STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Q3 2026 Form 13-F

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
CIK 0001329883 · CRD 135405 · SEC-registered investment adviser
Holdings reported by GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP since Q4 2025
$4.9B Reported Value Total

STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC reports 3,508 total accounts under management (AUM). There are 3,499 discretionary accounts valued at $69,148,846,160, and 9 non-discretionary accounts valued at $85,344,274.

Source: Form ADV filed * Note that certain holdings are exempt from Form 13-F reporting, so the AUM totals may be greater than the Form 13-F total.
SEC Registered Discretionary & Non-Discretionary
Firm Brochure (Part 2A) Client Relationship Summary (Form CRS)
Source: Form ADV filed 2026-07-15
Reported value
$4.9B
Quarter over quarter
-9.8%
Holdings
3,235
Top-10 concentration
21.7%

Filing Structure

Reports holdings for

  • GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP · File #028-14316 · Q4 2025 – Q1 2026 · declared by one filing
  • Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC · File #028-19009 · Q1 2024 – Q1 2026 · declared by one filing
  • Legacy Advisors LLC · File #028-18155 · Q1 2024 – Q1 2025 · declared by one filing
  • Truist Advisory Services Inc · File #028-18010 · Q1 2024 – Q2 2024 · declared by one filing
  • AE Wealth Management LLC · File #028-17779 · Q1 2024 – Q1 2024 · declared by one filing
  • Harlow Wealth Managment, Inc. (not a 13F filer in our records) · File #028-24092 · Q1 2024 – Q1 2024 · declared by one filing
  • Caerus Investors (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q2 2016 – Q3 2017 · declared by one filing
  • Emancipation (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q2 2016 – Q3 2017 · declared by one filing
  • Gator Capital (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q1 2014 – Q3 2017 · declared by one filing
  • Highland (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q2 2014 – Q3 2017 · declared by one filing
  • Lucas Capital (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q1 2014 – Q3 2017 · declared by one filing
  • Emmancipation (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q4 2014 – Q1 2016 · declared by one filing
  • Prudential Investments, LLC (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q1 2014 – Q4 2014 · declared by one filing
  • Sanborn Kilcollin (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q1 2014 – Q3 2014 · declared by one filing
  • Cummings Bay (not a 13F filer in our records) · Q1 2014 – Q1 2014 · declared by one filing

Holdings reported by

Key People

Form ADV owners & control persons
Robert Wilson Bridges
SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR
Charles Arnold Durham
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Scott Alan Haenni
SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Q2 2026

Coverage begins with the second quarter of 2013. Earlier quarters are not shown while their accuracy is being verified.

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Q3 2026 13F filing summary

Period of report September 30, 2026
Filed October 22, 2026
Form 13F-HR
Reported value $4.9B
Positions 3,235
Change in reported value -16.6%
New positions 64
Exited positions 110
Position turnover 5.2%
Top-10 concentration 21.7%

13F filings by quarter

Quarter Positions Value
Q3 2026 13F
Filed Oct 22, 2026
 3,235 $4.9B
Q2 2026 13F
Filed Jul 28, 2026
 3,281 $5.9B
Q1 2026 13F
Filed Apr 22, 2026
 3,208 $5.3B
Q4 2025 13F
Filed Feb 13, 2026
 3,232 $6.2B
Q3 2025 13F
Filed Nov 12, 2025
 3,243 $6.8B
Q2 2025 13F
Filed Aug 6, 2025
 3,263 $7.0B
Q1 2025 13F
Filed May 13, 2025
 3,212 $6.4B
Q4 2024 13F
Filed Feb 13, 2025
 3,239 $7.3B
Q3 2024 13F
Filed Nov 12, 2024
 3,267 $7.7B

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Top 20 holdings · Q3 2026

# Holding Reported value % of portfolio
1 VOO VANGUARD S&P 500 ETF $216.3M 4.4%
2 NVDA NVIDIA CORP $207.9M 4.23%
3 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP $144.4M 2.94%
4 AAPL APPLE INC $91.5M 1.86%
5 AVGO BROADCOM INC $76.3M 1.55%
6 GOOG ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C $73.3M 1.49%
7 GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL A $70.8M 1.44%
8 SCHW SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP $68.2M 1.39%
9 JPM J P MORGAN CHASE AND CO $60.4M 1.23%
10 ADI ANALOG DEVICES INC $58.3M 1.18%
11 AMZN AMAZON COM INC $55.1M 1.12%
12 MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC $52.0M 1.06%
13 LLY ELI LILLY & CO $50.9M 1.03%
14 META META PLATFORMS INC CL A $50.0M 1.02%
15 ETN EATON CORP PLC $45.0M 0.91%
16 DE DEERE & CO $44.3M 0.9%
17 PM PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL $44.3M 0.9%
18 ABBV ABBVIE INC $44.2M 0.9%
19 MSI MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC $44.0M 0.89%
20 AMP AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC $43.5M 0.88%

Values as reported on the Q3 2026 Form 13F. Every position is in the holdings table below.

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