Sterling Capital Management LLC
In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed May 13, 2025), Sterling Capital Management LLC reported 3,198 stock positions worth $6.4 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 4.1% of the portfolio, followed by Schwab (charles) (SCHW, 2.6%) and Unitedhealth (UNH, 2.6%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 30 new positions, sold out of 54, added to 480 and reduced 2,294. The biggest buy was Linde (LIN, shares +630%) and the biggest sale Raymond James Financial (RJF, shares −68%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHARLOTTE, NC
- CIK
- 0001329883
- Portfolio Value
- $6.4B (Q1 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001398344-25-009257 ↗ filed May 13, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 3,198 stocks · $6.4B
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 4.07% | 697,922 | $262.0M | Reduce -5.4% |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 2.64% | 2,168,868 | $169.8M | Reduce -3.9% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 2.60% | 319,578 | $167.4M | Add +1.1% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 2.58% | 323,698 | $166.4M | Reduce -4.5% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.16% | 625,016 | $138.8M | Reduce -4.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.16% | 1,280,467 | $138.8M | Reduce -3.3% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 2.10% | 310,446 | $135.0M | Reduce -2.0% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 1.93% | 406,567 | $124.2M | Reduce -4.4% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 1.90% | 263,289 | $122.6M | Add +630.3% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.75% | 592,833 | $112.8M | Reduce -7.9% |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 1.74% | 231,696 | $112.2M | Reduce -5.7% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 1.73% | 551,000 | $111.1M | Reduce -4.3% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 1.68% | 721,860 | $108.2M | Reduce -2.4% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 1.67% | 1,787,315 | $107.3M | Reduce -4.9% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 1.61% | 283,631 | $103.9M | Reduce -4.4% |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | 1.58% | 3,524,038 | $101.8M | Reduce -3.8% |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | 1.57% | 278,242 | $101.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 1.45% | 445,934 | $93.4M | Reduce -5.3% |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | 1.45% | 382,708 | $93.4M | Add +13.8% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corp. | 1.43% | 515,638 | $91.8M | Reduce -3.9% |
| ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. | 1.39% | 347,455 | $89.8M | Add +73.8% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 1.36% | 838,073 | $87.6M | Add +37.2% |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | 1.30% | 633,600 | $83.7M | Add +2.7% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 1.24% | 256,293 | $80.0M | Add +409.0% |
| CUBE Cubesmart | 1.08% | 1,629,685 | $69.6M | Reduce -3.6% |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | 1.03% | 414,564 | $66.4M | Reduce -4.2% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.99% | 181,943 | $63.8M | Reduce -5.1% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.98% | 378,985 | $63.4M | Add +1.1% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.94% | 456,458 | $60.5M | Reduce -3.9% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.91% | 101,597 | $58.6M | Reduce -11.0% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.91% | 374,027 | $58.4M | Reduce -5.4% |
| MET Metlife Inc. | 0.89% | 711,360 | $57.1M | Reduce -4.7% |
| BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. | 0.86% | 241,765 | $55.4M | Reduce -1.6% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.75% | 88,715 | $48.5M | Reduce -5.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.71% | 294,697 | $45.6M | Reduce -7.0% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.66% | 302,590 | $42.3M | Reduce -3.1% |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | 0.64% | 541,964 | $41.1M | Reduce -34.0% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.64% | 294,661 | $40.9M | Reduce -68.0% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.56% | 43,732 | $36.1M | Reduce -5.5% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.54% | 135,044 | $35.0M | Reduce -9.7% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.54% | 313,510 | $34.9M | Reduce -3.8% |
| CACI Caci International Inc. Class A | 0.53% | 93,088 | $34.2M | Add +24.6% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.53% | 627,020 | $33.8M | Reduce -4.7% |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS | 0.52% | 488,291 | $33.6M | Add +9.9% |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | 0.49% | 2,040,235 | $31.4M | Reduce -1.5% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.47% | 181,823 | $30.4M | Reduce -6.2% |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | 0.46% | 296,721 | $29.4M | Reduce -12.0% |
| TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre | 0.45% | 140,705 | $29.2M | Reduce -32.5% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | 0.44% | 46,434 | $28.5M | Add +14.3% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 0.43% | 130,423 | $27.5M | Reduce -2.7% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.36% | 24,635 | $23.0M | Reduce -7.8% |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | 0.35% | 344,257 | $22.4M | Reduce -7.5% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.34% | 159,956 | $21.9M | Add +68.6% |
| CRH CRH PLC | 0.34% | 246,983 | $21.7M | Reduce -5.6% |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | 0.34% | 174,168 | $21.7M | Reduce -3.0% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.34% | 22,831 | $21.6M | Reduce -5.8% |
| IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu | 0.30% | 238,190 | $19.6M | Reduce -3.6% |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | 0.30% | 56,630 | $19.6M | Add +0.6% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 0.30% | 317,495 | $19.5M | Reduce -19.0% |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | 0.30% | 37,998 | $19.3M | Reduce -1.9% |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | 0.30% | 71,436 | $19.1M | Reduce -21.2% |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | 0.29% | 188,767 | $18.5M | Reduce -60.2% |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | 0.28% | 135,908 | $17.8M | Reduce -27.2% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.27% | 32,161 | $17.6M | Reduce -7.4% |
| DXCM Dexcom Inc. | 0.27% | 256,614 | $17.5M | Reduce -3.8% |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | 0.27% | 83,761 | $17.2M | Reduce -2.0% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.26% | 206,955 | $16.7M | Reduce -27.5% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.26% | 66,983 | $16.4M | Reduce -8.6% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.25% | 34,247 | $16.1M | Add +76.3% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.23% | 56,102 | $14.9M | Reduce -15.4% |
| CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 0.21% | 195,789 | $13.7M | Add +1303.2% |
| IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu | 0.21% | 105,354 | $13.3M | Add +1.2% |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | 0.19% | 65,164 | $12.4M | Add +30.0% |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | 0.19% | 56,301 | $12.3M | Reduce -2.9% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.17% | 41,946 | $11.3M | Reduce -7.7% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.17% | 145,335 | $11.1M | Add +1234.5% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.17% | 153,874 | $11.0M | Reduce -4.3% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.17% | 129,484 | $10.9M | Reduce -23.3% |
| IRRRF iShares Core MSCI World | 0.16% | 100,838 | $10.6M | Reduce -3.9% |
| IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow | 0.16% | 89,689 | $10.5M | Reduce -9.4% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.16% | 67,717 | $10.4M | Reduce -9.2% |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | 0.16% | 19,694 | $10.4M | Reduce -13.4% |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.16% | 23,826 | $10.3M | Reduce -6.7% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 0.16% | 174,224 | $10.3M | Add +12.8% |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. filed as GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO | 0.15% | 28,742 | $9.9M | Reduce -12.6% |
| BJ Bj's Wholesale Club Holdings filed as BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC | 0.15% | 86,504 | $9.9M | Reduce -2.8% |
| LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 0.15% | 104,843 | $9.6M | Add +6.1% |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | 0.14% | 43,337 | $9.2M | Reduce -3.5% |
| HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. | 0.14% | 70,600 | $9.2M | Add +206.1% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.14% | 101,123 | $9.1M | Reduce -75.5% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.14% | 54,028 | $9.0M | Reduce -4.4% |
| SCZ iShares MSCI Eafe Small-Cap | 0.14% | 140,442 | $8.9M | Add +52.9% |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | 0.14% | 11 | $8.8M | No change |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.14% | 87,701 | $8.8M | Add +13.8% |
| CR Crane Co. | 0.13% | 56,179 | $8.6M | Reduce -12.7% |
| THG Hanover Insurance Group Inc./ | 0.13% | 48,985 | $8.5M | Add +0.3% |
| URI United Rentals Inc. | 0.13% | 13,507 | $8.5M | Reduce -5.9% |
| WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. | 0.13% | 75,246 | $8.5M | Reduce -5.6% |
| MSCI MSCI Inc. | 0.13% | 14,953 | $8.5M | Reduce -5.2% |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 0.13% | 17,055 | $8.4M | Reduce -8.2% |
Other holdings (21): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $10.0M (not counted above)
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $6.4B.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | Reduce -68.0% | 0.64% | −1.33 |
| HSY The Hershey Co. | Reduce -98.8% | 0.02% | −1.32 |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | Reduce -98.3% | 0.02% | −1.31 |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | Reduce -60.2% | 0.29% | −0.44 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -75.5% | 0.14% | −0.42 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Reduce -19.0% | 0.30% | −0.29 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Reduce -9.7% | 0.54% | −0.29 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Reduce -3.3% | 2.16% | −0.28 |
| BN Brookfield Corp. | Reduce -96.9% | 0.01% | −0.24 |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | Reduce -34.0% | 0.64% | −0.23 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -5.4% | 4.07% | −0.20 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -7.9% | 1.75% | −0.19 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Reduce -6.2% | 0.47% | −0.14 |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | Reduce -99.2% | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | Reduce -1.5% | 0.49% | −0.14 |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | Reduce -7.5% | 0.35% | −0.14 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -5.4% | 0.91% | −0.13 |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | Reduce -27.5% | 0.26% | −0.12 |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | Reduce -97.8% | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce -7.0% | 0.71% | −0.12 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Reduce -4.4% | 2.16% | −0.09 |
| NI Nisource Inc. | Reduce -62.5% | 0.07% | −0.09 |
| XYZ Block Inc. | Reduce -65.0% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | Reduce -63.1% | 0.04% | −0.08 |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | Reduce -71.5% | 0.04% | −0.08 |
| TGT Target Corp. | Reduce -96.9% | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| GNTX Gentex Corp. | Reduce -70.5% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
| EEFT Euronet Worldwide Inc. | Reduce -72.5% | 0.04% | −0.08 |
| HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | Reduce -43.9% | 0.11% | −0.08 |
| TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre | Reduce -32.5% | 0.45% | −0.07 |
| COLM Columbia Sportswear Co. | Reduce -75.2% | 0.02% | −0.07 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Reduce -60.6% | 0.06% | −0.07 |
| CTVA Corteva Inc. | Reduce -58.5% | 0.08% | −0.07 |
| GL Globe Life Inc. | Reduce -65.9% | 0.06% | −0.07 |
| J Jacobs Solutions Inc. | Reduce -64.9% | 0.04% | −0.07 |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | Reduce -23.9% | 0.08% | −0.07 |
| EFOR Everforth Inc. | Reduce -74.5% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| PTC PTC Inc. | Reduce -37.2% | 0.09% | −0.06 |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | Reduce -69.0% | 0.04% | −0.06 |
| SLM SLM Corp. | Reduce -66.3% | 0.04% | −0.06 |
| MHK Mohawk Industries Inc. | Reduce -71.9% | 0.03% | −0.06 |
| MKL Markel Group Inc. | Reduce -64.9% | 0.05% | −0.06 |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | Reduce -27.2% | 0.28% | −0.06 |
| AL Sumisho Air Lease Corp. | Reduce -71.6% | 0.03% | −0.06 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Reduce -3.1% | 0.66% | −0.06 |
| PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners | Reduce -66.9% | 0.03% | −0.06 |
| CNC Centene Corp. | Reduce -62.1% | 0.04% | −0.06 |
| COO The Cooper Cos Inc. | Reduce -80.2% | 0.01% | −0.05 |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | Reduce -5.7% | 1.74% | −0.05 |
| ARW Arrow Electronics Inc. | Reduce -63.2% | 0.03% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| LIN Linde PLC | Add +630.3% | 1.90% | +1.70 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Add +409.0% | 1.24% | +1.00 |
| ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. | Add +73.8% | 1.39% | +0.61 |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | Add +13.8% | 1.45% | +0.47 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +1.1% | 2.60% | +0.40 |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | Add +37.2% | 1.36% | +0.28 |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | Add +2.7% | 1.30% | +0.26 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +1.1% | 0.98% | +0.24 |
| CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City | Add +1303.2% | 0.21% | +0.20 |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | Add +1234.5% | 0.17% | +0.16 |
| DE Deere & Co. | Add +76.3% | 0.25% | +0.14 |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS | Add +9.9% | 0.52% | +0.13 |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | Add +68.6% | 0.34% | +0.13 |
| CACI Caci International Inc. Class A | Add +24.6% | 0.53% | +0.12 |
| HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. | Add +206.1% | 0.14% | +0.11 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Add +14.3% | 0.44% | +0.09 |
| COR Cencora Inc. | Add +95.7% | 0.13% | +0.08 |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | Add +0.6% | 0.30% | +0.07 |
| SCZ iShares MSCI Eafe Small-Cap | Add +52.9% | 0.14% | +0.06 |
| DKS Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. | Add +557.6% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| SPOT Spotify Technology SA | Add +71.6% | 0.09% | +0.05 |
| MDB Mongodb Inc. | Add +230.6% | 0.08% | +0.05 |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | Add +30.0% | 0.19% | +0.05 |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | Add +12.8% | 0.16% | +0.05 |
| COF Capital One Financial Corp. | Add +721.2% | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS | Add +217.9% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| IOT Samsara Inc. Class A | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | Add +74.8% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| HOOD Robinhood Markets Inc. Class A | Add +129.2% | 0.06% | +0.04 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Add +174.2% | 0.05% | +0.04 |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | Add +13.8% | 0.14% | +0.03 |
| VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF | Add +324.1% | 0.04% | +0.03 |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | Add +269.5% | 0.05% | +0.03 |
| THG Hanover Insurance Group Inc./ | Add +0.3% | 0.13% | +0.03 |
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Add +3.1% | 0.09% | +0.03 |
| WELL Welltower Inc. | Add +0.2% | 0.09% | +0.02 |
| IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu | Add +1.2% | 0.21% | +0.02 |
| TPR Tapestry Inc. | Add +1.6% | 0.11% | +0.02 |
| LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | Add +16.6% | 0.08% | +0.02 |
| NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc. | Add +481.7% | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| MAT Mattel Inc. | Add +284.7% | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| RL Ralph Lauren Corp. | Add +211.2% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +0.4% | 0.07% | +0.02 |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | Add +40.7% | 0.05% | +0.02 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | Add +30.2% | 0.05% | +0.02 |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | Add +109.2% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC Class A | Add +75.4% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| UGI Ugi Corp. | Add +236.4% | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| ADT Adt Inc. | Add +178.2% | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| RHHBY Roche Holdings Ltd.-Spons ADR | Add +4.4% | 0.06% | +0.02 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC (WCC V10.625 PERP A) | COM | Sold out | 187,000 | $4.8Mbefore exit |
| ATHENE HOLDING LTD (ATH 5.625 PERP B) | COM | Add +28.9% | 40,120 | $789K |
| BROOKFIELD OAKTREE HLDGS (OAK 6.625 PERP A) | PFD | Add +17.7% | 33,310 | $717K |
| KKR GROUP FIN CO IX LLC (KKR 4.625 04/01/61) | PFD | Add +15.7% | 36,940 | $659K |
| CARLYLE FINANCE LLC (CG 4.625 05/15/61) | PFD | Add +15.4% | 37,560 | $657K |
| AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROU (AMG 6.75 03/30/64) | PFD | Add +468.8% | 18,200 | $436K |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 6 PERP GG) | PFD | Reduce -54.4% | 13,231 | $330K |
| SIGNATURE BANK NEW YORK (SBNY 5 PERP a) | PFD | Sold out | 800 | $4Kbefore exit |
| DNMWQ Danimer Scientific Inc.-29 | WT | Sold out | 796 | $29before exit |
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 |