Sterling Capital Management LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed April 22, 2026), Sterling Capital Management LLC reported 3,189 stock positions worth $5.3 billion. Its top holding was Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) at 3.8% of the portfolio, followed by Nvidia (NVDA, 3.3%) and Microsoft (MSFT, 2.9%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 42 new positions, sold out of 69, added to 421 and reduced 2,522. The biggest buy was TQ DB Pension Priv Inv Adm (shares +863%) and the biggest sale Microsoft (MSFT, shares −24%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC
CIK
0001329883
Portfolio Value
$5.3B (Q1 2026)
SEC Filing
0001398344-26-006811 ↗ filed Apr 22, 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 $5.3B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $5.9B Q2 2026

Holdings 3,189 stocks · $5.3B
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 3.81% 334,747 $200.0M Add +16.4%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 3.26% 982,472 $171.3M Reduce -25.8%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 2.88% 409,607 $151.6M Reduce -23.5%
MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER 2.69% 14,120,901 $141.2M Add +12.6%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.16% 448,175 $113.7M Reduce -30.7%
TQ DB PENSION PRIV INV ADM 1.69% 8,901,852 $89.0M Add +863.3%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.55% 389,932 $81.2M Reduce -18.7%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 1.53% 854,648 $80.3M Reduce -10.0%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.32% 236,535 $69.6M Add +188.0%
WM Waste Management Inc. 1.31% 299,601 $68.8M Reduce -4.8%
LIN Linde PLC 1.20% 126,919 $62.9M Reduce -16.2%
ADI Analog Devices Inc. 1.17% 192,816 $61.3M Reduce -22.3%
MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. 1.14% 137,660 $59.7M Add +67.2%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.13% 271,898 $59.1M Reduce -1.4%
SO The Southern Co. 1.10% 599,454 $57.9M Add +16.1%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 1.09% 200,097 $57.4M Reduce -27.5%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.06% 193,099 $55.5M Reduce -10.6%
FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. 1.02% 229,230 $53.5M Reduce -12.7%
DE Deere & Co. 0.99% 92,441 $52.1M Reduce -15.0%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.98% 55,740 $51.3M Reduce -9.1%
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.95% 112,588 $50.0M Reduce -12.1%
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC 0.94% 137,437 $49.2M Add +18079.5%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 0.93% 158,153 $48.9M Reduce -18.7%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.93% 148,626 $48.9M Reduce -9.3%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.91% 308,084 $47.8M Reduce -2.7%
AFL Aflac Inc. 0.90% 432,209 $47.4M Reduce -4.3%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.85% 198,515 $44.9M Reduce -4.9%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.80% 139,525 $42.2M Reduce -13.9%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 0.78% 201,016 $40.8M Reduce -13.7%
DHI D.R. Horton Inc. 0.77% 295,210 $40.5M Add +25.4%
AXP American Express Co. 0.77% 132,937 $40.2M Add +1540.6%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.75% 68,837 $39.4M Reduce -22.9%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. 0.70% 102,885 $36.9M Reduce -6.4%
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos 0.70% 212,469 $36.9M Reduce -23.5%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.69% 247,068 $36.3M Add +7.5%
ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. 0.68% 99,869 $35.8M Reduce -24.5%
IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow 0.66% 139,295 $34.7M Add +27.0%
CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. 0.65% 978,945 $34.4M Reduce -53.2%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.65% 92,425 $34.4M Reduce -34.4%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.65% 234,365 $33.9M Reduce -11.9%
FDS REIT HOLDING I LLC 0.62% 3,250,566 $32.5M Add +900.2%
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging 0.61% 459,375 $32.0M Reduce -4.8%
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. 0.60% 317,997 $31.5M Reduce -11.0%
IDEV iShares Core MSCI Dev MKTS 0.57% 358,663 $30.0M Reduce -5.4%
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.56% 34,888 $29.5M Reduce -1.6%
STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP 0.55% 2,885,656 $28.9M Add +49.7%
RREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU 0.52% 2,750,000 $27.5M No change
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.50% 255,947 $26.3M Reduce -9.9%
MET Metlife Inc. 0.49% 366,401 $25.9M Reduce -11.2%
NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. 0.49% 304,911 $25.9M Reduce -12.5%
AGEM Abrdn Emerg MRKT DVD Act 0.45% 580,747 $23.6M Reduce -7.7%
GUARDIAN SMART INFRASTRUCTURE 0.45% 23,397,830 $23.4M No change
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.44% 23,151 $23.1M Add +1.6%
MO Altria Group Inc. 0.43% 343,671 $22.7M Add +1.4%
TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre 0.43% 114,066 $22.5M Add +47.1%
IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu 0.42% 236,530 $21.9M Add +21.8%
NTRA Natera Inc. 0.40% 106,222 $21.2M Add +49.1%
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. 0.40% 184,551 $21.2M Reduce -9.6%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.38% 209,420 $20.1M Reduce -15.9%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 0.38% 49,734 $19.7M Reduce -7.6%
IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu 0.35% 125,473 $18.3M Add +9.6%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.34% 82,965 $17.7M Reduce -6.9%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.33% 69,696 $17.2M Reduce -7.0%
CRH CRH PLC 0.31% 152,638 $16.0M Reduce -37.3%
LEN Lennar Corp. Class A 0.30% 182,185 $15.8M Add +8.8%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 0.29% 78,502 $15.5M Reduce -3.5%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.29% 56,634 $15.3M Reduce -6.6%
CACI Caci International Inc. Class A 0.29% 27,725 $15.1M Reduce -46.2%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.28% 42,218 $14.9M Add +5.1%
COHR Coherent Corp. 0.28% 61,868 $14.7M Reduce -45.6%
DHR Danaher Corp. 0.28% 77,440 $14.7M Reduce -8.6%
MLI Mueller Industries Inc. 0.28% 131,505 $14.6M Reduce -24.1%
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. 0.27% 75,276 $14.3M Add +1772.1%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR 0.26% 450,992 $13.6M Reduce -47.5%
MCK McKesson Corp. 0.26% 15,522 $13.4M Add +2.4%
MTZ Mastec Inc. 0.26% 41,684 $13.4M Reduce -20.3%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.25% 54,310 $13.3M Reduce -13.2%
OKE Oneok Inc. 0.24% 141,893 $12.8M Reduce -13.9%
CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. 0.24% 17,282 $12.6M Reduce -10.1%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.24% 25,147 $12.6M Reduce -26.6%
PSX Phillips 66 0.24% 68,720 $12.5M Reduce -5.5%
C Citigroup Inc. 0.24% 110,239 $12.5M Add +45.9%
CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A 0.23% 88,876 $12.0M Reduce -14.6%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.23% 156,623 $11.9M Reduce -12.0%
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 0.22% 235,368 $11.8M Add +191.5%
T AT&T Inc. 0.22% 405,521 $11.8M Add +23.9%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. 0.22% 54,826 $11.5M Reduce -9.0%
FDX FedEx Corp. 0.21% 31,681 $11.3M Add +256.1%
DUK Duke Energy Corp. 0.21% 85,875 $11.2M Add +125.8%
IRRRF iShares Core MSCI World 0.20% 86,220 $10.7M Reduce -2.1%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.20% 43,845 $10.7M Reduce -10.6%
ELV Elevance Health Inc. 0.20% 35,934 $10.5M Reduce -66.1%
INTU Intuit Inc. 0.20% 23,984 $10.4M Reduce -42.3%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.20% 170,257 $10.3M Add +444.0%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.20% 82,900 $10.3M Add +18.1%
HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. 0.20% 21,687 $10.3M Reduce -26.4%
PNC PNC Financial Services Group 0.20% 49,295 $10.3M Add +453.5%
MS Morgan Stanley 0.19% 60,704 $10.0M Add +15.6%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 0.19% 12,738 $9.8M Add +5.8%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.19% 82,677 $9.8M Reduce -15.1%

Show all 3,189 holdings

Other holdings (26): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $20.4M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT (APO V7.625 09/15/53) PFD 248,800$6.3MNo change
REINSURANCE GRP OF AMER (RGA V5.75 06/15/56) PFD 80,950$2.0MAdd +10.5%
AEGON FUNDING CO LLC (AEGON 5.1 12/15/49) PFD 74,260$1.4MAdd +137.6%
ATHENE HOLDING LTD (ATH V6.35 PERP A) PFD 33,000$781KNew
ATHENE HOLDING LTD (ATH 5.625 PERP B) COM 40,120$757KNo change
BROOKFIELD OAKTREE HLDGS (OAK 6.625 PERP A) PFD 33,310$685KNo change
CARLYLE FINANCE LLC (CG 4.625 05/15/61) PFD 37,560$657KNo change
MORGAN STANLEY (MS 4.875 PERP L) PFD 30,845$608KNo change
KKR GROUP FIN CO IX LLC (KKR 4.625 04/01/61) PFD 36,940$591KNo change
BERKLEY (WR) CORPORATION (WRB 5.1 12/30/59) Common Stock 30,760$583KNo change
PUBLIC STORAGE (PSA 4.75 PERP K) PFD 31,475$572KNo change
ALLSTATE CORP (ALL 5.1 PERP H) PFD 28,120$555KNo change
M&T BANK CORPORATION (MTB V5.625 PERP H) Common Stock 22,250$548KNo change
CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (SCHW 4.45 PERP J) PFD 30,850$547KNo change
DUKE ENERGY CORP (DUK 5.625 09/15/78) PFD 23,100$537KNo change
GLOBE LIFE INC (GL 4.25 06/15/61) Common Stock 32,180$492KNo change
FEDERAL REALTY INVS TRST (FRT 5 PERP C) PFD 24,220$466KNo change
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP (AFG 5.125 12/15/59) PFD 23,500$424KNo change
AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROU (AMG 6.75 03/30/64) PFD 18,200$409KNo change
AMERICAN NATIONAL GROUP (ANGINC 7.375 PERP .) PFD 16,500$389KNo change
BANK OF HAWAII CORP (BOH 4.375 PERP A) PFD 23,975$380KNo change
BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 6 PERP GG) PFD 13,231$326KNo change
KIMCO REALTY CORP (KIM 5.25 PERP M) PFD 15,750$315KNo change
SIGNATURE BANK NEW YORK (SBNY 5 PERP a) PFD 800$3KNew
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: $5.3B.

Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -23.5% 2.88% −1.34
EG Everest Group Ltd. Reduce -99.1% 0.01% −0.78
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -25.8% 3.26% −0.77
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -30.7% 2.16% −0.70
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Reduce -98.3% 0.01% −0.62
BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings Reduce -99.6% 0.00% −0.48
ELV Elevance Health Inc. Reduce -66.1% 0.20% −0.41
TSLA Tesla Inc. Reduce -34.4% 0.65% −0.38
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Reduce -27.5% 1.09% −0.32
AVY Avery Dennison Corp. Reduce -81.4% 0.08% −0.31
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. Reduce -78.6% 0.07% −0.29
VICI Vici Properties Inc. Reduce -67.4% 0.16% −0.28
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -18.7% 1.55% −0.26
INTU Intuit Inc. Reduce -42.3% 0.20% −0.25
CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. Reduce -53.2% 0.65% −0.24
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -22.9% 0.75% −0.21
IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E Reduce -98.1% 0.00% −0.20
ADP Automatic Data Processing Reduce -13.7% 0.78% −0.20
CRH CRH PLC Reduce -37.3% 0.31% −0.19
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR Reduce -47.5% 0.26% −0.18
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -18.7% 0.93% −0.17
CACI Caci International Inc. Class A Reduce -46.2% 0.29% −0.16
ROK Rockwell Automation Inc. Reduce -24.5% 0.68% −0.16
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Reduce -94.7% 0.01% −0.15
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos Reduce -23.5% 0.70% −0.14
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. Reduce -92.3% 0.01% −0.14
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -72.6% 0.05% −0.14
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. Reduce -74.8% 0.04% −0.13
CPRT Copart Inc. Reduce -90.8% 0.01% −0.13
COF Capital One Financial Corp. Reduce -93.7% 0.01% −0.13
V Visa Inc. Class A Reduce -13.9% 0.80% −0.12
GPN Global Payments Inc. Reduce -61.4% 0.08% −0.12
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -72.4% 0.06% −0.12
OLED Universal Display Corp. Reduce -67.2% 0.05% −0.12
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Reduce -90.4% 0.01% −0.12
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.11
JCI Johnson Controls Internation Reduce -85.5% 0.02% −0.11
GD General Dynamics Corp. Reduce -97.4% 0.00% −0.10
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Reduce -9.1% 0.98% −0.10
AEP American Electric Power Reduce -98.1% 0.00% −0.10
SNV Synovus Financial Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.09
COR Cencora Inc. Reduce -64.2% 0.05% −0.09
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Reduce -28.0% 0.18% −0.08
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Reduce -37.5% 0.11% −0.08
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -9.9% 0.50% −0.08
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A Reduce -26.6% 0.24% −0.08
GE General Electric Reduce -40.1% 0.14% −0.08
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. Reduce -12.1% 0.95% −0.07
APP AppLovin Corp. Class A Reduce -40.8% 0.04% −0.07
LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Reduce -56.3% 0.05% −0.06

Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
TQ DB PENSION PRIV INV ADM Add +863.3% 1.69% +1.54
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Add +18079.5% 0.94% +0.93
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Add +188.0% 1.32% +0.89
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +16.4% 3.81% +0.86
AXP American Express Co. Add +1540.6% 0.77% +0.72
MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER Add +12.6% 2.69% +0.64
MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. Add +67.2% 1.14% +0.62
FDS REIT HOLDING I LLC Add +900.2% 0.62% +0.57
SO The Southern Co. Add +16.1% 1.10% +0.37
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. Add +1772.1% 0.27% +0.26
STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP Add +49.7% 0.55% +0.23
DHI D.R. Horton Inc. Add +25.4% 0.77% +0.22
VT Vanguard Tot World STK ETF New 0.18% +0.18
FDX FedEx Corp. Add +256.1% 0.21% +0.17
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Add +191.5% 0.22% +0.17
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Add +444.0% 0.20% +0.17
PNC PNC Financial Services Group Add +453.5% 0.20% +0.16
EOG EOG Resources Inc. Add +5654.7% 0.17% +0.16
IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow Add +27.0% 0.66% +0.16
DUK Duke Energy Corp. Add +125.8% 0.21% +0.14
D Dominion Energy Inc. Add +7257.3% 0.14% +0.14
NTRA Natera Inc. Add +49.1% 0.40% +0.14
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Add +364.7% 0.16% +0.13
WMB Williams Cos Inc. Add +1110.9% 0.14% +0.13
BKR Baker Hughes Co. Add +150.1% 0.17% +0.13
IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Valu Add +21.8% 0.42% +0.13
EQIX Equinix Inc. Add +134.3% 0.17% +0.12
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Add +1.6% 0.44% +0.12
MO Altria Group Inc. Add +1.4% 0.43% +0.11
TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre Add +47.1% 0.43% +0.10
SNDK Sandisk Corp. Add +39.4% 0.13% +0.10
ITW Illinois Tool Works Add +366.1% 0.12% +0.10
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners New 0.10% +0.10
C Citigroup Inc. Add +45.9% 0.24% +0.09
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF Add +209.3% 0.13% +0.09
CHRD Chord Energy Corp. Add +116.0% 0.12% +0.09
T AT&T Inc. Add +23.9% 0.22% +0.09
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Add +1362.3% 0.09% +0.09
USB US Bancorp Add +90.7% 0.16% +0.09
IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu Add +9.6% 0.35% +0.08
CB Chubb Ltd. Add +55.8% 0.18% +0.08
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Add +569.2% 0.09% +0.08
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. Add +278.1% 0.10% +0.08
CI The Cigna Group Add +1064.9% 0.08% +0.07
DELL Dell Technologies -C Add +16.4% 0.16% +0.07
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. Add +25.4% 0.18% +0.07
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +18.1% 0.20% +0.07
AMGN Amgen Inc. Add +5.1% 0.28% +0.07
HIG Hartford Insurance Group Inc. Add +133.9% 0.11% +0.07
RSG Republic Services Inc. Add +1696.6% 0.07% +0.07

Notes & Other Activity Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
REINSURANCE GRP OF AMER (RGA V5.75 06/15/56) PFD Add +10.5% 80,950 $2.0M
AEGON FUNDING CO LLC (AEGON 5.1 12/15/49) PFD Add +137.6% 74,260 $1.4M
ATHENE HOLDING LTD (ATH V6.35 PERP A) PFD New 33,000 $781K
SIGNATURE BANK NEW YORK (SBNY 5 PERP a) PFD New 800 $3K

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