Essential Partners LLC

Diversified mechanical Mechanical CIK 2136442
League rank
#79
in Diversified mechanical · #1831 overall
Long book
$297.2M
Q1 2026
Positions
2848
Top-10 weight
16%
concentration
Last quarter
+14.4%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
14%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Essential Partners LLC is a mechanically diversified allocator, running a $297.2M US long book across 2848 positions.

The portfolio is broadly diversified across 2848 positions (top 10 only 16%). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: SPROTT PHYSICAL GOLD TRUST, COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC, NVIDIA CORP, SCHWAB FNDMN INTL LRG CO ETF, ISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF.

Over the last 4 quarters its long book ran on average 0.9pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 1 of 4 quarters. Its holdings are mechanical (indexing / client flows), so position changes carry no stock-picking signal.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q2 2025
+7.8%
Q3 2025
+2.4%
Q4 2025
+0.4%
Q1 2026
+14.4%

Sector allocation

Industrials
24%
Technology
21%
Financials
15%
Healthcare
11%
Consumer discretionary
8%
Other
6%
Services media
5%
Energy
4%

Long book by quarter

$250.5M
Q2 2025
$303.2M
Q3 2025
$324.8M
Q4 2025
$297.2M
Q1 2026

What does Essential Partners own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INCIndustrials3.5K$4.8M1.6%-0.1%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology21.6K$3.8M1.3%-5.2%
GM GENERAL MOTORS COIndustrials43.3K$3.2M1.1%+1.0%
GE GENERAL ELECTRICIndustrials11.2K$3.2M1.1%+4.0%
MRK MERCK & CO. INC.Healthcare25.9K$3.1M1.0%-11.4%
FTI TECHNIPFMC PLCIndustrials43.9K$3.0M1.0%Held
GEV GE VERNOVA INCIndustrials3.4K$2.9M1.0%+4.0%
TER TERADYNE INCTechnology9.8K$2.9M1.0%+1.9%
INCY INCYTE CORPHealthcare28.7K$2.7M0.9%-2.4%
PNC PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUPFinancials12.8K$2.7M0.9%+0.1%
C CITIGROUP INCFinancials22.5K$2.6M0.9%+0.2%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology7.5K$2.3M0.8%+3.3%
TPR TAPESTRY INCOther15.0K$2.1M0.7%Held
EIX EDISON INTERNATIONALUtilities27.4K$2.0M0.7%-14.0%
ANET ARISTA NETWORKS INCTechnology16.3K$2.0M0.7%-23.7%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology5.3K$2.0M0.7%+119.9%
DINO HF SINCLAIR CORPEnergy31.2K$1.9M0.7%-0.4%
APH AMPHENOL CORP-CL ATechnology15.0K$1.9M0.6%-1.7%
FIVE FIVE BELOWConsumer discretionary8.1K$1.9M0.6%+1.1%
GLW CORNING INCIndustrials13.5K$1.8M0.6%-0.1%
VRT VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-ATechnology7.2K$1.8M0.6%+2.0%
EXPE EXPEDIA GROUP INCIndustrials7.8K$1.8M0.6%-22.3%
DAL DELTA AIR LINES INCIndustrials26.9K$1.8M0.6%-0.5%
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology7.0K$1.8M0.6%+2.0%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare7.1K$1.7M0.6%-0.9%
CMI CUMMINS INCIndustrials3.2K$1.7M0.6%+0.1%
RL RALPH LAUREN CORPOther5.0K$1.7M0.6%-3.7%
INTC INTEL CORPTechnology37.6K$1.7M0.6%-33.0%
CFG CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUPFinancials26.8K$1.6M0.5%Held
ILMN ILLUMINA INCHealthcare13.0K$1.6M0.5%-4.1%
JCI JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONIndustrials12.2K$1.6M0.5%+1.5%
FDX FEDEX CORPIndustrials4.5K$1.6M0.5%+0.1%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary7.4K$1.5M0.5%+12.3%
PCG P G & E CORPUtilities80.7K$1.4M0.5%-25.0%
AA ALCOA CORPIndustrials20.5K$1.4M0.5%+0.9%
EME EMCOR GROUP INCIndustrials1.8K$1.4M0.5%+5.0%
CNC CENTENE CORPFinancials40.0K$1.3M0.4%-39.6%
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORPEnergy5.1K$1.3M0.4%0.0%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples8.0K$1.2M0.4%-42.3%
USFD US FOODS HOLDING CORPConsumer discretionary13.0K$1.2M0.4%-1.9%
EVR EVERCORE INC - AFinancials4.0K$1.2M0.4%+1.0%
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary9.4K$1.2M0.4%-2.1%
BKR BAKER HUGHES COIndustrials18.9K$1.2M0.4%+0.1%
ULTA ULTA BEAUTY INCConsumer discretionary2.2K$1.1M0.4%+3.5%
IVZ INVESCO LTDFinancials46.3K$1.1M0.4%-1.6%
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COHealthcare18.5K$1.1M0.4%+12.5%
TRV TRAVELERS COS INC/THEFinancials3.8K$1.1M0.4%-5.7%
JBHT HUNT (JB) TRANSPRT SVCS INCIndustrials5.2K$1.1M0.4%+0.1%
CB CHUBB LTDFinancials3.3K$1.1M0.4%-18.8%
HAL HALLIBURTON COEnergy27.5K$1.1M0.4%+0.4%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 21, 20262848$297.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRMay 21, 20262772$324.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRMay 21, 20262668$303.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRMay 21, 20262273$250.5M canonicalSEC ↗