West Financial Advisors, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001843684
13F-HR · 94 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.23B
Top-10 concentration
92.4%
West Financial Advisors, LLC — $235M AUM allocation strategy
West Financial Advisors, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $235M of long US equity value across 94 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 2.3%, followed by Financials 1.4% and Consumer Staples 0.7%.
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.
West Financial Advisors, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$235M
total across 94 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
92% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$IVV +7.43K sh · +$1.3M+$CASY +1.46K sh · +$1.19M+$VB +79 sh · +$72.4K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$VOO −27.9K sh · −$21.1M−$SCHW −4.14K sh · −$428K−$XLI −1.94K sh · −$147K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$XLK ($3.96M last qtr)$XLC ($3.89M last qtr)$XLY ($3.88M last qtr)$ABBV ($148K last qtr)$GEV ($12.4K 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)
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals1.7%—
- Asset Management & Custody Banks0.7%—
- Food Retail0.7%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage0.6%—
- Systems Software0.4%—
- Electric Utilities0.3%—
- Aerospace & Defense0.3%—
- Application Software0.2%—
- Other holdings95.2%—
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
1 of 1 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 15.8K | $4M | -114 | 1.7% |
…and 93 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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