FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

Wheaton, IL · CIK 1125816 · 13F filing filed 2026-08-11

SEC-registered investment adviser since 1991 · limited partnership

Assets managed$309.2bn
Staff542 · 143 in investment roles
Main clients (by assets)Mutual funds and ETFs 96%, Private funds 2%, High net worth individuals 2%
Private funds1 (1 hedge) · $53.0m gross assets
Websiteftsma.com
Form ADV · 2026-04-30SEC adviser record

Legal entityFIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P. (US)

Kindhedge funds, mutual funds, futures
Others nearbyWheaton, IL, Austin, TX, Naples, FL, Franklin, TN, Boston, MA

As an employer

Offices in1 country
Private fundshedge 1

Where they work

people there (dot area)number not reportedmain officeHover or tap a dot. Australian and UK companies are placed at their business or registered address, with their staff across the whole country.

Offices

From Form ADV: the main office and the other offices where it does advisory work (at most the 25 largest), with the people doing investment work at each. “About” is worked out: the firm's investment staff less its other offices. Each city links to the other managers there.

City	Country	People
Wheaton, IL (main office)United States	United States	about 108
Austin, TXUnited States	United States	22
Naples, FLUnited States	United States	6
Franklin, TNUnited States	United States	4
Boston, MAUnited States	United States	3

Map: places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), outlines from Natural Earth.

$170.0bn reported value +21.5% vs Q1 2026

2,655positions

11.1%in top 10

179 new 1,442 added 1,011 reduced 126 sold out vs Q1 2026

This report includes the holdings of 4 other managers that share the investment decisions:

Horizon Investments, LLC – files its own report too; $89.8m of shares are in both
STONEBRIDGE ADVISORS LLC – files its own report too; $82.5m of shares are in both
SkyBridge Capital II, LLC – files its own report too; $10.4m of shares are in both
RiverFront Investment Group, LLC – files its own report too; $1.1m of shares are in both

Also in the report of:

Vest Financial, LLC – $8.1bn of shares are in both reports
Energy Income Partners, LLC – $2.9bn of shares are in both reports
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC – $761.2m of shares are in both reports
PERSONAL CFO SOLUTIONS, LLC – $89.8m of shares are in both reports
Francis Financial, Inc. – $28.4m of shares are in both reports
Jupiter Topco LLC – $24.1m of shares are in both reports
CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC – $7.6m of shares are in both reports
SSI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC – $4.8m of shares are in both reports

1 more

MacKay Shields LLC

Shares in two reports are counted once in each security's totals.

Holdings, Q2 2026

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#	Security	Ticker	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change	Shares change
1	CISCO SYS INC COM CSCO	CSCO	21,358,742	$2.5bn1.48%	1.48%	Reduced -780.6k	-780,648 -3.5%
2	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	10,869,435	$2.2bn1.28%	1.28%	Added +442.9k	+442,855 4.2%
3	BROADCOM INC COM AVGO	AVGO	5,141,470	$1.9bn1.14%	1.14%	Reduced -34.2k	-34,247 -0.7%
4	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	5,404,045	$1.9bn1.14%	1.14%	Added +506.5k	+506,546 10.3%
5	PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC COM PANW	PANW	5,255,509	$1.8bn1.05%	1.05%	Reduced -1.2m	-1,210,609 -18.7%
6	APPLIED MATLS INC COM AMAT	AMAT	2,462,125	$1.8bn1.05%	1.05%	Reduced -127.1k	-127,132 -4.9%
7	MICROSOFT CORP COM MSFT	MSFT	4,667,043	$1.7bn1.02%	1.02%	Added +535.2k	+535,152 12.9%
8	APPLE INC COM AAPL	AAPL	5,833,307	$1.7bn0.99%	0.99%	Added +619.4k	+619,432 11.9%
9	FORTINET INC COM FTNT	FTNT	10,815,814	$1.7bn0.98%	0.98%	Reduced -690.4k	-690,359 -6.0%
10	KLA CORP COM NEW KLAC	KLAC	5,340,970	$1.6bn0.95%	0.95%	Reduced -317.5k	-317,530 -5.6%
11	LAM RESEARCH CORP COM NEW LRCX	LRCX	3,617,460	$1.6bn0.92%	0.92%	Reduced -608.1k	-608,094 -14.4%
12	CROWDSTRIKE HLDGS INC CL A CRWD	CRWD	1,900,484	$1.5bn0.85%	0.85%	Reduced -684.0k	-684,012 -26.5%
13	QUANTA SVCS INC COM PWR	PWR	1,945,228	$1.4bn0.82%	0.82%	Added +941.3k	+941,311 93.8%
14	EATON CORP PLC SHS ETN	ETN	3,125,697	$1.3bn0.78%	0.78%	Added +828.8k	+828,773 36.1%
15	MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM MU	MU	1,148,631	$1.3bn0.78%	0.78%	Added +11.6k	+11,622 1.0%
16	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	2,212,729	$1.2bn0.73%	0.73%	Added +329.5k	+329,545 17.5%
17	JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC SHS JCI	JCI	8,433,447	$1.2bn0.72%	0.72%	Added +2.7m	+2,671,770 46.4%
18	GE VERNOVA INC COM GEV	GEV	1,010,178	$1.2bn0.70%	0.70%	Added +51.5k	+51,480 5.4%
19	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM IBM	IBM	3,649,008	$1.0bn0.60%	0.60%	Added +318.5k	+318,471 9.6%
20	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	4,210,806	$1.0bn0.59%	0.59%	Reduced -124.3k	-124,324 -2.9%
21	CLOUDFLARE INC CL A COM NET	NET	3,756,643	$921.4m0.54%	0.54%	Reduced -17.4k	-17,383 -0.5%
22	FIRST TR EXCHANGE-TRADED FD NY ARCA BIOTECH FBT	FBT	3,388,725	$840.0m0.49%	0.49%	Reduced -126.4k	-126,368 -3.6%
23	MUELLER INDS INC COM MLI	MLI	6,832,391	$839.9m0.49%	0.49%	Added +1.2m	+1,238,174 22.1%
24	SNAP ON INC COM SNA	SNA	2,070,244	$833.1m0.49%	0.49%	Added +37.1k	+37,115 1.8%
25	FIRST TR EXCHANGE TRADED FD NASDQ SEMCNDTR FTXL	FTXL	2,854,912	$813.5m0.48%	0.48%	Reduced -1.5m	-1,537,333 -35.0%
26	FIRST TR NASDAQ 100 TECH IND SHS QTEC	QTEC	2,428,884	$812.9m0.48%	0.48%	Added +2.4m	+2,426,716 111933.4%
27	FIRST TR EXCHANGE TRADED FD TECH ALPHADEX FXL	FXL	3,725,523	$809.3m0.48%	0.48%	New
28	FIRST TR EXCHANGE TRADED FD NASDAQ TRANSN FTXR	FTXR	17,572,217	$800.8m0.47%	0.47%	Added +10.6k	+10,640 0.1%
29	ORACLE CORP COM ORCL	ORCL	5,336,948	$782.1m0.46%	0.46%	Added +1.7m	+1,703,878 46.9%
30	ARISTA NETWORKS INC COM SHS ANET	ANET	4,591,762	$780.0m0.46%	0.46%	Added +263.5k	+263,488 6.1%
31	CINCINNATI FINL CORP COM CINF	CINF	4,145,056	$767.4m0.45%	0.45%	Added +2.0m	+2,040,599 97.0%
32	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC COM STRL	STRL	895,943	$752.0m0.44%	0.44%	Added +18.0k	+17,953 2.0%
33	COMFORT SYS USA INC COM FIX	FIX	375,090	$743.4m0.44%	0.44%	Reduced -40.8k	-40,796 -9.8%
34	ROSS STORES INC COM ROST	ROST	3,419,275	$727.8m0.43%	0.43%	Reduced -275.0k	-274,994 -7.4%
35	VERALTO CORP COM SHS VLTO	VLTO	8,190,187	$726.3m0.43%	0.43%	Added +2.0m	+2,039,799 33.2%
36	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COM VZ	VZ	17,145,993	$726.0m0.43%	0.43%	Added +2.4m	+2,438,292 16.6%
37	DATADOG INC CL A COM DDOG	DDOG	2,780,074	$723.8m0.43%	0.43%	Reduced -905.5k	-905,488 -24.6%
38	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM JPM	JPM	2,203,107	$721.1m0.42%	0.42%	Reduced -33.4k	-33,430 -1.5%
39	TEXAS INSTRS INC COM TXN	TXN	2,404,732	$716.8m0.42%	0.42%	Reduced -188.1k	-188,056 -7.2%
40	COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW COM COST	COST	755,150	$706.4m0.42%	0.42%	Added +62.9k	+62,898 9.1%
41	SALESFORCE INC COM CRM	CRM	4,484,194	$702.5m0.41%	0.41%	Added +771.3k	+771,326 20.8%
42	VISA INC COM CL A V	V	2,025,535	$694.9m0.41%	0.41%	Added +154.8k	+154,830 8.3%
43	BANK AMERICA CORP COM BAC	BAC	11,888,923	$677.4m0.40%	0.40%	Added +1.9m	+1,936,340 19.5%
44	AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING IN COM ADP	ADP	3,002,029	$672.3m0.40%	0.40%	Added +504.2k	+504,168 20.2%
45	US BANCORP DEL COM NEW USB	USB	11,072,514	$668.8m0.39%	0.39%	Added +3.0m	+2,953,669 36.4%
46	MONOLITHIC PWR SYS INC COM MPWR	MPWR	482,781	$667.4m0.39%	0.39%	Reduced -108.6k	-108,572 -18.4%
47	GE AEROSPACE COM NEW GE	GE	1,768,117	$660.8m0.39%	0.39%	Reduced -172.6k	-172,602 -8.9%
48	CHEVRON CORP NEW COM CVX	CVX	3,932,543	$651.9m0.38%	0.38%	Reduced -346.3k	-346,290 -8.1%
49	ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND SHS CLASS A ACN	ACN	5,235,822	$651.5m0.38%	0.38%	Added +1.8m	+1,753,672 50.4%
50	WILLIAMS SONOMA INC COM WSM	WSM	2,790,554	$650.5m0.38%	0.38%	Added +126.0k	+125,974 4.7%
51	EMCOR GROUP INC COM EME	EME	772,897	$641.4m0.38%	0.38%	Added +142.5k	+142,491 22.6%
52	F5 INC COM FFIV	FFIV	1,540,207	$640.7m0.38%	0.38%	Added +63.2k	+63,220 4.3%
53	TESLA INC COM TSLA	TSLA	1,508,238	$634.4m0.37%	0.37%	Added +256.0k	+256,009 20.4%
54	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC COM AMD	AMD	1,090,409	$633.4m0.37%	0.37%	Reduced -95.7k	-95,707 -8.1%
55	OKTA INC CL A OKTA	OKTA	4,497,939	$613.7m0.36%	0.36%	Added +303.3k	+303,331 7.2%
56	INTEL CORP COM INTC	INTC	4,363,426	$609.3m0.36%	0.36%	Reduced -795.5k	-795,457 -15.4%
57	BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM BNY	BNY	4,172,551	$603.4m0.35%	0.35%	Reduced -138.2k	-138,237 -3.2%
58	ARGAN INC COM AGX	AGX	754,403	$602.4m0.35%	0.35%	Reduced -37.0k	-36,950 -4.7%
59	PEPSICO INC COM PEP	PEP	4,407,158	$596.7m0.35%	0.35%	Added +442.9k	+442,922 11.2%
60	TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC COM TRV	TRV	1,803,212	$595.3m0.35%	0.35%	Added +97.8k	+97,811 5.7%
61	BOOKING HOLDINGS INC COM BKNG	BKNG	3,331,826	$593.9m0.35%	0.35%	Reduced -190.9k	-190,899 -5.4%
62	CHUBB LIMITED COM CB	CB	1,742,005	$593.6m0.35%	0.35%	Added +136.0k	+136,021 8.5%
63	SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL COM SYF	SYF	7,698,248	$585.5m0.34%	0.34%	Added +2.4m	+2,360,138 44.2%
64	ALLSTATE CORP COM ALL	ALL	2,438,113	$580.1m0.34%	0.34%	Added +205.2k	+205,175 9.2%
65	MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC COM MRVL	MRVL	1,946,266	$579.8m0.34%	0.34%	Added +10.7k	+10,689 0.6%
66	MASTERCARD INCORPORATED CL A MA	MA	1,096,922	$563.4m0.33%	0.33%	Added +104.2k	+104,226 10.5%
67	AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC COM AKAM	AKAM	4,752,119	$561.7m0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -28.3k	-28,341 -0.6%
68	REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP NEW COM RF	RF	18,544,746	$560.1m0.33%	0.33%	Added +5.2m	+5,185,777 38.8%
69	QUALCOMM INC COM QCOM	QCOM	3,027,401	$559.4m0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -971.2k	-971,233 -24.3%
70	MASTEC INC COM MTZ	MTZ	1,328,399	$552.7m0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -83.2k	-83,185 -5.9%
71	PFIZER INC COM PFE	PFE	21,818,803	$525.4m0.31%	0.31%	Added +1.4m	+1,395,845 6.8%
72	C H ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC COM NEW CHRW	CHRW	2,736,463	$515.4m0.30%	0.30%	Added +1.1m	+1,092,776 66.5%
73	PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM PM	PM	2,835,056	$512.9m0.30%	0.30%	Added +2.4m	+2,443,921 624.8%
74	HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP INC COM HIG	HIG	3,822,362	$506.5m0.30%	0.30%	Added +360.8k	+360,755 10.4%
75	ZSCALER INC COM ZS	ZS	3,529,213	$498.1m0.29%	0.29%	Added +10.5k	+10,535 0.3%
76	AMERIPRISE FINL INC COM AMP	AMP	1,075,144	$493.2m0.29%	0.29%	Added +92.0k	+92,048 9.4%
77	ANALOG DEVICES INC COM ADI	ADI	1,235,789	$490.8m0.29%	0.29%	Added +227.0k	+226,956 22.5%
78	AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM AXP	AXP	1,438,146	$486.5m0.29%	0.29%	Added +16.9k	+16,925 1.2%
79	NETAPP INC COM NTAP	NTAP	3,104,993	$480.5m0.28%	0.28%	Reduced -553.1k	-553,073 -15.1%
80	RUBRIK INC. CL A RBRK	RBRK	5,980,251	$480.1m0.28%	0.28%	Added +1.1m	+1,084,536 22.1%
81	WESTERN DIGITAL CORP COM WDC	WDC	738,165	$471.5m0.28%	0.28%	Added +368.3k	+368,276 99.6%
82	HUBBELL INC COM HUBB	HUBB	901,095	$471.5m0.28%	0.28%	Added +186.8k	+186,808 26.1%
83	EXPEDIA GROUP INC COM NEW EXPE	EXPE	1,829,197	$468.1m0.28%	0.28%	Added +637.7k	+637,669 53.5%
84	SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HLDNGS PL ORD SHS STX	STX	483,514	$466.6m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -53.1k	-53,144 -9.9%
85	OWENS CORNING NEW COM OC	OC	2,899,702	$460.9m0.27%	0.27%	Added +720.5k	+720,488 33.1%
86	DYCOM INDS INC COM DY	DY	908,588	$459.4m0.27%	0.27%	Added +109.9k	+109,889 13.8%
87	ALTRIA GROUP INC COM MO	MO	6,379,718	$459.0m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -333.6k	-333,585 -5.0%
88	BAKER HUGHES COMPANY CL A BKR	BKR	8,267,874	$458.9m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -1.4m	-1,395,863 -14.4%
89	NVENT ELECTRIC PLC SHS NVT	NVT	2,637,445	$447.3m0.26%	0.26%	Added +941.1k	+941,076 55.5%
90	RESMED INC COM RMD	RMD	2,278,696	$444.1m0.26%	0.26%	Added +740.9k	+740,871 48.2%
91	PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC COM TROW	TROW	3,902,311	$443.7m0.26%	0.26%	Added +208.1k	+208,140 5.6%
92	SCHWAB CHARLES CORP COM SCHW	SCHW	4,795,131	$442.4m0.26%	0.26%	Added +1.4m	+1,417,946 42.0%
93	PULTE GROUP INC COM PHM	PHM	3,162,716	$434.0m0.26%	0.26%	Reduced -1.2m	-1,151,785 -26.7%
94	PNC FINL SVCS GROUP INC COM PNC	PNC	1,759,998	$433.3m0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -1.1m	-1,056,607 -37.5%
95	SAIA INC COM SAIA	SAIA	1,023,332	$431.0m0.25%	0.25%	Added +219.0k	+219,048 27.2%
96	ADVANCED DRAIN SYS INC DEL COM WMS	WMS	2,660,753	$417.6m0.25%	0.25%	Added +616.7k	+616,696 30.2%
97	SANDISK CORP COM SNDK	SNDK	182,005	$413.8m0.24%	0.24%	Added +47.8k	+47,794 35.6%
98	AMGEN INC COM AMGN	AMGN	1,131,395	$409.7m0.24%	0.24%	Added +491.3k	+491,275 76.8%
99	RALPH LAUREN CORP CL A RL	RL	1,019,507	$409.2m0.24%	0.24%	Added +315.9k	+315,870 44.9%
100	POWELL INDS INC COM POWL	POWL	1,426,981	$408.6m0.24%	0.24%	Reduced -122.7k	-122,672 -7.9%

Sold out since Q1 2026

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
FIRST TR EXCHANGE TRADED FD FXN	FXN	29,937,777	$672.4m29.9m shares
FIRST TR EXCHANGE-TRADED FD MISL	MISL	14,692,155	$656.9m14.7m shares
HONEYWELL INTL INC		642,788	$290.6m642.8k shares
COTERRA ENERGY INC CTRA	CTRA	4,270,522	$150.1m4.3m shares
THOMSON REUTERS CORP		1,588,756	$143.0m1.6m shares
FIRST TR EXCH TRD ALPHDX FD FCA	FCA	2,038,422	$63.9m2.0m shares
FIRST TR EXCH TRD ALPHDX FD FKU	FKU	1,149,823	$57.9m1.1m shares
ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY IN ACHC	ACHC	1,689,442	$39.5m1.7m shares
CSG SYS INTL INC		465,034	$37.2m465.0k shares
APELLIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC APLS	APLS	903,637	$36.4m903.6k shares
DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC DWDP	DWDP	172,496	$23.7m172.5k shares
CARNIVAL CORP		632,541	$16.4m632.5k shares
TPG INC TPG	TPG	375,675	$15.2m375.7k shares
COREBRIDGE FINL INC CRBG	CRBG	593,627	$14.2m593.6k shares
PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES INC PCOR	PCOR	165,619	$9.4m165.6k shares
VALARIS LTD VAL	VAL	86,452	$8.5m86.5k shares
SPDR SER TR LGLV	LGLV	44,887	$8.0m44.9k shares
FIDELITY COVINGTON TRUST FDLO	FDLO	123,227	$8.0m123.2k shares
ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S		31,135	$7.1m31.1k shares
CHIMERA INVT CORP CIM	CIM	543,101	$6.8m543.1k shares
TRI POINTE HOMES INC TPH	TPH	137,720	$6.4m137.7k shares
GRAIL INC GRAL	GRAL	112,122	$5.8m112.1k shares
EVOLV TECHNOLOGIES HLDNGS IN EVLV	EVLV	957,731	$5.8m957.7k shares
NUVALENT INC		47,617	$4.9m47.6k shares
GENEDX HOLDINGS CORP WGS	WGS	74,602	$4.8m74.6k shares