Sterling Capital Management LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 12, 2025), Sterling Capital Management LLC reported 3,231 stock positions worth $6.8 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 4.9% of the portfolio, followed by Nvidia (NVDA, 3.8%) and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO, 2.7%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 40 new positions, sold out of 60, added to 1,866 and reduced 1,076. The biggest buy was Honeywell International (HON, shares +6696%) and the biggest sale Schwab (charles) (SCHW, shares −35%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHARLOTTE, NC
- CIK
- 0001329883
- Portfolio Value
- $6.8B (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001398344-25-020719 ↗ filed Nov 12, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 3,231 stocks · $6.8B
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 4.87% | 640,289 | $331.6M | Reduce -14.2% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 3.75% | 1,370,307 | $255.7M | Reduce -10.6% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 2.69% | 299,596 | $183.5M | Reduce -13.4% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.50% | 669,738 | $170.5M | Reduce -13.3% |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 1.86% | 1,327,444 | $126.7M | Reduce -34.6% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 1.71% | 473,738 | $116.4M | Reduce -8.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.66% | 515,954 | $113.3M | Reduce -9.0% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 1.58% | 226,878 | $107.8M | Reduce -7.9% |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | 1.55% | 469,715 | $105.5M | Reduce -29.1% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 1.52% | 352,079 | $103.3M | Reduce -8.5% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 1.49% | 251,181 | $101.8M | Reduce -8.5% |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 1.42% | 196,968 | $96.8M | Reduce -8.3% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 1.41% | 416,187 | $96.4M | Reduce -10.9% |
| ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. | 1.28% | 249,767 | $87.3M | Reduce -11.0% |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | 1.22% | 238,006 | $83.4M | Reduce -8.6% |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | 1.21% | 371,966 | $82.1M | Add +60.0% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 1.18% | 805,248 | $80.5M | Add +2.8% |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. | 1.15% | 181,861 | $78.5M | Add +1.0% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 1.14% | 692,851 | $77.4M | Reduce -10.3% |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | 1.12% | 3,226,029 | $76.3M | Reduce -3.0% |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | 1.11% | 375,433 | $75.7M | Reduce -7.7% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 1.07% | 159,725 | $73.0M | Reduce -9.5% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 1.07% | 518,395 | $72.8M | Reduce -9.5% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 1.07% | 258,544 | $72.7M | Reduce -15.2% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.05% | 292,805 | $71.3M | Reduce -11.2% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.99% | 91,811 | $67.4M | Reduce -13.8% |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.97% | 313,982 | $66.1M | Add +6696.1% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.97% | 381,254 | $65.8M | Reduce -7.1% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.96% | 198,552 | $65.5M | Reduce -14.1% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.93% | 143,029 | $63.6M | Reduce -13.3% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.91% | 250,326 | $61.7M | Reduce -9.7% |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | 0.89% | 359,709 | $61.0M | Add +14.6% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.87% | 172,837 | $59.0M | Reduce -7.5% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.84% | 177,444 | $57.3M | Reduce -9.5% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.84% | 866,306 | $57.1M | Reduce -2.6% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.84% | 165,082 | $57.0M | Reduce -10.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.82% | 229,507 | $55.8M | Reduce -11.1% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.79% | 402,958 | $54.0M | Reduce -6.3% |
| MET Metlife Inc. | 0.74% | 615,491 | $50.7M | Reduce -7.5% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.67% | 57,497 | $45.8M | Reduce -27.4% |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | 0.62% | 480,281 | $42.5M | Reduce -6.5% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 0.54% | 135,006 | $36.9M | Reduce -5.4% |
| CUBE Cubesmart | 0.53% | 882,447 | $35.9M | Reduce -6.7% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.52% | 46,348 | $35.4M | Reduce -10.4% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 0.49% | 399,969 | $33.6M | Add +10.1% |
| CACI Caci International Inc. Class A | 0.48% | 64,942 | $32.4M | Add +0.5% |
| CRH CRH PLC | 0.47% | 269,807 | $32.3M | Add +0.7% |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS | 0.47% | 396,558 | $31.8M | Reduce -13.8% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | 0.45% | 45,013 | $30.7M | Reduce -11.3% |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | 0.45% | 1,501,661 | $30.3M | Add +0.9% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.44% | 25,139 | $30.1M | Reduce -14.3% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corp. | 0.43% | 180,098 | $29.2M | Reduce -6.0% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.42% | 435,123 | $28.7M | Reduce -7.9% |
| DXCM Dexcom Inc. | 0.40% | 407,080 | $27.4M | Add +16.3% |
| LEN Lennar Corp. Class A | 0.35% | 190,372 | $24.0M | Add +85.2% |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | 0.35% | 219,168 | $23.6M | Reduce -26.9% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.33% | 24,449 | $22.6M | Reduce -10.4% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.33% | 166,679 | $22.2M | Reduce -0.4% |
| TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre | 0.32% | 85,622 | $22.1M | Reduce -3.8% |
| CPRT Copart Inc. | 0.32% | 491,835 | $22.1M | Reduce -2.4% |
| GUARDIAN SMART INFRASTRUCTURE | 0.32% | 21,970,858 | $22.0M | New |
| IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu | 0.32% | 249,562 | $21.9M | Add +4.6% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.31% | 67,093 | $21.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | 0.30% | 90,026 | $20.5M | Add +48.8% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.29% | 34,965 | $19.9M | Reduce -13.1% |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | 0.28% | 45,324 | $19.3M | Reduce -12.3% |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | 0.28% | 94,867 | $18.8M | Add +0.8% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.27% | 181,203 | $18.3M | Add +5.9% |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | 0.26% | 114,180 | $18.0M | Reduce -0.5% |
| IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu | 0.26% | 125,961 | $17.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | 0.26% | 35,790 | $17.4M | Add +1.1% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.25% | 93,896 | $17.1M | Reduce -13.0% |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | 0.24% | 67,072 | $16.1M | Add +0.8% |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.23% | 47,660 | $15.4M | Reduce -10.1% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.22% | 195,464 | $14.8M | Add +0.4% |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | 0.21% | 174,616 | $14.5M | Reduce -0.7% |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | 0.20% | 65,620 | $14.0M | Reduce -17.0% |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | 0.20% | 186,979 | $13.6M | Reduce -17.1% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.20% | 45,173 | $13.6M | Reduce -13.0% |
| URI United Rentals Inc. | 0.19% | 13,753 | $13.1M | Reduce -13.7% |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | 0.19% | 134,572 | $12.6M | Reduce -0.2% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.18% | 67,418 | $12.5M | Add +29.4% |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.18% | 21,234 | $12.0M | Reduce -7.6% |
| IRRRF iShares Core MSCI World | 0.17% | 91,707 | $11.5M | Reduce -9.0% |
| MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER | 0.17% | 1,128,857 | $11.3M | New |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | 0.16% | 57,749 | $11.1M | Reduce -5.3% |
| WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. | 0.16% | 82,790 | $11.0M | Add +4.6% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.16% | 159,875 | $10.6M | Reduce -1.1% |
| MCK McKesson Corp. | 0.15% | 13,634 | $10.5M | Reduce -1.6% |
| CR Crane Co. | 0.15% | 57,121 | $10.5M | Add +0.7% |
| MOG.A Moog Inc. Class A | 0.15% | 49,732 | $10.3M | Add +8.3% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.15% | 36,229 | $10.2M | Reduce -8.2% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.15% | 75,926 | $10.2M | Add +12.2% |
| IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow | 0.15% | 70,438 | $10.0M | Reduce -23.0% |
| OSK Oshkosh Corp. | 0.15% | 77,184 | $10.0M | Add +15.3% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.15% | 10,873 | $10.0M | Reduce -10.5% |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | 0.14% | 56,984 | $9.9M | Reduce -4.5% |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | 0.14% | 97,541 | $9.6M | Reduce -15.3% |
| PFGC Performance Food Group Co. | 0.14% | 91,440 | $9.5M | Reduce -0.1% |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.14% | 81,371 | $9.3M | Reduce -3.7% |
Other holdings (20): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $12.4M (not counted above)
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $6.8B.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | Reduce -34.6% | 1.86% | −0.77 |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | Reduce -29.1% | 1.55% | −0.50 |
| BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. | Reduce -97.8% | 0.01% | −0.45 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -14.2% | 4.87% | −0.42 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Reduce -9.7% | 0.91% | −0.27 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -9.5% | 0.84% | −0.24 |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | Reduce -8.3% | 1.42% | −0.21 |
| DE Deere & Co. | Reduce -9.5% | 1.07% | −0.21 |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | Reduce -70.3% | 0.11% | −0.17 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Reduce -8.5% | 1.52% | −0.17 |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | Reduce -7.7% | 1.11% | −0.15 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Reduce -13.8% | 0.99% | −0.13 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Reduce -27.4% | 0.67% | −0.13 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Reduce -11.3% | 0.45% | −0.12 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Reduce -14.3% | 0.44% | −0.12 |
| AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. | Reduce -54.2% | 0.08% | −0.12 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -9.0% | 1.66% | −0.11 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -13.4% | 2.69% | −0.11 |
| HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. | Reduce -51.4% | 0.10% | −0.09 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Reduce -53.4% | 0.06% | −0.08 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Reduce -3.0% | 1.12% | −0.08 |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | Reduce -54.1% | 0.10% | −0.08 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Reduce -7.5% | 0.87% | −0.08 |
| IT Gartner Inc. | Reduce -98.9% | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| TDG Transdigm Group Inc. | Reduce -49.7% | 0.06% | −0.07 |
| COR Cencora Inc. | Reduce -60.7% | 0.05% | −0.06 |
| LIN Linde PLC | Reduce -7.9% | 1.58% | −0.06 |
| RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | Reduce -43.2% | 0.09% | −0.06 |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | Reduce -17.1% | 0.20% | −0.06 |
| ASND Ascendis Pharma A/S | Reduce -54.5% | 0.07% | −0.06 |
| ARES Ares Management Corp. Class A | Reduce -54.1% | 0.05% | −0.06 |
| TPR Tapestry Inc. | Reduce -58.3% | 0.07% | −0.06 |
| CHTR Charter Communications Inc. Class A | Reduce -59.8% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -10.4% | 0.52% | −0.06 |
| VST Vistra Corp. | Reduce -53.6% | 0.05% | −0.06 |
| KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. | Reduce -50.7% | 0.05% | −0.05 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Reduce -10.4% | 0.33% | −0.05 |
| DKNG Draftkings Inc. Class A | Reduce -54.2% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| TT Trane Technologies PLC | Reduce -45.9% | 0.06% | −0.05 |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corp. | Reduce -6.0% | 0.43% | −0.05 |
| FN Fabrinet | Reduce -99.3% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| FICO Fair Isaac Corp. | Reduce -58.0% | 0.03% | −0.05 |
| WMB Williams Cos Inc. | Reduce -88.5% | 0.01% | −0.05 |
| AZO AutoZone Inc. | Reduce -50.6% | 0.07% | −0.05 |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | Reduce -91.0% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Reduce -76.3% | 0.01% | −0.05 |
| LYV Live Nation Entertainment Inc. | Reduce -54.0% | 0.05% | −0.05 |
| GLOB Globant SA | Reduce -93.6% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | Reduce -56.4% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | Reduce -53.8% | 0.03% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Add +6696.1% | 0.97% | +0.95 |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | Add +60.0% | 1.21% | +0.45 |
| GUARDIAN SMART INFRASTRUCTURE | New | 0.32% | +0.32 |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | Add +14.6% | 0.89% | +0.32 |
| LEN Lennar Corp. Class A | Add +85.2% | 0.35% | +0.19 |
| MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| CRH CRH PLC | Add +0.7% | 0.47% | +0.12 |
| STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP | Add +818.2% | 0.13% | +0.12 |
| TQ DB PENSION PRIV INV ADM | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | Add +48.8% | 0.30% | +0.11 |
| OLED Universal Display Corp. | Add +1585.8% | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Add +10.1% | 0.49% | +0.09 |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | Add +0.9% | 0.45% | +0.09 |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | Add +5.9% | 0.27% | +0.08 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Add +760.1% | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +29.4% | 0.18% | +0.07 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +184.2% | 0.10% | +0.07 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Add +177.4% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
| MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. | Add +73.9% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | Add +12.2% | 0.15% | +0.06 |
| SMTC Semtech Corp. | Add +24928.4% | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | Add +1281.2% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| AEP American Electric Power | Add +1708.7% | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Add +797.7% | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| FDS REIT HOLDING I LLC | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| QCRH QCR Holdings Inc. | Add +370.4% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +49.9% | 0.12% | +0.05 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Add +1488.9% | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| TRMK Trustmark Corp. | Add +4929.5% | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| OSK Oshkosh Corp. | Add +15.3% | 0.15% | +0.04 |
| CACI Caci International Inc. Class A | Add +0.5% | 0.48% | +0.04 |
| C Citigroup Inc. | Add +49.7% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu | Add +4.6% | 0.32% | +0.04 |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | Add +28.3% | 0.10% | +0.04 |
| MCB Metropolitan Bank Holding Co. | Add +647.3% | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| MOG.A Moog Inc. Class A | Add +8.3% | 0.15% | +0.03 |
| CXT Crane NXT Co. | Add +15.6% | 0.10% | +0.03 |
| IWN iShares Russell 2000 Value E | Add +63.6% | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| P Everpure Inc. Class A | Add +618.7% | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| ENS Enersys | Add +5.5% | 0.09% | +0.03 |
| GBCI Glacier Bancorp Inc. | Add +20.4% | 0.10% | +0.03 |
| ADAMS STREET GLOBAL SECONDARY | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +0.4% | 0.11% | +0.02 |
| JBTM JBT Marel Corp. | Add +1447.7% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| COLB Columbia Banking System Inc. | Add +26.3% | 0.08% | +0.02 |
| RDNT Radnet Inc. | Add +40.4% | 0.05% | +0.02 |
| AU Anglogold Ashanti PLC | Add +21.6% | 0.05% | +0.02 |
| AZZ Azz Inc. | Add +218.3% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| M Macy's Inc. | Add +405.2% | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. | Add +4.6% | 0.16% | +0.02 |
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| REINSURANCE GRP OF AMER (RGA V5.75 06/15/56) | PFD | New | 92,275 | $2.3M |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 6.45 12/15/66 K*) | Common Stock | Sold out | 100 | $3Kbefore 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 |