Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed April 17, 2025), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 1,529 stock positions worth $1.7 billion. Its top holding was Hercules Capital (HTGC) at 3.3% of the portfolio, followed by Sixth Street Specialty Lendi (TSLX, 3.1%) and Ares Capital (ARCC, 3.1%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 155 new positions, sold out of 72, added to 526 and reduced 229. The biggest buy was Eversource Energy (ES, shares +3062%) and the biggest sale Edison International (EIX, shares −84%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$1.7B (Q1 2025)
SEC Filing
0001104659-25-035760 ↗ filed Apr 17, 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 Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.7B $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 1,529 stocks · $1.7B

HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 3.26% 2,874,455 $55.2M Add +2.1%
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 3.12% 2,361,139 $52.8M Add +2.4%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 3.11% 2,378,835 $52.7M Add +2.8%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 2.85% 3,183,837 $48.2M Add +4.2%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.73% 3,153,298 $46.2M Add +4.3%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 2.57% 1,024,512 $43.6M Add +1.3%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 2.41% 2,078,101 $40.8M Add +1.7%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 2.37% 3,585,201 $40.1M Add +8.0%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 2.30% 1,017,844 $38.9M Add +2.2%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 2.24% 1,172,276 $37.9M Add +8.0%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 2.01% 1,880,870 $34.1M Add +1.8%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 1.71% 653,393 $29.0M Add +3.4%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.53% 365,614 $26.0M Add +4.0%
FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI 1.45% 1,517,022 $24.5M Reduce -31.0%
T AT&T Inc. 1.41% 842,888 $23.8M Reduce -34.0%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 1.40% 923,272 $23.6M Add +0.3%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.36% 373,274 $23.0M Add +3.2%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.25% 94,972 $21.1M Add +7.0%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 1.24% 84,559 $21.0M Reduce -27.5%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.23% 99,154 $20.8M Add +0.2%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.19% 340,672 $20.2M Add +3.3%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1.18% 790,953 $20.0M Add +3.4%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 1.18% 111,718 $20.0M Add +3.5%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.18% 236,617 $20.0M Add +3.5%
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 1.17% 281,441 $19.8M Add +3.6%
OMC Omnicom Group 1.15% 233,881 $19.4M Add +3.5%
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. 1.12% 335,008 $18.9M Reduce -2.3%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.09% 111,616 $18.5M Add +5.6%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 1.09% 1,113,597 $18.5M Add +8.5%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 1.03% 533,399 $17.4M Add +8.0%
O Realty Income Corp. 1.01% 295,142 $17.1M Add +9.5%
ES Eversource Energy 0.98% 266,242 $16.5M Add +3061.6%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.97% 323,526 $16.5M Add +8.5%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 0.97% 384,553 $16.4M Add +11.4%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 0.94% 950,536 $15.9M Add +9.7%
SON Sonoco Products Co. 0.93% 333,566 $15.8M Add +19.7%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 0.93% 213,082 $15.7M Add +12.7%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.92% 402,059 $15.6M Add +2.8%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 0.88% 522,829 $14.9M Add +13.1%
EVRG Evergy Inc. 0.88% 215,013 $14.8M Reduce -0.5%
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC 0.82% 498,076 $14.0M Add +3.2%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 0.81% 616,016 $13.7M Add +6.5%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.81% 124,300 $13.7M Add +17.5%
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. 0.78% 1,016,816 $13.1M Add +12.0%
DOW Dow Inc. 0.77% 371,497 $13.0M Add +66.7%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.76% 97,874 $12.9M Add +3.1%
OKE Oneok Inc. 0.70% 119,230 $11.8M Add +0.2%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.70% 78,834 $11.8M Add +1370.8%
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. 0.69% 433,075 $11.8M Add +2.1%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.63% 340,121 $10.7M Add +1.8%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.63% 554,085 $10.7M Add +1.9%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.62% 55,338 $10.5M Add +1.3%
AHRT Ah Realty Trust Inc. filed as ARMADA HOFFLER PPTYS INC 0.62% 1,400,581 $10.5M Add +58.3%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.62% 170,028 $10.5M Add +1.8%
OGN Organon & Co. 0.58% 663,740 $9.9M Add +1.9%
WHF Whitehorse Finance Inc. 0.58% 1,013,374 $9.8M Add +5.0%
CRI Carter's Inc. 0.57% 236,810 $9.7M Add +1.7%
CFG Citizens Financial Group 0.54% 222,399 $9.1M Add +3.2%
WEN The Wendy's Co. 0.52% 596,438 $8.7M Add +84261.8%
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 0.51% 90,033 $8.6M Reduce -1.3%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.51% 281,518 $8.6M Add +2.1%
HRB H&R Block Inc. filed as BLOCK H & R INC 0.46% 143,325 $7.9M Reduce -22.3%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.44% 20,021 $7.5M Add +9.4%
ADT Adt Inc. 0.42% 883,982 $7.2M Add +54.4%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.40% 43,693 $6.8M Add +5.4%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.38% 75,059 $6.5M Add +7.3%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B 0.37% 101,721 $6.2M Add +6.8%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.36% 13,151 $6.2M Add +15.5%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.36% 55,713 $6.0M Add +16.5%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.35% 6,443 $6.0M Reduce -7.4%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.35% 71,218 $6.0M Add +9.0%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.35% 237,083 $6.0M Reduce -2.7%
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 0.35% 140,396 $5.9M New
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi 0.35% 296,784 $5.9M New
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.35% 244,382 $5.9M Reduce -2.2%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.35% 91,281 $5.8M Reduce -2.3%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.34% 68,560 $5.8M Reduce -2.0%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.34% 11,208 $5.8M Add +63.7%
NSA National Storage Affiliates 0.33% 142,558 $5.6M Add +17179.8%
GPN Global Payments Inc. 0.33% 56,427 $5.5M Add +8.4%
BERY Berry Global Group Inc. 0.32% 78,692 $5.5M Add +7.9%
XRX Xerox Holdings Corp. 0.32% 1,124,318 $5.4M Add +2.0%
SPFF Global X Superincome Prefer 0.32% 604,183 $5.4M Add +8.8%
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF 0.32% 304,139 $5.3M Add +0.3%
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF 0.31% 277,964 $5.3M Add +4.7%
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF 0.31% 162,992 $5.3M Add +4.0%
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec 0.31% 260,527 $5.3M Add +1.0%
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF 0.31% 466,621 $5.2M Add +3.1%
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials 0.31% 311,254 $5.2M Add +2.6%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.31% 347,841 $5.2M Add +43.7%
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK 0.31% 244,449 $5.2M Add +0.6%
LKQ LKQ Corp. 0.30% 120,761 $5.1M Add +8.3%
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF 0.29% 53,332 $4.9M Add +90.5%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.28% 8,457 $4.8M Reduce -9.9%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.27% 17,755 $4.6M Add +8.5%
SNY Sanofi-ADR 0.24% 73,420 $4.1M Add +9.0%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.24% 4,874 $4.0M Add +1.3%
PRU Prudential Financial Inc. 0.23% 35,408 $4.0M Add +9.0%
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. 0.23% 147,037 $3.9M Add +8.6%
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 0.23% 61,306 $3.9M Add +8.4%

Show all 1,529 holdings

Other holdings (6): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $40K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A 10$12KNew
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 952$12KNo change
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A 421$10KReduce -65.3%
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 182$5KAdd +1.1%
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$774No change
BIO GREEN MED SOLUTION (BGMS 6 PERP) PFD CONV EX 6% 94$440No change
Lines left out (23) · $246 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
MTH Meritage Homes Corp. COM0$31
CABO Cable One Inc. COM0$23
XAR SS SPDR S&P Aerospace Def ST STR SP AERO0$22
CNO Cno Financial Group Inc. COM0$20
OC Owens Corning COM0$20
OGS One Gas Inc. COM0$19
LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opp FST LOW OPPT EFT0$18
TS Tenaris SA-ADR SPONSORED ADS0$15
LEN Lennar Corp. Class A CL A0$14
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV0$14
SYLD Cambria Shareholder Yield Et SHSHLD YIELD ETF0$9
DFEN Direx DLY Aeros & DF BL3X-Ui DAILY AEROSPACE0$9
AMAL Amalgamated Financial Corp. COM0$7
FTA First Trust L C Val Alp COM SHS0$5
PFFR Infracap REIT Preferred ETF INFRACP REIT PFD0$4
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
GSL Global Ship Lease Inc. Class A COM CL A0$2
FXN First Trust Energy Alphadex ENERGY ALPHADX0$1
NXTG First Trust Indxx Nextg ETF INDXX NEXTG ETF0$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: $1.7B.

Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

EIX Edison International Reduce -83.6% 0.11% −0.86
FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI Reduce -31.0% 1.45% −0.74
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Reduce -96.8% 0.03% −0.71
T AT&T Inc. Reduce -34.0% 1.41% −0.39
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Reduce -27.5% 1.24% −0.34
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Reduce -94.4% 0.02% −0.31
WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Reduce -97.4% 0.01% −0.28
PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Reduce -92.6% 0.01% −0.23
IBND SS SPDR BB Intl Corp. BD ETF Reduce -100.0% 0.00% −0.16
HRB H&R Block Inc. Reduce -22.3% 0.46% −0.14
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Reduce -2.3% 1.12% −0.12
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Reduce -63.4% 0.07% −0.12
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Reduce -9.9% 0.28% −0.06
VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Reduce -88.7% 0.00% −0.04
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes Reduce -2.3% 0.35% −0.03
PH Parker Hannifin Corp. Reduce -35.6% 0.05% −0.03
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond Reduce -1.3% 0.51% −0.03
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged Reduce -2.2% 0.35% −0.03
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -7.4% 0.35% −0.03
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF Reduce -2.0% 0.34% −0.03
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF Reduce -2.7% 0.35% −0.03
SO The Southern Co. Reduce -56.8% 0.02% −0.02
ROL Rollins Inc. Reduce -96.4% 0.00% −0.02
FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.02
FTNT Fortinet Inc. Reduce -92.0% 0.00% −0.02
ACI Albertsons Cos Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.02
WMT Walmart Inc. Reduce -4.8% 0.12% −0.02
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth Reduce -58.1% 0.01% −0.02
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Reduce -63.6% 0.01% −0.01
TDG Transdigm Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR Reduce -77.7% 0.01% −0.01
SWX Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR Reduce -97.2% 0.00% −0.01
IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui Reduce -12.4% 0.07% −0.01
UTF Cohen & Steers Infrastructur Reduce -86.7% 0.00% −0.01
IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF Reduce -1.3% 0.05% −0.01
BA The Boeing Co. Reduce -29.9% 0.02% −0.01
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. Reduce -97.1% 0.00% −0.01
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Reduce -13.7% 0.03% −0.01
IAUM iShares Gold Trust Micro Sold out 0.00% −0.01
NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A Reduce -89.5% 0.00% −0.01
LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc. Reduce -29.4% 0.02% −0.01
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -5.5% 0.05% −0.01
NI Nisource Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Reduce -28.4% 0.03% −0.01
ORCL Oracle Corp. Reduce -7.9% 0.02% −0.01
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Reduce -4.1% 0.04% −0.01
CSX CSX Corp. Reduce -27.3% 0.01% −0.01
AEE Ameren Corporation Reduce -31.3% 0.02% −0.01
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF Reduce -9.2% 0.02% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

ES Eversource Energy Add +3061.6% 0.98% +0.95
PEP Pepsico Inc. Add +1370.8% 0.70% +0.65
WEN The Wendy's Co. Add +84261.8% 0.52% +0.51
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 New 0.35% +0.35
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi New 0.35% +0.35
NSA National Storage Affiliates Add +17179.8% 0.33% +0.33
DOW Dow Inc. Add +66.7% 0.77% +0.21
DNB Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. New 0.21% +0.21
ADT Adt Inc. Add +54.4% 0.42% +0.18
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Add +0.2% 1.23% +0.14
VICI Vici Properties Inc. Add +8.0% 1.03% +0.14
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +201.1% 0.21% +0.13
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Add +90.5% 0.29% +0.13
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF Add +13187.5% 0.13% +0.13
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca Add +8.0% 2.37% +0.12
O Realty Income Corp. Add +9.5% 1.01% +0.12
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. Add +12.7% 0.93% +0.12
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +63.7% 0.34% +0.11
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. Add +13.1% 0.88% +0.11
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Add +380.5% 0.14% +0.11
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR Add +2.8% 0.92% +0.10
NNN NNN REIT Inc. Add +11.4% 0.97% +0.10
SON Sonoco Products Co. Add +19.7% 0.93% +0.09
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie Add +8.5% 0.97% +0.08
PFG Principal Financial Group Add +3.5% 1.18% +0.08
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi Add +2.4% 3.12% +0.08
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector Add +1949.1% 0.08% +0.08
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd Add +11030.3% 0.08% +0.08
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F Add +8.0% 2.24% +0.07
AHRT Ah Realty Trust Inc. Add +58.3% 0.62% +0.06
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Add +945.0% 0.07% +0.06
XRNPX Cohen & Steers REIT and Pref New 0.06% +0.06
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC Add +3.2% 0.82% +0.06
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu New 0.05% +0.05
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum New 0.05% +0.05
ENB Enbridge Inc. Add +3.4% 1.71% +0.05
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd Add +2166.3% 0.05% +0.05
LKQ LKQ Corp. Add +8.3% 0.30% +0.05
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth New 0.05% +0.05
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock Add +3330.8% 0.05% +0.04
VLO Valero Energy Corp. Add +3.1% 0.76% +0.04
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Add +9.0% 0.35% +0.04
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +11.9% 0.20% +0.04
HAS Hasbro Inc. Add +1.8% 0.62% +0.04
SNY Sanofi-ADR Add +9.0% 0.24% +0.04
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Add +1905.2% 0.04% +0.04
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust Add +9.7% 0.94% +0.04
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco Add +58.4% 0.11% +0.04
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. Add +9.0% 0.21% +0.04
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF New 0.04% +0.04

Notes & Other Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A New 10 $12K
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A Reduce -65.3% 421 $10K
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 Add +1.1% 182 $5K
MKTX Marketaxess Holdings Inc. COM Sold out 0 $41before exit
CABO Cable One Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $23
CNO Cno Financial Group Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $20
OGS One Gas Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $19
GGG Graco Inc. COM Sold out 0 $12before exit
CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. COM Sold out 0 $7before exit
PFFR Infracap REIT Preferred ETF INFRACP REIT PFD Reduce -100.0% 0 $4
ERC Allspring Multi-Sector Inc. COM Sold out 0 $2before exit
GSL Global Ship Lease Inc. Class A COM CL A New 0 $2
FAS Dirx DLY Finacial B3X ETF-Ui DAILY FINANCIAL Sold out 0 $1before 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