Hills Bank & Trust Co

In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed April 25, 2025), Hills Bank & Trust Co reported 299 stock positions worth $1.4 billion. Its top holding was SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US (SPY) at 8.6% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF (VEA, 6.8%) and State Street SPDR S&P Midcap (MDY, 4.5%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 10 new positions, sold out of 10, added to 121 and reduced 107. The biggest buy was Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF (VEA, shares +114%) and the biggest sale SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US (SPY, shares −1%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
North Liberty, IA
CIK
0001309148
Portfolio Value
$1.4B (Q1 2025)
SEC Filing
0001309148-25-000005 ↗ filed Apr 25, 2025

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B$2.5B Q1 2024: $1.2B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.2B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $1.3B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.3B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.4B $1.4B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.6B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $1.7B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $1.7B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.3B Q2 2026

Holdings 299 stocks · $1.4B

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 8.59% 218,228 $122.1M Reduce -0.6%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 6.85% 1,913,658 $97.3M Add +113.5%
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 4.52% 120,356 $64.2M Reduce -0.2%
BSCQ Invesco Bulletshares 2026 CB 3.71% 2,703,849 $52.7M Add +2.1%
IBTF iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term 3.62% 2,200,359 $51.4M Add +1.5%
FTRB Fed Hermes TTL RTRN BND 3.46% 1,964,479 $49.2M Add +8.6%
BSCR Invesco Bulletshares 2027 CB 3.32% 2,409,045 $47.2M Add +2.3%
BSCS Invesco Bulletshares 2028 CB 3.28% 2,286,974 $46.5M Add +1.7%
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 2.86% 897,363 $40.6M Add +162.9%
BSCT Invesco Bulletshares 2029 CB 2.72% 2,085,408 $38.6M Add +3.6%
BSCU Invesco Bulletshares 2030 CB 2.35% 2,012,733 $33.4M Add +18.5%
SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF 2.19% 608,348 $31.1M Add +6.7%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.04% 130,562 $29.0M Reduce -1.1%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 2.02% 76,269 $28.6M Reduce -1.6%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.87% 244,567 $26.5M Reduce -0.4%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 1.73% 334,617 $24.6M Add +3.2%
GUNR NT Mstar GLBL NR ETF 1.70% 621,551 $24.1M Reduce -2.2%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 1.42% 118,105 $20.1M Add +3.3%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 1.37% 124,137 $19.4M Reduce -0.6%
SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF 1.17% 325,004 $16.6M Add +35.9%
GII State Street SPDR S&P Global 1.06% 242,452 $15.0M Add +4.9%
GQRE NT GLBL Qual Re ETF 1.05% 256,653 $14.9M Add +2.3%
FAST Fastenal Co. 1.02% 186,998 $14.5M Reduce -1.6%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.00% 58,195 $14.3M Reduce -0.9%
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF 0.99% 171,446 $14.0M Reduce -0.4%
JPIB JPMorgan Intl BND ETF 0.98% 291,867 $14.0M Add +9.5%
RWO State Street SPDR Dow Jones 0.92% 299,190 $13.1M Add +10.2%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.91% 67,589 $12.9M Add +0.6%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.82% 31,952 $11.7M Reduce -1.4%
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF 0.73% 156,714 $10.3M Add +83.0%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.68% 17,538 $9.6M Add +0.9%
FISV Fiserv Inc. 0.68% 43,485 $9.6M Reduce -4.4%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 0.66% 54,030 $9.3M Reduce -1.8%
IBMP iShares Ibonds Dec 2027 Term 0.60% 339,113 $8.6M Add +0.6%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.60% 8,945 $8.5M Add +1.3%
IBMQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 Muni 0.59% 330,765 $8.4M Add +0.6%
IBMO iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term 0.59% 325,445 $8.3M Add +0.4%
IBMN iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term 0.56% 295,762 $7.9M Add +0.8%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.55% 13,526 $7.8M Add +0.7%
BSMU Invesco Bulletshares 2030 MB 0.52% 340,704 $7.4M Add +4.2%
BSMT Invesco Bulletshares 2029 MB 0.51% 320,730 $7.3M Add +3.7%
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.51% 42,270 $7.2M Reduce -1.2%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.51% 23,091 $7.2M Reduce -0.8%
USB US Bancorp 0.47% 159,362 $6.7M Reduce -0.0%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.45% 12,513 $6.4M Add +2.1%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 0.44% 59,322 $6.2M Reduce -1.4%
ITW Illinois Tool Works 0.43% 24,687 $6.1M Reduce -3.6%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.40% 42,680 $5.7M Reduce -0.7%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.39% 11,230 $5.6M Reduce -0.3%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.38% 45,880 $5.5M Add +2.2%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.38% 38,983 $5.5M Add +1.2%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.37% 14,999 $5.3M Reduce -1.2%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.36% 31,193 $5.2M Reduce -1.7%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.35% 33,179 $5.0M Reduce -1.7%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.34% 29,207 $4.9M Add +0.1%
AMT American Tower Corp. 0.34% 22,233 $4.8M Reduce -3.3%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.34% 39,494 $4.8M Add +0.3%
CRM Salesforce Inc. 0.34% 17,861 $4.8M Add +0.8%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 0.30% 85,776 $4.3M Add +1.6%
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A 0.28% 5 $4.0M No change
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.28% 14,402 $4.0M Reduce -1.1%
CVS CVS Health Corp. 0.26% 55,222 $3.7M Reduce -0.1%
NKE Nike Inc. Class B 0.26% 58,776 $3.7M Reduce -1.5%
DHR Danaher Corp. 0.26% 18,015 $3.7M Add +0.3%
DE Deere & Co. 0.24% 7,232 $3.4M Reduce -0.8%
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A 0.23% 49,075 $3.3M Add +0.7%
GWW WW Grainger Inc. filed as GRAINGER W W INC 0.23% 3,305 $3.3M Reduce -3.5%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.22% 50,894 $3.1M Reduce -1.0%
NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. 0.22% 13,141 $3.1M Add +1.1%
KLAC KLA Corp. 0.20% 4,244 $2.9M Reduce -1.9%
LNT Alliant Energy Corp. 0.20% 44,247 $2.8M Add +0.2%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.20% 5,345 $2.8M Add +0.3%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.20% 11,440 $2.8M Reduce -7.2%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.20% 7,374 $2.8M Add +1.0%
ANSS Ansys Inc. 0.20% 8,901 $2.8M Reduce -0.6%
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. 0.19% 24,049 $2.7M Reduce -1.3%
DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO 0.19% 27,030 $2.7M Reduce -2.1%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.19% 37,173 $2.7M Add +0.2%
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. 0.19% 5,335 $2.6M Reduce -1.5%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. 0.19% 11,675 $2.6M No change
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.19% 3,194 $2.6M Reduce -6.4%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 0.18% 5,141 $2.6M Reduce -0.6%
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A 0.18% 70,746 $2.6M Reduce -0.4%
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos 0.18% 10,589 $2.6M Add +2.3%
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC 0.18% 9,427 $2.6M Add +359.9%
XLB SS Materials Select Sector 0.16% 26,455 $2.3M Reduce -6.1%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.16% 10,724 $2.3M Add +1.3%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.15% 35,894 $2.2M Add +0.0%
CATX Perspective Therapeutics Inc. 0.15% 1,023,628 $2.2M Reduce -0.4%
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.15% 12,342 $2.1M Add +4.0%
BX Blackstone Inc. 0.14% 14,731 $2.1M Add +1.4%
COR Cencora Inc. 0.14% 7,366 $2.0M Add +2.1%
BSMP Invesco Bulletshares 2025 MB 0.14% 83,441 $2.0M Add +18.1%
EOG EOG Resources Inc. 0.14% 15,887 $2.0M Add +0.1%
BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. 0.14% 8,742 $2.0M Add +0.5%
CDW CDW Corp. 0.14% 12,467 $2.0M Add +0.9%
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 0.14% 33,893 $2.0M Add +24.8%
GD General Dynamics Corp. 0.14% 7,188 $2.0M Add +2.0%
IAK iShares U.S. Insurance ETF 0.14% 14,050 $1.9M Reduce -4.3%
ADI Analog Devices Inc. 0.14% 9,518 $1.9M Add +2.3%

Show all 299 holdings

Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -0.6% 8.59% −1.10
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap Reduce -0.2% 4.52% −0.65
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -0.4% 1.87% −0.62
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -1.1% 2.04% −0.45
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -1.6% 2.02% −0.44
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Reduce -0.6% 1.37% −0.43
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -1.4% 0.82% −0.12
USB US Bancorp Reduce -0.0% 0.47% −0.10
CATX Perspective Therapeutics Inc. Reduce -0.4% 0.15% −0.09
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Reduce -1.4% 0.44% −0.09
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. Reduce -1.2% 0.51% −0.08
NKE Nike Inc. Class B Reduce -1.5% 0.26% −0.08
ITW Illinois Tool Works Reduce -3.6% 0.43% −0.06
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -0.9% 1.00% −0.05
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.39% −0.05
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -2.1% 0.19% −0.04
GWW WW Grainger Inc. Reduce -3.5% 0.23% −0.04
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.04
GUNR NT Mstar GLBL NR ETF Reduce -2.2% 1.70% −0.04
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Reduce -1.1% 0.28% −0.04
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -1.7% 0.35% −0.04
MKL Markel Group Inc. Reduce -33.3% 0.06% −0.03
ANSS Ansys Inc. Reduce -0.6% 0.20% −0.03
FISV Fiserv Inc. Reduce -4.4% 0.68% −0.03
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. Reduce -1.5% 0.19% −0.03
TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. Reduce -1.0% 0.07% −0.02
WSC Willscot Holdings Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.02
XLB SS Materials Select Sector Reduce -6.1% 0.16% −0.02
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Reduce -0.4% 0.18% −0.02
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.02
VMC Vulcan Materials Co. Reduce -0.1% 0.09% −0.02
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Reduce -2.8% 0.05% −0.02
EMR Emerson Electric Co. Reduce -0.2% 0.08% −0.02
PFE Pfizer Inc. Reduce -0.6% 0.13% −0.02
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Reduce -16.4% 0.07% −0.02
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. Reduce -38.3% 0.03% −0.02
MAS Masco Corp. Reduce -2.7% 0.10% −0.02
SITE Siteone Landscape Supply Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
ILMN Illumina Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
AXP American Express Co. Reduce -1.1% 0.07% −0.01
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Reduce -6.4% 0.19% −0.01
DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. Reduce -5.1% 0.09% −0.01
VLTO Veralto Corp. Reduce -0.7% 0.10% −0.01
TSLA Tesla Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -19.3% 0.06% −0.01
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Reduce -0.6% 0.18% −0.01
MCO Moody's Corp. Reduce -0.8% 0.10% −0.01
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
PWR Quanta Services Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
CLX Clorox Company Reduce -9.9% 0.03% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF Add +113.5% 6.85% +3.62
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke Add +162.9% 2.86% +1.73
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF Add +83.0% 0.73% +0.28
BSCU Invesco Bulletshares 2030 CB Add +18.5% 2.35% +0.26
SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF Add +35.9% 1.17% +0.25
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Add +359.9% 0.18% +0.13
BLK BlackRock Inc. New 0.13% +0.13
FTRB Fed Hermes TTL RTRN BND Add +8.6% 3.46% +0.10
DFIC Dimensional International Co. New 0.10% +0.10
BSMR Invesco Bulletshares 2027 MB Add +160.2% 0.13% +0.08
BSMQ Invesco Bulletshares 2026 MB Add +165.6% 0.13% +0.08
RWO State Street SPDR Dow Jones Add +10.2% 0.92% +0.04
JPIB JPMorgan Intl BND ETF Add +9.5% 0.98% +0.04
GII State Street SPDR S&P Global Add +4.9% 1.06% +0.03
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +0.1% 0.34% +0.03
BSMS Invesco Bulletshares 2028 MB Add +59.2% 0.07% +0.02
COR Cencora Inc. Add +2.1% 0.14% +0.02
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Add +24.8% 0.14% +0.02
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Add +2.2% 0.38% +0.02
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +0.3% 0.20% +0.02
MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. New 0.02% +0.02
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos Add +2.3% 0.18% +0.02
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A Add +0.7% 0.23% +0.02
BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings New 0.01% +0.01
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Add +0.2% 0.19% +0.01
BSMP Invesco Bulletshares 2025 MB Add +18.1% 0.14% +0.01
CARR Carrier Global Corp. New 0.01% +0.01
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Add +11.4% 0.08% +0.01
GE General Electric Add +6.6% 0.07% +0.01
RTX RTX Corp. Add +24.7% 0.04% +0.01
IBMR iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 M BD New 0.01% +0.01
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
ARLP Alliance Resource Partners New 0.01% +0.01
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR Add +4.6% 0.08% +0.01
CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
BP BP PLC-Spons ADR Add +43.0% 0.02% +0.01
VV Vngrd Mrgstr LRG-Cap ETF-Usd New 0.01% +0.01
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. Add +73.6% 0.02% +0.01
HEI.A Heico Corp. Class A Add +1.1% 0.09% +0.01
SLB SLB Ltd. Add +3.4% 0.11% +0.01
DUK Duke Energy Corp. Add +3.0% 0.05% +0.00
GIS General Mills Inc. Add +38.0% 0.02% +0.00
LNT Alliant Energy Corp. Add +0.2% 0.20% +0.00
CSGP Costar Group Inc. Add +2.1% 0.05% +0.00
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Add +11.0% 0.04% +0.00
MO Altria Group Inc. Add +4.5% 0.02% +0.00
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock Add +3.2% 0.13% +0.00
INTU Intuit Inc. Add +15.3% 0.04% +0.00
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Add +3.0% 0.11% +0.00
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line Add +17.9% 0.05% +0.00

Notes & Other Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

EL PASO ENERGY CAP TRST (KMI 4.75 03/31/28) PFD CV TR SEC 28 Sold out 8,909 $428Kbefore exit
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A Sold out 90 $107Kbefore exit

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

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 383$2.3BSPYM, VEA, SPY, FTRB, AVLC
Q1 2026 355$2.1BSPYM, VEA, SPY, AVLC, SPMD
Q4 2025 340$1.7BSPY, VEA, SPMD, MDY, FTRB
Q3 2025 323$1.7BSPY, VEA, SPMD, MDY, FTRB
Q2 2025 313$1.6BSPY, VEA, MDY, SPMD, FTRB
Q1 2025 299$1.4BSPY, VEA, MDY, BSCQ, IBTF
Q4 2024 299$1.3BSPY, MDY, BSCQ, IBTF, BSCR
Q3 2024 301$1.3BSPY, MDY, BSCQ, IBTF, IBTE
Q2 2024 284$1.2BSPY, MDY, IBTF, IBTE, BSCQ
Q1 2024 282$1.2BSPY, MDY, IBTE, IBTF, BSCQ