Sterling Capital Management LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed July 28, 2026), Sterling Capital Management LLC reported 3,264 stock positions worth $5.9 billion. Its top holding was Rreef Core Plus Residential Fu at 4.8% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO, 3.6%) and Nvidia (NVDA, 3.3%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 247 new positions, sold out of 175, added to 687 and reduced 2,252. The biggest buy was Rreef Core Plus Residential Fu (shares +927%) and the biggest sale Microsoft (MSFT, shares −23%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC
CIK
0001329883
Portfolio Value
$5.9B (Q2 2026)
SEC Filing
0001398344-26-012836 ↗ filed Jul 28, 2026

Holdings Value

0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B$8.0B Q3 2024: $7.7B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $7.3B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $6.4B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $7.0B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $6.8B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $6.1B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $5.3B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $5.9B $5.9B Q2 2026

Holdings 3,264 stocks · $5.9B
RREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU 4.80% 28,239,628 $282.4M Add +926.9%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 3.59% 306,984 $210.8M Reduce -8.3%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 3.34% 981,057 $196.3M Reduce -0.1%
MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER 2.65% 15,577,467 $155.8M Add +10.3%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 2.00% 315,312 $117.6M Reduce -23.0%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.57% 318,905 $92.3M Reduce -28.8%
TQ DB PENSION PRIV INV ADM 1.56% 9,157,037 $91.6M Add +2.9%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.51% 247,634 $88.5M Add +28.2%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 1.37% 228,273 $80.7M Add +14.1%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.23% 221,144 $72.4M Reduce -6.5%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 1.15% 731,958 $67.5M Reduce -14.4%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.10% 53,980 $64.7M Reduce -3.2%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 1.05% 164,105 $62.0M Add +3.8%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.01% 248,317 $59.2M Reduce -36.3%
ADI Analog Devices Inc. 1.00% 148,708 $59.1M Reduce -22.9%
MU Micron Technology Inc. 0.93% 47,146 $54.4M Add +100.5%
WM Waste Management Inc. 0.91% 239,919 $53.5M Reduce -19.9%
DE Deere & Co. 0.83% 76,454 $48.5M Reduce -17.3%
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC 0.82% 113,242 $48.3M Reduce -17.6%
LIN Linde PLC 0.82% 92,404 $48.0M Reduce -27.2%
SO The Southern Co. 0.79% 484,710 $46.4M Reduce -19.1%
PM Philip Morris International 0.79% 255,663 $46.3M Add +3407.0%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.76% 178,425 $44.9M Reduce -34.4%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.76% 127,129 $44.8M Reduce -14.5%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.76% 130,677 $44.8M Reduce -6.3%
MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. 0.75% 106,513 $44.2M Reduce -22.6%
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.74% 94,547 $43.4M Reduce -16.0%
FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. 0.74% 182,595 $43.3M Reduce -20.3%
AFL Aflac Inc. 0.72% 362,473 $42.5M Reduce -16.1%
ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. 0.72% 85,717 $42.4M Reduce -14.2%
AXP American Express Co. 0.72% 125,129 $42.3M Reduce -5.9%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.70% 97,749 $41.1M Add +5.8%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.69% 71,579 $40.3M Add +4.0%
STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP 0.68% 3,980,547 $39.8M Add +37.9%
IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow 0.67% 134,720 $39.2M Reduce -3.3%
DHI D.R. Horton Inc. 0.66% 238,567 $38.9M Reduce -19.2%
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging 0.63% 450,516 $37.3M Reduce -1.9%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.62% 270,206 $36.6M Reduce -12.3%
IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu 0.57% 316,217 $33.3M Add +33.7%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.56% 226,081 $33.1M Reduce -8.5%
FDS REIT HOLDING I LLC 0.55% 3,208,438 $32.1M Reduce -1.3%
HARBERT GROWTH PARTNERS VI LP 0.54% 3,162,171 $31.6M Add +869.8%
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos 0.52% 183,605 $30.6M Reduce -13.6%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.51% 51,623 $30.0M Add +108.1%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.51% 71,771 $29.8M Add +26.7%
IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS 0.49% 325,273 $29.0M Reduce -9.3%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.47% 181,805 $27.6M Reduce -22.4%
NTRA Natera Inc. 0.46% 100,645 $27.3M Reduce -5.3%
AGEM Abrdn Emerg MRKT DVD Act 0.46% 550,972 $27.2M Reduce -5.1%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 0.46% 96,468 $27.1M Add +22.9%
VT Vanguard Tot World STK ETF 0.45% 167,395 $26.3M Add +148.0%
MET Metlife Inc. 0.42% 291,002 $24.6M Reduce -20.6%
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. 0.42% 82,572 $24.6M Reduce -74.0%
GUARDIAN SMART INFRASTRUCTURE 0.42% 24,420,553 $24.4M Add +4.4%
TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre 0.41% 95,781 $23.9M Reduce -16.0%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.39% 53,165 $23.0M Reduce -35.9%
DVN Devon Energy Corp. 0.39% 555,739 $23.0M Add +2623.9%
CCEP Coca-Cola Europacific Partne 0.37% 217,119 $21.7M New
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.36% 58,377 $21.1M Add +38.3%
ELV Elevance Health Inc. 0.35% 53,010 $20.5M Add +47.5%
IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu 0.33% 119,234 $19.6M Reduce -5.0%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.33% 194,386 $19.3M Add +114.2%
NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. 0.33% 244,600 $19.3M Reduce -19.8%
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.33% 18,969 $19.2M Reduce -45.6%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.32% 207,301 $18.8M Reduce -19.0%
SNDK Sandisk Corp. 0.32% 8,194 $18.6M Reduce -26.5%
GPC Genuine Parts Co. 0.32% 157,793 $18.6M Add +2702.2%
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. 0.31% 102,594 $18.4M Add +36.3%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 0.30% 39,414 $17.6M Reduce -20.8%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.29% 18,185 $17.0M Reduce -21.4%
CB Chubb Ltd. 0.28% 47,518 $16.2M Add +64.9%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.27% 61,676 $16.1M Reduce -11.5%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 0.27% 22,071 $16.0M Add +191.7%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 0.26% 69,414 $15.5M Reduce -65.5%
C Citigroup Inc. 0.26% 109,087 $15.3M Reduce -1.1%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. 0.26% 90,470 $15.2M Add +65.0%
DELL Dell Technologies -C 0.26% 35,041 $15.1M Reduce -32.7%
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. 0.25% 126,766 $15.0M Reduce -31.3%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.25% 209,769 $15.0M Add +0.2%
MTZ Mastec Inc. 0.25% 35,945 $15.0M Reduce -13.8%
COHR Coherent Corp. 0.25% 37,780 $14.9M Reduce -38.9%
PNC PNC Financial Services Group 0.24% 57,303 $14.1M Add +16.3%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.24% 108,307 $13.9M Add +1739.8%
LEN Lennar Corp. Class A 0.23% 152,073 $13.8M Reduce -16.5%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.23% 60,901 $13.6M Reduce -38.6%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.23% 36,734 $13.6M Add +31.4%
MLI Mueller Industries Inc. 0.23% 110,504 $13.6M Reduce -16.0%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.23% 26,411 $13.6M Add +5.0%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.22% 12,416 $13.2M Add +53.1%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace Inc. 0.22% 59,635 $13.2M Reduce -39.9%
VST Vistra Corp. 0.22% 82,161 $13.0M Add +201.3%
FDX FedEx Corp. 0.22% 40,983 $12.8M Add +29.4%
MS Morgan Stanley 0.22% 60,737 $12.7M Add +0.1%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.22% 220,345 $12.7M Add +29.4%
MCK McKesson Corp. 0.22% 16,735 $12.6M Add +7.8%
DHR Danaher Corp. 0.21% 66,320 $12.6M Reduce -14.4%
IRRRF iShares Core MSCI World 0.21% 87,926 $12.6M Add +2.0%
COP Conocophillips 0.21% 120,247 $12.5M Add +1825.5%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.21% 48,141 $12.3M Add +9.8%
CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. 0.21% 15,460 $12.3M Reduce -10.5%

Show all 3,264 holdings

Other holdings (25): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $18.3M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT (APO V7.625 09/15/53) PFD 248,800$6.3MNo change
AEGON FUNDING CO LLC (AEGON 5.1 12/15/49) PFD 74,260$1.4MNo change
ATHENE HOLDING LTD (ATH V6.35 PERP A) PFD 33,000$789KNo change
ATHENE HOLDING LTD (ATH 5.625 PERP B) COM 40,120$746KNo change
BROOKFIELD OAKTREE HLDGS (OAK 6.625 PERP A) PFD 33,310$696KNo change
CARLYLE FINANCE LLC (CG 4.625 05/15/61) PFD 37,560$607KNo change
MORGAN STANLEY (MS 4.875 PERP L) PFD 30,845$602KNo change
KKR GROUP FIN CO IX LLC (KKR 4.625 04/01/61) PFD 36,940$597KNo change
PUBLIC STORAGE (PSA 4.75 PERP K) PFD 31,475$576KNo change
BERKLEY (WR) CORPORATION (WRB 5.1 12/30/59) Common Stock 30,760$569KNo change
ALLSTATE CORP (ALL 5.1 PERP H) PFD 28,120$559KNo change
M&T BANK CORPORATION (MTB V5.625 PERP H) Common Stock 22,250$556KNo change
CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (SCHW 4.45 PERP J) PFD 30,850$537KNo change
DUKE ENERGY CORP (DUK 5.625 09/15/78) PFD 23,100$534KNo change
GLOBE LIFE INC (GL 4.25 06/15/61) Common Stock 32,180$486KNo change
FEDERAL REALTY INVS TRST (FRT 5 PERP C) PFD 24,220$475KNo change
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP (AFG 5.125 12/15/59) PFD 23,500$417KNo change
AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROU (AMG 6.75 03/30/64) PFD 18,200$413KNo change
AMERICAN NATIONAL GROUP (ANGINC 7.375 PERP .) PFD 16,500$386KNo change
BANK OF HAWAII CORP (BOH 4.375 PERP A) PFD 23,975$370KNo change
BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 6 PERP GG) PFD 13,231$331KNo change
KIMCO REALTY CORP (KIM 5.25 PERP M) PFD 15,750$311KNo change
LIBERTY LATIN AMERICAN (LILAK 9 PERP A) COM 313$7KNew
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC V0 PERP DEPs) PFD 25$9No change
FIRST REPUBLIC BANK (FRCB 4.7 PERP J) PFD 31,295$6No change

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $5.9B.

Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -23.0% 2.00% −0.88
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. Reduce -93.9% 0.03% −0.67
CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.65
HON Honeywell International Inc. Reduce -38.6% 0.23% −0.62
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -28.8% 1.57% −0.59
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -36.3% 1.01% −0.54
ADP Automatic Data Processing Reduce -65.5% 0.26% −0.51
WM Waste Management Inc. Reduce -19.9% 0.91% −0.40
MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. Reduce -22.6% 0.75% −0.38
LIN Linde PLC Reduce -27.2% 0.82% −0.38
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Reduce -14.4% 1.15% −0.38
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -34.4% 0.76% −0.36
SO The Southern Co. Reduce -19.1% 0.79% −0.31
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -12.3% 0.62% −0.29
FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. Reduce -20.3% 0.74% −0.28
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Reduce -45.6% 0.33% −0.24
MO Altria Group Inc. Reduce -52.2% 0.20% −0.23
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Reduce -8.3% 3.59% −0.22
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. Reduce -16.0% 0.74% −0.21
HONA Honeywell Aerospace Inc. Reduce -39.9% 0.22% −0.19
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. Reduce -74.0% 0.42% −0.18
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos Reduce -13.6% 0.52% −0.18
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -19.0% 0.32% −0.18
AFL Aflac Inc. Reduce -16.1% 0.72% −0.18
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. Reduce -22.4% 0.47% −0.18
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -14.5% 0.76% −0.17
DE Deere & Co. Reduce -17.3% 0.83% −0.17
NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. Reduce -19.8% 0.33% −0.16
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. Reduce -91.6% 0.01% −0.16
ADI Analog Devices Inc. Reduce -22.9% 1.00% −0.16
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -21.4% 0.29% −0.15
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. Reduce -31.3% 0.25% −0.15
VICI Vici Properties Inc. Reduce -86.3% 0.02% −0.14
BKR Baker Hughes Co. Reduce -79.7% 0.03% −0.14
D Dominion Energy Inc. Reduce -97.2% 0.00% −0.14
AU Anglogold Ashanti PLC Reduce -89.3% 0.01% −0.13
ORCL Oracle Corp. Reduce -8.5% 0.56% −0.13
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -44.6% 0.13% −0.12
INTU Intuit Inc. Reduce -27.5% 0.08% −0.12
CRH CRH PLC Reduce -31.7% 0.19% −0.12
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Reduce -17.6% 0.82% −0.11
DHI D.R. Horton Inc. Reduce -19.2% 0.66% −0.11
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Reduce -42.7% 0.12% −0.10
DUK Duke Energy Corp. Reduce -39.3% 0.11% −0.10
SRE Sempra Reduce -95.6% 0.00% −0.10
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR Reduce -37.3% 0.16% −0.10
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -6.5% 1.23% −0.09
ALL Allstate Corp. Reduce -50.7% 0.09% −0.09
CACI Caci International Inc. Class A Reduce -8.0% 0.20% −0.09
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Reduce -21.4% 0.11% −0.08

Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
RREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU Add +926.9% 4.80% +4.28
MU Micron Technology Inc. Add +100.5% 0.93% +0.77
PM Philip Morris International Add +3407.0% 0.79% +0.76
HARBERT GROWTH PARTNERS VI LP Add +869.8% 0.54% +0.48
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +28.2% 1.51% +0.45
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Add +108.1% 0.51% +0.41
DVN Devon Energy Corp. Add +2623.9% 0.39% +0.37
CCEP Coca-Cola Europacific Partne New 0.37% +0.37
GPC Genuine Parts Co. Add +2702.2% 0.32% +0.31
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +14.1% 1.37% +0.28
VT Vanguard Tot World STK ETF Add +148.0% 0.45% +0.27
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Add +1739.8% 0.24% +0.22
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. Add +191.7% 0.27% +0.22
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Add +26.7% 0.51% +0.22
COP Conocophillips Add +1825.5% 0.21% +0.20
AEP American Electric Power Add +7915.1% 0.19% +0.19
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Add +6124.8% 0.19% +0.19
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +1522.0% 0.20% +0.18
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Add +1673.5% 0.18% +0.17
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV Add +22.9% 0.46% +0.17
IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu Add +33.7% 0.57% +0.15
ELV Elevance Health Inc. Add +47.5% 0.35% +0.15
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Add +114.2% 0.33% +0.15
BAC Bank of America Corp. Add +364.2% 0.18% +0.15
VST Vistra Corp. Add +201.3% 0.22% +0.14
STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP Add +37.9% 0.68% +0.13
ADBE Adobe Inc. Add +269.2% 0.20% +0.13
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Add +3.8% 1.05% +0.12
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Add +53.1% 0.22% +0.12
CB Chubb Ltd. Add +64.9% 0.28% +0.10
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Add +109.0% 0.13% +0.09
KLAC KLA Corp. Add +5.3% 0.18% +0.09
AMGN Amgen Inc. Add +38.3% 0.36% +0.08
CI The Cigna Group Add +103.2% 0.15% +0.07
MKSI MKS Inc. Add +84.1% 0.10% +0.07
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Add +31.4% 0.23% +0.06
ADAMS STREET GLOBAL SECONDARY Add +200.1% 0.09% +0.06
PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Add +575.7% 0.06% +0.05
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products I Add +899.6% 0.06% +0.05
TER Teradyne Inc. Add +87.9% 0.08% +0.05
TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. Add +32.6% 0.19% +0.05
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. Add +426.2% 0.06% +0.05
RDN Radian Group Inc. Add +441.6% 0.06% +0.05
CROX Crocs Inc. Add +178.5% 0.06% +0.05
TSLA Tesla Inc. Add +5.8% 0.70% +0.05
RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC Class A Add +238.4% 0.06% +0.05
PNC PNC Financial Services Group Add +16.3% 0.24% +0.04
USB US Bancorp Add +22.6% 0.20% +0.04
APH Amphenol Corp. Class A Add +4.3% 0.18% +0.04
OMC Omnicom Group Add +335.3% 0.06% +0.04

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
REINSURANCE GRP OF AMER (RGA V5.75 06/15/56) PFD Sold out 80,950 $2.0Mbefore exit
LIBERTY LATIN AMERICAN (LILAK 9 PERP A) COM New 313 $7K
SIGNATURE BANK NEW YORK (SBNY 5 PERP a) PFD Sold out 800 $3Kbefore exit

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 3,264$5.9BRREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU, VOO, NVDA, MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER, MSFT
Q1 2026 3,189$5.3BVOO, NVDA, MSFT, MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER, AAPL
Q4 2025 3,215$6.1BMSFT, NVDA, VOO, AAPL, MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER
Q3 2025 3,231$6.8BMSFT, NVDA, VOO, AAPL, SCHW
Q2 2025Amended 3,250$7.0BMSFT, NVDA, VOO, SCHW, AAPL
Q1 2025 3,198$6.4BMSFT, SCHW, UNH, VOO, AAPL
Q4 2024 3,220$7.3BMSFT, VOO, NVDA, SCHW, AAPL
Q3 2024 3,239$7.7BMSFT, UNH, VOO, HSY, ADP