Essex Financial Services, Inc.
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed August 10, 2026), Essex Financial Services, Inc. reported 834 stock positions worth $2.0 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 4.6% of the portfolio, followed by Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ, 3.5%) and Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG, 2.2%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 81 new positions, sold out of 42, added to 343 and reduced 348. The biggest buy was a new position in Fulton Financial (FULT) and the biggest sale SPDR Gold Shares (GLD, shares −1%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- ESSEX, CT
- CIK
- 0001315785
- Portfolio Value
- $2.0B (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001951757-26-001201 ↗ filed Aug 10, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 834 stocks · $2.0B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.62% | 320,429 | $92.7M | Reduce -1.0% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 3.55% | 96,658 | $71.2M | Reduce -2.5% |
| VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF | 2.20% | 534,985 | $44.2M | Reduce -0.4% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.98% | 106,428 | $39.7M | Add +1.1% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.96% | 109,786 | $39.2M | Reduce -1.8% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.79% | 179,035 | $35.8M | Reduce -3.1% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.73% | 46,595 | $34.8M | Reduce -1.4% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.54% | 41,363 | $31.0M | Add +5.0% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.44% | 78,415 | $28.9M | Reduce -1.5% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 1.36% | 172,522 | $27.3M | Add +0.6% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.36% | 22,725 | $27.3M | Reduce -2.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.35% | 113,638 | $27.1M | Add +1.5% |
| PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv | 1.32% | 998,121 | $26.5M | Add +5.0% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.08% | 131,764 | $21.6M | Reduce -0.4% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.04% | 63,447 | $20.8M | Reduce -0.8% |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 1.03% | 47,379 | $20.7M | Reduce -0.9% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.95% | 139,123 | $19.0M | Add +1.0% |
| JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income | 0.95% | 375,686 | $19.0M | Add +4.7% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.92% | 84,871 | $18.5M | Reduce -1.3% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.90% | 84,447 | $18.0M | Add +1.4% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.89% | 50,702 | $17.9M | Reduce -1.4% |
| RECS Columbia Resear Enh Cor ETF | 0.85% | 391,776 | $17.0M | Reduce -7.2% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.84% | 33,868 | $16.9M | Add +2.3% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.76% | 60,120 | $15.3M | Reduce -1.7% |
| PRF Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | 0.75% | 278,290 | $15.0M | Add +0.9% |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE | 0.68% | 277,936 | $13.7M | Add +3.3% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.67% | 71,156 | $13.5M | Reduce -2.7% |
| CGUS Cap Group Core Equity filed as CAPITAL GROUP CORE EQUITY ET | 0.67% | 302,902 | $13.5M | Add +18.6% |
| CODI Compass Diversified Holdings | 0.66% | 1,247,166 | $13.3M | Reduce -0.2% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.66% | 35,669 | $13.2M | Add +1.1% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.66% | 12,363 | $13.2M | Reduce -2.9% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 0.64% | 128,162 | $12.9M | Reduce -1.0% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.64% | 54,436 | $12.9M | Add +0.1% |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | 0.63% | 223,444 | $12.5M | Reduce -2.2% |
| ALAB Astera Labs Inc. | 0.62% | 25,672 | $12.4M | Reduce -5.5% |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | 0.61% | 136,617 | $12.3M | Reduce -0.4% |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 0.61% | 407,507 | $12.3M | Add +0.6% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.58% | 31,397 | $11.7M | Add +11.6% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.58% | 27,802 | $11.7M | Reduce -0.2% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.57% | 161,295 | $11.5M | Add +3.9% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.57% | 132,865 | $11.4M | Reduce -0.3% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.54% | 142,925 | $10.8M | Reduce -1.0% |
| JCPB JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | 0.53% | 226,368 | $10.6M | Add +63.0% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.49% | 35,032 | $9.9M | Add +4.1% |
| TCAF T Rowe PRC Cap Appreciation | 0.47% | 229,787 | $9.4M | Add +2.0% |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | 0.47% | 8,014 | $9.4M | Add +10.4% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.46% | 114,345 | $9.2M | Add +0.4% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.45% | 16,186 | $9.1M | Add +1.4% |
| CGBL Cap Group Core Balanced filed as CAPITAL GROUP CORE BALANCED | 0.45% | 239,613 | $9.1M | Add +10.3% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.45% | 35,746 | $9.0M | Reduce -4.7% |
| JBND JPMorgan Active Bond ETF | 0.44% | 164,667 | $8.8M | Reduce -3.4% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.43% | 58,421 | $8.6M | Reduce -2.0% |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.42% | 28,115 | $8.5M | Add +4.4% |
| BILZ PIMCO Ultra SHRT Govt Active | 0.42% | 83,111 | $8.4M | Reduce -5.5% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.41% | 11,868 | $8.2M | Add +0.0% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.39% | 22,761 | $7.8M | Reduce -7.8% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 0.38% | 150,360 | $7.7M | Add +6.1% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.38% | 65,081 | $7.6M | Reduce -3.6% |
| VYMI Vanguard Int High DVD YLD Inc. | 0.38% | 76,915 | $7.6M | Add +2.5% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.38% | 45,528 | $7.5M | Reduce -2.8% |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | 0.37% | 77,917 | $7.5M | Add +2.3% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.37% | 91,960 | $7.5M | Reduce -0.1% |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS filed as ASML HLDG NV | 0.37% | 3,732 | $7.4M | Add +4.3% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.36% | 94,180 | $7.3M | Reduce -3.0% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.36% | 19,223 | $7.3M | Reduce -1.2% |
| STXF Strive 500 ETF | 0.36% | 148,241 | $7.2M | Reduce -0.2% |
| CGMM Cap Group Small and Mid Cap | 0.35% | 215,247 | $7.1M | Add +98.6% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 0.34% | 61,470 | $6.8M | Add +3.3% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | 0.33% | 117,344 | $6.7M | Reduce -0.2% |
| FBCG Fidelity Blue Chip Grow ETF | 0.33% | 106,179 | $6.6M | Add +36.6% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.31% | 49,534 | $6.2M | Add +1.1% |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | 0.31% | 81,890 | $6.1M | Add +0.9% |
| SDY SS SPDR S&P Dividend ETF | 0.30% | 39,978 | $6.1M | Add +0.1% |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | 0.30% | 8 | $6.0M | Reduce -11.1% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.30% | 52,462 | $5.9M | Reduce -2.0% |
| TMSL T.rowe PRC Small-Mid Cap ETF | 0.29% | 134,671 | $5.9M | Add +14.0% |
| PMBS PIMCO MBS Active ETF | 0.29% | 117,367 | $5.8M | Add +6.5% |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth | 0.29% | 30,663 | $5.8M | Add +0.3% |
| RWL Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF | 0.28% | 43,507 | $5.6M | Add +5.6% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.28% | 43,212 | $5.6M | Reduce -2.2% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.27% | 39,310 | $5.5M | Reduce -10.4% |
| FEOE First Eagle Overseas Eq ETF | 0.27% | 102,480 | $5.5M | Add +29.6% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.27% | 29,706 | $5.4M | Add +0.7% |
| LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration | 0.26% | 55,256 | $5.3M | Add +4.2% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.26% | 34,747 | $5.3M | Reduce -10.4% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.26% | 65,431 | $5.2M | Reduce -2.1% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.25% | 7,960 | $5.0M | Add +2.9% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.25% | 88,958 | $5.0M | Add +3.4% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 0.24% | 81,352 | $4.9M | Reduce -2.4% |
| PAAA Pgim Aaa Clo ETF | 0.24% | 95,436 | $4.9M | Add +13.7% |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | 0.24% | 40,611 | $4.9M | Add +7.7% |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | 0.24% | 7,566 | $4.8M | Reduce -1.1% |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.24% | 13,509 | $4.8M | Reduce -5.1% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.24% | 13,534 | $4.8M | Add +0.2% |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.24% | 49,250 | $4.8M | Add +19.6% |
| INFL Horizon Kinetics Infl Benef | 0.23% | 93,395 | $4.7M | Add +1.3% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.22% | 4,454 | $4.5M | Reduce -3.7% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.22% | 185,560 | $4.5M | Add +0.6% |
| CGGR Cap Group Growth Equity | 0.22% | 92,101 | $4.3M | Reduce -18.1% |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | 0.22% | 6,094 | $4.3M | Reduce -4.8% |
Other holdings (2): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.3M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 7.375 02/15/29) | UNIT 02/15/2029 | 14,700 | $705K | New |
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | 8,045 | $617K | Reduce -26.7% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $2.0B.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -1.5% | 1.44% | −0.48 |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | Reduce -0.9% | 1.03% | −0.24 |
| BLFY Blue Foundry Bancorp | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -2.8% | 0.38% | −0.17 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Reduce -2.7% | 0.67% | −0.12 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | Reduce -2.1% | 0.26% | −0.09 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -3.4% | 0.06% | −0.09 |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | Reduce -1.0% | 0.64% | −0.09 |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. | Reduce -10.4% | 0.26% | −0.09 |
| BILZ PIMCO Ultra SHRT Govt Active | Reduce -5.5% | 0.42% | −0.08 |
| RECS Columbia Resear Enh Cor ETF | Reduce -7.2% | 0.85% | −0.08 |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | Reduce -23.5% | 0.16% | −0.08 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -1.7% | 0.76% | −0.08 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -2.0% | 0.30% | −0.08 |
| JBND JPMorgan Active Bond ETF | Reduce -3.4% | 0.44% | −0.08 |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | Reduce -11.1% | 0.30% | −0.06 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Reduce -1.0% | 0.18% | −0.06 |
| JMST JPM Ultra-Short Muni Income | Reduce -12.3% | 0.21% | −0.06 |
| T AT&T Inc. | Reduce -3.1% | 0.09% | −0.06 |
| CWEN.A Clearway Energy Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -2.0% | 0.43% | −0.06 |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | Reduce -2.2% | 0.63% | −0.05 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -1.8% | 0.17% | −0.05 |
| WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.16% | −0.05 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Reduce -3.2% | 0.21% | −0.05 |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | Reduce -3.8% | 0.12% | −0.05 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -10.7% | 0.10% | −0.04 |
| FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Reduce -1.9% | 0.19% | −0.04 |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | Reduce -10.0% | 0.15% | −0.04 |
| AAAU Goldman Sachs Physical Gold | Reduce -0.1% | 0.12% | −0.04 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Reduce -57.8% | 0.02% | −0.04 |
| SO The Southern Co. | Reduce -6.1% | 0.18% | −0.04 |
| CGGR Cap Group Growth Equity | Reduce -18.1% | 0.22% | −0.04 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | Reduce -5.1% | 0.24% | −0.04 |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | Reduce -6.7% | 0.19% | −0.04 |
| SHLD Global X Defense Tech ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Reduce -56.1% | 0.02% | −0.03 |
| MCK McKesson Corp. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.11% | −0.03 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -0.5% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Reduce -3.1% | 0.15% | −0.03 |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | Reduce -10.7% | 0.04% | −0.03 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Reduce -7.8% | 0.39% | −0.03 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | Reduce -2.5% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| NUKZ Range Nuclear Renaissance | Reduce -44.8% | 0.03% | −0.03 |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | Reduce -1.0% | 0.54% | −0.03 |
| ROP Roper Technologies Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.14% | −0.03 |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Reduce -24.3% | 0.04% | −0.03 |
| GDXJ Vaneck Junior Gold Miners | Reduce -22.6% | 0.03% | −0.03 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| FULT Fulton Financial Corp. | New | 0.20% | +0.20 |
| CGMM Cap Group Small and Mid Cap | Add +98.6% | 0.35% | +0.18 |
| JCPB JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | Add +63.0% | 0.53% | +0.16 |
| GE General Electric | Add +11.6% | 0.58% | +0.14 |
| CGUS Cap Group Core Equity | Add +18.6% | 0.67% | +0.12 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Add +10.4% | 0.47% | +0.11 |
| FBCG Fidelity Blue Chip Grow ETF | Add +36.6% | 0.33% | +0.11 |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | Add +4.3% | 0.37% | +0.10 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +5.0% | 1.54% | +0.10 |
| FFLC Fidelity Fndmntl L/C Cor ETF | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| FFLG Fidelity Fndmntl L/C GRW ETF | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| NFLT Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector | Add +72.8% | 0.22% | +0.08 |
| VV Vngrd Mrgstr LRG-Cap ETF-Usd | Add +73.5% | 0.15% | +0.06 |
| RDDT Reddit Inc. Class A | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | Add +7.7% | 0.24% | +0.06 |
| SAMT Strategas Macro Them Opps | Add +160.0% | 0.08% | +0.05 |
| TMSL T.rowe PRC Small-Mid Cap ETF | Add +14.0% | 0.29% | +0.05 |
| CRUX Columbia Core Bond ETF | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| DTCR Global X Data Center & Digit | Add +109.4% | 0.09% | +0.05 |
| GBIL Goldman Sachs Access Treasur | Add +153.8% | 0.09% | +0.05 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +4.3% | 0.17% | +0.05 |
| CAGE Calamos Autocalla Gro ETF | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| FEOE First Eagle Overseas Eq ETF | Add +29.6% | 0.27% | +0.05 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Add +6.9% | 0.07% | +0.04 |
| VCRB Vanguard Core Bond ETF | Add +85.0% | 0.11% | +0.04 |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | Add +303.4% | 0.05% | +0.04 |
| AIPO Defiance AI & Power Infr ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +1.5% | 1.35% | +0.04 |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value | Add +3.3% | 0.68% | +0.04 |
| JAVA JPMorgan Active Value ETF | Add +284.5% | 0.05% | +0.04 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Add +11.2% | 0.12% | +0.04 |
| JIRE JPMorgan Int Res Enh Eqty | Add +90.4% | 0.08% | +0.03 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Add +6.8% | 0.20% | +0.03 |
| CGBL Cap Group Core Balanced | Add +10.3% | 0.45% | +0.03 |
| CWEN Clearway Energy Inc. Class C | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +4.1% | 0.49% | +0.03 |
| FEGE First Eagle GL Equity ETF | Add +100.2% | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| DFEM Dimensional Emrg MRKT Core | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| IONQ Ionq Inc. | Add +12.0% | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | Add +4.4% | 0.42% | +0.03 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Add +174.3% | 0.06% | +0.03 |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | Add +19.6% | 0.24% | +0.03 |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +47.4% | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| REVS Columbia Resear Enh Val ETF | Add +59.2% | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | New | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +1.1% | 0.66% | +0.02 |
| CAIE Calamos Autocallable Inc. ETF | New | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| FGDL Franklin Resp Sourced Gold | New | 0.02% | +0.02 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 7.375 02/15/29) | UNIT 02/15/2029 | New | 14,700 | $705K |
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | Reduce -26.7% | 8,045 | $617K |
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 | 834 | $2.0B | AAPL, QQQ, VOOG, MSFT, GOOGL |
| Q1 2026 | 793 | $1.8B | AAPL, QQQ, MSFT, VOOG, GLD |
| Q4 2025 | 783 | $1.8B | AAPL, QQQ, MSFT, VOOG, GOOGL |
| Q3 2025 | 747 | $1.7B | AAPL, QQQ, MSFT, VOOG, NVDA |
| Q2 2025 | 686 | $1.5B | AAPL, QQQ, MSFT, VOOG, NVDA |
| Q1 2025 | 630 | $1.4B | AAPL, QQQ, MSFT, VOOG, GLD |
| Q4 2024 | 628 | $1.4B | AAPL, QQQ, MSFT, VOOG, CODI |
| Q3 2024 | 622 | $1.4B | AAPL, QQQ, MSFT, VOOG, NVDA |
| Q2 2024Amended | 611 | $1.3B | AAPL, MSFT, QQQ, VOOG, SPY |
| Q1 2024 | 538 | $1.1B | AAPL, MSFT, QQQ, VOOG, SPY |