Valmark Advisers, Inc.
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001380443
13F-HR · 221 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$2.23B
Top-10 concentration
81.1%
Valmark Advisers, Inc. — $2.23B AUM allocation strategy
Valmark Advisers, Inc. files SEC Form 13F and reports $2.23B of long US equity value across 221 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Financials 16.4%, followed by Information Technology 4.1% and Energy 0.5%.
The top 10 holdings account for 81% of reported value — a conviction-weighted book concentrated in its best ideas. 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.
Valmark Advisers, Inc. — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$2.23B
total across 221 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
81% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$BLK +475K sh · +$18.2M+$VOO +406K sh · −$30.7M+$IVV +178K sh · −$6.28M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$SCHW −589K sh · −$13.9M−$XLK −7.04K sh · −$1.46M−$JPM −4.49K sh · −$2.48M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$APP ($366K last qtr)$KMI ($306K last qtr)$CVS ($285K last qtr)$FTNT ($235K last qtr)$CRWD ($228K 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)
- Investment Banking & Brokerage6.0%—
- Asset Management & Custody Banks4.8%—
- Financial Exchanges & Data3.8%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals2.4%—
- Multi-Sector Holdings1.3%—
- Systems Software1.0%—
- Semiconductors0.8%—
- Integrated Oil & Gas0.5%—
- Other holdings79.4%—
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
5 of 5 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 4.66M | $134M | -589K | 6.0% |
| $BLK | BlackRock Inc | 1.28M | $106M | +475K | 4.8% |
| $SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 761K | $86M | -3.86K | 3.9% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 207K | $52.4M | -703 | 2.3% |
| $BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-Class B | 60.9K | $29.2M | +1.32K | 1.3% |
…and 216 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
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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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