Sterling Financial Planning, Inc.

Wealth advisor Mechanical CIK 1844278
League rank
#2584
in Wealth advisor · #5999 overall
Long book
$337.3M
Q1 2026
Positions
117
Top-10 weight
47%
concentration
Last quarter
+8.8%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
7%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Sterling Financial Planning, Inc. is a wealth-management firm allocating client money, running a $337.3M US long book across 117 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 47% of the book). The book barely moves quarter to quarter — a patient, low-turnover holder. Current anchor positions: ISHARES GOLD TRUST, ISHARES S&P MID-CAP 400 VALU, ISHARES S&P SMALL-CAP 600 GR, ISHARES S&P MID-CAP 400 GROW, ISHARES S&P 500 GROWTH ETF.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.7pp 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
+0.4%
Q2 2024
+7.6%
Q3 2024
-1.3%
Q4 2024
-0.0%
Q1 2025
+6.7%
Q2 2025
+7.2%
Q3 2025
+3.3%
Q4 2025
+1.7%
Q1 2026
+8.8%

Sector allocation

Technology
31%
Healthcare
19%
Industrials
13%
Financials
12%
Energy
10%
Consumer discretionary
8%
Utilities
3%
Consumer staples
2%

Long book by quarter

$246.8M
Q1 2024
$246.5M
Q2 2024
$271.2M
Q3 2024
$271.8M
Q4 2024
$275.7M
Q1 2025
$299.3M
Q2 2025
$317.1M
Q3 2025
$331.8M
Q4 2025
$337.3M
Q1 2026

What does Sterling Financial own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology15.7K$4.0M1.2%-1.1%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare9.7K$2.4M0.7%-5.3%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy13.0K$2.2M0.7%-0.3%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology3.3K$1.2M0.4%-3.7%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials2.3K$1.1M0.3%Held
RTX RTX CORPIndustrials5.2K$1.0M0.3%Held
SIGI SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUPFinancials10.9K$819K0.2%-4.9%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology2.7K$764K0.2%-1.8%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare777$715K0.2%Held
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary641$639K0.2%+21.9%
MMM 3M COHealthcare4.4K$634K0.2%Held
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology1.0K$599K0.2%+3.8%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials2.0K$584K0.2%Held
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary2.7K$559K0.2%+2.1%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology1.7K$495K0.1%-3.0%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples3.2K$493K0.1%+0.1%
DE DEERE & COIndustrials862$486K0.1%-1.8%
PFS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICESFinancials21.7K$459K0.1%-13.7%
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIESHealthcare4.4K$449K0.1%New
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy2.0K$412K0.1%-6.5%
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THEOther2.8K$406K0.1%-2.2%
IBM INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPTechnology1.7K$404K0.1%Held
GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPIndustrials1.1K$386K0.1%+0.4%
MRK MERCK & CO. INC.Healthcare3.0K$363K0.1%Held
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology1.9K$332K0.1%Held
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunications6.3K$318K0.1%Held
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPIndustrials1.4K$307K0.1%Held
EPD ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERSUtilities7.6K$287K0.1%+0.7%
CARR CARRIER GLOBAL CORPIndustrials5.0K$283K0.1%Held
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary860$283K0.1%+0.4%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare1.3K$280K0.1%Held
MCD MCDONALD'S CORPConsumer discretionary895$278K0.1%-5.3%
LOW LOWE'S COS INCConsumer discretionary1.2K$275K0.1%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 6, 2026117$337.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRJan 27, 2026120$331.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HROct 24, 2025116$317.1M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRJul 28, 2025116$299.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRApr 29, 2025109$275.7M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 3, 2025108$271.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HROct 31, 2024108$271.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRJul 30, 2024106$246.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 6, 2024105$246.8M canonicalSEC ↗