Ballast, Inc.
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 7, 2025), Ballast, Inc. reported 132 stock positions worth $410.7 million. Its top holding was Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd (VB) at 10.4% of the portfolio, followed by Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd (VO, 9.8%) and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (SPHQ, 6.5%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 7 new positions, sold out of 3, added to 27 and reduced 51. The biggest buy was Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd (VB, shares +2%) and the biggest sale Costco Wholesale (COST, shares −0%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Lexington, KY
- CIK
- 0001730477
- Portfolio Value
- $410.7M (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001172661-25-004628 ↗ filed Nov 7, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 132 stocks · $410.7M
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 10.37% | 167,436 | $42.6M | Add +2.3% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 9.78% | 136,681 | $40.1M | Add +2.0% |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | 6.47% | 362,684 | $26.6M | Add +3.8% |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | 4.63% | 330,811 | $19.0M | Add +3.4% |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | 4.33% | 249,328 | $17.8M | Add +1.0% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 4.24% | 91,721 | $17.4M | Add +3.5% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 4.14% | 205,111 | $17.0M | Add +5.5% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 4.11% | 119,695 | $16.9M | Add +2.8% |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | 3.67% | 205,011 | $15.1M | Add +3.3% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.30% | 53,261 | $13.6M | Reduce -0.7% |
| PFF iShares Preferred & Income S | 3.06% | 396,927 | $12.6M | Add +4.8% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 2.85% | 24,960 | $11.7M | Add +2.6% |
| VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF | 2.46% | 38,885 | $10.1M | Add +3.7% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.04% | 16,176 | $8.4M | Reduce -1.0% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 1.94% | 39,175 | $8.0M | Add +3.2% |
| GRBK Green Brick Partners Inc. | 1.32% | 73,494 | $5.4M | No change |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 1.32% | 15,693 | $5.4M | Add +0.5% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.21% | 9,916 | $5.0M | Reduce -0.3% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.06% | 13,862 | $4.4M | Reduce -0.9% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 1.05% | 23,190 | $4.3M | Reduce -1.4% |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | 1.00% | 5,505 | $4.1M | Add +6.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.91% | 16,967 | $3.7M | Reduce -1.4% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.83% | 14,058 | $3.4M | Reduce -1.4% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.81% | 4,361 | $3.3M | Add +0.7% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.65% | 2,884 | $2.7M | Reduce -0.3% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.62% | 47,100 | $2.6M | Reduce -0.7% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.61% | 24,207 | $2.5M | Reduce -2.3% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.59% | 15,690 | $2.4M | Reduce -1.1% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.57% | 9,586 | $2.3M | Add +1.4% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.52% | 5,315 | $2.2M | Reduce -1.1% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.52% | 18,945 | $2.1M | Reduce -0.3% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 0.52% | 12,752 | $2.1M | Reduce -2.4% |
| LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui | 0.51% | 18,678 | $2.1M | Add +6.3% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.48% | 11,896 | $2.0M | Reduce -2.7% |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | 0.48% | 15,779 | $2.0M | Reduce -0.4% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.46% | 18,755 | $1.9M | Add +3.0% |
| TFC Truist Financial Corp. | 0.45% | 39,997 | $1.8M | Reduce -2.6% |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | 0.45% | 6,548 | $1.8M | Reduce -1.3% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.43% | 25,785 | $1.8M | Reduce -1.1% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.41% | 9,008 | $1.7M | No change |
| NTRS Northern Trust Corp. | 0.41% | 12,482 | $1.7M | Reduce -4.3% |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | 0.40% | 23,329 | $1.6M | Reduce -1.9% |
| ED Consolidated Edison Inc. | 0.39% | 15,948 | $1.6M | Reduce -2.0% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 0.38% | 13,653 | $1.6M | Reduce -2.1% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.38% | 3,401 | $1.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| DD Dupont DE Nemours Inc. | 0.37% | 19,394 | $1.5M | Reduce -1.1% |
| BA The Boeing Co. | 0.37% | 6,980 | $1.5M | Reduce -3.4% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.37% | 9,292 | $1.5M | Reduce -4.5% |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.35% | 6,916 | $1.5M | Reduce -0.7% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.35% | 4,246 | $1.4M | Add +0.3% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.35% | 7,868 | $1.4M | Reduce -0.7% |
| TGT Target Corp. | 0.34% | 15,425 | $1.4M | Reduce -5.8% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.33% | 5,751 | $1.4M | Add +0.2% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.33% | 2,825 | $1.3M | No change |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.33% | 4,737 | $1.3M | Add +0.1% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.32% | 4,672 | $1.3M | No change |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.31% | 1,916 | $1.3M | No change |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.31% | 5,319 | $1.3M | No change |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | 0.31% | 5,238 | $1.3M | Reduce -0.9% |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | 0.30% | 13,066 | $1.2M | Reduce -1.0% |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 0.30% | 9,891 | $1.2M | Add +0.3% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.30% | 8,642 | $1.2M | No change |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | 0.29% | 18,983 | $1.2M | Reduce -0.4% |
| HAL Halliburton Co. | 0.29% | 47,839 | $1.2M | Reduce -1.3% |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | 0.26% | 6,372 | $1.1M | Reduce -2.5% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.25% | 40,884 | $1.0M | Reduce -0.8% |
| GLW Corning Inc. | 0.22% | 10,922 | $896K | Reduce -6.4% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.21% | 13,175 | $874K | No change |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 0.20% | 1,257 | $838K | Add +1.6% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.18% | 3,132 | $725K | No change |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. | 0.18% | 2,408 | $723K | No change |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.17% | 2,244 | $682K | No change |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.16% | 3,091 | $667K | No change |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.16% | 9,848 | $643K | No change |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | 0.15% | 1,642 | $607K | No change |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.13% | 2,625 | $550K | No change |
| XPO Xpo Inc. | 0.13% | 4,173 | $539K | No change |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.13% | 2,881 | $537K | Add +2.5% |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.13% | 1,575 | $537K | Reduce -4.5% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.12% | 631 | $502K | Reduce -24.5% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.11% | 824 | $469K | Reduce -6.6% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.11% | 635 | $466K | No change |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.11% | 1,295 | $460K | No change |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.11% | 4,087 | $457K | Reduce -4.4% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.11% | 8,562 | $442K | No change |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.10% | 1,288 | $428K | No change |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | 0.10% | 701 | $427K | No change |
| CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 0.10% | 2,655 | $420K | No change |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | 0.10% | 5,533 | $418K | No change |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.10% | 907 | $403K | No change |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.10% | 3,376 | $401K | Reduce -15.1% |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | 0.10% | 14,415 | $394K | No change |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.09% | 1,182 | $390K | No change |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.09% | 3,725 | $389K | Reduce -18.2% |
| VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 0.09% | 4,185 | $383K | No change |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.09% | 6,706 | $371K | Reduce -17.7% |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | 0.09% | 2,757 | $362K | Reduce -3.5% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.09% | 1,981 | $361K | Reduce -12.5% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.09% | 2,693 | $361K | No change |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | 0.09% | 4,295 | $360K | No change |
Options reported separately and not counted above: EEM puts ($1.2M), IWM puts ($726K).
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.65% | −0.10 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -1.0% | 2.04% | −0.09 |
| TGT Target Corp. | Reduce -5.8% | 0.34% | −0.09 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -1.4% | 0.91% | −0.08 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.35% | −0.08 |
| MCO Moody's Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.59% | −0.08 |
| DE Deere & Co. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.38% | −0.07 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -2.1% | 0.38% | −0.07 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.35% | −0.07 |
| HOMB Home Bancshares Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| BN Brookfield Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| MKL Markel Group Inc. | Reduce -37.3% | 0.07% | −0.05 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -0.3% | 1.21% | −0.05 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | Reduce -0.4% | 0.29% | −0.05 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Reduce -1.9% | 0.40% | −0.05 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.43% | −0.04 |
| ED Consolidated Edison Inc. | Reduce -2.0% | 0.39% | −0.04 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Reduce -24.5% | 0.12% | −0.03 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Reduce -30.2% | 0.09% | −0.03 |
| BA The Boeing Co. | Reduce -3.4% | 0.37% | −0.03 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -2.3% | 0.61% | −0.03 |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | Reduce -0.9% | 0.31% | −0.02 |
| NTRS Northern Trust Corp. | Reduce -4.3% | 0.41% | −0.02 |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | Reduce -17.7% | 0.09% | −0.02 |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.45% | −0.02 |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | Reduce -18.2% | 0.09% | −0.02 |
| TFC Truist Financial Corp. | Reduce -2.6% | 0.45% | −0.02 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.52% | −0.02 |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | Reduce -15.1% | 0.10% | −0.02 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Reduce -6.6% | 0.11% | −0.02 |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | Reduce -19.5% | 0.06% | −0.02 |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.48% | −0.01 |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | Reduce -3.5% | 0.09% | −0.01 |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | Reduce -2.5% | 0.09% | −0.01 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 0.25% | −0.01 |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | Reduce -4.4% | 0.11% | −0.01 |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | Reduce -7.1% | 0.06% | −0.01 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Reduce -1.0% | 0.30% | +0.00 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Reduce -0.9% | 1.06% | +0.00 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Reduce -4.5% | 0.37% | +0.00 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | Reduce -4.5% | 0.13% | +0.00 |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | Reduce -0.7% | 0.62% | +0.01 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Reduce -12.5% | 0.09% | +0.01 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.52% | +0.01 |
| DD Dupont DE Nemours Inc. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.37% | +0.02 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Reduce -2.7% | 0.48% | +0.02 |
| HAL Halliburton Co. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.29% | +0.03 |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | Reduce -2.5% | 0.26% | +0.03 |
| GLW Corning Inc. | Reduce -6.4% | 0.22% | +0.06 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | Add +2.3% | 10.37% | +0.21 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | Add +2.6% | 2.85% | +0.14 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +1.4% | 0.57% | +0.13 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | Add +6.2% | 1.00% | +0.10 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| GXO Gxo Logistics Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| LIN Linde PLC | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | Add +2.8% | 4.11% | +0.04 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +0.5% | 1.32% | +0.04 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +3.5% | 4.24% | +0.02 |
| VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF | Add +3.7% | 2.46% | +0.02 |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | New | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| PACK Ranpak Holdings Corp. | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| PFF iShares Preferred & Income S | Add +4.8% | 3.06% | +0.01 |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | Add +3.4% | 4.63% | +0.01 |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | Add +3.2% | 1.94% | +0.01 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +1.6% | 0.20% | +0.00 |
| LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui | Add +6.3% | 0.51% | +0.00 |
| MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui | Add +1.9% | 0.06% | +0.00 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Add +2.5% | 0.13% | +0.00 |
| COP Conocophillips | Add +1.3% | 0.08% | −0.00 |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | Add +1.0% | 4.33% | −0.01 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Add +3.0% | 0.46% | −0.02 |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | Add +0.3% | 0.30% | −0.03 |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | Add +0.1% | 0.33% | −0.03 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Add +0.3% | 0.35% | −0.04 |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | Add +2.0% | 9.78% | −0.05 |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | Add +3.8% | 6.47% | −0.05 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +0.7% | 0.81% | −0.07 |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | Add +5.5% | 4.14% | −0.08 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +0.2% | 0.33% | −0.08 |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | Add +3.3% | 3.67% | −0.12 |
Options Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | put | New | 23,000 | $1.2M |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | put | New | 3,000 | $726K |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 156 | $530.2M | VB, VO, SPHQ, VYM, RSP |
| Q1 2026 | 133 | $432.4M | VB, VO, SPHQ, VYM, RSP |
| Q4 2025 | 133 | $427.3M | VB, VO, SPHQ, VYM, RSP |
| Q3 2025 | 132 | $410.7M | VB, VO, SPHQ, COWZ, VEU |
| Q2 2025Amended | 128 | $381.9M | VB, VO, SPHQ, COWZ, VEU |
| Q1 2025 | 125 | $353.4M | VO, VB, SPHQ, COWZ, VEU |
| Q4 2024 | 119 | $349.8M | VB, VO, SPHQ, COWZ, VEU |
| Q3 2024 | 125 | $352.5M | VO, VB, SPHQ, VEU, VYM |
| Q2 2024 | 120 | $324.9M | VO, VB, SPHQ, VEU, VYM |
| Q1 2024 | 120 | $316.5M | VO, VB, SPHQ, SHY, VEU |