Kovack Advisors, Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed April 19, 2024), Kovack Advisors, Inc. reported 472 stock positions worth $825.9 million. Its top holding was iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) at 9.4% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 4.5%) and Nvidia (NVDA, 4.3%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 49 new positions, sold out of 149, added to 210 and reduced 187. The biggest buy was Nvidia (NVDA, shares +20%) and the biggest sale an exit from Schwab US Large-Cap Growth (SCHG).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
- CIK
- 0001728321
- Portfolio Value
- $825.9M (Q1 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001085146-24-001913 ↗ filed Apr 19, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 472 stocks · $825.9M
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 9.43% | 148,195 | $77.9M | Reduce -15.8% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.54% | 218,770 | $37.5M | Add +12.0% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 4.27% | 39,016 | $35.3M | Add +19.6% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 4.06% | 186,075 | $33.6M | Add +1.8% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 3.70% | 68,862 | $30.6M | Reduce -21.8% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 3.35% | 65,815 | $27.7M | Add +8.8% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.19% | 34,638 | $18.1M | Add +6.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.80% | 98,232 | $14.8M | Add +4.3% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 1.30% | 68,156 | $10.8M | Add +52.3% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 1.30% | 37,662 | $10.7M | Add +26.3% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.23% | 24,122 | $10.1M | Add +0.1% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.20% | 20,622 | $9.9M | Add +8.2% |
| IBOC International Bancshares CRP | 1.06% | 156,494 | $8.8M | Reduce -5.3% |
| URI United Rentals Inc. | 0.86% | 9,853 | $7.1M | Reduce -9.9% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.84% | 59,636 | $6.9M | Reduce -1.1% |
| JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | 0.83% | 56,599 | $6.8M | Add +88.8% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.82% | 41,608 | $6.8M | Reduce -3.0% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.78% | 24,799 | $6.4M | Reduce -2.1% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.78% | 51,172 | $6.4M | Add +1.6% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.76% | 31,178 | $6.2M | Reduce -16.4% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.75% | 40,541 | $6.2M | Add +27.9% |
| VST Vistra Corp. | 0.74% | 87,246 | $6.1M | Reduce -1.5% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.74% | 29,164 | $6.1M | Reduce -6.0% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.73% | 12,481 | $6.1M | Add +12.7% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.72% | 17,219 | $5.9M | Reduce -13.5% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.72% | 7,754 | $5.9M | Add +18.8% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.71% | 4,436 | $5.9M | Reduce -9.7% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.68% | 14,607 | $5.6M | Add +4.4% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.63% | 28,663 | $5.2M | Reduce -0.4% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.61% | 32,041 | $5.1M | Add +9.4% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.58% | 26,628 | $4.8M | Add +45.7% |
| RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend | 0.56% | 82,701 | $4.6M | Add +59.9% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.56% | 26,310 | $4.6M | Reduce -0.2% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.51% | 43,254 | $4.2M | Add +9.0% |
| UIS Unisys Corp. | 0.48% | 808,507 | $4.0M | Add +5.2% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.48% | 5,401 | $4.0M | Reduce -11.9% |
| DAKT Daktronics Inc. | 0.47% | 393,100 | $3.9M | Add +22.8% |
| VRIG Invesco Variable Rate Invest | 0.47% | 153,960 | $3.9M | Reduce -0.1% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 0.46% | 84,543 | $3.8M | Add +0.7% |
| WTV Wisdomtree U.S. Value Fund | 0.46% | 50,461 | $3.8M | Add +0.5% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.44% | 132,239 | $3.7M | Add +37.2% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.44% | 4,660 | $3.6M | Reduce -1.9% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.44% | 38,372 | $3.6M | Add +10.5% |
| CPS Cooper-Standard Holding | 0.43% | 216,495 | $3.6M | Add +3.8% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.41% | 25,896 | $3.4M | Add +8.7% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.41% | 11,252 | $3.4M | Reduce -4.8% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 0.41% | 131,737 | $3.4M | Reduce -1.6% |
| INFN Infinera Corp. | 0.40% | 548,500 | $3.3M | Add +39.4% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.40% | 20,215 | $3.3M | Add +21.2% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.39% | 56,055 | $3.2M | Add +92.5% |
| MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui | 0.39% | 11,236 | $3.2M | Add +3.0% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.39% | 6,483 | $3.2M | Add +35.6% |
| COP Conocophillips | 0.38% | 24,549 | $3.1M | Add +5.6% |
| FTSL First Trust Senior Loan ETF | 0.37% | 66,760 | $3.1M | Add +17.3% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.37% | 16,826 | $3.1M | Add +16.1% |
| ADTN Adtran Holdings Inc. | 0.37% | 561,350 | $3.1M | Add +29.7% |
| T AT&T Inc. | 0.36% | 169,908 | $3.0M | Add +8.0% |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | 0.35% | 1,931 | $2.9M | Add +1.0% |
| PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 0.35% | 11,098 | $2.9M | Add +108.9% |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | 0.35% | 14,635 | $2.9M | Reduce -2.4% |
| MMM 3M Co. | 0.34% | 26,591 | $2.8M | Add +10.1% |
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | 0.34% | 47,690 | $2.8M | Reduce -0.5% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | 0.33% | 40,615 | $2.7M | Add +10.2% |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | 0.33% | 35,299 | $2.7M | Reduce -11.8% |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 0.33% | 141,722 | $2.7M | Reduce -0.3% |
| ARAY Accuray Inc. | 0.32% | 1,078,350 | $2.7M | Reduce -2.4% |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | 0.32% | 52,728 | $2.6M | Add +23.3% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.32% | 59,858 | $2.6M | Add +15.8% |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | 0.31% | 59,891 | $2.6M | Add +44.9% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.30% | 55,944 | $2.5M | Reduce -1.8% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.30% | 58,509 | $2.5M | Add +1.6% |
| SLB SLB Ltd. filed as SCHLUMBERGER LTD | 0.29% | 43,720 | $2.4M | Add +6.9% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.29% | 47,572 | $2.4M | Reduce -5.1% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.29% | 7,395 | $2.4M | Reduce -11.1% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.28% | 13,266 | $2.3M | Add +8.2% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.27% | 37,417 | $2.3M | Reduce -1.2% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.27% | 13,269 | $2.2M | Reduce -11.8% |
| IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | 0.27% | 7,782 | $2.2M | Reduce -3.6% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.27% | 36,260 | $2.2M | Add +3.5% |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | 0.26% | 220,782 | $2.2M | Add +5.5% |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | 0.26% | 26,961 | $2.2M | Add +6.7% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.25% | 35,520 | $2.1M | Add +0.5% |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | 0.25% | 7,905 | $2.1M | Add +2.9% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.25% | 16,954 | $2.1M | Add +5.5% |
| C Citigroup Inc. | 0.25% | 32,403 | $2.0M | Reduce -3.4% |
| IYF iShares US Financials ETF | 0.24% | 21,153 | $2.0M | Reduce -0.1% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.24% | 9,644 | $2.0M | Add +0.6% |
| ARKW ARK Next Generation Technolo | 0.24% | 23,638 | $2.0M | Reduce -45.7% |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | 0.24% | 6,229 | $1.9M | Add +7.3% |
| OSPN Onespan Inc. | 0.24% | 167,400 | $1.9M | Add +109.0% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 0.23% | 15,839 | $1.9M | Reduce -8.4% |
| AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. | 0.23% | 22,727 | $1.9M | Add +0.7% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.23% | 5,271 | $1.9M | Add +1.7% |
| FISV Fiserv Inc. | 0.23% | 12,067 | $1.9M | Add +3.5% |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T | 0.22% | 31,626 | $1.9M | Reduce -2.5% |
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 0.22% | 24,003 | $1.8M | Add +0.4% |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | 0.22% | 1,805 | $1.8M | Add +20.5% |
| GE General Electric | 0.22% | 10,257 | $1.8M | Add +5.5% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.22% | 6,373 | $1.8M | Add +27.6% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.22% | 13,642 | $1.8M | Reduce -15.2% |
Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.89 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Reduce -21.8% | 3.70% | −0.58 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -15.8% | 9.43% | −0.55 |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.50 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.47 |
| XMHQ Invesco S&P Midcap Qual ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.40 |
| HYLS FT Tactical High Yield ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.36 |
| FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.35 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.35 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.34 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.32 |
| FVD First Trust Value Line DVD | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.31 |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.29 |
| BUFR FT Vest Lad Buffervetf-Usd I | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.29 |
| XLV SS Health Care Select Sector | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| JEPQ JPM Nasdaq Equity Premium | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| HEFA Isha Curr Hedged MSCI Eafe | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Reduce -0.2% | 0.56% | −0.22 |
| BP BP PLC-Spons ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.21 |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.19 |
| ONEQ Fidelity Nasdaq Comp Indx | Reduce -78.8% | 0.06% | −0.18 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| HFXI Nylim Ftse Intr Eq CN ETF-Ui | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| AAOI Applied Optoelectronics Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| PHDG Invesco S&P 500 Downside Hed | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| ERIC Ericsson (lm) Tel-SP ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| IGSB iShares 1-5Y Inv Grade Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| BBAG JPMorgan Betabuilders US Agg | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| ARKW ARK Next Generation Technolo | Reduce -45.7% | 0.24% | −0.15 |
| ALB Albemarle Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| SPLB SS SPDR P Long Term C ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| DIVO Amplify CWP Enhan Divid ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | Reduce -78.1% | 0.05% | −0.10 |
| SCHV Schwab US Large-Cap Value | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Cov Class | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| SRC Spirit Realty Capital Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| FPEI First Trust Institutional PR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| EMLP First Trust North American E | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| BLDR Builders Firstsource Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| RIO Rio Tinto PLC-Spon ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +19.6% | 4.27% | +2.35 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +1.8% | 4.06% | +0.76 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +8.8% | 3.35% | +0.65 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +52.3% | 1.30% | +0.51 |
| JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | Add +88.8% | 0.83% | +0.39 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +6.7% | 2.19% | +0.36 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +12.7% | 0.73% | +0.27 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Add +45.7% | 0.58% | +0.26 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | Add +26.3% | 1.30% | +0.25 |
| RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend | Add +59.9% | 0.56% | +0.25 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +4.3% | 1.80% | +0.23 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +27.9% | 0.75% | +0.22 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Add +8.2% | 1.20% | +0.21 |
| PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | Add +108.9% | 0.35% | +0.21 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +0.1% | 1.23% | +0.21 |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | Add +92.5% | 0.39% | +0.20 |
| INFN Infinera Corp. | Add +39.4% | 0.40% | +0.18 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | Add +20.5% | 0.22% | +0.17 |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | Add +18.8% | 0.72% | +0.17 |
| DAKT Daktronics Inc. | Add +22.8% | 0.47% | +0.15 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Add +1.6% | 0.78% | +0.15 |
| CWS Advisorshares Equity Focused | Add +338.8% | 0.17% | +0.13 |
| OSPN Onespan Inc. | Add +109.0% | 0.24% | +0.13 |
| CRK Comstock Resources Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Add +37.2% | 0.44% | +0.11 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Add +9.0% | 0.51% | +0.11 |
| BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-T | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Add +21.2% | 0.40% | +0.11 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Add +8.7% | 0.41% | +0.11 |
| FLBL Franklin Senior Loan ETF | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Add +16.1% | 0.37% | +0.10 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +4.4% | 0.68% | +0.10 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Add +44.9% | 0.31% | +0.10 |
| GTLS Chart Industries Inc. | Add +80.7% | 0.18% | +0.10 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Add +140.2% | 0.16% | +0.10 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Add +10.5% | 0.44% | +0.09 |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | Add +23.3% | 0.32% | +0.09 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +35.6% | 0.39% | +0.09 |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| HRI Herc Holdings Inc. | Add +172.4% | 0.12% | +0.08 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Add +85.0% | 0.19% | +0.08 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +12.0% | 4.54% | +0.08 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +31.7% | 0.20% | +0.07 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| GE General Electric | Add +5.5% | 0.22% | +0.07 |
| AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. | Add +0.7% | 0.23% | +0.07 |
| FLHY Franklin High Yield Corporat | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +9.4% | 0.61% | +0.07 |
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1,066 | $2.1B | NVDA, AAPL, IVV, AMZN, SPY |
| Q1 2026 | 1,007 | $1.9B | NVDA, AAPL, IVV, AMZN, SPY |
| Q4 2025Amended | 1,001 | $2.1B | NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, IVV, MSFT |
| Q3 2025 | 609 | $1.1B | NVDA, AAPL, SPMO, SPY, MSFT |
| Q2 2025 | 617 | $1.0B | NVDA, IVV, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT |
| Q1 2025 | 576 | $944.3M | IVV, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, SPY |
| Q4 2024 | 609 | $1.0B | IVV, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT |
| Q3 2024 | 584 | $943.9M | IVV, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT |
| Q2 2024 | 572 | $908.7M | IVV, NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN |
| Q1 2024 | 472 | $825.9M | IVV, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, QQQ |