Verus Financial Partners, Inc.

Wealth advisor Mechanical CIK 1481714
League rank
#2520
in Wealth advisor · #5909 overall
Long book
$1.11B
Q1 2026
Positions
121
Top-10 weight
76%
concentration
Last quarter
+9.0%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
10%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Verus Financial Partners, Inc. is a wealth-management firm allocating client money, running a $1.11B US long book across 121 positions.

The portfolio is extremely concentrated — the top 10 positions are almost the whole book. The book barely moves quarter to quarter — a patient, low-turnover holder. Current anchor positions: VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MKT ETF, VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET, VANGUARD TOTAL INTL STOCK, AVANTIS CORE FIXED INCOME, AVANTIS SHORT-TERM FIXED INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.1pp 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
+1.2%
Q2 2024
+6.5%
Q3 2024
-1.3%
Q4 2024
+0.1%
Q1 2025
+6.8%
Q2 2025
+5.7%
Q3 2025
+2.5%
Q4 2025
-0.4%
Q1 2026
+9.0%

Sector allocation

Technology
26%
Consumer staples
19%
Consumer discretionary
12%
Financials
11%
Healthcare
11%
Industrials
8%
Utilities
7%
Energy
5%

Long book by quarter

$853.8M
Q1 2024
$860.2M
Q2 2024
$912.9M
Q3 2024
$890.8M
Q4 2024
$876.7M
Q1 2025
$981.5M
Q2 2025
$1.04B
Q3 2025
$1.09B
Q4 2025
$1.11B
Q1 2026

What does Verus Financial own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONALConsumer staples26.1K$4.1M0.4%-0.1%
MO ALTRIA GROUP INCConsumer staples54.7K$3.6M0.3%-0.2%
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology12.7K$3.3M0.3%+0.9%
HCA HCA HEALTHCARE INCHealthcare4.8K$2.3M0.2%Held
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology5.0K$2.1M0.2%+11.3%
D DOMINION ENERGY INCUtilities26.8K$1.7M0.2%Held
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy10.3K$1.6M0.1%0.0%
IBM INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPTechnology5.7K$1.4M0.1%Held
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare4.9K$1.2M0.1%+4.8%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology3.4K$1.1M0.1%+23.8%
GWW WW GRAINGER INCConsumer discretionary972$1.1M0.1%-10.2%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials2.1K$1.0M0.1%-1.7%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials3.0K$940K0.1%+3.8%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary3.5K$864K0.1%+42.4%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology4.2K$838K0.1%+54.7%
CAT CATERPILLAR INCIndustrials1.0K$781K0.1%-5.1%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology1.1K$727K0.1%+43.1%
LOW LOWE'S COS INCConsumer discretionary3.0K$724K0.1%-5.2%
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPIndustrials2.2K$677K0.1%-1.4%
ELV ELEVANCE HEALTH INCFinancials2.1K$671K0.1%Held
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology4.9K$659K0.1%-11.0%
NDAQ NASDAQ INCFinancials7.0K$625K0.1%Held
GE GENERAL ELECTRICIndustrials2.1K$625K0.1%Held
BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORPFinancials11.0K$588K0.1%Held
TJX TJX COMPANIES INCConsumer discretionary3.6K$571K0.1%Held
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology1.4K$567K0.1%+28.3%
SO SOUTHERN CO/THEUtilities6.0K$565K0.1%Held
GEV GE VERNOVA INCIndustrials480$470K0.0%Held
MCK MCKESSON CORPConsumer discretionary524$454K0.0%Held
DUK DUKE ENERGY CORPUtilities3.5K$453K0.0%+0.1%
MRK MERCK & CO. INC.Healthcare3.9K$447K0.0%0.0%
COF CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPFinancials2.2K$441K0.0%+0.1%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare2.0K$420K0.0%-1.5%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology1.2K$406K0.0%-1.4%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples2.5K$403K0.0%Held
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary3.2K$401K0.0%+0.1%
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary1.1K$387K0.0%+0.5%
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARESServices media1.2K$376K0.0%+64.4%
MCD MCDONALD'S CORPConsumer discretionary1.2K$375K0.0%-1.5%
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy1.9K$363K0.0%+18.2%
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunications7.7K$363K0.0%-4.8%
MDLZ MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC-AConsumer staples5.6K$321K0.0%+0.1%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary315$311K0.0%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRApr 21, 2026121$1.11B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 2, 2026115$1.09B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HROct 30, 2025121$1.04B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRJul 21, 2025111$981.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 5, 2025104$876.7M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRJan 24, 202597$890.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 1, 202498$912.9M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 5, 202495$860.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 7, 202498$853.8M canonicalSEC ↗