Sterling Capital Management LLC
In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 13, 2025), Sterling Capital Management LLC reported 3,220 stock positions worth $7.3 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 4.3% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO, 2.5%) and Nvidia (NVDA, 2.4%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 44 new positions, sold out of 64, added to 2,170 and reduced 512. The biggest buy was Everest (EG, shares +11756%) and the biggest sale Aflac (AFL, shares −71%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHARLOTTE, NC
- CIK
- 0001329883
- Portfolio Value
- $7.3B (Q4 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001398344-25-002700 ↗ filed Feb 13, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 3,220 stocks · $7.3B
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 4.27% | 737,664 | $310.9M | Reduce -3.8% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 2.51% | 338,793 | $182.5M | Add +0.1% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.44% | 1,323,728 | $177.8M | Add +9.1% |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 2.29% | 2,255,886 | $167.0M | Add +0.7% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.25% | 653,896 | $163.7M | Add +4.3% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 2.20% | 316,261 | $160.0M | Reduce -13.0% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | 1.96% | 919,797 | $142.9M | Reduce -15.0% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.94% | 643,604 | $141.2M | Add +0.4% |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 1.80% | 245,792 | $130.9M | Reduce -25.4% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 1.71% | 425,286 | $124.5M | Reduce -25.5% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 1.68% | 575,979 | $122.4M | Reduce -10.6% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 1.60% | 316,789 | $116.9M | Add +6.0% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 1.58% | 296,719 | $115.4M | Reduce -23.4% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 1.54% | 739,534 | $112.5M | Reduce -11.5% |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | 1.39% | 278,616 | $101.0M | Add +11756.0% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corp. | 1.38% | 536,527 | $100.4M | Reduce -10.4% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 1.35% | 1,879,964 | $98.3M | Reduce -14.4% |
| HSY The Hershey Co. | 1.34% | 576,438 | $97.6M | Reduce -34.1% |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | 1.33% | 1,686,950 | $96.7M | Add +13.3% |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | 1.28% | 3,661,696 | $93.5M | Add +5744.3% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 1.15% | 471,113 | $83.7M | Reduce -35.0% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 1.08% | 610,821 | $78.6M | Reduce -9.8% |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | 1.04% | 617,084 | $75.6M | Reduce -1.9% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.03% | 395,449 | $75.3M | Reduce -2.4% |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | 1.03% | 432,910 | $75.1M | Reduce -19.3% |
| CUBE Cubesmart | 0.99% | 1,690,982 | $72.5M | Reduce -22.7% |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | 0.98% | 336,161 | $71.4M | Reduce -9.8% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.92% | 114,192 | $66.9M | Add +3.2% |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | 0.87% | 821,127 | $63.5M | Reduce -58.7% |
| MET Metlife Inc. | 0.84% | 746,232 | $61.1M | Reduce -28.8% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.83% | 191,659 | $60.6M | Reduce -4.4% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.83% | 149,548 | $60.4M | Add +4.6% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.82% | 316,782 | $60.0M | Add +3.0% |
| ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. | 0.78% | 199,952 | $57.1M | Add +964.4% |
| BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. | 0.77% | 245,615 | $55.7M | Add +6236.8% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.75% | 374,821 | $54.3M | Add +3711.9% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.74% | 94,062 | $53.9M | Reduce -10.4% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.74% | 474,809 | $53.7M | Reduce -10.0% |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | 0.73% | 474,179 | $53.1M | Reduce -13.8% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.71% | 312,336 | $52.0M | Reduce -7.1% |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | 0.63% | 2,071,853 | $45.7M | Reduce -10.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.62% | 193,888 | $45.0M | Add +7.1% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 0.59% | 391,965 | $43.3M | Reduce -22.8% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.56% | 413,579 | $41.1M | Reduce -5.2% |
| TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre | 0.53% | 208,314 | $38.3M | Reduce -23.7% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.49% | 46,267 | $35.7M | Add +2.5% |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | 0.48% | 372,076 | $35.2M | Reduce -9.7% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.47% | 657,837 | $34.4M | Add +90.6% |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | 0.46% | 337,231 | $33.9M | Reduce -6.1% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.46% | 325,950 | $33.7M | Reduce -70.6% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 0.43% | 134,065 | $31.5M | Reduce -0.4% |
| CACI Caci International Inc. Class A | 0.41% | 74,708 | $30.2M | Add +256.0% |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS | 0.39% | 444,391 | $28.6M | Reduce -3.9% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.37% | 285,474 | $27.3M | Add +3.2% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | 0.35% | 40,628 | $25.5M | Reduce -7.7% |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | 0.34% | 186,799 | $24.5M | Reduce -28.4% |
| CRH CRH PLC | 0.33% | 261,616 | $24.2M | Add +4.5% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.33% | 26,735 | $23.8M | Add +2.6% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.30% | 24,236 | $22.2M | Add +2.0% |
| DXCM Dexcom Inc. | 0.28% | 266,632 | $20.7M | Reduce -6.5% |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | 0.27% | 90,646 | $20.0M | Reduce -23.9% |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | 0.27% | 85,469 | $19.6M | Reduce -11.4% |
| IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu | 0.27% | 247,004 | $19.5M | Add +1.9% |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | 0.26% | 38,728 | $19.3M | Reduce -12.4% |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | 0.25% | 179,634 | $18.3M | Reduce -8.9% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.25% | 34,743 | $18.3M | Add +5.7% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.24% | 50,348 | $17.7M | Reduce -12.3% |
| BN Brookfield Corp. | 0.24% | 308,239 | $17.7M | Add +3360.6% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.24% | 73,257 | $17.6M | Reduce -12.5% |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | 0.23% | 56,291 | $16.9M | Reduce -11.8% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.23% | 66,304 | $16.7M | Reduce -8.6% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.22% | 94,895 | $15.7M | Reduce -7.9% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.21% | 45,457 | $15.2M | Add +1.9% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 0.21% | 36,052 | $15.1M | Add +770.8% |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | 0.19% | 22,748 | $13.5M | Reduce -13.9% |
| IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu | 0.18% | 104,136 | $13.5M | Reduce -12.1% |
| HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | 0.18% | 53,781 | $13.3M | Reduce -24.8% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.18% | 168,913 | $12.8M | Reduce -25.2% |
| IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow | 0.17% | 98,960 | $12.5M | Reduce -11.7% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.16% | 11,063 | $11.7M | Reduce -0.1% |
| NI Nisource Inc. | 0.16% | 316,930 | $11.7M | Reduce -44.0% |
| PTC PTC Inc. | 0.16% | 62,339 | $11.5M | Add +1.3% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.16% | 74,593 | $11.5M | Add +8.3% |
| IRRRF iShares Core MSCI World | 0.16% | 104,945 | $11.4M | Reduce -7.4% |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | 0.15% | 44,908 | $10.9M | Add +4.6% |
| HUBS HubSpot Inc. | 0.15% | 15,405 | $10.7M | Add +0.3% |
| CTVA Corteva Inc. | 0.15% | 187,887 | $10.7M | Reduce -34.3% |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | 0.15% | 57,968 | $10.6M | Reduce -3.2% |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | 0.15% | 93,563 | $10.6M | Add +11.6% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.14% | 56,923 | $10.5M | New |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | 0.14% | 50,110 | $10.4M | Reduce -10.6% |
| LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 0.14% | 98,834 | $10.2M | Add +1.1% |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.14% | 25,536 | $10.1M | Reduce -0.8% |
| URI United Rentals Inc. | 0.14% | 14,360 | $10.1M | Add +5.3% |
| TDG Transdigm Group Inc. | 0.14% | 7,956 | $10.1M | Add +4.6% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.14% | 160,878 | $10.0M | Add +2.5% |
| WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. | 0.14% | 79,686 | $9.9M | Add +2.6% |
| HUM Humana Inc. | 0.14% | 39,020 | $9.9M | Reduce -9.6% |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | 0.13% | 55,135 | $9.8M | Add +14.3% |
| CR Crane Co. | 0.13% | 64,384 | $9.8M | Reduce -2.6% |
Other holdings (24): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $14.6M (not counted above)
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $7.3B.
Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| AFL Aflac Inc. | Reduce -70.6% | 0.46% | −1.14 |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | Reduce -58.7% | 0.87% | −1.01 |
| HSY The Hershey Co. | Reduce -34.1% | 1.34% | −0.83 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -35.0% | 1.15% | −0.71 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -84.8% | 0.11% | −0.67 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Reduce -13.0% | 2.20% | −0.56 |
| CUBE Cubesmart | Reduce -22.7% | 0.99% | −0.53 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -23.4% | 1.58% | −0.45 |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | Reduce -9.8% | 1.08% | −0.35 |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | Reduce -19.3% | 1.03% | −0.35 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Reduce -25.5% | 1.71% | −0.34 |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corp. | Reduce -10.4% | 1.38% | −0.34 |
| IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. | Reduce -91.2% | 0.03% | −0.32 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -11.5% | 1.54% | −0.30 |
| CCK Crown Holdings Inc. | Reduce -75.0% | 0.09% | −0.29 |
| MET Metlife Inc. | Reduce -28.8% | 0.84% | −0.28 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | Reduce -10.6% | 1.68% | −0.24 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Reduce -76.6% | 0.06% | −0.22 |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | Reduce -25.4% | 1.80% | −0.21 |
| TGT Target Corp. | Reduce -60.8% | 0.08% | −0.14 |
| MHK Mohawk Industries Inc. | Reduce -48.5% | 0.09% | −0.13 |
| GL Globe Life Inc. | Reduce -54.7% | 0.13% | −0.13 |
| SLM SLM Corp. | Reduce -61.8% | 0.10% | −0.11 |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | Reduce -14.4% | 1.35% | −0.10 |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | Reduce -11.8% | 0.23% | −0.10 |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | Reduce -49.5% | 0.10% | −0.10 |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | Reduce -9.8% | 0.98% | −0.10 |
| EEFT Euronet Worldwide Inc. | Reduce -50.3% | 0.11% | −0.09 |
| EFOR Everforth Inc. | Reduce -51.1% | 0.08% | −0.09 |
| NI Nisource Inc. | Reduce -44.0% | 0.16% | −0.09 |
| AL Sumisho Air Lease Corp. | Reduce -58.0% | 0.08% | −0.09 |
| ARW Arrow Electronics Inc. | Reduce -46.0% | 0.09% | −0.09 |
| DFS Discover Financial Services | Reduce -77.2% | 0.04% | −0.09 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Reduce -74.0% | 0.03% | −0.09 |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | Reduce -28.4% | 0.34% | −0.08 |
| MTB M & T Bank Corp. | Reduce -60.1% | 0.07% | −0.08 |
| PPLI People Inc. | Reduce -96.3% | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| SSNC Ss&c Technologies Holdings | Reduce -46.5% | 0.11% | −0.08 |
| GNTX Gentex Corp. | Reduce -44.4% | 0.11% | −0.08 |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | Reduce -11.4% | 0.27% | −0.08 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -5.2% | 0.56% | −0.08 |
| MDB Mongodb Inc. | Reduce -70.0% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| CNC Centene Corp. | Reduce -32.8% | 0.10% | −0.07 |
| CTVA Corteva Inc. | Reduce -34.3% | 0.15% | −0.07 |
| ST Sensata Technologies Holdplc | Reduce -53.5% | 0.04% | −0.07 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Reduce -75.3% | 0.02% | −0.07 |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | Reduce -1.9% | 1.04% | −0.06 |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | Reduce -49.5% | 0.12% | −0.06 |
| CI The Cigna Group | Reduce -48.9% | 0.05% | −0.06 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Reduce -27.3% | 0.10% | −0.06 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Add +11756.0% | 1.39% | +1.37 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Add +5744.3% | 1.28% | +1.26 |
| BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. | Add +6236.8% | 0.77% | +0.75 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +3711.9% | 0.75% | +0.73 |
| ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. | Add +964.4% | 0.78% | +0.72 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +9.1% | 2.44% | +0.53 |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | Add +0.7% | 2.29% | +0.41 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +0.4% | 1.94% | +0.39 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +4.3% | 2.25% | +0.35 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +4.6% | 0.83% | +0.34 |
| CACI Caci International Inc. Class A | Add +256.0% | 0.41% | +0.28 |
| BN Brookfield Corp. | Add +3360.6% | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | Add +90.6% | 0.47% | +0.21 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +7.1% | 0.62% | +0.21 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Add +0.1% | 2.51% | +0.19 |
| LIN Linde PLC | Add +770.8% | 0.21% | +0.18 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +3.0% | 0.82% | +0.16 |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | Add +527.9% | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +3.2% | 0.92% | +0.10 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Add +2.6% | 0.33% | +0.09 |
| TPR Tapestry Inc. | Add +1024.4% | 0.09% | +0.08 |
| XYZ Block Inc. | Add +191.1% | 0.11% | +0.08 |
| CSX CSX Corp. | Add +1474.0% | 0.09% | +0.08 |
| ALLE Allegion PLC | Add +1258.7% | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | Add +88.4% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Add +151.8% | 0.10% | +0.06 |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | Add +4.6% | 0.15% | +0.06 |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | Add +747.5% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | Add +256.0% | 0.07% | +0.05 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +1.9% | 0.21% | +0.05 |
| ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Add +601.0% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| WMB Williams Cos Inc. | Add +113.0% | 0.07% | +0.05 |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | Add +683.8% | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| WTTR Select Water Solutions Inc. | Add +71422.4% | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| HUBS HubSpot Inc. | Add +0.3% | 0.15% | +0.04 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | Add +27.2% | 0.11% | +0.04 |
| LYV Live Nation Entertainment Inc. | Add +779.9% | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Add +5.7% | 0.25% | +0.04 |
| KR Kroger Co. | Add +86.1% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| DOCU Docusign Inc. | Add +827.9% | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Add +1532.6% | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | Add +11.6% | 0.15% | +0.04 |
| TSCO Tractor Supply Company | Add +492.5% | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | Add +14.3% | 0.13% | +0.03 |
| FIS Fidelity National Info Serv | Add +107.9% | 0.06% | +0.03 |
| SRE Sempra | Add +938.2% | 0.04% | +0.03 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Add +2.0% | 0.30% | +0.03 |
Notes & Other Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 3,264 | $5.9B | RREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU, VOO, NVDA, MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER, MSFT |
| Q1 2026 | 3,189 | $5.3B | VOO, NVDA, MSFT, MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER, AAPL |
| Q4 2025 | 3,215 | $6.1B | MSFT, NVDA, VOO, AAPL, MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER |
| Q3 2025 | 3,231 | $6.8B | MSFT, NVDA, VOO, AAPL, SCHW |
| Q2 2025Amended | 3,250 | $7.0B | MSFT, NVDA, VOO, SCHW, AAPL |
| Q1 2025 | 3,198 | $6.4B | MSFT, SCHW, UNH, VOO, AAPL |
| Q4 2024 | 3,220 | $7.3B | MSFT, VOO, NVDA, SCHW, AAPL |
| Q3 2024 | 3,239 | $7.7B | MSFT, UNH, VOO, HSY, ADP |