Carolina Wealth Advisors, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001786411
13F-HR · 164 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.14B
Top-10 concentration
40.5%
Carolina Wealth Advisors, LLC — $144M AUM allocation strategy
Carolina Wealth Advisors, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $144M of long US equity value across 164 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Health Care 14.9%, followed by Consumer Staples 13.0% and Financials 11.4%.
The top 10 holdings account for 41% 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.
Carolina Wealth Advisors, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$144M
total across 164 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
41% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$AXP +92K sh · +$1.71M+$HPQ +91.3K sh · +$1.75M+$CMCSA +76.2K sh · +$2.19M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$F −444K sh · −$5.86M−$MOS −228K sh · −$5.48M−$FAST −183K sh · −$7.29M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$TAP ($4.22M last qtr)$MSCI ($1.3M last qtr)$OTIS ($1.14M last qtr)$VRSK ($1.05M last qtr)$LII ($1.01M 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 & Brokerage11.4%—
- Biotechnology6.6%—
- Pharmaceuticals6.4%—
- Tobacco5.9%—
- Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages5.2%—
- Communications Equipment3.4%—
- Electric Utilities3.3%—
- Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation2.8%—
- Other holdings55.1%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 604K | $16.3M | -36.6K | 11.3% |
| $MRK | Merck & Company Inc | 48.1K | $5.79M | +43.3K | 4.0% |
| $GILD | Gilead Sciences Inc | 35.8K | $4.99M | +32.2K | 3.5% |
| $CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 63.2K | $4.9M | +57.3K | 3.4% |
| $SO | Southern Company | 27.2K | $4.68M | +26.5K | 3.2% |
| $AMGN | Amgen Inc | 13.1K | $4.6M | +12K | 3.2% |
| $KO | Coca-Cola Company | 60.2K | $4.58M | +54.4K | 3.2% |
| $MO | Altria Group Inc | 66.6K | $4.4M | +60.4K | 3.0% |
| $PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 24.9K | $4.12M | +22.7K | 2.9% |
| $TRGP | Targa Resources Inc | 16.1K | $4.04M | +15.8K | 2.8% |
…and 154 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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