Essex Financial Services, Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed April 24, 2026), Essex Financial Services, Inc. reported 793 stock positions worth $1.8 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 4.6% of the portfolio, followed by Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ, 3.2%) and Microsoft (MSFT, 2.2%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 57 new positions, sold out of 47, added to 365 and reduced 312. The biggest buy was Texas Pacific Land (TPL, shares +5%) and the biggest sale Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ, shares −0%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- ESSEX, CT
- CIK
- 0001315785
- Portfolio Value
- $1.8B (Q1 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001951757-26-000732 ↗ filed Apr 24, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 793 stocks · $1.8B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.61% | 323,679 | $82.1M | Add +0.5% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 3.21% | 99,109 | $57.2M | Reduce -0.0% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.19% | 105,311 | $39.0M | Add +1.1% |
| VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF | 2.05% | 89,557 | $36.5M | Reduce -0.5% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.92% | 79,590 | $34.2M | Reduce -3.0% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.81% | 184,682 | $32.2M | Add +1.1% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.80% | 111,778 | $32.1M | Reduce -0.7% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.73% | 47,270 | $30.7M | Reduce -1.4% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.44% | 39,413 | $25.7M | Add +0.8% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 1.43% | 171,583 | $25.4M | Add +0.6% |
| PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv | 1.40% | 950,289 | $24.9M | Add +17.1% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.31% | 137,784 | $23.4M | Add +0.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.31% | 112,006 | $23.3M | Add +2.3% |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 1.27% | 47,828 | $22.7M | Add +5.1% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.20% | 23,226 | $21.4M | Add +0.0% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.06% | 132,253 | $18.8M | Reduce -0.4% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.06% | 63,938 | $18.8M | Reduce -0.9% |
| JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income | 1.02% | 358,690 | $18.2M | Add +15.8% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.95% | 85,973 | $16.9M | Add +1.3% |
| RECS Columbia Resear Enh Cor ETF | 0.92% | 422,201 | $16.5M | Add +18.2% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.90% | 83,320 | $16.0M | Add +0.2% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.89% | 33,105 | $15.9M | Reduce -1.4% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.84% | 61,148 | $14.9M | Reduce -1.0% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.83% | 51,417 | $14.7M | Reduce -1.2% |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 0.81% | 405,027 | $14.4M | Add +0.7% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.79% | 73,108 | $14.1M | Add +0.1% |
| PRF Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | 0.74% | 275,840 | $13.1M | Add +7.8% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 0.73% | 129,475 | $13.0M | Reduce -0.3% |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | 0.68% | 114,202 | $12.1M | Add +1.3% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.66% | 54,364 | $11.7M | Reduce -0.8% |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE | 0.64% | 269,190 | $11.5M | Add +4.1% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.64% | 35,289 | $11.3M | Add +2.0% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.58% | 27,856 | $10.4M | Reduce -0.3% |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | 0.58% | 137,149 | $10.3M | Add +3.7% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.57% | 144,330 | $10.1M | Reduce -4.6% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.56% | 155,203 | $9.9M | Add +14.2% |
| CODI Compass Diversified Holdings | 0.55% | 1,249,530 | $9.8M | Reduce -0.4% |
| CGUS Cap Group Core Equity filed as CAPITAL GROUP CORE EQUITY ET | 0.55% | 255,383 | $9.8M | Add +1.7% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.54% | 22,207 | $9.7M | Add +0.2% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.54% | 46,860 | $9.7M | Add +1.0% |
| JBND JPMorgan Active Bond ETF | 0.51% | 170,383 | $9.2M | Add +7.6% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.51% | 15,965 | $9.1M | Add +3.8% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.51% | 12,727 | $9.0M | Reduce -0.5% |
| BILZ PIMCO Ultra SHRT Govt Active | 0.50% | 87,980 | $8.9M | Add +8.1% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.48% | 59,637 | $8.6M | Reduce -2.1% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.46% | 28,462 | $8.2M | Reduce -0.6% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.46% | 33,663 | $8.2M | Add +0.4% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.46% | 37,512 | $8.2M | Add +0.1% |
| TCAF T Rowe PRC Cap Appreciation | 0.45% | 225,188 | $8.0M | Add +3.6% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.45% | 28,143 | $8.0M | Add +0.7% |
| CGBL Cap Group Core Balanced filed as CAPITAL GROUP CORE BALANCED | 0.42% | 217,276 | $7.5M | Add +32.8% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.42% | 24,693 | $7.5M | Reduce -1.8% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.40% | 11,866 | $7.1M | Add +4.4% |
| VYMI Vanguard Int High DVD YLD Inc. | 0.40% | 75,034 | $7.1M | Add +76.7% |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | 0.40% | 76,155 | $7.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.40% | 26,921 | $7.1M | Add +6.6% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.39% | 92,077 | $7.0M | Reduce -0.9% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.37% | 53,551 | $6.7M | Reduce -0.7% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 0.37% | 141,768 | $6.6M | Add +22.2% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.37% | 97,043 | $6.6M | Reduce -0.0% |
| JCPB JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | 0.37% | 138,856 | $6.5M | Add +74.1% |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | 0.36% | 9 | $6.5M | No change |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | 0.36% | 7,259 | $6.3M | Add +4.5% |
| STXF Strive 500 ETF | 0.35% | 148,534 | $6.2M | Reduce -2.4% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.35% | 66,839 | $6.2M | Reduce -2.3% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.35% | 38,792 | $6.2M | Add +2.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.34% | 19,465 | $6.0M | Add +1.7% |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | 0.33% | 81,190 | $5.9M | Add +2.5% |
| SDY SS SPDR S&P Dividend ETF | 0.33% | 39,922 | $5.8M | Reduce -0.7% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 0.32% | 59,494 | $5.8M | Reduce -3.6% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.32% | 117,611 | $5.7M | Reduce -1.1% |
| PMBS PIMCO MBS Active ETF | 0.31% | 110,218 | $5.5M | Add +39.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.30% | 44,173 | $5.3M | Add +1.1% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.29% | 67,513 | $5.2M | Reduce -1.8% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.29% | 12,247 | $5.2M | Reduce -1.2% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.29% | 184,375 | $5.2M | Add +0.7% |
| LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration | 0.29% | 53,040 | $5.1M | Add +8.0% |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.27% | 14,234 | $4.9M | Reduce -0.4% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.27% | 29,509 | $4.9M | Reduce -2.3% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.27% | 86,025 | $4.9M | Add +12.7% |
| JMST JPM Ultra-Short Muni Income filed as J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F | 0.27% | 95,234 | $4.9M | Add +1.3% |
| INFL Horizon Kinetics Infl Benef | 0.27% | 92,231 | $4.8M | Add +332.1% |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth | 0.27% | 30,555 | $4.7M | Add +1.1% |
| RWL Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF | 0.27% | 41,191 | $4.7M | Add +7.8% |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS filed as ASML HLDG NV | 0.27% | 3,579 | $4.7M | Reduce -2.3% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.26% | 4,658 | $4.6M | Add +4.7% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 0.26% | 83,323 | $4.6M | Add +0.2% |
| CGGR Cap Group Growth Equity | 0.25% | 112,428 | $4.5M | Add +8.2% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.25% | 13,512 | $4.4M | Add +0.6% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.24% | 7,738 | $4.4M | Reduce -4.2% |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | 0.24% | 7,170 | $4.3M | Add +0.8% |
| TMSL T.rowe PRC Small-Mid Cap ETF | 0.24% | 118,162 | $4.3M | Add +11.9% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 0.24% | 94,253 | $4.3M | Reduce -8.4% |
| PAAA Pgim Aaa Clo ETF | 0.24% | 83,933 | $4.3M | Reduce -3.8% |
| BLFY Blue Foundry Bancorp | 0.24% | 321,281 | $4.3M | Reduce -1.5% |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | 0.23% | 43,638 | $4.1M | Add +3.4% |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.23% | 8,228 | $4.0M | Add +4.9% |
| FEOE First Eagle Overseas Eq ETF | 0.22% | 79,105 | $4.0M | Add +70.4% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.22% | 25,262 | $3.9M | Reduce -1.3% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.22% | 4,623 | $3.9M | Add +0.9% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $625K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | 10,970 | $625K | Reduce -4.6% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.8B.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Reduce -0.0% | 3.21% | −0.26 |
| VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF | Reduce -0.5% | 2.05% | −0.23 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce -0.7% | 1.80% | −0.20 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Reduce -1.4% | 1.73% | −0.14 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.58% | −0.13 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Reduce -0.9% | 1.06% | −0.13 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -1.2% | 0.83% | −0.10 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Reduce -1.8% | 0.42% | −0.08 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Reduce -6.3% | 0.18% | −0.08 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -1.4% | 0.89% | −0.07 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Reduce -0.4% | 1.06% | −0.07 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.17% | −0.06 |
| ROP Roper Technologies Inc. | Reduce -1.9% | 0.17% | −0.05 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.32% | −0.05 |
| CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| CIBR First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecu | Reduce -28.4% | 0.07% | −0.04 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | Reduce -1.2% | 0.29% | −0.04 |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -2.9% | 0.14% | −0.04 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -28.4% | 0.11% | −0.04 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Reduce -37.9% | 0.03% | −0.04 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Reduce -5.8% | 0.12% | −0.04 |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | Reduce -2.6% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| STXF Strive 500 ETF | Reduce -2.4% | 0.35% | −0.03 |
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Reduce -61.3% | 0.03% | −0.03 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Reduce -4.7% | 0.07% | −0.03 |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | Reduce -4.6% | 0.57% | −0.03 |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -0.8% | 0.66% | −0.03 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -2.6% | 0.12% | −0.03 |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | Reduce -8.4% | 0.24% | −0.03 |
| PINK Simplify Health Care ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Reduce -4.0% | 0.05% | −0.03 |
| FUTY Fidelity MSCI US Utilities | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | Reduce -0.2% | 0.13% | −0.03 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | Reduce -3.4% | 0.18% | −0.02 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Reduce -14.2% | 0.03% | −0.02 |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | Reduce -22.7% | 0.06% | −0.02 |
| VTEI Vanguard Int Tax-Exempt Bond | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | Reduce -5.3% | 0.09% | −0.02 |
| TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corp. | Reduce -6.7% | 0.10% | −0.02 |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | Reduce -19.0% | 0.09% | −0.02 |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | Reduce -2.1% | 0.17% | −0.02 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| COF Capital One Financial Corp. | Reduce -7.8% | 0.04% | −0.02 |
| PPL PPL Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| WMB Williams Cos Inc. | Reduce -51.4% | 0.03% | −0.02 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Reduce -1.6% | 0.11% | −0.02 |
| GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | Add +5.1% | 1.27% | +0.53 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +0.2% | 1.31% | +0.37 |
| INFL Horizon Kinetics Infl Benef | Add +332.1% | 0.27% | +0.22 |
| VYMI Vanguard Int High DVD YLD Inc. | Add +76.7% | 0.40% | +0.18 |
| PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv | Add +17.1% | 1.40% | +0.16 |
| JCPB JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | Add +74.1% | 0.37% | +0.15 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +1.0% | 0.54% | +0.14 |
| JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income | Add +15.8% | 1.02% | +0.13 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Add +4.5% | 0.36% | +0.10 |
| FEOE First Eagle Overseas Eq ETF | Add +70.4% | 0.22% | +0.10 |
| RECS Columbia Resear Enh Cor ETF | Add +18.2% | 0.92% | +0.09 |
| CGBL Cap Group Core Balanced | Add +32.8% | 0.42% | +0.09 |
| PMBS PIMCO MBS Active ETF | Add +39.0% | 0.31% | +0.08 |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | Add +14.2% | 0.56% | +0.07 |
| TBUX T Rowe Price Ultra Short-Ter | Add +65.8% | 0.19% | +0.07 |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | Add +22.2% | 0.37% | +0.07 |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | Add +35.6% | 0.18% | +0.06 |
| HEFT Hedgeye Fourth Turning ETF | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| PRF Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | Add +7.8% | 0.74% | +0.05 |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | Add +0.7% | 0.81% | +0.05 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Add +0.8% | 0.24% | +0.05 |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | Add +40.7% | 0.13% | +0.05 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Add +4.7% | 0.26% | +0.04 |
| FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| CLX Clorox Company | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Add +1.0% | 0.20% | +0.04 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Add +1.1% | 0.30% | +0.04 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Add +3.4% | 0.23% | +0.03 |
| FLDR Fidelity Low Durat Fact ETF | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | Add +0.6% | 1.43% | +0.03 |
| BILZ PIMCO Ultra SHRT Govt Active | Add +8.1% | 0.50% | +0.03 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Add +0.7% | 0.29% | +0.03 |
| NFLT Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector | Add +31.6% | 0.14% | +0.03 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Add +0.1% | 0.79% | +0.03 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +10.0% | 0.17% | +0.03 |
| TMSL T.rowe PRC Small-Mid Cap ETF | Add +11.9% | 0.24% | +0.03 |
| JBND JPMorgan Active Bond ETF | Add +7.6% | 0.51% | +0.03 |
| GQGU GQG US Equity ETF | Add +21.3% | 0.11% | +0.03 |
| CGMM Cap Group Small and Mid Cap | Add +16.5% | 0.18% | +0.03 |
| LB Landbridge Co. LLC-A | Add +6.6% | 0.08% | +0.03 |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | Add +12.7% | 0.27% | +0.03 |
| VCRB Vanguard Core Bond ETF | Add +61.4% | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| WPC WP Carey Inc. | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | Add +85.4% | 0.05% | +0.03 |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | Add +6.6% | 0.40% | +0.02 |
| VV Vngrd Mrgstr LRG-Cap ETF-Usd | Add +51.3% | 0.08% | +0.02 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Add +1.3% | 0.95% | +0.02 |
| TAN Invesco Solar ETF | New | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| WELL Welltower Inc. | Add +51.9% | 0.06% | +0.02 |
| BBY Best Buy Co. Inc. | Add +205.9% | 0.04% | +0.02 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | Reduce -4.6% | 10,970 | $625K |
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 |