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Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 150529

Filed as WELLINGTON SHIELDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2010, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$1,173,354,300
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC located?

Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 150529.

How much does Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC manage?

Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC reports $1,173,354,300 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,059,402,801 in the October 2021 data and $1,173,354,300 in the October 2026 data, up 11%. Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (273); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (271); corporations or other businesses not listed above (16).

Which custodians does Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC use?

Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Pershing LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/150529

What changed in Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $999,720,457 to $1,173,354,300 (+17%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,173,354,300

$1,173,354,300 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,051,258,896.Non-discretionary: $122,095,404.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 271 Assets $65,692,932 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 273 Assets $811,285,015 (69%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $6,555,360 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 14 Assets $212,571,472 (18%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 16 Assets $77,249,521 (7%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
21 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.06B 2021 $1.2B 2022 $1.03B 2023 $909M 2024 $1000M 2025 $1.17B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,173,354,30020March 24, 2026
October 2025$999,720,45721March 24, 2025
October 2024$908,668,43920March 12, 2024
October 2023$1,034,227,63420March 21, 2023
October 2022$1,197,781,92121March 17, 2022
October 2021$1,059,402,80121March 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,059,402,801 in the October 2021 data and $1,173,354,300 in the October 2026 data, up 11%.

Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $999,720,457 to $1,173,354,300 (+17%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
wellingtonshields.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC (CRD 150529): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wellington-shields-capital-management-llc-new-york-ny-150529