HighTower Advisors, LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed May 5, 2026), HighTower Advisors, LLC reported 3,786 stock positions worth $94.1 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.2% of the portfolio, followed by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, 2.7%) and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV, 2.2%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 341 new positions, sold out of 190, added to 1,977 and reduced 1,302. The biggest buy was Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, shares +166%) and the biggest sale Berkshire Hathaway Class A (BRK.A, shares −3%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
CHICAGO, IL
CIK
0001462245
Portfolio Value
$94.1B (Q1 2026)
SEC Filing
0001085146-26-000383 ↗ filed May 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 $94.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $104.1B Q2 2026

Holdings 3,786 stocks · $94.1B

AAPL Apple Inc. 3.17% 11,772,399 $3.0B Add +7.0%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 2.72% 10,484,201 $2.6B Add +165.5%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 2.21% 3,184,798 $2.1B Add +18.4%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.99% 5,058,749 $1.9B Add +1.1%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 1.94% 2,802,707 $1.8B Add +39.6%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.68% 2,651,883 $1.6B Add +2.9%
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A 1.53% 2,006 $1.4B Reduce -3.5%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.43% 7,713,149 $1.3B Add +7.0%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.30% 7,188,999 $1.2B Reduce -10.9%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.27% 5,745,966 $1.2B Add +2.3%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 1.24% 2,432,963 $1.2B Reduce -2.8%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.15% 3,759,185 $1.1B Reduce -3.2%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.84% 1,380,422 $789.9M Add +1.2%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.83% 2,662,407 $783.2M Reduce -0.4%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.80% 11,686,674 $748.9M Add +5.4%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.76% 2,237,801 $717.9M Add +2.5%
SN Sharkninja Inc. 0.75% 6,627,185 $701.8M Add +4.7%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 0.74% 2,252,481 $697.2M Add +4.3%
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui 0.74% 1,589,188 $694.3M Add +0.8%
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui 0.73% 3,521,088 $690.8M Add +1.7%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.73% 1,193,756 $689.1M Reduce -0.8%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.71% 3,221,753 $666.6M Add +7.8%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.65% 2,143,650 $614.9M Add +0.8%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.65% 1,426,918 $614.0M Reduce -2.8%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.61% 3,696,273 $574.0M Add +8.0%
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth 0.58% 1,275,960 $544.1M Reduce -0.5%
SIXH Etc 6 Meridian Hedged Equity filed as EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRU 0.56% 12,488,185 $526.4M Add +0.9%
SCHF Schwab Intl Equity ETF 0.56% 21,192,861 $524.5M Add +2.8%
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF 0.55% 7,735,222 $522.4M Reduce -1.9%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.55% 5,692,802 $515.4M Add +4.2%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.54% 2,351,156 $505.7M Reduce -0.3%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 0.47% 3,524,240 $438.1M Add +5.3%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.46% 3,635,404 $437.3M Reduce -4.8%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.46% 434,914 $433.4M Add +3.7%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.45% 1,374,665 $427.3M Add +1.6%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.45% 592,391 $419.7M Reduce -6.4%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.44% 1,383,690 $418.2M Reduce -1.6%
SIXA Etc 6 Meridian Mega Cap Equi filed as EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRU 0.43% 7,849,463 $408.7M Add +4.3%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.43% 5,258,519 $408.0M Reduce -6.8%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.43% 440,797 $405.5M Reduce -9.6%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.42% 2,742,694 $396.2M Add +10.7%
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 0.42% 7,281,199 $393.5M Add +14.6%
UMI Uscf Midstream Energy Income 0.40% 6,367,995 $373.1M Add +10.2%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.39% 2,947,023 $366.3M Add +0.6%
DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth 0.38% 5,148,918 $361.4M Add +2.9%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.38% 1,658,024 $360.6M Add +1.8%
SCHX Schwab US Large-Cap ETF 0.38% 14,005,999 $359.1M Reduce -1.0%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.38% 963,041 $358.0M Add +3.3%
RTX RTX Corp. 0.36% 1,777,434 $342.9M Reduce -8.8%
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF 0.36% 4,367,372 $334.3M Add +2.2%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.35% 1,343,133 $325.6M Reduce -5.4%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.34% 6,574,113 $320.5M Reduce -4.6%
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 0.34% 6,336,673 $318.1M Reduce -5.1%
SCHE Schwab Emrg Mrkts Eqty ETF 0.33% 9,475,403 $312.2M Reduce -1.9%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.33% 1,086,203 $312.0M Add +2.3%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.33% 946,200 $311.2M Add +2.4%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 0.32% 4,053,484 $298.5M Reduce -0.4%
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight 0.32% 1,551,101 $297.7M Add +10.0%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 0.31% 423,182 $295.3M Add +2.2%
IAU iShares Gold Trust 0.31% 3,290,890 $290.1M Reduce -3.0%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.31% 820,320 $288.7M Add +4.3%
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock 0.30% 3,671,074 $283.1M Add +7.1%
PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv 0.30% 10,776,746 $282.4M Add +16.3%
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U 0.29% 3,652,492 $274.3M Reduce -0.8%
BX Blackstone Inc. 0.29% 2,383,661 $274.1M Add +40.8%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR 0.29% 803,761 $271.6M Add +3.0%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.28% 534,332 $267.0M Reduce -0.3%
PLPC Preformed Line Products Co. 0.28% 968,067 $262.1M Add +0.2%
AEP American Electric Power 0.28% 1,982,456 $259.9M Add +0.3%
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac 0.28% 1,349,671 $258.9M Add +3.8%
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 0.27% 3,233,708 $257.4M Reduce -5.1%
SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth 0.27% 8,624,426 $251.2M Add +3.0%
VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd 0.27% 958,835 $251.2M Add +0.8%
DGRW Wisdomtree U.S. Quality Divi 0.26% 2,832,094 $248.8M Reduce -1.3%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.26% 2,555,168 $245.7M Add +45.3%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.25% 393,550 $238.0M Reduce -7.3%
SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.25% 2,427,309 $237.7M Add +2.0%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 0.25% 2,548,903 $236.7M Add +3.5%
IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E 0.25% 1,089,645 $232.8M Reduce -0.9%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.25% 2,050,705 $232.0M Add +0.7%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.24% 1,432,450 $228.8M Reduce -0.0%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.24% 2,963,312 $225.4M Add +1.6%
SCHB Schwab US Broad Market ETF 0.24% 8,967,340 $225.1M Add +3.9%
AVDE Avantis International Equity 0.24% 2,626,851 $222.9M Add +12.6%
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging 0.24% 3,192,744 $222.7M Add +6.4%
DFUV Dimensional US Marketwide Va 0.23% 4,467,375 $216.5M Reduce -1.4%
VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF 0.23% 1,455,190 $215.5M Add +2.5%
MS Morgan Stanley 0.23% 1,331,983 $215.1M Reduce -13.6%
DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 0.22% 5,433,706 $211.2M Reduce -5.3%
SCHM Schwab US Mid Cap ETF 0.22% 6,809,670 $210.8M Reduce -2.0%
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate 0.22% 2,545,297 $210.6M Add +4.3%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.22% 1,574,822 $209.3M Add +3.9%
VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth 0.22% 1,870,728 $205.2M Add +2.5%
MO Altria Group Inc. 0.22% 3,097,642 $204.4M Add +10.1%
DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO 0.22% 2,116,141 $204.0M Reduce -5.4%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.21% 1,450,177 $202.1M Reduce -12.7%
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.21% 237,693 $201.1M Reduce -9.6%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 0.21% 2,013,080 $199.8M Reduce -11.2%
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T 0.21% 3,348,987 $199.4M Add +5.1%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 0.21% 1,066,090 $198.9M Reduce -7.4%

Show all 3,786 holdings

Options reported separately and not counted above: QYLD calls ($2.1M), XYLD calls ($247K), RYLD calls ($57K), DJIA calls ($25K), SLVO calls ($11K), SLJY calls ($3K).

Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $77.1M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF IBONDS 27 ETF · principal 1,815,796$44.0MNew
IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term IBONDS DEC2026 · principal 1,314,746$31.9MNew
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.3 PERP F) 6.3 CUM PFD SR F 37,061$715KAdd +3.3%
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.375 PERP E) 6.375 PFD SER E 27,880$536KAdd +5.3%

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $94.2B.

Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A Reduce -3.5% 1.53% −0.19
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Reduce -3.2% 1.15% −0.18
ORCL Oracle Corp. Reduce -22.4% 0.19% −0.14
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Reduce -9.6% 0.43% −0.14
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Reduce -2.8% 1.24% −0.14
EXAS Exact Sciences Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.14
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Reduce -5.4% 0.35% −0.11
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -0.4% 0.83% −0.11
HYD Vaneck High Yield Muni ETF Reduce -74.4% 0.03% −0.11
V Visa Inc. Class A Reduce -1.6% 0.44% −0.09
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth Reduce -0.5% 0.58% −0.09
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Reduce -0.8% 0.73% −0.08
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. Reduce -6.0% 0.17% −0.08
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Reduce -5.1% 0.27% −0.07
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -4.6% 0.34% −0.07
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -8.4% 0.18% −0.07
MS Morgan Stanley Reduce -13.6% 0.23% −0.07
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -5.4% 0.22% −0.06
VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Reduce -85.8% 0.01% −0.06
CRM Salesforce Inc. Reduce -17.2% 0.07% −0.06
SPGM State Street SPDR Portfolio Reduce -96.6% 0.00% −0.06
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A Reduce -0.3% 0.28% −0.05
IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.05
TER Teradyne Inc. Reduce -79.5% 0.02% −0.04
GEHC GE Healthcare Technology Reduce -78.8% 0.01% −0.04
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -6.8% 0.43% −0.04
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Reduce -9.6% 0.21% −0.04
PNQI Invesco Nasdaq Internet ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.04
EMN Eastman Chemical Co. Reduce -41.0% 0.08% −0.04
IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term Sold out 0.00% −0.04
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -11.2% 0.21% −0.04
SCHX Schwab US Large-Cap ETF Reduce -1.0% 0.38% −0.03
AKRE Akre Focus ETF Reduce -49.5% 0.02% −0.03
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Reduce -20.6% 0.06% −0.03
SLV iShares Silver Trust Reduce -31.7% 0.08% −0.03
MMM 3M Co. Reduce -39.0% 0.04% −0.03
SLYV SS SPDR S&P 600 SC Val ETF Reduce -60.7% 0.02% −0.03
WCBR Wisdomtree Cybersecurity FND Reduce -95.3% 0.00% −0.03
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -43.2% 0.04% −0.03
DFIC Dimensional International Co. Reduce -15.8% 0.16% −0.03
MDT Medtronic PLC Reduce -8.5% 0.12% −0.03
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF Reduce -0.3% 0.54% −0.03
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. Reduce -56.6% 0.01% −0.03
VMI Valmont Industries Reduce -39.8% 0.04% −0.03
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A Reduce -8.0% 0.08% −0.03
AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq Reduce -16.4% 0.16% −0.03
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth Reduce -18.7% 0.08% −0.03
MCO Moody's Corp. Reduce -4.4% 0.11% −0.03
PBW Invesco Wilderhill Clean Ene Reduce -99.2% 0.00% −0.03
MKL Markel Group Inc. Reduce -4.6% 0.13% −0.03

Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

JNJ Johnson & Johnson Add +165.5% 2.72% +1.83
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +39.6% 1.94% +0.44
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +7.8% 0.71% +0.21
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +18.4% 2.21% +0.20
TBIL F/M US Treasury 3 Month Bill Add +2796.7% 0.09% +0.09
UMI Uscf Midstream Energy Income Add +10.2% 0.40% +0.09
NFLX Netflix Inc. Add +45.3% 0.26% +0.08
PEP Pepsico Inc. Add +8.0% 0.61% +0.07
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Add +3.7% 0.46% +0.06
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. Add +206.6% 0.09% +0.06
PLPC Preformed Line Products Co. Add +0.2% 0.28% +0.06
LINE Lineage Inc. Add +213.4% 0.07% +0.05
GIS General Mills Inc. Add +109.5% 0.12% +0.04
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke Add +14.6% 0.42% +0.04
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Add +11.7% 0.13% +0.04
SNPS Synopsys Inc. Add +446.8% 0.05% +0.04
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Add +21.4% 0.21% +0.04
OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. Add +175.4% 0.10% +0.04
MO Altria Group Inc. Add +10.1% 0.22% +0.04
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. Add +1.1% 0.17% +0.04
TGT Target Corp. Add +105.9% 0.06% +0.04
GEV GE Vernova Inc. Add +0.3% 0.16% +0.04
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF Add +5.4% 0.80% +0.04
FDX FedEx Corp. Add +13.9% 0.14% +0.04
EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Add +917.2% 0.04% +0.04
COP Conocophillips Add +9.7% 0.11% +0.04
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Add +3.5% 0.25% +0.04
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. Add +10.7% 0.42% +0.03
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +0.6% 0.39% +0.03
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust Add +18.8% 0.16% +0.03
KLAC KLA Corp. Add +25.9% 0.09% +0.03
PKB Invesco Building & Construct Add +3327.1% 0.03% +0.03
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. Add +76.4% 0.05% +0.03
PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv Add +16.3% 0.30% +0.03
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR Add +3.0% 0.29% +0.03
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Add +15.4% 0.18% +0.03
SIXH Etc 6 Meridian Hedged Equity Add +0.9% 0.56% +0.03
SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF Add +21.3% 0.19% +0.03
AEP American Electric Power Add +0.3% 0.28% +0.03
AVDE Avantis International Equity Add +12.6% 0.24% +0.03
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Add +5.3% 0.47% +0.03
AMGN Amgen Inc. Add +4.3% 0.31% +0.03
PJP Invesco Pharmaceuticals ETF Add +8142.6% 0.02% +0.02
HGER Harbor Commodity All Weather Add +98.1% 0.04% +0.02
VICI Vici Properties Inc. Add +30.4% 0.13% +0.02
JMBS Janus Henderson Mortg Backed Add +7577.0% 0.02% +0.02
SIXA Etc 6 Meridian Mega Cap Equi Add +4.3% 0.43% +0.02
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B Add +77.5% 0.05% +0.02
LIN Linde PLC Add +2.1% 0.17% +0.02
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Add +4.2% 0.18% +0.02

Options Activity Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call call Add +19.8% 12,280,800 $2.1M
XYLD Global X S&P 500 Cove Call E call Add +10.7% 632,300 $247K
RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Cov Class call Add +112.3% 382,100 $57K
DJIA Global X Dow 30 Cov Call ETF call Add +20.0% 120,100 $25K
SLVO UBS AG Etracs SL SH Co. C ETN call Add +5.3% 12,000 $11K
SLJY Ampl SJ Ju Siv Min Co. ETF-US call New 10,100 $3K
SPUT Inno Ep Inc. DLY Putwrite ETF put Sold out 10,000 $3Kbefore 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 2025 → Q1 2026

IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF IBONDS 27 ETF · principal New 1,815,796 $44.0M
IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term IBONDS DEC2026 · principal New 1,314,746 $31.9M
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.3 PERP F) 6.3 CUM PFD SR F Add +3.3% 37,061 $715K
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST (PEB 6.375 PERP E) 6.375 PFD SER E Add +5.3% 27,880 $536K
STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) SERIES A PERP PF Sold out 3,210 $253Kbefore exit

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