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Empowered Funds

Empowered Funds Portfolio holdings

AUM $19B Turnover 18.36%
1-Year Est. Return 51.72%
 

Empowered Funds, which does business as ETF Architect, offers a ready-made ETF platform for fund managers, advisers and family offices, and runs its own ETFs on the same platform. Its specialty is tax-free exchanges, which it has used to move managed accounts, hedge funds and mutual funds into ETFs. The firm began operating as an investment adviser in 2014 and is wholly owned by Alpha Architect, which was founded by Wesley Gray, a former finance professor at Drexel University.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+24.74%
1 Year Est. Return
+51.72%
3 Year Est. Return
+126.89%
5 Year Est. Return
+174.8%
10 Year Est. Return
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AUM
$19B
AUM Growth
+$3.32B
Cap. Flow
+$1.12B
Cap. Flow %
5.9%
Top 10 Hldgs %
17.4%
Holding
2,320
New
218
Increased
1,053
Reduced
749
Closed
208
Avg Time Held
0.9 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held
0.6 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held
0.8 years

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 26.19%
2 Financials 12.41%
3 Industrials 10.16%
4 Miscellaneous 10.04%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.93%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow Held Since
VNOM icon
801
Viper Energy
VNOM
$8.89B
$4.02M 0.02%
94,746
+9,379
+11% +$433K
2023 Q4
10 quarters
CMCO icon
802
Columbus McKinnon
CMCO
$455M
$4.01M 0.02%
265,105
+2,976
+1% +$44.3K
2026 Q1
1 quarter
MCS icon
803
Marcus Corp
MCS
$830M
$4M 0.02%
170,422
-11,371
-6% -$224K
2026 Q1
1 quarter
SBSI icon
804
Southside Bancshares
SBSI
$1.06B
$3.99M 0.02%
113,411
+13,113
+13% +$434K
2023 Q3
11 quarters
HIVE icon
805
HIVE Digital Technologies
HIVE
$469M
$3.99M 0.02%
1,095,628
+77,632
+8% +$251K
2026 Q1
1 quarter
PFIS icon
806
Peoples Financial Services
PFIS
$750M
$3.99M 0.02%
60,068
+4,257
+8% +$252K
2026 Q1
1 quarter
ACGL icon
807
Arch Capital
ACGL
$35.7B
$3.99M 0.02%
41,062
+8,672
+27% +$818K
2023 Q2
12 quarters
SPFI icon
808
South Plains Financial
SPFI
$836M
$3.98M 0.02%
92,397
+6,652
+8% +$278K
2023 Q2
12 quarters
SHEN icon
809
Shenandoah Telecom
SHEN
$549M
$3.97M 0.02%
263,553
+15,888
+6% +$250K
2025 Q2
4 quarters
SPYM icon
810
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
SPYM
$181B
$3.97M 0.02%
45,200
+40,962
+967% +$3.49M
2026 Q1
1 quarter
DASH icon
811
DoorDash
DASH
$82.4B
$3.94M 0.02%
21,372
-27,393
-56% -$4.53M
2023 Q4
10 quarters
MG icon
812
Mistras Group
MG
$642M
$3.94M 0.02%
225,494
– –
2023 Q2
12 quarters
IWD icon
813
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
IWD
$83.3B
$3.94M 0.02%
16,243
+582
+4% +$136K
2026 Q1
1 quarter
CCI icon
814
Crown Castle
CCI
$37B
$3.94M 0.02%
51,970
+3,857
+8% +$339K
2023 Q1
13 quarters
KKR icon
815
KKR & Co
KKR
$88B
$3.94M 0.02%
42,881
-18,647
-30% -$1.81M
2023 Q2
12 quarters
IONQ icon
816
IonQ
IONQ
$12.1B
$3.92M 0.02%
73,687
+26,407
+56% +$1.34M
2025 Q4
2 quarters
MPB icon
817
Mid Penn Bancorp
MPB
$875M
$3.91M 0.02%
112,353
+7,999
+8% +$265K
2023 Q2
12 quarters
EQNR icon
818
Equinor
EQNR
$107B
$3.91M 0.02%
124,499
+864
+0.7% +$32.3K
2024 Q1
9 quarters
EW icon
819
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$53.8B
$3.9M 0.02%
43,120
-38,899
-47% -$3.26M
2026 Q1
1 quarter
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820
Grocery Outlet
GO
$1.31B
$3.89M 0.02%
390,196
+21,206
+6% +$175K
2025 Q3
3 quarters
KVUE icon
821
Kenvue
KVUE
$37.1B
$3.89M 0.02%
203,609
+31,637
+18% +$557K
2023 Q4
10 quarters
SXC icon
822
SunCoke Energy
SXC
$950M
$3.89M 0.02%
483,064
+8,250
+2% +$63.7K
2023 Q2
12 quarters
MGY icon
823
Magnolia Oil & Gas
MGY
$6.74B
$3.88M 0.02%
151,858
+73,175
+93% +$2.09M
2026 Q1
1 quarter
ICFI icon
824
ICF International
ICFI
$1.77B
$3.88M 0.02%
53,260
+33,230
+166% +$2.29M
2023 Q1
13 quarters
TTE icon
825
TotalEnergies
TTE
$204B
$3.88M 0.02%
49,834
-7,204
-13% -$637K
2024 Q1
9 quarters

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Empowered Funds's Q2 2026 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2026, Empowered Funds held 2,320 positions worth $19B, up 21% from $15.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 17% of the portfolio.

Empowered Funds deployed $1.12B of net new capital in Q2 2026, opening 218 new positions and adding to 1,053 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Invesco QQQ Trust: 83,446 shares worth $61.4M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 26% of assets, up from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Microsoft, an estimated $41M trimmed.

  • Empowered Funds's largest Q2 2026 buy was Invesco QQQ Trust: 83,446 shares worth $61.4M.
  • Empowered Funds added most to TSMC in Q2 2026, an estimated $264M increase.
  • Empowered Funds's biggest Q2 2026 reduction was Microsoft, cutting an estimated $41M.
  • Empowered Funds fully exited GraniteShares Bloomberg Commodity Broad Strategy No K-1 ETF in Q2 2026, selling an estimated $26.4M.
  • Empowered Funds's ten largest holdings make up 17% of its $19B portfolio in Q2 2026.
  • Empowered Funds opened 218 new positions and closed 208 in Q2 2026.
  • Empowered Funds's portfolio value rose 21% quarter-over-quarter to $19B.

Based on Empowered Funds's 13F filing for Q2 2026, filed 17 Aug 2026.