Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0002109857
13F-HR · 50 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.06B
Top-10 concentration
53.1%
Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC — $58.1M AUM allocation strategy
Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $58.1M of long US equity value across 50 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 25.0%, followed by Financials 9.8% and Consumer Discretionary 9.7%.
The top 10 holdings account for 53% 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.
Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$58.1M
total across 50 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
53% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$MDT +6.31K sh · +$502K+$PRU +3.31K sh · +$320K+$KO +3.12K sh · +$316K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$PNC −16.8K sh · −$3.52M−$IVZ −9.66K sh · −$275K−$HAS −9.3K sh · −$590K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$LLY ($1.93M last qtr)$IWM ($638K last qtr)$GEHC ($596K last qtr)$IVV ($389K last qtr)$UPS ($382K 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 & Peripherals8.7%—
- Semiconductors7.7%—
- Broadline Retail7.3%—
- Systems Software6.7%—
- Electric Utilities6.4%—
- Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages5.5%—
- Asset Management & Custody Banks4.6%—
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services3.4%—
- Other holdings49.7%—
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
9 of 9 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 20K | $5.09M | -680 | 8.8% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 14.4K | $4.45M | -1.58K | 7.7% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 20.4K | $4.25M | -2.23K | 7.3% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 10.5K | $3.88M | +980 | 6.7% |
| $TROW | T. Rowe Price Group Inc | 54.3K | $2.64M | +2.15K | 4.5% |
| $DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | 16K | $2.1M | -3.14K | 3.6% |
| $PEP | PepsiCo Inc | 13.2K | $2.05M | -11 | 3.5% |
| $FIS | Fidelity National Information Services Inc | 42.2K | $1.98M | — | 3.4% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 6.84K | $1.97M | -4.73K | 3.4% |
…and 41 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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