SHEPHERD KAPLAN KROCHUK, LLC

Wealth advisor Mechanical CIK 1218583
League rank
#2661
in Wealth advisor · #6132 overall
Long book
$119.0M
Q1 2026
Positions
61
Top-10 weight
50%
concentration
Last quarter
+8.6%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
5%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

SHEPHERD KAPLAN KROCHUK, LLC is a wealth-management firm allocating client money, running a $119.0M US long book across 61 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 50% of the book). The book barely moves quarter to quarter — a patient, low-turnover holder. Current anchor positions: VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MKT ETF, VANECK FALLEN ANGEL HIGH YLD, APPLE INC, ISHARES MSCI USA MIN VOL FAC, SCHWAB US LARGE-CAP VALUE.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.5pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 3 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
+2.2%
Q2 2024
+7.6%
Q3 2024
-0.7%
Q4 2024
+0.8%
Q1 2025
+1.7%
Q2 2025
+5.3%
Q3 2025
+1.1%
Q4 2025
+0.3%
Q1 2026
+8.6%

Sector allocation

Technology
31%
Utilities
28%
Financials
12%
Consumer staples
8%
Materials
8%
Healthcare
8%
Industrials
3%
Communications
2%

Long book by quarter

$125.3M
Q1 2024
$126.6M
Q2 2024
$132.6M
Q3 2024
$119.6M
Q4 2024
$116.8M
Q1 2025
$115.1M
Q2 2025
$121.8M
Q3 2025
$121.1M
Q4 2025
$119.0M
Q1 2026

What does SHEPHERD KAPLAN own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology30.4K$7.7M6.5%+0.1%
ET ENERGY TRANSFER LPUtilities215.0K$4.1M3.5%+5.1%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials5.5K$2.7M2.2%-0.5%
CPB THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANYConsumer staples108.9K$2.4M2.0%0.0%
KMI KINDER MORGAN INCUtilities64.2K$2.2M1.8%-1.3%
NEM NEWMONT CORPMaterials10.9K$1.2M1.0%Held
DOW DOW INCMaterials26.7K$1.1M0.9%-10.1%
MGA MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INCIndustrials17.2K$959K0.8%-0.7%
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare32.2K$904K0.8%-6.2%
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INCHealthcare6.3K$884K0.7%-1.4%
DUK DUKE ENERGY CORPUtilities6.5K$855K0.7%-1.0%
EPD ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERSUtilities22.5K$853K0.7%Held
IBM INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPTechnology2.5K$611K0.5%+0.2%
BEN FRANKLIN RESOURCES INCFinancials23.2K$548K0.5%-0.5%
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunications10.3K$519K0.4%-2.3%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare1.9K$415K0.3%-0.3%
PRU PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INCFinancials3.9K$379K0.3%+0.5%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology930$267K0.2%-14.6%
NRGV ENERGY VAULT HOLDINGS INCTechnology67.8K$224K0.2%+0.8%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology706$203K0.2%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202661$119.0M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 13, 202664$121.1M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 13, 202561$121.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202557$115.1M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202558$116.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202551$119.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202455$132.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202457$126.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202455$125.3M canonicalSEC ↗