Essex Financial Services, Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed April 25, 2025), Essex Financial Services, Inc. reported 630 stock positions worth $1.4 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 5.2% of the portfolio, followed by Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ, 3.3%) and Microsoft (MSFT, 2.8%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 33 new positions, sold out of 31, added to 263 and reduced 293. The biggest buy was SPDR Gold Shares (GLD, shares +1%) and the biggest sale Apple (AAPL, shares −2%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- ESSEX, CT
- CIK
- 0001315785
- Portfolio Value
- $1.4B (Q1 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001951757-25-000454 ↗ filed Apr 25, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 630 stocks · $1.4B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 5.18% | 323,376 | $71.8M | Reduce -2.3% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 3.27% | 96,786 | $45.4M | Add +0.3% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.81% | 103,895 | $39.0M | Reduce -1.9% |
| VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF | 2.18% | 90,471 | $30.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.88% | 90,588 | $26.1M | Add +1.4% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.83% | 45,439 | $25.4M | Add +1.3% |
| CODI Compass Diversified Holdings | 1.75% | 1,299,790 | $24.3M | Reduce -0.4% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.61% | 117,341 | $22.3M | Reduce -1.9% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.60% | 39,591 | $22.2M | Add +2.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.51% | 193,769 | $21.0M | Reduce -2.0% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.49% | 25,088 | $20.7M | Reduce -3.6% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 1.48% | 159,188 | $20.5M | Reduce -1.3% |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 1.46% | 15,294 | $20.3M | Reduce -1.6% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.34% | 34,832 | $18.6M | Reduce -0.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.22% | 109,190 | $16.9M | Reduce -2.0% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.17% | 66,238 | $16.2M | Reduce -2.9% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.16% | 131,410 | $16.0M | Reduce -3.1% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 1.10% | 151,571 | $15.3M | Add +2.8% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.09% | 127,321 | $15.1M | Reduce -4.1% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 1.07% | 85,556 | $14.8M | Add +6.1% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 1.01% | 81,222 | $14.0M | Add +3.4% |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | 0.95% | 129,555 | $13.2M | Reduce -1.6% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.81% | 57,675 | $11.2M | Reduce -9.7% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.79% | 64,320 | $11.0M | Reduce -1.9% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.73% | 76,828 | $10.2M | Add +0.3% |
| PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv | 0.72% | 381,578 | $10.1M | Add +66.6% |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 0.72% | 417,746 | $10.1M | Add +0.5% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.70% | 58,921 | $9.8M | Reduce -1.9% |
| JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income | 0.68% | 185,261 | $9.4M | Add +16.7% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.67% | 151,277 | $9.3M | Add +3.9% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.66% | 33,085 | $9.1M | Add +0.0% |
| CGUS Cap Group Core Equity filed as CAPITAL GROUP CORE EQUITY ET | 0.64% | 267,474 | $8.9M | Add +12.8% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.64% | 15,292 | $8.8M | Reduce -10.7% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.61% | 50,333 | $8.4M | Add +0.5% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.60% | 23,824 | $8.3M | Reduce -7.3% |
| PRF Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | 0.59% | 204,258 | $8.3M | Add +4.1% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.57% | 37,729 | $7.9M | Reduce -2.5% |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE | 0.56% | 219,823 | $7.8M | Add +13.9% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.56% | 30,000 | $7.8M | Reduce -9.1% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.56% | 49,723 | $7.8M | Reduce -6.2% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.54% | 30,141 | $7.5M | Reduce -11.8% |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | 0.52% | 108,167 | $7.2M | Add +6.8% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.51% | 19,116 | $7.1M | Add +11.1% |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | 0.50% | 74,658 | $7.0M | Add +3.5% |
| JBND JPMorgan Active Bond ETF | 0.49% | 128,322 | $6.9M | Add +13.3% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.48% | 93,462 | $6.7M | Add +1.9% |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | 0.48% | 75,876 | $6.7M | Reduce -5.5% |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | 0.46% | 8 | $6.4M | Reduce -11.1% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.46% | 24,440 | $6.3M | Reduce -0.6% |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | 0.44% | 82,559 | $6.2M | Reduce -4.2% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.44% | 11,725 | $6.1M | Reduce -6.7% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.44% | 105,085 | $6.1M | Reduce -1.3% |
| RECS Columbia Resear Enh Cor ETF | 0.42% | 174,080 | $5.8M | Add +29.1% |
| BLFY Blue Foundry Bancorp | 0.41% | 623,825 | $5.7M | Reduce -4.7% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.41% | 99,167 | $5.7M | Reduce -2.6% |
| SDY SS SPDR S&P Dividend ETF | 0.41% | 41,656 | $5.7M | Reduce -0.4% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 0.39% | 64,201 | $5.5M | Add +0.7% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.39% | 26,910 | $5.4M | Add +1.5% |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.38% | 24,016 | $5.3M | Add +12.2% |
| ROP Roper Technologies Inc. | 0.38% | 8,964 | $5.3M | Reduce -1.3% |
| STXF Strive 500 ETF | 0.36% | 140,449 | $5.1M | Add +2.9% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.36% | 199,286 | $5.0M | Reduce -13.5% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.36% | 9,604 | $4.9M | Add +9.3% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 0.36% | 108,019 | $4.9M | Reduce -3.0% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.35% | 117,599 | $4.9M | Reduce -10.3% |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.34% | 9,608 | $4.8M | Reduce -2.7% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.34% | 31,490 | $4.7M | Reduce -0.7% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.34% | 75,990 | $4.7M | Add +0.1% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.34% | 12,760 | $4.7M | Reduce -7.5% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.32% | 36,295 | $4.4M | Reduce -0.1% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.32% | 12,226 | $4.4M | Add +16.0% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.31% | 82,969 | $4.3M | Add +9.4% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.31% | 48,279 | $4.2M | Reduce -6.9% |
| LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration | 0.30% | 43,755 | $4.2M | Add +30.3% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.30% | 4,422 | $4.2M | Reduce -3.5% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.30% | 26,304 | $4.2M | Reduce -7.2% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.30% | 13,233 | $4.1M | Reduce -1.4% |
| TCAF T Rowe PRC Cap Appreciation | 0.30% | 127,269 | $4.1M | Add +38.0% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.30% | 12,435 | $4.1M | Reduce -5.9% |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.29% | 14,811 | $4.0M | Reduce -3.9% |
| FBCG Fidelity Blue Chip Grow ETF | 0.28% | 97,436 | $3.9M | Add +24.0% |
| REGL Prshrs S&P Mid 400 DVD Arist | 0.28% | 47,750 | $3.9M | Reduce -1.7% |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth | 0.28% | 30,275 | $3.8M | Add +1.9% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.27% | 83,826 | $3.8M | Reduce -1.3% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 0.27% | 76,105 | $3.8M | Add +17.7% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.27% | 73,989 | $3.8M | Add +1.2% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.27% | 26,883 | $3.8M | Reduce -2.4% |
| SO The Southern Co. | 0.26% | 39,854 | $3.7M | Reduce -5.5% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.26% | 7,550 | $3.5M | Reduce -2.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.25% | 38,506 | $3.5M | Reduce -4.9% |
| FTCS First Trust Capital Strength | 0.24% | 36,678 | $3.3M | Reduce -5.6% |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 0.23% | 53,376 | $3.3M | Add +5.9% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.23% | 17,253 | $3.2M | Add +2.0% |
| VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U | 0.23% | 17,328 | $3.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.23% | 24,225 | $3.2M | Reduce -0.9% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.23% | 51,916 | $3.2M | Add +12.0% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.23% | 30,561 | $3.2M | Reduce -6.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.23% | 19,048 | $3.2M | Reduce -8.0% |
| QUS SS SPDR MSCI U Stratfact ETF | 0.23% | 20,053 | $3.1M | Add +7.1% |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | 0.23% | 44,270 | $3.1M | Add +0.6% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $833K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 6.926 09/01/25) | UNIT 09/01/2025 | 20,490 | $833K | Reduce -2.8% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.4B.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Reduce -2.3% | 5.18% | −0.68 |
| CODI Compass Diversified Holdings | Reduce -0.4% | 1.75% | −0.38 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Reduce -9.1% | 0.56% | −0.38 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Reduce -2.0% | 1.51% | −0.36 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -1.9% | 2.81% | −0.34 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce -2.0% | 1.22% | −0.27 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -1.9% | 1.61% | −0.25 |
| VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF | Reduce -0.1% | 2.18% | −0.16 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -6.2% | 0.56% | −0.15 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Reduce -8.0% | 0.23% | −0.11 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Reduce -32.9% | 0.11% | −0.09 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -9.7% | 0.81% | −0.08 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Reduce -3.1% | 1.16% | −0.08 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Reduce -10.7% | 0.64% | −0.07 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -13.5% | 0.36% | −0.07 |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | Reduce -26.5% | 0.22% | −0.07 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Reduce -2.4% | 0.27% | −0.07 |
| GBIL Goldman Sachs Access Treasur | Reduce -61.4% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Reduce -10.3% | 0.35% | −0.05 |
| AMX America Movil Sab DE CV | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| NNN NNN REIT Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Reduce -22.5% | 0.22% | −0.05 |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | Reduce -54.3% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | Reduce -5.5% | 0.48% | −0.05 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Reduce -5.9% | 0.30% | −0.04 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Reduce -2.1% | 0.22% | −0.04 |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | Reduce -6.2% | 0.13% | −0.04 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -7.5% | 0.34% | −0.04 |
| BLFY Blue Foundry Bancorp | Reduce -4.7% | 0.41% | −0.04 |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Reduce -38.0% | 0.04% | −0.04 |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | Reduce -47.7% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Reduce -15.6% | 0.10% | −0.04 |
| DFLV Dim US Large Cap Value ETF | Reduce -21.5% | 0.16% | −0.04 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -4.9% | 0.25% | −0.04 |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | Reduce -6.3% | 0.23% | −0.04 |
| DXCM Dexcom Inc. | Reduce -59.5% | 0.02% | −0.03 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Reduce -8.0% | 0.20% | −0.03 |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | Reduce -43.0% | 0.04% | −0.03 |
| IONQ Ionq Inc. | Reduce -22.0% | 0.02% | −0.03 |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | Reduce -7.9% | 0.19% | −0.03 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -3.8% | 0.20% | −0.03 |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | Reduce -1.3% | 0.44% | −0.03 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -6.9% | 0.31% | −0.03 |
| COP Conocophillips | Reduce -24.6% | 0.11% | −0.02 |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | Reduce -19.6% | 0.18% | −0.02 |
| CET Central Securities Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| DD Dupont DE Nemours Inc. | Reduce -40.1% | 0.03% | −0.02 |
| ARKQ ARK Autonomous Tech & Robot | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Add +1.4% | 1.88% | +0.35 |
| PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv | Add +66.6% | 0.72% | +0.30 |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | Add +0.5% | 0.72% | +0.13 |
| JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income | Add +16.7% | 0.68% | +0.11 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Add +0.3% | 0.73% | +0.11 |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | Add +123.7% | 0.17% | +0.10 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +0.5% | 0.61% | +0.09 |
| RECS Columbia Resear Enh Cor ETF | Add +29.1% | 0.42% | +0.09 |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value | Add +13.9% | 0.56% | +0.08 |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | Add +0.9% | 0.22% | +0.08 |
| TCAF T Rowe PRC Cap Appreciation | Add +38.0% | 0.30% | +0.08 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Add +1.9% | 0.48% | +0.08 |
| LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration | Add +30.3% | 0.30% | +0.08 |
| JBND JPMorgan Active Bond ETF | Add +13.3% | 0.49% | +0.08 |
| GE General Electric | Add +1.5% | 0.39% | +0.08 |
| JMST JPM Ultra-Short Muni Income | Add +173.1% | 0.11% | +0.07 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Add +3.4% | 1.01% | +0.07 |
| HIMU iShares High Yild Muni A ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +6.1% | 1.07% | +0.07 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Add +89.3% | 0.12% | +0.06 |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | Add +12.0% | 0.23% | +0.06 |
| CGGR Cap Group Growth Equity | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| PAAA Pgim Aaa Clo ETF | Add +51.3% | 0.17% | +0.06 |
| CGUS Cap Group Core Equity | Add +12.8% | 0.64% | +0.06 |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | Add +2.8% | 1.10% | +0.05 |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | Add +9.4% | 0.31% | +0.05 |
| TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt | Add +280.9% | 0.07% | +0.05 |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | Add +3.5% | 0.50% | +0.05 |
| JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| PAGP Plains GP Holdings LP | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| ENB Enbridge Inc. | Add +285.0% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | Add +17.7% | 0.27% | +0.04 |
| CI The Cigna Group | Add +2.0% | 0.22% | +0.04 |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | Add +3.9% | 0.67% | +0.04 |
| VYMI Vanguard Int High DVD YLD Inc. | Add +22.7% | 0.16% | +0.04 |
| VSDM Vanguard Short Tax-Ex Bond | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| TMSL T.rowe PRC Small-Mid Cap ETF | Add +56.1% | 0.11% | +0.04 |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | Add +6.8% | 0.52% | +0.04 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Add +0.8% | 0.10% | +0.04 |
| TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi | Add +115.8% | 0.06% | +0.04 |
| NUKZ Range Nuclear Renaissance | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| PRF Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | Add +4.1% | 0.59% | +0.04 |
| CSHI Neos Enhanced Income 1-3 Mon | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| CGBL Cap Group Core Balanced | Add +35.7% | 0.13% | +0.03 |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | Add +7.5% | 0.17% | +0.03 |
| LB Landbridge Co. LLC-A | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Add +5.9% | 0.23% | +0.03 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Add +27.2% | 0.10% | +0.03 |
| BILS SS Spdrb B 3-12M T-Bill ETF | Add +24.3% | 0.14% | +0.03 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 6.926 09/01/25) | UNIT 09/01/2025 | Reduce -2.8% | 20,490 | $833K |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | Sold out | 165 | $201Kbefore exit |
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 |