MacKay Shields LLC
MacKay Shields LLC reported 29 US-listed holdings worth $745.2 million in its 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, filed 13 October 2026. Its largest: Alphabet Inc. (16.1%), Hewlett Packard Enterprise C (13.2%) and Qxo Inc. (7.0%). Against the quarter before, it opened 0 positions, added to 7, trimmed 3 and sold out of 3.
Filed before as Mackay Shields LLC.
The 14 largest of its 29 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 +5.7% over the 8 quarters to 30 September 2026, against +32.9% for the 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
Its positions against its 13F for the quarter to 30 June 2026; a change under 0.1% of a position counts as held
Added to 7
- Ares Management Corporation+286,818 shares · +60%
- Oracle Corp. ORCLPRD+237,564 shares · +37%
- Qxo Inc. QXOPRB+237,760 shares · +20%
- MFS Mun Income Trust MFM+753,265 shares · +226%
- Microchip Technology Inc. MCHPP+40,854 shares · +7%
- Nextera Energy Inc. NEEPRV+984 shares · +0%
- Bank America Corp.+30 shares · +0%
Trimmed 3
- iShares Gold Trust IAU-92,520 shares · -28%
- Talos Energy Inc. TALO-160,126 shares · -14%
- Nine Energy Service, Inc. NINE-23,400 shares · -1%
Sold out of 3
- Apollo Global Mgmt Inc.$43.5 million last quarter
- Warner Bros Discovery Inc. WBD$9.5 million last quarter
- Abrdn Natl Mun Income FD VFL$4.2 million last quarter
What it holds
| Company | Shares | Value | Of its book | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. GOOGM | 2.4M | $119.7 million | 16.06% | +703 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise C HPEPRC | 601.5K | $98.6 million | 13.23% | +224 |
| Qxo Inc. QXOPRB | 1.4M | $52.2 million | 7.01% | +237.8K |
| Boeing Co. BAPRA | 829.0K | $48.9 million | 6.57% | +374 |
| Nextera Energy Inc. NEEPRS | 941.0K | $45.9 million | 6.16% | no change |
| Microchip Technology Inc. MCHPP | 644.3K | $43.0 million | 5.78% | +40.9K |
| BlackRock Funds/Closed-End BTT | 2.0M | $43.0 million | 5.77% | no change |
| Oracle Corp. ORCLPRD | 883.4K | $38.8 million | 5.21% | +237.6K |
| Ares Management Corporation | 766.6K | $29.4 million | 3.94% | +286.8K |
| Bank America Corp. | 20.8K | $25.5 million | 3.42% | +30 |
| Nine Energy Service, Inc. NINE | 3.0M | $22.4 million | 3.00% | -23.4K |
| BlackRock Muniyield N Y Qual MYN | 2.3M | $20.6 million | 2.76% | no change |
| BlackRock Muniholdings FD in MHD | 2.0M | $20.3 million | 2.73% | no change |
| iShares Gold Trust IAU | 235.5K | $18.4 million | 2.47% | -92.5K |
| Talos Energy Inc. TALO | 1.0M | $16.4 million | 2.20% | -160.1K |
| Wells Fargo Co. New | 14.8K | $15.9 million | 2.14% | +8 |
| BlackRock Muniyild Qult FD I MQY | 1.6M | $15.8 million | 2.12% | no change |
| Gulfport Energy Corp. GPOR | 97.5K | $14.7 million | 1.97% | no change |
| Alphabet Inc. GOOGN | 250.0K | $12.2 million | 1.64% | no change |
| BlackRock Munihldgs NJ Qlty MUJ | 882.0K | $9.9 million | 1.33% | no change |
| Nextera Energy Inc. NEEPRV | 229.9K | $9.9 million | 1.33% | +984 |
| SPDR Gold Trust GLD | 15.3K | $5.8 million | 0.78% | no change |
| BlackRock Muniyield Mich Qu MIY | 479.7K | $5.4 million | 0.73% | no change |
| MFS Mun Income Trust MFM | 1.1M | $5.3 million | 0.71% | +753.3K |
| BlackRock Muniyield Quality MYI | 439.0K | $4.2 million | 0.57% | no change |
| BlackRock Munihldngs Cali QL MUC | 128.8K | $1.3 million | 0.17% | no change |
| Eaton Vance Mun BD FD EIM | 125.8K | $1.1 million | 0.15% | no change |
| New York Life Invts Active E SECR | 11.5K | $277,308 | 0.04% | no change |
| WW Intl Inc. WW | 14.4K | $222,176 | 0.03% | no change |