Kovack Advisors, Inc.
In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed November 5, 2024), Kovack Advisors, Inc. reported 584 stock positions worth $943.9 million. Its top holding was iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) at 7.3% of the portfolio, followed by Nvidia (NVDA, 4.9%) and Apple (AAPL, 4.4%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 52 new positions, sold out of 40, added to 225 and reduced 274. The biggest buy was iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV, shares +19%) and the biggest sale an exit from Wisdomtree U.S. Value Fund (WTV).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
- CIK
- 0001728321
- Portfolio Value
- $943.9M (Q3 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001085146-24-005367 ↗ filed Nov 5, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 584 stocks · $943.9M
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 7.34% | 120,049 | $69.2M | Add +19.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 4.88% | 379,125 | $46.0M | Add +0.1% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.40% | 178,382 | $41.6M | Reduce -3.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 2.71% | 137,191 | $25.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.67% | 58,559 | $25.2M | Reduce -3.1% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.44% | 40,157 | $23.0M | Add +5.3% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 2.06% | 39,757 | $19.4M | Reduce -0.7% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.63% | 29,221 | $15.4M | Add +5.6% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.59% | 90,521 | $15.0M | Add +4.7% |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | 1.37% | 124,313 | $13.0M | Reduce -6.0% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 1.27% | 54,439 | $12.0M | Reduce -5.7% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.20% | 24,677 | $11.4M | Reduce -0.6% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 1.08% | 200,738 | $10.2M | Add +138.5% |
| VST Vistra Corp. | 1.07% | 85,150 | $10.1M | Reduce -0.5% |
| HEFA Isha Curr Hedged MSCI Eafe | 1.06% | 282,809 | $10.0M | Add +3.0% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 1.02% | 65,580 | $9.7M | Reduce -2.0% |
| IBOC International Bancshares CRP | 0.95% | 150,074 | $9.0M | Reduce -3.8% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.95% | 76,333 | $8.9M | Reduce -9.6% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.94% | 25,826 | $8.8M | Reduce -2.6% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.85% | 28,456 | $8.1M | Add +9.7% |
| URI United Rentals Inc. | 0.84% | 9,751 | $7.9M | Reduce -0.9% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.72% | 38,795 | $6.8M | Reduce -4.8% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.71% | 17,396 | $6.7M | Add +5.5% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.70% | 31,443 | $6.6M | Reduce -1.4% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.70% | 11,483 | $6.6M | Reduce -4.2% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.69% | 38,858 | $6.5M | Add +3.0% |
| RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend | 0.68% | 108,919 | $6.4M | Add +2.8% |
| JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | 0.68% | 57,672 | $6.4M | Add +20.4% |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | 0.65% | 61,392 | $6.1M | Add +91.5% |
| FFLC Fidelity Fndmntl L/C Cor ETF | 0.64% | 132,172 | $6.0M | Reduce -4.2% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.63% | 26,145 | $5.9M | Reduce -1.6% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.61% | 14,272 | $5.8M | Reduce -5.4% |
| XMHQ Invesco S&P Midcap Qual ETF | 0.59% | 54,414 | $5.6M | Reduce -25.0% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.58% | 31,810 | $5.5M | Add +5.2% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.54% | 42,268 | $5.1M | Add +0.4% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.54% | 19,572 | $5.1M | Reduce -6.5% |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | 0.53% | 46,913 | $5.0M | Add +9.0% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.53% | 30,673 | $5.0M | Reduce -7.0% |
| FVD First Trust Value Line DVD | 0.49% | 102,378 | $4.7M | Add +3.8% |
| ADTN Adtran Holdings Inc. | 0.49% | 778,850 | $4.6M | Add +20.9% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.47% | 4,956 | $4.4M | Add +9.7% |
| UIS Unisys Corp. | 0.46% | 770,900 | $4.4M | Reduce -1.1% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.45% | 4,806 | $4.3M | Reduce -3.5% |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | 0.44% | 34,415 | $4.1M | Reduce -31.4% |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | 0.43% | 1,963 | $4.0M | Add +2.3% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.43% | 20,298 | $4.0M | Reduce -20.1% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.41% | 6,695 | $3.9M | Reduce -1.1% |
| VRIG Invesco Variable Rate Invest | 0.41% | 155,960 | $3.9M | Add +1.3% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.41% | 23,384 | $3.8M | Add +1.7% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.38% | 4,006 | $3.6M | Reduce -3.0% |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | 0.36% | 8,481 | $3.4M | Add +4.2% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.36% | 15,187 | $3.4M | Add +9.7% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 0.36% | 131,737 | $3.4M | No change |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.35% | 113,110 | $3.3M | Reduce -6.1% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.33% | 7,389 | $3.1M | Add +82.2% |
| HYLS FT Tactical High Yield ETF | 0.33% | 73,461 | $3.1M | Reduce -0.9% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.33% | 15,569 | $3.1M | Reduce -1.8% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.32% | 51,446 | $3.1M | Reduce -8.3% |
| FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF | 0.32% | 167,930 | $3.0M | Reduce -8.2% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.32% | 34,304 | $3.0M | Reduce -13.9% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.32% | 17,348 | $3.0M | Reduce -13.2% |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | 0.31% | 65,435 | $3.0M | Add +2.5% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.31% | 29,282 | $3.0M | Add +5.1% |
| T AT&T Inc. | 0.31% | 134,635 | $3.0M | Reduce -11.2% |
| BUFR FT Vest Lad Buffervetf-Usd I | 0.31% | 98,760 | $3.0M | Add +13.0% |
| COP Conocophillips | 0.31% | 27,779 | $2.9M | Add +15.9% |
| SCWX Secureworks Corp. Class A | 0.31% | 327,516 | $2.9M | Add +12.7% |
| XLV SS Health Care Select Sector | 0.31% | 18,746 | $2.9M | Add +11.3% |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | 0.31% | 9,678 | $2.9M | Add +20.2% |
| MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui | 0.31% | 8,959 | $2.9M | Reduce -0.8% |
| FTSL First Trust Senior Loan ETF | 0.30% | 62,650 | $2.9M | Reduce -4.6% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.30% | 35,361 | $2.9M | Reduce -10.3% |
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | 0.30% | 47,569 | $2.8M | No change |
| OSPN Onespan Inc. | 0.29% | 163,550 | $2.7M | Reduce -10.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.29% | 23,905 | $2.7M | Reduce -8.0% |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 0.28% | 132,296 | $2.6M | Reduce -4.3% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.27% | 48,610 | $2.6M | Add +2.8% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.27% | 9,213 | $2.5M | Add +22.5% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.26% | 237,338 | $2.5M | Add +9.8% |
| IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | 0.26% | 7,882 | $2.5M | Add +1.3% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.26% | 18,854 | $2.4M | Add +5.5% |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | 0.25% | 229,934 | $2.4M | Add +1.2% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.25% | 5,999 | $2.3M | Add +0.7% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.25% | 9,609 | $2.3M | Add +1.6% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.24% | 32,103 | $2.3M | Reduce -12.0% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.23% | 48,378 | $2.2M | Reduce -6.7% |
| FISV Fiserv Inc. | 0.23% | 12,067 | $2.2M | No change |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.23% | 12,728 | $2.2M | Add +4.7% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.23% | 7,041 | $2.1M | Add +10.9% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.23% | 12,495 | $2.1M | Reduce -0.3% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.22% | 11,940 | $2.0M | Add +19.1% |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | 0.21% | 11,457 | $2.0M | Reduce -8.4% |
| IYF iShares US Financials ETF | 0.21% | 18,931 | $2.0M | Reduce -6.7% |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | 0.20% | 3,299 | $1.9M | Add +6.8% |
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 0.20% | 24,567 | $1.9M | Add +2.0% |
| SLB SLB Ltd. filed as SCHLUMBERGER LTD | 0.20% | 45,643 | $1.9M | Reduce -25.9% |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T | 0.20% | 30,889 | $1.9M | Reduce -1.3% |
| VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. | 0.20% | 206,200 | $1.9M | Add +33.5% |
| ARAY Accuray Inc. | 0.19% | 1,003,050 | $1.8M | Reduce -3.9% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.19% | 9,351 | $1.8M | Reduce -1.5% |
Options reported separately and not counted above: CALY calls ($3K).
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $249K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 194 | $249K | New |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $944.2M.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| WTV Wisdomtree U.S. Value Fund | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.42 |
| INFN Infinera Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.39 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -3.1% | 2.67% | −0.30 |
| CPS Cooper-Standard Holding | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | Reduce -94.5% | 0.02% | −0.26 |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 2.71% | −0.21 |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | Reduce -68.9% | 0.07% | −0.20 |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | Reduce -31.4% | 0.44% | −0.19 |
| XMHQ Invesco S&P Midcap Qual ETF | Reduce -25.0% | 0.59% | −0.18 |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | Reduce -79.8% | 0.06% | −0.17 |
| MMM 3M Co. | Reduce -70.3% | 0.10% | −0.16 |
| C Citigroup Inc. | Reduce -81.3% | 0.03% | −0.16 |
| CCI Crown Castle Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | Reduce -36.5% | 0.13% | −0.15 |
| ARKW ARK Next Generation Technolo | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| DAKT Daktronics Inc. | Reduce -47.8% | 0.12% | −0.14 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Reduce -44.9% | 0.18% | −0.13 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -2.0% | 1.02% | −0.13 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Reduce -53.7% | 0.12% | −0.13 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -9.6% | 0.95% | −0.12 |
| HUBS HubSpot Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| SLB SLB Ltd. | Reduce -25.9% | 0.20% | −0.12 |
| BAX Baxter International Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| CRK Comstock Resources Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | Reduce -14.0% | 0.08% | −0.11 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Reduce -43.8% | 0.14% | −0.11 |
| DIVO Amplify CWP Enhan Divid ETF | Reduce -73.6% | 0.04% | −0.10 |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | Reduce -6.0% | 1.37% | −0.10 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | Reduce -5.7% | 1.27% | −0.09 |
| ERIC Ericsson (lm) Tel-SP ADR | Reduce -63.8% | 0.07% | −0.09 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -20.1% | 0.43% | −0.08 |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | Reduce -56.7% | 0.06% | −0.08 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Reduce -13.9% | 0.32% | −0.08 |
| NEAR iShares SH Dba ETF Usd Inc. | Reduce -44.4% | 0.08% | −0.07 |
| BBAG JPMorgan Betabuilders US Agg | Reduce -74.5% | 0.02% | −0.07 |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | Reduce -8.4% | 0.21% | −0.07 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -8.0% | 0.29% | −0.07 |
| BP BP PLC-Spons ADR | Reduce -20.4% | 0.12% | −0.06 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Reduce -0.7% | 2.06% | −0.06 |
| CXM Sprinklr Inc. Class A | Reduce -66.3% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | Reduce -2.6% | 0.94% | −0.05 |
| ABNB Airbnb Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| DOCU Docusign Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.23% | −0.05 |
| ARKK ARK Innovation ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| ELF Elf Beauty Inc. | Reduce -9.7% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -13.2% | 0.32% | −0.04 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +19.4% | 7.34% | +1.28 |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | Add +138.5% | 1.08% | +0.64 |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | Add +91.5% | 0.65% | +0.34 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Add +82.2% | 0.33% | +0.16 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +5.3% | 2.44% | +0.16 |
| EQWL Invesco S&P 100 Equal Weight | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| BUFQ FT VST Lad NSDQ Buf ETF-Usdi | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| MET Metlife Inc. | Add +317.1% | 0.15% | +0.12 |
| JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | Add +20.4% | 0.68% | +0.12 |
| ADTN Adtran Holdings Inc. | Add +20.9% | 0.49% | +0.12 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Add +5.6% | 1.63% | +0.11 |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | Add +4.2% | 0.36% | +0.10 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +9.7% | 0.36% | +0.09 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +9.7% | 0.85% | +0.09 |
| VSH Vishay Intertechnology Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| SCWX Secureworks Corp. Class A | Add +12.7% | 0.31% | +0.08 |
| AAOI Applied Optoelectronics Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | Add +20.2% | 0.31% | +0.08 |
| VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. | Add +33.5% | 0.20% | +0.08 |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | Add +2.3% | 0.43% | +0.08 |
| MLM Martin Marietta Materials | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Add +0.4% | 0.54% | +0.08 |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | Add +9.0% | 0.53% | +0.08 |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | Add +186.4% | 0.12% | +0.07 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +147.4% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| BSJO Invesco Bulletshares 2024 HY | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Add +19.1% | 0.22% | +0.06 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +22.5% | 0.27% | +0.05 |
| FVD First Trust Value Line DVD | Add +3.8% | 0.49% | +0.05 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Add +10.9% | 0.23% | +0.05 |
| DE Deere & Co. | Add +125.1% | 0.08% | +0.05 |
| BSCP Invesco Bulletshares 2025 CB | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| ECAT BlackRock ESG Cap All TRM TR | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +5.2% | 0.58% | +0.05 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Add +53.4% | 0.13% | +0.05 |
| RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend | Add +2.8% | 0.68% | +0.05 |
| BCAT BlackRock Capital Alloc TR | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| STRL Sterling Infrastructure Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | Add +72.9% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| MITK Mitek Systems Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Add +30.6% | 0.13% | +0.04 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Add +85.1% | 0.07% | +0.04 |
| IRT Independence Realty Trust Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| XLV SS Health Care Select Sector | Add +11.3% | 0.31% | +0.04 |
| BAM Brookfield Asset Mgmt-A | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| BUFR FT Vest Lad Buffervetf-Usd I | Add +13.0% | 0.31% | +0.03 |
Options Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| CALY Callaway Golf Company | call | New | 30,000 | $3K |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | New | 194 | $249K |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
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 |