HighTower Advisors, LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed August 5, 2026), HighTower Advisors, LLC reported 3,788 stock positions worth $104.1 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.2% of the portfolio, followed by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, 2.4%) and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV, 2.4%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 256 new positions, sold out of 257, added to 1,451 and reduced 1,904. The biggest buy was iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth (IUSG, shares +215%) and the biggest sale Exxon Mobil (XOM, shares −4%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
CHICAGO, IL
CIK
0001462245
Portfolio Value
$104.1B (Q2 2026)
SEC Filing
0001085146-26-000563 ↗ filed Aug 5, 2026

Holdings Value

0$50.0B$100.0B$150.0B Q1 2024: $61.6B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $64.6B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $67.8B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $73.0B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $73.6B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $79.8B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $88.0B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $91.4B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $94.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $104.1B $104.1B Q2 2026

Holdings 3,788 stocks · $104.1B

AAPL Apple Inc. 3.19% 11,467,783 $3.3B Reduce -2.6%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 2.41% 9,892,767 $2.5B Reduce -5.6%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 2.35% 3,272,035 $2.5B Add +2.7%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 1.94% 2,709,844 $2.0B Reduce -3.3%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.82% 2,758,297 $1.9B Add +4.0%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.79% 5,008,045 $1.9B Reduce -1.0%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.42% 7,407,961 $1.5B Reduce -4.0%
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A 1.40% 1,946 $1.5B Reduce -3.0%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.38% 6,013,605 $1.4B Add +4.7%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.25% 3,643,071 $1.3B Reduce -3.1%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 1.18% 2,457,898 $1.2B Add +1.0%
SN Sharkninja Inc. 0.93% 6,335,917 $964.8M Reduce -4.4%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.91% 6,897,907 $943.1M Reduce -4.0%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.87% 1,230,679 $906.3M Add +3.1%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.83% 2,626,400 $859.7M Reduce -1.4%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 0.81% 2,231,188 $842.8M Reduce -0.9%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.80% 2,250,580 $832.8M Add +0.6%
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui 0.80% 9,627,196 $829.3M Add +1.0%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.80% 11,632,063 $828.8M Reduce -0.5%
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui 0.77% 3,662,549 $798.2M Add +4.0%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.71% 2,104,869 $743.7M Reduce -1.8%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.70% 1,294,473 $729.2M Reduce -6.2%
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth 0.59% 4,976,224 $617.9M Reduce -2.5%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.58% 564,930 $601.6M Reduce -4.6%
SCHF Schwab Intl Equity ETF 0.58% 21,613,963 $598.7M Add +2.0%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.57% 6,144,370 $593.4M Add +7.9%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.54% 2,356,586 $557.6M Add +0.2%
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF 0.52% 7,019,239 $541.3M Reduce -9.3%
SIXH Etc 6 Meridian Hedged Equity filed as EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRU 0.51% 12,408,321 $531.3M Reduce -0.6%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.50% 436,561 $523.6M Reduce -1.0%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.50% 1,409,760 $519.3M Reduce -1.2%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.49% 1,483,966 $509.1M Add +7.3%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.49% 3,756,348 $508.6M Add +1.6%
MU Micron Technology Inc. 0.48% 435,432 $502.6M Reduce -12.2%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.48% 1,967,343 $495.1M Add +18.7%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 0.47% 3,320,768 $492.5M Reduce -5.8%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.46% 2,912,517 $482.8M Reduce -9.6%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.46% 1,716,120 $482.6M Add +27.8%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.46% 4,056,824 $476.5M Reduce -22.9%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.45% 3,679,920 $472.9M Add +1.2%
SIXA Etc 6 Meridian Mega Cap Equi filed as EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRU 0.43% 7,974,243 $446.6M Add +1.6%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 0.42% 3,651,091 $436.4M Add +7.8%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.41% 2,933,193 $430.1M Add +7.0%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.40% 448,285 $419.4M Add +3.1%
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF 0.40% 4,753,004 $417.7M Add +8.8%
PLPC Preformed Line Products Co. 0.40% 1,014,731 $416.6M Add +4.8%
SCHX Schwab US Large-Cap ETF 0.39% 13,950,292 $410.6M Reduce -0.4%
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 0.39% 6,857,688 $409.3M Reduce -5.8%
DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth 0.39% 5,305,798 $402.1M Add +3.0%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.38% 952,455 $400.6M Reduce -1.1%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.38% 1,471,725 $397.8M Add +7.1%
BAC Bank of America Corp. 0.38% 6,935,356 $395.2M Add +5.5%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR 0.37% 808,348 $386.0M Add +0.6%
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock 0.37% 4,485,289 $383.4M Add +22.2%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.34% 824,884 $357.4M Reduce -5.3%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.34% 4,367,572 $351.9M Add +0.5%
UMI Uscf Midstream Energy Income 0.34% 5,965,914 $351.0M Reduce -6.3%
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight 0.34% 1,646,215 $350.3M Add +6.1%
SCHE Schwab Emrg Mrkts Eqty ETF 0.33% 9,474,823 $343.6M Reduce -0.0%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.32% 952,398 $335.9M Add +0.7%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.31% 2,884,602 $326.7M Reduce -2.1%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 0.31% 446,525 $322.8M Reduce -4.0%
RTX RTX Corp. 0.30% 1,666,680 $316.2M Reduce -6.2%
PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv 0.29% 11,494,387 $304.8M Add +6.7%
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U 0.29% 3,617,288 $302.9M Reduce -1.0%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 0.29% 4,112,113 $301.9M Add +1.4%
BX Blackstone Inc. 0.29% 2,542,438 $299.2M Add +6.7%
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging 0.29% 3,591,983 $297.6M Add +12.5%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.29% 1,560,039 $297.2M Reduce -0.9%
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac 0.28% 1,348,338 $295.9M Reduce -0.1%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.28% 816,257 $295.6M Reduce -0.5%
SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.28% 2,463,414 $293.1M Add +1.5%
VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd 0.28% 959,311 $290.8M Add +0.1%
MS Morgan Stanley 0.28% 1,409,310 $289.5M Add +5.8%
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate 0.28% 3,481,108 $287.7M Add +36.8%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.27% 682,746 $283.8M Add +12.0%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.27% 2,021,788 $278.1M Reduce -1.4%
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth 0.26% 1,465,956 $275.7M Add +215.2%
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 0.26% 6,481,407 $274.4M Add +2.3%
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.26% 803,974 $274.2M Reduce -8.3%
AEP American Electric Power 0.26% 1,983,231 $271.3M Add +0.0%
SCHB Schwab US Broad Market ETF 0.26% 9,295,333 $269.2M Add +3.7%
DGRW Wisdomtree U.S. Quality Divi 0.25% 2,717,667 $259.9M Reduce -4.0%
IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E 0.24% 1,041,916 $252.6M Reduce -4.4%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.24% 491,676 $252.5M Reduce -8.0%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.24% 428,637 $249.0M Reduce -4.8%
SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth 0.24% 7,356,889 $249.0M Reduce -14.7%
IAU iShares Gold Trust 0.24% 3,247,846 $245.2M Reduce -1.3%
DFUV Dimensional US Marketwide Va 0.23% 4,432,562 $243.8M Reduce -0.8%
VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth 0.23% 1,865,989 $238.5M Reduce -0.3%
AVDE Avantis International Equity 0.23% 2,673,605 $238.5M Add +1.8%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.23% 2,896,306 $235.4M Reduce -2.3%
DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 0.22% 5,249,890 $232.9M Reduce -3.4%
VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF 0.22% 1,466,544 $231.8M Add +0.8%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 0.22% 2,619,884 $229.9M Add +2.8%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 0.22% 1,021,493 $228.5M Reduce -4.2%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.22% 763,670 $227.6M Reduce -11.9%
SCHM Schwab US Mid Cap ETF 0.22% 6,149,219 $226.7M Reduce -9.7%
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.21% 219,334 $221.8M Reduce -7.7%
SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF 0.21% 4,388,987 $221.2M Add +3.8%

Show all 3,788 holdings

Options reported separately and not counted above: QYLD calls ($2.1M), XYLD calls ($363K), RYLD calls ($39K), DJIA calls ($27K), BCCC calls ($11K), SLJY calls ($3K).

Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $53.6M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term IBONDS DEC2026 · principal 1,276,117$30.9MReduce -2.9%
IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF IBONDS 27 ETF · principal 886,819$21.5MReduce -51.2%
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.3 PERP F) 6.3 CUM PFD SR F 35,104$682KReduce -5.3%
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.375 PERP E) 6.375 PFD SER E 27,624$538KReduce -0.9%

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $104.1B.

Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Reduce -4.0% 0.91% −0.39
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -5.6% 2.41% −0.31
CVX Chevron Corp. Reduce -9.6% 0.46% −0.24
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -1.0% 1.79% −0.19
QGRW Wisdomtree US Quality Growth Reduce -84.8% 0.03% −0.17
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Reduce -1.2% 0.50% −0.15
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -6.2% 0.70% −0.14
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A Reduce -3.0% 1.40% −0.13
MO Altria Group Inc. Reduce -54.6% 0.10% −0.12
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -18.5% 0.14% −0.12
NKE Nike Inc. Class B Reduce -81.1% 0.01% −0.10
MDT Medtronic PLC Reduce -70.3% 0.03% −0.09
WMT Walmart Inc. Reduce -2.1% 0.31% −0.08
IAU iShares Gold Trust Reduce -1.3% 0.24% −0.07
CMI Cummins Inc. Reduce -45.1% 0.13% −0.07
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Reduce -18.3% 0.21% −0.06
RSPH Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Reduce -92.7% 0.01% −0.06
RTX RTX Corp. Reduce -6.2% 0.30% −0.06
UMI Uscf Midstream Energy Income Reduce -6.3% 0.34% −0.06
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco Reduce -25.0% 0.12% −0.06
HON Honeywell International Inc. Reduce -2.3% 0.04% −0.06
QLTA iShares Aaa - A Rated Corpor Reduce -94.5% 0.00% −0.06
CME Cme Group Inc. Reduce -19.8% 0.06% −0.05
FDX FedEx Corp. Reduce -23.6% 0.08% −0.05
TBIL F/M US Treasury 3 Month Bill Reduce -49.9% 0.04% −0.05
SIXH Etc 6 Meridian Hedged Equity Reduce -0.6% 0.51% −0.05
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. Reduce -15.6% 0.11% −0.05
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -12.9% 0.17% −0.05
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -5.5% 0.14% −0.04
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. Reduce -43.5% 0.12% −0.04
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Reduce -4.0% 0.20% −0.04
DHR Danaher Corp. Reduce -48.9% 0.04% −0.04
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A Reduce -8.0% 0.24% −0.04
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Reduce -11.9% 0.09% −0.04
VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips Reduce -16.2% 0.12% −0.04
ZTS Zoetis Inc. Reduce -39.6% 0.02% −0.04
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF Reduce -9.3% 0.52% −0.03
DFCA Dimensional Calfornia MB ETF Reduce -58.7% 0.02% −0.03
T AT&T Inc. Reduce -6.0% 0.05% −0.03
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. Reduce -10.5% 0.07% −0.03
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Reduce -1.3% 0.08% −0.03
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Reduce -27.4% 0.05% −0.03
PXJ Invesco Oil & Gas Services E Sold out 0.00% −0.03
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -4.2% 0.19% −0.03
SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth Reduce -14.7% 0.24% −0.03
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. Reduce -32.4% 0.05% −0.03
AZO AutoZone Inc. Reduce -9.9% 0.09% −0.03
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T Reduce -2.1% 0.19% −0.03
WHR Whirlpool Corp. Reduce -8.3% 0.04% −0.03
JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF Reduce -3.6% 0.18% −0.03

Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth Add +215.2% 0.26% +0.19
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +2.7% 2.35% +0.14
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Add +3.1% 0.87% +0.14
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +4.0% 1.82% +0.14
PLPC Preformed Line Products Co. Add +4.8% 0.40% +0.12
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Add +27.8% 0.46% +0.12
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +4.7% 1.38% +0.11
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF Add +7.8% 0.42% +0.11
KLAC KLA Corp. Add +11.6% 0.20% +0.10
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Add +12.0% 0.27% +0.10
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Add +18.7% 0.48% +0.09
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR Add +0.6% 0.37% +0.08
CI The Cigna Group Add +402.7% 0.09% +0.07
INTC Intel Corp. Add +6.6% 0.11% +0.07
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. Add +99.3% 0.09% +0.07
SPGM State Street SPDR Portfolio Add +3477.5% 0.07% +0.07
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock Add +22.2% 0.37% +0.07
SPCX Space Exploration Techn Class A New 0.07% +0.07
ITW Illinois Tool Works Add +170.4% 0.11% +0.07
QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF Add +33.9% 0.19% +0.07
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui Add +1.0% 0.80% +0.06
LEN Lennar Corp. Class A Add +2463.2% 0.06% +0.06
ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS Add +0.4% 0.21% +0.06
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate Add +36.8% 0.28% +0.05
MS Morgan Stanley Add +5.8% 0.28% +0.05
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Add +12.5% 0.29% +0.05
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF Add +8.8% 0.40% +0.05
V Visa Inc. Class A Add +7.3% 0.49% +0.04
GE General Electric Add +7.8% 0.18% +0.04
BAC Bank of America Corp. Add +5.5% 0.38% +0.04
RSPT Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Add +141.4% 0.06% +0.04
CIBR First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecu Add +33.7% 0.09% +0.04
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Add +0.6% 0.80% +0.04
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF Add +10.9% 0.21% +0.04
IGPT Invesco AI and Next Gen Soft Add +82.7% 0.05% +0.04
SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF Add +23.6% 0.18% +0.03
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui Add +4.0% 0.77% +0.03
ROCY JPMorgan Equity Prem YLD ETF New 0.03% +0.03
DFAI Dimensional International Co. Add +36.9% 0.14% +0.03
NRG NRG Energy Inc. Add +295.4% 0.04% +0.03
PCPI PIMCO Inf Plus Active ETF New 0.03% +0.03
SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +1.5% 0.28% +0.03
BKLC BNY Mellon US LRG Cap Cor Add +3970.4% 0.03% +0.03
PTF Invesco Dorsey Wright Tech Add +3378.8% 0.03% +0.03
JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income Add +50.0% 0.10% +0.03
PWR Quanta Services Inc. Add +11.4% 0.10% +0.02
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF Add +7.9% 0.57% +0.02
GQI Natixis Gateway Quality Inc. Add +3589.4% 0.02% +0.02
ANET Arista Networks Inc. Add +1.6% 0.11% +0.02
AVMC Avantis US Mid Cap Eq ETF Add +242.9% 0.03% +0.02

Options Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call call Reduce -5.5% 11,609,700 $2.1M
XYLD Global X S&P 500 Cove Call E call Add +40.6% 889,300 $363K
RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Cov Class call Reduce -36.7% 241,900 $39K
BCCC Global X Bitcoin CC ETF call New 100,000 $11K
SLVO UBS AG Etracs SL SH Co. C ETN call Sold out 12,000 $11Kbefore exit
SLJY Ampl SJ Ju Siv Min Co. ETF-US call Add +5.9% 10,700 $3K

Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term IBONDS DEC2026 · principal Reduce -2.9% 1,276,117 $30.9M
IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF IBONDS 27 ETF · principal Reduce -51.2% 886,819 $21.5M
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.3 PERP F) 6.3 CUM PFD SR F Reduce -5.3% 35,104 $682K
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.375 PERP E) 6.375 PFD SER E Reduce -0.9% 27,624 $538K

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026Amended 3,788$104.1BAAPL, JNJ, IVV, SPY, VOO
Q1 2026 3,786$94.1BAAPL, JNJ, IVV, MSFT, SPY
Q4 2025 3,635$91.4BAAPL, MSFT, IVV, VOO, BRK.A
Q3 2025 3,626$88.0BAAPL, MSFT, IVV, VOO, NVDA
Q2 2025 3,578$79.8BMSFT, AAPL, IVV, VOO, BRK.A
Q1 2025 3,485$73.6BAAPL, MSFT, BRK.A, IVV, BRK.B
Q4 2024 3,466$73.0BAAPL, MSFT, IVV, BRK.A, AMZN
Q3 2024 3,433$67.8BAAPL, IVV, BRK.A, SPY, VOO
Q2 2024 3,338$64.6BAAPL, MSFT, IVV, BRK.A, AMZN
Q1 2024 3,274$61.6BMSFT, AAPL, BRK.A, IVV, SPY