Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q4 2025 (holdings as of December 31, 2025, filed January 21, 2026), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 2,501 stock positions worth $2.1 billion. Its top holding was Sixth Street Specialty Lendi (TSLX) at 2.7% of the portfolio, followed by Ares Capital (ARCC, 2.6%) and Hercules Capital (HTGC, 2.4%). Compared with Q3 2025, it opened 882 new positions, sold out of 69, added to 875 and reduced 241. The biggest buy was Trinity Capital (TRIN, shares +58959%) and the biggest sale Lyondellbasell Indu Class A (LYB, shares −97%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$2.1B (Q4 2025)
SEC Filing
0001104659-26-005260 ↗ filed Jan 21, 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 $2.1B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.2B Q2 2026

Holdings 2,501 stocks · $2.1B

TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 2.65% 2,511,115 $56.0M Add +4.5%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 2.59% 2,616,789 $54.7M Add +5.6%
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 2.42% 2,703,275 $51.1M Reduce -1.8%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 2.36% 3,602,799 $49.8M Add +6.6%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.26% 3,779,901 $47.7M Add +11.4%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 2.11% 1,035,730 $44.6M Add +3.5%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 2.09% 4,643,958 $44.3M Add +12.4%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 2.00% 2,100,916 $42.2M Add +3.3%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 1.98% 1,576,295 $41.8M Add +15.4%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 1.93% 1,007,306 $40.8M Add +0.5%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 1.52% 1,773,016 $32.1M Reduce -1.8%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.50% 269,342 $31.8M Reduce -25.1%
OMC Omnicom Group 1.45% 384,635 $30.7M Add +58.5%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 1.37% 610,264 $29.0M Reduce -7.1%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.18% 298,199 $25.0M Reduce -10.5%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.12% 127,503 $23.6M Add +5.6%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 1.11% 621,732 $23.5M Add +6.4%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.11% 91,407 $23.4M Add +6.0%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.09% 305,456 $23.0M Reduce -8.8%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 1.08% 845,975 $22.8M Reduce -5.3%
O Realty Income Corp. 1.03% 352,918 $21.7M Add +8.3%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.02% 244,092 $21.6M Reduce -0.8%
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. 1.02% 336,031 $21.5M Reduce -0.2%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 1.01% 1,216,494 $21.3M Add +8.0%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 1.01% 100,223 $21.3M Add +0.5%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 0.99% 885,967 $21.0M Add +17.1%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 0.98% 809,643 $20.8M Reduce -1.0%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 0.98% 1,152,650 $20.6M Reduce -5.0%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 0.97% 256,898 $20.6M Add +6.5%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.97% 95,984 $20.6M Reduce -8.3%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 0.95% 469,045 $20.0M Add +8.0%
TTE Totalenergies SE 0.94% 299,170 $19.8M Reduce -0.3%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.93% 64,058 $19.6M Add +2.3%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.91% 415,085 $19.2M Add +11.7%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.90% 396,020 $19.1M Reduce -3.9%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 0.90% 655,247 $19.0M Add +11.1%
CFG Citizens Financial Group 0.88% 305,266 $18.6M Reduce -5.6%
ES Eversource Energy 0.86% 260,581 $18.3M Reduce -4.7%
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC 0.81% 1,138,357 $17.1M Add +58.6%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.81% 159,436 $17.0M Reduce -4.8%
DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. 0.80% 103,099 $16.9M Add +17.4%
SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. 0.79% 869,108 $16.7M Add +20.5%
SON Sonoco Products Co. 0.76% 330,249 $16.1M Reduce -4.1%
RWAY Runway Growth Finance Corp. 0.74% 1,671,360 $15.7M Add +18.6%
T AT&T Inc. 0.74% 662,680 $15.6M Reduce -23.0%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.73% 46,881 $15.5M Add +1.7%
TRIN Trinity Capital Inc. 0.72% 944,948 $15.3M Add +58959.3%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.70% 79,762 $14.9M Add +31.8%
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. 0.70% 230,966 $14.7M Add +46.6%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.69% 31,824 $14.6M Add +41.4%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.69% 558,651 $14.5M Reduce -1.5%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.68% 167,286 $14.4M Reduce -3.1%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.68% 59,767 $14.3M Add +6.9%
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 0.67% 316,613 $14.2M Add +12.0%
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi 0.67% 706,187 $14.1M Add +14.9%
EVRG Evergy Inc. 0.67% 184,426 $14.1M Reduce -16.3%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.64% 19,609 $13.6M Add +67.2%
DINO HF Sinclair Corp. 0.60% 262,832 $12.8M Reduce -4.1%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.57% 82,411 $12.1M Reduce -2.4%
PFS Provident Financial Services 0.57% 594,850 $12.0M Reduce -6.7%
OKE Oneok Inc. 0.56% 160,017 $11.9M Reduce -3.1%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.52% 17,716 $11.0M Add +4.4%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.51% 24,725 $10.8M Add +15.9%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.50% 345,179 $10.5M Add +0.0%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 0.48% 119,338 $10.1M Add +13159.8%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.47% 82,620 $10.0M Add +6.5%
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu 0.47% 127,665 $9.9M Add +70.8%
QGRW Wisdomtree US Quality Growth 0.47% 167,464 $9.9M Add +62.8%
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth 0.46% 38,361 $9.8M Add +61.5%
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum 0.45% 66,916 $9.6M Add +67.7%
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd 0.44% 32,373 $9.2M Add +72.7%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.44% 27,949 $9.2M Add +9.5%
TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt 0.44% 186,568 $9.2M New
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.43% 14,533 $9.0M Add +38.6%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.41% 13,543 $8.6M Add +66.9%
ADT Adt Inc. 0.40% 1,026,899 $8.5M Add +6.5%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.39% 44,578 $8.2M Reduce -48.5%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.38% 63,770 $8.0M Add +3.1%
VTRS Viatris Inc. 0.38% 623,126 $8.0M Add +47.4%
FNF Fidelity National Financial 0.38% 150,869 $8.0M Add +342784.1%
CG The Carlyle Group Inc. 0.36% 115,092 $7.6M Add +25.3%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.36% 319,911 $7.5M Reduce -2.0%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.35% 611,308 $7.5M Add +32.3%
AVA Avista Corp. 0.35% 183,688 $7.4M New
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. 0.33% 406,666 $6.9M Add +153.4%
WEN The Wendy's Co. 0.30% 760,067 $6.3M Reduce -3.4%
NSA National Storage Affiliates 0.29% 179,472 $6.1M Reduce -15.2%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.29% 69,603 $6.0M Reduce -2.5%
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.28% 240,263 $6.0M Reduce -0.6%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.28% 91,756 $6.0M Reduce -1.1%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.28% 233,625 $5.9M Add +0.1%
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF 0.28% 137,854 $5.9M Add +51.4%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.28% 5,634 $5.8M Add +2.6%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B 0.28% 118,929 $5.8M Add +5.7%
XCCC Bondbloxx-CCC-Usd HY Corp. BD 0.28% 152,202 $5.8M Add +49.8%
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF 0.27% 243,962 $5.8M Add +50.6%
CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF 0.27% 217,449 $5.8M Add +51.0%
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 0.27% 59,231 $5.8M Reduce -1.1%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.26% 127,825 $5.5M Add +79790.6%
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF 0.25% 463,329 $5.3M Add +7.5%

Show all 2,501 holdings

Other holdings (8): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $759K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A 29,305$736KAdd +3930.9%
STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) SERIES A PERP PF 92$8KAdd +217.2%
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 952$7KNo change
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 156$3KAdd +1.3%
NE.WS Noble Corp. PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$3KNo change
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$2KNo change
LXP INDUSTRIAL TRUST (LXP 6.5 PERP C) PFD CONV SER C 21$999No change
SQFTW Presidio Property TRST -CW27 *W EXP 01/24/202 744$22No change
Lines left out (6) · $80 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
BNDW Vanguard Total World Bond Et TOTAL WLD BD ETF0$29
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV0$18
USVM Victoryshares US Small Mid C USAA MSCI USA SM0$14
XSVM Invesco S&P Smallcap Value W S&P SMCP VLU MNT0$13
BSCW Invesco Bulletshares 2032 CB BULLETSHS 20320$4
KEMX Kraneshares MSCI E-MKT Ex-CH MSCI EMG EX CH0$2

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: $2.1B.

Portfolio Sells Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A Reduce -97.2% 0.02% −0.83
AMCR Amcor PLC Sold out 0.00% −0.78
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.64
T AT&T Inc. Reduce -23.0% 0.74% −0.49
WDC Western Digital Corp. Reduce -98.5% 0.01% −0.47
C Citigroup Inc. Reduce -25.1% 1.50% −0.38
VLO Valero Energy Corp. Reduce -48.5% 0.39% −0.38
DOW Dow Inc. Reduce -96.9% 0.01% −0.35
ENB Enbridge Inc. Reduce -7.1% 1.37% −0.35
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -8.3% 0.97% −0.35
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -67.5% 0.08% −0.31
WHF Whitehorse Finance Inc. Reduce -91.0% 0.03% −0.29
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income Reduce -1.8% 1.52% −0.27
EVRG Evergy Inc. Reduce -16.3% 0.67% −0.26
SEE Sealed Air Corp. Reduce -98.2% 0.00% −0.23
ES Eversource Energy Reduce -4.7% 0.86% −0.22
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -8.8% 1.09% −0.19
DINO HF Sinclair Corp. Reduce -4.1% 0.60% −0.18
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income Reduce -5.3% 1.08% −0.17
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call Reduce -5.0% 0.98% −0.16
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. Reduce -1.8% 2.42% −0.15
PFE Pfizer Inc. Reduce -1.0% 0.98% −0.15
PFS Provident Financial Services Reduce -6.7% 0.57% −0.10
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -2.4% 0.57% −0.10
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -26.7% 0.17% −0.09
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. Reduce -2.0% 0.36% −0.09
PFG Principal Financial Group Reduce -0.8% 1.02% −0.09
WEN The Wendy's Co. Reduce -3.4% 0.30% −0.08
OKE Oneok Inc. Reduce -3.1% 0.56% −0.08
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR Reduce -3.9% 0.90% −0.07
NSA National Storage Affiliates Reduce -15.2% 0.29% −0.07
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF Reduce -4.9% 0.22% −0.05
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF Reduce -2.5% 0.29% −0.05
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK Reduce -6.0% 0.22% −0.05
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF Reduce -4.8% 0.22% −0.05
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials Reduce -5.6% 0.23% −0.05
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes Reduce -1.1% 0.28% −0.05
SPFF Global X Superincome Prefer Reduce -5.5% 0.24% −0.05
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF Reduce -4.0% 0.23% −0.05
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. Reduce -1.5% 0.69% −0.04
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec Reduce -4.2% 0.22% −0.04
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -27.6% 0.07% −0.04
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond Reduce -1.1% 0.27% −0.04
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged Reduce -0.6% 0.28% −0.04
GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF Reduce -93.9% 0.00% −0.04
CFG Citizens Financial Group Reduce -5.6% 0.88% −0.04
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF Reduce -36.9% 0.05% −0.04
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Reduce -0.2% 1.02% −0.03
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Reduce -3.6% 0.18% −0.03
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac Reduce -30.2% 0.05% −0.03

Portfolio Buys Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

TRIN Trinity Capital Inc. Add +58959.3% 0.72% +0.72
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. Add +13159.8% 0.48% +0.47
TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt New 0.44% +0.44
OMC Omnicom Group Add +58.5% 1.45% +0.42
FNF Fidelity National Financial Add +342784.1% 0.38% +0.38
AVA Avista Corp. New 0.35% +0.35
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC Add +79790.6% 0.26% +0.26
GEN Gen Digital Inc. Add +38275.3% 0.24% +0.24
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +67.2% 0.64% +0.21
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. Add +46.6% 0.70% +0.20
HRB H&R Block Inc. Add +1999.7% 0.21% +0.20
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust Add +8.0% 1.01% +0.19
MTCH Match Group Inc. Add +0.0% 0.19% +0.19
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu Add +70.8% 0.47% +0.17
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. Add +17.1% 0.99% +0.17
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. Add +153.4% 0.33% +0.16
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum Add +67.7% 0.45% +0.16
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Add +61.5% 0.46% +0.15
VTRS Viatris Inc. Add +47.4% 0.38% +0.15
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca Add +12.4% 2.09% +0.15
HRL Hormel Foods Corp. Add +38341.8% 0.14% +0.14
QGRW Wisdomtree US Quality Growth Add +62.8% 0.47% +0.14
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd Add +72.7% 0.44% +0.13
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +66.9% 0.41% +0.13
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +1.7% 0.73% +0.12
CAIE Calamos Autocallable Inc. ETF New 0.11% +0.11
VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF Add +4612.9% 0.11% +0.11
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +9.5% 0.44% +0.10
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Add +119.1% 0.20% +0.10
XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF Add +4166.5% 0.10% +0.10
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F Add +15.4% 1.98% +0.09
BIZD Vaneck BDC Income ETF Add +3239.4% 0.09% +0.09
SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. Add +20.5% 0.79% +0.09
SLV iShares Silver Trust Add +268.2% 0.10% +0.08
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Add +38.6% 0.43% +0.08
ILTB iShares Core 10+ Year Usd Bo Add +6965.0% 0.08% +0.08
FIW First Trust Water ETF New 0.07% +0.07
ANGL Vaneck Fallen Angel High YLD Add +827.3% 0.08% +0.07
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF Add +161.4% 0.12% +0.07
FTXL First Trust Nasdaq Semicondu New 0.07% +0.07
FXR First Trust Indst/Producers Add +0.0% 0.07% +0.07
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF Add +51.4% 0.28% +0.07
QTEC First Trust Nasdq 100 Tech I New 0.07% +0.07
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +31.8% 0.70% +0.07
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF Add +50.6% 0.27% +0.07
CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF Add +51.0% 0.27% +0.06
IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui Add +118.8% 0.13% +0.06
FDN First Trust DJ Internet Ind Add +627.5% 0.08% +0.06
XCCC Bondbloxx-CCC-Usd HY Corp. BD Add +49.8% 0.28% +0.06
CG The Carlyle Group Inc. Add +25.3% 0.36% +0.06

Notes & Other Activity Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A Add +3930.9% 29,305 $736K
STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) SERIES A PERP PF Add +217.2% 92 $8K
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 Add +1.3% 156 $3K
COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRU RIGHT 10/16/2025 Sold out 409 $22before exit
BSCW Invesco Bulletshares 2032 CB BULLETSHS 2032 Reduce -100.0% 0 $4

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