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First Trust Advisors LP

13F for the quarter to June 30, 2026, filed August 11, 2026 · SEC CIK 1125816

Reported value: $170.0bn
Positions we cover: 2,196
Copy, a year: +13.7%
Copy Sharpe ratio: 0.72

How copying its 13F would have done

CopyS&P 500 $10,000 copying First Trust Advisors LP's filed holdings in companies we cover from August 16, 2013, buying on the first trading day after each 13F was filed and holding until the next, against the S&P 500 (total return). Marked weekly, log scale. Before costs and taxes; misses trading within each quarter and anything 13F does not show (shorts, cash, bonds, non-US holdings).

Biggest drop −32.5% (S&P 500 −31.8%); beta 1.01; alpha −0.4% a year (t = −0.29); last 12 months +14.3% against +12.1%.

Reported value by quarter

First Trust Advisors LP: 13F reported value Total value of all positions in each quarter's 13F, as filed (values before 2023 were filed in thousands of dollars and are converted).

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Period	Reported value
2013-06-30	$15.4B
2013-09-30	$18.4B
2013-12-31	$20.6B
2014-03-31	$22.8B
2014-06-30	$24.1B
2014-09-30	$25.4B
2014-12-31	$29.6B
2015-03-31	$34B
2015-06-30	$38.5B
2015-09-30	$34.5B
2015-12-31	$38.5B
2016-03-31	$31.1B
2016-06-30	$31.8B
2016-09-30	$33.5B
2016-12-31	$33.6B
2017-03-31	$36.1B
2017-06-30	$37.5B
2017-09-30	$38.9B
2017-12-31	$42B
2018-03-31	$43.5B
2018-06-30	$48.2B
2018-09-30	$53.7B
2018-12-31	$42.2B
2019-03-31	$50.3B
2019-06-30	$53B
2019-09-30	$53.1B
2019-12-31	$58.6B
2020-03-31	$44.1B
2020-06-30	$57.7B
2020-09-30	$62.4B
2020-12-31	$75.5B
2021-03-31	$82.6B
2021-06-30	$92.4B
2021-09-30	$93B
2021-12-31	$102.8B
2022-03-31	$97.8B
2022-06-30	$81B
2022-09-30	$77.1B
2022-12-31	$84.1T
2023-03-31	$86.6B
2023-06-30	$87.9B
2023-09-30	$84.4B
2023-12-31	$91.6B
2024-03-31	$98.5B
2024-06-30	$98.1B
2024-09-30	$105B
2024-12-31	$113.4B
2025-03-31	$112.9B
2025-06-30	$124.3B
2025-09-30	$134.3B
2025-12-31	$137.6B
2026-03-31	$140B
2026-06-30	$170B

Holdings and moves

Company	Share of portfolio	Value	Shares	Change in shares
CSCOCisco	1.48%	$2.5bn	21.36M	−3.5% Reduced
NVDANVIDIA Corporation	1.28%	$2.2bn	10.87M	+4.2% Added
AVGOBroadcom	1.14%	$1.9bn	5.14M	−0.7% Reduced
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. (Class A)	1.14%	$1.9bn	5.40M	+10.3% Added
PANWPalo Alto Networks	1.05%	$1.8bn	5.26M	−18.7% Reduced
AMATApplied Materials	1.05%	$1.8bn	2.46M	−4.9% Reduced
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation	1.02%	$1.7bn	4.67M	+13.0% Added
AAPLApple Inc.	0.99%	$1.7bn	5.83M	+11.9% Added
FTNTFortinet	0.98%	$1.7bn	10.82M	−6.0% Reduced
KLACKLA Corporation	0.95%	$1.6bn	5.34M	+843.9% Added
LRCXLam Research	0.92%	$1.6bn	3.62M	−14.4% Reduced
CRWDCrowdStrike	0.85%	$1.5bn	1.90M	−26.5% Reduced
PWRQuanta Services	0.82%	$1.4bn	1.95M	+93.8% Added
ETNEaton Corporation	0.78%	$1.3bn	3.13M	+36.1% Added
MUMicron Technology	0.78%	$1.3bn	1.15M	+1.0% Added
METAMeta Platforms	0.73%	$1.2bn	2.21M	+17.5% Added
JCIJohnson Controls	0.72%	$1.2bn	8.43M	+46.4% Added
GEVGE Vernova	0.70%	$1.2bn	1.01M	+5.4% Added
IBMIBM	0.60%	$1.0bn	3.65M	+9.6% Added
AMZNAmazon	0.59%	$1.0bn	4.21M	−2.9% Reduced
NETCloudflare, Inc.	0.54%	$921.4m	3.76M	−0.5%
MLIMueller Industries Inc	0.49%	$839.9m	6.83M	+22.1% Added
SNASnap-on	0.49%	$833.1m	2.07M	+1.8% Added
ORCLOracle Corporation	0.46%	$782.1m	5.34M	+46.9% Added
ANETArista Networks	0.46%	$780.0m	4.59M	+6.1% Added
CINFCincinnati Financial	0.45%	$767.4m	4.15M	+97.0% Added
STRLSterling Infrastructure, Inc.	0.44%	$752.0m	895.9K	+2.0% Added
FIXComfort Systems USA	0.44%	$743.4m	375.1K	−9.8% Reduced
ROSTRoss Stores	0.43%	$727.8m	3.42M	−7.4% Reduced
VLTOVeralto	0.43%	$726.3m	8.19M	+33.2% Added
VZVerizon	0.43%	$726.0m	17.15M	+16.6% Added
DDOGDatadog, Inc.	0.43%	$723.8m	2.78M	−24.6% Reduced
JPMJPMorgan Chase	0.42%	$721.1m	2.20M	−1.5% Reduced
TXNTexas Instruments	0.42%	$716.8m	2.40M	−7.3% Reduced
COSTCostco	0.42%	$706.4m	755.1K	+9.1% Added
CRMSalesforce	0.41%	$702.5m	4.48M	+20.8% Added
VVisa Inc.	0.41%	$694.9m	2.03M	+8.3% Added
BACBank of America	0.40%	$677.4m	11.89M	+19.5% Added
ADPAutomatic Data Processing	0.40%	$672.3m	3.00M	+20.2% Added
USBU.S. Bancorp	0.39%	$668.8m	11.07M	+36.4% Added
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.	0.39%	$667.4m	482.8K	−18.4% Reduced
GEGE Aerospace	0.39%	$660.8m	1.77M	−8.9% Reduced
CVXChevron Corporation	0.38%	$651.9m	3.93M	−8.1% Reduced
ACNAccenture	0.38%	$651.5m	5.24M	+50.4% Added
WSMWilliams-Sonoma, Inc.	0.38%	$650.5m	2.79M	+4.7% Added
EMEEmcor	0.38%	$641.4m	772.9K	+22.6% Added
FFIVF5, Inc.	0.38%	$640.7m	1.54M	+4.3% Added
TSLATesla, Inc.	0.37%	$634.4m	1.51M	+20.4% Added
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices	0.37%	$633.4m	1.09M	−8.1% Reduced
OKTAOkta, Inc.	0.36%	$613.7m	4.50M	+7.2% Added
INTCIntel	0.36%	$609.3m	4.36M	−15.4% Reduced
BNYBNY Mellon	0.35%	$603.4m	4.17M	−3.2% Reduced
AGXArgan Inc	0.35%	$602.4m	754.4K	−4.7% Reduced
PEPPepsiCo	0.35%	$596.7m	4.41M	+11.2% Added
TRVThe Travelers Companies	0.35%	$595.3m	1.80M	+5.7% Added
BKNGBooking Holdings	0.35%	$593.9m	3.33M	+2264.5% Added
CBChubb Limited	0.35%	$593.6m	1.74M	+8.5% Added
SYFSynchrony Financial	0.34%	$585.5m	7.70M	+44.2% Added
ALLAllstate	0.34%	$580.1m	2.44M	+9.2% Added
MRVLMarvell Technology	0.34%	$579.8m	1.95M	+0.6% Added
MAMastercard	0.33%	$563.4m	1.10M	+10.5% Added
AKAMAkamai Technologies	0.33%	$561.7m	4.75M	−0.6% Reduced
RFRegions Financial Corporation	0.33%	$560.1m	18.54M	+38.8% Added
QCOMQualcomm	0.33%	$559.4m	3.03M	−24.3% Reduced
MTZMastec Inc	0.33%	$552.7m	1.33M	−5.9% Reduced
PFEPfizer	0.31%	$525.4m	21.82M	+6.8% Added
CHRWC.H. Robinson	0.30%	$515.4m	2.74M	+66.5% Added
PMPhilip Morris International	0.30%	$512.9m	2.84M	+624.8% Added
HIGThe Hartford	0.30%	$506.5m	3.82M	+10.4% Added
ZSZscaler, Inc.	0.29%	$498.1m	3.53M	+0.3%
AMPAmeriprise Financial	0.29%	$493.2m	1.08M	+9.4% Added
ADIAnalog Devices	0.29%	$490.8m	1.24M	+22.5% Added
AXPAmerican Express	0.29%	$486.5m	1.44M	+1.2% Added
NTAPNetApp	0.28%	$480.5m	3.10M	−15.1% Reduced
RBRKRubrik, Inc.	0.28%	$480.1m	5.98M	+22.2% Added
WDCWestern Digital	0.28%	$471.5m	738.2K	+99.6% Added
HUBBHubbell Incorporated	0.28%	$471.5m	901.1K	+26.2% Added
EXPEExpedia Group	0.28%	$468.1m	1.83M	+53.5% Added
STXSeagate Technology	0.27%	$466.6m	483.5K	−9.9% Reduced
OCOwens Corning	0.27%	$460.9m	2.90M	+33.1% Added
DYDycom Industries Inc	0.27%	$459.4m	908.6K	+13.8% Added
MOAltria	0.27%	$459.0m	6.38M	−5.0% Reduced
BKRBaker Hughes	0.27%	$458.9m	8.27M	−14.4% Reduced
NVTnVent Electric plc	0.26%	$447.3m	2.64M	+55.5% Added
RMDResMed\|	0.26%	$444.1m	2.28M	+48.2% Added
TROWT. Rowe Price	0.26%	$443.7m	3.90M	+5.6% Added
SCHWCharles Schwab Corporation	0.26%	$442.4m	4.80M	+42.0% Added
PHMPulteGroup	0.26%	$434.0m	3.16M	−26.7% Reduced
PNCPNC Financial Services	0.26%	$433.3m	1.76M	−37.5% Reduced
SAIASaia Inc	0.25%	$431.0m	1.02M	+27.2% Added
WMSAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.	0.25%	$417.6m	2.66M	+30.2% Added
SNDKSandisk	0.24%	$413.8m	182.0K	+35.6% Added
AMGNAmgen	0.24%	$409.7m	1.13M	+76.7% Added
RLRalph Lauren Corporation	0.24%	$409.2m	1.02M	+44.9% Added
POWLPowell Industries Inc	0.24%	$408.6m	1.43M	+176.3% Added
CMCSAComcast	0.24%	$406.0m	16.54M	+21.7% Added
BWXTBWX Technologies, Inc.	0.24%	$404.0m	2.08M	+49.2% Added
EWBCEast West Bancorp Inc	0.24%	$403.4m	3.12M	−20.3% Reduced
EBAYeBay Inc.	0.23%	$385.6m	3.45M	−4.0% Reduced
GENGen Digital Inc.	0.23%	$385.3m	15.48M	+4.5% Added
UPSUnited Parcel Service	0.23%	$384.1m	3.57M	−1.6% Reduced
GILDGilead Sciences	0.22%	$378.0m	2.99M	−4.4% Reduced
COKECoca-cola Consolidated, Inc.	0.22%	$373.2m	1.95M	−3.1% Reduced
DELLDell Technologies	0.22%	$367.2m	851.1K	+2.9% Added
STTState Street Corporation	0.21%	$364.4m	2.15M	−22.4% Reduced
BMYBristol Myers Squibb	0.20%	$344.7m	5.98M	+8.1% Added
REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals	0.20%	$341.2m	547.1K	+57.7% Added
AITApplied Industrial Technologies Inc	0.20%	$340.6m	1.01M	+2.9% Added
FROGJfrog Ltd	0.20%	$339.2m	3.73M	+11.0% Added
DTDynatrace, Inc.	0.20%	$337.9m	7.70M	+13.1% Added
DASHDoorDash	0.20%	$336.8m	1.83M	+8.0% Added
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co LTD	0.20%	$335.9m	703.4K	+35.7% Added
CHKPCheck Point Software Technologies LTD	0.20%	$334.9m	2.55M	+5.8% Added
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation	0.20%	$334.4m	1.23M	+109.2% Added
PYPLPayPal	0.20%	$333.1m	7.71M	+50.5% Added
MRKMerck & Co.	0.20%	$333.1m	2.59M	−42.0% Reduced
HIIHuntington Ingalls Industries	0.20%	$332.4m	1.19M	+42.7% Added
PAYXPaychex	0.20%	$331.0m	3.37M	+43.6% Added
PCARPaccar	0.19%	$327.3m	2.73M	−24.4% Reduced
JNJJohnson & Johnson	0.19%	$326.3m	1.28M	−39.1% Reduced
APHAmphenol	0.19%	$324.9m	1.84M	+9.1% Added
ASMLAsml Holding NV	0.19%	$320.2m	160.9K	−5.6% Reduced
ROPRoper Technologies	0.19%	$317.8m	939.1K	+62.1% Added
WFCWells Fargo	0.18%	$314.8m	3.81M	+69.6% Added
FNBFNB Corp	0.18%	$310.7m	16.28M	+48.3% Added
AFLAflac	0.18%	$309.3m	2.64M	−17.2% Reduced
KOThe Coca-Cola Company	0.18%	$307.1m	3.78M	−6.8% Reduced
WMTWalmart	0.18%	$307.1m	2.71M	−3.1% Reduced
MNSTMonster Beverage	0.18%	$306.9m	3.19M	−3.6% Reduced
CNMCore & Main, Inc.	0.18%	$301.5m	6.25M	+1.9% Added
MSIMotorola Solutions	0.18%	$301.4m	725.7K	+181.5% Added
KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.	0.18%	$300.0m	6.02M	+122.7% Added
CTSHCognizant	0.18%	$299.3m	7.73M	+18.5% Added
CLHClean Harbors Inc	0.17%	$296.7m	993.2K	+27.6% Added
NXPINXP Semiconductors	0.17%	$295.0m	1.05M	+2.2% Added
TERTeradyne	0.17%	$287.7m	594.7K	+331.0% Added
RJFRaymond James Financial	0.17%	$286.9m	1.89M	−23.3% Reduced
LDOSLeidos	0.17%	$285.8m	2.78M	+73.7% Added
WTFCWintrust Financial Corp	0.17%	$281.2m	1.75M	−4.4% Reduced
ALABAstera Labs, Inc.	0.17%	$280.5m	580.7K	+143.0% Added
CCitigroup	0.16%	$279.0m	1.99M	+65.8% Added
NFLXNetflix	0.16%	$277.1m	3.88M	−30.6% Reduced
AAgilent Technologies	0.16%	$276.2m	2.08M	+164.6% Added
CRWVCoreweave, Inc.	0.16%	$271.6m	2.73M	+56.5% Added
APPApplovin Corp	0.16%	$271.3m	526.6K	−3.6% Reduced
GDGeneral Dynamics	0.16%	$269.2m	759.9K	−22.3% Reduced
CBOECboe Global Markets	0.16%	$267.1m	1.10M	−9.4% Reduced
LINLinde plc	0.16%	$266.7m	514.0K	−9.9% Reduced
PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.	0.15%	$263.6m	2.26M	+31.3% Added
LLYLilly (Eli)	0.15%	$260.7m	217.4K	+28.9% Added

Company	Bought (value)	Shares
KLACKLA Corporation	$1.4bn	4.78M
PWRQuanta Services	$677.8m	941.3K
BKNGBooking Holdings	$568.7m	3.19M
PMPhilip Morris International	$442.1m	2.44M
JCIJohnson Controls	$390.4m	2.67M
CINFCincinnati Financial	$377.8m	2.04M
ETNEaton Corporation	$353.2m	828.8K
POWLPowell Industries Inc	$260.7m	910.4K
ORCLOracle Corporation	$249.7m	1.70M
WDCWestern Digital	$235.2m	368.3K
TERTeradyne	$221.0m	456.7K
ACNAccenture	$218.2m	1.75M
SYKStryker Corporation	$207.3m	658.4K
CHRWC.H. Robinson	$205.8m	1.09M
TRIThomson Reuters Corp	$200.1m	2.45M

Change in shares on the previous quarter's 13F, valued at this quarter's reported price.

Company	Sold (value)	Shares
CRWDCrowdStrike	−$522.0m	−684.0K
PANWPalo Alto Networks	−$412.8m	−1.21M
DOVDover Corporation	−$279.9m	−1.25M
LRCXLam Research	−$263.5m	−608.1K
PNCPNC Financial Services	−$260.2m	−1.06M
MRKMerck & Co.	−$240.8m	−1.87M
DDOGDatadog, Inc.	−$235.8m	−905.5K
ACGLArch Capital Group	−$211.9m	−2.18M
JNJJohnson & Johnson	−$209.3m	−824.0K
COPConocoPhillips	−$205.8m	−1.98M
EOGEOG Resources	−$201.7m	−1.55M
CVSCVS Health	−$197.8m	−1.91M
PPGPPG Industries	−$186.4m	−1.54M
ABBVAbbVie	−$181.0m	−719.2K
QCOMQualcomm	−$179.5m	−971.2K

Change in shares on the previous quarter's 13F, valued at this quarter's reported price.

Company	Value last quarter	Shares
ACHCAcadia Healthcare Company, Inc.	$39.5m	1.69M
TPGTPG Inc.	$15.2m	375.7K
CRBGCorebridge Financial, Inc.	$14.2m	593.6K
PCORProcore Technologies, Inc.	$9.4m	165.6K
VALValaris Ltd	$8.5m	86.5K
CIMChimera Investment Corp	$6.8m	543.1K
GRALGrail, Inc.	$5.8m	112.1K
EVLVEvolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.	$5.8m	957.7K
WGSGenedx Holdings Corp.	$4.8m	74.6K
PLNTPlanet Fitness, Inc.	$4.8m	64.2K
EPCEdgewell Personal Care Co	$4.4m	205.5K
SAFESafehold Inc.	$4.3m	317.2K
TFPMTriple Flag Precious Metals Corp.	$4.3m	122.6K
ULCCFrontier Group Holdings, Inc.	$4.2m	1.18M
BOWBowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.	$3.9m	172.3K
CXMSprinklr, Inc.	$3.8m	634.4K
CCChemours Co	$3.6m	162.6K
CBRLCracker Barrel OLD Country Store, Inc	$3.5m	124.7K
SPRYARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$3.4m	422.0K
LZLegalzoom.com, Inc.	$3.0m	530.7K
ROOTRoot, Inc.	$3.0m	68.0K
UWMCUWM Holdings Corp	$2.9m	812.9K
AMPLAmplitude, Inc.	$2.9m	424.6K
EEExcelerate Energy, Inc.	$2.7m	80.6K
OCULOcular Therapeutix, Inc	$2.6m	308.3K
ACELAccel Entertainment, Inc.	$2.2m	203.1K
GOGrocery Outlet Holding Corp.	$2.2m	311.8K
MDXGMimedx Group, Inc.	$2.2m	553.3K
MNKDMannkind Corp	$2.1m	869.3K
OROR Royalties Inc.	$2.0m	53.3K

Technology33.2%
Industrials21.6%
Financials14.9%
Health Care7.2%
Consumer Discretionary6.4%
Consumer Staples4.4%
Communication Services4.1%
Utilities2.8%
Energy2.7%
Materials1.6%
Real Estate1.1%

Share of the value held in companies we cover, by sector.

Period	Copy, a year	S&P 500	Sharpe	S&P 500	Biggest drop	Beta
Whole backtestAugust 16, 2013 to November 2, 2026	+13.7%	+14.1%	0.72	0.77	−32.5%	1.01
2018 onwardsJanuary 5, 2018 to November 2, 2026	+11.8%	+13.9%	0.54	0.66	−32.5%	1.02
Last three yearsNovember 3, 2023 to November 2, 2026	+19.6%	+21.8%	1.02	1.16	−16.6%	0.93
Last yearNovember 7, 2025 to November 2, 2026	+15.8%	+14.2%	1.00	0.84	−6.9%	0.81

From SEC Form 13F data sets. A 13F lists long positions in US-listed shares at the quarter's end, filed up to 45 days later; it does not show shorts, cash, bonds, non-US holdings or trades within the quarter. Positions in companies outside our coverage are not listed here. Research, not investment advice.