Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed January 21, 2025), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 1,444 stock positions worth $1.6 billion. Its top holding was Hercules Capital (HTGC) at 3.5% of the portfolio, followed by Ares Capital (ARCC, 3.1%) and Sixth Street Specialty Lendi (TSLX, 3.0%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 150 new positions, sold out of 90, added to 481 and reduced 252. The biggest buy was United Parcel Service Class B (UPS, shares +5577%) and the biggest sale Patterson Cos (PDCO, shares −96%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$1.6B (Q4 2024)
SEC Filing
0001104659-25-004762 ↗ filed Jan 21, 2025

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 $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 1,444 stocks · $1.6B

HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 3.50% 2,815,214 $56.6M Add +2.8%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 3.13% 2,314,269 $50.7M Add +4.4%
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 3.04% 2,305,372 $49.1M Add +5.6%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 2.87% 3,055,380 $46.3M Add +6.0%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.83% 3,024,260 $45.7M Add +6.4%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 2.67% 1,011,736 $43.1M Add +3.4%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 2.46% 2,043,832 $39.8M Add +3.8%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 2.34% 996,085 $37.8M Add +4.0%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 2.24% 3,320,039 $36.3M Add +12.0%
FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI 2.19% 2,198,926 $35.3M Add +4.9%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 2.17% 1,085,066 $35.1M Add +17.1%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 2.07% 1,847,881 $33.5M Add +3.5%
T AT&T Inc. 1.80% 1,277,293 $29.1M Add +8.3%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 1.66% 631,820 $26.8M Add +8.6%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 1.59% 116,631 $25.6M Add +4.5%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.53% 351,406 $24.7M Add +8.7%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 1.45% 920,757 $23.5M Add +3.8%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.38% 329,700 $22.4M Add +7.5%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.37% 88,752 $22.2M Add +0.3%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.33% 361,853 $21.4M Add +8.5%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1.26% 764,822 $20.3M Add +10.0%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 1.25% 107,900 $20.3M Add +8.9%
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 1.25% 271,626 $20.2M Add +8.1%
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. 1.24% 343,040 $20.1M Reduce -2.4%
OMC Omnicom Group 1.20% 226,084 $19.5M Reduce -4.1%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 1.16% 1,026,260 $18.7M Add +20.0%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.13% 105,709 $18.2M Add +3.9%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.09% 228,677 $17.7M Add +8.8%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.09% 98,930 $17.6M Add +10.4%
EIX Edison International 0.97% 195,788 $15.6M Add +5.9%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 0.90% 866,916 $14.6M Add +9.0%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 0.89% 493,942 $14.4M Add +8.8%
O Realty Income Corp. 0.89% 269,481 $14.4M Add +9.3%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.89% 298,097 $14.4M Add +9.6%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 0.87% 345,264 $14.1M Add +9.6%
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. 0.86% 907,983 $13.9M Add +10.9%
SON Sonoco Products Co. 0.84% 278,729 $13.6M Add +53.3%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.83% 105,817 $13.3M Add +5576.9%
EVRG Evergy Inc. 0.82% 216,004 $13.3M Add +5709.7%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.82% 391,053 $13.2M Add +12.1%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 0.81% 189,131 $13.1M Add +11.5%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 0.78% 578,541 $12.6M Add +2.9%
CRI Carter's Inc. 0.78% 232,840 $12.6M Add +32.7%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 0.77% 462,096 $12.5M Add +11.4%
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC 0.77% 482,811 $12.4M Add +28.6%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.74% 54,634 $12.0M Add +8.1%
OKE Oneok Inc. 0.74% 119,019 $11.9M Reduce -42.2%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. 0.74% 556,646 $11.9M Reduce -11.5%
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. 0.73% 424,049 $11.9M Add +28.8%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.72% 94,892 $11.6M Add +6.9%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.68% 543,875 $11.0M Add +5.3%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.62% 334,106 $10.0M Add +6.6%
HRB H&R Block Inc. filed as BLOCK H & R INC 0.60% 184,374 $9.7M Add +0.8%
OGN Organon & Co. 0.60% 651,106 $9.7M Add +6.5%
CFG Citizens Financial Group 0.58% 215,517 $9.4M Add +979522.7%
WHF Whitehorse Finance Inc. 0.58% 965,296 $9.3M Add +7.8%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.58% 166,973 $9.3M Add +6.9%
XRX Xerox Holdings Corp. 0.57% 1,102,688 $9.3M Add +6.7%
AHRT Ah Realty Trust Inc. filed as ARMADA HOFFLER PPTYS INC 0.56% 884,582 $9.0M New
DOW Dow Inc. 0.55% 222,871 $8.9M Add +7.7%
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 0.54% 91,187 $8.7M Add +48.1%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.52% 275,675 $8.5M Add +124.0%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.49% 41,446 $7.8M Add +9.2%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.48% 18,296 $7.7M Add +8.2%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.41% 16,360 $6.6M Add +12.9%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.40% 69,930 $6.5M Add +13.6%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.40% 47,820 $6.4M Add +19.0%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.38% 6,959 $6.2M Reduce -6.9%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.38% 243,689 $6.2M Add +5.0%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.38% 93,411 $6.1M Add +3.7%
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.38% 249,772 $6.1M Add +3.7%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.37% 69,960 $6.0M Add +4.1%
GPN Global Payments Inc. 0.36% 52,062 $5.8M Add +15.7%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.36% 11,387 $5.8M Reduce -0.6%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.34% 9,383 $5.5M Reduce -11.9%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B 0.34% 95,292 $5.5M Add +14.4%
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF 0.33% 303,393 $5.4M Add +2.8%
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK 0.33% 242,897 $5.3M Add +2.5%
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec 0.33% 258,024 $5.3M Add +5.5%
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors 0.33% 140,062 $5.3M Reduce -9.7%
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials 0.32% 303,255 $5.2M Add +3.6%
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF 0.32% 452,759 $5.2M Add +3.4%
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF 0.32% 265,584 $5.2M Add +3.6%
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF 0.32% 156,643 $5.2M Add +4.5%
SPFF Global X Superincome Prefer 0.32% 555,319 $5.1M Add +3.5%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.31% 65,321 $5.0M Add +14.0%
WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 0.29% 507,213 $4.7M Add +4.8%
BERY Berry Global Group Inc. 0.29% 72,914 $4.7M Add +13.4%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.28% 242,064 $4.6M Add +85.0%
WDC Western Digital Corp. 0.28% 75,874 $4.5M Add +13.2%
STLA Stellantis NV 0.26% 317,637 $4.1M Add +13.4%
LKQ LKQ Corp. 0.25% 111,460 $4.1M Add +13.6%
ADT Adt Inc. 0.24% 572,561 $4.0M Add +61.2%
PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 0.24% 276,568 $3.9M Reduce -68.7%
PRU Prudential Financial Inc. 0.24% 32,495 $3.9M Add +13.2%
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. 0.23% 135,352 $3.8M Add +13.3%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.23% 4,814 $3.7M Add +0.8%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.23% 6,846 $3.7M Add +10.7%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 0.21% 29,465 $3.4M Add +165.9%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.21% 13,958 $3.4M Reduce -4.6%

Show all 1,444 holdings

Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $59K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A 1,212$30KAdd +21.2%
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 952$22KNo 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$685No change
Lines left out (29) · $331 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
MTH Meritage Homes Corp. COM0$66
MKTX Marketaxess Holdings Inc. COM0$41
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu S&P MC 400VL ETF0$26
OC Owens Corning COM0$24
XAR SS SPDR S&P Aerospace Def ST STR SP AERO0$23
LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opp FST LOW OPPT EFT0$18
LEN Lennar Corp. Class A CL A0$17
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV0$15
TS Tenaris SA-ADR SPONSORED ADS0$15
GGG Graco Inc. COM0$12
SYLD Cambria Shareholder Yield Et SHSHLD YIELD ETF0$10
PAGP Plains GP Holdings LP LTD PARTNR INT A0$9
AMAL Amalgamated Financial Corp. COM0$8
DFEN Direx DLY Aeros & DF BL3X-Ui DAILY AEROSPACE0$8
CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. COM0$7
KTB Kontoor Brands Inc. COM0$7
FTA First Trust L C Val Alp COM SHS0$5
FTXO First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF NASDAQ BK ETF0$3
USA Liberty All Star Equity Fund SH BEN INT0$3
ITB iShares U.S. Home Constructi US HOME CONS ETF0$2
KEMX Kraneshares MSCI E-MKT Ex-CH MSCI EMG EX CH0$2
XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ST STR SP BIOT0$2
ERC Allspring Multi-Sector Inc. COM0$2
FAS Dirx DLY Finacial B3X ETF-Ui DAILY FINANCIAL0$1
FTCS First Trust Capital Strength CAP STRENGTH ETF0$1
FVD First Trust Value Line DVD SHS0$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 Q3 2024 → Q4 2024

PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. Reduce -96.4% 0.04% −0.83
ETR Entergy Corp. Reduce -98.0% 0.02% −0.81
PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Reduce -68.7% 0.24% −0.56
OKE Oneok Inc. Reduce -42.2% 0.74% −0.47
UL Unilever PLC Reduce -92.5% 0.03% −0.39
OMC Omnicom Group Reduce -4.1% 1.20% −0.37
BAX Baxter International Inc. Reduce -97.2% 0.00% −0.23
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Reduce -11.5% 0.74% −0.20
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow Reduce -98.7% 0.00% −0.19
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap Reduce -99.9% 0.00% −0.19
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF Reduce -97.3% 0.00% −0.17
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Reduce -99.0% 0.00% −0.17
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -53.2% 0.08% −0.09
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Reduce -9.7% 0.33% −0.08
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Reduce -11.9% 0.34% −0.05
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va Reduce -18.8% 0.15% −0.04
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -12.3% 0.16% −0.03
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations I Reduce -99.3% 0.00% −0.02
XLK SS Technology Select Sector Reduce -85.3% 0.00% −0.02
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Reduce -4.6% 0.21% −0.02
LRCX Lam Research Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.02
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. Reduce -25.7% 0.02% −0.01
PM Philip Morris International Reduce -51.1% 0.01% −0.01
HEFA Isha Curr Hedged MSCI Eafe Reduce -85.0% 0.00% −0.01
CHE Chemed Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -3.0% 0.06% −0.01
FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. Reduce -99.7% 0.00% −0.01
AXP American Express Co. Reduce -53.1% 0.01% −0.01
IR Ingersoll-Rand Inc. Reduce -35.4% 0.01% −0.01
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF Reduce -66.5% 0.00% −0.01
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Reduce -9.9% 0.03% −0.01
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Reduce -48.2% 0.01% −0.01
F Ford Motor Co. Reduce -35.5% 0.01% −0.01
WM Waste Management Inc. Reduce -47.7% 0.01% −0.01
SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -14.9% 0.06% −0.01
CVX Chevron Corp. Reduce -3.5% 0.06% −0.01
LIN Linde PLC Reduce -0.8% 0.03% −0.01
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Reduce -6.8% 0.01% −0.01
WPC WP Carey Inc. Reduce -13.7% 0.01% −0.01
GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF Reduce -2.1% 0.02% −0.00
IXC iShares Global Energy ETF Reduce -87.3% 0.00% −0.00
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd Reduce -3.6% 0.06% −0.00
VST Vistra Corp. Reduce -98.9% 0.00% −0.00
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Reduce -14.0% 0.07% −0.00
NIO Nio Inc. - ADR Sold out 0.00% −0.00
REZ Ishars Res and Multi Reales Reduce -11.8% 0.01% −0.00
PROSHARES SHORT S&P500 Sold out 0.00% −0.00
CVS CVS Health Corp. Reduce -14.8% 0.01% −0.00

Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024

UPS United Parcel Service Class B Add +5576.9% 0.83% +0.81
EVRG Evergy Inc. Add +5709.7% 0.82% +0.81
CFG Citizens Financial Group Add +979522.7% 0.58% +0.58
AHRT Ah Realty Trust Inc. New 0.56% +0.56
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F Add +17.1% 2.17% +0.42
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. Add +124.0% 0.52% +0.25
C Citigroup Inc. Add +8.7% 1.53% +0.23
SON Sonoco Products Co. Add +53.3% 0.84% +0.20
SNY Sanofi-ADR Add +156520.9% 0.20% +0.20
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Add +8.5% 1.33% +0.18
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. New 0.17% +0.17
TSLA Tesla Inc. Add +12.9% 0.41% +0.16
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call Add +20.0% 1.16% +0.16
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. Add +6.4% 2.83% +0.16
IBND SS SPDR BB Intl Corp. BD ETF New 0.16% +0.16
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi Add +5.6% 3.04% +0.15
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond Add +48.1% 0.54% +0.15
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. Add +4.4% 3.13% +0.15
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Add +358.3% 0.19% +0.14
ENB Enbridge Inc. Add +8.6% 1.66% +0.14
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +8.1% 0.74% +0.14
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC Add +28.6% 0.77% +0.13
T AT&T Inc. Add +8.3% 1.80% +0.13
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Add +165.9% 0.21% +0.13
MTB M & T Bank Corp. Add +8.9% 1.25% +0.12
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +19.0% 0.40% +0.08
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +9.2% 0.49% +0.08
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. Add +10.9% 0.86% +0.08
ADT Adt Inc. Add +61.2% 0.24% +0.08
FEPI Rex Fang Innov Prem Inc. ETF New 0.08% +0.08
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. Add +28.8% 0.73% +0.06
GPN Global Payments Inc. Add +15.7% 0.36% +0.06
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. Add +6.0% 2.87% +0.06
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B Add +86.9% 0.13% +0.06
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. Add +85.0% 0.28% +0.06
MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui Add +126.0% 0.09% +0.05
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +0.3% 1.37% +0.05
CRI Carter's Inc. Add +32.7% 0.78% +0.05
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Add +14.0% 0.31% +0.05
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. Add +2.8% 3.50% +0.04
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca Add +12.0% 2.24% +0.04
VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +188.7% 0.05% +0.03
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. Add +6.6% 0.62% +0.03
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B Add +14.4% 0.34% +0.03
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +12.6% 0.19% +0.02
VTRS Viatris Inc. Add +13.2% 0.17% +0.02
MCD McDonald's Corp. Add +37.3% 0.10% +0.02
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. Add +3.9% 1.13% +0.02
ROL Rollins Inc. Add +28808.7% 0.02% +0.02
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui Add +60.7% 0.05% +0.02

Notes & Other Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024

RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A Add +21.2% 1,212 $30K
MTH Meritage Homes Corp. COM New 0 $66
MKTX Marketaxess Holdings Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $41
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu S&P MC 400VL ETF Reduce -100.0% 0 $26
OC Owens Corning COM New 0 $24
LEN Lennar Corp. Class A CL A New 0 $17
PAGP Plains GP Holdings LP LTD PARTNR INT A Reduce -100.0% 0 $9
AMAL Amalgamated Financial Corp. COM New 0 $8
DFEN Direx DLY Aeros & DF BL3X-Ui DAILY AEROSPACE New 0 $8
KTB Kontoor Brands Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $7
USA Liberty All Star Equity Fund SH BEN INT New 0 $3
ITB iShares U.S. Home Constructi US HOME CONS ETF New 0 $2
XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ST STR SP BIOT New 0 $2
FAS Dirx DLY Finacial B3X ETF-Ui DAILY FINANCIAL New 0 $1

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