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Essex Financial Services, Inc. Quarterly 13F Portfolio Update (Q2 2026)
Essex Financial Services, Inc.CIK: 0001315785
Diversified strategyMomentum followerQuality / disciplined sizing
Total reported value
$2.0B
Reporting period: 2026-06-30 · Number of holdings: 836
Essex Financial Services, Inc. disclosed 836 holdings in its latest 13F filing for the period ending 2026-06-30, with total reported value of $2.0B and a quarterly turnover rate of 18.8%.
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Personality snowflake
- Concentration
- 3.63
- Portfolio Stability
- 18.84
- Momentum
- 100
- Sector conviction
- 47.5
- Diversification
- 100
- Sizing Uniformity
- 74.31
Essex Financial Services, Inc.'s disclosed holdings carry a Herfindahl concentration index of 0.009 — mathematically equivalent to about 110 equally-sized positions, well below its 836 actual disclosed holdings. That gap points to a strategy built around a small core of high-conviction bets rather than broad diversification.
Position sizes vary widely across the portfolio (a coefficient of variation of 2.57), with a handful of outsized bets alongside many smaller positions.
No strong tilt toward either adding to existing winners or initiating outsized new positions was observed in the latest reported quarter.
Sector classification currently covers about 45% of this portfolio's disclosed value; the remainder includes holdings (e.g. unmapped tickers, options, or other security types) not yet covered by our sector mapping.
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Recent moves
View source Form 13F filing on SEC.govTrim GLD
-1.5% -$5.4M
Add ALAB
-5.5% $9.4M
Trim XOM
+1.0% -$4.4M
Add QQQ
-2.5% $14.0M
Sold out BLFY
Trim TPL
-0.9% -$2.0M
Holdings Map
New buyAddUnchangedTrim
Top 10 holdings by weight
Full holdings list this quarter
Showing top 200 holdings (of 836 total)
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Asset Subclass | Weight | Weight Change | Shares Change | 4Q Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | Apple Inc | Stock-Tech | 4.62% | +0.01% | -1.00% | |
| 2 | QQQ | Invesco Qqq Trust Series 1 | ETF-Tech | 3.55% | +0.34% | -2.47% | |
| 3 | VOOG | Vanguard S&p 500 Growth ETF | ETF-Large Cap & Growth | 2.20% | +0.15% | +497.37% | |
| 4 | MSFT | Microsoft CORP | Stock-Tech | 1.98% | -0.21% | +1.06% | |
| 5 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | Stock-Comm Services | 1.95% | +0.15% | -1.78% | |
| 6 | NVDA | Nvidia CORP | Stock-Tech | 1.78% | -0.03% | -3.06% | |
| 7 | SPY | Ss Spdr S&p 500 ETF Trust-us | ETF-Large Cap & Growth | 1.73% | +0.01% | -1.43% | |
| 8 | IVV | Ishares Core S&p 500 ETF | ETF-Large Cap & Growth | 1.54% | +0.10% | +4.95% | |
| 9 | GLD | Spdr Gold Shares | ETF-Commodities | 1.44% | -0.48% | -1.48% | |
| 10 | VYM | Vanguard High Dvd Yield ETF | ETF-Other | 1.36% | -0.07% | +0.55% | |
| 11 | LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | Stock-Healthcare | 1.36% | +0.16% | -2.16% | |
| 12 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 1.35% | +0.04% | +1.46% | |
| 13 | PYLD | Pimco Multisector Bond Actv | ETF-Other | 1.32% | -0.08% | +5.03% | |
| 14 | ITOT | Ishares Core S&p Total U.s. | ETF-Other | 1.08% | +0.02% | -0.37% | |
| 15 | JPM | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | Stock-Financials | 1.03% | -0.03% | -0.77% | |
| 16 | TPL | Texas Pacific Land CORP | Stock-Energy | 1.03% | -0.24% | -0.94% | |
| 17 | XOM | Exxon Mobil CORP | Stock-Energy | 0.95% | -0.36% | +0.97% | |
| 18 | JPST | Jpmorgan Ultra-short Income | ETF-Other | 0.95% | -0.07% | +4.74% | |
| 19 | VTV | Vanguard Value ETF | ETF-Other | 0.92% | -0.03% | -1.28% | |
| 20 | RSP | Invesco S&p 500 Equal Weight | ETF-Large Cap & Growth | 0.89% | -0.01% | +1.35% | |
| 21 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-cl C | Stock-Comm Services | 0.89% | +0.06% | -1.39% | |
| 22 | RECS | Columbia Resear Enh Cor ETF | ETF-Other | 0.84% | -0.08% | -7.21% | |
| 23 | BRK-B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc-cl B | Stock-Other | 0.84% | -0.05% | +2.30% | |
| 24 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Stock-Healthcare | 0.76% | -0.08% | -1.68% | |
| 25 | PRF | Invesco Rafi US 1000 ETF | ETF-Other | 0.75% | +0.01% | +0.89% | |
| 26 | CGDV | Cap Group Dividend Value | ETF-Other | 0.68% | +0.04% | +3.25% | |
| 27 | RTX | Rtx CORP | Stock-Industrials | 0.67% | -0.12% | -2.67% | |
| 28 | CGUS | Cap Group Core Equity | ETF-Other | 0.67% | +0.12% | +18.61% | |
| 29 | CODI | Compass Diversified Holdings | Stock-Other | 0.66% | +0.11% | -0.19% | |
| 30 | VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Mkt ETF | ETF-Other | 0.66% | +0.02% | +1.08% | |
| 31 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.66% | +0.15% | -2.86% | |
| 32 | MINT | Pimco Enhanced Short Maturit | ETF-Other | 0.64% | -0.09% | -1.01% | |
| 33 | VIG | Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | ETF-Other | 0.64% | -0.02% | +0.13% | |
| 34 | NOBL | Proshares S&p 500 Dividend A | ETF-Large Cap & Growth | 0.63% | -0.06% | +95.66% | |
| 35 | ALAB | Astera Labs Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.62% | +0.45% | -5.51% | |
| 36 | SPHQ | Invesco S&p 500 Quality ETF | ETF-Large Cap & Growth | 0.61% | +0.03% | -0.39% | |
| 37 | PHYS | Sprott Physical Gold Trust | Stock-Other | 0.61% | -0.20% | +0.61% | |
| 38 | GE | General Electric | Stock-Industrials | 0.58% | +0.13% | +11.56% | |
| 39 | TSLA | Tesla Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.58% | — | -0.19% | |
| 40 | VEA | Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | ETF-Other | 0.57% | +0.01% | +3.93% | |
| 41 | VUG | Vanguard Growth ETF | ETF-Other | 0.57% | +0.03% | +498.30% | |
| 42 | DGRO | Ishares Core Dividend Growth | ETF-Other | 0.54% | -0.03% | -0.97% | |
| 43 | JCPB | Jpmorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | ETF-Other | 0.53% | +0.16% | +63.02% | |
| 44 | IBM | Intl Business Machines CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.49% | +0.03% | +4.07% | |
| 45 | TCAF | T Rowe Prc Cap Appreciation | ETF-Other | 0.47% | +0.02% | +2.04% | |
| 46 | GEV | GE Vernova Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.47% | +0.11% | +10.40% | |
| 47 | VO | Vanguard Mid-cap ETF | ETF-Other | 0.46% | — | +301.75% | |
| 48 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | Stock-Comm Services | 0.45% | -0.06% | +1.38% | |
| 49 | CGBL | Cap Group Core Balanced | ETF-Other | 0.45% | +0.03% | +10.28% | |
| 50 | ABBV | Abbvie Inc | Stock-Healthcare | 0.45% | -0.01% | -4.71% |
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Portfolio Performance
Performance for Q3 2026
+2.7%
Performance Last 4 Quarters
+21.2%
- Stdev
- +10.7%
- Beta
- +0.79
- Alpha
- +1.2%
- Max Drawdown
- -7.3%
- Annualized Perf
- +17.9%
- Batting Avg vs S&P
- +44.4%
- Sortino
- +3.11
- Stutzer
- +0.46
- Treynor
- +0.22
- Sterling
- +1.18
- Calmar
- +2.46
- Information Ratio
- -0.71
- Tracking Error
- +4.1%
- Stdev Down
- +5.5%
- Winning Months %
- +69.4%
- Losing Months %
- +30.6%
- Best 12 Months
- +30.4%
- Worst 12 Months
- +8.1%
- Efficiency Ratio
- +0.62
- Sharpe
- +1.6
- Stdev Sectors
- +7.8%
- Skewness
- -0.28
- Kurtosis
- -0.27
- Upside Potential
- +4.67
Reported value over time
Sector allocation
Sector allocation over time
Quarterly history
| Period | Holdings | Total value | Stability | Top holdings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 836 | $2.0B | 19 | ||
| 2026 Q1 | 794 | $1.8B | 13 | ||
| 2025 Q4 | 784 | $1.8B | 12 | ||
| 2025 Q3 | 748 | $1.7B | 27 | ||
| 2025 Q2 | 688 | $1.5B | 0 | ||
| 2025 Q1 | 631 | $1.4B | 100 | ||
| 2024 Q4 | 630 | $1.4B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q3 | 624 | $1.4B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q2 | 612 | $1.3B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q1 | 544 | $1.1B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q4 | 510 | $967.3M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q3 | 472 | $863.8M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q2 | 474 | $879.5M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q1 | 496 | $949.9M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q4 | 475 | $943.6M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q3 | 455 | $839.1M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q2 | 478 | $898.3M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q1 | 495 | $1.0B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q4 | 495 | $1.0B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q3 | 462 | $874.7M | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q2 | 465 | $690.4M | 89 | ||
| 2021 Q1 | 350 | $557.6M | 21 | ||
| 2020 Q4 | 326 | $505.2M | 25 | ||
| 2020 Q3 | 285 | $407.2M | 27 | ||
| 2020 Q2 | 241 | $324.4M | 25 | ||
| 2020 Q1 | 246 | $280.5M | 37 | ||
| 2019 Q4 | 271 | $362.5M | 22 | ||
| 2019 Q3 | 251 | $310.2M | 22 | ||
| 2019 Q2 | 243 | $338.8M | 12 | ||
| 2019 Q1 | 237 | $330.9M | 17 | ||
| 2018 Q4 | 250 | $326.7M | 36 | ||
| 2018 Q3 | 293 | $454.2M | 14 | ||
| 2018 Q2 | 279 | $415.1M | 34 | ||
| 2018 Q1 | 356 | $509.9M | 33 | ||
| 2017 Q4 | 283 | $420.7M | 12 | ||
| 2017 Q3 | 283 | $407.3M | 32 | ||
| 2017 Q2 | 350 | $474.4M | 22 | ||
| 2017 Q1 | 326 | $435.2M | 18 | ||
| 2016 Q4 | 324 | $466.3M | 18 | ||
| 2016 Q3 | 307 | $420.2M | 13 | ||
| 2016 Q2 | 305 | $413.4M | 13 | ||
| 2016 Q1 | 311 | $403.8M | 14 | ||
| 2015 Q4 | 322 | $416.5M | 19 | ||
| 2015 Q3 | 323 | $384.9M | 18 | ||
| 2015 Q2 | 329 | $388.3M | 13 | ||
| 2015 Q1 | 324 | $389.2M | 15 | ||
| 2014 Q4 | 322 | $384.2M | 21 | ||
| 2014 Q3 | 299 | $334.6M | 10 | ||
| 2014 Q2 | 303 | $334.0M | 14 | ||
| 2014 Q1 | 287 | $306.2M | 14 | ||
| 2013 Q4 | 281 | $295.7M | 33 | ||
| 2013 Q3 | 261 | $318.3M | 30 | ||
| 2013 Q2 | 267 | $286.0M | 0 |
Holding changes this quarter
Essex Financial Services, Inc.'s most significant position changes for 2026-06-30: Sold out: Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY); New buy: Fulton Financial CORP (FULT); Sold out: Honeywell International Inc (HON); New buy: Fidelity Fndmntl L/c Cor ETF (FFLC); New buy: Fidelity Fndmntl L/c Grw ETF (FFLG).
Showing top 200 changes by size (of 880 total)
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Weight Change | Shares Change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALAB | Astera Labs Inc | +0.5% | -5.51% | Trim |
| 2 | QQQ | Invesco Qqq Trust Series 1 | +0.3% | -2.47% | Trim |
| 3 | FULT | Fulton Financial CORP | +0.2% | NEW | New buy |
| 4 | CGMM | Cap Group Small And Mid Cap | +0.2% | +98.57% | Add |
| 5 | LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | +0.2% | -2.16% | Trim |
| 6 | JCPB | Jpmorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | +0.2% | +63.02% | Add |
| 7 | INTC | Intel CORP | +0.2% | -10.40% | Trim |
| 8 | VOOG | Vanguard S&p 500 Growth ETF | +0.2% | +497.37% | Add |
| 9 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | +0.2% | -1.78% | Trim |
| 10 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc | +0.2% | -2.86% | Trim |
| 11 | GE | General Electric | +0.1% | +11.56% | Add |
| 12 | CGUS | Cap Group Core Equity | +0.1% | +18.61% | Add |
| 13 | CODI | Compass Diversified Holdings | +0.1% | -0.19% | Trim |
| 14 | GEV | GE Vernova Inc | +0.1% | +10.40% | Add |
| 15 | FBCG | Fidelity Blue Chip Grow ETF | +0.1% | +36.58% | Add |
| 16 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | +0.1% | -15.12% | Trim |
| 17 | IVV | Ishares Core S&p 500 ETF | +0.1% | +4.95% | Add |
| 18 | ASML | ASML Holding N.V. | +0.1% | +4.27% | Add |
| 19 | SOXX | Ishares Semiconductor ETF | +0.1% | -1.15% | Trim |
| 20 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | +0.1% | -3.60% | Trim |
| 21 | FFLC | Fidelity Fndmntl L/c Cor ETF | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 22 | FFLG | Fidelity Fndmntl L/c Grw ETF | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 23 | NFLT | Virtus Newfleet Multi-sector | +0.1% | +72.75% | Add |
| 24 | VV | Vanguard Large-cap ETF | +0.1% | +73.52% | Add |
| 25 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | +0.1% | -13.77% | Trim |
| 26 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-cl C | +0.1% | -1.39% | Trim |
| 27 | VGT | Vanguard Info Tech ETF | +0.1% | +761.86% | Add |
| 28 | LRCX | Lam Research CORP | +0.1% | -2.69% | Trim |
| 29 | ✓ | +0.1% | NEW | New buy | |
| 30 | ✓ | +0.1% | NEW | New buy | |
| 31 | RDDT | Reddit Inc-cl A | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 32 | TMSL | T.rowe Prc Small-mid Cap ETF | +0.1% | +13.97% | Add |
| 33 | FEOE | First Eagle Overseas Eq ETF | +0.1% | +29.55% | Add |
| 34 | AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | +0.1% | -5.48% | Trim |
| 35 | DELL | Dell Technologies -c | +0.1% | -10.34% | Trim |
| 36 | SAMT | Strategas Macro Them Opps | +0.1% | +159.98% | Add |
| 37 | DTCR | Global X Data Center & Digit | +0.1% | +109.39% | Add |
| 38 | GBIL | Goldman Sachs Access Treasur | +0.1% | +153.85% | Add |
| 39 | CRUX | Columbia Core Bond ETF | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 40 | ✓ | +0.1% | NEW | New buy | |
| 41 | MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | +0.1% | +6.91% | Add |
| 42 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 0% | +1.46% | Add |
| 43 | CGDV | Cap Group Dividend Value | 0% | +3.25% | Add |
| 44 | UNH | Unitedhealth Group Inc | 0% | +4.32% | Add |
| 45 | TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor-sp Adr | 0% | -0.55% | Trim |
| 46 | QQQM | Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0% | +6.75% | Add |
| 47 | VCRB | Vanguard Core Bond ETF | 0% | +85.01% | Add |
| 48 | GLW | Corning Inc | 0% | -9.42% | Trim |
| 49 | XMMO | Invesco S&p Midcap Momentum | 0% | +303.37% | Add |
| 50 | AIPO | Defiance Ai & Power Infr ETF | 0% | NEW | New buy |
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Filing History
FAQ
What is Essex Financial Services, Inc. and what type of investor is it?
Essex Financial Services, Inc. is an investment manager that files SEC Form 13F quarterly, disclosing its U.S. public equity holdings to regulators. As of the most recent reporting period (2026-06-30), the firm manages a tracked equity portfolio valued at approximately $2.0B, spread across 836 disclosed positions.
What are Essex Financial Services, Inc.'s largest equity positions?
Based on the latest 13F filing, Essex Financial Services, Inc.'s top holdings by market value are:
1. Apple Inc (AAPL) — $92.7M (4.6%)
2. Invesco Qqq Trust Series 1 (QQQ) — $71.2M (3.5%)
3. Vanguard S&p 500 Growth ETF (VOOG) — $44.2M (2.2%)
4. Microsoft CORP (MSFT) — $39.7M (2.0%)
5. Alphabet Inc-cl A (GOOGL) — $39.2M (1.9%)
What changes did Essex Financial Services, Inc. make in its most recent portfolio filing?
In the latest reported quarter, Essex Financial Services, Inc. made 200 notable position adjustments: 22 new positions were initiated, 93 existing holdings were added to, 76 positions were partially reduced, and 9 were completely exited. The largest of these moves: Sold out: Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY); New buy: Fulton Financial CORP (FULT); Sold out: Honeywell International Inc (HON); New buy: Fidelity Fndmntl L/c Cor ETF (FFLC); New buy: Fidelity Fndmntl L/c Grw ETF (FFLG)
What sectors does Essex Financial Services, Inc. focus on?
Essex Financial Services, Inc. is concentrated in the following sectors based on its current disclosed equity portfolio:
• Information Technology: 31.0%
• Industrials: 12.2%
• Health Care: 11.5%
• Financials: 10.4%
• Communication Services: 8.8%
• Consumer Discretionary: 7.8%
Investment Profile
Essex Financial Services, Inc. returned an annualized 17.9% over the trailing 36 months — outperforming the S&P 500 by 1.2 points — based on a reconstructed track record of its disclosed 13F positions, with a beta of 0.79 (less volatile than the market) and a 44% quarterly batting average against the index.
Its portfolio is broadly diversified and long-term-holding, with 31.0% of the portfolio concentrated in Information Technology.
Its turnover score has risen from 0 to 19 over the past 4 quarters — a shift toward more active trading.
It has added to its CODI position over the past two quarters (+$7.3M, now $13.3M), while trimming FBND over the same stretch (-$1.5M, still holding $3.3M).
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