Howland Capital Management LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed October 29, 2025), Howland Capital Management LLC reported 274 stock positions worth $2.6 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 5.7% of the portfolio, followed by Alphabet Class A (GOOGL, 5.4%) and Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U (VEU, 5.4%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 8 new positions, sold out of 6, added to 100 and reduced 105. The biggest buy was Apple (AAPL, shares +6%) and the biggest sale Watsco (WSO, shares −17%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- BOSTON, MA
- CIK
- 0001079112
- Portfolio Value
- $2.6B (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001079112-25-000009 ↗ filed Oct 29, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 274 stocks · $2.6B
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 5.66% | 286,941 | $148.6M | Reduce -0.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 5.43% | 586,745 | $142.6M | Reduce -0.9% |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | 5.35% | 1,967,766 | $140.4M | Reduce -0.5% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 5.12% | 527,531 | $134.3M | Add +5.8% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 3.50% | 492,225 | $91.8M | Add +1.7% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 3.46% | 180,593 | $90.8M | Reduce -0.5% |
| APH Amphenol Corp. Class A | 3.07% | 650,259 | $80.6M | Reduce -2.6% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 2.72% | 97,335 | $71.5M | Add +1.5% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 2.38% | 432,475 | $62.5M | Reduce -0.3% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 2.36% | 282,441 | $62.0M | Add +21.6% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 2.32% | 178,634 | $61.0M | Add +0.1% |
| ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. | 1.92% | 466,877 | $50.3M | Add +0.5% |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | 1.88% | 101,117 | $49.2M | Reduce -1.3% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 1.76% | 168,096 | $46.1M | Reduce -0.3% |
| TEL Te Connectivity PLC | 1.75% | 209,809 | $46.1M | Reduce -0.5% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.66% | 70,986 | $43.6M | Add +0.6% |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | 1.44% | 195,448 | $37.9M | Add +0.2% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 1.44% | 365,781 | $37.7M | Add +1.6% |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | 1.41% | 99,995 | $37.0M | Add +2.7% |
| WSO Watsco Inc. | 1.40% | 91,112 | $36.8M | Reduce -17.5% |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 1.40% | 75,731 | $36.8M | Add +0.7% |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | 1.35% | 178,155 | $35.4M | Add +1.5% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.33% | 52,273 | $34.9M | Reduce -1.0% |
| KNSL Kinsale Capital Group Inc. | 1.27% | 78,269 | $33.3M | Reduce -2.1% |
| IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term | 1.23% | 1,330,402 | $32.3M | Add +7.6% |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | 1.18% | 13,228 | $30.9M | Reduce -4.5% |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | 1.14% | 46,651 | $29.8M | Reduce -0.9% |
| IBDT iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 ETF | 1.10% | 1,126,598 | $28.8M | Add +10.7% |
| IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF | 1.09% | 1,172,950 | $28.5M | Add +11.1% |
| AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. | 1.05% | 198,363 | $27.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | 1.05% | 97,274 | $27.5M | Add +0.5% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 1.05% | 93,076 | $27.5M | Add +1.9% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 1.00% | 28,573 | $26.3M | Add +8.6% |
| TDG Transdigm Group Inc. | 0.97% | 19,247 | $25.4M | Add +0.4% |
| IBDQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term | 0.93% | 973,740 | $24.5M | Reduce -0.5% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.93% | 159,285 | $24.5M | Add +0.7% |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | 0.92% | 245,910 | $24.1M | Add +0.9% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.89% | 151,032 | $23.5M | Add +8.5% |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | 0.78% | 182,530 | $20.5M | Reduce -20.6% |
| IBDU iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 Term | 0.78% | 868,989 | $20.4M | Add +9.4% |
| MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS | 0.77% | 303,039 | $20.3M | Reduce -1.7% |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 0.76% | 35,685 | $20.1M | Add +12.2% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.74% | 64,599 | $19.5M | Reduce -0.2% |
| ESGD iShares Trust iShares ESG Aw | 0.72% | 203,944 | $19.0M | Reduce -6.4% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.66% | 154,077 | $17.4M | Reduce -1.6% |
| SNPS Synopsys Inc. | 0.65% | 34,570 | $17.1M | Reduce -13.7% |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 0.59% | 16,468 | $15.4M | No change |
| IBDV iShares Ibonds Dec 2030 Corp. | 0.58% | 692,153 | $15.3M | Add +11.0% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.53% | 74,668 | $13.8M | Add +6.6% |
| IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF | 0.51% | 160,608 | $13.3M | Reduce -0.0% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.47% | 137,709 | $12.3M | Reduce -0.9% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.44% | 47,044 | $11.5M | Reduce -1.2% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.43% | 35,766 | $11.3M | Reduce -0.6% |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | 0.37% | 15,948 | $9.8M | No change |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | 0.37% | 13 | $9.8M | No change |
| IAUM iShares Gold Trust Micro | 0.37% | 251,501 | $9.7M | Add +9.1% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.36% | 55,015 | $9.4M | Add +19.4% |
| IBMQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 Muni | 0.35% | 360,520 | $9.2M | Add +6.5% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.35% | 9,814 | $9.1M | Add +0.7% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 0.34% | 89,900 | $9.1M | Reduce -6.7% |
| TRNO Terreno Realty Corp. | 0.29% | 134,465 | $7.7M | Add +4.1% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.28% | 20,968 | $7.5M | Add +0.5% |
| LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration | 0.27% | 72,383 | $7.0M | Reduce -7.2% |
| IBDW iShares Ibonds Dec 2031 Corp. | 0.26% | 316,231 | $6.7M | Add +4.3% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.25% | 28,777 | $6.7M | Add +1.0% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.23% | 44,896 | $6.0M | Add +6.0% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.22% | 17,797 | $5.9M | Add +1.7% |
| IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value | 0.21% | 54,270 | $5.4M | No change |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.20% | 14,083 | $5.3M | Reduce -6.1% |
| IBMP iShares Ibonds Dec 2027 Term | 0.19% | 195,710 | $5.0M | Add +5.3% |
| IBMO iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term | 0.19% | 192,756 | $4.9M | Add +2.1% |
| VNLA Janus Henderson Short Durati | 0.18% | 94,903 | $4.7M | Reduce -3.6% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.18% | 69,109 | $4.6M | Reduce -1.2% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.17% | 16,205 | $4.6M | Reduce -5.1% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.17% | 31,668 | $4.4M | Reduce -0.0% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.16% | 9,108 | $4.3M | Add +2.5% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.16% | 7,265 | $4.1M | Add +9.5% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.16% | 21,594 | $4.1M | Add +0.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.15% | 46,301 | $3.9M | Add +2.7% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.15% | 72,333 | $3.9M | Reduce -5.0% |
| IBTG iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term | 0.14% | 164,988 | $3.8M | Add +4.7% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.14% | 22,504 | $3.8M | Add +5.0% |
| ICSH iShares Ultra Short Duration | 0.14% | 72,560 | $3.7M | Add +3.2% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.14% | 14,393 | $3.5M | Add +12.9% |
| INDB Independent Bank Corp. | 0.13% | 49,800 | $3.5M | No change |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.13% | 8,430 | $3.4M | Add +3.9% |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | 0.12% | 24,551 | $3.2M | Reduce -4.3% |
| IBTK iShares Ibonds Dec 2030 Trea | 0.12% | 161,528 | $3.2M | Add +29.0% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.12% | 6,725 | $3.2M | Reduce -2.2% |
| IBMR iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 M BD | 0.12% | 123,101 | $3.1M | Add +41.9% |
| IBTJ iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 Term | 0.12% | 139,095 | $3.1M | Add +0.5% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.11% | 23,706 | $3.0M | Reduce -5.2% |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | 0.11% | 40,190 | $2.9M | Add +0.6% |
| IBTI iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 Term | 0.11% | 125,556 | $2.8M | Add +0.5% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.11% | 2,319 | $2.8M | Add +1.4% |
| NUE Nucor Corp. | 0.10% | 19,983 | $2.7M | Reduce -0.5% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.10% | 8,820 | $2.7M | Reduce -0.2% |
| IBTH iShares Ibonds Dec 2027 Term | 0.10% | 117,379 | $2.6M | Add +2.7% |
| IBTF iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term | 0.10% | 112,627 | $2.6M | Add +0.0% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.10% | 7,830 | $2.6M | Add +4.4% |
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| WSO Watsco Inc. | Reduce -17.5% | 1.40% | −0.58 |
| ANSS Ansys Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.41 |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 1.88% | −0.33 |
| KNSL Kinsale Capital Group Inc. | Reduce -2.1% | 1.27% | −0.31 |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | Reduce -4.5% | 1.18% | −0.30 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -0.9% | 5.66% | −0.21 |
| SNPS Synopsys Inc. | Reduce -13.7% | 0.65% | −0.19 |
| MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS | Reduce -1.7% | 0.77% | −0.18 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -0.5% | 3.46% | −0.13 |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | Reduce -0.3% | 1.76% | −0.10 |
| AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 1.05% | −0.07 |
| IBDQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term | Reduce -0.5% | 0.93% | −0.07 |
| ESGD iShares Trust iShares ESG Aw | Reduce -6.4% | 0.72% | −0.07 |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | Reduce -0.5% | 5.35% | −0.07 |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | Reduce -6.7% | 0.34% | −0.05 |
| LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration | Reduce -7.2% | 0.27% | −0.04 |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | Reduce -5.2% | 0.11% | −0.03 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Reduce -5.1% | 0.17% | −0.03 |
| CI The Cigna Group | Reduce -21.7% | 0.05% | −0.03 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Reduce -1.2% | 0.18% | −0.03 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.66% | −0.03 |
| VNLA Janus Henderson Short Durati | Reduce -3.6% | 0.18% | −0.02 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Reduce -36.0% | 0.02% | −0.02 |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Reduce -2.0% | 0.07% | −0.02 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Reduce -6.1% | 0.20% | −0.02 |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | Reduce -4.3% | 0.12% | −0.02 |
| SMOG Vaneck Low Carbon Energy ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -4.4% | 0.09% | −0.01 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | Reduce -52.7% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Reduce -0.9% | 0.47% | −0.01 |
| ALGN Align Technology Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | Reduce -40.2% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| DEO Diageo PLC-Sponsored ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | Reduce -27.4% | 0.02% | −0.01 |
| ILMN Illumina Inc. | Reduce -5.0% | 0.07% | −0.01 |
| SHEL Shell PLC-ADR | Reduce -15.4% | 0.04% | −0.01 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.09% | −0.01 |
| ICLN iShares Global Clean Energy | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Reduce -8.5% | 0.04% | −0.01 |
| SO The Southern Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Reduce -5.3% | 0.08% | −0.01 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Reduce -7.8% | 0.05% | −0.01 |
| IBMN iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term | Reduce -2.3% | 0.08% | −0.01 |
| ITW Illinois Tool Works | Reduce -6.8% | 0.08% | −0.01 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 0.03% | −0.01 |
| DRI Darden Restaurants Inc. | Reduce -0.2% | 0.03% | −0.01 |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | Reduce -26.3% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -1.9% | 0.03% | −0.01 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Reduce -4.1% | 0.02% | −0.00 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | Reduce -31.1% | 0.01% | −0.00 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +5.8% | 5.12% | +0.95 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +1.7% | 3.50% | +0.38 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +21.6% | 2.36% | +0.29 |
| ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. | Add +0.5% | 1.92% | +0.21 |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | Add +0.7% | 1.40% | +0.16 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +6.6% | 0.53% | +0.09 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Add +12.2% | 0.76% | +0.08 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +8.5% | 0.89% | +0.08 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Add +19.4% | 0.36% | +0.08 |
| IAUM iShares Gold Trust Micro | Add +9.1% | 0.37% | +0.06 |
| SOFI Sofi Technologies Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF | Add +11.1% | 1.09% | +0.04 |
| IBDT iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 ETF | Add +10.7% | 1.10% | +0.04 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Add +1.0% | 0.25% | +0.04 |
| IBMR iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 M BD | Add +41.9% | 0.12% | +0.03 |
| IBDV iShares Ibonds Dec 2030 Corp. | Add +11.0% | 0.58% | +0.03 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Add +0.5% | 0.28% | +0.02 |
| IBDU iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 Term | Add +9.4% | 0.78% | +0.02 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Add +0.6% | 1.66% | +0.02 |
| IBTK iShares Ibonds Dec 2030 Trea | Add +29.0% | 0.12% | +0.02 |
| ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Add +6.1% | 0.07% | +0.02 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Add +5.0% | 0.14% | +0.02 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +4.4% | 0.10% | +0.01 |
| IBDX iShares Ibonds Dec 2032 TC | Add +49.3% | 0.05% | +0.01 |
| CRWV Coreweave Inc. Class A | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +61.8% | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term | Add +7.6% | 1.23% | +0.01 |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | Add +0.6% | 0.11% | +0.01 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Add +24.2% | 0.05% | +0.01 |
| UPRO Proshares Ultrapro S&P 500 | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +3.9% | 0.13% | +0.01 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | Add +2.5% | 0.16% | +0.01 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| DSI iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| EBC Eastern Bankshares Inc. | Add +30.7% | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| VV Vngrd Mrgstr LRG-Cap ETF-Usd | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| PSNL Personalis Inc. | Add +15.9% | 0.08% | +0.01 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +1.7% | 0.22% | +0.01 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Add +9.5% | 0.16% | +0.01 |
| UVV Universal Corp. | Add +79.4% | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | Add +0.8% | 0.03% | +0.00 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Add +20.9% | 0.04% | +0.00 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | Add +25.5% | 0.02% | +0.00 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Add +3.7% | 0.08% | +0.00 |
| LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. | Add +1.0% | 0.03% | +0.00 |
| DVS Dolly Varden Silver Ltd. | New | 0.00% | +0.00 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +11.7% | 0.01% | +0.00 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Add +2.7% | 0.15% | +0.00 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | Add +32.9% | 0.01% | +0.00 |
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 278 | $2.8B | VEU, GOOGL, AAPL, NVDA, MSFT |
| Q1 2026 | 262 | $2.5B | VEU, GOOGL, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA |
| Q4 2025 | 270 | $2.6B | GOOGL, VEU, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA |
| Q3 2025 | 274 | $2.6B | MSFT, GOOGL, VEU, AAPL, NVDA |
| Q2 2025 | 272 | $2.5B | MSFT, VEU, GOOGL, AAPL, BRK.B |
| Q1 2025 | 267 | $2.2B | VEU, MSFT, AAPL, BRK.B, GOOGL |
| Q4 2024 | 283 | $2.3B | VEU, MSFT, GOOGL, AAPL, BRK.B |
| Q3 2024 | 277 | $2.3B | VEU, MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, BRK.B |
| Q2 2024 | 272 | $2.1B | VEU, MSFT, GOOGL, AAPL, BRK.B |
| Q1 2024 | 263 | $2.1B | VEU, MSFT, GOOGL, BRK.B, AAPL |