Sterling Capital Management LLC

Diversified mechanical Mechanical CIK 1329883
League rank
#110
in Diversified mechanical · #2291 overall
Long book
$5.28B
Q1 2026
Positions
3215
Top-10 weight
22%
concentration
Last quarter
+13.6%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
4%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Sterling Capital Management LLC is a mechanically diversified allocator, running a $5.28B US long book across 3215 positions.

The portfolio is broadly diversified across 3215 positions (top 10 only 22%). The book barely moves quarter to quarter — a patient, low-turnover holder. Current anchor positions: VANGUARD S&P 500 ETF, NVIDIA CORP, MICROSOFT CORP, MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER, APPLE INC.

Over the last 7 quarters its long book ran on average 1.3pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 2 of 7 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
Q3 2024
-0.7%
Q4 2024
-3.3%
Q1 2025
+7.5%
Q2 2025
+5.7%
Q3 2025
+1.1%
Q4 2025
-2.8%
Q1 2026
+13.6%

Sector allocation

Technology
29%
Financials
18%
Industrials
13%
Consumer discretionary
9%
Healthcare
8%
Utilities
6%
Services media
4%
Other
4%

Long book by quarter

$7.74B
Q3 2024
$7.30B
Q4 2024
$6.45B
Q1 2025
$7.04B
Q2 2025
$6.83B
Q3 2025
$6.15B
Q4 2025
$5.28B
Q1 2026

What does Sterling Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology982.5K$171.3M3.2%-25.8%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology409.6K$151.6M2.9%-23.5%
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology448.2K$113.7M2.2%-30.7%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary389.9K$81.2M1.5%-18.7%
SCHW SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORPFinancials854.6K$80.3M1.5%-10.0%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials236.5K$69.6M1.3%+188.0%
WM WASTE MANAGEMENT INCUtilities299.6K$68.8M1.3%-4.8%
LIN LINDE PLCMaterials126.9K$62.9M1.2%-16.2%
ADI ANALOG DEVICES INCTechnology192.8K$61.3M1.2%-22.3%
MSI MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INCTechnology137.7K$59.7M1.1%+67.2%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare271.9K$59.1M1.1%-1.4%
SO SOUTHERN CO/THEUtilities599.5K$57.9M1.1%+16.1%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology200.1K$57.4M1.1%-27.5%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology193.1K$55.5M1.1%-10.6%
FERG FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INCConsumer discretionary229.2K$53.5M1.0%-12.7%
DE DEERE & COIndustrials92.4K$52.1M1.0%-15.0%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare55.7K$51.3M1.0%-9.1%
AMP AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INCFinancials112.6K$50.0M0.9%-12.1%
ETN EATON CORP PLCIndustrials137.4K$49.2M0.9%+18079.5%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology158.2K$48.9M0.9%-18.7%
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary148.6K$48.9M0.9%-9.3%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples308.1K$47.8M0.9%-2.7%
AFL AFLAC INCFinancials432.2K$47.4M0.9%-4.3%
HON HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCIndustrials198.5K$44.9M0.9%-4.9%
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARESServices media139.5K$42.2M0.8%-13.9%
ADP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSINGTechnology201.0K$40.8M0.8%-13.7%
DHI DR HORTON INCIndustrials295.2K$40.5M0.8%+25.4%
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COFinancials132.9K$40.2M0.8%+1540.6%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology68.8K$39.4M0.7%-22.9%
DPZ DOMINO'S PIZZA INCConsumer discretionary102.9K$36.9M0.7%-6.4%
MRSH MARSH & MCLENNAN COSFinancials212.5K$36.9M0.7%-23.5%
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology247.1K$36.3M0.7%+7.5%
ROK ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INCOther99.9K$35.8M0.7%-24.5%
CTRA COTERRA ENERGY INC978.9K$34.4M0.7%-53.2%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials92.4K$34.4M0.7%-34.4%
RJF RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INCFinancials234.4K$33.9M0.6%-11.9%
MRVL MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology318.0K$31.5M0.6%-11.0%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCFinancials34.9K$29.5M0.6%-1.6%
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIESHealthcare255.9K$26.3M0.5%-9.9%
MET METLIFE INCFinancials366.4K$25.9M0.5%-11.2%
NDAQ NASDAQ INCFinancials304.9K$25.9M0.5%-12.5%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary23.2K$23.1M0.4%+1.6%
MO ALTRIA GROUP INCConsumer staples343.7K$22.7M0.4%+1.4%
TTWO TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRETechnology114.1K$22.5M0.4%+47.1%
NTRA NATERA INCHealthcare106.2K$21.2M0.4%+49.1%
AKAM AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INCServices media184.6K$21.2M0.4%-9.6%
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media209.4K$20.1M0.4%-15.9%
SNPS SYNOPSYS INCTechnology49.7K$19.7M0.4%-7.6%
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPIndustrials83.0K$17.7M0.3%-6.9%
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORPEnergy69.7K$17.2M0.3%-7.0%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRApr 22, 20263398$5.28B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 13, 20263420$6.15B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 12, 20253251$6.83B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HR/ARESTATEMENTAug 8, 20253270$7.04B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 6, 20253270$7.04B SEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 13, 20253219$6.45B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 13, 20253244$7.30B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 12, 20243275$7.74B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-NTJul 30, 2024$0 SEC ↗
Q1 202413F-NTApr 30, 2024$0 SEC ↗