Merit Financial Group, LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2024 (holdings as of June 30, 2024, filed August 13, 2024), Merit Financial Group, LLC reported 909 stock positions worth $4.5 billion. Its top holding was Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) at 6.3% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui (VUG, 5.2%) and iShares Core S&P U.S. Value (IUSV, 5.1%). Compared with Q1 2024, it opened 82 new positions, sold out of 33, added to 434 and reduced 349. The biggest buy was iShares MBS ETF (MBB, shares +946%) and the biggest sale PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit (MINT, shares −43%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
ALPHARETTA, GA
CIK
0001621225
Portfolio Value
$4.5B (Q2 2024)
SEC Filing
0001621225-24-000004 ↗ filed Aug 13, 2024

Holdings Value

0$5.0B$10.0B$15.0B$20.0B Q1 2024: $4.2B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $4.5B $4.5B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $4.5B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $5.6B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $6.7B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $9.0B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $10.9B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $12.5B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $13.4B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $16.1B Q2 2026

Holdings 909 stocks · $4.5B

VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 6.35% 575,375 $287.8M Reduce -1.8%
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui 5.18% 627,764 $234.8M Reduce -2.5%
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value 5.06% 2,602,902 $229.4M Add +11.1%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 3.09% 1,926,287 $139.9M Add +2.6%
SPTI SS SPDR P Int Term TSY ETF 2.88% 4,657,122 $130.5M Reduce -8.8%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 2.84% 235,413 $128.8M Add +0.7%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 2.68% 886,531 $121.3M Reduce -1.6%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.46% 529,368 $111.5M Add +0.8%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.99% 202,178 $90.4M Reduce -1.7%
MBB iShares MBS ETF 1.80% 887,094 $81.4M Add +946.2%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 1.73% 292,253 $78.2M Add +0.3%
USIG iShares Broad Usd Investment 1.48% 1,331,873 $66.9M Reduce -19.7%
MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui 1.47% 212,090 $66.6M Add +8.6%
MGV Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP VL ETF-Ui 1.36% 519,548 $61.6M Add +4.5%
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 1.27% 994,960 $57.7M Reduce -1.7%
AVDV Avantis Intl S/C Value ETF 1.26% 881,347 $57.2M New
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth 1.21% 430,018 $54.8M Add +82.4%
SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF 1.14% 643,247 $51.5M Reduce -0.3%
SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap 1.12% 1,223,104 $50.8M Reduce -3.7%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 1.08% 89,929 $48.9M Reduce -3.2%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.98% 229,211 $44.3M Add +1.7%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.95% 347,130 $42.9M Add +9.5%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.88% 83,661 $40.1M Add +2.5%
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF 0.87% 616,261 $39.4M Add +0.4%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.84% 765,819 $37.8M Add +3.9%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.78% 453,430 $35.3M Reduce -34.0%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.69% 77,140 $31.4M Add +4.4%
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging 0.62% 525,867 $28.1M Add +16.0%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.62% 301,834 $27.9M Add +44.1%
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui 0.62% 174,109 $27.9M Add +0.2%
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac 0.61% 162,500 $27.7M Add +1.2%
MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit 0.59% 267,816 $27.0M Reduce -42.5%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.57% 141,462 $25.8M Add +2.5%
SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF 0.52% 486,245 $23.7M Reduce -1.9%
SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF 0.51% 654,522 $23.0M Add +5.2%
SPTS SS SPDR P St Term TSY ETF 0.50% 789,081 $22.8M Add +65.1%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.46% 114,772 $21.1M Add +23.7%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.45% 40,568 $20.5M Add +6.6%
DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. 0.42% 408,251 $19.2M Add +0.9%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.41% 161,960 $18.6M Add +0.3%
IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui 0.41% 407,394 $18.4M Reduce -3.0%
KORP American Century Diversified 0.40% 393,300 $18.1M Add +2.6%
VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF 0.39% 53,185 $17.7M Add +3.0%
VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF 0.38% 144,196 $17.1M Add +2.4%
VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd 0.38% 78,325 $17.1M Add +3.6%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.37% 82,066 $16.6M Add +7.9%
EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF 0.36% 159,944 $16.4M Add +49.8%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.36% 98,859 $16.3M Add +0.6%
VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF 0.36% 92,539 $16.3M Reduce -1.3%
SRLN SS Blackstone Sr Loan ETF 0.36% 387,628 $16.2M Reduce -1.1%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.35% 18,922 $16.1M Reduce -0.6%
JHMD John Hancock MF Dev Intl ETF 0.34% 455,838 $15.2M Add +0.5%
USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre 0.33% 294,659 $14.8M Add +32.2%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.32% 98,036 $14.3M Add +3.2%
VMBS Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Sec 0.31% 311,602 $14.1M Add +13.0%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.31% 15,615 $14.1M Add +19.6%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.31% 40,951 $14.1M Add +8.3%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 0.31% 8,621 $13.8M Add +40.4%
DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 0.30% 422,784 $13.6M Reduce -0.5%
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T 0.30% 230,541 $13.4M Add +6.5%
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 0.28% 313,896 $12.9M Reduce -1.3%
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF 0.27% 80,992 $12.2M Add +3.3%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.27% 66,635 $12.1M Add +5.6%
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate 0.26% 149,151 $11.9M Reduce -2.2%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.26% 65,289 $11.9M Add +2.6%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.26% 76,169 $11.9M Add +5.8%
IUS Invesco Rafi Strategic US Et 0.26% 250,960 $11.9M Add +0.4%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 0.26% 165,167 $11.9M Reduce -18.9%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.26% 45,047 $11.8M Add +4.5%
JMBS Janus Henderson Mortg Backed 0.26% 264,639 $11.8M Add +2.6%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.25% 50,765 $11.5M Reduce -1.3%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.25% 47,097 $11.4M Add +2.2%
PTF Invesco Dorsey Wright Tech 0.24% 176,635 $10.9M Reduce -0.8%
XLE SS Energy Select Sector 0.23% 116,507 $10.6M Add +1.0%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.23% 421,831 $10.5M Add +0.0%
BTT BlackRock 2030 Muni TRGT TRM 0.22% 487,961 $10.1M Reduce -0.6%
XLC SS Comm Select Sector SPDR 0.22% 115,418 $9.9M Add +0.3%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.21% 48,966 $9.7M Reduce -3.2%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 0.21% 228,642 $9.6M Reduce -1.4%
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.21% 56,551 $9.5M Reduce -3.2%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 0.20% 445,732 $9.3M Reduce -0.2%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.20% 20,888 $9.2M Add +8.8%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.20% 55,266 $9.1M Add +2.0%
VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF 0.20% 60,265 $9.1M Reduce -1.7%
DGRW Wisdomtree U.S. Quality Divi 0.20% 113,845 $8.9M Add +2.1%
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector 0.19% 60,202 $8.8M Reduce -2.1%
VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U 0.19% 47,751 $8.7M Reduce -3.0%
AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq 0.19% 137,359 $8.4M Reduce -2.8%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.18% 39,273 $8.4M Add +3.7%
IBDP iShares Ibonds Dec 2024 Term 0.18% 332,929 $8.4M Add +4.6%
SCHO Schwab Short-Term US Treas 0.18% 172,801 $8.3M Reduce -39.8%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 0.18% 18,471 $8.2M Add +5.1%
BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. 0.18% 10,409 $8.2M Add +3.3%
SCHZ Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF 0.18% 179,325 $8.2M Add +25.4%
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. 0.18% 105,619 $8.1M Add +4.2%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.18% 46,688 $8.0M Add +5.4%
JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF 0.17% 155,097 $7.9M Reduce -2.4%
EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna 0.17% 131,682 $7.8M Add +2.6%
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF 0.17% 143,441 $7.6M Reduce -32.6%
CWI State Street SPDR MSCI Acwi 0.17% 268,224 $7.6M Add +1.3%

Show all 909 holdings

Options reported separately and not counted above: SPY puts ($3.0M).

Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $525K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
LYFT INC (LYFT 1.5 05/15/25) NOTE 1.500% 5/1 · principal 240,000$232KNo change
PENNYMAC CORP (PMT 5.5 03/15/26) NOTE 5.500% 3/1 · principal 200,000$189KNew
PENNYMAC CORP (PMT 5.5 11/01/24) NOTE 5.500%11/0 · principal 100,000$100KNew
LIBERTY INTERACTIVE LLC (LINTA 4 11/15/29) DEB 4.000%11/1 · principal 15,000$4KNo change

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $4.5B.

Portfolio Sells Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit Reduce -42.5% 0.59% −0.52
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF Reduce -34.0% 0.78% −0.50
USIG iShares Broad Usd Investment Reduce -19.7% 1.48% −0.50
SPTI SS SPDR P Int Term TSY ETF Reduce -8.8% 2.88% −0.50
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Reduce -1.6% 2.68% −0.47
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Reduce -1.8% 6.35% −0.21
SCHO Schwab Short-Term US Treas Reduce -39.8% 0.18% −0.14
SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap Reduce -3.7% 1.12% −0.14
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Reduce -1.7% 1.27% −0.12
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF Reduce -32.6% 0.17% −0.11
QEFA STSR SPD MSC Eaf Stgfs-US Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.11
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Reduce -18.9% 0.26% −0.08
IXC iShares Global Energy ETF Reduce -88.5% 0.01% −0.07
DJD Invesco Dow Jones Industrial Reduce -52.1% 0.04% −0.06
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -3.2% 1.08% −0.05
SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF Reduce -1.9% 0.52% −0.05
STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E Sold out 0.00% −0.04
BKLN Invesco Senior Loan ETF Reduce -14.4% 0.16% −0.04
IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui Reduce -3.0% 0.41% −0.04
HEFA Isha Curr Hedged MSCI Eafe Reduce -26.1% 0.09% −0.04
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo Reduce -68.2% 0.02% −0.04
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd Reduce -15.2% 0.14% −0.04
SRLN SS Blackstone Sr Loan ETF Reduce -1.1% 0.36% −0.03
VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF Reduce -1.3% 0.36% −0.03
MCD McDonald's Corp. Reduce -6.9% 0.13% −0.03
CGUS Cap Group Core Equity Reduce -35.9% 0.05% −0.03
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate Reduce -2.2% 0.26% −0.03
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF Reduce -3.2% 0.21% −0.02
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Reduce -10.3% 0.14% −0.02
VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U Reduce -3.0% 0.19% −0.02
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Reduce -49.0% 0.02% −0.02
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Reduce -1.3% 0.28% −0.02
CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value Reduce -11.2% 0.12% −0.02
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A Reduce -6.2% 0.09% −0.02
VBK Van Morst SML-Cap Gro-Usd Inc. Reduce -5.8% 0.15% −0.02
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond Reduce -1.4% 0.21% −0.02
TQQQ Proshares Ultrapro QQQ Reduce -79.9% 0.01% −0.02
VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF Reduce -1.7% 0.20% −0.02
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui Reduce -2.5% 5.18% −0.02
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. Reduce -5.3% 0.10% −0.02
AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq Reduce -2.8% 0.19% −0.02
JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF Reduce -2.4% 0.17% −0.02
BTT BlackRock 2030 Muni TRGT TRM Reduce -0.6% 0.22% −0.02
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -6.2% 0.10% −0.02
SPBO SS SPDR P Corp. Bond ETF Reduce -27.9% 0.04% −0.02
SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF Reduce -6.3% 0.11% −0.02
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -3.0% 0.06% −0.02
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -12.1% 0.10% −0.02
USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac Reduce -5.7% 0.14% −0.02
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock Reduce -3.9% 0.12% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

MBB iShares MBS ETF Add +946.2% 1.80% +1.61
AVDV Avantis Intl S/C Value ETF New 1.26% +1.26
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth Add +82.4% 1.21% +0.56
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +9.5% 0.95% +0.28
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +44.1% 0.62% +0.20
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value Add +11.1% 5.06% +0.19
SPTS SS SPDR P St Term TSY ETF Add +65.1% 0.50% +0.18
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +0.8% 2.46% +0.16
MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui Add +8.6% 1.47% +0.16
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Add +40.4% 0.31% +0.12
EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF Add +49.8% 0.36% +0.10
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +23.7% 0.46% +0.09
GCC Wisdomtree Enhanced Commodit New 0.09% +0.09
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Add +19.6% 0.31% +0.08
USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre Add +32.2% 0.33% +0.06
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Add +16.0% 0.62% +0.04
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +6.6% 0.45% +0.04
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Add +283.6% 0.06% +0.04
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Add +2.5% 0.88% +0.04
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. Add +104.1% 0.07% +0.03
SCHZ Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF Add +25.4% 0.18% +0.03
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. Add +108.3% 0.05% +0.03
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Add +36.0% 0.11% +0.02
PAYC Paycom Software Inc. New 0.02% +0.02
IHE iShares US Pharmaceuticals E Add +55.6% 0.07% +0.02
T AT&T Inc. Add +20.3% 0.11% +0.02
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF Add +3.3% 0.27% +0.02
PHM Pultegroup Inc. New 0.02% +0.02
VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +3.0% 0.39% +0.02
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Add +7.9% 0.37% +0.02
AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. New 0.02% +0.02
ORCL Oracle Corp. Add +7.7% 0.11% +0.02
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Add +14.9% 0.14% +0.02
WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. New 0.02% +0.02
VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF Add +31.5% 0.11% +0.02
SCCO Southern Copper Corp. Add +433.3% 0.02% +0.02
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +2.5% 0.57% +0.02
VMBS Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Sec Add +13.0% 0.31% +0.02
PSA Public Storage Add +59.0% 0.05% +0.02
GRMN Garmin Ltd. New 0.02% +0.02
CGCP Cap Group Core Plus Income Add +70.0% 0.04% +0.02
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. Add +251.2% 0.02% +0.01
TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. Add +166.8% 0.02% +0.01
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Add +15.7% 0.12% +0.01
VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. New 0.01% +0.01
EQWL Invesco S&P 100 Equal Weight Add +26.4% 0.08% +0.01
EXE Expand Energy Corp. New 0.01% +0.01
PAYX Paychex Inc. Add +61.1% 0.04% +0.01
NFLX Netflix Inc. Add +1.9% 0.15% +0.01
UTHR United Therapeutics Corp. New 0.01% +0.01

Options Activity Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US put Add +0.7% 250,900 $3.0M

Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

PENNYMAC CORP (PMT 5.5 03/15/26) NOTE 5.500% 3/1 · principal New 200,000 $189K
PENNYMAC CORP (PMT 5.5 11/01/24) NOTE 5.500%11/0 · principal New 100,000 $100K

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

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026Amended 2,317$16.1BVUG, IUSG, AAPL, QLTY, IUSV
Q1 2026 2,106$13.4BVUG, IUSG, QLTY, IUSV, AAPL
Q4 2025 1,939$12.5BVUG, QLTY, IUSG, IUSV, MGK
Q3 2025Amended 1,779$10.9BVUG, QLTY, IUSV, IUSG, MGK
Q2 2025 1,693$9.0BVUG, QLTY, IUSG, IUSV, VOO
Q1 2025 1,394$6.7BIUSV, VOO, VUG, IVV, AAPL
Q4 2024 1,145$5.6BVUG, VOO, IUSV, AAPL, IEFA
Q3 2024 825$4.5BVOO, IUSV, VUG, IEFA, UPS
Q2 2024 909$4.5BVOO, VUG, IUSV, IEFA, SPTI
Q1 2024 860$4.2BVOO, VUG, IUSV, SPTI, IEFA