Capstone Financial Advisors, Inc.
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001599217
13F-HR · 94 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$1.00B
Top-10 concentration
91.8%
Capstone Financial Advisors, Inc. — $999M AUM allocation strategy
Capstone Financial Advisors, Inc. files SEC Form 13F and reports $999M of long US equity value across 94 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Consumer Discretionary 6.9%, followed by Information Technology 6.2% and Financials 4.2%.
The top 10 holdings account for 92% 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.
Capstone Financial Advisors, Inc. — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$999M
total across 94 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
92% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$NVDA +28K sh · +$3.98M+$VTI +11.5K sh · −$10.1M+$T +10.9K sh · +$362K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$IVV −8.38K sh · +$21.8K−$WMT −6.02K sh · −$449K−$MCD −3.64K sh · −$110K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$CHRW ($548K last qtr)$FICO ($294K last qtr)$BAC ($255K last qtr)$GDDY ($248K last qtr)$PANW ($241K 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)
- Restaurants6.0%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals3.6%—
- Financial Exchanges & Data2.2%—
- Semiconductors2.0%—
- Diversified Banks1.9%—
- Broadline Retail0.9%—
- Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail0.6%—
- Systems Software0.6%—
- Other holdings82.3%—
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
6 of 6 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $MCD | McDonald's Corporation | 194K | $60.4M | -3.64K | 6.0% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 142K | $36M | -2.96K | 3.6% |
| $JPM | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 66K | $19.4M | +10.7K | 1.9% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 102K | $17.8M | +28K | 1.8% |
| $SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 127K | $16.8M | -461 | 1.7% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 38.9K | $8.1M | -449 | 0.8% |
…and 88 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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