Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed April 27, 2026), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 2,576 stock positions worth $2.1 billion. Its top holding was Hercules Capital (HTGC) at 2.4% of the portfolio, followed by Ares Capital (ARCC, 2.3%) and Golub Capital BDC (GBDC, 2.3%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 220 new positions, sold out of 142, added to 694 and reduced 576. The biggest buy was a new position in Amcor (AMCR) and the biggest sale Main Street Capital (MAIN, shares −65%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$2.1B (Q1 2026)
SEC Filing
0001104659-26-049113 ↗ filed Apr 27, 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 Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.1B $2.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.2B Q2 2026

Holdings 2,576 stocks · $2.1B

HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 2.38% 3,382,058 $49.2M Add +25.1%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 2.28% 2,663,571 $47.2M Add +1.8%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 2.27% 3,750,533 $46.9M Add +4.1%
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 2.25% 2,571,052 $46.6M Add +2.4%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.07% 3,976,748 $42.8M Add +5.2%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 2.07% 1,015,055 $42.8M Reduce -2.0%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 1.96% 2,062,465 $40.5M Reduce -1.8%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 1.94% 1,720,419 $40.1M Add +9.1%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 1.91% 4,940,809 $39.6M Add +6.4%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 1.87% 983,904 $38.7M Reduce -2.3%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 1.42% 1,706,545 $29.4M Reduce -3.8%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.39% 249,206 $28.7M Reduce -7.5%
OMC Omnicom Group 1.29% 355,475 $26.7M Reduce -7.6%
TTE Totalenergies SE 1.27% 292,731 $26.3M Reduce -2.1%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.15% 126,635 $23.8M Reduce -0.7%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.15% 93,151 $23.8M Add +1.9%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.14% 303,792 $23.7M Reduce -0.5%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 1.11% 617,798 $22.9M Reduce -0.6%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1.10% 796,952 $22.8M Reduce -1.6%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.06% 243,934 $22.0M Reduce -0.1%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 1.06% 1,209,758 $21.9M Reduce -0.6%
O Realty Income Corp. 1.05% 352,843 $21.8M Reduce -0.0%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 1.05% 790,244 $21.8M Reduce -6.6%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.05% 245,078 $21.7M Reduce -17.8%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 1.03% 397,853 $21.3M Reduce -34.8%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 1.02% 257,712 $21.1M Add +0.3%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 1.00% 99,456 $20.8M Reduce -0.8%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.00% 95,825 $20.6M Reduce -0.2%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 0.98% 476,389 $20.2M Add +1.6%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 0.96% 903,329 $19.8M Add +2.0%
DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. 0.93% 107,212 $19.3M Add +4.0%
AMCR Amcor PLC 0.93% 475,266 $19.3M New
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.92% 340,474 $19.1M Reduce -14.0%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.91% 426,881 $18.9M Add +2.8%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 0.91% 688,171 $18.9M Add +5.0%
CFG Citizens Financial Group 0.87% 296,159 $17.9M Reduce -3.0%
SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. 0.86% 918,252 $17.9M Add +5.7%
T AT&T Inc. 0.86% 631,067 $17.9M Reduce -4.8%
ES Eversource Energy 0.85% 253,389 $17.6M Reduce -2.8%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 0.85% 1,020,591 $17.6M Reduce -11.5%
SON Sonoco Products Co. 0.83% 311,777 $17.2M Reduce -5.6%
TRIN Trinity Capital Inc. 0.83% 1,160,453 $17.2M Add +22.8%
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC 0.81% 1,525,384 $16.8M Add +34.0%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.77% 65,283 $15.9M Add +1.9%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.73% 154,764 $15.2M Reduce -2.9%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.71% 83,817 $14.7M Add +5.1%
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 0.70% 330,080 $14.5M Add +4.3%
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi 0.70% 738,623 $14.4M Add +4.6%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.68% 47,100 $14.0M Add +0.5%
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. 0.66% 223,771 $13.7M Reduce -3.1%
DINO HF Sinclair Corp. 0.65% 220,359 $13.4M Reduce -16.2%
OKE Oneok Inc. 0.65% 153,544 $13.4M Reduce -4.0%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.64% 62,901 $13.2M Add +5.2%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.63% 19,886 $13.1M Add +1.4%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.62% 536,046 $12.9M Add +55.3%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.62% 546,134 $12.9M Reduce -2.2%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.62% 34,747 $12.8M Add +9.2%
RWAY Runway Growth Finance Corp. 0.61% 1,843,232 $12.5M Add +10.3%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.60% 80,633 $12.5M Reduce -2.2%
PFS Provident Financial Services 0.59% 575,209 $12.2M Reduce -3.3%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.59% 136,230 $12.2M Reduce -18.6%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.59% 61,533 $12.1M Add +11510.0%
AVA Avista Corp. 0.58% 294,142 $12.0M Add +60.1%
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum 0.57% 80,255 $11.9M Add +19.9%
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu 0.57% 152,422 $11.7M Add +19.4%
QGRW Wisdomtree US Quality Growth 0.53% 203,050 $11.0M Add +21.3%
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth 0.52% 46,580 $10.7M Add +21.4%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.52% 44,354 $10.7M Reduce -0.5%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.52% 18,477 $10.7M Add +4.3%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.51% 86,920 $10.5M Add +5.2%
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd 0.50% 39,759 $10.4M Add +22.8%
TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt 0.49% 229,604 $10.2M Add +23.1%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.47% 25,674 $9.8M Add +3.8%
VTRS Viatris Inc. 0.43% 647,279 $8.8M Add +3.9%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 0.42% 123,254 $8.8M Add +3.3%
SJM The JM Smucker Co. filed as SMUCKER J M CO 0.42% 90,045 $8.6M Add +346226.9%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.41% 28,755 $8.5M Add +2.9%
HRB H&R Block Inc. filed as BLOCK H & R INC 0.40% 259,921 $8.3M Add +145.0%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.39% 13,344 $8.0M Reduce -1.5%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.38% 13,498 $7.9M Reduce -7.1%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.36% 634,873 $7.4M Add +3.9%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.35% 323,045 $7.2M Add +1.0%
ADT Adt Inc. 0.35% 1,093,033 $7.2M Add +6.4%
FNF Fidelity National Financial 0.34% 153,676 $7.1M Add +1.9%
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF 0.34% 301,568 $7.0M Add +23.6%
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF 0.34% 169,166 $7.0M Add +22.7%
CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF 0.34% 269,832 $7.0M Add +24.1%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.34% 67,179 $6.9M Add +5.3%
XCCC Bondbloxx-CCC-Usd HY Corp. BD 0.33% 188,325 $6.8M Add +23.7%
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. 0.32% 431,070 $6.7M Add +6.0%
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. 0.31% 676,241 $6.5M Add +102.3%
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. 0.30% 118,152 $6.1M Reduce -64.8%
NSA National Storage Affiliates 0.29% 155,041 $6.0M Reduce -13.6%
BKR Baker Hughes Co. 0.29% 98,738 $6.0M Add +1.3%
CG The Carlyle Group Inc. 0.29% 124,736 $5.9M Add +8.4%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.28% 68,235 $5.9M Reduce -2.0%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.28% 90,483 $5.8M Reduce -1.4%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.28% 232,012 $5.8M Reduce -0.7%
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.28% 236,735 $5.7M Reduce -1.5%
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 0.27% 58,771 $5.6M Reduce -0.8%

Show all 2,576 holdings

Other holdings (10): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $735K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A 28,635$697KReduce -2.3%
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 514$20KAdd +229.5%
STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) SERIES A PERP PF 92$7KNo change
NE.WS Noble Corp. PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$5KNo change
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$4KNo change
LXP INDUSTRIAL TRUST (LXP 6.5 PERP C) PFD CONV SER C 21$969No change
XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. *W EXP 02/11/202 9,802$883Reduce -39.3%
M-TRON INDUSTRIES INC RIGHT 04/15/2026 250$700New
SQFTW Presidio Property TRST -CW27 *W EXP 01/24/202 744$15No change
GABELLI EQUITY TRUST-RT RIGHT 04/14/2026 110$4Add +5.8%
Lines left out (9) · $130 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth RUS 2000 GRW ETF0$46
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV0$23
USVM Victoryshares US Small Mid C USAA MSCI USA SM0$14
XSVM Invesco S&P Smallcap Value W S&P SMCP VLU MNT0$13
HUM Humana Inc. COM0$10
TPSC Timothy Plan US Small Cap Co. U S SM CP CORE0$10
JHAI Janus Hen Global AI ETF HEND GLOB AR ETF0$8
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 Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Reduce -64.8% 0.30% −0.72
EVRG Evergy Inc. Reduce -95.5% 0.03% −0.63
ENB Enbridge Inc. Reduce -34.8% 1.03% −0.34
PRU Prudential Financial Inc. Reduce -89.4% 0.02% −0.21
OMC Omnicom Group Reduce -7.6% 1.29% −0.16
ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Reduce -97.4% 0.00% −0.15
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B Reduce -17.8% 1.05% −0.14
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call Reduce -11.5% 0.85% −0.12
C Citigroup Inc. Reduce -7.5% 1.39% −0.12
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income Reduce -3.8% 1.42% −0.10
HAS Hasbro Inc. Reduce -18.6% 0.59% −0.09
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Reduce -2.9% 0.73% −0.07
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Reduce -46.3% 0.08% −0.07
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. Reduce -2.2% 0.62% −0.07
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High Reduce -2.3% 1.87% −0.06
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Reduce -7.1% 0.38% −0.05
TAXX BBLX Irm Tax-Aware S Dur ETF Reduce -100.0% 0.00% −0.05
SLV iShares Silver Trust Reduce -39.1% 0.05% −0.05
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond Reduce -2.0% 2.07% −0.04
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock Reduce -75.1% 0.02% −0.04
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD Reduce -1.8% 1.96% −0.04
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. Reduce -3.1% 0.66% −0.04
SMA Smartstop Self Storage REIT Reduce -83.4% 0.01% −0.03
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income Reduce -6.6% 1.05% −0.03
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac Reduce -43.7% 0.03% −0.02
SPFF Global X Superincome Prefer Reduce -4.9% 0.22% −0.02
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK Reduce -5.2% 0.20% −0.02
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Reduce -36.8% 0.04% −0.02
LIN Linde PLC Reduce -90.5% 0.00% −0.02
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Reduce -31.1% 0.07% −0.02
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Reduce -1.5% 0.39% −0.02
FEPI Rex Fang Innov Prem Inc. ETF Reduce -15.9% 0.06% −0.02
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF Reduce -4.9% 0.20% −0.02
SO The Southern Co. Reduce -42.7% 0.03% −0.02
BNDX Vanguard Total Intl Bond ETF Reduce -63.8% 0.01% −0.02
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF Reduce -4.5% 0.20% −0.02
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials Reduce -5.3% 0.21% −0.02
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -3.8% 0.09% −0.02
OEF iShares S&P 100 ETF Reduce -14.6% 0.07% −0.02
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -22.1% 0.06% −0.01
DUK Duke Energy Corp. Reduce -40.1% 0.03% −0.01
PWR Quanta Services Inc. Reduce -61.4% 0.01% −0.01
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF Reduce -4.7% 0.22% −0.01
CFG Citizens Financial Group Reduce -3.0% 0.87% −0.01
ES Eversource Energy Reduce -2.8% 0.85% −0.01
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF Reduce -2.6% 0.24% −0.01
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF Reduce -15.6% 0.08% −0.01
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -19.5% 0.04% −0.01
FG F&G Annuities & Life Inc. Reduce -95.7% 0.00% −0.01
FIW First Trust Water ETF Reduce -4.2% 0.06% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

AMCR Amcor PLC New 0.93% +0.93
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Add +11510.0% 0.59% +0.58
SJM The JM Smucker Co. Add +346226.9% 0.42% +0.42
AVA Avista Corp. Add +60.1% 0.58% +0.23
HRB H&R Block Inc. Add +145.0% 0.40% +0.19
OTEX Open Text Corp. New 0.18% +0.18
SPYI Neos S&P 500 High Income ETF Add +383.9% 0.21% +0.16
DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. Add +4.0% 0.93% +0.14
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. Add +102.3% 0.31% +0.13
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. Add +55.3% 0.62% +0.13
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum Add +19.9% 0.57% +0.12
TRIN Trinity Capital Inc. Add +22.8% 0.83% +0.10
XSMO Invesco S&P Smallcap Momentu Add +19.4% 0.57% +0.10
SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. Add +5.7% 0.86% +0.07
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF Add +23.6% 0.34% +0.06
VOT Vngrd Mrngstr MC GRW ETF-Usd Add +22.8% 0.50% +0.06
QGRW Wisdomtree US Quality Growth Add +21.3% 0.53% +0.06
CLOZ Eldridge BBB-B Clo ETF Add +24.1% 0.34% +0.06
HYUP XTRS Hi Beta Hi Yield ETF Add +22.7% 0.34% +0.06
TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt Add +23.1% 0.49% +0.06
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Add +21.4% 0.52% +0.06
XCCC Bondbloxx-CCC-Usd HY Corp. BD Add +23.7% 0.33% +0.05
BKR Baker Hughes Co. Add +1.3% 0.29% +0.05
VTRS Viatris Inc. Add +3.9% 0.43% +0.05
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Add +4.0% 0.19% +0.05
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +1.9% 1.15% +0.04
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. Add +0.3% 1.02% +0.04
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Add +5.2% 0.51% +0.03
NNN NNN REIT Inc. Add +1.6% 0.98% +0.03
XEMD Bondbloxx-JPM Usd Em MK 1-10 Add +4.3% 0.70% +0.03
PGHY Invesco Global Ex US High Yi Add +4.6% 0.70% +0.03
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A Add +4.0% 0.23% +0.03
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Add +5.7% 0.25% +0.03
VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF Add +20.1% 0.14% +0.02
SBCF Seacoast Banking Corp. Add +6117.6% 0.02% +0.02
PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv Add +602.9% 0.02% +0.02
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Add +34.7% 0.07% +0.02
SNY Sanofi-ADR Add +5.2% 0.21% +0.02
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF Add +6.2% 0.14% +0.02
QQQI Neos Nasdaq-100 High Inc. ETF Add +61.7% 0.05% +0.02
MTCH Match Group Inc. Add +7.1% 0.20% +0.02
TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Ra New 0.02% +0.02
SPYH Neos S&P 500 HDG Eq Inc. ETF Add +339.2% 0.02% +0.02
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Add +166.5% 0.02% +0.02
ILTB iShares Core 10+ Year Usd Bo Add +20.8% 0.09% +0.02
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Add +1.2% 0.11% +0.02
GQQQ Astoria US Qlity GRW KNG ETF New 0.01% +0.01
VICI Vici Properties Inc. Add +5.0% 0.91% +0.01
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. Add +46.5% 0.04% +0.01
CAIE Calamos Autocallable Inc. ETF Add +19.1% 0.12% +0.01

Notes & Other Activity Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

RLJ LODGING TRUST (RLJ 1.95 PERP A) CUM CONV PFD A Reduce -2.3% 28,635 $697K
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 Add +229.5% 514 $20K
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 Sold out 952 $7Kbefore exit
XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. *W EXP 02/11/202 Reduce -39.3% 9,802 $883
M-TRON INDUSTRIES INC RIGHT 04/15/2026 New 250 $700
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth RUS 2000 GRW ETF Reduce -100.0% 0 $46
BNDW Vanguard Total World Bond Et TOTAL WLD BD ETF Sold out 0 $29before exit
HUM Humana Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $10
TPSC Timothy Plan US Small Cap Co. U S SM CP CORE New 0 $10
JHAI Janus Hen Global AI ETF HEND GLOB AR ETF New 0 $8
GABELLI EQUITY TRUST-RT RIGHT 04/14/2026 Add +5.8% 110 $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