Aldebaran Financial Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed May 8, 2025), Aldebaran Financial Inc. reported 70 stock positions worth $81.8 million. Its top holding was Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B) at 10.2% of the portfolio, followed by Fortinet (FTNT, 8.5%) and Apple (AAPL, 6.6%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 2 new positions, sold out of 5, added to 30 and reduced 23. The biggest buy was Waste Management (WM, shares +6%) and the biggest sale an exit from Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- KINGSPORT, TN
- CIK
- 0001353110
- Portfolio Value
- $81.8M (Q1 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001062993-25-008838 ↗ filed May 8, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 70 stocks · $81.8M
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 10.15% | 15,598 | $8.3M | Reduce -1.1% |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | 8.53% | 72,488 | $7.0M | Reduce -1.3% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 6.57% | 24,201 | $5.4M | Reduce -1.7% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 5.70% | 68,617 | $4.7M | Reduce -2.0% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 4.88% | 7,140 | $4.0M | Reduce -0.1% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 3.76% | 8,204 | $3.1M | Add +2.3% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 3.54% | 44,059 | $2.9M | Add +4.8% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.35% | 11,177 | $2.7M | Add +0.6% |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | 3.08% | 10,899 | $2.5M | Add +6.2% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.86% | 21,624 | $2.3M | Add +3.6% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.59% | 12,459 | $2.1M | Add +0.3% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 2.46% | 22,912 | $2.0M | Add +3.8% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 2.21% | 3,132 | $1.8M | Add +1.6% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.99% | 10,424 | $1.6M | Add +0.4% |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | 1.63% | 5,768 | $1.3M | Add +6.0% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 1.62% | 2,827 | $1.3M | Add +3.5% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 1.37% | 4,175 | $1.1M | Add +0.7% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 1.31% | 3,039 | $1.1M | Add +0.4% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.26% | 1,252 | $1.0M | Reduce -0.8% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 1.26% | 10,455 | $1.0M | Reduce -0.7% |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. | 1.21% | 4,168 | $987K | No change |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 1.19% | 5,895 | $978K | Reduce -13.1% |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | 1.09% | 3,835 | $895K | Reduce -0.4% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 1.03% | 3,071 | $844K | Add +6.4% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 1.00% | 11,405 | $817K | Add +1.6% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.94% | 2,109 | $773K | Reduce -0.7% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.92% | 3,886 | $750K | Add +0.0% |
| SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF | 0.86% | 13,805 | $707K | Add +2.3% |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | 0.86% | 17,253 | $703K | Reduce -3.9% |
| XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu | 0.83% | 10,870 | $682K | Add +11.2% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.83% | 2,183 | $682K | Reduce -1.0% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.83% | 5,710 | $679K | Add +0.1% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Co. | 0.82% | 7,661 | $675K | Add +0.3% |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.79% | 2,740 | $647K | Reduce -3.5% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.78% | 3,045 | $638K | Add +14.3% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.76% | 4,829 | $623K | Add +0.3% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.75% | 13,582 | $616K | Reduce -2.2% |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | 0.74% | 21,524 | $602K | No change |
| FHN First Horizon Corp. | 0.67% | 28,279 | $549K | Reduce -0.1% |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 0.63% | 7,023 | $516K | Add +22.7% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.63% | 978 | $512K | No change |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.62% | 4,900 | $504K | Reduce -19.1% |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | 0.60% | 7,561 | $491K | No change |
| MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 0.56% | 3,128 | $456K | No change |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | 0.53% | 4,460 | $437K | Reduce -0.2% |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | 0.53% | 3,024 | $433K | No change |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | 0.53% | 3,535 | $431K | Reduce -0.4% |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | 0.53% | 842 | $431K | Add +1.8% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.49% | 21,425 | $398K | Add +5.9% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 0.45% | 1,451 | $368K | No change |
| SOFI Sofi Technologies Inc. | 0.45% | 31,625 | $368K | Reduce -0.7% |
| VYMI Vanguard Int High DVD YLD Inc. | 0.42% | 4,614 | $340K | No change |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.40% | 2,108 | $326K | No change |
| TFC Truist Financial Corp. | 0.39% | 7,711 | $317K | No change |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | 0.38% | 14,454 | $314K | Add +0.1% |
| USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield | 0.38% | 8,500 | $313K | Reduce -51.7% |
| CNC Centene Corp. | 0.38% | 5,141 | $312K | No change |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.36% | 684 | $298K | No change |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.36% | 1,426 | $294K | Add +2.2% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.35% | 1,119 | $290K | Reduce -4.7% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.35% | 688 | $289K | Reduce -0.3% |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | 0.33% | 1,100 | $268K | Reduce -1.8% |
| KR Kroger Co. | 0.32% | 3,885 | $263K | Add +7.6% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.32% | 2,118 | $258K | Add +0.2% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.31% | 694 | $251K | No change |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.29% | 255 | $241K | No change |
| SO The Southern Co. | 0.28% | 2,450 | $225K | New |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 0.27% | 7,125 | $221K | New |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.26% | 656 | $216K | Add +1.7% |
| TOWN Towne Bank | 0.25% | 6,000 | $205K | No change |
Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.95 |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.95 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Reduce -1.7% | 6.57% | −0.68 |
| USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield | Reduce -51.7% | 0.38% | −0.37 |
| FALN iShares Fallen Angels ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.28 |
| PKG Packaging Corp. of America | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Reduce -4.7% | 0.35% | −0.22 |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | Reduce -2.0% | 5.70% | −0.16 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | Reduce -19.1% | 0.62% | −0.15 |
| SOFI Sofi Technologies Inc. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.45% | −0.13 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -0.7% | 1.26% | −0.10 |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | Reduce -3.9% | 0.86% | −0.08 |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | Reduce -1.8% | 0.33% | −0.04 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Reduce -0.1% | 4.88% | −0.03 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.94% | −0.02 |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | Reduce -0.4% | 1.09% | −0.02 |
| FHN First Horizon Corp. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.67% | +0.00 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Reduce -0.3% | 0.35% | +0.01 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Reduce -3.5% | 0.79% | +0.04 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -13.1% | 1.19% | +0.06 |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | Reduce -0.2% | 0.53% | +0.06 |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.53% | +0.08 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Reduce -1.0% | 0.83% | +0.09 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Reduce -2.2% | 0.75% | +0.11 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -0.8% | 1.26% | +0.12 |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 8.53% | +0.36 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -1.1% | 10.15% | +1.82 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| WM Waste Management Inc. | Add +6.2% | 3.08% | +0.66 |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | Add +6.0% | 1.63% | +0.28 |
| SO The Southern Co. | New | 0.28% | +0.28 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | New | 0.27% | +0.27 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +0.6% | 3.35% | +0.24 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Add +14.3% | 0.78% | +0.23 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Add +1.6% | 1.00% | +0.18 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Add +0.3% | 2.59% | +0.17 |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | Add +22.7% | 0.63% | +0.15 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +4.8% | 3.54% | +0.14 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +0.1% | 0.83% | +0.12 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +3.8% | 2.46% | +0.12 |
| XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu | Add +11.2% | 0.83% | +0.08 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Add +1.8% | 0.53% | +0.08 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +1.6% | 2.21% | +0.08 |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | Add +0.4% | 1.31% | +0.07 |
| KR Kroger Co. | Add +7.6% | 0.32% | +0.06 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +6.4% | 1.03% | +0.05 |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | Add +0.3% | 0.76% | +0.04 |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | Add +5.9% | 0.49% | +0.02 |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. | Add +0.2% | 0.32% | +0.02 |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Co. | Add +0.3% | 0.82% | +0.01 |
| SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF | Add +2.3% | 0.86% | +0.00 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Add +1.7% | 0.26% | −0.01 |
| RF Regions Financial Corp. | Add +0.1% | 0.38% | −0.02 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Add +2.2% | 0.36% | −0.02 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +3.5% | 1.62% | −0.03 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Add +0.0% | 0.92% | −0.05 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +2.3% | 3.76% | −0.22 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +0.7% | 1.37% | −0.26 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +0.4% | 1.99% | −0.35 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +3.6% | 2.86% | −0.49 |
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 |