Ballast, Inc.
Ballast, Inc. reported 166 US-listed holdings worth $535.9 million in its 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, filed 20 October 2026. Its largest: Vanguard Small Cap ETF (10.0%), Vanguard Mid Cap Index ETF (9.3%) and Invesco Exchange Traded FD T (6.1%). Against the quarter before, it opened 13 positions, added to 60, trimmed 31 and sold out of 3.
Reported holdings$535.9M+1.1% on Q2 2026
Positions166+10 on Q2 2026
The largest ten52.5%of its reported holdings
Latest 13FQ3 2026filed 20 October 2026
Added toTrimmed
The 14 largest of its 166 positions, each sized by its share of the reported holdings, coloured by the change in shares against Q2 2026.
What the fund reported holding at each quarter's end; hover a bar for the number of positions
What its reported holdings returned
Held through each quarter, the holdings it reported returned +21.2% over the 8 quarters to 30 September 2026, against +32.9% for the S&P 500.
Its reported holdingsThe S&P 500
Not the fund's own return: each 13F's holdings are kept unchanged until the next one, so trades inside a quarter, dividends, cash and fees are left out. A rough guide to how its picks have done over time.
What it did on the quarter
Opened 13Added 60Held 62Trimmed 31Sold out 3
Its positions against its 13F for the quarter to 30 June 2026; a change under 0.1% of a position counts as held
Opened 13
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. XOM$3.1 million
- iShares Trust ITOT$438,480
- American Century ETF Trust AVDV$317,202
- iShares Trust IDEV$297,342
- Vanguard Scottsdale FDS VGIT$289,193
- First Trust Stoxx European Sele FDD$238,299
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. CTSH$224,476
- iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mark IEMG$223,515
and 5 more in the table below
Added to 60
- iShares Trust SHY+135,587 shares · +55%
- Invesco Exchange Traded FD T RSP+11,273 shares · +11%
- Vanguard Mid Cap Index ETF VO+21,822 shares · +4%
- Invesco Exchange Traded FD T SPHQ+19,141 shares · +5%
- Vanguard Small Cap ETF VB+4,363 shares · +2%
- Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF SPLV+14,804 shares · +9%
- Honeywell International Inc. HON+2,125 shares · +45%
- Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF VEU+3,438 shares · +1%
and 52 more in the table below
Trimmed 31
- Vanguard World FD VHT-11,698 shares · -25%
- CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD-12,456 shares · -74%
- Micron Technology Inc. MU-2,676 shares · -35%
- iShares Trust IWF-18,737 shares · -16%
- Vanguard Whitehall FDS VYM-8,089 shares · -5%
- iShares Russell 1000 Value Inde IWD-4,043 shares · -5%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD-1,052 shares · -12%
- iShares Trust AGG-6,632 shares · -29%
and 23 more in the table below
Sold out of 3
- Commercial Bancgroup Inc. CBK$612,703 last quarter
- Dominion Energy, Inc. D$223,929 last quarter
- GXO Logistics, Inc. GXO$205,943 last quarter
What it holds
| Company | Shares | Value | Of its book | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Small Cap ETF VB | 189.2K | $53.8 million | 10.04% | +4.4K |
| Vanguard Mid Cap Index ETF VO | 638.8K | $50.1 million | 9.35% | +21.8K |
| Invesco Exchange Traded FD T SPHQ | 388.0K | $32.6 million | 6.09% | +19.1K |
| iShares Trust SHY | 381.4K | $31.0 million | 5.78% | +135.6K |
| Invesco Exchange Traded FD T RSP | 111.2K | $23.1 million | 4.32% | +11.3K |
| Vanguard Whitehall FDS VYM | 142.1K | $22.0 million | 4.11% | -8.1K |
| Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF VEU | 250.4K | $20.8 million | 3.88% | +3.4K |
| iShares Russell 1000 Value Inde IWD | 70.1K | $17.4 million | 3.24% | -4.0K |
| Apple Inc. AAPL | 51.0K | $17.0 million | 3.17% | +161 |
| Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF SPLV | 188.2K | $13.3 million | 2.48% | +14.8K |
| iShares Trust PFF | 437.7K | $12.9 million | 2.41% | -13.0K |
| iShares Trust IWF | 102.0K | $12.8 million | 2.38% | -18.7K |
| Pacer FDS Trust COWZ | 189.4K | $12.6 million | 2.36% | -5.8K |
| Vanguard World FD VHT | 34.4K | $10.9 million | 2.03% | -11.7K |
| Microsoft Corp. MSFT | 18.7K | $9.6 million | 1.79% | +397 |
| Johnson & Johnson JNJ | 25.9K | $6.8 million | 1.28% | +656 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH | 17.7K | $6.5 million | 1.21% | +203 |
| Vanguard World FD VGT | 47.5K | $6.0 million | 1.11% | -2.5K |
| Amazon.com Inc. AMZN | 23.8K | $5.9 million | 1.10% | +532 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM | 16.6K | $5.5 million | 1.03% | +809 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B BRKB | 11.0K | $5.5 million | 1.02% | -116 |
| Alphabet Inc. GOOG | 15.7K | $5.4 million | 1.00% | +526 |
| Micron Technology Inc. MU | 4.9K | $5.2 million | 0.98% | -2.7K |
| Eli Lilly & Co. LLY | 4.4K | $5.1 million | 0.94% | -56 |
| Green Brick Partners, Inc. GRBK | 73.5K | $4.9 million | 0.91% | no change |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD | 7.7K | $4.7 million | 0.88% | -1.1K |
| Alphabet Inc. GOOGL | 9.9K | $3.4 million | 0.63% | -2 |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. COST | 3.7K | $3.3 million | 0.62% | +167 |
| Caterpillar Inc. CAT | 3.8K | $3.1 million | 0.58% | -36 |
| ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. XOM | 18.8K | $3.1 million | 0.57% | new |
| Procter & Gamble Co. PG | 20.7K | $3.0 million | 0.56% | +703 |
| Deere & Co. DE | 4.3K | $2.9 million | 0.54% | +14 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO | 26.9K | $2.9 million | 0.54% | -832 |
| Walmart Inc. WMT | 27.8K | $2.9 million | 0.54% | +1.8K |
| Target Corp. TGT | 17.9K | $2.8 million | 0.52% | -1.7K |
| Travelers Companies, Inc. TRV | 7.7K | $2.8 million | 0.51% | -25 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. TXN | 9.4K | $2.6 million | 0.49% | +563 |
| RTX Corp. RTX | 13.8K | $2.6 million | 0.48% | -241 |
| Vanguard Ftse Emerging Markets VWO | 42.9K | $2.5 million | 0.47% | +1.7K |
| NVIDIA Corp. NVDA | 10.8K | $2.5 million | 0.46% | +616 |
| Truist Financial Corp. TFC | 50.7K | $2.3 million | 0.44% | +1.8K |
| Duke Energy Corp. DUK | 20.3K | $2.3 million | 0.43% | +914 |
| Salesforce, Inc. CRM | 10.0K | $2.3 million | 0.43% | +277 |
| Home Depot, Inc. HD | 8.1K | $2.3 million | 0.43% | +254 |
| Northern Trust Corp. NTRS | 13.3K | $2.2 million | 0.42% | -6 |
| Visa Inc. V | 6.2K | $2.2 million | 0.42% | -24 |
| Consolidated Edison Inc. ED | 21.6K | $2.2 million | 0.41% | +1.1K |
| Walt Disney Co. DIS | 20.7K | $2.2 million | 0.41% | +1.2K |
| Valero Energy Corp. VLO | 5.3K | $2.1 million | 0.38% | -910 |
| Chubb Ltd. CB | 6.2K | $2.0 million | 0.37% | +192 |
| iShares Trust LQD | 19.0K | $1.9 million | 0.36% | -4.1K |
| Nike, Inc. NKE | 53.6K | $1.9 million | 0.35% | +7.9K |
| Boeing Co. BA | 10.2K | $1.9 million | 0.35% | +762 |
| Medtronic plc MDT | 20.8K | $1.8 million | 0.34% | +573 |
| DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD | 13.6K | $1.8 million | 0.33% | +1.3K |
| Pfizer Inc. PFE | 61.1K | $1.7 million | 0.33% | +2.5K |
| Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB | 17.9K | $1.7 million | 0.32% | +968 |
| Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ | 29.8K | $1.7 million | 0.32% | +1.4K |
| Halliburton Co. HAL | 52.7K | $1.7 million | 0.31% | +2.4K |
| Corning Inc. GLW | 10.4K | $1.6 million | 0.30% | no change |
| iShares Trust AGG | 16.1K | $1.5 million | 0.28% | -6.6K |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. TMUS | 9.2K | $1.5 million | 0.28% | +865 |
| Vanguard Index FDS VXF | 6.3K | $1.5 million | 0.27% | no change |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV | 1.9K | $1.5 million | 0.27% | no change |
| Honeywell International Inc. HON | 6.9K | $1.4 million | 0.27% | +2.1K |
| SPDR S&P 500 SPY | 1.8K | $1.4 million | 0.26% | +23 |
| Union Pacific Corp. UNP | 5.0K | $1.4 million | 0.25% | no change |
| T Rowe Price ETF Inc. TMSL | 33.0K | $1.3 million | 0.25% | no change |
| CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD | 4.3K | $1.2 million | 0.21% | -12.5K |
| GE Vernova Inc. GEV | 1.1K | $1.1 million | 0.20% | +260 |
| PepsiCo Inc. PEP | 8.3K | $1.1 million | 0.20% | no change |
| Coca-Cola Co. KO | 11.5K | $992,330 | 0.19% | no change |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS | 970 | $873,349 | 0.16% | +5 |
| AbbVie Inc. ABBV | 3.3K | $870,310 | 0.16% | +33 |
| Energy Transfer LP ET | 43.0K | $850,110 | 0.16% | no change |
| American Express Co. AXP | 2.8K | $844,182 | 0.16% | no change |
| Bank of America Corp. BAC | 14.8K | $804,475 | 0.15% | -95 |
| Dell Technologies Inc. DELL | 1.5K | $793,476 | 0.15% | +7 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Del | 1 | $747,005 | 0.14% | no change |
| VG Totl STK Vprs VTI | 2.0K | $735,382 | 0.14% | +160 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. META | 1.0K | $730,981 | 0.14% | +156 |
| Vanguard Specialized Funds VIG | 3.1K | $721,161 | 0.13% | no change |
| iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF IJH | 9.4K | $678,129 | 0.13% | -110 |
| Citigroup Inc. C | 4.9K | $628,755 | 0.12% | +34 |
| Elevance Health, Inc. ELV | 1.6K | $611,225 | 0.11% | no change |
| Oracle Corp. ORCL | 4.4K | $607,690 | 0.11% | no change |
| Vanguard Value ETF VTV | 2.8K | $607,401 | 0.11% | no change |
| Norfolk Southern Corp. NSC | 2.0K | $606,876 | 0.11% | no change |
| General Electric Co. GE | 1.9K | $606,467 | 0.11% | no change |
| Merck & Co., Inc. MRK | 4.1K | $600,130 | 0.11% | +180 |
| Broadcom Inc. AVGO | 1.6K | $576,303 | 0.11% | -26 |
| Tesla, Inc. TSLA | 1.5K | $544,988 | 0.10% | +248 |
| ASML Holding N.V. ASML | 298 | $539,878 | 0.10% | no change |
| McDonald's Corp. MCD | 2.3K | $527,929 | 0.10% | no change |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR | 2.8K | $525,985 | 0.10% | +814 |
| General Dynamics Corp. GD | 1.6K | $522,964 | 0.10% | no change |
| Schwab Fundamental Internationa FNDF | 9.6K | $514,495 | 0.10% | +72 |
| Vanguard S&P 500 VOO | 732 | $513,030 | 0.10% | no change |
| Lam Research Corp. LRCX | 1.5K | $494,079 | 0.09% | no change |
| SPDR Gold Trust GLD | 1.3K | $493,188 | 0.09% | no change |
| Linde plc LIN | 1.0K | $486,516 | 0.09% | no change |
| Amphenol Corp. APH | 5.6K | $468,034 | 0.09% | no change |
| Xpo, Inc. XPO | 2.6K | $465,467 | 0.09% | no change |
| iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF IJR | 3.4K | $458,999 | 0.09% | no change |
| Stryker Corp. SYK | 1.6K | $452,466 | 0.08% | no change |
| Chevron Corp. CVX | 2.2K | $451,917 | 0.08% | +28 |
| Mastercard Inc. MA | 818 | $451,102 | 0.08% | no change |
| ConocoPhillips COP | 3.5K | $440,653 | 0.08% | +39 |
| iShares Trust ITOT | 2.6K | $438,480 | 0.08% | new |
| Emerson Electric Co. EMR | 2.7K | $426,060 | 0.08% | no change |
| Schwab Strategic Trust SCHD | 13.0K | $422,272 | 0.08% | -1.4K |
| NextEra Energy Inc. NEE | 5.5K | $416,419 | 0.08% | no change |
| SPDR Ser Trust SPYV | 6.7K | $408,240 | 0.08% | +708 |
| Aflac Inc. AFL | 3.6K | $403,861 | 0.08% | -476 |
| Quanta Services, Inc. PWR | 626 | $402,211 | 0.08% | no change |
| iShares Trust IWS | 2.5K | $399,760 | 0.07% | no change |
| Quest Diagnostics Inc. DGX | 1.7K | $399,016 | 0.07% | no change |
| Parker-Hannifin Corp. PH | 398 | $380,257 | 0.07% | +110 |
| Vanguard Real Estate ETF VNQ | 4.2K | $375,102 | 0.07% | no change |
| Shopify Inc. SHOP | 2.5K | $374,458 | 0.07% | no change |
| Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. PNFP | 3.9K | $365,079 | 0.07% | no change |
| Wells Fargo & Company WFC | 4.4K | $348,618 | 0.07% | +52 |
| Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ | 466 | $344,733 | 0.06% | no change |
| HCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA | 759 | $323,896 | 0.06% | no change |
| Churchill Downs Inc. CHDN | 4.3K | $322,775 | 0.06% | no change |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. CINF | 2.0K | $321,927 | 0.06% | no change |
| Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF | 4.1K | $318,352 | 0.06% | no change |
| American Century ETF Trust AVDV | 2.9K | $317,202 | 0.06% | new |
| SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF SPYG | 2.5K | $311,396 | 0.06% | -556 |
| Arista Networks, Inc. ANET | 1.5K | $310,475 | 0.06% | +22 |
| CRH Public Ltd. Co. CRH | 3.7K | $306,526 | 0.06% | no change |
| Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF MGK | 3.3K | $303,446 | 0.06% | +43 |
| iShares Trust IDEV | 3.3K | $297,342 | 0.06% | new |
| Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG | 1.6K | $294,096 | 0.05% | no change |
| Citizens Financial Group Inc. CFG | 4.6K | $293,296 | 0.05% | no change |
| Qnity Electronics, Inc. Q | 2.3K | $289,956 | 0.05% | -185 |
| Vanguard Scottsdale FDS VGIT | 5.1K | $289,193 | 0.05% | new |
| Intel Corp. INTC | 2.4K | $288,071 | 0.05% | +46 |
| FedEx Corp. FDX | 952 | $271,406 | 0.05% | no change |
| Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC | 560 | $270,749 | 0.05% | no change |
| Select Sector SPDR Trust XLE | 4.0K | $246,000 | 0.05% | no change |
| U.S. Bancorp USB | 4.3K | $245,827 | 0.05% | -2.3K |
| Roku, Inc. ROKU | 1.6K | $244,562 | 0.05% | no change |
| Church & Dwight Co. Inc. CHD | 2.6K | $243,747 | 0.05% | no change |
| SPDR Portfolio Developed World SPDW | 4.8K | $240,059 | 0.04% | +231 |
| First Trust Stoxx European Sele FDD | 12.4K | $238,299 | 0.04% | new |
| Blackstone Inc. BX | 2.1K | $236,062 | 0.04% | no change |
| Morgan Stanley MS | 1.2K | $234,724 | 0.04% | +18 |
| Markel Group Inc. MKL | 137 | $234,606 | 0.04% | no change |
| KKR & Co. Inc. KKR | 2.6K | $232,998 | 0.04% | -200 |
| AstraZeneca PLC AZN | 1.4K | $229,933 | 0.04% | no change |
| Welltower Inc. WELL | 992 | $228,398 | 0.04% | no change |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. CTSH | 3.9K | $224,476 | 0.04% | new |
| iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mark IEMG | 2.8K | $223,515 | 0.04% | new |
| Toast, Inc. TOST | 7.7K | $223,281 | 0.04% | no change |
| Allstate Corp. ALL | 1.0K | $222,082 | 0.04% | no change |
| AT&T Inc. T | 9.1K | $221,064 | 0.04% | new |
| Synopsys Inc. SNPS | 506 | $220,080 | 0.04% | no change |
| Abbott Laboratories ABT | 2.2K | $215,647 | 0.04% | new |
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc STX | 230 | $212,138 | 0.04% | no change |
| Ecolab Inc. ECL | 751 | $206,210 | 0.04% | no change |
| Honeywell Aerospace Inc. HONA | 1.3K | $202,236 | 0.04% | -3.4K |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. PANW | 504 | $200,244 | 0.04% | new |
| iShares Russell 2000 ETF IWM | 555 | $154,229 | 0.03% | new |
| iShares Trust EEM | 1.3K | $88,430 | 0.02% | new |
| Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK | 10.9K | $45,339 | 0.01% | no change |
Every US-listed position in the fund's 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, by the value it reported.
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Change is shares against its 13F for the quarter before; the 3 it sold out of are in the box above.Options it reported
| Company | Option | Shares under the options | Value of those shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Trust EEM | Puts | 5.0K | $333,950 |
| iShares Russell 2000 ETF IWM | Puts | 1.0K | $277,890 |
2 option lines. A 13F lists calls and puts by the shares they cover and what those shares were worth at the quarter's end, not what the options cost; they are not counted in the holdings above.