First Trust Advisors LP
In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed May 14, 2025), First Trust Advisors LP reported 2,529 stock positions worth $112.6 billion. Its top holding was Cisco Systems (CSCO) at 1.6% of the portfolio, followed by Microsoft (MSFT, 1.1%) and Meta Platforms Class A (META, 1.1%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 107 new positions, sold out of 129, added to 1,154 and reduced 1,261. The biggest buy was Unum (UNM, shares +241%) and the biggest sale Broadcom (AVGO, shares −9%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Wheaton, IL
- CIK
- 0001125816
- Portfolio Value
- $112.6B (Q1 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001445546-25-003484 ↗ filed May 14, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 2,529 stocks · $112.6B
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.57% | 28,559,107 | $1.8B | Reduce -5.6% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.13% | 3,388,963 | $1.3B | Add +7.1% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 1.10% | 2,147,684 | $1.2B | Add +22.2% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.94% | 6,326,052 | $1.1B | Reduce -9.1% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 0.91% | 4,611,013 | $1.0B | Add +37.8% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.91% | 5,365,660 | $1.0B | Add +1.4% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.78% | 5,682,453 | $878.7M | Add +35.5% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.75% | 2,383,968 | $840.5M | Add +1.2% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.75% | 4,918,092 | $839.2M | Add +12.1% |
| FXU First Trust Utilities Alphad | 0.68% | 18,760,056 | $769.3M | No change |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.67% | 3,018,785 | $750.7M | Reduce -25.0% |
| FXO First Trust Financial Alphad | 0.65% | 13,890,554 | $736.2M | Reduce -7.7% |
| INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR | 0.65% | 40,274,893 | $735.0M | Add +24.3% |
| FXR First Trust Indst/Producers | 0.65% | 10,522,810 | $732.8M | Reduce -0.8% |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | 0.63% | 3,204,712 | $711.9M | Reduce -5.9% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.63% | 763,169 | $711.7M | Add +1.6% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.62% | 2,621,438 | $703.5M | Add +44.4% |
| QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | 0.62% | 4,020,625 | $697.8M | Reduce -6.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.62% | 6,409,057 | $694.6M | Add +36.4% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.60% | 1,925,146 | $674.7M | Add +14.1% |
| CTSH Cognizant Tech Solutions-A | 0.58% | 8,549,955 | $654.1M | Add +1.5% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.57% | 14,211,774 | $644.6M | Add +12.8% |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.57% | 139,590 | $643.1M | Add +89.5% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.53% | 1,965,790 | $600.6M | Add +97.6% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.52% | 3,518,036 | $588.5M | Add +10.9% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.49% | 2,657,753 | $556.9M | Reduce -29.2% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.49% | 1,819,820 | $549.6M | Reduce -5.3% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.47% | 6,885,922 | $524.3M | Add +10.8% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.46% | 4,612,035 | $519.7M | Reduce -14.2% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.45% | 3,325,213 | $510.8M | Reduce -17.1% |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | 0.45% | 2,563,790 | $508.7M | Add +12.1% |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | 0.44% | 526,760 | $498.6M | Add +122.0% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.44% | 4,437,493 | $493.4M | Reduce -0.6% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 0.43% | 5,077,121 | $488.7M | Reduce -0.6% |
| UNM Unum Group | 0.42% | 5,821,340 | $474.2M | Add +240.7% |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | 0.42% | 4,494,036 | $472.9M | Add +21.3% |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | 0.42% | 6,919,643 | $468.7M | Add +241.1% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.41% | 5,780,436 | $465.3M | Add +13.0% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.40% | 1,855,061 | $455.0M | Add +3.7% |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | 0.40% | 1,345,181 | $453.3M | Reduce -26.1% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.40% | 2,819,447 | $447.5M | Add +0.1% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.38% | 16,719,672 | $423.7M | Add +16.3% |
| LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc. | 0.37% | 3,121,014 | $421.1M | Add +64.1% |
| DASH DoorDash Inc. Class A | 0.37% | 2,249,458 | $411.1M | Add +3.1% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.36% | 2,808,622 | $407.6M | Reduce -3.4% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.36% | 1,527,632 | $406.8M | Add +21.3% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.36% | 430,018 | $406.7M | Add +33.9% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.36% | 2,258,146 | $405.8M | Reduce -3.5% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.36% | 5,191,580 | $402.2M | Reduce -5.5% |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | 0.35% | 1,823,876 | $398.5M | Add +363.7% |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP | 0.35% | 4,738,624 | $397.4M | Add +368.9% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.35% | 724,383 | $397.0M | Reduce -28.2% |
| CHKP Check Point Software Tech | 0.35% | 1,733,770 | $395.2M | Reduce -4.9% |
| GEN Gen Digital Inc. | 0.35% | 14,810,175 | $393.1M | Add +24.0% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.35% | 2,807,642 | $392.5M | Add +6.4% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.35% | 6,502,965 | $390.3M | Add +4.6% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.34% | 728,701 | $388.1M | Add +136.7% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.34% | 2,333,070 | $386.9M | Add +19.1% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.34% | 2,461,516 | $384.6M | Add +3.6% |
| EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. | 0.33% | 4,159,776 | $373.4M | Add +4.2% |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | 0.33% | 3,822,869 | $372.2M | Add +16.3% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | 0.32% | 6,830,934 | $361.6M | Add +12.8% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.32% | 3,038,894 | $361.4M | Reduce -41.1% |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | 0.32% | 2,820,485 | $360.4M | Add +93.3% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 0.31% | 3,375,972 | $353.1M | Add +20.4% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.31% | 1,302,383 | $350.4M | Add +14.4% |
| HIG Hartford Insurance Group Inc. | 0.31% | 2,830,255 | $350.2M | Add +5.5% |
| CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel | 0.31% | 1,035,527 | $350.0M | Add +10.2% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.30% | 4,734,634 | $339.1M | Add +16.9% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.30% | 1,078,688 | $336.6M | Add +20.0% |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | 0.29% | 891,990 | $324.1M | Add +96.4% |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | 0.29% | 1,382,495 | $322.9M | Add +4.3% |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. filed as BERKLEY W R CORP | 0.28% | 4,470,639 | $318.1M | Add +499.3% |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | 0.28% | 1,202,074 | $317.9M | Add +246.8% |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 0.28% | 2,230,963 | $317.3M | Add +4.1% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 0.28% | 464,395 | $315.7M | Reduce -37.6% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.27% | 2,535,882 | $308.9M | Add +13.8% |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | 0.27% | 2,726,844 | $305.5M | Reduce -8.0% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.27% | 701,596 | $305.2M | Reduce -44.6% |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | 0.27% | 2,077,549 | $300.2M | Add +44.3% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.26% | 2,271,200 | $291.3M | Reduce -19.6% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.26% | 1,707,990 | $291.1M | Add +5.6% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 0.25% | 1,423,236 | $287.0M | Add +4.1% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.25% | 1,900,232 | $284.9M | Add +12.9% |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | 0.25% | 1,328,133 | $281.8M | Add +6.7% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed as CF INDS HLDGS INC | 0.25% | 3,606,078 | $281.8M | Reduce -18.5% |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.25% | 1,328,851 | $281.4M | Add +0.3% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 0.25% | 600,729 | $279.7M | Add +0.8% |
| VLTO Veralto Corp. | 0.25% | 2,855,449 | $278.3M | Add +9.7% |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.24% | 563,334 | $272.7M | Add +23.4% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.24% | 1,767,299 | $272.7M | Reduce -11.3% |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 0.24% | 2,861,617 | $268.1M | Add +10.1% |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | 0.24% | 2,107,552 | $267.9M | Reduce -1.2% |
| MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. | 0.24% | 609,803 | $267.0M | Add +0.7% |
| TEL Te Connectivity PLC | 0.24% | 1,882,594 | $266.0M | Add +201.2% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 0.23% | 1,042,228 | $264.2M | Add +175.3% |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | 0.23% | 1,077,600 | $263.0M | Reduce -4.3% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.23% | 715,131 | $262.1M | Add +5.1% |
| MKL Markel Group Inc. | 0.23% | 139,435 | $260.7M | Add +676.4% |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.23% | 2,516,178 | $258.7M | Add +136.2% |
Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $320.0M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 158,755 | $190.6M | No change |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 101,942 | $125.9M | Add +2.0% |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | 144,752 | $3.5M | Add +1.6% |
| JQCNR Nuveen Credit Strategies-RTS | RIGHT 04/29/2025 | 416,238 | $12K | New |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $112.9B.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Reduce -9.1% | 0.94% | −0.49 |
| CRC California Resources Corp. | Reduce -95.3% | 0.01% | −0.30 |
| SLM SLM Corp. | Reduce -89.6% | 0.04% | −0.29 |
| IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. | Reduce -84.6% | 0.05% | −0.27 |
| MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A | Reduce -82.1% | 0.06% | −0.26 |
| OMC Omnicom Group | Reduce -82.5% | 0.05% | −0.25 |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. | Reduce -72.0% | 0.11% | −0.24 |
| COF Capital One Financial Corp. | Reduce -90.5% | 0.03% | −0.24 |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | Reduce -78.3% | 0.07% | −0.23 |
| DFS Discover Financial Services | Reduce -98.4% | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| FITB Fifth Third Bancorp | Reduce -61.3% | 0.13% | −0.23 |
| MTG Mgic Investment Corp. | Reduce -69.2% | 0.11% | −0.23 |
| JXN Jackson Financial Inc. Class A | Reduce -68.0% | 0.10% | −0.22 |
| RS Reliance Inc. | Reduce -66.9% | 0.12% | −0.21 |
| STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. | Reduce -68.8% | 0.11% | −0.21 |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | Reduce -56.1% | 0.14% | −0.21 |
| GRMN Garmin Ltd. | Reduce -60.9% | 0.13% | −0.19 |
| EQH Equitable Holdings Inc. | Reduce -61.0% | 0.14% | −0.19 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | Reduce -47.2% | 0.21% | −0.18 |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | Reduce -5.5% | 0.36% | −0.18 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -41.1% | 0.32% | −0.17 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Reduce -56.5% | 0.12% | −0.17 |
| CSX CSX Corp. | Reduce -63.5% | 0.08% | −0.15 |
| COP Conocophillips | Reduce -65.9% | 0.09% | −0.15 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Reduce -75.0% | 0.05% | −0.15 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Reduce -42.5% | 0.14% | −0.14 |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | Reduce -26.1% | 0.40% | −0.14 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -44.6% | 0.27% | −0.14 |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | Reduce -72.1% | 0.07% | −0.14 |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Reduce -69.9% | 0.06% | −0.14 |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | Reduce -37.6% | 0.28% | −0.13 |
| NUE Nucor Corp. | Reduce -55.2% | 0.12% | −0.13 |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | Reduce -31.7% | 0.19% | −0.13 |
| RNR Renaissancere Holdings Ltd. | Reduce -62.2% | 0.07% | −0.12 |
| PKG Packaging Corp. of America | Reduce -45.3% | 0.11% | −0.12 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Reduce -28.2% | 0.35% | −0.12 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Reduce -25.0% | 0.67% | −0.12 |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | Reduce -14.6% | 0.21% | −0.11 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Reduce -58.2% | 0.06% | −0.11 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Reduce -40.0% | 0.14% | −0.10 |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | Reduce -5.9% | 0.63% | −0.10 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -29.2% | 0.49% | −0.10 |
| QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | Reduce -6.4% | 0.62% | −0.10 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Reduce -17.1% | 0.45% | −0.09 |
| AMKR Amkor Technology Inc. | Reduce -73.1% | 0.02% | −0.09 |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | Reduce -14.0% | 0.21% | −0.09 |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Reduce -18.5% | 0.25% | −0.08 |
| BPOP Popular Inc. | Reduce -75.3% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
| EXPD Expeditors Intl Wash Inc. | Reduce -36.3% | 0.19% | −0.08 |
| CRI Carter's Inc. | Reduce -78.8% | 0.01% | −0.08 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| UNM Unum Group | Add +240.7% | 0.42% | +0.31 |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | Add +241.1% | 0.42% | +0.31 |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | Add +368.9% | 0.35% | +0.28 |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | Add +363.7% | 0.35% | +0.28 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Add +97.6% | 0.53% | +0.28 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | Add +89.5% | 0.57% | +0.25 |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. | Add +499.3% | 0.28% | +0.24 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | Add +122.0% | 0.44% | +0.23 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +136.7% | 0.34% | +0.22 |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | Add +246.8% | 0.28% | +0.21 |
| MKL Markel Group Inc. | Add +676.4% | 0.23% | +0.20 |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | Add +1154.0% | 0.22% | +0.20 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +22.2% | 1.10% | +0.19 |
| MNST Monster Beverage Corp. | Add +406.5% | 0.22% | +0.18 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +37.8% | 0.91% | +0.17 |
| ACM Aecom | Add +317.1% | 0.23% | +0.16 |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | Add +21.3% | 0.42% | +0.16 |
| TEL Te Connectivity PLC | Add +201.2% | 0.24% | +0.16 |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | Add +175.3% | 0.23% | +0.16 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | Add +979.5% | 0.17% | +0.15 |
| GWW WW Grainger Inc. | Add +553.5% | 0.18% | +0.15 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Add +212.8% | 0.23% | +0.15 |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Add +96.4% | 0.29% | +0.14 |
| HOLX Hologic Inc. | Add +836.3% | 0.16% | +0.14 |
| NVR NVR Inc. | Add +726.1% | 0.16% | +0.13 |
| LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc. | Add +64.1% | 0.37% | +0.13 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Add +14.1% | 0.60% | +0.13 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Add +12.8% | 0.57% | +0.13 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | Add +136.2% | 0.23% | +0.13 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Add +93.3% | 0.32% | +0.13 |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | Add +266.0% | 0.16% | +0.12 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +10.9% | 0.52% | +0.12 |
| CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. | Add +350.5% | 0.15% | +0.12 |
| IT Gartner Inc. | Add +682.5% | 0.13% | +0.11 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Add +166.0% | 0.16% | +0.11 |
| TT Trane Technologies PLC | Add +170.8% | 0.18% | +0.11 |
| AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | Add +324.1% | 0.13% | +0.11 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Add +33.9% | 0.36% | +0.10 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Add +0.1% | 0.40% | +0.10 |
| NTRS Northern Trust Corp. | Add +233.7% | 0.14% | +0.10 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +19.1% | 0.34% | +0.09 |
| F Ford Motor Co. | Add +83.3% | 0.20% | +0.09 |
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Add +289.8% | 0.12% | +0.09 |
| LNC Lincoln National Corp. | Add +207.6% | 0.12% | +0.09 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +44.4% | 0.62% | +0.09 |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | Add +12.1% | 0.45% | +0.09 |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | Add +21.3% | 0.36% | +0.08 |
| IDCC Interdigital Inc. | Add +418.9% | 0.10% | +0.08 |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | Add +44.3% | 0.27% | +0.08 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +35.5% | 0.78% | +0.08 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | Add +2.0% | 101,942 | $125.9M |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | Add +1.6% | 144,752 | $3.5M |
| JQCNR Nuveen Credit Strategies-RTS | RIGHT 04/29/2025 | New | 416,238 | $12K |
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 |