Generalist · Wheaton, IL
First Trust Advisors
Q3 2025 · compared with Q2 2025
Filed as First Trust Advisors LP
- Software
- $20.7B
- Weight of 13F
- 15.5%
- Names
- 179
- Net bought
- +$1.6B
Filed 12 November 2025 · SEC filing.
2,556 positions in the whole 13F.
Quarters on file
Each quarter on file, back to June 2016 when the filing exists. Net bought is the share change from the previous quarter at that quarter’s close. A split that leaves the dollar value in place counts as flat.
- Q2 2026168 names$23.3B+$1.1B
- Q1 2026173 names$17.5B+$1.2B
- Q4 2025178 names$20.3B+$2.5B
- Q3 2025179 names$20.7B+$1.6B
- Q2 2025175 names$19.3B−$41.0M
- Q1 2025168 names$16.4B+$1.8B
- Q4 2024153 names$15.7B+$410M
- Q3 2024155 names$13.7B−$308M
- Q2 2024149 names$13.8B−$34.4M
- Q1 2024156 names$14.5B+$569M
- Q4 2023154 names$13.6B−$66.8M
- Q3 2023154 names$11.6B+$598M
- Q2 2023151 names$11.2B+$398M
- Q1 2023142 names$9.8B−$9.9M
- Q4 2022143 names$8.6B+$22.6M
- Q3 2022141 names$9.0B+$709M
- Q2 2022140 names$9.7B+$2.4B
- Q1 2022137 names$13.9B+$6.5M
- Q4 2021134 names$16.1B+$691M
- Q3 2021130 names$15.3B+$555M
- Q2 2021126 names$14.5B+$319M
- Q1 2021123 names$12.6B+$733M
- Q4 2020120 names$12.6B+$453M
- Q3 2020110 names$10.6B+$234M
- Q2 2020105 names$9.2B+$993M
- Q1 202098 names$5.5B−$147M
- Q4 2019101 names$6.1B+$54.8M
- Q3 201998 names$5.7B+$47.8M
- Q2 201993 names$6.0B+$120M
- Q1 201988 names$5.5B−$145M
- Q4 201885 names$4.7B−$161M
- Q3 201880 names$5.7B+$385M
- Q2 201876 names$4.6B+$583M
- Q1 201868 names$3.6B+$143M
- Q4 201767 names$3.1B+$348M
- Q3 201766 names$2.5B+$139M
- Q2 201762 names$2.3B+$195M
- Q1 201762 names$2.0B+$191M
- Q4 201665 names$1.6B+$280M
- Q3 201661 names$1.3B+$163M
- Q2 201656 names$1.1B—
What moved the book
The five software lines with the largest share change this quarter.
Software held
- MicrosoftMSFT3,221,890 shares · 8.1% of their software · price +$66.2M$1.7B−$98.5M
- CrowdStrikeCRWD2,599,902 shares · 6.2% of their software · price −$49.2M$1.3B+$220M
- Palo Alto NetworksPANW5,906,963 shares · 5.8% of their software · price −$6.0M$1.2B+$125M
- CloudflareNET3,955,959 shares · 4.1% of their software · price +$74.2M$849M−$96.6M
- SalesforceCRM3,362,464 shares · 3.8% of their software · price −$120M$797M+$188M
- OracleORCL2,430,969 shares · 3.3% of their software · price +$152M$684M−$68.0M
- ZscalerZS2,228,134 shares · 3.2% of their software · price −$31.8M$668M+$60.7M
- FortinetFTNT7,575,662 shares · 3.1% of their software · price −$164M$637M+$189M
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADP2,108,126 shares · 3.0% of their software · price −$31.4M$619M+$17.0M
- F5, Inc.FFIV1,634,361 shares · 2.5% of their software · price +$47.2M$528M+$5.5M
- Check PointCHKP2,497,275 shares · 2.5% of their software · price −$35.8M$517M+$132M
- Gen DigitalGEN16,301,095 shares · 2.2% of their software · price −$16.5M$463M+$11.8M
- AkamaiAKAM5,794,655 shares · 2.1% of their software · price −$23.2M$439M−$21.3M
- OktaOKTA4,704,039 shares · 2.1% of their software · price −$38.9M$431M−$19.7M
- Rubrik, Inc.RBRK4,947,785 shares · 2.0% of their software · price −$36.3M$407M+$43.5M
- AppLovinAPP562,050 shares · 1.9% of their software · price +$207M$404M−$55.4M
- OpenTextOTEX9,027,450 shares · 1.6% of their software · price +$73.8M$337M+$22.3M
- SnowflakeSNOW1,388,689 shares · 1.5% of their software · price +$2.5M$313M+$17.0M
- PalantirPLTR1,617,027 shares · 1.4% of their software · price +$74.5M$295M−$53.7M
- WorkdayWDAY1,220,911 shares · 1.4% of their software · price +$891K$294M+$14.4M
- AutodeskADSK910,768 shares · 1.4% of their software · price +$7.4M$289M+$187M
- PaycomPAYC1,389,575 shares · 1.4% of their software · price −$32.3M$289M−$92.4M
- DatadogDDOG1,899,851 shares · 1.3% of their software · price +$15.3M$271M+$14.9M
- CoreWeave, Inc.CRWV1,944,348 shares · 1.3% of their software · price −$51.0M$266M+$297M
- IntuitINTU365,171 shares · 1.2% of their software · price −$38.2M$249M+$54.3M
- NutanixNTNX3,199,470 shares · 1.1% of their software · price −$6.6M$238M+$2.6M
- CommvaultCVLT1,224,856 shares · 1.1% of their software · price +$17.7M$231M+$199M
- Paychex, Inc.PAYX1,813,131 shares · 1.1% of their software · price −$33.9M$230M−$6.7M
- AdobeADBE650,545 shares · 1.1% of their software · price −$22.2M$229M+$11.7M
- AtlassianTEAM1,395,765 shares · 1.1% of their software · price −$60.6M$223M+$14.6M
- VeevaVEEV677,189 shares · 1.0% of their software · price +$6.7M$202M+$8.6M
- VeriskVRSK760,599 shares · 0.9% of their software · price −$45.6M$191M+$166M
- Roper Technologies, Inc.ROP376,046 shares · 0.9% of their software · price −$25.6M$188M+$27.2M
- VaronisVRNS3,148,243 shares · 0.9% of their software · price +$21.2M$181M+$11.7M
- ShopifySHOP1,185,345 shares · 0.9% of their software · price +$39.4M$176M−$42.8M
- SentinelOneS9,522,090 shares · 0.8% of their software · price −$6.4M$168MFlat
- NetApp, Inc.NTAP1,378,545 shares · 0.8% of their software · price +$16.4M$163M−$21.6M
- InterDigital, Inc.IDCC453,773 shares · 0.8% of their software · price +$54.9M$157M−$5.4M
- QualysQLYS1,105,663 shares · 0.7% of their software · price −$11.7M$146MFlat
- ServiceNowNOW158,079 shares · 0.7% of their software · price −$17.0M$145M+$23.2M
- HubSpotHUBS302,334 shares · 0.7% of their software · price −$26.9M$141M−$1.9M
- CadenceCDNS399,416 shares · 0.7% of their software · price +$17.2M$140M+$5.2M
- Strategy IncMSTR412,637 shares · 0.6% of their software · price −$33.8M$133M+$25.8M
- ZoomZM1,488,612 shares · 0.6% of their software · price +$6.7M$123M−$3.5M
- MongoDBMDB388,929 shares · 0.6% of their software · price +$39.0M$121M−$58.4M
- VeriSign, Inc.VRSN412,733 shares · 0.6% of their software · price −$3.8M$115M−$4.8M
- Clear Secure, Inc.YOU3,063,062 shares · 0.5% of their software · price +$17.2M$102M+$980K
- SynopsysSNPS204,310 shares · 0.5% of their software · price −$3.9M$101M+$6.9M
- TwilioTWLO977,145 shares · 0.5% of their software · price −$23.7M$97.8MFlat
- TenableTENB3,219,954 shares · 0.5% of their software · price −$14.9M$93.9M+$9.5M
- BlackBerry LimitedBB18,592,150 shares · 0.4% of their software · price +$5.6M$90.7M+$13.0M
- DocuSignDOCU1,143,806 shares · 0.4% of their software · price −$6.6M$82.5M−$12.9M
- The Trade DeskTTD1,655,376 shares · 0.4% of their software · price −$38.0M$81.1M+$25.4M
- GoDaddyGDDY553,710 shares · 0.4% of their software · price −$23.9M$75.8M−$4.6M
- WorkivaWK812,760 shares · 0.3% of their software · price +$14.3M$70.0M−$10.4M
- Amdocs LimitedDOX845,284 shares · 0.3% of their software · price −$7.8M$69.4M+$7.2M
- SS&CSSNC772,290 shares · 0.3% of their software · price +$4.6M$68.5M+$34.1M
- BroadridgeBR286,422 shares · 0.3% of their software · price −$1.4M$68.2M−$6.9M
- ServiceTitanTTAN670,883 shares · 0.3% of their software · price −$4.3M$67.6M+$69.0M
- PegasystemsPEGA1,111,736 shares · 0.3% of their software · price +$3.7M$63.9M+$44.0M
- GitLabGTLB1,403,308 shares · 0.3% of their software$63.3M−$16.2M
- DuolingoDUOL189,145 shares · 0.3% of their software · price −$16.7M$60.9M−$8.3M
- SAPSAP226,131 shares · 0.3% of their software · price −$8.3M$60.4M−$12.4M
- Uber Technologies, Inc.UBER616,671 shares · 0.3% of their software · price +$2.9M$60.4M+$21.8M
- ToastTOST1,640,490 shares · 0.3% of their software · price −$12.8M$59.9M−$10.6M
- CoStarCSGP674,750 shares · 0.3% of their software · price +$2.7M$56.9M+$4.7M
- WixWIX320,085 shares · 0.3% of their software · price +$6.1M$56.9M−$3.7M
- DropboxDBX1,834,124 shares · 0.3% of their software · price +$3.0M$55.4M−$8.0M
- DynatraceDT1,042,440 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$7.0M$50.5M+$17.5M
- NetScout Systems, Inc.NTCT1,790,101 shares · 0.2% of their software · price +$1.8M$46.2M+$860K
- FactSetFDS160,446 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$25.8M$46.0M+$66.3M
- RingCentralRNG1,608,188 shares · 0.2% of their software$45.6M+$4.9M
- TrimbleTRMB545,508 shares · 0.2% of their software · price +$3.1M$44.5M−$8.1M
- BoxBOX1,273,546 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$2.4M$41.1M+$2.6M
- GuidewireGWRE171,938 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$961K$39.5M−$1.7M
- Block, Inc.XYZ530,340 shares · 0.2% of their software · price +$2.3M$38.3M−$13.2M
- DigitalOceanDOCN1,101,019 shares · 0.2% of their software · price +$6.2M$37.6M−$4.0M
- A10 Networks, Inc.ATEN2,034,271 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$2.4M$36.9M+$1.6M
- SamsaraIOT951,085 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$2.4M$35.4M+$16.7M
- OneSpan Inc.OSPN2,141,141 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$1.7M$34.0M+$7.2M
- DoximityDOCS460,962 shares · 0.2% of their software · price +$5.4M$33.7M−$8.3M
- AppianAPPN1,072,383 shares · 0.2% of their software · price +$761K$32.8M−$2.2M
- Radware Ltd.RDWR1,213,572 shares · 0.2% of their software · price −$3.6M$32.1M+$1.2M
- Five9FIVN1,215,145 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$2.8M$29.4M−$10.3M
- Rapid7RPD1,568,047 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$6.9M$29.4M+$562K
- Corpay, Inc.CPAY99,776 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$4.4M$28.7M−$10.3M
- BlackLineBL513,891 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$1.8M$27.3M+$1.5M
- UnityU664,260 shares · 0.1% of their software · price +$10.5M$26.6M+$15.7M
- KlaviyoKVYO926,324 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$5.5M$25.6M−$2.1M
- ElasticESTC290,001 shares · 0.1% of their software$24.5M−$11.7M
- AppFolioAPPF88,539 shares · 0.1% of their software · price +$4.0M$24.4M−$12.9M
- FastlyFSLY2,719,208 shares · 0.1% of their software · price +$4.1M$23.2MFlat
- Q2QTWO320,577 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$6.8M$23.2MFlat
- BlackbaudBLKB352,907 shares · 0.1% of their software$22.7M−$4.4M
- PaylocityPCTY141,614 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$3.1M$22.6M−$17.8M
- Shift4 Payments, Inc.FOUR276,422 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$6.0M$21.4M+$7.9M
- AsanaASAN1,525,408 shares · 0.1% of their software$20.4M+$675K
- Bentley SystemsBSY378,913 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$943K$19.5M+$11.8M
- Life360, Inc.LIF173,266 shares · 0.1% of their software · price +$7.1M$18.4M+$7.8M
- SoundHound AI, Inc.SOUN1,082,088 shares · 0.1% of their software · price +$5.8M$17.4M+$7.0M
- Euronet Worldwide, Inc.EEFT177,509 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$2.4M$15.6M+$7.9M
- UiPathPATH1,065,589 shares · 0.1% of their software · price +$618K$14.3M+$6.0M
- Sprout SocialSPT898,091 shares · 0.1% of their software · price −$7.2M$11.6M−$1.4M
- TeradataTDC483,434 shares · 0.1% of their software$10.4M+$9.4M
- DomoDOMO615,127 shares · 0.0% of their software$9.7MNew
- Tyler TechnologiesTYL17,719 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$1.2M$9.3M−$13.0M
- C3.aiAI531,311 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$3.8M$9.2M+$5.8M
- Fiserv, Inc.FISV69,293 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$3.0M$8.9M−$24.8M
- NICENICE60,798 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$1.5M$8.8M+$738K
- Dave Inc.DAVE40,701 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$2.8M$8.1M−$7.8M
- CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.CCC853,787 shares · 0.0% of their software$7.8MFlat
- Lyft, Inc.LYFT344,354 shares · 0.0% of their software · price +$2.2M$7.6M+$2.5M
- WaystarWAY198,293 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$585K$7.5M+$6.0M
- PTCPTC36,910 shares · 0.0% of their software · price +$1.1M$7.5MFlat
- MagniteMGNI304,887 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$713K$6.6M+$5.7M
- Core Scientific, Inc.CORZ295,096 shares · 0.0% of their software$5.3M−$2.5M
- DoubleVerifyDV441,302 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$1.3M$5.3M−$2.2M
- NextNav Inc.NN330,291 shares · 0.0% of their software$4.7MFlat
- NCR Atleos CorporationNATL108,178 shares · 0.0% of their software · price +$1.2M$4.3MFlat
- LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.RAMP153,920 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$908K$4.2M+$1.6M
- PhreesiaPHR175,010 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$865K$4.1MFlat
- Zeta GlobalZETA203,703 shares · 0.0% of their software · price +$892K$4.0M+$775K
- Manhattan AssociatesMANH19,292 shares · 0.0% of their software$4.0M+$1.9M
- Agilysys, Inc.AGYS37,032 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.9M+$3.6M
- AvePointAVPT257,517 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$1.1M$3.9M−$2.1M
- ProgressPRGS84,712 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$1.7M$3.7M+$2.1M
- Fair IsaacFICO2,311 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$766K$3.5M−$13.8M
- Sportradar Group AGSRAD126,855 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.4MFlat
- Remitly Global, Inc.RELY202,226 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.3M−$1.3M
- SchrödingerSDGR163,419 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.3M+$2.1M
- SailPointSAIL146,731 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.2M−$2.3M
- AmplitudeAMPL294,840 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.2M+$1.1M
- Adeia Inc.ADEA186,298 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.1MFlat
- ACI WorldwideACIW58,944 shares · 0.0% of their software$3.1M−$3.6M
- Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.ALRM51,659 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.7MFlat
- ProcorePCOR36,898 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.7M−$9.5M
- WEX Inc.WEX16,437 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.6M−$2.1M
- Upbound Group, Inc.UPBD104,010 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.5MFlat
- GigaCloud Technology Inc.GCT86,250 shares · 0.0% of their software · price +$743K$2.4MNew · +$1.7M
- FreshworksFRSH207,047 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$650K$2.4M+$940K
- SprinklrCXM295,821 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.3M−$737K
- FlywireFLYW167,636 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.3MNew · +$2.0M
- MorningstarMORN9,390 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$769K$2.2M−$1.6M
- Sabre CorporationSABR1,166,889 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$1.6M$2.1M+$1.2M
- Payoneer Global Inc.PAYO338,094 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.0M−$1.0M
- AlkamiALKT81,872 shares · 0.0% of their software$2.0M+$1.2M
- Karooooo Ltd.KARO32,689 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.9MFlat
- Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.CCSI58,614 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.7MFlat
- Mitek Systems, Inc.MITK173,076 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.7MFlat
- Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.YMM125,176 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.6MFlat
- Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.DFIN31,499 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.6M−$1.7M
- ePlus inc.PLUS20,259 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.4M−$789K
- Grab Holdings LimitedGRAB231,508 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.4MFlat
- Intapp, Inc.INTA33,477 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.4M−$2.1M
- EVERTEC, Inc.EVTC40,393 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.4MFlat
- Cellebrite DI Ltd.CLBT69,653 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.3M+$774K
- DescartesDSGX13,479 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.3M−$1.8M
- Alight, Inc.ALIT362,427 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$870K$1.2M+$761K
- PAR Technology CorporationPAR29,662 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$884K$1.2MFlat
- Pagaya Technologies Ltd.PGY37,546 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.1MNew · +$800K
- Via Transportation, Inc.VIA21,768 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.0MNew · +$1.0M
- SemrushSEMR141,446 shares · 0.0% of their software$1.0M—
- BILLBILL17,751 shares · 0.0% of their software$940KFlat
- PDF Solutions, Inc.PDFS34,767 shares · 0.0% of their software$898KNew · +$743K
- PaymentusPAY28,935 shares · 0.0% of their software$885KNew · +$948K
- monday.comMNDY4,378 shares · 0.0% of their software · price −$529K$848K−$590K
- SPS CommerceSPSC7,603 shares · 0.0% of their software$792KFlat
- N-ableNABL93,068 shares · 0.0% of their software$726KNew · +$754K
- nCinoNCNO26,431 shares · 0.0% of their software$717KNew · +$739K
- Bitdeer Technologies GroupBTDR40,138 shares · 0.0% of their software$686KFlat
- Immersion CorporationIMMR83,994 shares · 0.0% of their software$617KNew · +$662K
- Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kzKSPI7,495 shares · 0.0% of their software$612KFlat
- Diebold Nixdorf, IncorporatedDBD9,457 shares · 0.0% of their software$539KFlat
- Calix, Inc.CALX6,677 shares · 0.0% of their software$410KNew · Flat
- Red Violet, Inc.RDVT5,287 shares · 0.0% of their software$276KNew · Flat
- CertaraCERT16,373 shares · 0.0% of their software$200K−$4.4M
- Simulations PlusSLP11,056 shares · 0.0% of their software$167KNew · Flat
- WeRide Inc.WRD16,005 shares · 0.0% of their software$158KFlat
- Grindr Inc.GRND10,233 shares · 0.0% of their software$154K−$3.5M