First Trust Advisors LP
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 12, 2025), First Trust Advisors LP reported 2,562 stock positions worth $134.1 billion. Its top holding was Cisco Systems (CSCO) at 1.5% of the portfolio, followed by Broadcom (AVGO, 1.3%) and Microsoft (MSFT, 1.2%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 181 new positions, sold out of 201, added to 1,193 and reduced 1,174. The biggest buy was Aecom (ACM, shares +105%) and the biggest sale EOG Resources (EOG, shares −53%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Wheaton, IL
- CIK
- 0001125816
- Portfolio Value
- $134.1B (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001445546-25-007494 ↗ filed Nov 12, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 2,562 stocks · $134.1B
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.49% | 29,193,618 | $2.0B | Reduce -3.8% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.31% | 5,313,252 | $1.8B | Reduce -8.9% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.24% | 3,221,890 | $1.7B | Reduce -5.8% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 1.17% | 2,133,432 | $1.6B | Add +2.1% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.11% | 7,956,869 | $1.5B | Add +11.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.00% | 5,541,016 | $1.3B | Reduce -9.7% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.95% | 2,599,902 | $1.3B | Add +19.9% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.90% | 5,906,963 | $1.2B | Add +11.5% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.90% | 5,467,485 | $1.2B | Reduce -3.8% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 0.80% | 4,234,034 | $1.1B | Add +0.4% |
| INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR | 0.72% | 59,328,844 | $965.3M | Add +17.9% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.67% | 744,306 | $892.4M | Add +6.2% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.64% | 3,052,880 | $861.4M | Add +39.5% |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | 0.64% | 3,057,313 | $855.6M | Reduce -2.9% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.63% | 3,955,959 | $848.9M | Reduce -11.1% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.60% | 7,193,094 | $811.0M | Reduce -5.4% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.59% | 3,362,464 | $796.9M | Add +25.8% |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.59% | 147,073 | $794.1M | Add +4.3% |
| FXO First Trust Financial Alphad | 0.59% | 13,229,820 | $785.7M | Reduce -2.9% |
| FXR First Trust Indst/Producers | 0.58% | 9,981,455 | $779.2M | Reduce -2.9% |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | 0.56% | 8,309,698 | $755.8M | Add +27.8% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 0.56% | 696,440 | $751.2M | Add +20.4% |
| FXU First Trust Utilities Alphad | 0.54% | 16,052,065 | $729.6M | Reduce -2.9% |
| QQXT First Trust Nasdaq-100 Ex-Te | 0.53% | 7,199,549 | $712.3M | Reduce -2.9% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.51% | 2,430,969 | $683.7M | Reduce -11.3% |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | 0.50% | 2,228,134 | $667.7M | Add +9.5% |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | 0.50% | 1,916,571 | $664.1M | Add +1.3% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.48% | 3,882,939 | $646.0M | Add +11.3% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.48% | 4,159,621 | $645.9M | Add +18.8% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.48% | 4,809,914 | $644.0M | Add +25.2% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 0.47% | 7,575,662 | $637.0M | Add +30.9% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.47% | 3,101,772 | $635.1M | Add +4.9% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.46% | 14,089,041 | $619.2M | Add +8.4% |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | 0.46% | 3,069,543 | $619.1M | Add +26.3% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.46% | 2,108,126 | $618.7M | Add +2.7% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.46% | 1,806,263 | $616.6M | Add +0.7% |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | 0.46% | 4,045,346 | $616.5M | Add +10.2% |
| CTSH Cognizant Tech Solutions-A | 0.45% | 9,085,998 | $609.4M | Add +7.6% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.43% | 4,099,435 | $575.7M | Add +1.5% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.43% | 5,639,162 | $570.2M | Add +3.0% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.42% | 1,796,953 | $566.8M | Reduce -1.8% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.42% | 3,878,141 | $565.1M | Reduce -26.6% |
| ACM Aecom | 0.41% | 4,216,372 | $550.1M | Add +105.3% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.39% | 1,634,361 | $528.2M | Add +1.2% |
| LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc. | 0.39% | 2,781,469 | $525.6M | Reduce -7.0% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.39% | 3,874,127 | $518.9M | Add +26.5% |
| CHKP Check Point Software Tech | 0.39% | 2,497,275 | $516.7M | Add +31.4% |
| CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel | 0.38% | 1,064,211 | $514.2M | Reduce -5.8% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.38% | 2,041,945 | $503.5M | Add +85.9% |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP | 0.36% | 4,483,889 | $488.6M | Add +1.5% |
| DASH DoorDash Inc. Class A | 0.36% | 1,790,916 | $487.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.36% | 1,989,484 | $484.5M | Reduce -21.1% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.36% | 843,009 | $479.5M | Add +21.9% |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.36% | 3,623,917 | $478.8M | Add +13.3% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.35% | 1,271,565 | $475.9M | Add +45.4% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.35% | 18,235,662 | $464.6M | Add +4.3% |
| GEN Gen Digital Inc. | 0.35% | 16,301,095 | $462.8M | Add +2.5% |
| EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. | 0.34% | 4,313,856 | $459.2M | Add +0.5% |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | 0.34% | 9,325,417 | $454.3M | Add +25.7% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.34% | 489,848 | $453.4M | Add +10.7% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.33% | 2,597,519 | $448.3M | Add +4.5% |
| UNM Unum Group | 0.33% | 5,734,937 | $446.1M | Add +4.0% |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | 0.33% | 2,269,461 | $443.6M | Add +30.7% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.33% | 1,322,520 | $439.3M | Add +5.3% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.33% | 5,794,655 | $439.0M | Reduce -4.4% |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | 0.32% | 4,704,039 | $431.4M | Reduce -4.0% |
| FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. | 0.32% | 513,257 | $423.5M | Add +29.8% |
| HIG Hartford Insurance Group Inc. | 0.31% | 3,162,437 | $421.8M | Add +16.7% |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | 0.31% | 4,281,414 | $420.9M | Reduce -1.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.31% | 5,011,611 | $420.6M | Reduce -0.8% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.31% | 2,271,223 | $417.3M | Add +7.8% |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | 0.31% | 1,490,778 | $416.3M | Add +2.1% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.31% | 2,237,261 | $414.8M | Add +7.1% |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | 0.31% | 447,801 | $412.3M | Add +66.4% |
| RBRK Rubrik Inc. Class A | 0.30% | 4,947,785 | $407.0M | Add +10.9% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.30% | 1,439,838 | $406.4M | Add +12.3% |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | 0.30% | 562,050 | $403.9M | Reduce -22.0% |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | 0.30% | 1,998,954 | $401.6M | Add +27.4% |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | 0.30% | 650,643 | $400.1M | Add +45.5% |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | 0.29% | 3,519,724 | $387.0M | Add +23.3% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.28% | 5,767,159 | $381.0M | Reduce -8.4% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.28% | 1,262,536 | $379.8M | Add +38.7% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.28% | 852,233 | $379.0M | Add +17.5% |
| VLTO Veralto Corp. | 0.28% | 3,508,512 | $374.0M | Add +24.3% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | 0.27% | 5,103,945 | $362.6M | Reduce -5.5% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 0.27% | 3,571,053 | $356.9M | Add +10.6% |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | 0.27% | 1,451,743 | $356.0M | Add +215.2% |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | 0.27% | 11,312,148 | $355.4M | Add +11.0% |
| RBLX Roblox Corp. Class A | 0.26% | 2,561,604 | $354.8M | Add +8.0% |
| CPRT Copart Inc. | 0.26% | 7,796,203 | $350.6M | Add +18.5% |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | 0.26% | 3,089,283 | $342.9M | Add +154.3% |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | 0.25% | 292,243 | $340.7M | Reduce -46.2% |
| EME Emcor Group Inc. | 0.25% | 521,720 | $338.9M | Reduce -1.9% |
| OTEX Open Text Corp. | 0.25% | 9,027,450 | $337.4M | Add +9.3% |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | 0.25% | 812,748 | $336.8M | Add +29.9% |
| WMS Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. | 0.25% | 2,416,942 | $335.2M | Add +10.9% |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. filed as BERKLEY W R CORP | 0.24% | 4,220,936 | $323.4M | Add +6.6% |
| STT State Street Corp. | 0.24% | 2,747,646 | $318.8M | Add +36.8% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.23% | 776,074 | $314.5M | Add +0.6% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | 0.23% | 1,388,689 | $313.2M | Add +5.8% |
Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $234.6M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 158,755 | $195.9M | No change |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 27,843 | $35.6M | Reduce -58.4% |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | 120,122 | $3.0M | New |
| COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRU | RIGHT 10/16/2025 | 101,770 | $8K | Reduce -44.9% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $134.3B.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Reduce -53.1% | 0.15% | −0.21 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Reduce -3.8% | 1.49% | −0.21 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | Reduce -46.2% | 0.25% | −0.21 |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | Reduce -88.5% | 0.02% | −0.18 |
| TEL Te Connectivity PLC | Reduce -75.5% | 0.07% | −0.18 |
| PPG PPG Industries Inc. | Reduce -74.5% | 0.04% | −0.16 |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | Reduce -47.5% | 0.17% | −0.16 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | Reduce -66.5% | 0.06% | −0.16 |
| TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. | Reduce -57.9% | 0.11% | −0.16 |
| GWW WW Grainger Inc. | Reduce -91.0% | 0.01% | −0.16 |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | Reduce -80.7% | 0.03% | −0.15 |
| DOV Dover Corp. | Reduce -47.7% | 0.11% | −0.14 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -67.1% | 0.09% | −0.14 |
| MCO Moody's Corp. | Reduce -76.2% | 0.04% | −0.13 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -5.8% | 1.24% | −0.13 |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | Reduce -22.3% | 0.22% | −0.12 |
| CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. | Reduce -90.2% | 0.01% | −0.12 |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | Reduce -65.5% | 0.05% | −0.12 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -3.8% | 0.90% | −0.11 |
| FNF Fidelity National Financial | Reduce -68.8% | 0.05% | −0.11 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Reduce -86.9% | 0.01% | −0.10 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -18.8% | 0.17% | −0.10 |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Reduce -35.1% | 0.12% | −0.09 |
| CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. | Reduce -41.6% | 0.08% | −0.08 |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Reduce -44.4% | 0.09% | −0.08 |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | Reduce -4.0% | 0.32% | −0.07 |
| JNPR Juniper Networks Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| JXN Jackson Financial Inc. Class A | Reduce -83.8% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | Reduce -11.1% | 0.63% | −0.07 |
| MTG Mgic Investment Corp. | Reduce -37.9% | 0.10% | −0.07 |
| ANSS Ansys Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Reduce -16.8% | 0.13% | −0.07 |
| MTB M & T Bank Corp. | Reduce -36.5% | 0.10% | −0.07 |
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Reduce -59.6% | 0.05% | −0.06 |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | Reduce -4.4% | 0.33% | −0.06 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -6.9% | 0.21% | −0.06 |
| QQXT First Trust Nasdaq-100 Ex-Te | Reduce -2.9% | 0.53% | −0.06 |
| NUE Nucor Corp. | Reduce -77.9% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -5.4% | 0.60% | −0.06 |
| SLM SLM Corp. | Reduce -46.8% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | Reduce -45.9% | 0.05% | −0.05 |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | Reduce -87.4% | 0.01% | −0.05 |
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Reduce -34.6% | 0.06% | −0.05 |
| ANDE The Andersons Inc. | Reduce -93.9% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | Reduce -20.1% | 0.14% | −0.05 |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | Reduce -2.5% | 0.17% | −0.05 |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | Reduce -2.9% | 0.64% | −0.05 |
| ATKR Atkore Inc. | Reduce -33.6% | 0.05% | −0.05 |
| SNDR Schneider National Inc. Class B | Reduce -48.0% | 0.03% | −0.04 |
| NRG NRG Energy Inc. | Reduce -32.8% | 0.07% | −0.04 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| ACM Aecom | Add +105.3% | 0.41% | +0.22 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +11.9% | 1.11% | +0.20 |
| CRWV Coreweave Inc. Class A | Add +1464.9% | 0.20% | +0.18 |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | Add +215.2% | 0.27% | +0.18 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | Add +25.2% | 0.48% | +0.18 |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | Add +27.8% | 0.56% | +0.17 |
| CVLT Commvault Systems Inc. | Add +1335.8% | 0.17% | +0.16 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +239.5% | 0.22% | +0.16 |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Add +409.6% | 0.19% | +0.15 |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | Add +26.3% | 0.46% | +0.15 |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | Add +66.4% | 0.31% | +0.15 |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | Add +154.3% | 0.26% | +0.15 |
| FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. | Add +29.8% | 0.32% | +0.14 |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | Add +20.4% | 0.56% | +0.14 |
| ADSK Autodesk Inc. | Add +197.1% | 0.22% | +0.14 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Add +286.1% | 0.19% | +0.14 |
| HSY The Hershey Co. | Add +240.0% | 0.18% | +0.13 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +39.5% | 0.64% | +0.12 |
| KTOS Kratos Defense & Security | Add +29.5% | 0.21% | +0.12 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | Add +342.1% | 0.16% | +0.12 |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | Add +292.7% | 0.16% | +0.12 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Add +85.9% | 0.38% | +0.11 |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | Add +25.7% | 0.34% | +0.11 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Add +45.5% | 0.30% | +0.11 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +0.4% | 0.80% | +0.11 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Add +45.4% | 0.35% | +0.10 |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | Add +30.7% | 0.33% | +0.10 |
| KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. | Add +2745.0% | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +17.5% | 0.28% | +0.10 |
| GE General Electric | Add +38.7% | 0.28% | +0.09 |
| STRL Sterling Infrastructure Inc. | Add +83.5% | 0.15% | +0.09 |
| FOXA Fox Corp. Class A | Add +135.7% | 0.15% | +0.09 |
| IESC Ies Holdings Inc. | Add +982.7% | 0.10% | +0.09 |
| AAON Aaon Inc. | Add +136.4% | 0.13% | +0.09 |
| VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. | Add +232.3% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | Add +13.3% | 0.36% | +0.09 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Add +10.2% | 0.46% | +0.08 |
| TRI Thomson Reuters Corp. | Add +312.5% | 0.12% | +0.08 |
| IBKR Interactive Brokers Gro Class A | Add +89.8% | 0.15% | +0.08 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +18.8% | 0.48% | +0.08 |
| POWL Powell Industries Inc. | Add +65.8% | 0.14% | +0.08 |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | Add +3.0% | 0.43% | +0.07 |
| SAIA Saia Inc. | Add +141.3% | 0.12% | +0.07 |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | Add +52.1% | 0.16% | +0.07 |
| RMD Resmed Inc. | Add +285.1% | 0.09% | +0.07 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Add +104.7% | 0.13% | +0.07 |
| COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. | Add +119.3% | 0.13% | +0.07 |
| STT State Street Corp. | Add +36.8% | 0.24% | +0.07 |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | Add +27.4% | 0.30% | +0.06 |
| RBLX Roblox Corp. Class A | Add +8.0% | 0.26% | +0.06 |
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | Reduce -58.4% | 27,843 | $35.6M |
| RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) | CUM CONV PFD A | New | 120,122 | $3.0M |
| COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRU | RIGHT 10/16/2025 | Reduce -44.9% | 101,770 | $8K |
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 |