Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2025 (holdings as of June 30, 2025, filed July 17, 2025), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 1,585 stock positions worth $1.7 billion. Its top holding was Sixth Street Specialty Lendi (TSLX) at 3.3% of the portfolio, followed by Ares Capital (ARCC, 3.1%) and Hercules Capital (HTGC, 3.1%). Compared with Q1 2025, it opened 176 new positions, sold out of 120, added to 473 and reduced 404. The biggest buy was Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG, shares +219314%) and the biggest sale an exit from First TR Exchng Traded FD Vi.

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$1.7B (Q2 2025)
SEC Filing
0001104659-25-068609 ↗ filed Jul 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 Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.7B $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 1,585 stocks · $1.7B

TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 3.29% 2,406,296 $57.3M Add +1.9%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 3.09% 2,453,944 $53.9M Add +3.2%
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 3.07% 2,930,340 $53.6M Add +1.9%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 2.78% 3,313,649 $48.5M Add +4.1%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.71% 3,294,183 $47.2M Add +4.5%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 2.52% 1,020,214 $44.0M Reduce -0.4%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 2.36% 2,075,894 $41.1M Reduce -0.1%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 2.31% 3,904,625 $40.3M Add +8.9%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 2.28% 1,018,442 $39.7M Add +0.1%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 2.26% 1,280,778 $39.4M Add +9.3%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 1.92% 1,852,105 $33.5M Reduce -1.5%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.89% 386,282 $32.9M Add +5.7%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 1.80% 692,416 $31.4M Add +6.0%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.57% 394,886 $27.4M Add +5.8%
T AT&T Inc. 1.48% 891,758 $25.8M Add +5.8%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.44% 363,118 $25.1M Add +6.6%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 1.42% 969,498 $24.8M Add +5.0%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 1.18% 70,019 $20.6M Reduce -17.2%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 1.17% 105,567 $20.5M Reduce -5.5%
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. 1.17% 345,827 $20.4M Add +3.2%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1.16% 838,069 $20.3M Add +6.0%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.13% 248,858 $19.8M Add +5.2%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.13% 106,368 $19.7M Add +7.3%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 1.13% 1,178,074 $19.7M Add +5.8%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.09% 118,621 $19.1M Add +6.3%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.08% 91,699 $18.8M Reduce -3.5%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 1.06% 569,059 $18.6M Add +6.7%
O Realty Income Corp. 1.04% 314,484 $18.1M Add +6.5%
ES Eversource Energy 1.03% 283,450 $18.0M Add +6.5%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 1.03% 416,058 $18.0M Add +8.2%
OMC Omnicom Group 1.01% 245,350 $17.7M Add +4.9%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 1.00% 570,740 $17.5M Add +9.2%
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 0.98% 296,640 $17.2M Add +5.4%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.95% 431,256 $16.6M Add +7.3%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.94% 352,420 $16.5M Add +8.9%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 0.93% 230,690 $16.2M Add +8.3%
EVRG Evergy Inc. 0.90% 228,001 $15.7M Add +6.0%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.90% 154,858 $15.6M Add +24.6%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 0.89% 702,201 $15.5M Add +14.0%
SON Sonoco Products Co. 0.89% 355,188 $15.5M Add +6.5%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 0.88% 1,047,055 $15.4M Add +10.2%
CFG Citizens Financial Group 0.86% 335,053 $15.0M Add +50.6%
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC 0.81% 528,964 $14.1M Add +6.2%
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. 0.80% 1,192,688 $13.9M Add +17.3%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.80% 583,016 $13.9M Add +5.2%
OKE Oneok Inc. 0.79% 169,624 $13.8M Add +42.3%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.76% 179,257 $13.2M Add +5.4%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.72% 355,357 $12.6M Add +4.5%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.70% 55,301 $12.1M Reduce -0.1%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.67% 86,779 $11.7M Reduce -11.3%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.66% 87,347 $11.5M Add +10.8%
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. 0.64% 457,333 $11.2M Add +5.6%
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 0.64% 257,464 $11.1M Add +83.4%
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi 0.63% 551,475 $11.0M Add +85.8%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.63% 22,013 $10.9M Add +9.9%
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. 0.61% 162,366 $10.7M Add +219313.5%
DOW Dow Inc. 0.59% 390,033 $10.3M Add +5.0%
PFS Provident Financial Services 0.55% 544,687 $9.5M New
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.54% 59,350 $9.4M Add +6.5%
WEN The Wendy's Co. 0.53% 814,753 $9.3M Add +36.6%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.50% 335,621 $8.7M Add +19.2%
WHF Whitehorse Finance Inc. 0.47% 942,066 $8.2M Reduce -7.0%
AHRT Ah Realty Trust Inc. filed as ARMADA HOFFLER PPTYS INC 0.47% 1,184,670 $8.1M Reduce -15.4%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.47% 6,056 $8.1M Reduce -6.0%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.46% 45,908 $8.1M Add +5.1%
ADT Adt Inc. 0.45% 936,454 $7.9M Add +5.9%
NSA National Storage Affiliates 0.43% 232,011 $7.4M Add +62.8%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.40% 78,677 $7.0M Add +4.8%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.40% 75,753 $6.9M Add +6.4%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.35% 19,450 $6.2M Add +9.6%
XRX Xerox Holdings Corp. 0.35% 1,168,559 $6.2M Add +3.9%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.34% 232,833 $5.9M Reduce -1.8%
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 0.34% 60,789 $5.9M Reduce -32.5%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.34% 67,507 $5.8M Reduce -1.5%
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.33% 242,008 $5.8M Reduce -1.0%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.33% 89,893 $5.8M Reduce -1.5%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.33% 365,944 $5.8M Add +5.2%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.32% 9,079 $5.6M Add +7.3%
AMCR Amcor PLC 0.32% 605,062 $5.6M Add +54855.7%
WDC Western Digital Corp. 0.32% 86,462 $5.5M Add +5.4%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.32% 9,702 $5.5M Reduce -13.4%
SPFF Global X Superincome Prefer 0.31% 597,841 $5.4M Reduce -1.1%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B 0.30% 109,037 $5.2M Add +7.2%
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF 0.30% 293,418 $5.2M Reduce -3.5%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.30% 9,411 $5.2M Reduce -28.4%
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials 0.30% 303,103 $5.2M Reduce -2.6%
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF 0.30% 274,715 $5.2M Reduce -1.2%
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF 0.29% 461,867 $5.1M Reduce -1.0%
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF 0.29% 161,023 $5.1M Reduce -1.2%
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK 0.29% 244,932 $5.1M Add +0.2%
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec 0.29% 258,113 $5.1M Reduce -0.9%
GPN Global Payments Inc. 0.28% 60,905 $4.9M Add +7.9%
LKQ LKQ Corp. 0.27% 128,163 $4.7M Add +6.1%
CG The Carlyle Group Inc. 0.26% 89,667 $4.6M New
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.24% 8,550 $4.2M Add +32.0%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.24% 5,260 $4.1M Add +7.9%
PRU Prudential Financial Inc. 0.23% 37,940 $4.1M Add +7.2%
SNY Sanofi-ADR 0.22% 78,254 $3.8M Add +6.6%
VTRS Viatris Inc. 0.21% 411,588 $3.7M Add +5.9%
STLA Stellantis NV 0.21% 364,752 $3.7M Add +5.7%

Show all 1,585 holdings

Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $53K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A 1,095$26KAdd +160.1%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A 10$12KNo change
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 952$11KNo change
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 156$3KReduce -14.3%
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$1KNo change
Lines left out (19) · $187 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
XAR SS SPDR S&P Aerospace Def ST STR SP AERO0$29
DJD Invesco Dow Jones Industrial DJ INDL AVG DV0$24
LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opp FST LOW OPPT EFT0$19
USVM Victoryshares US Small Mid C USAA MSCI USA SM0$19
TS Tenaris SA-ADR SPONSORED ADS0$15
HUM Humana Inc. COM0$14
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV0$13
XSVM Invesco S&P Smallcap Value W S&P SMCP VLU MNT0$11
IYR iShares US Real Estate ETF U.S. REAL ES ETF0$10
MTCH Match Group Inc. COM0$9
QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF DEFIA QUANT ETF0$6
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
KEMX Kraneshares MSCI E-MKT Ex-CH MSCI EMG EX CH0$2
GSL Global Ship Lease Inc. Class A COM CL A0$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

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 Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI Sold out 0.00% −1.45
OGN Organon & Co. Reduce -95.5% 0.02% −0.57
CRI Carter's Inc. Reduce -96.9% 0.01% −0.56
HRB H&R Block Inc. Reduce -96.1% 0.02% −0.45
BERY Berry Global Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.32
DNB Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. Reduce -99.0% 0.00% −0.21
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond Reduce -32.5% 0.34% −0.17
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -3.5% 1.08% −0.17
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Reduce -86.2% 0.03% −0.16
AHRT Ah Realty Trust Inc. Reduce -15.4% 0.47% −0.15
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -47.7% 0.15% −0.14
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va Reduce -80.3% 0.03% −0.13
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B Reduce -93.0% 0.01% −0.12
WHF Whitehorse Finance Inc. Reduce -7.0% 0.47% −0.11
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income Reduce -1.5% 1.92% −0.10
VLO Valero Energy Corp. Reduce -11.3% 0.67% −0.09
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Reduce -38.0% 0.14% −0.08
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Reduce -28.4% 0.30% −0.07
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Reduce -17.2% 1.18% −0.06
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector Reduce -64.0% 0.03% −0.06
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd Reduce -72.7% 0.02% −0.06
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Reduce -80.8% 0.01% −0.06
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Reduce -88.5% 0.01% −0.05
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD Reduce -0.1% 2.36% −0.05
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond Reduce -0.4% 2.52% −0.05
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect Reduce -94.6% 0.00% −0.05
SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap Reduce -91.9% 0.00% −0.05
IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF Reduce -98.8% 0.00% −0.05
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Reduce -15.8% 0.04% −0.04
XLB SS Materials Select Sector Reduce -96.8% 0.00% −0.04
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -23.1% 0.17% −0.04
PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.04
V Visa Inc. Class A Reduce -35.1% 0.05% −0.03
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF Reduce -19.2% 0.10% −0.03
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Reduce -13.4% 0.32% −0.02
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -25.7% 0.06% −0.02
EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna Reduce -97.0% 0.00% −0.02
MMM 3M Co. Reduce -60.1% 0.02% −0.02
EIX Edison International Reduce -6.2% 0.09% −0.02
AFG American Financial Group Inc. Reduce -64.5% 0.01% −0.02
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec Reduce -0.9% 0.29% −0.02
INNOVATOR ETFS TRUST Sold out 0.00% −0.02
AEE Ameren Corporation Reduce -99.8% 0.00% −0.02
EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF Reduce -39.2% 0.04% −0.02
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF Reduce -1.2% 0.29% −0.02
HRL Hormel Foods Corp. Reduce -96.9% 0.00% −0.02
LNT Alliant Energy Corp. Reduce -89.0% 0.00% −0.02
CLX Clorox Company Reduce -97.6% 0.00% −0.02
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF Reduce -3.5% 0.30% −0.02
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Reduce -58.6% 0.01% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. Add +219313.5% 0.61% +0.61
PFS Provident Financial Services New 0.55% +0.55
C Citigroup Inc. Add +5.7% 1.89% +0.35
CFG Citizens Financial Group Add +50.6% 0.86% +0.32
AMCR Amcor PLC Add +54855.7% 0.32% +0.32
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 Add +83.4% 0.64% +0.29
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi Add +85.8% 0.63% +0.28
CG The Carlyle Group Inc. New 0.26% +0.26
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B Add +6.6% 1.44% +0.24
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Add +5.8% 1.57% +0.21
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Add +9.9% 0.63% +0.18
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +6.5% 0.54% +0.18
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. Add +5.2% 0.80% +0.17
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi Add +1.9% 3.29% +0.16
HAS Hasbro Inc. Add +5.4% 0.76% +0.14
WDC Western Digital Corp. Add +5.4% 0.32% +0.12
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. Add +9.2% 1.00% +0.12
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd Add +180.1% 0.17% +0.12
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum Add +182.5% 0.16% +0.11
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu Add +191.3% 0.16% +0.11
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Add +191.6% 0.16% +0.11
XCCC Bondbloxx-CCC-Usd HY Corp. BD Add +274.0% 0.14% +0.10
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF Add +298.3% 0.14% +0.10
CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF Add +286.5% 0.14% +0.10
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF Add +271.0% 0.13% +0.10
OKE Oneok Inc. Add +42.3% 0.79% +0.10
NSA National Storage Affiliates Add +62.8% 0.43% +0.09
ENB Enbridge Inc. Add +6.0% 1.80% +0.09
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. Add +4.5% 0.72% +0.09
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Add +24.6% 0.90% +0.09
TSLA Tesla Inc. Add +9.6% 0.35% +0.08
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. Add +14.0% 0.89% +0.08
T AT&T Inc. Add +5.8% 1.48% +0.07
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +5.1% 0.46% +0.06
NNN NNN REIT Inc. Add +8.2% 1.03% +0.06
ES Eversource Energy Add +6.5% 1.03% +0.06
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Add +3.2% 1.17% +0.05
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Add +162.3% 0.07% +0.05
OEF iShares S&P 100 ETF Add +4574.2% 0.05% +0.05
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap Add +36750.0% 0.05% +0.05
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +28.6% 0.16% +0.05
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Add +6.4% 0.40% +0.04
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +7.3% 0.32% +0.04
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Add +47.9% 0.14% +0.04
SO The Southern Co. Add +244.0% 0.06% +0.04
BA The Boeing Co. Add +150.3% 0.06% +0.04
VICI Vici Properties Inc. Add +6.7% 1.06% +0.04
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call Add +5.8% 1.13% +0.04
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +32.0% 0.24% +0.03
ST Sensata Technologies Holdplc Add +5.3% 0.16% +0.03

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A Add +160.1% 1,095 $26K
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 Reduce -14.3% 156 $3K
BIO GREEN MED SOLUTION (BGMS 6 PERP) PFD CONV EX 6% Sold out 94 $440before exit
MTH Meritage Homes Corp. COM Sold out 0 $31before exit
DJD Invesco Dow Jones Industrial DJ INDL AVG DV Reduce -100.0% 0 $24
CABO Cable One Inc. COM Sold out 0 $23before exit
CNO Cno Financial Group Inc. COM Sold out 0 $20before exit
OC Owens Corning COM Sold out 0 $20before exit
USVM Victoryshares US Small Mid C USAA MSCI USA SM New 0 $19
HUM Humana Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $14
XSVM Invesco S&P Smallcap Value W S&P SMCP VLU MNT New 0 $11
IYR iShares US Real Estate ETF U.S. REAL ES ETF Reduce -100.0% 0 $10
DFEN Direx DLY Aeros & DF BL3X-Ui DAILY AEROSPACE Sold out 0 $9before exit
MTCH Match Group Inc. COM New 0 $9
AMAL Amalgamated Financial Corp. COM Sold out 0 $7before exit
QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF DEFIA QUANT ETF New 0 $6
PFFR Infracap REIT Preferred ETF INFRACP REIT PFD Sold out 0 $4before exit
ITB iShares U.S. Home Constructi US HOME CONS ETF Sold out 0 $2before exit
FTCS First Trust Capital Strength CAP STRENGTH ETF Reduce -100.0% 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