Cornerstone Advisors, LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 7, 2025), Cornerstone Advisors, LLC reported 234 stock positions worth $3.0 billion. Its top holding was Nvidia (NVDA) at 6.6% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 6.5%) and Microsoft (MSFT, 5.7%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 5 new positions, sold out of 46, added to 23 and reduced 103. The biggest buy was Calamos Strat TTL RTRN FND (CSQ, shares +54%) and the biggest sale SS Technology Select Sector (XLK, shares −35%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- ASHEVILLE, NC
- CIK
- 0001775446
- Portfolio Value
- $3.0B (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001398344-25-020535 ↗ filed Nov 7, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 234 stocks · $3.0B
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 6.65% | 1,080,300 | $201.6M | No change |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 6.54% | 778,700 | $198.3M | No change |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 5.67% | 331,900 | $171.9M | No change |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 4.98% | 620,200 | $151.0M | No change |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 3.88% | 535,900 | $117.7M | No change |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 2.19% | 90,300 | $66.3M | No change |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 2.11% | 143,600 | $63.9M | No change |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.85% | 170,200 | $56.2M | No change |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 1.83% | 196,700 | $55.4M | Reduce -35.0% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.79% | 172,200 | $54.3M | No change |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.47% | 88,800 | $44.6M | No change |
| CSQ Calamos Strat TTL RTRN FND | 1.41% | 2,211,013 | $42.7M | Add +53.7% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.36% | 366,827 | $41.4M | No change |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.34% | 53,400 | $40.7M | Reduce -2.0% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 1.23% | 133,100 | $37.4M | No change |
| XLI SS Industrial Select Sector | 1.19% | 234,600 | $36.2M | Reduce -27.6% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 1.13% | 662,200 | $34.2M | No change |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 1.10% | 322,900 | $33.3M | No change |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 1.05% | 93,500 | $31.9M | No change |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 1.02% | 25,900 | $31.1M | No change |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 1.02% | 76,100 | $30.8M | No change |
| UTG Reaves Utility Income Fund | 1.00% | 768,185 | $30.4M | Add +4.9% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.96% | 126,200 | $29.2M | Reduce -1.7% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.92% | 49,100 | $27.9M | No change |
| XLRE SS Real Estate Select Sector | 0.92% | 659,700 | $27.8M | Reduce -4.0% |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.91% | 57,100 | $27.7M | Reduce -1.0% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.91% | 29,700 | $27.5M | No change |
| ETG Eaton Vance T/A GL DVD Incm | 0.83% | 1,195,167 | $25.3M | No change |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.78% | 153,200 | $23.5M | No change |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | 0.76% | 305,200 | $23.0M | No change |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.76% | 75,600 | $23.0M | No change |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.75% | 65,703 | $22.7M | Reduce -1.9% |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | 0.75% | 19,400 | $22.6M | No change |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.72% | 46,000 | $21.9M | No change |
| C Citigroup Inc. | 0.71% | 213,000 | $21.6M | No change |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | 0.70% | 107,400 | $21.3M | Reduce -2.0% |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | 0.66% | 79,500 | $20.0M | No change |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.64% | 3,600 | $19.4M | No change |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.64% | 292,300 | $19.4M | No change |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.63% | 123,145 | $19.1M | Add +5.1% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.60% | 23,000 | $18.3M | No change |
| XLB SS Materials Select Sector | 0.58% | 197,400 | $17.7M | No change |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.58% | 85,700 | $17.5M | No change |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | 0.58% | 209,300 | $17.5M | No change |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.58% | 104,400 | $17.5M | No change |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.56% | 105,400 | $17.1M | No change |
| KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. | 0.56% | 602,184 | $17.0M | No change |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.56% | 37,100 | $17.0M | No change |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.52% | 52,400 | $15.8M | No change |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 0.52% | 137,100 | $15.7M | No change |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.51% | 65,400 | $15.5M | No change |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.50% | 40,800 | $15.3M | No change |
| MS Morgan Stanley | 0.50% | 95,200 | $15.1M | No change |
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 0.47% | 36,100 | $14.1M | Reduce -1.4% |
| MCO Moody's Corp. | 0.44% | 27,800 | $13.2M | No change |
| ITW Illinois Tool Works | 0.43% | 50,600 | $13.2M | No change |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.42% | 90,700 | $12.7M | No change |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.41% | 283,500 | $12.5M | No change |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | 0.41% | 25,600 | $12.5M | No change |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.41% | 482,700 | $12.3M | Reduce -2.0% |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | 0.40% | 33,000 | $12.2M | Reduce -1.2% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.40% | 36,200 | $12.0M | No change |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.39% | 142,100 | $11.9M | Reduce -2.1% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.39% | 87,400 | $11.7M | Reduce -1.6% |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | 0.39% | 48,900 | $11.7M | Reduce -2.0% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 0.38% | 24,200 | $11.5M | No change |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 0.38% | 119,400 | $11.4M | Reduce -10.1% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.37% | 77,400 | $11.2M | No change |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.37% | 45,100 | $11.1M | No change |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | 0.37% | 84,600 | $11.1M | No change |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | 0.36% | 685,519 | $11.1M | Add +476.3% |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | 0.36% | 97,900 | $10.9M | Reduce -1.8% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.35% | 157,000 | $10.7M | Reduce -0.9% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.35% | 65,900 | $10.7M | No change |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.34% | 49,100 | $10.3M | No change |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 0.33% | 223,500 | $10.1M | Reduce -1.5% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 0.33% | 35,400 | $10.0M | No change |
| UTF Cohen & Steers Infrastructur | 0.32% | 390,414 | $9.7M | New |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | 0.31% | 98,800 | $9.4M | Reduce -2.0% |
| AON Aon PLC Class A | 0.30% | 25,800 | $9.2M | No change |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.30% | 26,900 | $9.2M | No change |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.30% | 38,800 | $9.2M | Reduce -22.4% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.30% | 32,000 | $9.0M | Reduce -1.8% |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | 0.30% | 44,800 | $9.0M | No change |
| BA The Boeing Co. | 0.30% | 41,700 | $9.0M | No change |
| ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. | 0.29% | 81,600 | $8.8M | No change |
| ETJ Eaton Vance RSK-MGD Divers | 0.29% | 969,417 | $8.7M | Add +11.0% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.28% | 26,600 | $8.6M | Reduce -1.5% |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | 0.28% | 38,500 | $8.5M | Reduce -2.0% |
| THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund | 0.28% | 665,422 | $8.4M | Add +112.9% |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 0.28% | 18,700 | $8.4M | Reduce -2.1% |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | 0.27% | 262,200 | $8.2M | Reduce -2.6% |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | 0.27% | 82,700 | $8.1M | No change |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corp. | 0.26% | 80,336 | $7.8M | Reduce -7.8% |
| ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | 0.26% | 46,200 | $7.8M | No change |
| CSX CSX Corp. | 0.25% | 210,400 | $7.5M | No change |
| MCK McKesson Corp. | 0.24% | 9,500 | $7.3M | Reduce -2.1% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | 0.24% | 10,600 | $7.2M | Reduce -0.9% |
| MNST Monster Beverage Corp. | 0.24% | 106,700 | $7.2M | No change |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. | 0.23% | 23,300 | $7.0M | Reduce -6.8% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $18K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRU | RIGHT 10/16/2025 | 236,764 | $18K | New |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $3.0B.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Reduce -35.0% | 1.83% | −0.81 |
| XLI SS Industrial Select Sector | Reduce -27.6% | 1.19% | −0.45 |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | Reduce -64.4% | 0.18% | −0.33 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Reduce -57.6% | 0.10% | −0.14 |
| CII BlackRock Enhan LRG Cap Core | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Reduce -54.4% | 0.12% | −0.12 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -2.0% | 1.34% | −0.12 |
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Reduce -1.4% | 0.47% | −0.09 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Reduce -22.4% | 0.30% | −0.09 |
| GAM General American Investors | Reduce -51.1% | 0.10% | −0.09 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | Reduce -27.9% | 0.22% | −0.09 |
| XEVTX Eaton Vance Tax-Adv DVD Inc. | Reduce -53.6% | 0.07% | −0.08 |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | Reduce -28.4% | 0.08% | −0.08 |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Reduce -2.1% | 0.28% | −0.08 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -1.5% | 0.28% | −0.08 |
| TDG Transdigm Group Inc. | Reduce -13.2% | 0.20% | −0.08 |
| COP Conocophillips | Reduce -34.7% | 0.14% | −0.07 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | Reduce -12.2% | 0.21% | −0.07 |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corp. | Reduce -7.8% | 0.26% | −0.06 |
| XLRE SS Real Estate Select Sector | Reduce -4.0% | 0.92% | −0.06 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Reduce -2.6% | 0.27% | −0.06 |
| XBXMX Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-WR Inc. | Reduce -30.6% | 0.13% | −0.06 |
| XLV SS Health Care Select Sector | Reduce -68.5% | 0.02% | −0.05 |
| VLTO Veralto Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | Reduce -1.2% | 0.40% | −0.05 |
| TT Trane Technologies PLC | Reduce -28.7% | 0.10% | −0.05 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Reduce -0.9% | 0.24% | −0.05 |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | Reduce -41.6% | 0.07% | −0.05 |
| DIAX Nuveen Dow 30 Dynamic Overwr | Reduce -20.8% | 0.18% | −0.05 |
| ASGI Abrdn Global Infrastructure | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| CEG Constellation Energy | Reduce -16.9% | 0.20% | −0.05 |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| EQIX Equinix Inc. | Reduce -36.8% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | Reduce -2.0% | 0.70% | −0.04 |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | Reduce -8.1% | 0.11% | −0.04 |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | Reduce -55.3% | 0.02% | −0.04 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Reduce -53.5% | 0.04% | −0.04 |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | Reduce -10.1% | 0.38% | −0.04 |
| CI The Cigna Group | Reduce -2.0% | 0.18% | −0.04 |
| AIG American International Group | Reduce -47.7% | 0.03% | −0.04 |
| AEP American Electric Power | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| DXCM Dexcom Inc. | Reduce -28.2% | 0.04% | −0.04 |
| CTVA Corteva Inc. | Reduce -90.8% | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| NML Neuberger Energy Infrastruct | Reduce -60.5% | 0.02% | −0.03 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Reduce -61.6% | 0.03% | −0.03 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| CSQ Calamos Strat TTL RTRN FND | Add +53.7% | 1.41% | +0.51 |
| UTF Cohen & Steers Infrastructur | New | 0.32% | +0.32 |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | Add +476.3% | 0.36% | +0.30 |
| THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund | Add +112.9% | 0.28% | +0.17 |
| XSCDX LMP Capital and Income Fund | Add +660.1% | 0.15% | +0.13 |
| NXG NXG Nextgen Infrastr Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| USA Liberty All Star Equity Fund | Add +174.5% | 0.22% | +0.13 |
| STK Columbia Slgmn Prem Tech GR | Add +91.1% | 0.18% | +0.09 |
| UTG Reaves Utility Income Fund | Add +4.9% | 1.00% | +0.09 |
| XNIEX Virtus Equity & Convertible | Add +97.9% | 0.19% | +0.09 |
| ETV Eaton Vance T/M Buy-Writ Opp | Add +91.7% | 0.15% | +0.07 |
| JCE Nuveen Core Equity Alpha | Add +217.7% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +5.1% | 0.63% | +0.05 |
| BST BlackRock Science & Tech TR | Add +37.2% | 0.16% | +0.05 |
| FFA First Trust Enhan Eqty Inc. | Add +27.9% | 0.08% | +0.02 |
| JRS Nuveen Real Estate Income | Add +256.6% | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| ETJ Eaton Vance RSK-MGD Divers | Add +11.0% | 0.29% | +0.02 |
| XBMEX BlackRock Health Sciences | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| ASG Liberty All-Star Growth FD | Add +7.3% | 0.14% | +0.01 |
| ACV Virtus Divers Inc. & Convert | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| HQL Abrdn Life Sciences Investor | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| GLU Gabelli GLBL Util & Inc. TR | Add +313.5% | 0.01% | +0.00 |
| RQI Cohen & Steers Qual Inc. RLTY | Add +6.3% | 0.15% | +0.00 |
| SRV NXG Cushing Midstream Energy | Add +2.0% | 0.04% | +0.00 |
| GCV Gabelli Convert & Inc. Sec | Add +77.9% | 0.00% | +0.00 |
| PDT John Hancock Prem DVD FND | Add +4.6% | 0.11% | +0.00 |
| XSORX Source Capital Inc. | Add +4.5% | 0.03% | +0.00 |
| XNROX Neu Re Est Sec Inc. FD Inc.-US | Add +3.2% | 0.05% | −0.00 |
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRU | RIGHT 10/16/2025 | New | 236,764 | $18K |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 112 | $3.0B | NVDA, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, AMZN |
| Q1 2026 | 99 | $2.7B | AAPL, NVDA, GOOG, MSFT, XLE |
| Q4 2025 | 158 | $3.0B | AAPL, NVDA, GOOG, MSFT, AMZN |
| Q3 2025 | 234 | $3.0B | NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, GOOG, AMZN |
| Q2 2025 | 275 | $2.9B | NVDA, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG |
| Q1 2025 | 267 | $2.3B | AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, AMZN, GOOG |
| Q4 2024 | 270 | $2.5B | AAPL, NVDA, MSFT, GOOG, AMZN |
| Q3 2024 | 284 | $2.5B | AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOG, AMZN |
| Q2 2024 | 304 | $2.5B | AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOG, AMZN |
| Q1 2024 | 314 | $2.4B | MSFT, AAPL, NVDA, GOOG, AMZN |