Stocks/Funds/CIK 1621225

Merit Financial Group, LLC

index-like (500+ pos)long-term holder
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1621225
Assets
$13.32B
+100.9% YoY
Holdings
2,100
Lifetime alpha vs market
-2.63% annual
Average hold time
2.2 yr
median 1.5 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +103% vs S&P +141% · α -38% lifetimeAUM $13.3B · peak $13.3BFlow $1.3B (+11%)2017-122019-032020-062021-092022-122024-032025-062026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
+1.40%
adds when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
+7.72%
steady accumulation
Rally response
+9.14%
adds into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
VUGVanguard Growth ETF$360M2.7%8.5 yr
IUSGiShares Core S&P U.S. Gr$303M2.3%5.3 yr
QLTYGMO U.S. Quality ETF$289M2.2%1.5 yr
IUSViShares Core S&P U.S. Va$285M2.1%2.8 yr
AAPLApple Inc.$250M1.9%+14.7%8.5 yr
IVViShares Core S&P 500 ETF$210M1.6%7.0 yr
NVDANVIDIA Corporation$200M1.5%+60.9%8.5 yr
MGKVanguard Mega Cap Growth$199M1.5%5.5 yr
VTVVanguard Value ETF$196M1.5%8.5 yr
DYNFiShares U.S. Equity Fact$195M1.5%2.3 yr
MGVVanguard Mega Cap Value $194M1.5%4.3 yr
SPTIState Street SPDR Portfo$178M1.3%3.8 yr
EFViShares MSCI EAFE Value $176M1.3%4.3 yr
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF$164M1.2%8.5 yr
$160M1.2%0.3 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Asset Management59.1%-1.5pp$7.87B
Asset Management - Bonds6.0%+1.9pp$793M
Semiconductors3.5%+1.4pp$461M
Consumer Electronics1.9%-0.4pp$251M
Software - Infrastructure1.9%-0.5pp$247M
Internet Content & Information1.7%+0.2pp$221M
Unknown1.6%+1.5pp$215M
Drug Manufacturers - General1.5%+0.2pp$206M
Asset Management - Income1.5%+0.8pp$195M
Specialty Retail1.0%-0.1pp$138M
Country
US96.6%-1.5pp
Unknown1.6%+1.5pp
GB0.4%-0.0pp
IE0.3%-0.1pp
CA0.3%+0.1pp
CH0.2%+0.0pp
TW0.1%+0.1pp
BM0.1%+0.0pp
Top 5: 11.2% · Top 10: 18.7% · Top 25: 35.4%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
NVDA$70M+0.04B60.9%
AAPL$149M+0.02B14.7%
AMZN$59M+0.01B9.5%
MSFT$94M-0.00B-0.6%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
MSFT$94M-0.00B-0.6%

Top buys this quarter · 15

NVDA NVIDIA Corporation+$31M
MSFT Microsoft Corporation+$160M
AAPL Apple Inc.+$21M
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company+$13M
MO Altria Group, Inc.+$10M
CRM Salesforce, Inc.+$10M
EXEL Exelixis, Inc.+$10M
AVGO Broadcom Inc.+$10M
LRCX Lam Research Corporation+$10M
ANET Arista Networks, Inc.+$9M

Top sells this quarter · 15

SLDE Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc.exit$10M
NVR NVR, Inc.$5M
META Meta Platforms, Inc.$3M
DELL Dell Technologies Inc.$3M
EXAS Exact Sciences Corporationexit$3M
DHIL Diamond Hill Investment Group,$3M
COF Capital One Financial Corporat$2M
SCI Service Corporation Internatio$2M
HSIC Henry Schein, Inc.$2M
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Servic$2M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$13.32B2100+15.28%+17.59%-2.31%+1.32B
2025-12-31$12.34B1932+13.89%+17.72%-3.83%+1.38B
2025-09-30$10.78B1778+14.65%+17.52%-2.87%+1.28B
2025-06-30$8.92B1687+14.86%+14.94%-0.08%+1.66B
2025-03-31$6.63B1388+7.13%+8.30%-1.17%+1.32B
2024-12-31$5.53B1140+17.34%+24.89%-7.55%+0.98B
2024-09-30$4.44B820+26.06%+36.04%-9.98%-0.36B
2024-06-30$4.50B903+11.67%+24.49%-12.82%+0.25B
2024-03-31$4.17B854+15.63%+29.62%-14.00%+0.73B
2023-12-31$3.27B764+20.82%+26.18%-5.36%-0.07B
2023-09-30$3.03B731+12.64%+21.57%-8.92%+0.14B
2023-06-30$3.07B733+11.13%+19.42%-8.29%+0.21B
2023-03-31$2.70B620-10.41%-7.82%-2.59%-0.19B
2022-12-31$2.62B686-22.32%-18.17%-4.14%+0.39B
2022-09-30$2.18B569-15.87%-15.51%-0.37%-0.64B
2022-06-30$3.02B570-9.16%-10.62%+1.46%+1.62B