FRANKLIN STREET ADVISORS INC /NC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001010873
13F-HR · 136 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
FRANKLIN STREET ADVISORS INC /NC is an investment advisor.
Reported long-US-equity value
$1.55B
Top-10 concentration
48.0%
FRANKLIN STREET ADVISORS INC /NC — $1.55B AUM allocation strategy
FRANKLIN STREET ADVISORS INC /NC files SEC Form 13F and reports $1.55B of long US equity value across 136 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 27.5%, followed by Financials 10.5% and Communication Services 8.8%.
The top 10 holdings account for 48% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
FRANKLIN STREET ADVISORS INC /NC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$1.55B
total across 136 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
48% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$BA +65.4K sh · +$13M+$AVGO +51.5K sh · +$9.25M+$PG +41.6K sh · +$6.07M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$PANW −128K sh · −$24M−$QCOM −65.2K sh · −$11.3M−$PEP −33.3K sh · −$2.91M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$NFLX ($531K last qtr)$ADP ($495K last qtr)$CSX ($394K last qtr)$NOW ($223K last qtr)$MTD ($209K last qtr)
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Semiconductors12.6%—
- Interactive Media & Services8.8%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals6.9%—
- Systems Software6.1%—
- Broadline Retail4.7%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage3.3%—
- Life Sciences Tools & Services3.0%—
- Diversified Banks2.7%—
- Other holdings52.0%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 696K | $121M | -14.5K | 7.8% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 420K | $107M | -12.6K | 6.9% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 257K | $95.1M | +34K | 6.1% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 297K | $85.3M | -24.3K | 5.5% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 235K | $72.6M | +51.5K | 4.7% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 347K | $72.3M | +5.53K | 4.7% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 88.6K | $50.7M | +162 | 3.3% |
| $GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 59.3K | $50.1M | +3.23K | 3.2% |
| $TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 93.3K | $45.9M | -9.77K | 3.0% |
| $JPM | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 143K | $42.2M | -3.14K | 2.7% |
…and 126 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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