Welch Group, LLC

CIK 1443095 · View on SEC EDGAR ↗

Portfolio value
$2.9B
#1,184 of 9,443 by 13F value · top 12.5%
Positions
326
As of
June 30, 2026

Portfolio value QoQ: +10.0% 13F does not disclose cash

Top 10 holdings weight
30.83%
Top 25 holdings weight
65.23%
Positions above 1%
35
Effective number of positions
48.5

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

Turnover Q2 2026: 1.58% Est. buys $70,451,067 · sells $44,036,241

Median holding: 7.0 quarters Tracked Q4 2024–Q2 2026 · 84.2% still held

New positions
28
Increased
126
Decreased
60
Closed
11

Put-notional exposure: 0.1% puts 13F reports option positions at underlying notional value — may include hedges, not necessarily bearish bets

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Performance vs S&P 500

Tracked Q4 2024–Q2 2026
+26.7%
S&P 500 total return (same window)
+28.1%
Excess return
-1.3%

Annualized: +17.2% · S&P 500: +18.0%

Approximates a buy-and-hold portfolio built from quarterly SEC 13F snapshots. Excludes cash, short positions, options/derivatives, and non-13(f) securities — reflects the disclosed long-equity book only, not total fund AUM. SEC filing lag is up to 45 days; this is not a real-time-copyable timing.

Priceable coverage: 97.4% · Options excluded: 0.0%

Sector breakdown

Technology
20.4%
Financials
14.0%
Industrials
13.5%
Healthcare
9.5%
Utilities
9.2%
Consumer products
5.7%
Energy
5.2%
Retail
4.1%
Communications
3.6%
Consumer Staples
2.7%
Consumer Discretionary
2.5%
Financial Services
2.3%
Telecommunication
1.8%
Communication Services
1.5%
Materials
0.5%
Real Estate
0.2%
Logistics & Transportation
0.0%
Packaging
0.0%
Other/Unmapped
3.5%

Full portfolio 326 positions

Type Streak 8Q trend
AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock $107,870,865 3.68% 372,791 $12,645,805 Down ×3
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Stock $106,510,665 3.64% 906,782 $33,036,451 Down ×3
ABBV AbbVie Inc. Common Stock $93,450,655 3.19% 371,366 $13,863,828 Up ×1
JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common Stock $90,616,273 3.09% 276,835 $9,132,700 Down ×4
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock $90,536,318 3.09% 356,484 $2,780,656 Down ×3
RTX RTX Corporation Common Stock $87,653,215 2.99% 461,989 $-1,726,080 Down ×6
IBM International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock $84,763,598 2.89% 301,425 $13,306,450 Up ×2
SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Common Stock $83,256,798 2.84% 959,733 $12,179,733 Down ×2
MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock $81,985,404 2.80% 219,788 $2,723,543 Up ×2
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated - Common Stock $76,338,946 2.61% 413,112 $22,560,950 Down ×1
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated - Common Stock $76,160,522 2.60% 255,512 $24,268,368 Down ×1
SO Southern Company (The) Common Stock $75,404,248 2.57% 787,841 $-150,700 Up ×5
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. Common Stock $75,324,350 2.57% 858,202 $-3,896,143 Up ×1
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporation - Common Stock $73,317,527 2.50% 396,011 $10,929,626 Down ×3
CVX Chevron Corporation Common Stock $71,623,385 2.45% 432,091 $-17,408,255 Up ×6
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation Common Stock $71,060,090 2.43% 519,749 $-17,906,695 Down ×2
HD Home Depot, Inc. (The) Common Stock $70,680,140 2.41% 200,409 $8,020,807 Up ×6
EMR Emerson Electric Company Common Stock $66,752,950 2.28% 466,315 $5,660,635 Up ×1
TFC Truist Financial Corporation Common Stock $66,726,992 2.28% 1,339,362 $5,625,367 Up ×6
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation Common Stock $66,352,373 2.27% 130,241 $-10,197,021 Up ×1
MCD McDonald's Corporation Common Stock $60,767,164 2.08% 224,805 $-6,075,795 Up ×6
AJG Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Common Stock $60,202,672 2.06% 262,241 $5,405,348 Up ×4
ED Consolidated Edison, Inc. Common Stock $58,969,031 2.01% 533,029 $-914,072 Up ×6
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company Common Stock $58,149,287 1.99% 634,264 $4,724,752 Up ×2
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) Common Stock $55,646,330 1.90% 379,476 $2,152,343 Up ×6
PFE Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock $52,846,567 1.80% 2,194,625 $-7,471,822 Up ×2
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. - Common Stock $52,607,972 1.80% 384,533 $3,262,686 Up ×6
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Common Stock $50,857,079 1.74% 1,201,159 $-9,576,681 Down ×1
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Common Stock $50,688,581 1.73% 461,771 $7,561,301 Up ×2
PAYX Paychex, Inc. - Common Stock $49,516,713 1.69% 503,577 $4,889,319 Up ×5
PEP PepsiCo, Inc. - Common Stock $46,885,551 1.60% 346,274 $-5,909,782 Up ×2
CAT Caterpillar, Inc. Common Stock $40,640,256 1.39% 38,163 $12,933,588 Down ×3
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock $34,821,436 1.19% 174,029 $4,009,384 Down ×4
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Common Stock $33,120,584 1.13% 57,015 $19,500,777 Down ×3
MU Micron Technology, Inc. - Common Stock $32,247,129 1.10% 27,937 $20,099,501 Down ×1
PYLD $24,229,039 0.83% 913,614 $4,346,444 Up ×2
KO Coca-Cola Company (The) Common Stock $22,754,293 0.78% 279,984 $1,940,566 Up ×1
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A Common Stock $22,545,236 0.77% 63,087 $4,242,390 Down ×2
LLY Eli Lilly and Company Common Stock $18,068,238 0.62% 15,064 $11,032,902 Up ×1
DE Deere & Company Common Stock $17,836,830 0.61% 28,119 $2,593,297 Up ×6
PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. - Common Stock $17,573,443 0.60% 51,532 $9,582,933 Up ×3
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. - Common Stock $17,405,825 0.59% 24,074 $9,927,012 Up ×6
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock $16,605,214 0.57% 69,670 $2,554,429 Up ×6
GS Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) Common Stock $16,549,339 0.57% 16,363 $3,008,230 Up ×1
V Visa Inc. $15,103,103 0.52% 44,021 $2,711,935 Up ×6
IVV $13,654,252 0.47% 18,233 $1,731,611 Down ×2
AVGO Broadcom Inc. - Common Stock $13,227,897 0.45% 35,018 $2,817,705 Up ×6
TJX TJX Companies, Inc. (The) Common Stock $12,142,417 0.41% 80,148 $123,914 Up ×6
ORCL Oracle Corporation Common Stock $11,616,981 0.40% 79,270 $640,135 Up ×6
CARR Carrier Global Corporation Common Stock $11,269,863 0.38% 153,645 $3,207,476 Up ×6
META Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A Common Stock $11,037,900 0.38% 19,595 $1,078,737 Up ×6
TGT Target Corporation Common Stock $10,946,345 0.37% 83,809 $1,293,992 Up ×2
MA Mastercard Incorporated Common Stock $10,698,918 0.37% 20,831 $1,552,540 Up ×6
SHW Sherwin-Williams Company (The) Common Stock $10,670,706 0.36% 30,991 $2,047,391 Up ×6
BX Blackstone Inc. Common Stock $10,313,081 0.35% 87,644 $1,025,028 Up ×6
SYK Stryker Corporation Common Stock $10,142,306 0.35% 32,214 $1,320,286 Up ×6
GL Globe Life Inc. Common Stock $8,213,210 0.28% 45,966 $1,747,166 Down ×6
VMC Vulcan Materials Company (Holding Company) Common Stock $8,102,545 0.28% 27,465 $616,482 Down ×1
TSLA Tesla, Inc. - Common Stock $6,934,057 0.24% 16,486 $718,018 Down ×1
AXP American Express Company Common Stock $6,395,631 0.22% 18,908 $676,339
VOO $5,832,572 0.20% 8,492 $588,786 Down ×2
WMT Walmart Inc. - Common Stock $5,739,440 0.20% 50,675 $-460,753 Up ×1
SPY SPY $5,485,898 0.19% 7,346 $2,041,097 Up ×1
MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (new) $4,784,216 0.16% 37,231 $359,594 Up ×6
GOOG Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock $4,775,160 0.16% 13,515 $1,014,219 Up ×3
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation Common Stock $4,577,805 0.16% 14,552 $415,520 Up ×2
RF Regions Financial Corporation Common Stock $4,538,165 0.15% 150,270 $614,019 Up ×2
GLDM $4,516,378 0.15% 56,867 $-73,724 Up ×3
AFL AFLAC Incorporated Common Stock $4,507,337 0.15% 38,442 $-466,451 Down ×6
PM Philip Morris International Inc Common Stock $3,934,318 0.13% 21,747 $385,098 Up ×1
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $3,798,989 0.13% 65,275 $-84,235 Down ×1
MOD Modine Manufacturing Company Common Stock $3,471,260 0.12% 13,000 $654,030
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 $3,264,009 0.11% 4,432 $709,187 Up ×2
GLD $3,177,278 0.11% 8,625 $-725,453 Down ×2
MO Altria Group, Inc. $3,041,573 0.10% 42,273 $254,119 Up ×3
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. - Common Stock $2,708,931 0.09% 26,853 $-21,880 Down ×1
MLI Mueller Industries, Inc. Common Stock $2,704,460 0.09% 22,000 $266,860
CR Crane Company Common Stock $2,453,770 0.08% 11,000 $572,770
BK The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Common Stock $2,449,115 0.08% 16,936 $439,997
WELL Welltower Inc. Common Stock $2,435,616 0.08% 10,731 $313,989
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $2,375,407 0.08% 28,930 $-57,317 Down ×2
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Class A Common Stock $2,113,830 0.07% 5,400 $546,264
WFC Wells Fargo & Company Common Stock $2,042,805 0.07% 24,719 $131,892 Up ×5
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation - Common Stock $1,977,599 0.07% 2,114 $-44,170 Up ×1
WM Waste Management, Inc. Common Stock $1,834,900 0.06% 8,233 $-52,981 Up ×1
BAC Bank of America Corporation Common Stock $1,808,493 0.06% 31,739 $321,084 Up ×1
T AT&T Inc. $1,790,636 0.06% 86,504 $-725,036 Down ×3
SMH SMH $1,785,333 0.06% 2,722 $742,868 Up ×1
RSG Republic Services, Inc. Common Stock $1,734,685 0.06% 8,141 $-44,415 Up ×1
VTI $1,709,809 0.06% 4,621 $235,761 Up ×5
AON Aon plc Class A Ordinary Shares (Ireland) $1,707,541 0.06% 5,148 $45,869
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. Common Stock $1,683,907 0.06% 67,195 $228,463
DUK Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company) Common Stock $1,655,967 0.06% 13,082 $-20,991 Up ×1
GPC Genuine Parts Company Common Stock $1,599,425 0.05% 13,557 $165,911 Up ×1
INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock $1,575,585 0.05% 11,284 $934,993 Down ×2
GGG Graco Inc. Common Stock $1,561,574 0.05% 20,653 $-186,703
NPO Enpro Inc. Common Stock $1,507,720 0.05% 4,000 $505,120
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF $1,468,137 0.05% 12,500 $-714 Up ×3
VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF $1,430,076 0.05% 4,222 $184,079
TXT Textron Inc. Common Stock $1,412,642 0.05% 15,400 $64,218

Conviction holdings

Positions increased for 3+ consecutive quarters.

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

Security Value % of portfolio Streak
SO $75,404,248 2.57% up ×5
CVX $71,623,385 2.45% up ×6
HD $70,680,140 2.41% up ×6
TFC $66,726,992 2.28% up ×6
MCD $60,767,164 2.08% up ×6
AJG $60,202,672 2.06% up ×4
ED $58,969,031 2.01% up ×6
PG $55,646,330 1.90% up ×6
AEP $52,607,972 1.80% up ×6
PAYX $49,516,713 1.69% up ×5
DE $17,836,830 0.61% up ×6
PANW $17,573,443 0.60% up ×3
AMAT $17,405,825 0.59% up ×6
AMZN $16,605,214 0.57% up ×6
V $15,103,103 0.52% up ×6

Biggest new bets

New positions opened this quarter, largest first.

Security Value Shares % of portfolio
TSLA $1,261,800 3,000 0.04%
Unknown issuer (CUSIP: 43849R105) $837,009 3,786 0.03%
AMAT $723,000 1,000 0.02%
AMD $580,910 1,000 0.02%
MRVL $530,245 1,780 0.02%
GOOGL $357,370 1,000 0.01%
Unknown issuer (CUSIP: 84615Q103) $345,309 2,021 0.01%
ASML $286,480 144 0.01%
DAL $276,507 2,952 0.01%
FBIN $253,693 4,621 0.01%
CSX $248,404 5,226 0.01%
MGM $227,098 4,750 0.01%
VVV $226,802 5,736 0.01%
JAZZ $217,596 903 0.01%
SIXG $216,686 2,280 0.01%

Top movers (QoQ)

Security Action Shares Δ Value Δ
CSCO Trimmed -40K +$33.0M
TXN Trimmed -12K +$24.3M
QCOM Trimmed -4K +$22.6M
MU Trimmed -8K +$20.1M
AMD Trimmed -10K +$19.5M
XOM Trimmed -5K -$17.9M
CVX Bought more +2K -$17.4M
ABBV Bought more +5K +$13.9M
IBM Bought more +7K +$13.3M
CAT Trimmed -945 +$12.9M

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.

SecurityQuarter Shares before Value before Price since exit
XLV March 31, 2025 97,418 $13,369,647 No longer tracked
ACN March 31, 2026 27,045 $7,256,051 -9.0%
SNV March 31, 2026 67,623 $3,384,532 No longer tracked
GIS March 31, 2026 45,437 $2,112,837 5.6%
HON June 30, 2026 7,579 $1,713,082 0.8%
XLP March 31, 2025 11,169 $875,315 No longer tracked
XLU March 31, 2025 11,255 $852,679 No longer tracked
BLKXXXX March 31, 2025 751 $771,645 No longer tracked
IYK March 31, 2026 11,467 $767,351 No longer tracked
XLV March 31, 2026 4,818 $745,812 No longer tracked
ULXXXX Dec. 31, 2025 9,857 $584,337 No longer tracked
K Dec. 31, 2025 4,826 $395,811 No longer tracked
KHC Dec. 31, 2025 15,053 $391,989 4.8%
PRA June 30, 2026 14,619 $361,392 No longer tracked
NLY March 31, 2026 14,671 $328,043 12.7%
SCHD Sept. 30, 2025 11,724 $310,684 No longer tracked
BABA June 30, 2025 2,345 $310,549 12.8%
DNP Dec. 31, 2025 30,967 $309,980 9.8%
GDXJ Dec. 31, 2025 3,039 $300,953 No longer tracked
IYH March 31, 2025 5,171 $300,798 No longer tracked
PULS March 31, 2026 6,043 $299,673 No longer tracked
TGNA March 31, 2026 15,000 $291,150 No longer tracked
URA Dec. 31, 2025 6,076 $289,643 No longer tracked
DOW June 30, 2025 8,342 $286,638 20.6%
IHE March 31, 2025 4,358 $284,818 No longer tracked
VXF June 30, 2026 1,365 $280,917 No longer tracked
BSX June 30, 2026 4,287 $269,010 20.9%
SPLV March 31, 2026 3,762 $268,683 No longer tracked
KGC June 30, 2026 8,499 $259,390 23.9%
IJS March 31, 2026 2,270 $258,145 No longer tracked
COIN March 31, 2025 1,000 $255,560 -11.9%
MINT March 31, 2025 2,492 $250,920 No longer tracked
WLDN Sept. 30, 2025 4,000 $250,040 -13.6%
MCHP March 31, 2026 3,917 $249,592 20.0%
SJM Sept. 30, 2025 2,529 $248,326 11.9%
LVS March 31, 2026 3,704 $241,115 -16.0%
TFIN March 31, 2025 2,644 $241,001 32.0%
ISRG June 30, 2026 519 $239,254 1.2%
ADBE Dec. 31, 2025 675 $238,107 -22.6%
CRM June 30, 2026 1,251 $233,525 28.8%
IJR March 31, 2025 2,026 $232,983 No longer tracked
FSLR March 31, 2026 890 $232,495 11.5%
FBIN March 31, 2026 4,621 $231,143 20.4%
CADE March 31, 2026 5,371 $230,083 No longer tracked
DAL March 31, 2026 3,282 $227,763 27.9%
COIN March 31, 2026 1,000 $226,140 -13.1%
SSBK Sept. 30, 2025 6,182 $224,840 No longer tracked
CAG June 30, 2025 8,335 $221,295 -21.9%
REGN June 30, 2025 345 $219,890 60.1%
FCX June 30, 2026 3,651 $214,606 8.0%
EPC June 30, 2025 7,000 $214,550 25.4%
BABA March 31, 2026 1,461 $214,154 2.0%
TLN Dec. 31, 2025 500 $212,690 -16.2%
IR Dec. 31, 2025 2,559 $211,425 2.7%
PKG Dec. 31, 2025 966 $210,521 23.3%
CGXU March 31, 2026 7,119 $210,367 No longer tracked
VB March 31, 2025 874 $209,844 No longer tracked
IBIT March 31, 2026 4,224 $209,722
MCHP March 31, 2025 3,653 $208,660 60.1%
ENR June 30, 2025 7,000 $207,690 11.3%
MWA June 30, 2026 7,511 $206,478 -3.4%
VVV Dec. 31, 2025 5,736 $205,980 17.5%
TMO March 31, 2025 396 $205,517 23.6%
CTVA Dec. 31, 2025 3,036 $205,325 17.9%
VNQ March 31, 2026 2,315 $204,855 No longer tracked
LNT June 30, 2025 3,219 $204,665 16.4%
CPB June 30, 2025 5,104 $202,734 -23.6%
EXC Dec. 31, 2025 4,500 $202,545 5.3%
AOS Dec. 31, 2025 2,754 $202,172 -6.6%
STZ March 31, 2025 917 $201,466 -28.4%
PARA March 31, 2025 11,102 $114,795
KSCP June 30, 2026 20,000 $83,400 -33.0%
SVM Dec. 31, 2025 11,295 $71,385 No longer tracked
BITF June 30, 2026 32,740 $63,843 No longer tracked
OPEN March 31, 2026 10,000 $58,300 -24.9%
EAF Sept. 30, 2025 34,243 $33,305 -44.5%
DNN Dec. 31, 2025 11,428 $31,427 No longer tracked
BPPTU Sept. 30, 2025 33,759 $16,880 No longer tracked
ARBK Dec. 31, 2025 12,309 $3,224 -16.4%
APWS Sept. 30, 2025 12,000 $228 No longer tracked