Aldebaran Financial Inc.
In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 14, 2025), Aldebaran Financial Inc. reported 73 stock positions worth $85.6 million. Its top holding was Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B) at 8.3% of the portfolio, followed by Fortinet (FTNT, 8.2%) and Apple (AAPL, 7.3%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 10 new positions, sold out of 5, added to 23 and reduced 33. The biggest buy was a new position in Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB) and the biggest sale an exit from American Well.
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- KINGSPORT, TN
- CIK
- 0001353110
- Portfolio Value
- $85.6M (Q4 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001062993-25-002405 ↗ filed Feb 14, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 73 stocks · $85.6M
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 8.34% | 15,774 | $7.1M | Reduce -0.8% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 8.17% | 73,443 | $7.0M | Reduce -6.5% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 7.25% | 24,609 | $6.2M | Reduce -16.0% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 5.86% | 69,993 | $5.0M | Add +4.6% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 4.92% | 7,150 | $4.2M | Reduce -14.9% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 3.98% | 8,017 | $3.4M | Add +4.6% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 3.40% | 42,028 | $2.9M | Add +10.2% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 3.35% | 20,862 | $2.9M | Add +0.5% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.11% | 11,107 | $2.7M | Add +0.8% |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | 2.43% | 10,265 | $2.1M | Reduce -8.4% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.43% | 12,425 | $2.1M | Reduce -6.0% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 2.34% | 10,383 | $2.0M | Reduce -0.2% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 2.34% | 22,071 | $2.0M | Reduce -0.8% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 2.13% | 3,083 | $1.8M | Add +8.1% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 1.65% | 2,732 | $1.4M | Add +1.4% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 1.63% | 4,145 | $1.4M | Reduce -12.5% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 1.36% | 10,528 | $1.2M | Reduce -5.7% |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | 1.36% | 5,442 | $1.2M | Add +4.8% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 1.24% | 3,028 | $1.1M | Reduce -1.7% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.14% | 1,262 | $977K | Add +15.5% |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. | 1.14% | 4,168 | $973K | Reduce -2.3% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 1.14% | 6,781 | $972K | Reduce -5.7% |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | 1.11% | 3,850 | $950K | Reduce -1.3% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.98% | 2,886 | $839K | Reduce -10.0% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.97% | 2,123 | $827K | Reduce -0.6% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.96% | 3,885 | $825K | No change |
| VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | 0.95% | 16,188 | $812K | New |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | 0.95% | 7,597 | $810K | New |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | 0.94% | 17,960 | $806K | Reduce -0.7% |
| SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF | 0.86% | 13,490 | $736K | Reduce -0.4% |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | 0.84% | 7,561 | $717K | Reduce -1.3% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.81% | 11,230 | $697K | Reduce -4.1% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Co. | 0.81% | 7,641 | $694K | Add +0.2% |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.77% | 6,055 | $659K | Add +12.9% |
| USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield | 0.76% | 17,611 | $648K | New |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.76% | 2,840 | $647K | Add +5.2% |
| XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu | 0.75% | 9,775 | $645K | Add +25.1% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.75% | 2,205 | $639K | Reduce -12.6% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.72% | 4,812 | $613K | New |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.71% | 5,707 | $604K | Reduce -1.5% |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | 0.69% | 21,524 | $586K | New |
| FHN First Horizon Corp. | 0.67% | 28,308 | $570K | Reduce -19.8% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.64% | 13,882 | $550K | Reduce -2.1% |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | 0.62% | 3,024 | $533K | Reduce -3.1% |
| SOFI Sofi Technologies Inc. | 0.58% | 31,840 | $498K | Reduce -10.6% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.58% | 978 | $497K | No change |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.57% | 1,174 | $490K | Add +3.1% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.55% | 2,664 | $469K | Add +12.9% |
| MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 0.50% | 3,128 | $424K | No change |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 0.48% | 5,722 | $412K | New |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | 0.47% | 4,467 | $405K | Reduce -3.6% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.47% | 2,108 | $403K | Add +40.5% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.46% | 20,225 | $396K | No change |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | 0.45% | 827 | $386K | Add +5.3% |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | 0.45% | 3,548 | $382K | Add +0.7% |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | 0.40% | 14,439 | $342K | Add +5.7% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 0.40% | 1,451 | $340K | Reduce -21.0% |
| TFC Truist Financial Corp. | 0.39% | 7,711 | $334K | Add +8.8% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.38% | 1,395 | $327K | Reduce -0.5% |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | 0.37% | 1,120 | $314K | No change |
| VYMI Vanguard Int High DVD YLD Inc. | 0.37% | 4,614 | $313K | New |
| CNC Centene Corp. | 0.36% | 5,141 | $310K | Reduce -1.9% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.34% | 690 | $294K | Reduce -13.1% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.33% | 694 | $281K | No change |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.30% | 2,113 | $256K | Reduce -4.3% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.29% | 684 | $252K | Add +0.1% |
| FALN iShares Fallen Angels ETF | 0.28% | 8,951 | $239K | New |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.27% | 255 | $235K | Add +2.0% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.27% | 645 | $234K | Reduce -1.8% |
| PKG Packaging Corp. of America | 0.26% | 1,000 | $225K | No change |
| KR Kroger Co. | 0.26% | 3,610 | $221K | New |
| TOWN Towne Bank | 0.24% | 6,000 | $206K | New |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.24% | 1,338 | $203K | Add +10.3% |
Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| AMERICAN WELL CORP | Sold out | 0.00% | −4.81 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Reduce -16.0% | 7.25% | −0.80 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Reduce -14.9% | 4.92% | −0.77 |
| SO The Southern Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.37 |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | Reduce -8.4% | 2.43% | −0.32 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.31 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -0.8% | 8.34% | −0.29 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -6.0% | 2.43% | −0.27 |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -5.7% | 1.14% | −0.24 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Reduce -4.1% | 0.81% | −0.18 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Reduce -12.6% | 0.75% | −0.16 |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | Reduce -21.0% | 0.40% | −0.16 |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 1.11% | −0.14 |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. | Reduce -2.3% | 1.14% | −0.11 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Reduce -2.1% | 0.64% | −0.11 |
| CNC Centene Corp. | Reduce -1.9% | 0.36% | −0.10 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -1.5% | 0.71% | −0.10 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Reduce -10.0% | 0.98% | −0.09 |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | Reduce -3.6% | 0.47% | −0.06 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -0.6% | 0.97% | −0.05 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Reduce -13.1% | 0.34% | −0.05 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Reduce -1.8% | 0.27% | −0.03 |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | Reduce -0.7% | 0.94% | −0.03 |
| SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF | Reduce -0.4% | 0.86% | −0.01 |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. | Reduce -4.3% | 0.30% | −0.01 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Reduce -0.5% | 0.38% | +0.01 |
| FHN First Horizon Corp. | Reduce -19.8% | 0.67% | +0.02 |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | Reduce -3.1% | 0.62% | +0.03 |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.84% | +0.04 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -5.7% | 1.36% | +0.10 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Reduce -12.5% | 1.63% | +0.10 |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | Reduce -1.7% | 1.24% | +0.22 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 2.34% | +0.22 |
| SOFI Sofi Technologies Inc. | Reduce -10.6% | 0.58% | +0.25 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -0.2% | 2.34% | +0.29 |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | Reduce -6.5% | 8.17% | +0.99 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | New | 0.95% | +0.95 |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | New | 0.95% | +0.95 |
| USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield | New | 0.76% | +0.76 |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | New | 0.72% | +0.72 |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | New | 0.69% | +0.69 |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | New | 0.48% | +0.48 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +0.5% | 3.35% | +0.38 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +0.8% | 3.11% | +0.37 |
| VYMI Vanguard Int High DVD YLD Inc. | New | 0.37% | +0.37 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +10.2% | 3.40% | +0.36 |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | Add +4.6% | 5.86% | +0.34 |
| FALN iShares Fallen Angels ETF | New | 0.28% | +0.28 |
| KR Kroger Co. | New | 0.26% | +0.26 |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | Add +4.8% | 1.36% | +0.25 |
| TOWN Towne Bank | New | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +3.1% | 0.57% | +0.22 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +8.1% | 2.13% | +0.21 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +40.5% | 0.47% | +0.18 |
| XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu | Add +25.1% | 0.75% | +0.14 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +1.4% | 1.65% | +0.10 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +4.6% | 3.98% | +0.09 |
| TFC Truist Financial Corp. | Add +8.8% | 0.39% | +0.03 |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | Add +5.7% | 0.40% | +0.02 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Add +2.0% | 0.27% | +0.01 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +15.5% | 1.14% | −0.00 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Add +12.9% | 0.55% | −0.00 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Add +10.3% | 0.24% | −0.01 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Add +5.2% | 0.76% | −0.03 |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | Add +0.7% | 0.45% | −0.03 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Add +5.3% | 0.45% | −0.04 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.29% | −0.12 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | Add +12.9% | 0.77% | −0.14 |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Co. | Add +0.2% | 0.81% | −0.20 |
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 82 | $123.2M | SPTM, FTNT, BRK.B, AAPL, SPYM |
| Q1 2026 | 76 | $105.3M | SPTM, BRK.B, AAPL, SPYM, FTNT |
| Q4 2025 | 77 | $108.1M | SPTM, BRK.B, AAPL, FTNT, SPYM |
| Q3 2025 | 77 | $100.0M | BRK.B, SPTM, AAPL, FTNT, SPY |
| Q2 2025 | 73 | $90.4M | FTNT, BRK.B, SPTM, AAPL, SPY |
| Q1 2025 | 70 | $81.8M | BRK.B, FTNT, AAPL, SPTM, SPY |
| Q4 2024 | 73 | $85.6M | BRK.B, FTNT, AAPL, SPTM, SPY |
| Q3 2024 | 68 | $84.8M | BRK.B, AAPL, FTNT, SPY, SPTM |
| Q2 2024 | 64 | $76.3M | BRK.B, AAPL, FTNT, SPTM, SPY |
| Q1 2024 | 62 | $70.7M | BRK.B, FTNT, AAPL, AMERICAN WELL CORP, SPTM |