Sound Income Strategies, LLC

Diversified mechanical Mechanical CIK 1730960
League rank
#213
in Diversified mechanical · #6180 overall
Long book
$2.07B
Q1 2026
Positions
2596
Top-10 weight
21%
concentration
Last quarter
+8.5%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
14%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Sound Income Strategies, LLC is a mechanically diversified allocator, running a $2.07B US long book across 2596 positions.

The portfolio is broadly diversified across 2596 positions (top 10 only 21%). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: HERCULES CAPITAL INC, ARES CAPITAL CORP, GOLUB CAPITAL BDC INC, SIXTH STREET SPECIALTY LENDI, BLUE OWL CAPITAL CORP.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 2.2pp 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
-0.2%
Q2 2024
+6.6%
Q3 2024
-1.1%
Q4 2024
+0.6%
Q1 2025
+1.5%
Q2 2025
+3.1%
Q3 2025
+1.9%
Q4 2025
-0.4%
Q1 2026
+8.5%

Sector allocation

Other
35%
Financials
13%
Technology
12%
Healthcare
7%
Industrials
7%
Energy
6%
Services media
5%
Consumer staples
5%

Long book by quarter

$1.34B
Q1 2024
$1.60B
Q2 2024
$1.55B
Q3 2024
$1.62B
Q4 2024
$1.69B
Q1 2025
$1.74B
Q2 2025
$1.83B
Q3 2025
$2.11B
Q4 2025
$2.07B
Q1 2026

What does Sound Income own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
HTGC HERCULES CAPITAL INC3.4M$49.2M2.4%+25.1%
ARCC ARES CAPITAL CORP2.7M$47.2M2.3%+1.8%
GBDC GOLUB CAPITAL BDC INC3.8M$46.9M2.3%+4.1%
TSLX SIXTH STREET SPECIALTY LENDI2.6M$46.6M2.2%+2.4%
OBDC BLUE OWL CAPITAL CORP4.0M$42.8M2.1%+5.2%
BXSL BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING F1.7M$40.1M1.9%+9.1%
PFLT PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CA4.9M$39.6M1.9%+6.4%
C CITIGROUP INCFinancials249.2K$28.7M1.4%-7.5%
OMC OMNICOM GROUPServices media355.5K$26.7M1.3%-7.6%
TTE TOTALENERGIES SEEnergy292.7K$26.3M1.3%-2.2%
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology93.2K$23.8M1.2%+1.9%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology303.8K$23.7M1.1%-0.5%
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare797.0K$22.8M1.1%-1.6%
PFG PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUPFinancials243.9K$22.0M1.1%-0.1%
GEF/B GREIF INC-CL BIndustrials245.1K$21.7M1.0%-17.8%
ENB ENBRIDGE INCEnergy397.9K$21.3M1.0%-34.8%
MTB M & T BANK CORPFinancials99.5K$20.8M1.0%-0.8%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare95.8K$20.6M1.0%-0.2%
CSWC CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP903.3K$19.8M1.0%+2.0%
AMCR AMCOR PLCOther475.3K$19.3M0.9%New
CFG CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUPFinancials296.2K$17.9M0.9%-3.0%
T AT&T INCCommunications631.1K$17.9M0.9%-4.8%
ES EVERSOURCE ENERGYUtilities253.4K$17.6M0.9%-2.8%
SON SONOCO PRODUCTS COOther311.8K$17.2M0.8%-5.6%
TRIN TRINITY CAPITAL INC1.2M$17.2M0.8%+22.8%
PRGO PERRIGO CO PLCHealthcare1.5M$16.8M0.8%+34.0%
IBM INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPTechnology65.3K$15.9M0.8%+1.9%
UPS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE-CL BIndustrials154.8K$15.2M0.7%-2.9%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology83.8K$14.7M0.7%+5.1%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology47.1K$14.0M0.7%+0.5%
SMG SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COOther223.8K$13.7M0.7%-3.1%
DINO HF SINCLAIR CORPEnergy220.4K$13.4M0.6%-16.2%
OKE ONEOK INCUtilities153.5K$13.4M0.6%-4.0%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary62.9K$13.2M0.6%+5.2%
CRBG COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INCFinancials536.0K$12.9M0.6%+55.3%
BEN FRANKLIN RESOURCES INCFinancials546.1K$12.9M0.6%-2.2%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology34.7K$12.8M0.6%+9.2%
RWAY RUNWAY GROWTH FINANCE CORP1.8M$12.5M0.6%+10.3%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples80.6K$12.5M0.6%-2.2%
PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICESFinancials575.2K$12.2M0.6%-3.3%
HAS HASBRO INCOther136.2K$12.2M0.6%-18.6%
ACN ACCENTURE PLC-CL AServices media61.5K$12.1M0.6%+11510.0%
AVA AVISTA CORPUtilities294.1K$12.0M0.6%+60.1%
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORPEnergy44.4K$10.7M0.5%-0.5%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology18.5K$10.7M0.5%+4.3%
BNY BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPFinancials86.9K$10.5M0.5%+5.2%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials25.7K$9.8M0.5%+3.8%
VTRS VIATRIS INCHealthcare647.3K$8.8M0.4%+3.9%
SWK STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INCIndustrials123.3K$8.8M0.4%+3.3%
SJM JM SMUCKER CO/THEConsumer staples90.0K$8.6M0.4%+346226.9%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRApr 27, 20262596$2.07B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRJan 21, 20262516$2.11B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HROct 10, 20251701$1.83B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRJul 17, 20251609$1.74B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRApr 17, 20251558$1.69B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRJan 21, 20251478$1.62B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HROct 10, 20241409$1.55B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRJul 12, 20241385$1.60B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRApr 15, 20241349$1.34B canonicalSEC ↗