Vertex Planning Partners, LLC

Wealth advisor Mechanical CIK 1942341
League rank
#1560
in Wealth advisor · #4404 overall
Long book
$514.9M
Q1 2026
Positions
135
Top-10 weight
60%
concentration
Last quarter
+10.9%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
16%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Vertex Planning Partners, LLC is a wealth-management firm allocating client money, running a $514.9M US long book across 135 positions.

The portfolio is concentrated: the top 10 names carry 60% of the portfolio. Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: STE STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF, ISHARES TREASURY FLOATING RA, WISDOMTREE FLOATING RATE TRE, JPMORGAN US QUALITY FACTOR, APPLE INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.8pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 2 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
+3.4%
Q2 2024
+5.2%
Q3 2024
+1.1%
Q4 2024
-1.8%
Q1 2025
+7.2%
Q2 2025
+6.9%
Q3 2025
+2.5%
Q4 2025
-2.3%
Q1 2026
+10.9%

Sector allocation

Technology
61%
Financials
18%
Healthcare
11%
Consumer discretionary
3%
Communications
2%
Utilities
1%
Services media
1%
Other
1%

Long book by quarter

$361.5M
Q1 2024
$385.4M
Q2 2024
$418.3M
Q3 2024
$453.3M
Q4 2024
$458.1M
Q1 2025
$479.0M
Q2 2025
$521.4M
Q3 2025
$430.4M
Q4 2025
$514.9M
Q1 2026

What does Vertex Planning own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology87.7K$22.3M4.3%-0.1%
BMO BANK OF MONTREALFinancials32.0K$4.3M0.8%Held
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare14.2K$3.1M0.6%+0.1%
CME CME GROUP INCFinancials6.8K$2.0M0.4%+0.5%
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIESHealthcare11.9K$1.2M0.2%0.0%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials3.1K$913K0.2%+4.3%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology2.8K$807K0.2%+1.0%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology2.6K$746K0.1%+2.2%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology4.2K$725K0.1%+5.0%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary578$576K0.1%-0.7%
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunications9.9K$497K0.1%+0.2%
ACN ACCENTURE PLC-CL AServices media2.3K$458K0.1%-2.0%
MAIN MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORP8.6K$455K0.1%Held
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy2.6K$441K0.1%-2.1%
MCK MCKESSON CORPConsumer discretionary471$408K0.1%+0.2%
ISRG INTUITIVE SURGICAL INCHealthcare770$355K0.1%-1.0%
CAH CARDINAL HEALTH INCConsumer discretionary1.6K$343K0.1%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 2026135$514.9M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 2026130$430.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 18, 2025200$521.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 13, 2025188$479.0M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 14, 2025193$458.1M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 12, 2025181$453.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 7, 2024160$418.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 13, 2024153$385.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 13, 2024153$361.5M canonicalSEC ↗