GW HENSSLER & ASSOCIATES LTD

KENNESAW, GA · CIK 1080369 · 13F filing filed 2025-05-15

SEC-registered investment adviser since 1990 · corporation

Assets managed$3.8bn
Staff88 · 36 in investment roles
Main clients (by assets)High net worth individuals 78%, Pension plans 14%, Individuals 7%
Form ADV · 2026-03-31SEC adviser record

$1.7bn reported value -0.1% vs Q4 2024

183positions

29.1%in top 10

27 new 78 added 68 reduced 29 sold out vs Q4 2024

Also in the report of:

CARY STREET PARTNERS INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLC – $574.2k of shares are in both reports

Shares in two reports are counted once in each security's totals.

Holdings, Q1 2025

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#	Security	Ticker	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change	Shares change
1	FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI FT VEST LADDERED BUFD	BUFD	4,253,174	$106.1m6.09%	6.09%	Added +239.9k	+239,946 6.0%
2	APPLE INC COM AAPL	AAPL	311,061	$69.1m3.96%	3.96%	Added +2.0k	+1,963 0.6%
3	ISHARES TR S&P MC 400VL ETF IJJ	IJJ	445,141	$53.3m3.06%	3.06%	Added +25.7k	+25,736 6.1%
4	MICROSOFT CORP COM MSFT	MSFT	121,506	$45.6m2.62%	2.62%	Added +6.9k	+6,922 6.0%
5	PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM PM	PM	271,210	$43.0m2.47%	2.47%	Reduced -2.9k	-2,884 -1.1%
6	INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE IN COM ICE	ICE	231,771	$40.0m2.29%	2.29%	Reduced -1.2k	-1,244 -0.5%
7	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	68,540	$39.5m2.27%	2.27%	Added +7.3k	+7,325 12.0%
8	AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD COM AEM	AEM	357,393	$38.7m2.22%	2.22%	Reduced -11.9k	-11,860 -3.2%
9	ALLSTATE CORP COM ALL	ALL	181,376	$37.6m2.15%	2.15%	Reduced -3.8k	-3,847 -2.1%
10	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	224,862	$34.8m1.99%	1.99%	Added +7.5k	+7,547 3.5%
11	AMERICAN ELEC PWR CO INC COM AEP	AEP	303,689	$33.2m1.90%	1.90%	Added +6.1k	+6,109 2.0%
12	EXXON MOBIL CORP COM XOM	XOM	277,875	$33.0m1.90%	1.90%	Added +6.2k	+6,231 2.3%
13	ISHARES TR SP SMCP600VL ETF IJS	IJS	333,723	$32.5m1.87%	1.87%	Added +23.8k	+23,801 7.7%
14	DOMINION ENERGY INC COM D	D	567,458	$31.8m1.82%	1.82%	Added +34.6k	+34,593 6.5%
15	SOUTHERN CO COM SO	SO	345,731	$31.8m1.82%	1.82%	Added +8.6k	+8,622 2.6%
16	WALMART INC COM WMT	WMT	344,105	$30.2m1.73%	1.73%	Reduced -37	-37 -0.0%
17	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	155,018	$29.5m1.69%	1.69%	Added +40.9k	+40,862 35.8%
18	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COM VZ	VZ	635,977	$28.8m1.65%	1.65%	Reduced -178.3k	-178,254 -21.9%
19	TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC COM TRV	TRV	108,579	$28.7m1.65%	1.65%	Reduced -329	-329 -0.3%
20	VISA INC COM CL A V	V	81,440	$28.5m1.64%	1.64%	Added +1.2k	+1,184 1.5%
21	TRUIST FINL CORP COM TFC	TFC	646,615	$26.6m1.53%	1.53%	Added +145.0k	+145,049 28.9%
22	EVERGY INC COM EVRG	EVRG	379,354	$26.2m1.50%	1.50%	Added +17.0k	+17,035 4.7%
23	COCA COLA CO COM KO	KO	341,014	$24.4m1.40%	1.40%	Added +21.9k	+21,932 6.9%
24	SEMPRA COM SRE	SRE	342,183	$24.4m1.40%	1.40%	Added +16.9k	+16,946 5.2%
25	QUALCOMM INC COM QCOM	QCOM	157,060	$24.1m1.38%	1.38%	Added +5.2k	+5,222 3.4%
26	FIFTH THIRD BANCORP COM FITB	FITB	546,920	$21.4m1.23%	1.23%	New
27	SCHWAB CHARLES CORP COM SCHW	SCHW	273,285	$21.4m1.23%	1.23%	Reduced -9.8k	-9,840 -3.5%
28	EMCOR GROUP INC COM EME	EME	56,504	$20.9m1.20%	1.20%	Reduced -228	-228 -0.4%
29	ALTRIA GROUP INC COM MO	MO	345,787	$20.8m1.19%	1.19%	Added +7.2k	+7,222 2.1%
30	ARISTA NETWORKS INC COM SHS ANET	ANET	267,707	$20.7m1.19%	1.19%	New
31	TOTALENERGIES SE SPONSORED ADS SPONSORED ADS		318,132	$20.6m1.18%	1.18%	New
32	US BANCORP DEL COM NEW USB	USB	473,681	$20.0m1.15%	1.15%	New
33	AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW COM AMT	AMT	91,649	$19.9m1.14%	1.14%	Added +380	+380 0.4%
34	PUBLIC SVC ENTERPRISE GRP IN COM PEG	PEG	233,638	$19.2m1.10%	1.10%	Added +47	+47 0.0%
35	BARRICK GOLD CORP COM COM		979,601	$19.0m1.09%	1.09%	Reduced -303.7k	-303,659 -23.7%
36	ENTERGY CORP NEW COM ETR	ETR	222,342	$19.0m1.09%	1.09%	Added +112.8k	+112,776 102.9%
37	AMGEN INC COM AMGN	AMGN	59,844	$18.6m1.07%	1.07%	Reduced -30.6k	-30,579 -33.8%
38	ISHARES TR MSCI USA QLT FCT QUAL	QUAL	109,004	$18.6m1.07%	1.07%	Added +18.6k	+18,606 20.6%
39	EMERSON ELEC CO COM EMR	EMR	169,706	$18.6m1.07%	1.07%	Added +6.0k	+6,016 3.7%
40	THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC COM TMO	TMO	36,710	$18.3m1.05%	1.05%	Added +19.3k	+19,285 110.7%
41	SALESFORCE INC COM CRM	CRM	66,450	$17.8m1.02%	1.02%	Added +5.4k	+5,413 8.9%
42	PEPSICO INC COM PEP	PEP	118,452	$17.8m1.02%	1.02%	Added +1.2k	+1,177 1.0%
43	PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP IN COM PFG	PFG	209,494	$17.7m1.01%	1.01%	Added +8.4k	+8,403 4.2%
44	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP COM LMT	LMT	38,462	$17.2m0.99%	0.99%	Added +1.0k	+1,024 2.7%
45	BRITISH AMERN TOB PLC SPONSORED ADR BTI	BTI	392,889	$16.3m0.93%	0.93%	Added +24.8k	+24,803 6.7%
46	HASBRO INC COM HAS	HAS	263,198	$16.2m0.93%	0.93%	Added +14.0k	+13,976 5.6%
47	ISHARES TR SELECT DIVID ETF DVY	DVY	116,506	$15.6m0.90%	0.90%	Added +19.5k	+19,473 20.1%
48	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	143,904	$15.6m0.89%	0.89%	Added +126.5k	+126,489 726.3%
49	AIRBNB INC COM CL A ABNB	ABNB	129,415	$15.5m0.89%	0.89%	Added +95.2k	+95,238 278.7%
50	MERCK & CO INC COM MRK	MRK	172,195	$15.5m0.89%	0.89%	Added +9.0k	+9,020 5.5%
51	NIKE INC CL B NKE	NKE	241,480	$15.3m0.88%	0.88%	New
52	AMCOR PLC ORD AMCR	AMCR	1,578,918	$15.3m0.88%	0.88%	Reduced -103.1k	-103,065 -6.1%
53	IDEXX LABS INC COM IDXX	IDXX	36,420	$15.3m0.88%	0.88%	New
54	NOVARTIS AG SPONSORED ADR NVS	NVS	136,418	$15.2m0.87%	0.87%	Reduced -110.4k	-110,378 -44.7%
55	MERCADOLIBRE INC COM MELI	MELI	7,619	$14.9m0.85%	0.85%	New
56	MCDONALDS CORP COM MCD	MCD	47,551	$14.9m0.85%	0.85%	Added +1.7k	+1,730 3.8%
57	PAYPAL HLDGS INC COM PYPL	PYPL	206,276	$13.5m0.77%	0.77%	Added +26.7k	+26,745 14.9%
58	ONEOK INC NEW COM OKE	OKE	131,241	$13.0m0.75%	0.75%	New
59	REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS COM REGN	REGN	20,360	$12.9m0.74%	0.74%	Added +2.5k	+2,543 14.3%
60	HOME DEPOT INC COM HD	HD	31,209	$11.4m0.66%	0.66%	Added +4.1k	+4,059 14.9%
61	ANALOG DEVICES INC COM ADI	ADI	56,120	$11.3m0.65%	0.65%	Added +2.7k	+2,668 5.0%
62	VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM VRTX	VRTX	22,811	$11.1m0.63%	0.63%	Reduced -1.4k	-1,405 -5.8%
63	VANGUARD WHITEHALL FDS HIGH DIV YLD VYM	VYM	81,976	$10.6m0.61%	0.61%	Added +17.9k	+17,871 27.9%
64	VANGUARD INDEX FDS GROWTH ETF VUG	VUG	27,721	$10.3m0.59%	0.59%	Added +5.1k	+5,063 22.4%
65	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM JPM	JPM	41,206	$10.1m0.58%	0.58%	New
66	GRACO INC COM GGG	GGG	115,497	$9.6m0.55%	0.55%	Added +10.5k	+10,533 10.0%
67	AMDOCS LTD SHS DOX	DOX	104,190	$9.5m0.55%	0.55%	Added +28.5k	+28,474 37.6%
68	ASML HOLDING N V N Y REGISTRY SHS ASML	ASML	13,886	$9.2m0.53%	0.53%	Added +2.5k	+2,477 21.7%
69	SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT SPY	SPY	16,448	$9.2m0.53%	0.53%	Added +13.0k	+12,962 371.8%
70	VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS DIV APP ETF VIG	VIG	40,971	$7.9m0.46%	0.46%	Added +6.4k	+6,440 18.6%
71	SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR ENERGY XLE	XLE	74,929	$7.0m0.40%	0.40%	Reduced -24.7k	-24,729 -24.8%
72	HERSHEY CO COM HSY	HSY	40,915	$7.0m0.40%	0.40%	Added +15.5k	+15,526 61.1%
73	GLOBAL X FDS GLOBAL X URANIUM URA	URA	269,798	$6.2m0.35%	0.35%	New
74	ADOBE INC COM ADBE	ADBE	14,063	$5.4m0.31%	0.31%	Reduced -9.7k	-9,683 -40.8%
75	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR SHT TM US TRES SCHO	SCHO	159,348	$3.9m0.22%	0.22%	Added +78.1k	+78,129 96.2%
76	ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INC COM ITW	ITW	12,093	$3.0m0.17%	0.17%	Reduced -3.0k	-2,956 -19.6%
77	VANGUARD INDEX FDS S&P 500 ETF SHS VOO	VOO	5,294	$2.7m0.16%	0.16%	Added +1.2k	+1,182 28.8%
78	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US LRG CAP ETF SCHX	SCHX	122,437	$2.7m0.16%	0.16%	Added +80.6k	+80,585 192.6%
79	ISHARES TR CORE S&P MCP ETF IJH	IJH	43,266	$2.5m0.14%	0.14%	Reduced -5.7k	-5,737 -11.7%
80	ISHARES TR CORE S&P500 ETF IVV	IVV	4,345	$2.4m0.14%	0.14%	Added +816	+816 23.1%
81	EQUIFAX INC COM EFX	EFX	8,775	$2.1m0.12%	0.12%	Reduced -230	-230 -2.5%
82	MARATHON PETE CORP COM MPC	MPC	13,037	$1.9m0.11%	0.11%	Reduced -265.3k	-265,321 -95.3%
83	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US LCAP GR ETF SCHG	SCHG	74,306	$1.9m0.11%	0.11%	Added +54.9k	+54,903 283.0%
84	AFLAC INC COM AFL	AFL	16,430	$1.8m0.10%	0.10%	Added +925	+925 6.0%
85	UMH PPTYS INC COM UMH	UMH	96,368	$1.8m0.10%	0.10%	Unchanged
86	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL B NEW BRK.B	BRK.B	3,372	$1.8m0.10%	0.10%	Reduced -125	-125 -3.6%
87	COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW COM COST	COST	1,500	$1.4m0.08%	0.08%	Added +4	+4 0.3%
88	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US LCAP VA ETF SCHV	SCHV	52,559	$1.4m0.08%	0.08%	Added +34.3k	+34,253 187.1%
89	RED CAT HLDGS INC COM RCAT	RCAT	220,501	$1.3m0.07%	0.07%	New
90	PROSHARES TR ULTRAPRO SHORT S SPXU	SPXU	48,185	$1.2m0.07%	0.07%	Added +11.6k	+11,553 31.5%
91	WASTE MGMT INC DEL COM WM	WM	5,040	$1.2m0.07%	0.07%	Reduced -101	-101 -2.0%
92	CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC COM CHD	CHD	10,470	$1.2m0.07%	0.07%	Reduced -7.9k	-7,944 -43.1%
93	ISHARES TR RUS 1000 GRW ETF IWF	IWF	3,189	$1.2m0.07%	0.07%	Added +1.0k	+1,045 48.7%
94	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C GOOG	GOOG	6,991	$1.1m0.06%	0.06%	Reduced -85	-85 -1.2%
95	VANGUARD INDEX FDS TOTAL STK MKT VTI	VTI	3,958	$1.1m0.06%	0.06%	Added +1.8k	+1,806 83.9%
96	DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW COM NEW DUK	DUK	8,271	$1.0m0.06%	0.06%	Added +6.3k	+6,333 326.8%
97	SPDR GOLD TR GOLD SHS GLD	GLD	2,942	$847.7k0.05%	0.05%	Added +263	+263 9.8%
98	UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC COM UNH	UNH	1,584	$829.6k0.05%	0.05%	Added +18	+18 1.1%
99	ELI LILLY & CO COM LLY	LLY	983	$811.9k0.05%	0.05%	Reduced -64	-64 -6.1%
100	BANK AMERICA CORP COM BAC	BAC	18,940	$790.4k0.05%	0.05%	New

Sold out since Q4 2024

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
ARISTA NETWORKS INC		62,408	$24.0m62.4k shares
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP GD	GD	71,752	$21.7m71.8k shares
COMCAST CORP NEW CMCSA	CMCSA	440,228	$18.4m440.2k shares
EOG RES INC EOG	EOG	73,124	$9.0m73.1k shares
GSK PLC GSK	GSK	16,407	$670.7k16.4k shares
ISHARES TR IWB	IWB	1,200	$377.3k1.2k shares
VANGUARD WHITEHALL FDS VIGI	VIGI	3,646	$321.9k3.6k shares
APPLIED MATLS INC AMAT	AMAT	1,300	$262.7k1.3k shares
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CTSH	CTSH	3,211	$247.8k3.2k shares
VANGUARD INDEX FDS VTV	VTV	1,401	$244.5k1.4k shares
POWELL INDS INC POWL	POWL	1,072	$238.0k1.1k shares
ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND ACN	ACN	671	$237.2k671 shares
DELTA AIR LINES INC DEL DAL	DAL	4,533	$230.2k4.5k shares
LANDSTAR SYS INC LSTR	LSTR	1,217	$229.9k1.2k shares
SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED SIG	SIG	2,204	$227.3k2.2k shares
PHILLIPS EDISON & CO INC PECO	PECO	6,008	$226.6k6.0k shares
PUBLIC STORAGE PSA	PSA	614	$223.4k614 shares
ABM INDS INC ABM	ABM	4,227	$223.0k4.2k shares
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC AMD	AMD	1,359	$223.0k1.4k shares
ISHARES TR IWM	IWM	991	$218.9k991 shares
BRADY CORP BRC	BRC	2,855	$218.8k2.9k shares
FIRST TR EXCHANGE-TRADED FD FTCS	FTCS	2,324	$211.0k2.3k shares
BOISE CASCADE CO DEL BCC	BCC	1,496	$210.9k1.5k shares
SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR XLV	XLV	1,359	$209.3k1.4k shares
LKQ CORP LKQ	LKQ	5,238	$209.1k5.2k shares