Essex Financial Services, Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed April 24, 2024), Essex Financial Services, Inc. reported 538 stock positions worth $1.1 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 4.5% of the portfolio, followed by Microsoft (MSFT, 3.6%) and Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ, 3.3%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 50 new positions, sold out of 20, added to 280 and reduced 174. The biggest buy was Nvidia (NVDA, shares +7%) and the biggest sale Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre (USFR, shares −51%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- ESSEX, CT
- CIK
- 0001315785
- Portfolio Value
- $1.1B (Q1 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001315785-24-000002 ↗ filed Apr 24, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 538 stocks · $1.1B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.46% | 281,687 | $48.3M | Add +2.7% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 3.56% | 91,730 | $38.6M | Add +3.4% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 3.27% | 79,738 | $35.4M | Add +2.3% |
| VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF | 2.22% | 79,135 | $24.1M | Add +2.2% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.06% | 42,672 | $22.3M | Add +8.7% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.96% | 117,559 | $21.2M | Add +5.7% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.91% | 26,627 | $20.7M | Add +6.2% |
| CODI Compass Diversified Holdings | 1.68% | 755,141 | $18.2M | Reduce -2.5% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 1.67% | 149,274 | $18.1M | Add +0.4% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.53% | 109,568 | $16.5M | Reduce -0.5% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.49% | 17,819 | $16.1M | Add +7.3% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.44% | 75,949 | $15.6M | Add +1.6% |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | 1.41% | 151,118 | $15.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 1.27% | 23,829 | $13.8M | Reduce -2.1% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.25% | 32,335 | $13.6M | Add +0.2% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.24% | 115,200 | $13.4M | Reduce -3.2% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 1.18% | 75,577 | $12.8M | Add +8.3% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.11% | 22,944 | $12.1M | Add +23.2% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.11% | 59,858 | $12.0M | Add +0.7% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 1.02% | 67,573 | $11.0M | Add +6.3% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.93% | 55,493 | $10.1M | Reduce -1.6% |
| JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income | 0.92% | 197,895 | $10.0M | Add +7.0% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 0.91% | 97,837 | $9.8M | Add +2.4% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.90% | 61,794 | $9.8M | Reduce -6.1% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.85% | 56,731 | $9.2M | Reduce -0.2% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 0.80% | 75,498 | $8.7M | Add +49.5% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.76% | 141,500 | $8.2M | Reduce -1.4% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.70% | 77,289 | $7.5M | Reduce -0.5% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.69% | 28,974 | $7.5M | Reduce -0.7% |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 0.69% | 432,476 | $7.5M | Add +1.6% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.67% | 45,865 | $7.2M | Reduce -4.2% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.66% | 259,362 | $7.2M | Reduce -4.4% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.65% | 14,460 | $7.0M | Add +9.2% |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | 0.60% | 78,045 | $6.5M | Add +1.1% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.60% | 23,358 | $6.5M | Add +1.7% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.59% | 42,132 | $6.4M | Reduce -2.5% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.59% | 16,597 | $6.4M | Add +1.7% |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | 0.55% | 90,043 | $5.9M | Reduce -3.5% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.54% | 30,686 | $5.9M | Add +2.5% |
| BLFY Blue Foundry Bancorp | 0.53% | 614,593 | $5.8M | Add +3.8% |
| SDY SS SPDR S&P Dividend ETF | 0.52% | 43,105 | $5.7M | Add +0.7% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.52% | 92,962 | $5.6M | Add +3.0% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.52% | 22,349 | $5.6M | Add +2.4% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.51% | 11,145 | $5.5M | Reduce -4.2% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.51% | 95,244 | $5.5M | Add +4.4% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.51% | 30,074 | $5.5M | Add +4.6% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.49% | 30,052 | $5.3M | Add +1.6% |
| ROP Roper Technologies Inc. | 0.49% | 9,395 | $5.3M | Reduce -1.6% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 0.48% | 62,296 | $5.2M | Add +0.7% |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | 0.47% | 8 | $5.1M | No change |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.46% | 38,077 | $5.0M | Add +3.4% |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.46% | 21,933 | $5.0M | Add +0.9% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.45% | 14,132 | $4.9M | Add +31.4% |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | 0.44% | 79,791 | $4.8M | Add +5.0% |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | 0.44% | 53,191 | $4.8M | Add +81.2% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.43% | 76,478 | $4.7M | Add +12.0% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.43% | 26,727 | $4.7M | Reduce -1.8% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.41% | 12,148 | $4.5M | Add +6.2% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.40% | 12,855 | $4.3M | Add +3.8% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.39% | 112,323 | $4.3M | Add +7.5% |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | 0.39% | 8,381 | $4.2M | Add +3.2% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.38% | 37,369 | $4.1M | Add +6.3% |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE | 0.38% | 125,477 | $4.1M | Add +29.7% |
| REGL Prshrs S&P Mid 400 DVD Arist | 0.37% | 51,649 | $4.1M | Reduce -2.0% |
| CGUS Cap Group Core Equity filed as CAPITAL GROUP CORE EQUITY ET | 0.35% | 123,077 | $3.8M | Add +7.0% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.34% | 36,337 | $3.7M | Add +3.8% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.32% | 69,075 | $3.4M | Reduce -7.1% |
| FTCS First Trust Capital Strength | 0.32% | 40,041 | $3.4M | Reduce -1.4% |
| CI The Cigna Group | 0.32% | 9,416 | $3.4M | Reduce -3.0% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.31% | 25,897 | $3.4M | Add +7.6% |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.31% | 12,002 | $3.4M | Add +1.9% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.31% | 7,048 | $3.4M | Add +7.0% |
| VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U | 0.31% | 17,587 | $3.4M | Add +2.2% |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.31% | 13,454 | $3.3M | Reduce -0.3% |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.30% | 5,604 | $3.3M | Add +0.7% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.30% | 67,770 | $3.2M | Add +19.2% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.30% | 4,377 | $3.2M | Add +9.7% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.29% | 11,333 | $3.2M | Add +2.7% |
| STXF Strive 500 ETF | 0.29% | 93,430 | $3.1M | Add +72.2% |
| IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF | 0.28% | 45,440 | $3.1M | Reduce -1.1% |
| PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 0.28% | 11,403 | $3.0M | Reduce -8.2% |
| GE General Electric | 0.27% | 16,548 | $2.9M | Add +0.2% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.27% | 11,536 | $2.9M | Add +1.0% |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | 0.26% | 6,299 | $2.9M | Add +0.7% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.26% | 15,963 | $2.9M | Reduce -0.1% |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | 0.26% | 22,771 | $2.8M | Reduce -6.2% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.25% | 65,402 | $2.7M | Reduce -1.4% |
| PRF Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | 0.25% | 71,178 | $2.7M | Add +48.9% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.25% | 5,155 | $2.7M | Reduce -2.4% |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth | 0.25% | 22,687 | $2.7M | Reduce -1.5% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.24% | 51,319 | $2.6M | Add +10.1% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.24% | 20,356 | $2.6M | Reduce -4.4% |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | 0.23% | 49,279 | $2.5M | Reduce -51.2% |
| SO The Southern Co. | 0.23% | 34,336 | $2.5M | Reduce -3.3% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 0.23% | 54,240 | $2.5M | Add +40.5% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.22% | 1,822 | $2.4M | Add +1.3% |
| QQQJ Invesco Nasdaq Next Gen 100 | 0.22% | 82,813 | $2.4M | Add +7.1% |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | 0.22% | 39,680 | $2.4M | Add +27.8% |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | 0.21% | 39,747 | $2.3M | Add +0.2% |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.21% | 27,177 | $2.3M | Add +6.2% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $660K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 6.926 09/01/25) | UNIT 09/01/2025 | 16,965 | $660K | Add +1.1% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.1B.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | Reduce -51.2% | 0.23% | −0.30 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -6.1% | 0.90% | −0.17 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -4.4% | 0.66% | −0.14 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Reduce -4.2% | 0.51% | −0.12 |
| CODI Compass Diversified Holdings | Reduce -2.5% | 1.68% | −0.12 |
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| BA The Boeing Co. | Reduce -1.9% | 0.14% | −0.08 |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | Reduce -0.1% | 1.41% | −0.08 |
| IRM Iron Mountain Inc. | Reduce -63.5% | 0.04% | −0.07 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -4.2% | 0.67% | −0.07 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Reduce -7.1% | 0.32% | −0.07 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce -0.5% | 1.53% | −0.07 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -1.6% | 0.93% | −0.06 |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | Reduce -3.5% | 0.55% | −0.06 |
| FLG New York Community Bancorp | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| RIO Rio Tinto PLC-Spon ADR | Reduce -34.3% | 0.06% | −0.06 |
| ROP Roper Technologies Inc. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.49% | −0.05 |
| RAAX Vaneck Real Assets ETF | Reduce -21.5% | 0.14% | −0.05 |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | Reduce -2.1% | 1.27% | −0.05 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -1.8% | 0.43% | −0.05 |
| PRFZ Inv Rafi US 1500 SM-Usd Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | Reduce -1.4% | 0.76% | −0.04 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -5.0% | 0.19% | −0.04 |
| RFV Invesco S&P Midcap 400 Pure | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -2.5% | 0.59% | −0.04 |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | Reduce -7.9% | 0.17% | −0.04 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.31% | −0.04 |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | Reduce -0.9% | 0.18% | −0.04 |
| PICK iShares MSCI Global Metals & | Reduce -4.3% | 0.17% | −0.04 |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | Reduce -6.2% | 0.26% | −0.04 |
| WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Reduce -2.1% | 0.17% | −0.03 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Reduce -4.7% | 0.21% | −0.03 |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | Reduce -12.5% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Reduce -2.7% | 0.17% | −0.03 |
| SO The Southern Co. | Reduce -3.3% | 0.23% | −0.03 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Reduce -28.7% | 0.06% | −0.03 |
| VGK Vanguard Ftse Europe ETF | Reduce -26.2% | 0.06% | −0.03 |
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Reduce -5.9% | 0.07% | −0.03 |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Reduce -25.3% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| REGL Prshrs S&P Mid 400 DVD Arist | Reduce -2.0% | 0.37% | −0.03 |
| SMDV Proshrs RSL 2000 DVD GRW ETF | Reduce -2.0% | 0.16% | −0.03 |
| FUND Sprott Focus Trust Inc. | Reduce -1.5% | 0.20% | −0.03 |
| BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | Reduce -14.1% | 0.12% | −0.03 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Reduce -1.7% | 0.16% | −0.02 |
| IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF | Reduce -1.1% | 0.28% | −0.02 |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | Reduce -8.3% | 0.06% | −0.02 |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +7.3% | 1.49% | +0.63 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +6.2% | 1.91% | +0.40 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Add +49.5% | 0.80% | +0.25 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +5.7% | 1.96% | +0.21 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +23.2% | 1.11% | +0.19 |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | Add +81.2% | 0.44% | +0.18 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +9.2% | 0.65% | +0.16 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +8.7% | 2.06% | +0.13 |
| STXF Strive 500 ETF | Add +72.2% | 0.29% | +0.12 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +3.4% | 3.56% | +0.11 |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | Add +31.4% | 0.45% | +0.10 |
| PRF Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | Add +48.9% | 0.25% | +0.08 |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value | Add +29.7% | 0.38% | +0.08 |
| D Dominion Energy Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| GBIL Goldman Sachs Access Treasur | Add +228.4% | 0.10% | +0.07 |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| FBCG Fidelity Blue Chip Grow ETF | Add +166.1% | 0.10% | +0.06 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +0.2% | 1.25% | +0.06 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Add +53.7% | 0.15% | +0.06 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Add +6.2% | 0.41% | +0.06 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +0.7% | 1.11% | +0.06 |
| JBND JPMorgan Active Bond ETF | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | Add +40.5% | 0.23% | +0.06 |
| VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +2.2% | 2.22% | +0.05 |
| MTB M & T Bank Corp. | Add +68.5% | 0.14% | +0.05 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Add +13.0% | 0.19% | +0.05 |
| GE General Electric | Add +0.2% | 0.27% | +0.05 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | Add +45.3% | 0.18% | +0.05 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Add +3.4% | 0.46% | +0.05 |
| AIRR First Trust Rba American Ind | Add +161.1% | 0.08% | +0.05 |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | Add +19.2% | 0.30% | +0.05 |
| TMSL T.rowe PRC Small-Mid Cap ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Add +4.6% | 0.51% | +0.04 |
| KNG FT Vest S&P 500 DVD Arst TRG | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +8.3% | 1.18% | +0.04 |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv | Add +54.3% | 0.15% | +0.04 |
| ARM Arm Holdings PLC-ADR | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| VCR Vanguard Consumer Discre ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Add +30.9% | 0.12% | +0.04 |
| TQQQ Proshares Ultrapro QQQ | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF | Add +26.4% | 0.20% | +0.03 |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | Add +27.8% | 0.22% | +0.03 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +2.5% | 0.54% | +0.03 |
| QQEW First TR Nasdaq-100 Sel Eq | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Add +6.3% | 1.02% | +0.03 |
| IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF | Add +35.7% | 0.13% | +0.03 |
| CEG Constellation Energy | Add +33.4% | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| VOX Vanguard Communication Servi | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| PAVE Global X US Infrastructure | Add +29.4% | 0.12% | +0.03 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 6.926 09/01/25) | UNIT 09/01/2025 | Add +1.1% | 16,965 | $660K |
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 |