Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed October 10, 2024), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 1,385 stock positions worth $1.6 billion. Its top holding was Hercules Capital (HTGC) at 3.5% of the portfolio, followed by Ares Capital (ARCC, 3.0%) and Sixth Street Specialty Lendi (TSLX, 2.9%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 141 new positions, sold out of 109, added to 410 and reduced 270. The biggest buy was a new position in Sonoco Products (SON) and the biggest sale an exit from Cheesecake Factory (the) (cake 0.375 06/15/26).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$1.6B (Q3 2024)
SEC Filing
0001104659-24-107589 ↗ filed Oct 10, 2024

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 $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 Q2 2026

Holdings 1,385 stocks · $1.6B

HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 3.46% 2,737,345 $53.8M Add +1.8%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 2.99% 2,217,277 $46.4M Add +3.7%
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 2.88% 2,183,060 $44.8M Add +2.5%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 2.80% 2,882,861 $43.6M Add +5.0%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 2.73% 978,437 $42.5M Reduce -1.6%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.67% 2,842,258 $41.4M Add +4.8%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 2.52% 1,969,230 $39.2M Reduce -0.6%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 2.40% 957,360 $37.4M Reduce -0.1%
FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI 2.24% 2,095,565 $34.7M Add +0.1%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 2.21% 2,963,258 $34.3M Add +11.5%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 2.20% 1,785,367 $34.2M Add +2.5%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 1.75% 926,633 $27.1M Add +22.0%
T AT&T Inc. 1.67% 1,179,250 $25.9M Add +5.3%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 1.59% 111,647 $24.7M Add +6.2%
OMC Omnicom Group 1.57% 235,779 $24.4M Add +5.2%
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 1.55% 251,316 $24.1M Add +5.3%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 1.54% 886,800 $24.0M Add +1.3%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 1.52% 582,020 $23.6M Add +5.3%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.38% 306,544 $21.4M Add +5.3%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.33% 88,531 $20.6M Add +1.4%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.30% 323,353 $20.2M Add +6.0%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1.30% 695,406 $20.1M Add +5.0%
OKE Oneok Inc. 1.21% 205,950 $18.8M Reduce -6.9%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.16% 210,139 $18.1M Add +7.6%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.14% 333,481 $17.7M Add +3.3%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.14% 89,572 $17.7M Reduce -15.5%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 1.14% 99,047 $17.6M Add +5.5%
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. 1.13% 351,371 $17.6M Reduce -1.3%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.11% 101,748 $17.2M Add +5.3%
EIX Edison International 1.04% 184,925 $16.1M Add +3.9%
O Realty Income Corp. 1.01% 246,639 $15.6M Add +7.7%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 0.99% 855,083 $15.4M Add +75.8%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 0.98% 315,118 $15.3M Add +19.0%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 0.97% 454,044 $15.1M Add +7.9%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. 0.94% 629,072 $14.6M Add +41.8%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 0.93% 795,428 $14.5M Add +8.3%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.92% 348,913 $14.3M Add +4.5%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 0.92% 169,582 $14.3M Add +10.8%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 0.91% 562,079 $14.2M Add +1.2%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.90% 271,902 $14.0M Add +9.0%
PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. 0.87% 618,435 $13.5M Reduce -7.4%
ETR Entergy Corp. 0.83% 98,377 $12.9M Add +4.3%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 0.82% 414,804 $12.8M Add +13.9%
PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 0.80% 882,287 $12.4M Add +11.7%
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. 0.78% 818,601 $12.2M Add +14.9%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.77% 88,797 $12.0M Add +3.7%
OGN Organon & Co. 0.75% 611,380 $11.7M Add +6.8%
HRB H&R Block Inc. filed as BLOCK H & R INC 0.75% 182,832 $11.6M Reduce -12.2%
CRI Carter's Inc. 0.73% 175,494 $11.4M Add +4.9%
DOW Dow Inc. 0.73% 207,008 $11.3M Add +5.2%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.73% 156,191 $11.3M Add +4.5%
XRX Xerox Holdings Corp. 0.69% 1,033,506 $10.7M Add +27.9%
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. 0.67% 329,272 $10.4M Add +5.6%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.67% 516,268 $10.4M Add +4.5%
WHF Whitehorse Finance Inc. 0.67% 895,062 $10.4M Add +4.7%
SON Sonoco Products Co. 0.64% 181,856 $9.9M New
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC 0.63% 375,384 $9.8M New
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.61% 50,536 $9.4M Add +3.4%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.59% 313,298 $9.1M Add +59.5%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.47% 16,915 $7.3M Add +6.8%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.46% 61,578 $7.1M Reduce -0.7%
UL Unilever PLC 0.41% 99,006 $6.4M Reduce -46.3%
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors 0.41% 155,044 $6.3M Reduce -6.9%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.41% 37,946 $6.3M Add +5.0%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.40% 10,657 $6.1M Add +3.4%
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 0.39% 61,558 $6.0M Reduce -24.4%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.38% 231,993 $6.0M Add +3.2%
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.38% 240,838 $5.8M Add +6.8%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.38% 90,114 $5.8M Add +3.9%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.37% 67,233 $5.8M Add +5.0%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.36% 11,450 $5.6M Add +90.1%
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF 0.35% 437,945 $5.4M Add +3.6%
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK 0.35% 236,881 $5.4M Add +3.7%
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF 0.34% 149,959 $5.3M Add +3.9%
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials 0.34% 292,588 $5.3M Add +4.7%
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF 0.34% 295,072 $5.3M Add +3.3%
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF 0.34% 256,455 $5.3M Add +4.0%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.34% 7,476 $5.3M Reduce -2.7%
SPFF Global X Superincome Prefer 0.34% 536,520 $5.2M Add +4.4%
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec 0.33% 244,547 $5.2M Reduce -0.4%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.31% 40,188 $4.9M Add +7.4%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B 0.31% 83,292 $4.8M Add +8.8%
GPN Global Payments Inc. 0.30% 44,986 $4.6M Add +29.9%
WDC Western Digital Corp. 0.29% 67,018 $4.6M Add +8.6%
BERY Berry Global Group Inc. 0.28% 64,292 $4.4M Add +8.8%
WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 0.28% 483,840 $4.3M Add +4.3%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.28% 123,091 $4.3M Add +4.8%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.27% 4,776 $4.2M Add +0.3%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.27% 57,300 $4.1M Add +9.0%
STLA Stellantis NV 0.25% 280,010 $3.9M Add +47.0%
LKQ LKQ Corp. 0.25% 98,096 $3.9M Add +31.5%
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. 0.25% 119,518 $3.9M Add +8.7%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.24% 14,489 $3.8M Add +6.2%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 0.23% 95,360 $3.6M Add +9.2%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.23% 14,626 $3.6M Add +3.0%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.23% 130,865 $3.5M Add +10.6%
PRU Prudential Financial Inc. 0.22% 28,708 $3.5M Add +9.9%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.21% 6,186 $3.3M Add +44.9%
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va 0.20% 28,328 $3.0M Add +774.9%
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 0.19% 49,582 $3.0M Add +9.5%

Show all 1,385 holdings

Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $44K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A 1,000$26KNew
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 952$10KNo change
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 180$5KNo change
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$2KNo change
BIO GREEN MED SOLUTION (BGMS 6 PERP) PFD CONV EX 6% 94$619No change
Lines left out (19) · $173 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth RUS 2000 GRW ETF0$41
XAR SS SPDR S&P Aerospace Def ST STR SP AERO0$22
LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opp FST LOW OPPT EFT0$18
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV0$16
GGG Graco Inc. COM0$13
WTBN Wisdomtree Bianco TR Fund BIANCO TOTL RETU0$13
TS Tenaris SA-ADR SPONSORED ADS0$12
SYLD Cambria Shareholder Yield Et SHSHLD YIELD ETF0$10
CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. COM0$8
FTA First Trust L C Val Alp COM SHS0$5
FTXO First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF NASDAQ BK ETF0$3
FVD First Trust Value Line DVD SHS0$2
RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend RISNG DIVD ACHIV0$2
KEMX Kraneshares MSCI E-MKT Ex-CH MSCI EMG EX CH0$2
ERC Allspring Multi-Sector Inc. COM0$2
FTCS First Trust Capital Strength CAP STRENGTH ETF0$1
FXN First Trust Energy Alphadex ENERGY ALPHADX0$1
NXTG First Trust Indxx Nextg ETF INDXX NEXTG ETF0$1
BNDC NT Core Bond ETF CRE SLCT BD FD0$1

Filed with a value but no share or principal amount (a cash line, a holding rounded to 0 shares), so they are kept out of the holdings, totals and percentages.

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.6B.

Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

CHEESECAKE FACTORY (THE) (CAKE 0.375 06/15/26) Sold out 0.00% −1.45
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Co. Class A Reduce -98.3% 0.01% −0.60
UL Unilever PLC Reduce -46.3% 0.41% −0.29
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -55.9% 0.19% −0.28
PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. Reduce -7.4% 0.87% −0.26
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Reduce -82.0% 0.04% −0.20
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu Reduce -99.7% 0.00% −0.20
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond Reduce -1.6% 2.73% −0.20
USDU Wisdomtree BBG Usd Bullish Sold out 0.00% −0.17
GM General Motors Co. Reduce -93.8% 0.01% −0.16
ACUITYADS HLDGS INC Sold out 0.00% −0.15
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond Reduce -24.4% 0.39% −0.15
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -15.5% 1.14% −0.13
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD Reduce -0.6% 2.52% −0.13
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Reduce -1.3% 1.13% −0.12
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High Reduce -0.1% 2.40% −0.08
PLYM Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. Reduce -98.8% 0.00% −0.08
OKE Oneok Inc. Reduce -6.9% 1.21% −0.05
WBS Webster Financial Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.05
HRB H&R Block Inc. Reduce -12.2% 0.75% −0.04
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Reduce -17.1% 0.08% −0.03
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec Reduce -0.4% 0.33% −0.03
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Reduce -60.8% 0.01% −0.02
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -2.7% 0.34% −0.02
SILA Sila Realty Trust Inc. Reduce -74.6% 0.01% −0.02
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF Reduce -55.4% 0.01% −0.02
INDA iShares MSCI India ETF Reduce -89.8% 0.00% −0.02
BKLN Invesco Senior Loan ETF Reduce -98.8% 0.00% −0.02
XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod Reduce -98.8% 0.00% −0.02
XME SS SPDR S&P Metals Mining Reduce -98.8% 0.00% −0.02
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Reduce -75.6% 0.00% −0.02
WM Waste Management Inc. Reduce -46.3% 0.01% −0.02
CORT Corcept Therapeutics Inc. Reduce -98.4% 0.00% −0.01
SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. Reduce -27.3% 0.01% −0.01
VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Reduce -99.4% 0.00% −0.01
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -4.4% 0.17% −0.01
XMHQ Invesco S&P Midcap Qual ETF Reduce -90.7% 0.00% −0.01
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD Reduce -46.5% 0.01% −0.01
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.01
F Ford Motor Co. Reduce -19.2% 0.02% −0.01
CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
SHAK Shake Shack Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.01
CEDAR FAIR LP Sold out 0.00% −0.01
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro-Spon ADR Reduce -96.9% 0.00% −0.01
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF Reduce -41.7% 0.01% −0.01
MCK McKesson Corp. Reduce -90.1% 0.00% −0.01
EQNR Equinor ASA-Spon ADR Reduce -97.7% 0.00% −0.01
VALE Vale SA-SP ADR Reduce -94.7% 0.00% −0.01
BA The Boeing Co. Reduce -1.7% 0.03% −0.01
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equit Reduce -99.8% 0.00% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

SON Sonoco Products Co. New 0.64% +0.64
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC New 0.63% +0.63
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call Add +75.8% 0.99% +0.39
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Add +41.8% 0.94% +0.37
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Add +6.2% 1.59% +0.32
NNN NNN REIT Inc. Add +19.0% 0.98% +0.19
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. Add +10.8% 0.92% +0.19
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. Add +59.5% 0.59% +0.19
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap New 0.19% +0.19
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. Add +13.9% 0.82% +0.18
T AT&T Inc. Add +5.3% 1.67% +0.17
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va Add +774.9% 0.20% +0.17
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Add +10438.5% 0.17% +0.17
ADT Adt Inc. New 0.17% +0.17
OMC Omnicom Group Add +5.2% 1.57% +0.16
O Realty Income Corp. Add +7.7% 1.01% +0.16
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Add +90.1% 0.36% +0.16
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow Add +377.8% 0.19% +0.15
ENB Enbridge Inc. Add +5.3% 1.52% +0.15
EIX Edison International Add +3.9% 1.04% +0.14
MTB M & T Bank Corp. Add +5.5% 1.14% +0.14
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust Add +8.3% 0.93% +0.13
VICI Vici Properties Inc. Add +7.9% 0.97% +0.13
ETR Entergy Corp. Add +4.3% 0.83% +0.13
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F Add +22.0% 1.75% +0.12
HAS Hasbro Inc. Add +4.5% 0.73% +0.12
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie Add +9.0% 0.90% +0.11
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B Add +5.3% 1.38% +0.11
PFG Principal Financial Group Add +7.6% 1.16% +0.09
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. Add +5.3% 1.11% +0.08
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B New 0.07% +0.07
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Add +3.3% 1.14% +0.07
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca Add +11.5% 2.21% +0.06
GPN Global Payments Inc. Add +29.9% 0.30% +0.06
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +44.9% 0.21% +0.06
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. Add +14.9% 0.78% +0.06
TSLA Tesla Inc. Add +6.2% 0.24% +0.06
SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap Add +2090.8% 0.06% +0.05
IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF Add +7798.8% 0.05% +0.05
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Add +9.0% 0.27% +0.04
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +1.4% 1.33% +0.04
BERY Berry Global Group Inc. Add +8.8% 0.28% +0.04
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. Add +5.6% 0.67% +0.04
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B Add +8.8% 0.31% +0.04
LKQ LKQ Corp. Add +31.5% 0.25% +0.04
XRX Xerox Holdings Corp. Add +27.9% 0.69% +0.03
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. Add +8.7% 0.25% +0.03
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Add +58.1% 0.08% +0.03
BAX Baxter International Inc. Add +9.2% 0.23% +0.03
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. Add +186.7% 0.04% +0.03

Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

IRS.WS Irsa Inversiones Y Rep -CW26 *W EXP 05/12/202 Sold out 7,936,083 $169.4Mbefore exit
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A New 1,000 $26K
GGG Graco Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $13
TS Tenaris SA-ADR SPONSORED ADS Reduce -100.0% 0 $12
CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $8
FVD First Trust Value Line DVD SHS Reduce -100.0% 0 $2
FTCS First Trust Capital Strength CAP STRENGTH ETF Reduce -100.0% 0 $1
DOUG Douglas Elliman Inc. COM 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