Sterling Capital Management LLC
In its 13F for Q4 2025 (holdings as of December 31, 2025, filed February 13, 2026), Sterling Capital Management LLC reported 3,215 stock positions worth $6.1 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 4.2% of the portfolio, followed by Nvidia (NVDA, 4.0%) and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO, 2.9%). Compared with Q3 2025, it opened 42 new positions, sold out of 61, added to 1,177 and reduced 1,873. The biggest buy was Manulife Co.-Investment Partner (shares +1011%) and the biggest sale Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH, shares −57%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHARLOTTE, NC
- CIK
- 0001329883
- Portfolio Value
- $6.1B (Q4 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001398344-26-003032 ↗ filed Feb 13, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 3,215 stocks · $6.1B
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 4.22% | 535,486 | $259.0M | Reduce -16.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 4.03% | 1,323,907 | $246.9M | Reduce -3.4% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 2.94% | 287,591 | $180.4M | Reduce -4.0% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.87% | 646,793 | $175.8M | Reduce -3.4% |
| MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER | 2.05% | 12,541,798 | $125.4M | Add +1011.0% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.80% | 479,371 | $110.6M | Reduce -7.1% |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 1.55% | 949,798 | $94.9M | Reduce -28.4% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.41% | 276,081 | $86.6M | Reduce -5.7% |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | 1.13% | 314,798 | $69.2M | Reduce -15.4% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.10% | 215,952 | $67.6M | Reduce -5.9% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.10% | 194,623 | $67.4M | Reduce -2.0% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 1.10% | 248,111 | $67.3M | Reduce -47.6% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.08% | 61,347 | $65.9M | Add +32.4% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 1.05% | 151,462 | $64.6M | Reduce -33.2% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 1.03% | 140,809 | $63.3M | Reduce -1.6% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 1.03% | 275,741 | $63.0M | Reduce -33.8% |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 1.02% | 128,086 | $62.8M | Reduce -35.0% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | 0.98% | 232,834 | $59.9M | Reduce -33.9% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.96% | 89,323 | $59.0M | Reduce -2.7% |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | 0.95% | 262,507 | $58.4M | Reduce -44.1% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.93% | 161,994 | $56.8M | Reduce -6.3% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.92% | 163,801 | $56.4M | Reduce -34.8% |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | 0.90% | 2,093,224 | $55.1M | Reduce -35.1% |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | 0.84% | 277,630 | $51.5M | Reduce -26.1% |
| ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. | 0.84% | 132,201 | $51.4M | Reduce -47.1% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.83% | 108,700 | $50.6M | Reduce -31.9% |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | 0.81% | 451,709 | $49.8M | Reduce -34.8% |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | 0.79% | 143,150 | $48.6M | Reduce -39.9% |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. | 0.75% | 109,892 | $45.8M | Reduce -39.6% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.74% | 316,490 | $45.4M | Reduce -39.0% |
| SO The Southern Co. | 0.73% | 516,512 | $45.0M | Add +1937.8% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.73% | 229,762 | $44.8M | Reduce -11.1% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.70% | 265,917 | $42.7M | Reduce -30.3% |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | 0.66% | 208,769 | $40.7M | Reduce -33.5% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.63% | 144,809 | $38.9M | Reduce -42.1% |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | 0.61% | 106,107 | $37.2M | Reduce -40.2% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.58% | 283,973 | $35.6M | Reduce -29.5% |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | 0.55% | 235,372 | $33.9M | Reduce -34.6% |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | 0.55% | 348,515 | $33.9M | Reduce -27.4% |
| MET Metlife Inc. | 0.53% | 412,520 | $32.6M | Reduce -33.0% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.53% | 482,409 | $32.4M | Reduce -44.3% |
| MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. | 0.51% | 82,339 | $31.6M | Add +2329.6% |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS | 0.51% | 379,037 | $31.3M | Reduce -4.4% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.51% | 35,467 | $31.2M | Reduce -38.3% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 0.50% | 109,678 | $30.4M | Reduce -18.8% |
| CRH CRH PLC | 0.50% | 243,350 | $30.4M | Reduce -9.8% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 0.49% | 357,174 | $30.4M | Reduce -10.7% |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | 0.48% | 347,003 | $29.3M | Reduce -56.9% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | 0.45% | 41,533 | $27.5M | Reduce -7.7% |
| RREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU filed as LIUSMAL526000 | 0.45% | 2,750,000 | $27.5M | New |
| CACI Caci International Inc. Class A | 0.45% | 51,553 | $27.5M | Reduce -20.6% |
| VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC | 0.45% | 971,802 | $27.3M | Add +503.8% |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | 0.44% | 859,188 | $26.8M | Reduce -42.8% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.43% | 82,137 | $26.5M | Add +22.4% |
| SNPS Synopsys Inc. | 0.41% | 53,816 | $25.3M | Add +404.4% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corp. | 0.40% | 133,420 | $24.3M | Reduce -25.9% |
| AGEM Abrdn Emerg MRKT DVD Act | 0.39% | 629,063 | $24.1M | New |
| GUARDIAN SMART INFRASTRUCTURE | 0.38% | 23,397,830 | $23.4M | Add +6.5% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.38% | 248,961 | $23.3M | Reduce -1.0% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.36% | 151,313 | $21.9M | Reduce -9.2% |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | 0.34% | 113,716 | $21.0M | Reduce -48.1% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.33% | 60,642 | $20.0M | Reduce -63.3% |
| MLI Mueller Industries Inc. | 0.32% | 173,342 | $19.9M | Reduce -4.3% |
| TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre | 0.32% | 77,556 | $19.9M | Reduce -9.4% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.32% | 22,792 | $19.7M | Reduce -6.8% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.32% | 34,285 | $19.6M | Reduce -1.9% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.32% | 339,005 | $19.5M | Reduce -22.1% |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | 0.32% | 84,713 | $19.4M | Reduce -10.7% |
| STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP | 0.31% | 1,927,131 | $19.3M | Add +109.9% |
| IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu | 0.29% | 194,236 | $17.8M | Reduce -22.2% |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0.29% | 204,040 | $17.8M | Add +4.4% |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV | 0.29% | 81,305 | $17.6M | Reduce -9.7% |
| LEN Lennar Corp. Class A | 0.28% | 167,503 | $17.2M | Reduce -12.0% |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | 0.27% | 104,125 | $16.7M | Reduce -8.8% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.27% | 92,149 | $16.4M | Reduce -1.9% |
| NTRA Natera Inc. | 0.27% | 71,247 | $16.3M | Add +778.5% |
| IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu | 0.26% | 114,482 | $16.1M | Reduce -9.1% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.25% | 89,123 | $15.3M | Add +17.4% |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | 0.22% | 29,481 | $13.8M | Reduce -35.0% |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | 0.22% | 26,204 | $13.7M | Reduce -26.8% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.22% | 43,567 | $13.4M | Reduce -3.6% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.21% | 40,158 | $13.1M | Add +10.8% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.21% | 62,544 | $12.9M | Reduce -7.2% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.21% | 60,979 | $12.8M | Add +2762.9% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.20% | 178,022 | $12.4M | Add +11.3% |
| MCK McKesson Corp. | 0.20% | 15,159 | $12.4M | Add +11.2% |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | 0.20% | 160,396 | $12.4M | Reduce -8.1% |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | 0.20% | 60,253 | $12.2M | Reduce -10.2% |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | 0.20% | 74,935 | $12.2M | Add +70.3% |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | 0.20% | 164,877 | $12.1M | Reduce -11.8% |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.19% | 2,179 | $11.7M | Add +45.2% |
| IRRRF iShares Core MSCI World | 0.19% | 88,033 | $11.5M | Reduce -4.0% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 0.19% | 100,871 | $11.5M | Add +43.4% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 0.19% | 39,937 | $11.4M | Add +23.7% |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | 0.19% | 52,280 | $11.4M | Reduce -20.3% |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP | 0.18% | 97,372 | $11.3M | Add +29.7% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.18% | 144,245 | $11.1M | Add +34.9% |
| MOG.A Moog Inc. Class A | 0.18% | 45,127 | $11.0M | Reduce -9.3% |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | 0.18% | 21,101 | $10.8M | Add +145.0% |
| OLED Universal Display Corp. | 0.17% | 91,172 | $10.6M | Add +85.0% |
Other holdings (24): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $19.3M (not counted above)
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $6.2B.
Portfolio Sells Q3 2025 → Q4 2025
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | Reduce -56.9% | 0.48% | −0.70 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -16.4% | 4.22% | −0.64 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | Reduce -47.6% | 1.10% | −0.61 |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. | Reduce -44.1% | 0.95% | −0.59 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -34.8% | 0.92% | −0.57 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Reduce -33.9% | 0.98% | −0.54 |
| LIN Linde PLC | Reduce -33.2% | 1.05% | −0.53 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Reduce -63.3% | 0.33% | −0.51 |
| CUBE Cubesmart | Reduce -94.7% | 0.03% | −0.50 |
| ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. | Reduce -47.1% | 0.84% | −0.44 |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Reduce -39.9% | 0.79% | −0.43 |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. | Reduce -39.6% | 0.75% | −0.40 |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. | Reduce -35.0% | 1.02% | −0.40 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -33.8% | 1.03% | −0.39 |
| DHI D.R. Horton Inc. | Reduce -34.6% | 0.55% | −0.34 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Reduce -11.1% | 0.73% | −0.34 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -39.0% | 0.74% | −0.33 |
| AFL Aflac Inc. | Reduce -34.8% | 0.81% | −0.32 |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | Reduce -28.4% | 1.55% | −0.31 |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | Reduce -44.3% | 0.53% | −0.31 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -33.5% | 0.66% | −0.31 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Reduce -42.1% | 0.63% | −0.27 |
| MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos | Reduce -26.1% | 0.84% | −0.27 |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | Reduce -30.3% | 0.70% | −0.27 |
| DXCM Dexcom Inc. | Reduce -65.4% | 0.15% | −0.25 |
| DE Deere & Co. | Reduce -31.9% | 0.83% | −0.25 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -40.2% | 0.61% | −0.23 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Reduce -35.1% | 0.90% | −0.22 |
| MET Metlife Inc. | Reduce -33.0% | 0.53% | −0.21 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -29.5% | 0.58% | −0.21 |
| CPRT Copart Inc. | Reduce -54.7% | 0.14% | −0.18 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Reduce -38.3% | 0.51% | −0.16 |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | Reduce -47.3% | 0.10% | −0.12 |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | Reduce -22.1% | 0.32% | −0.10 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -90.3% | 0.01% | −0.08 |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | Reduce -15.4% | 1.13% | −0.08 |
| LEN Lennar Corp. Class A | Reduce -12.0% | 0.28% | −0.07 |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | Reduce -27.4% | 0.55% | −0.07 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Reduce -90.9% | 0.01% | −0.07 |
| VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. Class A | Reduce -74.1% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Reduce -1.0% | 0.38% | −0.06 |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | Reduce -35.0% | 0.22% | −0.06 |
| SOLS Solstice Adv Materials Inc. | Reduce -99.0% | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| RBLX Roblox Corp. Class A | Reduce -54.0% | 0.02% | −0.05 |
| CSGP Costar Group Inc. | Reduce -55.2% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| ADYEY Adyen NV-Unspon ADR | Reduce -85.5% | 0.01% | −0.05 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Reduce -93.6% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | Reduce -88.4% | 0.01% | −0.05 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | Reduce -18.8% | 0.50% | −0.05 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Reduce -96.4% | 0.00% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2025 → Q4 2025
| MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER | Add +1011.0% | 2.05% | +1.88 |
| SO The Southern Co. | Add +1937.8% | 0.73% | +0.70 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +32.4% | 1.08% | +0.56 |
| MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. | Add +2329.6% | 0.51% | +0.49 |
| RREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU | New | 0.45% | +0.45 |
| AGEM Abrdn Emerg MRKT DVD Act | New | 0.39% | +0.39 |
| VICI Vici Properties Inc. | Add +503.8% | 0.45% | +0.37 |
| SNPS Synopsys Inc. | Add +404.4% | 0.41% | +0.34 |
| NTRA Natera Inc. | Add +778.5% | 0.27% | +0.25 |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | Add +2762.9% | 0.21% | +0.20 |
| STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP | Add +109.9% | 0.31% | +0.18 |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | Add +145.0% | 0.18% | +0.12 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Add +234.9% | 0.15% | +0.12 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +22.4% | 0.43% | +0.12 |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | Add +6620.3% | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Add +23.7% | 0.19% | +0.11 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | Add +17.4% | 0.25% | +0.10 |
| SRE Sempra | Add +3105.2% | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| COR Cencora Inc. | Add +151.3% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| SCCO Southern Copper Corp. | Add +14899.6% | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | Add +70.3% | 0.20% | +0.09 |
| CB Chubb Ltd. | Add +1385.7% | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| PSX Phillips 66 | Add +114.3% | 0.15% | +0.09 |
| PH Parker Hannifin Corp. | Add +1100.6% | 0.09% | +0.08 |
| VST Vistra Corp. | Add +174.7% | 0.13% | +0.08 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Add +34.9% | 0.18% | +0.07 |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. | Add +4.4% | 0.29% | +0.07 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | Add +54.6% | 0.15% | +0.07 |
| COF Capital One Financial Corp. | Add +66.0% | 0.14% | +0.07 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | Add +45.2% | 0.19% | +0.07 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +51.3% | 0.16% | +0.07 |
| USB US Bancorp | Add +1535.6% | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| OLED Universal Display Corp. | Add +85.0% | 0.17% | +0.07 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Add +43.4% | 0.19% | +0.07 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Add +10.8% | 0.21% | +0.06 |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | Add +29.7% | 0.18% | +0.06 |
| C Citigroup Inc. | Add +40.8% | 0.14% | +0.06 |
| ROST Ross Stores Inc. | Add +106.5% | 0.10% | +0.06 |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | Add +50.3% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | Add +46.9% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| GUARDIAN SMART INFRASTRUCTURE | Add +6.5% | 0.38% | +0.06 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Add +33.9% | 0.17% | +0.06 |
| T AT&T Inc. | Add +80.5% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Add +43.8% | 0.12% | +0.06 |
| GM General Motors Co. | Add +33.7% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| IWV iShares Russell 3000 ETF | Add +107.8% | 0.10% | +0.06 |
| TRV The Travelers Cos Inc. | Add +62.3% | 0.11% | +0.05 |
| SPG Simon Property Group Inc. | Add +37.2% | 0.15% | +0.05 |
| MCK McKesson Corp. | Add +11.2% | 0.20% | +0.05 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Add +48.3% | 0.11% | +0.05 |
Notes & Other Activity Q3 2025 → Q4 2025
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT (APO V7.625 09/15/53) | PFD | New | 248,800 | $6.6M |
| REINSURANCE GRP OF AMER (RGA V5.75 06/15/56) | PFD | Reduce -20.6% | 73,250 | $1.8M |
| M&T BANK CORPORATION (MTB V5.625 PERP H) | Common Stock | New | 22,250 | $549K |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL GROUP (ANGINC 7.375 PERP .) | PFD | New | 16,500 | $413K |
| KIMCO REALTY CORP (KIM 5.25 PERP M) | PFD | New | 15,750 | $325K |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC V0 PERP DEPs) | PFD | Reduce -19.4% | 25 | $53 |
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 |