Latest Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Stock Portfolio

$424Million | No. of Holdings #195

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Performance

2026 Q2+11.50%
YTD+9.47%
2025+11.53%

About Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

On 2026-07-20, the fund reported it's updated stock portfolio. In the 13F Holdings report, Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC reported an equity portfolio of $424.8 Millions as of 30 Jun, 2026. <br><br> The top stock holdings of Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC are IJR, BAB, BBAX. The fund has invested 9.3% of it's portfolio in ISHARES TR and 8.8% of portfolio in INVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR II. <br><br> The fund managers got completely rid off BARON ETF TR, ISHARES TR (IJR) and VANECK ETF TRUST (AFK) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in TOMPKINS FINL CORP (TMP), CARDINAL HEALTH INC (CAH) and ISHARES TR (IBCE). Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC opened new stock positions in J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC (AMD) and KLA CORP (KLAC). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to VANGUARD WORLD FD (VAW), VANGUARD ADMIRAL FDS INC (IVOG) and VANGUARD WORLD FD (EDV).
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Equity Portfolio Value
Last Reported on: 20 Jul, 2026
$424Million
  as of Jul 20, 2026

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC made a return of 11.5% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 17.23%.
  • Performance
  • S&P 500

New Buys

Ticker$ Bought
j p morgan exchange traded f12,730,900
advanced micro devices inc412,445
kla corp325,848
j p morgan exchange traded f274,090
ishares bitcoin trust etf245,283
ishares tr228,891
ishares tr222,657
ishares tr215,899

New stocks bought by Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC

Additions

Ticker% Inc.
vanguard world fd700
vanguard admiral fds inc500
vanguard world fd378
ishares tr288
vanguard whitehall fds37.7
schwab charles corp21.91
servicenow inc18.93
ishares inc17.56

Additions to existing portfolio by Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC

Reductions

Ticker% Reduced
tompkins finl corp-52.08
cardinal health inc-49.82
ishares tr-47.69
chevron corporation-41.89
corning inc-31.92
duke energy corp new-31.37
altria group inc-27.74
j p morgan exchange traded f-27.36

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker$ Sold
weave communications inc-220,891
baron etf tr-727,430
lithium amers corp new-112,825
lithium argentina ag-188,356
terawulf inc-153,148
vanguard intl equity index f-231,608
vaneck etf trust-258,189
american wtr wks co inc new-251,631

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC has about 63.8% of it's holdings in Others sector.

  • Others
  • Technology
  • Financial Services
  • Communication Services
  • Healthcare
  • Consumer Cyclical
  • Consumer Defensive
  • Industrials
  • Utilities
Sector%
Others63.8
Technology13.4
Financial Services4.9
Communication Services4.6
Healthcare3.4
Consumer Cyclical3.2
Consumer Defensive2.6
Industrials1.9
Utilities1.1

Market Cap. Distribution

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC has about 35.7% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

  • UNALLOCATED
  • MEGA-CAP
  • LARGE-CAP
Category%
UNALLOCATED63.8
MEGA-CAP24.6
LARGE-CAP11.1

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 34.9% of the stocks held by Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

  • Others
  • S&P 500
Index%
Others64.7
S&P 50034.9
Top 5 Winners (%)%
MU
micron technology inc
231.0 %
STX
seagate technology hldngs pl
145.1 %
AMAT
applied matls inc
109.5 %
PANW
palo alto networks inc
107.8 %
CRWD
crowdstrike hldgs inc
94.3 %
Top 5 Winners ($)$
BAB
invesco exch traded fd tr ii
8.0 M
IJR
ishares tr
7.0 M
CGXU
capital group intl focus eqt
4.4 M
FBCG
fidelity covington trust
2.7 M
PANW
palo alto networks inc
2.3 M
Top 5 Losers (%)%
VAW
vanguard world fd
-73.1 %
IVOG
vanguard admiral fds inc
-69.7 %
EDV
vanguard world fd
-65.8 %
IJR
ishares tr
-60.5 %
PRPL
purple innovation inc
-46.0 %
Top 5 Losers ($)$
IJR
ishares tr
-4.1 M
VAW
vanguard world fd
-2.1 M
IVOG
vanguard admiral fds inc
-1.7 M
EDV
vanguard world fd
-1.1 M
WMT
walmart inc
-0.4 M

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Holdings Map

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

Current Stock Holdings of Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC has 195 stocks in it's portfolio. About 50.8% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. IJR proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. BAB was the most profitable stock for Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC last quarter.

$424.79MTotal Value
205Positions
20 Jul, 2026Last Reported
Current holdings of Current Stock Holdings of Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC, last reported on 20 Jul, 2026. Select a row with a linked ticker to view its historical trend.
ExpandHoldingsorted ascending% PortfolioShares Held$ Value% Change
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.26%13,802
$1.10M
0.26%
increased 0.76 percentadded
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.11%4,948
$477.2K
0.11%
decreased 0.18 percentreduced
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.09%7,338
$395.6K
0.09%
unchanged 0 percentunchanged
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.07%2,715
$289.1K
0.07%
decreased 3.17 percentreduced
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.06%3,610
$274.8K
0.06%
increased 2.18 percentadded
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.06%4,943
$253.5K
0.06%
decreased 3.7 percentreduced
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.54%30,186
$2.29M
0.54%
decreased 1.53 percentreduced
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.37%37,038
$1.57M
0.37%
increased 1.57 percentadded
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.22%12,381
$936.4K
0.22%
increased 13.79 percentadded
ACWV
Ishares Inc

Ishares Inc

ACWV
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Inc over time
0.3%18,618
$1.29M
0.3%
increased 10.08 percentadded
ACWV
Ishares Inc

Ishares Inc

ACWV
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Inc over time
0.11%7,900
$455.4K
0.11%
increased 17.56 percentadded
ACWV
Ishares Inc

Ishares Inc

ACWV
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Inc over time
0.07%5,815
$309.7K
0.07%
increased 16.53 percentadded
AFK
Vaneck Etf Trust

Vaneck Etf Trust

AFK
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Vaneck Etf Trust over time
0.24%8,790
$1.02M
0.24%
increased 5.88 percentadded
AFK
Vaneck Etf Trust

Vaneck Etf Trust

AFK
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Vaneck Etf Trust over time
0%0.00
$0.00
0%
decreased 100 percentsold off
AGNG
Global X Fds

Global X Fds

AGNG
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Global X Fds over time
0.4%45,056
$1.71M
0.4%
increased 5.24 percentadded