Essex Financial Services, Inc.

Wealth advisor Mechanical CIK 1315785
League rank
#1295
in Wealth advisor · #3989 overall
Long book
$1.78B
Q1 2026
Positions
794
Top-10 weight
22%
concentration
Last quarter
+11.3%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
13%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Essex Financial Services, Inc. is a wealth-management firm allocating client money, running a $1.78B US long book across 794 positions.

The portfolio is broadly diversified across 794 positions (top 10 only 22%). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: APPLE INC, INVESCO QQQ TRUST SERIES 1, MICROSOFT CORP, VANGUARD S&P 500 GROWTH ETF, SPDR GOLD SHARES.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.3pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 4 of 9 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
Q1 2024
+3.5%
Q2 2024
+7.2%
Q3 2024
+1.4%
Q4 2024
-1.7%
Q1 2025
+5.7%
Q2 2025
+8.1%
Q3 2025
+2.9%
Q4 2025
-0.6%
Q1 2026
+11.3%

Sector allocation

Technology
33%
Financials
15%
Industrials
13%
Healthcare
9%
Consumer discretionary
8%
Energy
5%
Other
5%
Utilities
4%

Long book by quarter

$1.08B
Q1 2024
$1.35B
Q2 2024
$1.39B
Q3 2024
$1.42B
Q4 2024
$1.39B
Q1 2025
$1.52B
Q2 2025
$1.67B
Q3 2025
$1.76B
Q4 2025
$1.78B
Q1 2026

What does Essex Financial own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology323.7K$82.1M4.6%+0.5%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology105.3K$39.0M2.2%+1.1%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology184.7K$32.2M1.8%+1.1%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology111.8K$32.1M1.8%-0.7%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy137.8K$23.4M1.3%+0.2%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary112.0K$23.3M1.3%+2.3%
TPL TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORPFinancials47.8K$22.7M1.3%+5.1%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare23.2K$21.4M1.2%0.0%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials63.9K$18.8M1.1%-0.9%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials33.1K$15.9M0.9%-1.4%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare61.1K$14.9M0.8%-1.0%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology51.4K$14.7M0.8%-1.2%
RTX RTX CORPIndustrials73.1K$14.1M0.8%+0.1%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials27.9K$10.4M0.6%-0.3%
CODI COMPASS DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGSOther1.2M$9.8M0.6%-0.4%
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy46.9K$9.7M0.5%+1.0%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology16.0K$9.1M0.5%+3.8%
CAT CATERPILLAR INCIndustrials12.7K$9.0M0.5%-0.5%
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THEOther59.6K$8.6M0.5%-2.1%
IBM INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPTechnology33.7K$8.2M0.5%+0.4%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare37.5K$8.2M0.5%0.0%
GE GENERAL ELECTRICIndustrials28.1K$8.0M0.4%+0.7%
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARESServices media24.7K$7.5M0.4%-1.8%
KO COCA-COLA CO/THEConsumer staples92.1K$7.0M0.4%-1.0%
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary53.6K$6.7M0.4%-0.7%
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL AFinancials9$6.5M0.4%Held
GEV GE VERNOVA INCIndustrials7.3K$6.3M0.4%+4.4%
TJX TJX COMPANIES INCConsumer discretionary38.8K$6.2M0.3%+2.3%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology19.5K$6.0M0.3%+1.7%
BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORPFinancials117.6K$5.7M0.3%-1.1%
MRK MERCK & CO. INC.Healthcare44.2K$5.3M0.3%+1.1%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology67.5K$5.2M0.3%-1.8%
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare184.4K$5.2M0.3%+0.6%
GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPIndustrials14.2K$4.9M0.3%-0.4%
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONALConsumer staples29.5K$4.9M0.3%-2.3%
ASML ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHSIndustrials3.6K$4.7M0.3%-2.3%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary4.7K$4.6M0.3%+4.7%
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary13.5K$4.4M0.2%+0.6%
DE DEERE & COIndustrials7.7K$4.4M0.2%-4.2%
LMT LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPIndustrials7.2K$4.3M0.2%+0.8%
BLFY BLUE FOUNDRY BANCORP321.3K$4.3M0.2%-1.5%
NEE NEXTERA ENERGY INCUtilities43.6K$4.1M0.2%+3.4%
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCOther8.2K$4.0M0.2%+4.9%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples25.3K$3.9M0.2%-1.3%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCFinancials4.6K$3.9M0.2%+0.9%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRApr 24, 2026794$1.78B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 10, 2026784$1.76B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 7, 2025748$1.67B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRJul 16, 2025688$1.52B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRApr 25, 2025631$1.39B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRJan 29, 2025630$1.42B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HROct 24, 2024624$1.39B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HR/ARESTATEMENTAug 9, 2024612$1.35B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRJul 31, 2024598$1.34B SEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRApr 24, 2024544$1.08B canonicalSEC ↗