M | Reduce -7.5% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.25% | 1,993,572 | $279.5M | Reduce -5.2% |
Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $315.0M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 158,755 | $189.6M | Add +2.4% |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 99,942 | $121.9M | Add +14.3% |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | 142,418 | $3.5M | Add +5.8% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $113.4B.
Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| FTXL First Trust Nasdaq Semicondu | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.80 |
| LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | Reduce -99.0% | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | Reduce -79.2% | 0.05% | −0.21 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | Reduce -62.7% | 0.07% | −0.19 |
| TEL Te Connectivity PLC | Reduce -66.2% | 0.08% | −0.19 |
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Reduce -66.5% | 0.07% | −0.19 |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. | Reduce -81.3% | 0.04% | −0.18 |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | Reduce -91.4% | 0.02% | −0.17 |
| MNST Monster Beverage Corp. | Reduce -79.8% | 0.04% | −0.17 |
| CPRT Copart Inc. | Reduce -48.3% | 0.18% | −0.17 |
| APH Amphenol Corp. Class A | Reduce -67.8% | 0.08% | −0.16 |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Reduce -38.6% | 0.15% | −0.13 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Reduce -6.6% | 0.17% | −0.12 |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | Reduce -8.8% | 0.41% | −0.11 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | Reduce -24.4% | 0.16% | −0.11 |
| FXR First Trust Indst/Producers | Reduce -2.4% | 0.70% | −0.09 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Reduce -6.0% | 0.20% | −0.08 |
| ON On Semiconductor | Reduce -13.3% | 0.17% | −0.07 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Reduce -6.9% | 0.39% | −0.07 |
| PINS Pinterest Inc. Class A | Reduce -81.7% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Reduce -15.1% | 0.12% | −0.07 |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | Reduce -5.8% | 0.26% | −0.06 |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | Reduce -8.7% | 0.17% | −0.06 |
| CTSH Cognizant Tech Solutions-A | Reduce -1.9% | 0.57% | −0.06 |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Reduce -4.1% | 0.21% | −0.06 |
| AGR Avangrid Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -3.5% | 0.41% | −0.06 |
| ENPH Enphase Energy Inc. | Reduce -7.2% | 0.06% | −0.05 |
| PDD PDD Holdings Inc. | Reduce -2.4% | 0.09% | −0.05 |
| GRMN Garmin Ltd. | Reduce -20.3% | 0.32% | −0.05 |
| MSEX Middlesex Water Co. | Reduce -64.3% | 0.02% | −0.05 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Reduce -7.7% | 0.28% | −0.05 |
| LUMN Lumen Technologies Inc. | Reduce -8.2% | 0.09% | −0.05 |
| POOL Pool Corp. | Reduce -91.8% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| ECG Everus Construction Group | Reduce -97.1% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| HII Huntington Ingalls Industrie | Reduce -6.8% | 0.07% | −0.05 |
| YUM Yum! Brands Inc. | Reduce -88.1% | 0.01% | −0.04 |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc. | Reduce -24.9% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| ILMN Illumina Inc. | Reduce -50.3% | 0.04% | −0.04 |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | Reduce -21.8% | 0.09% | −0.04 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | Reduce -22.0% | 0.14% | −0.04 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Reduce -46.6% | 0.12% | −0.04 |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | Reduce -10.4% | 0.73% | −0.04 |
| FEUZ First Trust Eurozone Alphade | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | Reduce -10.9% | 0.04% | −0.04 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Reduce -0.0% | 0.11% | −0.04 |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | Reduce -25.8% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| FXO First Trust Financial Alphad | New | 0.72% | +0.72 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +15.4% | 1.03% | +0.21 |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | Add +626.5% | 0.21% | +0.18 |
| AON Aon PLC Class A | Add +5877.4% | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Add +663.3% | 0.20% | +0.17 |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | Add +29.2% | 0.55% | +0.16 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +27.4% | 0.74% | +0.16 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Add +411.3% | 0.20% | +0.15 |
| RNR Renaissancere Holdings Ltd. | Add +462.8% | 0.19% | +0.15 |
| VLTO Veralto Corp. | Add +222.3% | 0.23% | +0.15 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Add +318.4% | 0.21% | +0.15 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Add +337.1% | 0.20% | +0.14 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +37.2% | 0.23% | +0.14 |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | Add +163.1% | 0.25% | +0.14 |
| FLUT Flutter Entertainment PLC-Di | Add +49470.4% | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | Add +20.5% | 0.54% | +0.12 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +13.2% | 0.70% | +0.11 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +22.2% | 1.18% | +0.11 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +26.4% | 0.78% | +0.11 |
| RBRK Rubrik Inc. Class A | Add +26.6% | 0.18% | +0.11 |
| PGX Invesco Preferred ETF | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +16.3% | 0.56% | +0.09 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | Add +266.1% | 0.11% | +0.09 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +7.1% | 0.25% | +0.09 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +15.2% | 0.91% | +0.07 |
| ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions C | Add +184.0% | 0.12% | +0.07 |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | Add +54.1% | 0.20% | +0.07 |
| CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. | Add +163.6% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| PGR Progressive Corp. | Add +372.0% | 0.08% | +0.06 |
| TGT Target Corp. | Add +421.2% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +99.4% | 0.12% | +0.06 |
| ATKR Atkore Inc. | Add +195.6% | 0.09% | +0.05 |
| RBLX Roblox Corp. Class A | Add +35.2% | 0.14% | +0.05 |
| AAON Aaon Inc. | Add +85.6% | 0.11% | +0.05 |
| STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A | Add +824.7% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | Add +88.4% | 0.08% | +0.05 |
| EME Emcor Group Inc. | Add +35.2% | 0.20% | +0.05 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Add +355.6% | 0.07% | +0.05 |
| CNM Core & Main Inc. Class A | Add +38.4% | 0.15% | +0.05 |
| DOCU Docusign Inc. | Add +31.8% | 0.11% | +0.05 |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | Add +173.8% | 0.07% | +0.05 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | Add +245.0% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | Add +756.0% | 0.05% | +0.04 |
| WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. | Add +36.5% | 0.14% | +0.04 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +6.2% | 0.40% | +0.04 |
| FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. | Add +29.5% | 0.17% | +0.04 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +6.2% | 0.38% | +0.04 |
| PNW Pinnacle West Capital | Add +173.1% | 0.07% | +0.04 |
| DY Dycom Industries Inc. | Add +142.9% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| NDSN Nordson Corp. | Add +676.5% | 0.05% | +0.04 |
Notes & Other Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | Add +2.4% | 158,755 | $189.6M |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | Add +14.3% | 99,942 | $121.9M |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | Add +5.8% | 142,418 | $3.5M |
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 |