Latest Welch Group, LLC Stock Portfolio

Welch Group, LLC Performance:

2026 Q1: 1.34%YTD: 1.34%2025: 9.15%

Performance for 2026 Q1 is 1.34%, and YTD is 1.34%, and 2025 is 9.15%.

About Welch Group, LLC and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

Welch Group, LLC is a hedge fund based in Birmingham, AL. On 2026-04-21, the fund reported it's updated stock portfolio. In the 13F Holdings report, Welch Group, LLC reported an equity portfolio of $2.7 Billions as of 31 Mar, 2026.

The top stock holdings of Welch Group, LLC are AAPL, RTX, CVX. The fund has invested 3.6% of it's portfolio in APPLE INC and 3.4% of portfolio in RTX CORPORATION.

The fund managers got completely rid off ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND (ACN), SYNOVUS FINL CORP (SNV) and GENERAL MLS INC (GIS) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR (XLB), ISHARES TR (IJR) and STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T (SPY). Welch Group, LLC opened new stock positions in PINNACLE FINL PARTNERS INC, CORNING INC (GLW) and TERADYNE INC (TER). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to APPLIED MATLS INC (AMAT), TESLA INC (TSLA) and NORFOLK SOUTHN CORP (NSC).

Welch Group, LLC Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that Welch Group, LLC made a return of 1.34% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 9.24%.

Performance
S&P 500

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
pinnacle finl partners inc	2,730,810
berkshire hathaway inc del	718,140
corning inc	686,785
teradyne inc	306,244
simplify exchange traded fun	269,196
krystal biotech inc	258,320
corteva inc	248,619
adobe inc	243,810

New stocks bought by Welch Group, LLC

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
applied matls inc	1,040
tesla inc	420
norfolk southn corp	364
ishares tr	216
regeneron pharmaceuticals	143
world gold tr	135
palantir technologies inc	105
vanguard index fds	88.88

Additions to existing portfolio by Welch Group, LLC

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
select sector spdr tr	-91.93
ishares tr	-66.56
state str spdr s&p 500 etf t	-60.07
ishares tr	-35.41
vanguard intl equity index f	-34.49
salesforce inc	-29.08
proassurance corp	-28.08
ishares tr	-25.63

Welch Group, LLC reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
synovus finl corp	-3,384,530
general mls inc	-2,112,840
accenture plc ireland	-7,256,050
tegna inc	-291,150
annaly capital management in	-328,043
ishares tr	-767,351
opendoor technologies inc	-58,300
capital group intl focus eqt	-210,367

Welch Group, LLC got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Welch Group, LLC has about 19.7% of it's holdings in Technology sector.

Sector	%
Technology	19.7
Financial Services	15.5
Industrials	13.5
Utilities	10.2
Healthcare	9.9
Consumer Defensive	9.4
Energy	7
Consumer Cyclical	6.4
Others	3.9
Communication Services	3.7

Market Cap. Distribution

Welch Group, LLC has about 92.9% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
MEGA-CAP	54.3
LARGE-CAP	38.6
UNALLOCATED	3.9
MID-CAP	3.2

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 95.6% of the stocks held by Welch Group, LLC either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	92.3
Others	4.4
RUSSELL 2000	3.3

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
MOD	modine mfg co	62.3 %
CRGY	crescent energy company	60.9 %
MPC	marathon pete corp	50.1 %
PSX	phillips 66	41.2 %
COP	conocophillips	40.8 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
XOM	exxon mobil corp	26.5 M
CVX	chevron corporation	23.4 M
LMT	lockheed martin corp	15.7 M
JNJ	johnson & johnson	13.9 M
VZ	verizon communications inc	11.3 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
CTM	castellum inc	-34.7 %
HRI	herc hldgs inc	-32.9 %
BSX	boston scientific corp	-32.6 %
SHOP	shopify inc	-26.3 %
CRM	salesforce inc	-25.2 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
MSFT	microsoft corp	-23.9 M
QCOM	qualcomm inc	-17.0 M
IBM	international business machs	-15.8 M
AJG	gallagher arthur j & co	-10.2 M
PAYX	paychex inc	-8.9 M

Welch Group, LLC Holdings Map

This heatmap illustrates the top 50 positions within the fund's portfolio.

Current Stock Holdings of Welch Group, LLC

Welch Group, LLC has 308 stocks in it's portfolio. About 31.8% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. MSFT proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. XOM was the most profitable stock for Welch Group, LLC last quarter.

Last Reported on: 21 Apr, 2026

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
AAPL	apple inc	3.58	375,212	95,225,100	reduced	-0.17

AAXJ	ishares tr	0.06	12,385	1,468,850	added	216

AAXJ	ishares tr	0.02	9,906	421,600	unchanged	0.00

AAXJ	ishares tr	0.01	3,629	385,219	unchanged	0.00

AAXJ	ishares tr	0.01	6,630	353,711	unchanged	0.00

ABBV	abbvie inc	2.99	365,933	79,586,800	reduced	-0.45

ABEV	ambev sa	0.00	45,191	131,958	reduced	-0.66

ABT	abbott laboratories	0.34	88,991	9,136,690	added	9.48

ACA	arcosa inc	0.03	7,500	796,050	unchanged	0.00

ACN	accenture plc ireland	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

ADBE	adobe inc	0.01	1,003	243,810	new

ADM	archer daniels midland co	0.01	3,076	223,595	new

ADP	automatic data processing in	0.01	1,927	391,547	reduced	-1.13

AEE	ameren corp	0.01	2,450	269,304	unchanged	0.00

AEM	agnico eagle mines ltd	0.01	1,892	384,039	reduced	-10.03

AEP	american elec pwr co inc	1.85	376,452	49,345,300	added	15.77

AFK	vaneck etf trust	0.04	2,719	1,042,460	reduced	-0.59

AFK	vaneck etf trust	0.01	3,302	303,048	unchanged	0.00

AFL	aflac inc	0.19	45,336	4,973,790	reduced	-15.47

AFTY	pacer fds tr	0.03	13,613	714,138	reduced	-16.17