Latest Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Stock Portfolio

$436Million | No. of Holdings #194

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Performance

2026 Q3+0.87%
YTD+10.42%
2025+11.53%

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

On 2026-10-19, the fund reported it's updated stock portfolio. In the 13F Holdings report, Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC reported an equity portfolio of $436.9 Millions as of 30 Sep, 2026. <br><br> The top stock holdings of Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC are IJR, BAB, BBAX. The fund has invested 9.2% of it's portfolio in ISHARES TR and 8.3% of portfolio in INVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR II. <br><br> The fund managers got completely rid off SALESFORCE INC (CRM), EXXON MOBIL CORP (XOM) and WISDOMTREE TR (AGZD) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in ISHARES TR (AAXJ), PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC (PANW) and VANGUARD INDEX FDS (VB). Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC opened new stock positions in ISHARES TR (AAXJ), GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC (GWRE) and EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP. The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to ISHARES TR (AAXJ), AMPHENOL CORP (APH) and ISHARES TR (IBCE).
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC Equity Portfolio Value
Last Reported on: 19 Oct, 2026
$436Million
  as of Oct 19, 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 0.87% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 11.95%.
  • Performance
  • S&P 500

New Buys

Ticker$ Bought
ishares tr6,686,550
guidewire software inc918,786
exxonmobil holdings corp749,276
space exploration techn corp513,377
ishares tr366,042
spdr series trust365,827
marvell technology inc324,530
pimco etf tr288,277

New stocks bought by Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC

Additions

Ticker% Inc.
ishares tr456
amphenol corp113
ishares tr87.8
micron technology inc48.73
chevron corporation33.82
broadcom inc29.01
advanced micro devices inc28.73
ishares inc26.42

Additions to existing portfolio by Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC

Reductions

Ticker% Reduced
ishares tr-58.17
palo alto networks inc-24.22
vanguard index fds-22.97
j p morgan exchange traded f-20.55
j p morgan exchange traded f-20.13
vanguard index fds-17.25
international business machs-16.48
vanguard whitehall fds-10.81

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker$ Sold
wisdomtree tr-343,096
salesforce inc-1,045,690
verizon communications inc-209,201
exelon corp-213,520
exxon mobil corp-589,516
altria group inc-285,859
spdr series trust-278,992
duke energy corp new-300,753

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC has about 63.1% of it's holdings in Others sector.

  • Others
  • Technology
  • Financial Services
  • Communication Services
  • Healthcare
  • Consumer Cyclical
  • Consumer Defensive
  • Industrials
Sector%
Others63.1
Technology14.9
Financial Services4.7
Communication Services4.6
Healthcare3.6
Consumer Cyclical3.1
Consumer Defensive2.5
Industrials1.8

Market Cap. Distribution

Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC has about 36.5% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

  • UNALLOCATED
  • MEGA-CAP
  • LARGE-CAP
Category%
UNALLOCATED63.1
MEGA-CAP26.9
LARGE-CAP9.6

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 35.2% of the stocks held by Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

  • Others
  • S&P 500
Index%
Others64.4
S&P 50035.2
Top 5 Winners (%)%
MPC
marathon pete corp
54.7 %
ishares bitcoin trust etf
42.2 %
grayscale bitcoin trust etf
41.9 %
IQV
iqvia hldgs inc
38.6 %
CRWD
crowdstrike hldgs inc
37.3 %
Top 5 Winners ($)$
MSFT
microsoft corp
2.6 M
AAPL
apple inc
2.6 M
NVDA
nvidia corporation
1.4 M
IJR
ishares tr
1.3 M
META
meta platforms inc
1.3 M
Top 5 Losers (%)%
APH
amphenol corp
-44.5 %
GLW
corning inc
-39.8 %
KLAC
kla corp
-34.6 %
eva live inc
-28.9 %
AMAT
applied matls inc
-28.9 %
Top 5 Losers ($)$
APH
amphenol corp
-1.7 M
IJR
ishares tr
-1.1 M
IJR
ishares tr
-0.9 M
j p morgan exchange traded f
-0.7 M
ge vernova inc
-0.7 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 194 stocks in it's portfolio. About 49.3% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. APH proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. MSFT was the most profitable stock for Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC last quarter.

$436.87MTotal Value
206Positions
19 Oct, 2026Last Reported
Current holdings of Current Stock Holdings of Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC, last reported on 19 Oct, 2026. Select a row with a linked ticker to view its historical trend.
ExpandHoldingsorted ascending% PortfolioShares Held$ Value% Change
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
1.53%66,138
$6.69M
1.53%
new position
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.47%40,839
$2.06M
0.47%
increased 456.54 percentadded
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.1%5,774
$445.8K
0.1%
decreased 58.17 percentreduced
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.1%4,771
$433.4K
0.1%
decreased 3.58 percentreduced
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.08%3,318
$366.0K
0.08%
new position
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.06%2,695
$281.7K
0.06%
decreased 0.74 percentreduced
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.06%3,610
$273.0K
0.06%
unchanged 0 percentunchanged
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.06%5,490
$267.4K
0.06%
increased 11.07 percentadded
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.52%30,133
$2.27M
0.52%
decreased 0.18 percentreduced
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.34%36,490
$1.51M
0.34%
decreased 1.48 percentreduced
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.22%12,381
$963.9K
0.22%
unchanged 0 percentunchanged
ACWV
Ishares Inc

Ishares Inc

ACWV
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Inc over time
0.36%23,220
$1.56M
0.36%
increased 24.72 percentadded
ACWV
Ishares Inc

Ishares Inc

ACWV
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Inc over time
0.11%8,062
$470.7K
0.11%
increased 2.05 percentadded
ACWV
Ishares Inc

Ishares Inc

ACWV
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Ishares Inc over time
0.08%6,270
$345.0K
0.08%
increased 7.82 percentadded
AFK
Vaneck Etf Trust

Vaneck Etf Trust

AFK
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC's holding in Vaneck Etf Trust over time
0.2%8,441
$873.3K
0.2%
decreased 3.97 percentreduced