Ground Swell Capital, LLC
In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed May 13, 2025), Ground Swell Capital, LLC reported 149 stock positions worth $42.5 million. Its top holding was iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD (TLT) at 3.9% of the portfolio, followed by Microchip Technology (MCHP, 3.8%) and Coinbase Global Class A (COIN, 3.3%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 136 new positions, sold out of 127, added to 5 and reduced 8. The biggest buy was a new position in Microchip Technology (MCHP) and the biggest sale iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD (TLT, shares −82%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- FOLLY BEACH, SC
- CIK
- 0001534450
- Portfolio Value
- $42.5M (Q1 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001420506-25-000998 ↗ filed May 13, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 149 stocks · $42.5M
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | 3.88% | 18,136 | $1.7M | Reduce -82.4% |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | 3.76% | 33,030 | $1.6M | New |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | 3.28% | 8,089 | $1.4M | Add +556.0% |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | 3.13% | 7,001 | $1.3M | New |
| KOKU Xtrackers MSCI Kokusai Eqty | 2.66% | 11,462 | $1.1M | Add +23.5% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 2.37% | 5,605 | $1.0M | New |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 1.98% | 5,807 | $843K | New |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 1.90% | 5,889 | $806K | New |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 1.67% | 13,907 | $710K | New |
| IWN iShares Russell 2000 Value E | 1.62% | 4,560 | $688K | Reduce -61.5% |
| TCOM Trip.com Group Ltd.-ADR | 1.61% | 10,802 | $687K | New |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.46% | 5,736 | $622K | Add +2.5% |
| VBK Van Morst SML-Cap Gro-Usd Inc. | 1.40% | 2,373 | $597K | New |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 1.40% | 12,741 | $596K | New |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 1.39% | 26,005 | $591K | New |
| IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va | 1.20% | 5,257 | $512K | New |
| ON On Semiconductor | 1.18% | 12,311 | $501K | New |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 1.15% | 9,595 | $488K | New |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | 1.14% | 1,906 | $484K | New |
| IOO iShares Global 100 ETF | 1.14% | 5,030 | $484K | New |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 1.10% | 4,557 | $468K | New |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | 1.09% | 4,001 | $463K | New |
| COO The Cooper Cos Inc. | 1.06% | 5,339 | $450K | New |
| ENPH Enphase Energy Inc. | 1.04% | 7,118 | $442K | New |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | 1.03% | 225 | $439K | New |
| CORP PIMCO Inv Grade Corp. BD ETF | 1.01% | 4,458 | $431K | New |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.99% | 769 | $422K | New |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | 0.95% | 4,170 | $406K | New |
| XYZ Block Inc. | 0.94% | 7,343 | $399K | New |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.93% | 3,829 | $394K | New |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | 0.92% | 5,779 | $392K | New |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | 0.90% | 2,403 | $384K | New |
| GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B | 0.88% | 390 | $375K | New |
| MKTX Marketaxess Holdings Inc. | 0.85% | 1,673 | $362K | New |
| FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. | 0.85% | 1,122 | $362K | New |
| KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc. | 0.85% | 2,410 | $361K | New |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | 0.85% | 544 | $360K | New |
| AZO AutoZone Inc. | 0.82% | 91 | $347K | New |
| SMLF iShares US Smallcap Equity F | 0.80% | 5,506 | $342K | New |
| DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. | 0.80% | 2,010 | $340K | New |
| XSW SS SPDR S&P Soft & Serv ETF | 0.80% | 2,115 | $338K | New |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.79% | 778 | $338K | New |
| ENTG Entegris Inc. | 0.78% | 3,773 | $330K | New |
| DOCU Docusign Inc. | 0.76% | 3,972 | $323K | New |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.76% | 603 | $321K | New |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. filed as MICROSTRATEGY INC | 0.74% | 1,091 | $315K | New |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.73% | 744 | $312K | New |
| ZION Zions Bancorp NA | 0.73% | 6,252 | $312K | New |
| HES Hess Corp. | 0.71% | 1,891 | $302K | New |
| AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. | 0.71% | 2,040 | $301K | New |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | 0.70% | 1,865 | $299K | New |
| QFIN Qfin Holdings Inc.-ADR filed as QIFU TECHNOLOGY INC | 0.69% | 6,509 | $292K | New |
| DOW Dow Inc. | 0.69% | 8,369 | $292K | New |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | 0.68% | 8,764 | $290K | New |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.68% | 2,764 | $289K | New |
| VAW Vanguard Materials ETF | 0.68% | 1,528 | $289K | New |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.67% | 545 | $285K | Reduce -11.2% |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | 0.66% | 3,746 | $280K | New |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.65% | 1,251 | $277K | New |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 0.64% | 4,437 | $273K | New |
| JPIE JPMorgan Income ETF | 0.64% | 5,929 | $273K | New |
| ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. | 0.64% | 2,393 | $271K | New |
| GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR | 0.64% | 6,978 | $270K | New |
| WWD Woodward Inc. | 0.62% | 1,439 | $263K | New |
| PDD PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.61% | 2,191 | $259K | Reduce -20.7% |
| LTH Life Time Group Holdings Inc. | 0.61% | 8,539 | $258K | New |
| BG Bunge Global SA | 0.61% | 3,373 | $258K | New |
| BWXT BWX Technologies Inc. | 0.61% | 2,612 | $258K | New |
| KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | 0.60% | 7,513 | $257K | New |
| MCO Moody's Corp. | 0.59% | 539 | $251K | New |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | 0.59% | 6,593 | $250K | New |
| QLD Proshares Ultra QQQ | 0.58% | 2,798 | $249K | Reduce -60.3% |
| DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp. | 0.58% | 2,223 | $249K | New |
| SHAK Shake Shack Inc. Class A | 0.58% | 2,819 | $249K | New |
| MGM MGM Resorts International | 0.58% | 8,374 | $248K | New |
| NWE Northwestern Energy Group Inc. | 0.58% | 4,279 | $248K | New |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | 0.58% | 1,707 | $247K | Add +11.4% |
| RSG Republic Services Inc. | 0.58% | 1,010 | $245K | New |
| KD Kyndryl Holdings Inc. | 0.57% | 7,776 | $244K | New |
| P Everpure Inc. Class A filed as PURE STORAGE INC | 0.57% | 5,470 | $242K | New |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.56% | 965 | $237K | New |
| LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. | 0.55% | 1,005 | $234K | New |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | 0.53% | 3,317 | $227K | New |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | 0.53% | 1,045 | $227K | New |
| SPOT Spotify Technology SA | 0.53% | 411 | $226K | New |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | 0.53% | 3,546 | $225K | New |
| LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 0.53% | 5,825 | $225K | New |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co. Inc. | 0.52% | 2,002 | $220K | Reduce -16.6% |
| QRVO Qorvo Inc. | 0.52% | 3,032 | $220K | New |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | 0.51% | 10,368 | $219K | New |
| TECK Teck Resources Ltd.-CLS B | 0.51% | 5,985 | $218K | New |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A | 0.51% | 761 | $215K | New |
| UDR Udr Inc. | 0.50% | 4,735 | $214K | New |
| CUBI Customers Bancorp Inc. | 0.49% | 4,151 | $208K | New |
| FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.49% | 2,580 | $208K | New |
| COR Cencora Inc. | 0.49% | 743 | $207K | New |
| NSP Insperity Inc. | 0.48% | 2,293 | $205K | New |
| APPF Appfolio Inc. Class A | 0.48% | 928 | $204K | New |
| RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Cov Class | 0.48% | 13,438 | $203K | New |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.48% | 1,449 | $203K | New |
Options reported separately and not counted above: TSLA puts ($2.6M).
Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.4M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 7.299 06/01/27) | UNIT 06/01/2027 | 9,678 | $463K | New |
| ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB 7.25 03/01/27) | 7.25% DEP SHS A | 9,778 | $349K | New |
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 6.926 09/01/25) | UNIT 09/01/2025 | 8,132 | $330K | New |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT (APO 6.75 07/31/26) | SER A MAND CNV | 2,931 | $214K | New |
| HYMCW Hycroft Mining Holding | *W EXP 05/29/202 | 112,516 | $304 | Add +4.2% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $43.9M.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | Reduce -82.4% | 3.88% | −15.76 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Sold out | 0.00% | −3.37 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Sold out | 0.00% | −2.86 |
| IWN iShares Russell 2000 Value E | Reduce -61.5% | 1.62% | −2.62 |
| XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod | Sold out | 0.00% | −2.51 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −2.39 |
| OIH Vaneck Oil Services ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −2.30 |
| IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.98 |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.80 |
| ARKK ARK Innovation ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.78 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.64 |
| PFGC Performance Food Group Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.44 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.31 |
| IWV iShares Russell 3000 ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.22 |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.16 |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.14 |
| QLD Proshares Ultra QQQ | Reduce -60.3% | 0.58% | −1.08 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.07 |
| HYS PIMCO 0-5 Year H/Y Corp. Bond | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.00 |
| MAR Marriott International Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.96 |
| SPTS SS SPDR P St Term TSY ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.90 |
| DASH DoorDash Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.88 |
| IONQ Ionq Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.88 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.85 |
| SCHX Schwab US Large-Cap ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.85 |
| NVR NVR Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.78 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.76 |
| IXJ iShares Global Healthcare Et | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.75 |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.72 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.72 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.71 |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.70 |
| XHB SS SPDR S&P Homebldrs ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.69 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.68 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.66 |
| ACHR Archer Aviation Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.66 |
| GDXJ Vaneck Junior Gold Miners | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.66 |
| FCNCA First Citizens Bcshs Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.65 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.64 |
| WYNN WYNN Resorts Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.64 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.64 |
| VMC Vulcan Materials Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.61 |
| WAT Waters Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.61 |
| JEF Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.61 |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.60 |
| AIG American International Group | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.59 |
| GWW WW Grainger Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.59 |
| UNM Unum Group | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.58 |
| CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.58 |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.58 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | New | 3.76% | +3.76 |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | New | 3.13% | +3.13 |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | Add +556.0% | 3.28% | +2.61 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | New | 2.37% | +2.37 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | New | 1.98% | +1.98 |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | New | 1.90% | +1.90 |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | New | 1.67% | +1.67 |
| TCOM Trip.com Group Ltd.-ADR | New | 1.61% | +1.61 |
| VBK Van Morst SML-Cap Gro-Usd Inc. | New | 1.40% | +1.40 |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | New | 1.40% | +1.40 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | New | 1.39% | +1.39 |
| IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va | New | 1.20% | +1.20 |
| ON On Semiconductor | New | 1.18% | +1.18 |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | New | 1.15% | +1.15 |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | New | 1.14% | +1.14 |
| IOO iShares Global 100 ETF | New | 1.14% | +1.14 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | New | 1.10% | +1.10 |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | New | 1.09% | +1.09 |
| COO The Cooper Cos Inc. | New | 1.06% | +1.06 |
| ENPH Enphase Energy Inc. | New | 1.04% | +1.04 |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | New | 1.03% | +1.03 |
| CORP PIMCO Inv Grade Corp. BD ETF | New | 1.01% | +1.01 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | New | 0.99% | +0.99 |
| PCAR Paccar Inc. | New | 0.95% | +0.95 |
| XYZ Block Inc. | New | 0.94% | +0.94 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | New | 0.93% | +0.93 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | New | 0.92% | +0.92 |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | New | 0.90% | +0.90 |
| GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B | New | 0.88% | +0.88 |
| MKTX Marketaxess Holdings Inc. | New | 0.85% | +0.85 |
| FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. | New | 0.85% | +0.85 |
| KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc. | New | 0.85% | +0.85 |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | New | 0.85% | +0.85 |
| AZO AutoZone Inc. | New | 0.82% | +0.82 |
| SMLF iShares US Smallcap Equity F | New | 0.80% | +0.80 |
| DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. | New | 0.80% | +0.80 |
| XSW SS SPDR S&P Soft & Serv ETF | New | 0.80% | +0.80 |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | New | 0.79% | +0.79 |
| ENTG Entegris Inc. | New | 0.78% | +0.78 |
| DOCU Docusign Inc. | New | 0.76% | +0.76 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | New | 0.76% | +0.76 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | New | 0.74% | +0.74 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | New | 0.73% | +0.73 |
| ZION Zions Bancorp NA | New | 0.73% | +0.73 |
| HES Hess Corp. | New | 0.71% | +0.71 |
| AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. | New | 0.71% | +0.71 |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | New | 0.70% | +0.70 |
| QFIN Qfin Holdings Inc.-ADR | New | 0.69% | +0.69 |
| DOW Dow Inc. | New | 0.69% | +0.69 |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | New | 0.68% | +0.68 |
Options Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | call | Sold out | 20,000 | $8.1Mbefore exit |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | call | Sold out | 50,000 | $4.4Mbefore exit |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | put | Sold out | 15,000 | $4.3Mbefore exit |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | call | Sold out | 10,000 | $2.9Mbefore exit |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | put | New | 10,000 | $2.6M |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | put | Sold out | 15,000 | $905Kbefore exit |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 7.299 06/01/27) | UNIT 06/01/2027 | New | 9,678 | $463K |
| ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB 7.25 03/01/27) | 7.25% DEP SHS A | New | 9,778 | $349K |
| NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE 6.926 09/01/25) | UNIT 09/01/2025 | New | 8,132 | $330K |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT (APO 6.75 07/31/26) | SER A MAND CNV | New | 2,931 | $214K |
| MMVXF Multimetaverse Holdings -27 | *W EXP 01/04/202 | Sold out | 145,402 | $4Kbefore exit |
| HYMCW Hycroft Mining Holding | *W EXP 05/29/202 | Add +4.2% | 112,516 | $304 |
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 | 135 | $91.3M | IVV, SPCX, IWM, ASML, CBRS |
| Q1 2026 | 108 | $48.3M | VOO, QQQ, PPH, NVDA, AAPL |
| Q4 2025 | 83 | $48.5M | QQQ, PNFP, NXPI, TLT, TSLA |
| Q3 2025 | 126 | $45.5M | RSP, IWB, EFA, STIP, MSFT |
| Q2 2025 | 137 | $60.6M | SPY, IWM, IWB, KRE, IXJ |
| Q1 2025 | 149 | $42.5M | TLT, MCHP, COIN, NXPI, KOKU |
| Q4 2024 | 140 | $45.9M | TLT, IWN, SPY, ADP, XOP |
| Q3 2024 | 142 | $70.0M | TLT, MSFT, AAPL, SPGI, SBUX |
| Q2 2024 | 168 | $103.4M | IWM, TLT, SPY, COST, ICLR |
| Q1 2024 | 68 | $95.4M | TLT, SPY, IWM, XBI, EDV |