Defender Capital, LLC.

CIK 1766929 · View on SEC EDGAR ↗

Portfolio value QoQ: +3.6% 13F does not disclose cash

Top 10 holdings weight81.20%

Top 25 holdings weight98.57%

Positions above 1%15

Effective number of positions10.4

Based on 13F long-equity holdings only (cash, bonds, shorts not disclosed)

Turnover Q3 2026: 1.1% Est. buys $19,634,649 · sells $3,452,091

Median holding: 5.0 quarters Tracked Q1 2025–Q3 2026 · 66.7% still held

New positions2

Increased12

Decreased10

Closed1

Portfolio value $319.2M #5,069 of 9,337 by 13F value · top 54.3%

Positions 38

As of Sept. 30, 2026

Sector breakdown

Technology 23.6%

Industrials 22.5%

Financials 15.9%

Healthcare 15.7%

Retail 6.7%

Consumer Staples 5.2%

Communication Services 3.7%

Consumer Discretionary 3.3%

Energy 0.2%

Other/Unmapped 3.2%

Full portfolio 38 positions

					Streak
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. - Class A Common Stock	$59,810,547	18.74%	319,757	$23,679,364	Up ×3
BRK-B (filed as BRKB) Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B	$49,943,888	15.65%	100,299	$-760,131	Down ×1
DHR Danaher Corporation Common Stock	$32,784,406	10.27%	147,977	$4,457,053	Down ×2
AXON Axon Enterprise, Inc. - Common Stock	$30,383,414	9.52%	71,910	$-11,373,622	Down ×1
VLTO Veralto Corp Common Stock	$23,266,765	7.29%	246,679	$1,229,725	Down ×1
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation - Common Stock	$16,056,164	5.03%	385,780	$-3,021,734	Up ×1
TDY Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Common Stock	$14,867,452	4.66%	24,501	$-1,565,631	Down ×1
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock	$10,920,743	3.42%	43,832	$4,087,058	Up ×3
TSLA Tesla, Inc. - Common Stock	$10,601,723	3.32%	29,880	$-1,984,732	Down ×1
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation - Common Stock	$10,519,048	3.30%	11,555	$-238,780	Up ×1
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A Common Stock	$10,342,701	3.24%	30,059	$-381,616	Up ×1
STAA STAAR Surgical Company - Common Stock	$9,716,919	3.04%	429,762	$-2,653,837	Down ×3
ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. - Common Stock	$6,766,324	2.12%	16,640	$3,000,294	Up ×3
LCTX CUSIP: 53566P109	$6,354,353	1.99%	6,648,899	$-2,290,205	Up ×1
ARM Arm Holdings plc - American Depositary Shares	$5,926,154	1.86%	20,459	$-1,371,252	Down ×3
ESAB ESAB Corporation Common Stock	$2,777,847	0.87%	42,165	$-828,448	Up ×2
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	$2,628,225	0.82%	3,750	$-634,123	Down ×1
ATOM Atomera Incorporated - Common Stock	$2,591,802	0.81%	594,450	$18,432	Up ×1
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock	$2,223,051	0.70%	9,734	$715,572	Up ×3
MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock	$1,878,487	0.59%	3,662	$512,601
AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock	$1,317,439	0.41%	3,956	$172,928	Up ×2
GOOG Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock	$838,221	0.26%	2,460	$-154,637	Down ×3
INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock	$733,403	0.23%	6,100	$440,180	Up ×1
IWM iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund	$694,725	0.22%	2,500	$-56,400
SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF	$646,272	0.20%	7,200	$13,536
JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common Stock	$567,705	0.18%	1,716	$6,006
PSX Phillips 66 Common Stock	$519,812	0.16%	2,036	$175,626
PFE Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock	$477,283	0.15%	16,735	$74,304
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.	$456,190	0.14%	1,000	$-21,380
MO Altria Group, Inc.	$391,246	0.12%	5,810	$-26,784
CSX CSX Corporation - Common Stock	$321,385	0.10%	6,910	$-7,048
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock	$311,877	0.10%	650	$-62,978
NMAX Newsmax, Inc. Class B Common Stock	$294,649	0.09%	27,257	$68,961
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock	$291,214	0.09%	1,100	$11,847
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. Common Stock	$268,020	0.08%	2,000		Up ×1
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. - Common Stock	$223,575	0.07%	1,500
V Visa Inc.	$222,785	0.07%	620	$10,069
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Stock	$216,983	0.07%	2,016	$-19,817
No matches

Conviction holdings

Positions increased for 3+ consecutive quarters.

Share counts are as reported in 13F filings (not split-adjusted)

Security	Value	% of portfolio	Streak
PLTR	$59,810,547	18.74%	up ×3
AMZN	$10,920,743	3.42%	up ×3
ISRG	$6,766,324	2.12%	up ×3
NVDA	$2,223,051	0.70%	up ×3

Biggest new bets

New positions opened this quarter, largest first.

Security	Value	Shares	% of portfolio
NOW	$268,020	2,000	0.08%
GILD	$223,575	1,500	0.07%

Top movers (QoQ)

Security	Action	Shares Δ	Value Δ
PLTR	Bought more	+10K	+$23.7M
AXON	Trimmed	-3K	-$11.4M
DHR	Trimmed	-739	+$4.5M
AMZN	Bought more	+15K	+$4.1M
MNST	Bought more	+187K	-$3.0M
ISRG	Bought more	+7K	+$3.0M
STAA	Trimmed	-1K	-$2.7M
LCTX	Bought more	+50K	-$2.3M
TSLA	Trimmed	-45	-$2.0M
TDY	Trimmed	-140	-$1.6M

Exited positions

Includes corporate events (mergers, delistings) — not all exits are sells

Closed positions reflect 13F reporting changes; for index managers these are often mechanical (delisting, M&A, index rebalancing), not active decisions.

Security	Quarter	Shares before	Value before	Price since exit
BRK-B (filed as BRKB)	Sept. 30, 2025	96,261	$46,760,706	No longer tracked
PLTR	Sept. 30, 2025	306,599	$41,795,576	3.5%
AXON	Sept. 30, 2025	40,224	$33,303,059	-42.4%
DHR	Sept. 30, 2025	157,041	$31,022,018	8.0%
MNST	Sept. 30, 2025	317,600	$19,894,464	27.6%
TDY	Sept. 30, 2025	34,536	$17,693,138	5.3%
VLTO	Sept. 30, 2025	172,870	$17,451,297	-11.2%
ARM	Sept. 30, 2025	106,985	$17,303,754	117.3%
FTV	Sept. 30, 2025	248,435	$12,950,947	17.3%
STAA	Sept. 30, 2025	695,764	$11,674,920	-16.4%
COST	Sept. 30, 2025	11,165	$11,053,041	-0.5%
LCTX	Sept. 30, 2025	6,785,177	$6,156,870	No longer tracked
FTV	June 30, 2026	86,480	$4,780,614	-5.9%
TSLA	Sept. 30, 2025	13,580	$4,313,823	-16.7%
ESAB	Sept. 30, 2025	30,737	$3,705,388	-37.4%
VOO	March 31, 2026	4,750	$2,978,868
VOO	Sept. 30, 2025	4,750	$2,698,142
MSFT	Sept. 30, 2025	2,736	$1,361,044	-0.1%
AMZN	Sept. 30, 2025	4,930	$1,081,593	14.6%
COWZ	Sept. 30, 2025	19,500	$1,074,450
NVDA	Sept. 30, 2025	6,450	$1,019,036	25.4%
AAPL	Sept. 30, 2025	4,696	$963,504	31.0%
VGSH	June 30, 2025	14,500	$847,881
IWM	March 31, 2026	3,000	$738,480	13.7%
SPYM	March 31, 2026	9,200	$738,024	18.4%
DELL	Sept. 30, 2025	6,000	$735,600	296.8%
CAVA	March 31, 2026	12,200	$716,018	-32.7%
SPYM	Sept. 30, 2025	9,200	$668,748	15.6%
CAVA	Sept. 30, 2025	7,700	$648,571	-9.9%
IWM	Sept. 30, 2025	3,000	$647,370	16.5%
WFC	Sept. 30, 2025	7,250	$580,870	-4.0%
CELH	Sept. 30, 2026	18,000	$527,040	-2.2%
JPM	Sept. 30, 2025	1,709	$495,456	5.4%
RDDT	June 30, 2025	3,000	$490,320	-1.8%
BE	Sept. 30, 2025	20,000	$478,400	241.9%
PFE	Sept. 30, 2025	16,735	$405,656	9.1%
OMC	Sept. 30, 2025	5,000	$359,700	-9.1%
MLM	Sept. 30, 2025	650	$356,824	-23.5%
MO	Sept. 30, 2025	5,810	$340,640	2.0%
IVV	June 30, 2025	600	$339,017
FRPT	Sept. 30, 2025	4,200	$285,432	9.3%
BE	June 30, 2026	2,000	$270,980	-4.5%
PSX	Sept. 30, 2025	2,036	$242,895	94.5%
TSM	Sept. 30, 2025	1,000	$226,490	69.3%
CSX	Sept. 30, 2025	6,910	$225,473	33.6%
V	Sept. 30, 2025	620	$220,131	5.6%
V	March 31, 2026	620	$217,440	19.3%
GILD	June 30, 2026	1,500	$209,055	14.6%
JOBY	March 31, 2026	10,000	$132,600	-28.0%
OCX	June 30, 2025	44,378	$126,921	No longer tracked
IMDX	Sept. 30, 2025	32,928	$99,443	3.6%
SCWO	Sept. 30, 2025	93,000	$30,160	962.1%