Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001664193
13F-HR · 383 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Asset management firm.
Reported long-US-equity value
$5.85B
Top-10 concentration
42.7%
Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC — $5.85B AUM allocation strategy
Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $5.85B of long US equity value across 383 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Financials 17.7%, followed by Information Technology 14.8% and Communication Services 4.1%.
The top 10 holdings account for 43% 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.
Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$5.85B
total across 383 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
43% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$SPYM +3.1M sh · +$231M+$SCHW +302K sh · +$11.4M+$IYY +286K sh · +$24.9M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$IVZ −3.21M sh · −$112M−$IVV −346K sh · −$32.9M−$QTOP −202K sh · −$34.2M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$FISV ($592K last qtr)$PCAR ($490K last qtr)$IQV ($471K last qtr)$TDG ($438K last qtr)$NDAQ ($412K 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)
- Asset Management & Custody Banks10.1%—
- Semiconductors6.5%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals4.8%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage4.8%—
- Interactive Media & Services4.1%—
- Systems Software3.4%—
- Broadline Retail2.5%—
- Diversified Banks1.5%—
- Other holdings62.2%—
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
7 of 7 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $IVZ | Invesco Ltd | 29.8M | $595M | -3.21M | 10.2% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 1.67M | $291M | -106K | 5.0% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 1.12M | $284M | -52.4K | 4.9% |
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 7.65M | $212M | +302K | 3.6% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 537K | $199M | -24.7K | 3.4% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 519K | $149M | +7.96K | 2.5% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 707K | $147M | -35.9K | 2.5% |
…and 376 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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