First Trust Advisors LP
In its 13F for Q2 2025 (holdings as of June 30, 2025, filed August 13, 2025), First Trust Advisors LP reported 2,583 stock positions worth $124.1 billion. Its top holding was Cisco Systems (CSCO) at 1.7% of the portfolio, followed by Microsoft (MSFT, 1.4%) and Broadcom (AVGO, 1.3%). Compared with Q1 2025, it opened 193 new positions, sold out of 140, added to 1,215 and reduced 1,167. The biggest buy was a new position in First Trust Nasdaq-100 Ex-Te (QQXT) and the biggest sale an exit from First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I (QTEC).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Wheaton, IL
- CIK
- 0001125816
- Portfolio Value
- $124.1B (Q2 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001445546-25-005500 ↗ filed Aug 13, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 2,583 stocks · $124.1B
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.70% | 30,356,336 | $2.1B | Add +6.3% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.37% | 3,419,860 | $1.7B | Add +0.9% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.30% | 5,835,094 | $1.6B | Reduce -7.8% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 1.24% | 2,090,124 | $1.5B | Reduce -2.7% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.01% | 5,685,488 | $1.2B | Add +6.0% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.91% | 7,109,887 | $1.1B | Add +10.9% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.89% | 2,168,520 | $1.1B | Reduce -9.0% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.87% | 5,295,588 | $1.1B | Add +7.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.87% | 6,137,332 | $1.1B | Add +8.0% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.76% | 701,043 | $938.8M | Reduce -8.1% |
| INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR | 0.75% | 50,331,701 | $932.6M | Add +25.0% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.70% | 4,449,123 | $871.3M | Reduce -3.5% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 0.70% | 4,217,733 | $865.4M | Reduce -8.5% |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | 0.68% | 3,148,990 | $848.1M | Reduce -1.7% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.66% | 7,602,601 | $819.6M | Add +150.2% |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.66% | 140,957 | $816.0M | Add +1.0% |
| FXO First Trust Financial Alphad | 0.62% | 13,622,132 | $763.7M | Reduce -1.9% |
| FXR First Trust Indst/Producers | 0.61% | 10,276,667 | $762.7M | Reduce -2.3% |
| QQXT First Trust Nasdaq-100 Ex-Te | 0.59% | 7,413,411 | $732.4M | New |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.59% | 2,673,473 | $729.0M | Add +2.0% |
| FXU First Trust Utilities Alphad | 0.56% | 16,528,148 | $700.5M | Reduce -11.9% |
| CTSH Cognizant Tech Solutions-A | 0.53% | 8,446,197 | $659.1M | Reduce -1.2% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.52% | 2,187,627 | $644.9M | Reduce -27.5% |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | 0.51% | 2,034,853 | $638.8M | Reduce -20.6% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.51% | 1,793,184 | $636.7M | Reduce -6.8% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.51% | 2,053,075 | $633.2M | Add +4.4% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 0.49% | 5,785,629 | $611.7M | Add +13.9% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.48% | 2,742,062 | $599.5M | Reduce -2.3% |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | 0.47% | 1,892,708 | $589.0M | Add +40.7% |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | 0.46% | 543,399 | $570.2M | Add +3.2% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.45% | 13,000,441 | $562.5M | Reduce -8.5% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.45% | 3,489,070 | $555.7M | Add +4.9% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.44% | 2,956,722 | $541.3M | Add +5.3% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.44% | 5,286,729 | $540.9M | Add +1.8% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.43% | 4,040,079 | $533.5M | Add +112.6% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.43% | 1,830,051 | $530.6M | Reduce -1.4% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 0.42% | 578,688 | $518.4M | Add +24.6% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.40% | 3,500,286 | $501.2M | Reduce -0.5% |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | 0.39% | 4,901,123 | $490.0M | Add +9.1% |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | 0.39% | 6,500,722 | $484.0M | Reduce -6.0% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.39% | 6,061,962 | $483.5M | Add +4.9% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.38% | 1,615,555 | $475.5M | Add +5.8% |
| LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc. | 0.38% | 2,989,716 | $471.7M | Reduce -4.2% |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | 0.38% | 3,669,876 | $468.2M | Add +30.1% |
| GEN Gen Digital Inc. | 0.38% | 15,899,158 | $467.4M | Add +7.3% |
| CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel | 0.37% | 1,129,845 | $459.7M | Add +9.1% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.36% | 2,520,502 | $447.1M | Add +2.4% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.36% | 3,728,128 | $445.9M | Add +64.2% |
| UNM Unum Group | 0.36% | 5,511,842 | $445.1M | Reduce -5.3% |
| DASH DoorDash Inc. Class A | 0.36% | 1,792,763 | $441.9M | Reduce -20.3% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.35% | 442,595 | $438.1M | Add +2.9% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.35% | 2,106,645 | $437.4M | Reduce -6.7% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.35% | 5,472,944 | $434.9M | Reduce -20.5% |
| EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. | 0.35% | 4,294,317 | $433.6M | Add +3.2% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.34% | 17,474,738 | $423.6M | Add +4.5% |
| CHKP Check Point Software Tech | 0.34% | 1,899,862 | $420.3M | Add +9.6% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.34% | 3,063,443 | $416.7M | Add +180.7% |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | 0.33% | 1,788,995 | $414.0M | Reduce -1.9% |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | 0.33% | 4,325,789 | $411.2M | Add +13.2% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.33% | 3,854,930 | $406.5M | Reduce -13.1% |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP | 0.32% | 4,417,879 | $402.5M | Reduce -6.8% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.32% | 1,255,579 | $400.5M | Reduce -3.6% |
| RBRK Rubrik Inc. Class A | 0.32% | 4,462,705 | $399.8M | Add +44.8% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.32% | 5,049,741 | $399.7M | Add +77.9% |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | 0.31% | 1,460,477 | $390.7M | Add +21.5% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.31% | 691,475 | $388.6M | Reduce -4.5% |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | 0.31% | 2,430,876 | $388.2M | Add +17.0% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.31% | 2,485,569 | $381.2M | Add +39.9% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.30% | 3,842,815 | $374.1M | Add +19.8% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.30% | 1,281,882 | $371.4M | Reduce -29.6% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.30% | 6,295,709 | $369.1M | Reduce -3.2% |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | 0.29% | 10,187,177 | $363.6M | Add +133.1% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | 0.29% | 5,401,530 | $360.5M | Reduce -20.9% |
| HIG Hartford Insurance Group Inc. | 0.28% | 2,710,163 | $343.8M | Reduce -4.2% |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.27% | 1,450,958 | $337.9M | Add +9.2% |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.27% | 3,199,906 | $337.5M | Add +27.2% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 0.27% | 3,228,801 | $336.2M | Reduce -4.4% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.27% | 856,900 | $333.3M | Add +22.1% |
| TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. filed as PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC | 0.27% | 3,441,458 | $332.1M | Add +137.8% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.26% | 1,098,574 | $328.4M | Add +1.8% |
| CPRT Copart Inc. | 0.26% | 6,579,404 | $322.9M | Add +75.2% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.26% | 2,089,038 | $319.1M | Reduce -10.5% |
| DOV Dover Corp. | 0.25% | 1,716,256 | $314.5M | Add +717.4% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.25% | 874,647 | $312.2M | Add +6.0% |
| TEL Te Connectivity PLC | 0.25% | 1,829,268 | $308.5M | Reduce -2.8% |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | 0.24% | 2,853,942 | $301.4M | Reduce -3.7% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | 0.24% | 1,312,525 | $293.7M | Reduce -5.3% |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | 0.24% | 1,568,693 | $292.4M | Add +37.4% |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. filed as BERKLEY W R CORP | 0.23% | 3,958,749 | $290.8M | Reduce -11.4% |
| VLTO Veralto Corp. | 0.23% | 2,822,898 | $285.0M | Reduce -1.1% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 0.23% | 607,158 | $284.9M | Add +1.1% |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | 0.23% | 7,419,033 | $284.4M | Add +76.0% |
| EME Emcor Group Inc. | 0.23% | 531,703 | $284.4M | Reduce -0.9% |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | 0.23% | 1,736,466 | $283.7M | Add +30.0% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.23% | 771,356 | $282.8M | Add +7.9% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.23% | 2,286,195 | $282.3M | Reduce -9.8% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | 0.23% | 3,760,467 | $279.5M | Add +2.9% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.22% | 1,502,221 | $278.8M | Reduce -43.5% |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | 0.22% | 1,160,932 | $278.6M | Reduce -16.0% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 0.22% | 1,027,012 | $276.7M | Reduce -1.5% |
Other holdings (2): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $267.6M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 158,755 | $186.4M | No change |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 66,943 | $81.2M | Reduce -34.3% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $124.3B.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.62 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Reduce -82.7% | 0.07% | −0.33 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -43.5% | 0.22% | −0.27 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -56.9% | 0.12% | −0.22 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Reduce -8.5% | 0.70% | −0.21 |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | Reduce -29.6% | 0.30% | −0.19 |
| MKL Markel Group Inc. | Reduce -80.2% | 0.04% | −0.19 |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | Reduce -55.5% | 0.11% | −0.16 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Reduce -74.6% | 0.05% | −0.15 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Reduce -27.5% | 0.52% | −0.15 |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | Reduce -57.6% | 0.08% | −0.14 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -67.3% | 0.07% | −0.14 |
| HOLX Hologic Inc. | Reduce -83.4% | 0.03% | −0.13 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | Reduce -70.2% | 0.04% | −0.12 |
| TT Trane Technologies PLC | Reduce -73.6% | 0.06% | −0.12 |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Reduce -31.0% | 0.17% | −0.12 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Reduce -8.5% | 0.45% | −0.12 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.40% | −0.12 |
| FXU First Trust Utilities Alphad | Reduce -11.9% | 0.56% | −0.12 |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | Reduce -20.5% | 0.35% | −0.12 |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | Reduce -27.9% | 0.17% | −0.11 |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | Reduce -13.1% | 0.33% | −0.11 |
| F Ford Motor Co. | Reduce -47.8% | 0.10% | −0.10 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Reduce -23.4% | 0.21% | −0.09 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -10.5% | 0.26% | −0.09 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Reduce -6.8% | 0.51% | −0.09 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Reduce -37.8% | 0.08% | −0.08 |
| RS Reliance Inc. | Reduce -67.2% | 0.04% | −0.08 |
| ITCI Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | Reduce -52.4% | 0.07% | −0.08 |
| STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. | Reduce -63.1% | 0.04% | −0.07 |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. | Reduce -63.9% | 0.04% | −0.07 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | Reduce -32.5% | 0.18% | −0.07 |
| DOW Dow Inc. | Reduce -67.8% | 0.02% | −0.07 |
| GRMN Garmin Ltd. | Reduce -41.6% | 0.07% | −0.06 |
| ETR Entergy Corp. | Reduce -47.5% | 0.06% | −0.06 |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | Reduce -26.7% | 0.18% | −0.06 |
| UNM Unum Group | Reduce -5.3% | 0.36% | −0.06 |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | Reduce -16.0% | 0.22% | −0.06 |
| CORT Corcept Therapeutics Inc. | Reduce -41.9% | 0.03% | −0.06 |
| FITB Fifth Third Bancorp | Reduce -45.8% | 0.07% | −0.06 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Reduce -46.4% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| MTB M & T Bank Corp. | Reduce -25.3% | 0.16% | −0.06 |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | Reduce -63.4% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | Reduce -17.1% | 0.18% | −0.06 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Reduce -48.4% | 0.06% | −0.06 |
| WEC WEC Energy Group Inc. | Reduce -44.4% | 0.05% | −0.05 |
| ASB Associated Banc-Corp. | Reduce -90.3% | 0.01% | −0.05 |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | Reduce -40.2% | 0.10% | −0.05 |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Reduce -11.2% | 0.19% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| QQXT First Trust Nasdaq-100 Ex-Te | New | 0.59% | +0.59 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +150.2% | 0.66% | +0.34 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +10.9% | 0.91% | +0.29 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +0.9% | 1.37% | +0.24 |
| DOV Dover Corp. | Add +717.4% | 0.25% | +0.22 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Add +180.7% | 0.34% | +0.21 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Add +112.6% | 0.43% | +0.18 |
| RBRK Rubrik Inc. Class A | Add +44.8% | 0.32% | +0.16 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Add +133.1% | 0.29% | +0.15 |
| TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. | Add +137.8% | 0.27% | +0.15 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | Add +197.9% | 0.22% | +0.14 |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | Add +24.6% | 0.42% | +0.14 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Add +6.3% | 1.70% | +0.13 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Add +100.0% | 0.19% | +0.13 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Add +287.8% | 0.18% | +0.13 |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | Add +268.8% | 0.19% | +0.13 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | Add +7.7% | 0.87% | +0.13 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Add +393.2% | 0.17% | +0.12 |
| GE General Electric | Add +89.2% | 0.19% | +0.10 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Add +64.2% | 0.36% | +0.10 |
| INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR | Add +25.0% | 0.75% | +0.10 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +6.0% | 1.01% | +0.10 |
| FNF Fidelity National Financial | Add +252.3% | 0.15% | +0.10 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Add +77.9% | 0.32% | +0.10 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | Add +19.8% | 0.30% | +0.09 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +8.0% | 0.87% | +0.09 |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | Add +39.9% | 0.31% | +0.09 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | Add +1.0% | 0.66% | +0.09 |
| COP Conocophillips | Add +146.6% | 0.17% | +0.08 |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | Add +1.8% | 0.44% | +0.08 |
| PGR Progressive Corp. | Add +154.3% | 0.14% | +0.08 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | Add +88.2% | 0.14% | +0.07 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | Add +5.3% | 0.44% | +0.07 |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | Add +40.7% | 0.47% | +0.07 |
| CPRT Copart Inc. | Add +75.2% | 0.26% | +0.07 |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | Add +76.0% | 0.23% | +0.06 |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | Add +46.8% | 0.16% | +0.06 |
| FSS Federal Signal Corp. | Add +49.6% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Add +63.8% | 0.20% | +0.06 |
| BYD Boyd Gaming Corp. | Add +679.7% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
| NRG NRG Energy Inc. | Add +36.4% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel | Add +9.1% | 0.37% | +0.06 |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | Add +13.9% | 0.49% | +0.06 |
| AGX Argan Inc. | Add +14436.3% | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| CEG Constellation Energy | Add +40.8% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| OC Owens Corning | Add +164.6% | 0.10% | +0.06 |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | Add +37.4% | 0.24% | +0.06 |
| STT State Street Corp. | Add +39.0% | 0.17% | +0.06 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Add +30.1% | 0.38% | +0.06 |
| SLM SLM Corp. | Add +153.3% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | Reduce -34.3% | 66,943 | $81.2M |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | Sold out | 144,752 | $3.5Mbefore exit |
| JQCNR Nuveen Credit Strategies-RTS | RIGHT 04/29/2025 | Sold out | 416,238 | $12Kbefore exit |
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 |