Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc.

In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed April 16, 2025), Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc. reported 114 stock positions worth $131.3 million. Its top holding was Costco Wholesale (COST) at 4.2% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 3.8%) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM, 3.3%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 3 new positions, sold out of 6, added to 28 and reduced 81. The biggest buy was Targa Resources (TRGP, shares +155%) and the biggest sale Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL, shares −73%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
NEW YORK, NY
CIK
0000007195
Portfolio Value
$131.3M (Q1 2025)
SEC Filing
0000007195-25-000002 ↗ filed Apr 16, 2025

Holdings Value

0$50.0M$100.0M$150.0M$200.0M Q1 2024: $162.9M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $162.7M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $153.3M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $149.8M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $131.3M $131.3M Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $140.9M Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $125.8M Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $125.2M Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $112.5M Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $129.9M Q2 2026

Holdings 114 stocks · $131.3M

COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 4.21% 5,844 $5.5M Reduce -2.7%
AAPL Apple Inc. 3.76% 22,195 $4.9M Reduce -6.3%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.29% 17,625 $4.3M Reduce -5.6%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 3.04% 4,824 $4.0M Reduce -8.1%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 2.81% 6,399 $3.7M Reduce -0.4%
V Visa Inc. Class A 2.58% 9,677 $3.4M Reduce -7.2%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 2.56% 30,989 $3.4M Reduce -15.6%
TT Trane Technologies PLC 2.43% 9,472 $3.2M Reduce -1.1%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.42% 16,705 $3.2M Reduce -7.8%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 2.31% 19,599 $3.0M Reduce -6.7%
BLK BlackRock Inc. 2.10% 2,916 $2.8M Reduce -5.8%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 2.07% 5,356 $2.7M Add +0.1%
TRGP Targa Resources Corp. 2.04% 13,324 $2.7M Add +155.4%
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. 2.03% 26,448 $2.7M Add +0.4%
ADI Analog Devices Inc. 1.94% 12,644 $2.5M Reduce -0.3%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.75% 6,133 $2.3M Reduce -9.9%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 1.75% 29,349 $2.3M Add +0.3%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 1.75% 4,382 $2.3M Add +211.2%
AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. 1.73% 4,326 $2.3M Reduce -3.5%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 1.73% 16,208 $2.3M Add +10.8%
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 1.69% 30,870 $2.2M Add +0.1%
PWR Quanta Services Inc. 1.60% 8,240 $2.1M Add +0.7%
URI United Rentals Inc. 1.57% 3,298 $2.1M Add +1.4%
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. 1.56% 4,147 $2.1M Add +0.8%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 1.27% 4,350 $1.7M Reduce -8.1%
SYK Stryker Corp. 1.25% 4,390 $1.6M Reduce -16.7%
AXP American Express Co. 1.15% 5,604 $1.5M Reduce -16.6%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.14% 3,006 $1.5M Add +0.4%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.11% 12,266 $1.5M Reduce -13.6%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 1.05% 1,724 $1.4M Add +807.4%
HD Home Depot Inc. 1.03% 3,706 $1.4M Reduce -16.8%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 1.02% 7,960 $1.3M Reduce -18.6%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 1.00% 9,089 $1.3M Add +0.6%
CRM Salesforce Inc. 0.98% 4,783 $1.3M Add +1.5%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 0.91% 5,826 $1.2M Add +331.6%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.89% 1,249 $1.2M Reduce -21.1%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.87% 2,078 $1.1M Reduce -1.4%
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. 0.84% 16,978 $1.1M New
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth 0.79% 2,860 $1.0M Reduce -8.5%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.74% 11,064 $971K Reduce -21.3%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.68% 5,238 $893K Reduce -23.3%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.66% 6,541 $868K Reduce -17.8%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.66% 2,769 $863K Reduce -24.6%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.64% 5,032 $835K Reduce -25.4%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 0.63% 2,727 $833K Reduce -24.8%
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 0.61% 17,642 $800K Reduce -26.3%
ZTS Zoetis Inc. 0.59% 4,719 $777K Reduce -2.5%
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 0.56% 3,093 $731K Reduce -27.3%
GLW Corning Inc. 0.54% 15,435 $707K Reduce -26.3%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.52% 5,615 $684K Reduce -29.1%
NUE Nucor Corp. 0.52% 5,636 $678K Add +6.2%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.52% 2,168 $677K Reduce -29.3%
CTAS Cintas Corp. 0.51% 3,283 $675K Reduce -2.8%
AMT American Tower Corp. 0.51% 3,075 $669K Reduce -31.3%
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line 0.50% 3,984 $659K Reduce -73.3%
XHLF Bondbloxx BBG 6 MTH US Treas 0.48% 12,641 $637K Add +5.0%
USB US Bancorp 0.48% 14,933 $630K Reduce -28.3%
IP International Paper Co. 0.48% 11,790 $629K Reduce -28.9%
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bo 0.47% 5,267 $622K No change
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 0.47% 2,100 $619K Reduce -27.6%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.47% 9,985 $616K Reduce -31.5%
GD General Dynamics Corp. 0.47% 2,251 $614K Reduce -30.8%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.47% 7,310 $613K Reduce -3.8%
ITW Illinois Tool Works 0.46% 2,447 $607K Reduce -29.2%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 0.45% 7,618 $596K Add +1.9%
MS Morgan Stanley 0.45% 5,100 $595K Reduce -28.2%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.44% 1,745 $576K Reduce -31.4%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.44% 3,184 $572K Reduce -32.0%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 0.43% 8,045 $570K Reduce -32.6%
DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO 0.43% 5,735 $566K Reduce -31.2%
XONE Bondbloxx BBG 1 Dur US Treas 0.43% 11,356 $565K Add +4.5%
MAR Marriott International Class A 0.43% 2,355 $561K Reduce -41.7%
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate 0.43% 6,854 $560K Add +1.6%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.42% 3,714 $557K Reduce -29.2%
FLOT iShares Floating Rate Bond E 0.42% 10,775 $550K Add +0.9%
DUK Duke Energy Corp. 0.42% 4,490 $548K Add +3.5%
EMR Emerson Electric Co. 0.41% 4,910 $538K Reduce -30.9%
INTU Intuit Inc. 0.41% 877 $538K Reduce -2.1%
AIG American International Group 0.41% 6,173 $537K Reduce -2.3%
NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. 0.41% 7,055 $535K Reduce -3.3%
KLAC KLA Corp. 0.40% 770 $523K Reduce -2.3%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.38% 2,004 $498K Reduce -0.6%
J Jacobs Solutions Inc. 0.38% 4,082 $493K Reduce -3.2%
HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. 0.37% 1,413 $488K Reduce -2.6%
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF 0.37% 43,169 $484K Add +2.6%
BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. 0.37% 2,110 $483K Reduce -36.3%
WM Waste Management Inc. 0.37% 2,078 $481K Add +1.7%
PH Parker Hannifin Corp. 0.36% 783 $476K Reduce -2.3%
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF 0.35% 5,561 $455K Reduce -1.9%
SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF 0.34% 6,777 $450K Add +4.8%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.32% 3,019 $419K Reduce -2.9%
DELL Dell Technologies -C 0.32% 4,572 $417K Reduce -2.7%
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.31% 2,045 $408K Reduce -0.2%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.31% 14,375 $402K Reduce -11.7%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 0.30% 7,843 $394K Reduce -1.4%
ROP Roper Technologies Inc. 0.30% 667 $393K Reduce -1.9%
BMI Badger Meter Inc. 0.30% 2,062 $392K Reduce -2.2%
ANET Arista Networks Inc. 0.29% 4,897 $379K Add +43.0%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR 0.29% 2,278 $378K Reduce -2.8%
DHI D.R. Horton Inc. 0.27% 2,789 $355K Reduce -2.7%

Show all 114 holdings

Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line Reduce -73.3% 0.50% −1.25
MCK McKesson Corp. Reduce -86.9% 0.21% −0.97
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.93
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Sold out 0.00% −0.87
CVX Chevron Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.75
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -15.6% 2.56% −0.73
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -18.6% 1.02% −0.50
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Reduce -6.7% 2.31% −0.35
MAR Marriott International Class A Reduce -41.7% 0.43% −0.32
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -7.8% 2.42% −0.23
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.21
NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR Sold out 0.00% −0.21
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -6.3% 3.76% −0.20
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Reduce -31.2% 0.43% −0.19
USB US Bancorp Reduce -28.3% 0.48% −0.18
AXP American Express Co. Reduce -16.6% 1.15% −0.18
EMR Emerson Electric Co. Reduce -30.9% 0.41% −0.18
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Reduce -31.4% 0.44% −0.18
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -9.9% 1.75% −0.16
LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.15
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Reduce -32.0% 0.44% −0.15
MS Morgan Stanley Reduce -28.2% 0.45% −0.14
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Reduce -32.6% 0.43% −0.14
ADBE Adobe Inc. Reduce -8.1% 1.27% −0.13
BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. Reduce -36.3% 0.37% −0.13
GLW Corning Inc. Reduce -26.3% 0.54% −0.13
ITW Illinois Tool Works Reduce -29.2% 0.46% −0.12
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -16.8% 1.03% −0.12
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Reduce -29.1% 0.52% −0.12
IP International Paper Co. Reduce -28.9% 0.48% −0.12
WMT Walmart Inc. Reduce -21.3% 0.74% −0.11
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -29.2% 0.42% −0.11
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -31.5% 0.47% −0.11
GD General Dynamics Corp. Reduce -30.8% 0.47% −0.10
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Reduce -27.3% 0.56% −0.09
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Reduce -27.6% 0.47% −0.09
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. Reduce -23.3% 0.68% −0.08
MCD McDonald's Corp. Reduce -29.3% 0.52% −0.08
ADP Automatic Data Processing Reduce -24.8% 0.63% −0.07
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -21.1% 0.89% −0.06
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth Reduce -8.5% 0.79% −0.05
AXON Axon Enterprise Inc. Reduce -3.5% 1.73% −0.05
DELL Dell Technologies -C Reduce -2.7% 0.32% −0.04
AMT American Tower Corp. Reduce -31.3% 0.51% −0.04
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Reduce -26.3% 0.61% −0.03
SYK Stryker Corp. Reduce -16.7% 1.25% −0.02
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR Reduce -2.8% 0.29% −0.02
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Reduce -1.4% 0.30% −0.02
BX Blackstone Inc. Reduce -1.0% 0.21% −0.02
BLK BlackRock Inc. Reduce -5.8% 2.10% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

TRGP Targa Resources Corp. Add +155.4% 2.04% +1.41
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Add +211.2% 1.75% +1.27
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Add +807.4% 1.05% +0.91
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. New 0.84% +0.84
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Add +331.6% 0.91% +0.70
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. Add +0.4% 2.03% +0.46
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Add +0.3% 1.75% +0.30
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Add +0.1% 2.07% +0.29
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Add +0.1% 1.69% +0.24
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF New 0.19% +0.19
SHEL Shell PLC-ADR New 0.15% +0.15
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. Add +0.8% 1.56% +0.13
DUK Duke Energy Corp. Add +3.5% 0.42% +0.11
NUE Nucor Corp. Add +6.2% 0.52% +0.10
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Add +0.4% 1.14% +0.10
ORCL Oracle Corp. Add +10.8% 1.73% +0.10
WM Waste Management Inc. Add +1.7% 0.37% +0.09
XHLF Bondbloxx BBG 6 MTH US Treas Add +5.0% 0.48% +0.08
XONE Bondbloxx BBG 1 Dur US Treas Add +4.5% 0.43% +0.07
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Add +1.9% 0.45% +0.07
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate Add +1.6% 0.43% +0.07
FLOT iShares Floating Rate Bond E Add +0.9% 0.42% +0.06
SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF Add +4.8% 0.34% +0.05
TBIL F/M US Treasury 3 Month Bill Add +8.8% 0.26% +0.05
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF Add +2.6% 0.37% +0.04
URI United Rentals Inc. Add +1.4% 1.57% +0.04
ANET Arista Networks Inc. Add +43.0% 0.29% +0.04
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. Add +0.6% 1.00% +0.02
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Add +10.2% 0.16% +0.02
CRM Salesforce Inc. Add +1.5% 0.98% −0.07
PWR Quanta Services Inc. Add +0.7% 1.60% −0.13

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 106$129.9MAMAT, NVDA, GOOGL, PWR, LLY
Q1 2026 102$112.5MNVDA, GOOGL, COST, PWR, AAPL
Q4 2025 105$125.2MNVDA, GOOGL, AAPL, JPM, LLY
Q3 2025 110$125.8MNVDA, META, ORCL, AAPL, JPM
Q2 2025 111$140.9MCOST, NVDA, META, JPM, AAPL
Q1 2025 114$131.3MCOST, AAPL, JPM, LLY, META
Q4 2024 117$149.8MAAPL, COST, NVDA, JPM, LLY
Q3 2024 111$153.3MAAPL, COST, NVDA, LLY, JPM
Q2 2024Amended 107$162.7MNVDA, LLY, COST, AAPL, GOOGL
Q1 2024 108$162.9MNVDA, LLY, COST, AAPL, JPM