Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed July 20, 2026), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 482 stock positions worth $2.2 billion. Its top holding was Hercules Capital (HTGC) at 2.6% of the portfolio, followed by Ares Capital (ARCC, 2.3%) and Golub Capital BDC (GBDC, 2.2%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 10 new positions, sold out of 2,104, added to 289 and reduced 152. The biggest buy was American Tower (AMT, shares +23691%) and the biggest sale Digital Realty Trust (DLR, shares −98%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$2.2B (Q2 2026)
SEC Filing
0001730960-26-000001 ↗ filed Jul 20, 2026

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B$2.5B Q1 2024: $1.3B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.4B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $1.6B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.6B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.7B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.7B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $1.8B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $2.1B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.2B $2.2B Q2 2026

Holdings 482 stocks · $2.2B

HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 2.60% 3,667,518 $57.8M Add +8.4%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 2.30% 2,766,368 $51.3M Add +3.9%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 2.24% 3,876,087 $49.9M Add +3.4%
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 2.09% 2,706,290 $46.5M Add +5.3%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.05% 4,204,742 $45.7M Add +5.7%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 1.94% 1,820,327 $43.2M Add +5.8%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 1.94% 1,017,630 $43.2M Add +0.3%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 1.86% 2,062,073 $41.5M Reduce -0.0%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 1.78% 975,442 $39.7M Reduce -0.9%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 1.75% 5,222,616 $39.1M Add +5.7%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 1.41% 1,794,841 $31.5M Add +5.2%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.29% 128,026 $28.6M Add +1.1%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.24% 95,774 $27.7M Add +2.8%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.19% 225,747 $26.5M Reduce -25.7%
OMC Omnicom Group 1.18% 359,441 $26.2M Add +1.1%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 1.15% 1,235,594 $25.7M Add +2.1%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 1.14% 628,271 $25.4M Add +1.7%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.09% 96,903 $24.4M Add +1.1%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.08% 222,669 $24.0M Reduce -8.7%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 1.07% 99,822 $23.8M Add +0.4%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 1.03% 492,874 $22.9M Add +3.5%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.02% 243,417 $22.8M Reduce -0.7%
TRIN Trinity Capital Inc. 1.02% 1,269,744 $22.7M Add +9.4%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.02% 162,159 $22.7M Reduce -34.9%
O Realty Income Corp. 1.02% 365,426 $22.6M Add +3.6%
TTE Totalenergies SE 1.01% 289,695 $22.5M Reduce -1.0%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 1.00% 934,321 $22.2M Add +3.4%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 0.99% 757,697 $22.0M Reduce -4.1%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 0.97% 398,193 $21.6M Add +0.1%
CFG Citizens Financial Group 0.94% 298,104 $20.9M Add +0.7%
AMCR Amcor PLC 0.93% 479,781 $20.8M Add +0.9%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 0.93% 270,252 $20.6M Add +4.9%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.89% 446,574 $19.9M Add +4.6%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 0.87% 805,732 $19.4M Add +1.1%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.87% 96,736 $19.4M Add +15.4%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 0.87% 726,738 $19.3M Add +5.6%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 0.87% 1,046,491 $19.3M Add +2.5%
SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. 0.85% 971,298 $19.0M Add +5.8%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.83% 65,388 $18.4M Add +0.2%
ES Eversource Energy 0.82% 254,130 $18.4M Add +0.3%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.80% 339,055 $17.8M Reduce -0.4%
SON Sonoco Products Co. 0.78% 309,542 $17.4M Reduce -0.7%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.77% 48,143 $17.2M Add +2.2%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.77% 22,945 $17.2M Add +15.4%
AMT American Tower Corp. 0.76% 103,728 $17.0M Add +23690.8%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.75% 155,417 $16.7M Add +0.4%
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu 0.74% 175,245 $16.4M Add +15.0%
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC 0.73% 1,554,629 $16.2M Add +1.9%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.71% 476,002 $15.8M Reduce -12.8%
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum 0.71% 92,630 $15.8M Add +15.4%
QGRW Wisdomtree US Quality Growth 0.70% 237,599 $15.7M Add +17.0%
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth 0.70% 54,217 $15.6M Add +16.4%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.70% 543,564 $15.6M Add +1.4%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.70% 65,290 $15.6M Add +3.8%
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. 0.68% 223,472 $15.2M Reduce -0.1%
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 0.68% 337,656 $15.2M Add +2.3%
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi 0.67% 759,583 $15.0M Add +2.8%
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd 0.65% 47,004 $14.4M Add +18.2%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.61% 109,852 $13.7M Add +78.5%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.61% 36,558 $13.6M Add +5.2%
TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt 0.61% 271,438 $13.6M Add +18.2%
SJM The JM Smucker Co. filed as SMUCKER J M CO 0.61% 120,547 $13.6M Add +33.9%
PFS Provident Financial Services 0.60% 569,907 $13.5M Reduce -0.9%
OKE Oneok Inc. 0.60% 152,511 $13.3M Reduce -0.7%
T AT&T Inc. 0.59% 629,821 $13.0M Reduce -0.2%
AVA Avista Corp. 0.55% 301,293 $12.3M Add +2.4%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.55% 518,879 $12.3M Add +60.6%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 0.52% 124,194 $11.7M Add +0.8%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.51% 43,938 $11.4M Reduce -0.9%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.51% 27,143 $11.4M Add +5.7%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.51% 137,595 $11.4M Add +1.0%
RWAY Runway Growth Finance Corp. 0.50% 2,003,042 $11.2M Add +8.7%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.49% 81,132 $11.0M Add +0.6%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.48% 18,959 $10.7M Add +2.6%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.47% 29,320 $10.4M Add +2.0%
DINO HF Sinclair Corp. 0.46% 147,654 $10.3M Reduce -33.0%
VTRS Viatris Inc. 0.46% 644,972 $10.2M Reduce -0.4%
HRB H&R Block Inc. filed as BLOCK H & R INC 0.45% 261,903 $10.0M Add +0.8%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.43% 12,907 $9.5M Reduce -4.4%
CLX Clorox Company 0.41% 96,454 $9.2M Add +267827.8%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.41% 13,294 $9.1M Reduce -0.4%
CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF 0.39% 330,517 $8.7M Add +22.5%
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF 0.39% 369,907 $8.7M Add +22.7%
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF 0.39% 207,412 $8.6M Add +22.6%
XCCC Bondbloxx-CCC-Usd HY Corp. BD 0.38% 232,746 $8.5M Add +23.6%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 0.35% 53,940 $7.8M Reduce -37.9%
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. 0.34% 685,697 $7.5M Add +1.4%
FNF Fidelity National Financial 0.33% 156,733 $7.4M Add +2.0%
ADT Adt Inc. 0.32% 1,109,269 $7.2M Add +1.5%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.31% 5,822 $7.0M Add +1.4%
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. 0.31% 515,832 $6.9M Add +19.7%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.31% 642,939 $6.8M Add +1.3%
WEN The Wendy's Co. 0.29% 784,388 $6.5M Add +1.7%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.29% 68,142 $6.4M Add +1.4%
G Genpact Ltd. 0.28% 230,676 $6.3M New
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.28% 135,161 $6.3M Add +1.0%
NSA National Storage Affiliates 0.28% 139,114 $6.2M Reduce -10.3%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.26% 66,922 $5.8M Reduce -1.9%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.26% 88,806 $5.8M Reduce -1.9%
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.26% 233,036 $5.7M Reduce -1.6%

Show all 482 holdings

Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $673K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A 27,438$673KReduce -4.2%

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $2.2B.

Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. Reduce -98.3% 0.01% −0.92
C Citigroup Inc. Reduce -34.9% 1.02% −0.37
T AT&T Inc. Reduce -0.2% 0.59% −0.28
TTE Totalenergies SE Reduce -1.0% 1.01% −0.26
DINO HF Sinclair Corp. Reduce -33.0% 0.46% −0.19
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Reduce -37.9% 0.35% −0.16
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Reduce -49.4% 0.14% −0.16
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR Reduce -0.4% 0.80% −0.12
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD Reduce -0.0% 1.86% −0.09
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High Reduce -0.9% 1.78% −0.09
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Reduce -10.8% 0.17% −0.07
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income Reduce -4.1% 0.99% −0.06
OKE Oneok Inc. Reduce -0.7% 0.60% −0.05
SON Sonoco Products Co. Reduce -0.7% 0.78% −0.05
BKR Baker Hughes Co. Reduce -0.9% 0.24% −0.04
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B Reduce -0.7% 1.02% −0.03
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF Reduce -2.2% 0.26% −0.02
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF Reduce -1.8% 0.22% −0.02
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF Reduce -1.9% 0.26% −0.02
WMT Walmart Inc. Reduce -1.4% 0.11% −0.02
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes Reduce -1.9% 0.26% −0.02
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged Reduce -1.6% 0.26% −0.02
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond Reduce -1.3% 0.25% −0.02
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF Reduce -1.9% 0.18% −0.02
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK Reduce -2.3% 0.18% −0.02
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF Reduce -1.7% 0.20% −0.02
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec Reduce -2.3% 0.19% −0.02
XEVTX Eaton Vance Tax-Adv DVD Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.02
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials Reduce -2.9% 0.20% −0.02
XEXGX Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Glob Sold out 0.00% −0.02
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -25.5% 0.04% −0.02
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.02
TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Ra Sold out 0.00% −0.02
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd Reduce -41.5% 0.02% −0.02
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF Reduce -2.0% 0.19% −0.02
BLCV BlackRock ETF Trust Sold out 0.00% −0.01
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD Sold out 0.00% −0.01
DUK Duke Energy Corp. Reduce -41.7% 0.02% −0.01
PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust Sold out 0.00% −0.01
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Reduce -60.4% 0.01% −0.01
HON Honeywell International Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
RWL Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.01
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco Reduce -5.8% 0.09% −0.01
BP BP PLC-Spons ADR Sold out 0.00% −0.01
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF Reduce -19.3% 0.04% −0.01
FMDE Fidelity Enhanced Mid Cap Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
SO The Southern Co. Reduce -29.1% 0.02% −0.01
AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
TM Toyota Motor Corp. -Spon ADR Sold out 0.00% −0.01
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Reduce -5.6% 0.03% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

AMT American Tower Corp. Add +23690.8% 0.76% +0.76
CLX Clorox Company Add +267827.8% 0.41% +0.41
G Genpact Ltd. New 0.28% +0.28
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. Add +8.4% 2.60% +0.22
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. Add +60.6% 0.55% +0.20
SJM The JM Smucker Co. Add +33.9% 0.61% +0.19
TRIN Trinity Capital Inc. Add +9.4% 1.02% +0.19
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Add +16.4% 0.70% +0.18
QGRW Wisdomtree US Quality Growth Add +17.0% 0.70% +0.17
WSBC Wesbanco Inc. Add +4936.6% 0.18% +0.17
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu Add +15.0% 0.74% +0.17
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +15.4% 0.87% +0.16
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd Add +18.2% 0.65% +0.15
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +15.4% 0.77% +0.14
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum Add +15.4% 0.71% +0.13
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. Add +1.1% 1.29% +0.13
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF Add +1212.8% 0.13% +0.12
TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt Add +18.2% 0.61% +0.12
MU Micron Technology Inc. Add +12.0% 0.16% +0.11
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. Add +0.8% 0.52% +0.10
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Add +1.1% 1.09% +0.10
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +2.2% 0.77% +0.10
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +2.8% 1.24% +0.09
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust Add +2.1% 1.15% +0.09
GQQQ Astoria US Qlity GRW KNG ETF Add +477.0% 0.10% +0.09
AGGA Ea Astoria Beacon Dynamic Co. Add +1055.8% 0.08% +0.07
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. Add +1.4% 0.70% +0.07
CFG Citizens Financial Group Add +0.7% 0.94% +0.07
MTB M & T Bank Corp. Add +0.4% 1.07% +0.06
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +3.8% 0.70% +0.06
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Add +0.2% 0.83% +0.06
SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF Add +451.5% 0.07% +0.06
CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF Add +22.5% 0.39% +0.06
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +2.0% 0.47% +0.06
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Add +9.7% 0.08% +0.05
XCCC Bondbloxx-CCC-Usd HY Corp. BD Add +23.6% 0.38% +0.05
NNN NNN REIT Inc. Add +3.5% 1.03% +0.05
SNDK Sandisk Corp. Add +35.5% 0.07% +0.05
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF Add +22.7% 0.39% +0.05
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF Add +22.6% 0.39% +0.05
GEN Gen Digital Inc. Add +1.6% 0.24% +0.05
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Add +1.4% 0.31% +0.05
HRB H&R Block Inc. Add +0.8% 0.45% +0.05
BAI Ishrs AI in and Tech Act ETF Add +109.8% 0.07% +0.05
MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui Add +11.8% 0.25% +0.05
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Add +5.2% 0.15% +0.05
DMBS Doubleline Mortgage ETF Add +977.0% 0.05% +0.04
MTUM iShares MSCI USA Momentum Fa Add +6.7% 0.15% +0.04
CORO Ish Intl CTRY Rot Act ETF New 0.04% +0.04
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. Add +14.3% 0.08% +0.04

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A Reduce -4.2% 27,438 $673K
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 Sold out 514 $20Kbefore exit
STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) SERIES A PERP PF Sold out 92 $7Kbefore exit
NE.WS Noble Corp. PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 Sold out 158 $5Kbefore exit
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 Sold out 158 $4Kbefore exit
LXP INDUSTRIAL TRUST (LXP 6.5 PERP C) PFD CONV SER C Sold out 21 $969before exit
XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. *W EXP 02/11/202 Sold out 9,802 $883before exit
M-TRON INDUSTRIES INC RIGHT 04/15/2026 Sold out 250 $700before exit
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth RUS 2000 GRW ETF Sold out 0 $46before exit
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV Sold out 0 $23before exit
SQFTW Presidio Property TRST -CW27 *W EXP 01/24/202 Sold out 744 $15before exit
USVM Victoryshares US Small Mid C USAA MSCI USA SM Sold out 0 $14before exit
XSVM Invesco S&P Smallcap Value W S&P SMCP VLU MNT Sold out 0 $13before exit
HUM Humana Inc. COM Sold out 0 $10before exit
TPSC Timothy Plan US Small Cap Co. U S SM CP CORE Sold out 0 $10before exit
JHAI Janus Hen Global AI ETF HEND GLOB AR ETF Sold out 0 $8before exit
GABELLI EQUITY TRUST-RT RIGHT 04/14/2026 Sold out 110 $4before exit
BSCW Invesco Bulletshares 2032 CB BULLETSHS 2032 Sold out 0 $4before exit
KEMX Kraneshares MSCI E-MKT Ex-CH MSCI EMG EX CH Sold out 0 $2before exit
BNDC NT Core Bond ETF CRE SLCT BD FD Sold out 0 $0before exit

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

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 482$2.2BHTGC, ARCC, GBDC, TSLX, OBDC
Q1 2026 2,576$2.1BHTGC, ARCC, GBDC, TSLX, OBDC
Q4 2025 2,501$2.1BTSLX, ARCC, HTGC, GBDC, OBDC
Q3 2025 1,670$1.8BTSLX, ARCC, HTGC, GBDC, SHYG
Q2 2025 1,585$1.7BTSLX, ARCC, HTGC, GBDC, OBDC
Q1 2025 1,529$1.7BHTGC, TSLX, ARCC, GBDC, OBDC
Q4 2024 1,444$1.6BHTGC, ARCC, TSLX, GBDC, OBDC
Q3 2024 1,385$1.6BHTGC, ARCC, TSLX, GBDC, SHYG
Q2 2024 1,356$1.4BHTGC, TSLX, ARCC, GBDC, SHYG
Q1 2024 1,333$1.3BHTGC, TSLX, GBDC, ARCC, SHYG