Kovack Advisors, Inc.
In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 5, 2025), Kovack Advisors, Inc. reported 609 stock positions worth $1.0 billion. Its top holding was iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) at 7.7% of the portfolio, followed by Nvidia (NVDA, 5.3%) and Apple (AAPL, 4.9%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 61 new positions, sold out of 36, added to 317 and reduced 204. The biggest buy was a new position in iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF (HYGH) and the biggest sale an exit from Isha Curr Hedged MSCI Eafe (HEFA).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
- CIK
- 0001728321
- Portfolio Value
- $1.0B (Q4 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001085146-25-000776 ↗ filed Feb 5, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 609 stocks · $1.0B
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 7.70% | 133,186 | $78.4M | Add +10.9% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 5.33% | 404,411 | $54.3M | Add +6.7% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.86% | 197,532 | $49.5M | Add +10.7% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 3.18% | 147,547 | $32.4M | Add +7.5% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.52% | 61,000 | $25.7M | Add +4.2% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.31% | 40,227 | $23.6M | Add +0.2% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 2.08% | 41,516 | $21.2M | Add +4.4% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.71% | 91,757 | $17.4M | Add +1.4% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.43% | 26,988 | $14.5M | Reduce -7.6% |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | 1.30% | 476,646 | $13.3M | Reduce -4.1% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 1.18% | 50,935 | $12.0M | Reduce -6.4% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.12% | 25,273 | $11.5M | Add +2.4% |
| VST Vistra Corp. | 1.11% | 81,690 | $11.3M | Reduce -4.1% |
| HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF | 1.07% | 126,284 | $10.9M | New |
| FFLC Fidelity Fndmntl L/C Cor ETF | 1.01% | 223,275 | $10.2M | Add +68.9% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 0.99% | 202,256 | $10.1M | Add +0.8% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.99% | 24,930 | $10.1M | Add +27.4% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.93% | 49,518 | $9.4M | Add +27.4% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.91% | 51,174 | $9.3M | Reduce -0.9% |
| IBOC International Bancshares CRP | 0.91% | 147,039 | $9.3M | Reduce -2.0% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.89% | 31,437 | $9.1M | Add +10.5% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.89% | 62,766 | $9.1M | Reduce -4.3% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.79% | 74,555 | $8.0M | Reduce -2.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.78% | 34,380 | $8.0M | Add +8.1% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.75% | 31,944 | $7.7M | Add +1.6% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.73% | 18,199 | $7.5M | Add +4.6% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.70% | 12,212 | $7.2M | Add +6.3% |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | 0.68% | 60,973 | $6.9M | Reduce -0.7% |
| URI United Rentals Inc. | 0.67% | 9,629 | $6.8M | Reduce -1.3% |
| JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | 0.66% | 54,866 | $6.8M | Reduce -4.9% |
| RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend | 0.66% | 113,520 | $6.7M | Add +4.2% |
| ADTN Adtran Holdings Inc. | 0.65% | 799,950 | $6.7M | Add +2.7% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.65% | 39,042 | $6.6M | Add +0.6% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.61% | 26,694 | $6.2M | Add +2.1% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.55% | 14,424 | $5.6M | Add +1.1% |
| XMHQ Invesco S&P Midcap Qual ETF | 0.54% | 56,153 | $5.5M | Add +3.2% |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | 0.51% | 8,794 | $5.2M | Add +3.7% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.51% | 10,276 | $5.2M | Add +53.5% |
| UIS Unisys Corp. | 0.48% | 772,800 | $4.9M | Add +0.3% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.48% | 41,899 | $4.8M | Reduce -0.9% |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | 0.46% | 46,677 | $4.6M | Reduce -0.5% |
| FVD First Trust Value Line DVD | 0.44% | 102,342 | $4.5M | Reduce -0.0% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.44% | 30,761 | $4.4M | Add +0.3% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.43% | 4,749 | $4.4M | Reduce -1.2% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.42% | 4,084 | $4.3M | Add +1.9% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.42% | 10,091 | $4.3M | Add +36.6% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.41% | 5,422 | $4.2M | Add +9.4% |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | 0.41% | 33,418 | $4.1M | Reduce -2.9% |
| FTSL First Trust Senior Loan ETF | 0.39% | 86,508 | $4.0M | Add +38.1% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.38% | 42,806 | $3.9M | Add +21.1% |
| VRIG Invesco Variable Rate Invest | 0.38% | 153,862 | $3.9M | Reduce -1.4% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.37% | 19,417 | $3.8M | Reduce -4.3% |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | 0.36% | 2,164 | $3.7M | Add +10.2% |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | 0.35% | 73,839 | $3.6M | Add +12.8% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.34% | 40,422 | $3.5M | Add +17.8% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 0.33% | 132,517 | $3.4M | Add +0.6% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.33% | 10,073 | $3.4M | Add +9.3% |
| T AT&T Inc. | 0.33% | 147,414 | $3.4M | Add +9.5% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.33% | 15,106 | $3.3M | Reduce -0.5% |
| MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui | 0.31% | 9,209 | $3.2M | Add +2.8% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.30% | 31,968 | $3.1M | Add +9.2% |
| XLV SS Health Care Select Sector | 0.30% | 22,061 | $3.0M | Add +17.7% |
| PWR Quanta Services Inc. | 0.30% | 9,576 | $3.0M | Reduce -1.1% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.30% | 16,948 | $3.0M | Add +8.9% |
| BUFR FT Vest Lad Buffervetf-Usd I | 0.29% | 98,220 | $3.0M | Reduce -0.6% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.29% | 17,529 | $2.9M | Add +1.0% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.28% | 106,923 | $2.8M | Reduce -5.5% |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 0.28% | 129,145 | $2.8M | Reduce -2.4% |
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | 0.27% | 47,996 | $2.8M | Add +0.9% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.27% | 9,608 | $2.8M | Add +36.5% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.27% | 47,190 | $2.7M | Reduce -8.3% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.25% | 21,443 | $2.6M | Reduce -8.3% |
| OSPN Onespan Inc. | 0.25% | 138,300 | $2.6M | Reduce -15.4% |
| IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | 0.25% | 7,942 | $2.6M | Add +0.8% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.25% | 262,938 | $2.5M | Add +10.8% |
| FISV Fiserv Inc. | 0.24% | 12,111 | $2.5M | Add +0.4% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.24% | 19,057 | $2.4M | Add +1.1% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.24% | 9,989 | $2.4M | Add +4.0% |
| COP Conocophillips | 0.23% | 24,060 | $2.4M | Reduce -13.4% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.23% | 49,392 | $2.4M | Add +1.6% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.23% | 30,650 | $2.3M | Reduce -27.8% |
| IYF iShares US Financials ETF | 0.22% | 19,828 | $2.2M | Add +4.7% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.21% | 13,063 | $2.2M | Add +9.4% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.21% | 13,743 | $2.1M | Add +8.0% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 0.20% | 18,571 | $2.1M | Add +10.2% |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | 0.20% | 3,285 | $2.0M | Reduce -0.4% |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | 0.20% | 221,124 | $2.0M | Reduce -3.8% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.20% | 50,323 | $2.0M | Add +4.0% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.19% | 2,224 | $2.0M | Add +4.8% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.19% | 12,847 | $2.0M | Add +2.8% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.19% | 31,630 | $2.0M | Reduce -1.5% |
| VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. | 0.19% | 192,900 | $1.9M | Reduce -6.5% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.19% | 5,294 | $1.9M | Reduce -11.8% |
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 0.19% | 24,804 | $1.9M | Add +1.0% |
| ARAY Accuray Inc. | 0.19% | 967,950 | $1.9M | Reduce -3.5% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.19% | 10,902 | $1.9M | Add +14.3% |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T | 0.18% | 31,059 | $1.8M | Add +0.6% |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | 0.18% | 10,959 | $1.8M | Reduce -4.3% |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth | 0.18% | 12,871 | $1.8M | Add +35.7% |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | 0.17% | 24,449 | $1.8M | Add +21.5% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $250K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 209 | $250K | Add +7.7% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.0B.
Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| HEFA Isha Curr Hedged MSCI Eafe | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.06 |
| SCWX Secureworks Corp. Class A | Reduce -80.2% | 0.05% | −0.25 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -7.6% | 1.43% | −0.21 |
| HYLS FT Tactical High Yield ETF | Reduce -56.7% | 0.13% | −0.20 |
| FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF | Reduce -54.0% | 0.13% | −0.19 |
| URI United Rentals Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.67% | −0.17 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -2.3% | 0.79% | −0.16 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Reduce -8.3% | 0.25% | −0.15 |
| MCK McKesson Corp. | Reduce -88.1% | 0.02% | −0.14 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -35.9% | 0.15% | −0.14 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -4.3% | 0.89% | −0.13 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | Reduce -6.4% | 1.18% | −0.09 |
| AAOI Applied Optoelectronics Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| COP Conocophillips | Reduce -13.4% | 0.23% | −0.08 |
| FRO Frontline PLC | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | Reduce -0.5% | 0.46% | −0.07 |
| FTXL First Trust Nasdaq Semicondu | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -5.5% | 0.28% | −0.07 |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | Reduce -4.1% | 1.30% | −0.07 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Reduce -0.9% | 0.48% | −0.07 |
| VT Vanguard Tot World STK ETF | Reduce -64.7% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| BSJO Invesco Bulletshares 2024 HY | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| SLB SLB Ltd. | Reduce -18.0% | 0.14% | −0.06 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Reduce -11.8% | 0.19% | −0.06 |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | Reduce -8.3% | 0.27% | −0.06 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Reduce -16.4% | 0.11% | −0.06 |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | Reduce -44.1% | 0.07% | −0.06 |
| FVD First Trust Value Line DVD | Reduce -0.0% | 0.44% | −0.06 |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | Reduce -3.8% | 0.20% | −0.05 |
| SH Proshares Short S&P500 | Reduce -49.9% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -4.3% | 0.37% | −0.05 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Reduce -1.5% | 0.19% | −0.05 |
| ECAT BlackRock ESG Cap All TRM TR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| VDC Vanguard Consumer Staple ETF | Reduce -31.4% | 0.07% | −0.05 |
| BCAT BlackRock Capital Alloc TR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| JEPQ JPM Nasdaq Equity Premium | Reduce -22.4% | 0.12% | −0.04 |
| RMR RMR Group Inc./the - A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| MRNA Moderna Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -20.3% | 0.09% | −0.04 |
| IBOC International Bancshares CRP | Reduce -2.0% | 0.91% | −0.04 |
| GE General Electric | Reduce -3.2% | 0.15% | −0.04 |
| ELF Elf Beauty Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| NNN NNN REIT Inc. | Reduce -23.7% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| TRMD Torm PLC-A | Reduce -9.8% | 0.03% | −0.04 |
| OSPN Onespan Inc. | Reduce -15.4% | 0.25% | −0.04 |
| BNL Broadstone Net Lease Inc. | Reduce -22.4% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| PSQ Proshares Short QQQ | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| ACLS Axcelis Technologies Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Reduce -20.3% | 0.04% | −0.04 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF | New | 1.07% | +1.07 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +7.5% | 3.18% | +0.47 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +6.7% | 5.33% | +0.45 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +10.7% | 4.86% | +0.45 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +27.4% | 0.99% | +0.45 |
| FFLC Fidelity Fndmntl L/C Cor ETF | Add +68.9% | 1.01% | +0.37 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +10.9% | 7.70% | +0.36 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +27.4% | 0.93% | +0.24 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +8.1% | 0.78% | +0.20 |
| ADTN Adtran Holdings Inc. | Add +2.7% | 0.65% | +0.16 |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | Add +3.7% | 0.51% | +0.15 |
| IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +1.4% | 1.71% | +0.11 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +204.1% | 0.15% | +0.10 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +53.5% | 0.51% | +0.10 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Add +36.6% | 0.42% | +0.09 |
| FTSL First Trust Senior Loan ETF | Add +38.1% | 0.39% | +0.09 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +21.1% | 0.38% | +0.08 |
| DOG Proshares Short DOW30 | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| VSH Vishay Intertechnology Inc. | Add +121.6% | 0.15% | +0.07 |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +9.3% | 0.33% | +0.06 |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| PLAB Photronics Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| FLIN Franklin Ftse India ETF | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| XRX Xerox Holdings Corp. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +1.6% | 0.75% | +0.05 |
| KNGZ FT - S&P 500 DVD Aristocrats | Add +100.0% | 0.11% | +0.05 |
| WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. | Add +135.1% | 0.07% | +0.05 |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | Add +85.2% | 0.12% | +0.05 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Add +36.5% | 0.27% | +0.05 |
| XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | Add +1.9% | 0.42% | +0.05 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | Add +116.9% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| FENI Fidelity Enhanced Intl ETF | Add +260.5% | 0.07% | +0.04 |
| GNL Global Net Lease Inc. | Add +99.4% | 0.12% | +0.04 |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth | Add +35.7% | 0.18% | +0.04 |
| FXO First Trust Financial Alphad | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| DXYZ Destiny TECH100 Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +10.5% | 0.89% | +0.04 |
| CALF PCR US SM CP CSH CWS ETF-Usd | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| CBSH Commerce Bancshares Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| MITK Mitek Systems Inc. | Add +62.6% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | Add +75.1% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | Add +12.8% | 0.35% | +0.04 |
| AES AES Corp. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| EDV Vanguard Extended Dur Treas | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
Options Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| CALY Callaway Golf Company | call | Sold out | 30,000 | $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 Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | Add +7.7% | 209 | $250K |
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 |