Merit Financial Group portfolio
Type not verifiedPortfolio as of Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 2026) · filed with the SEC on Jul 17, 2026 · data updated on Nov 5, 2026 · Q2 2026 13F (filing) ↗ · amendment (replaces the original) of Jul 20, 2026 ↗ · all its 13F filings ↗
A 13F shows the portfolio at quarter-end and is filed up to 45 days later: these are not real-time positions and they may have changed.
Merit Financial Group reported a $16.1 bn portfolio of 2,302 companies (2,318 positions, counting each share class separately) to the SEC as of the end of Q2 2026. Its largest positions are USTB, VUG, IUSG.
Sections with a free account
What changed this quarter
2154 positions with a change (297 new, 1087 added to, 684 trimmed, 86 sold); also, 7 entered through an IPO, 12 exited through an acquisition or merger, 4 entered through a spin-off. 1 is listed here: those of 0.5 points of the portfolio or more (up to 12).
- Vanguard World Fund+34%more sharesIncreased1.5% → 2.0%
The figure on the right: for positions added to or trimmed, the change in the number of shares (%); for new and sold ones, the points of the portfolio moved (pp). Below, the portfolio weight before → after. Traded weight: what it bought or sold, excluding price effects.
Top holdings
- Victory Portfolios IIUSTB · VFLO · UBND2.7%
- Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-sui ETFVUG2.6%
- iShares Core S&P U.s. Growth ETFIUSG2.4%
- AppleAAPL2.2%
- GMO ETF TrustQLTY2.2%
- iShares Core S&P U.s. Value ETFIUSV2.0%
- Vanguard World FundMGK2.0%
- BlackRock ETF TrustDYNF1.9%
- Vanguard World FundMGV1.7%
- iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV1.6%
- NVIDIANVDA1.6%
- Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-aui ETFVTV1.4%
- AlphabetGOOGL · GOOG1.4%
- BlackRock ETF TrustCORO1.3%
- MicrosoftMSFT1.2%
Portfolio by sector
- ● No sector 67%
- ● Information Technology 11%
- ● Financials 4%
- ● Industrials 4%
- ● Consumer Discretionary 3%
- ● Health Care 3%
- ● Communication Services 2%
- ● Consumer Staples 2%
- ● Energy 1%
- ● Utilities 1%
- ● Real Estate 1%
- ● Materials 1%
13F filings with amendments or confidential positions
- 13F Q2 2026 ↗filed Jul 17, 2026Amendment of Jul 20, 2026 (replaces the original) ↗
- 13F Q3 2025 ↗filed Oct 20, 2025Amendment of Nov 7, 2025 (replaces the original) ↗
Declared options (25)
Besides stocks, Merit Financial Group declared 16 puts (they gain if the stock falls) and 9 calls (they gain if it rises) with a notional of $286M. The 13F reports the value of the underlying shares, not the premium paid, so these figures look large and are not added to the portfolio. Nor does it say whether the option is bought or written, or its strike or expiry: it may be a hedge.
- PUTState Str Spdr S&P 500 ETF TSPY$233M
- PUTBroadcomAVGO$22.8M
- PUTAppleAAPL$6.7M
- CALLState Str Spdr S&P 500 ETF TSPYnew this quarter$5.3M
- PUTUnited Parcel ServiceUPS$4.4M
- PUTVaneck ETF TrustSMHnew this quarter$2.3M
- CALLGameStopGME$2.0M
- PUTNVIDIANVDAnew this quarter$1.3M
- PUTPNC Financial Services GroupPNCnew this quarter$1.1M
- PUTMicrosoftMSFTnew this quarter$970K
- PUTSPDR Gold Shares ETFGLDnew this quarter$921K
- PUTAmazon.comAMZNnew this quarter$572K
Stakes above 5% (13D/13G)
Companies where this filer reported holding 5% or more of the shares. It is the figure from its latest filing on each one; history since December 2024.
How we classify it
Type not verified: we have not assigned a type because we found no document that is enough to tell. Most 13F filers are in this situation: we only review in depth those that meet the portfolio criteria.
Not counted as a concentrated manager: its portfolio is not within 5 to 100 positions; its top 10 positions are under 45%; more than 20% is ETFs. Its portfolio is shown all the same, but it is left out of manager counts, the consensus and the ranking. How this is decided
Managers of a similar size
A 13F portfolio value between a third and three times this one, whatever the type of filer. It is not a comparison of what they hold.
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