Kovack Advisors, Inc.

Other Low signal CIK 1728321
League rank
#705
in Other · #2410 overall
Long book
$1.87B
Q1 2026
Positions
1011
Top-10 weight
23%
concentration
Last quarter
+13.4%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
20%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Kovack Advisors, Inc. is an institutional manager, running a $1.87B US long book across 1011 positions.

The portfolio is broadly diversified across 1011 positions (top 10 only 23%). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: NVIDIA CORP, APPLE INC, ISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF, AMAZON.COM INC, SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-US.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.3pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 5 of 9 quarters. Signal value of individual moves is limited — treat changes as weak evidence.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
+4.8%
Q2 2024
+5.8%
Q3 2024
+3.6%
Q4 2024
-4.7%
Q1 2025
+10.8%
Q2 2025
+9.1%
Q3 2025
+2.2%
Q4 2025
-2.1%
Q1 2026
+13.4%

Sector allocation

Technology
44%
Industrials
12%
Consumer discretionary
10%
Financials
8%
Healthcare
7%
Other
4%
Energy
4%
Utilities
4%

Long book by quarter

$825.9M
Q1 2024
$908.7M
Q2 2024
$944.2M
Q3 2024
$1.02B
Q4 2024
$944.6M
Q1 2025
$1.02B
Q2 2025
$1.06B
Q3 2025
$2.11B
Q4 2025
$1.87B
Q1 2026

What does Kovack Advisors, own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology466.7K$82.4M4.4%-19.8%
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology233.3K$59.4M3.2%-17.7%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary221.8K$46.4M2.5%-18.6%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology84.0K$31.1M1.7%-16.7%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials65.0K$24.4M1.3%-2.3%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology65.1K$19.2M1.0%-34.9%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology60.8K$19.0M1.0%-24.2%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology54.1K$15.8M0.8%-6.6%
MSTR 8 PERP STRATEGY INC202.0K$14.4M0.8%+10.9%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology24.2K$14.2M0.8%-12.6%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials28.2K$13.5M0.7%-8.8%
PLTR PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-ATechnology83.9K$12.4M0.7%-11.5%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy70.6K$11.6M0.6%-2.0%
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary82.1K$10.2M0.5%+2.9%
IBOC INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CRPFinancials140.2K$9.5M0.5%-6.9%
ADTN ADTRAN HOLDINGS INCTechnology736.0K$9.4M0.5%-2.3%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare9.5K$8.8M0.5%+28.1%
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy40.1K$8.0M0.4%-31.4%
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary24.3K$8.0M0.4%-24.7%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary7.8K$7.8M0.4%-1.4%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials25.3K$7.5M0.4%-38.9%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare29.8K$6.4M0.3%-3.5%
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPIndustrials29.1K$6.3M0.3%-6.1%
SHOP SHOPIFY INC - CLASS ATechnology52.4K$6.2M0.3%-0.5%
ET ENERGY TRANSFER LPUtilities297.8K$5.7M0.3%+108.2%
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology37.9K$5.6M0.3%+26.2%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology17.9K$5.6M0.3%+30.1%
GEV GE VERNOVA INCIndustrials6.2K$5.5M0.3%+18.0%
CAT CATERPILLAR INCIndustrials7.7K$5.5M0.3%+9.9%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCFinancials6.3K$5.4M0.3%-36.6%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare22.0K$5.4M0.3%-39.0%
PYPL PAYPAL HOLDINGS INCServices media114.1K$5.2M0.3%+65.1%
NOW SERVICENOW INCTechnology48.0K$5.0M0.3%-16.6%
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICESTechnology23.7K$4.9M0.3%-21.5%
CRWD CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - ATechnology12.3K$4.8M0.3%-23.0%
T AT&T INCCommunications168.5K$4.8M0.3%+2.9%
MRK MERCK & CO. INC.Healthcare37.8K$4.5M0.2%+75.4%
FSK FS KKR CAPITAL CORP416.8K$4.2M0.2%+41.5%
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media42.2K$4.0M0.2%-21.1%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology51.7K$4.0M0.2%+63.2%
ETN EATON CORP PLCIndustrials11.0K$4.0M0.2%+54.2%
MSTR STRATEGY INCFinancials31.5K$3.9M0.2%-4.2%
VRT VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-ATechnology15.3K$3.9M0.2%-72.8%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 13, 20261011$1.87B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HR/ARESTATEMENTFeb 17, 20261013$2.15B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 12, 2026861$1.31B SEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 10, 2025611$1.06B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 4, 2025618$1.02B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 6, 2025577$944.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 5, 2025610$1.02B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 5, 2024586$944.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 5, 2024572$908.7M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRApr 19, 2024472$825.9M canonicalSEC ↗