Sterling Capital Management LLC

CHARLOTTE, NC · CIK 1329883 · 13F filing filed 2026-07-28

SEC-registered investment adviser since 2005 · limited liability company

Assets managed$69.2bn
Staff186 · 64 in investment roles
Main clients (by assets)Pension plans 26%, State and local governments 25%, Companies 23%
Websitesterlingcapital.com
Form ADV · 2026-07-15SEC adviser record

Legal entitySterling Capital Management LLC (US)
Part of Truist Financial Corporation (US)

Other 13F filers in this group: TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP $83.5bn, TRUIST BANK /NC/ files a notice

$5.9bn reported value +11.7% vs Q1 2026

3,289positions

23.5%in top 10

257 new 687 added 2,243 reduced 183 sold out vs Q1 2026

Also in the report of:

GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP – $231.4m of shares are in both reports

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

Holdings, Q2 2026

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	RREEF CORE PLUS RESIDENTIAL FU LP LP		28,239,628	$282.4m4.79%	4.79%	Added +25.5m	+25,489,628 926.9%
2	VANGUARD INDEX FDS S&P 500 ETF SHS VOO	VOO	306,984	$210.8m3.58%	3.58%	Reduced -27.8k	-27,763 -8.3%
3	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	981,057	$196.3m3.33%	3.33%	Reduced -1.4k	-1,415 -0.1%
4	MANULIFE CO-INVESTMENT PARTNER LP LP		15,577,467	$155.8m2.64%	2.64%	Added +1.5m	+1,456,566 10.3%
5	MICROSOFT CORP COM MSFT	MSFT	315,312	$117.6m1.99%	1.99%	Reduced -94.3k	-94,295 -23.0%
6	APPLE INC COM AAPL	AAPL	318,905	$92.3m1.57%	1.57%	Reduced -129.3k	-129,270 -28.8%
7	TQ DB PENSION PRIV INV ADM LP LP		9,157,037	$91.6m1.55%	1.55%	Added +255.2k	+255,185 2.9%
8	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	247,634	$88.5m1.50%	1.50%	Added +54.5k	+54,535 28.2%
9	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C GOOG	GOOG	228,273	$80.7m1.37%	1.37%	Added +28.2k	+28,176 14.1%
10	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM JPM	JPM	221,144	$72.4m1.23%	1.23%	Reduced -15.4k	-15,391 -6.5%
11	SCHWAB CHARLES CORP COM SCHW	SCHW	731,958	$67.5m1.15%	1.15%	Reduced -122.7k	-122,690 -14.4%
12	ELI LILLY & CO COM LLY	LLY	53,980	$64.7m1.10%	1.10%	Reduced -1.8k	-1,760 -3.2%
13	BROADCOM INC COM AVGO	AVGO	164,105	$62.0m1.05%	1.05%	Added +6.0k	+5,952 3.8%
14	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	248,317	$59.2m1.00%	1.00%	Reduced -141.6k	-141,615 -36.3%
15	ANALOG DEVICES INC COM ADI	ADI	148,708	$59.1m1.00%	1.00%	Reduced -44.1k	-44,108 -22.9%
16	MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM MU	MU	47,146	$54.4m0.92%	0.92%	Added +23.6k	+23,633 100.5%
17	WASTE MGMT INC DEL COM WM	WM	239,919	$53.5m0.91%	0.91%	Reduced -59.7k	-59,682 -19.9%
18	DEERE & CO COM DE	DE	76,454	$48.5m0.82%	0.82%	Reduced -16.0k	-15,987 -17.3%
19	EATON CORP PLC SHS ETN	ETN	113,242	$48.3m0.82%	0.82%	Reduced -24.2k	-24,195 -17.6%
20	LINDE PLC SHS LIN	LIN	92,404	$48.0m0.81%	0.81%	Reduced -34.5k	-34,515 -27.2%
21	SOUTHERN CO COM SO	SO	484,710	$46.4m0.79%	0.79%	Reduced -114.7k	-114,744 -19.1%
22	PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM PM	PM	255,663	$46.3m0.78%	0.78%	Added +248.4k	+248,373 3407.0%
23	ABBVIE INC COM ABBV	ABBV	178,425	$44.9m0.76%	0.76%	Reduced -93.5k	-93,473 -34.4%
24	HOME DEPOT INC COM HD	HD	127,129	$44.8m0.76%	0.76%	Reduced -21.5k	-21,497 -14.5%
25	VISA INC COM CL A V	V	130,677	$44.8m0.76%	0.76%	Reduced -8.8k	-8,848 -6.3%
26	MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC COM NEW MSI	MSI	106,513	$44.2m0.75%	0.75%	Reduced -31.1k	-31,147 -22.6%
27	AMERIPRISE FINL INC COM AMP	AMP	94,547	$43.4m0.74%	0.74%	Reduced -18.0k	-18,041 -16.0%
28	FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC COMMON STOCK NEW FERG	FERG	182,595	$43.3m0.73%	0.73%	Reduced -46.6k	-46,635 -20.3%
29	AFLAC INC COM AFL	AFL	362,473	$42.5m0.72%	0.72%	Reduced -69.7k	-69,736 -16.1%
30	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC COM ROK	ROK	85,717	$42.4m0.72%	0.72%	Reduced -14.2k	-14,152 -14.2%
31	AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM AXP	AXP	125,129	$42.3m0.72%	0.72%	Reduced -7.8k	-7,808 -5.9%
32	TESLA INC COM TSLA	TSLA	97,749	$41.1m0.70%	0.70%	Added +5.3k	+5,324 5.8%
33	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	71,579	$40.3m0.68%	0.68%	Added +2.7k	+2,742 4.0%
34	STEPSTONE VC MICRO V LP LP LP		3,980,547	$39.8m0.68%	0.68%	Added +1.1m	+1,094,891 37.9%
35	ISHARES TR RUS TP200 GR ETF IWY	IWY	134,720	$39.2m0.66%	0.66%	Reduced -4.6k	-4,575 -3.3%
36	D R HORTON INC COM DHI	DHI	238,567	$38.9m0.66%	0.66%	Reduced -56.6k	-56,643 -19.2%
37	ISHARES INC CORE MSCI EMKT IEMG	IEMG	450,516	$37.3m0.63%	0.63%	Reduced -8.9k	-8,859 -1.9%
38	PEPSICO INC COM PEP	PEP	270,206	$36.6m0.62%	0.62%	Reduced -37.9k	-37,878 -12.3%
39	ISHARES TR RUS TP200 VL ETF IWX	IWX	316,217	$33.3m0.56%	0.56%	Added +79.7k	+79,687 33.7%
40	ORACLE CORP COM ORCL	ORCL	226,081	$33.1m0.56%	0.56%	Reduced -21.0k	-20,987 -8.5%
41	FDS REIT HOLDING I LLC REIT REIT		3,208,438	$32.1m0.54%	0.54%	Reduced -42.1k	-42,128 -1.3%
42	HARBERT GROWTH PARTNERS VI LP LP LP		3,162,171	$31.6m0.54%	0.54%	Added +2.8m	+2,836,109 869.8%
43	MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INC COM MRSH	MRSH	183,605	$30.6m0.52%	0.52%	Reduced -28.9k	-28,864 -13.6%
44	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC COM AMD	AMD	51,623	$30.0m0.51%	0.51%	Added +26.8k	+26,820 108.1%
45	UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC COM UNH	UNH	71,771	$29.8m0.51%	0.51%	Added +15.1k	+15,137 26.7%
46	ISHARES TR CORE MSCI INTL IDEV	IDEV	325,273	$29.0m0.49%	0.49%	Reduced -33.4k	-33,390 -9.3%
47	RAYMOND JAMES FINL INC COM RJF	RJF	181,805	$27.6m0.47%	0.47%	Reduced -52.6k	-52,560 -22.4%
48	NATERA INC COM NTRA	NTRA	100,645	$27.3m0.46%	0.46%	Reduced -5.6k	-5,577 -5.2%
49	ABRDN FDS EMERGING MKTS DI AGEM	AGEM	550,972	$27.2m0.46%	0.46%	Reduced -29.8k	-29,775 -5.1%
50	NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N V COM NXPI	NXPI	96,468	$27.1m0.46%	0.46%	Added +18.0k	+17,966 22.9%
51	VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX F TT WRLD ST ETF VT	VT	167,395	$26.3m0.45%	0.45%	Added +99.9k	+99,905 148.0%
52	METLIFE INC COM MET	MET	291,002	$24.6m0.42%	0.42%	Reduced -75.4k	-75,399 -20.6%
53	MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC COM MRVL	MRVL	82,572	$24.6m0.42%	0.42%	Reduced -235.4k	-235,425 -74.0%
54	GUARDIAN SMART INFRASTRUCTURE LP LP		24,420,553	$24.4m0.41%	0.41%	Added +1.0m	+1,022,723 4.4%
55	TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWAR COM TTWO	TTWO	95,781	$23.9m0.41%	0.41%	Reduced -18.3k	-18,285 -16.0%
56	LAM RESEARCH CORP COM NEW LRCX	LRCX	53,165	$23.0m0.39%	0.39%	Reduced -29.8k	-29,800 -35.9%
57	DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW COM DVN	DVN	555,739	$23.0m0.39%	0.39%	Added +535.3k	+535,337 2623.9%
58	COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNE SHS CCEP	CCEP	217,119	$21.7m0.37%	0.37%	New
59	AMGEN INC COM AMGN	AMGN	58,377	$21.1m0.36%	0.36%	Added +16.2k	+16,159 38.3%
60	ELEVANCE HEALTH INC COM ELV	ELV	53,010	$20.5m0.35%	0.35%	Added +17.1k	+17,076 47.5%
61	ISHARES TR RUS MDCP VAL ETF IWS	IWS	119,234	$19.6m0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -6.2k	-6,239 -5.0%
62	SERVICENOW INC COM NOW	NOW	194,386	$19.3m0.33%	0.33%	Added +103.6k	+103,636 114.2%
63	NASDAQ INC COM NDAQ	NDAQ	244,600	$19.3m0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -60.3k	-60,311 -19.8%
64	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM GS	GS	18,969	$19.2m0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -15.9k	-15,919 -45.6%
65	ABBOTT LABS COM ABT	ABT	207,301	$18.8m0.32%	0.32%	Reduced -48.6k	-48,646 -19.0%
66	SANDISK CORP COM SNDK	SNDK	8,194	$18.6m0.32%	0.32%	Reduced -3.0k	-2,952 -26.5%
67	GENUINE PARTS CO COM GPC	GPC	157,793	$18.6m0.32%	0.32%	Added +152.2k	+152,162 2702.2%
68	VERISK ANALYTICS INC COM VRSK	VRSK	102,594	$18.4m0.31%	0.31%	Added +27.3k	+27,318 36.3%
69	SYNOPSYS INC COM SNPS	SNPS	39,414	$17.6m0.30%	0.30%	Reduced -10.3k	-10,320 -20.8%
70	COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW COM COST	COST	18,185	$17.0m0.29%	0.29%	Reduced -5.0k	-4,966 -21.4%
71	CHUBB LIMITED COM CB	CB	47,518	$16.2m0.27%	0.27%	Added +18.7k	+18,706 64.9%
72	VALERO ENERGY CORP COM VLO	VLO	61,676	$16.1m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -8.0k	-8,020 -11.5%
73	APPLIED MATLS INC COM AMAT	AMAT	22,071	$16.0m0.27%	0.27%	Added +14.5k	+14,505 191.7%
74	AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING IN COM ADP	ADP	69,414	$15.5m0.26%	0.26%	Reduced -131.6k	-131,602 -65.5%
75	CITIGROUP INC COM NEW C	C	109,087	$15.3m0.26%	0.26%	Reduced -1.2k	-1,152 -1.1%
76	T-MOBILE US INC COM TMUS	TMUS	90,470	$15.2m0.26%	0.26%	Added +35.6k	+35,644 65.0%
77	DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CL C DELL	DELL	35,041	$15.1m0.26%	0.26%	Reduced -17.0k	-16,993 -32.7%
78	AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC COM AKAM	AKAM	126,766	$15.0m0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -57.8k	-57,785 -31.3%
79	NETFLIX INC COM NFLX	NFLX	209,769	$15.0m0.25%	0.25%	Added +349	+349 0.2%
80	MASTEC INC COM MTZ	MTZ	35,945	$15.0m0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -5.7k	-5,739 -13.8%
81	COHERENT CORP COM COHR	COHR	37,780	$14.9m0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -24.1k	-24,088 -38.9%
82	PNC FINL SVCS GROUP INC COM PNC	PNC	57,303	$14.1m0.24%	0.24%	Added +8.0k	+8,008 16.2%
83	MERCK & CO INC COM MRK	MRK	108,307	$13.9m0.24%	0.24%	Added +102.4k	+102,420 1739.8%
84	LENNAR CORP CL A LEN	LEN	152,073	$13.8m0.23%	0.23%	Reduced -30.1k	-30,112 -16.5%
85	HONEYWELL INTL INC COM HON	HON	60,901	$13.6m0.23%	0.23%	New
86	VANGUARD INDEX FDS TOTAL STK MKT VTI	VTI	36,734	$13.6m0.23%	0.23%	Added +8.8k	+8,767 31.4%
87	MUELLER INDS INC COM MLI	MLI	110,504	$13.6m0.23%	0.23%	Reduced -21.0k	-21,001 -16.0%
88	MASTERCARD INCORPORATED CL A MA	MA	26,411	$13.6m0.23%	0.23%	Added +1.3k	+1,264 5.0%
89	CATERPILLAR INC COM CAT	CAT	12,416	$13.2m0.22%	0.22%	Added +4.3k	+4,305 53.1%
90	HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC COM HONA	HONA	59,635	$13.2m0.22%	0.22%	New
91	VISTRA CORP COM VST	VST	82,161	$13.0m0.22%	0.22%	Added +54.9k	+54,895 201.3%
92	FEDEX CORP COM FDX	FDX	40,983	$12.8m0.22%	0.22%	Added +9.3k	+9,302 29.4%
93	MORGAN STANLEY COM NEW MS	MS	60,737	$12.7m0.22%	0.22%	Added +33	+33 0.1%
94	BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO COM BMY	BMY	220,345	$12.7m0.22%	0.22%	Added +50.1k	+50,088 29.4%
95	MCKESSON CORP COM MCK	MCK	16,735	$12.6m0.21%	0.21%	Added +1.2k	+1,213 7.8%
96	DANAHER CORPORATION COM DHR	DHR	66,320	$12.6m0.21%	0.21%	Reduced -11.1k	-11,120 -14.4%
97	iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF (Acc) ETF IRRRF	IRRRF	87,926	$12.6m0.21%	0.21%	Added +1.7k	+1,706 2.0%
98	CONOCOPHILLIPS COM COP	COP	120,247	$12.5m0.21%	0.21%	Added +114.0k	+114,002 1825.5%
99	MARATHON PETE CORP COM MPC	MPC	48,141	$12.3m0.21%	0.21%	Added +4.3k	+4,296 9.8%
100	CASEYS GEN STORES INC COM CASY	CASY	15,460	$12.3m0.21%	0.21%	Reduced -1.8k	-1,822 -10.5%

Sold out since Q1 2026

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
HONEYWELL INTL INC		99,258	$44.9m99.3k shares
COTERRA ENERGY INC CTRA	CTRA	978,945	$34.4m978.9k shares
ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S		14,929	$3.4m14.9k shares
CARNIVAL CORP		128,282	$3.3m128.3k shares
Reinsurance GRP of Amer VRN Pfd RGA V5.75 06.15.56	RGA V5.75 06.15.56	80,950	$2.0m81.0k shares
DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC DWDP	DWDP	6,316	$867.8k6.3k shares
HOLOGIC INC HOLX	HOLX	7,524	$568.7k7.5k shares
THERMON GROUP HLDGS INC		11,126	$560.8k11.1k shares
LEGEND BIOTECH CORP LEGN	LEGN	21,482	$388.6k21.5k shares
AIR LEASE CORP AL	AL	3,495	$227.0k3.5k shares
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC		4,118	$211.5k4.1k shares
COPA HOLDINGS SA CPA	CPA	1,842	$209.3k1.8k shares
SEALED AIR CORP NEW		4,892	$205.7k4.9k shares
COLOPLAST AS SPONSERED ADS CLPBY	CLPBY	30,185	$203.1k30.2k shares
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO L SHG	SHG	2,860	$175.4k2.9k shares
TERNS PHARMACEUTICALS INC		3,184	$167.9k3.2k shares
AIRBUS SE EADSY	EADSY	3,037	$140.7k3.0k shares
TRI POINTE HOMES INC TPH	TPH	2,821	$131.8k2.8k shares
APEX SILVER MINES LTD ORD		6,410	$118.5k6.4k shares
PAGAYA TECHNOLOGIES LTD PGY	PGY	9,311	$108.5k9.3k shares
SELECT MED HLDGS CORP SEM	SEM	3,562	$58.0k3.6k shares
MASIMO CORP MASI	MASI	322	$57.3k322 shares
DAY ONE BIOPHARMACEUTICALS I		2,493	$53.5k2.5k shares
VERIS RESIDENTIAL INC		2,632	$49.7k2.6k shares
ENVIRI CORP		2,520	$49.4k2.5k shares

Stakes above 5%

Companies where this manager has reported owning more than 5% of a class of shares, on Schedule 13D (may seek influence) or 13G (passive): its latest filing for each, from 19 Dec 2024 on.

Company	Ticker	Stake	Change	Schedule	Last filed
HARDING LOEVNER FUNDS INC INTL DVLOPD MKTS SELECT EQUITY ETF LOEV · 13G · filed 2026-08-07	LOEV	13.5%	new	13G	2026-08-07