North Star Investment Management Corp.
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed July 28, 2026), North Star Investment Management Corp. reported 1,728 stock positions worth $1.8 billion. Its top holding was JPMorgan Chase (JPM) at 4.7% of the portfolio, followed by iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW, 3.8%) and Apple (AAPL, 3.8%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 154 new positions, sold out of 124, added to 427 and reduced 404. The biggest buy was iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW, shares +1%) and the biggest sale Kirby (KEX, shares −61%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001342857
- Portfolio Value
- $1.8B (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001062993-26-003882 ↗ filed Jul 28, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 1,728 stocks · $1.8B
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4.69% | 262,927 | $86.1M | Reduce -0.4% |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | 3.79% | 505,966 | $69.6M | Add +0.9% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.77% | 239,122 | $69.2M | Add +1.9% |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | 3.22% | 748,474 | $59.2M | Add +1.3% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 2.86% | 142,204 | $52.6M | Reduce -1.3% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.63% | 64,572 | $48.2M | Reduce -0.1% |
| IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | 2.45% | 197,887 | $44.9M | Add +2.0% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.97% | 97,228 | $36.3M | Add +0.7% |
| ORI Old Republic Intl Corp. | 1.78% | 800,125 | $32.7M | Add +0.1% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.65% | 44,013 | $30.2M | Reduce -0.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.25% | 64,315 | $23.0M | Reduce -2.5% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 1.09% | 169,684 | $20.0M | Reduce -0.2% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 1.01% | 73,803 | $18.6M | Reduce -2.1% |
| VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips | 0.91% | 333,012 | $16.7M | Add +0.8% |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | 0.89% | 151,402 | $16.3M | Add +0.0% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.84% | 64,801 | $15.4M | Add +1.7% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.84% | 20,607 | $15.4M | Reduce -1.0% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.83% | 295,028 | $15.3M | Add +3.1% |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.83% | 56,056 | $15.2M | Add +0.1% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.79% | 56,825 | $14.4M | Reduce -0.5% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.78% | 19,390 | $14.3M | Add +0.3% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.74% | 93,321 | $13.7M | Add +0.1% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.71% | 12,195 | $13.0M | Add +3.4% |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | 0.70% | 82,829 | $12.9M | Add +0.4% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.70% | 36,288 | $12.8M | Add +3.4% |
| SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co. | 0.69% | 73,032 | $12.6M | Reduce -6.1% |
| PSTL Postal Realty Trust Inc. Class A | 0.65% | 483,411 | $11.9M | Reduce -5.8% |
| ACU Acme United Corp. filed as ACME UTD CORP | 0.64% | 247,653 | $11.8M | Reduce -2.0% |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.64% | 47,599 | $11.7M | Reduce -0.9% |
| IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | 0.63% | 28,310 | $11.6M | No change |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | 0.59% | 190,935 | $10.9M | Reduce -3.9% |
| FITB Fifth Third Bancorp | 0.58% | 189,868 | $10.7M | Reduce -0.0% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.58% | 148,317 | $10.6M | Add +1.9% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.57% | 89,044 | $10.5M | Reduce -6.3% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.57% | 44,121 | $10.4M | Add +0.9% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.55% | 10,722 | $10.0M | Reduce -0.0% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.54% | 26,713 | $9.8M | Reduce -1.5% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.53% | 16,729 | $9.7M | Reduce -34.6% |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | 0.52% | 300,951 | $9.5M | Add +6.7% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.51% | 18,560 | $9.3M | Add +0.0% |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | 0.50% | 99,285 | $9.1M | Reduce -0.3% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.48% | 7,401 | $8.9M | Reduce -11.5% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 0.48% | 114,539 | $8.8M | Reduce -1.0% |
| BLBD Blue Bird Corp. | 0.48% | 110,610 | $8.7M | No change |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.44% | 22,195 | $8.0M | Reduce -0.8% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.43% | 56,962 | $8.0M | Reduce -5.5% |
| ESCA Escalade Inc. | 0.43% | 420,345 | $7.9M | Reduce -0.5% |
| XOM Exxonmobil Holdings Corp. | 0.43% | 57,716 | $7.9M | No change |
| WHG Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 0.40% | 387,800 | $7.4M | Add +1.8% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.40% | 57,526 | $7.4M | Add +0.1% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.40% | 39,964 | $7.4M | Add +2.1% |
| SII Sprott Inc. | 0.39% | 63,121 | $7.1M | Reduce -1.8% |
| SGC Superior Group of Cos Inc. | 0.38% | 533,475 | $7.0M | Reduce -0.7% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.38% | 71,068 | $7.0M | Reduce -2.4% |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. filed as GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO | 0.38% | 30,382 | $7.0M | No change |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | 0.37% | 79,012 | $6.8M | Add +3.1% |
| VPLS Vanguard Core-Plus Bond ETF | 0.37% | 86,734 | $6.7M | Add +5.3% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.36% | 66,547 | $6.6M | Add +33.3% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.36% | 32,628 | $6.5M | Add +8.7% |
| BOOT Boot Barn Holdings Inc. | 0.35% | 39,400 | $6.5M | Reduce -0.0% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.35% | 47,550 | $6.4M | Reduce -0.1% |
| RCKY Rocky Brands Inc. | 0.35% | 154,175 | $6.4M | No change |
| MDST Westwd Sat Encd Mdstr in ETF | 0.34% | 217,786 | $6.3M | Add +28.4% |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | 0.34% | 56,745 | $6.3M | Add +19.7% |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | 0.34% | 8,898 | $6.3M | Add +1.9% |
| OESX Orion Energy Systems Inc. | 0.34% | 526,952 | $6.2M | Add +0.3% |
| MSGE Madison Square Garden Entert | 0.33% | 75,486 | $6.1M | Reduce -2.9% |
| ALNT Allient Inc. | 0.32% | 57,771 | $5.9M | Reduce -7.1% |
| IBIE iShares Ibonds Oct 2028 TT | 0.32% | 224,023 | $5.9M | Add +14.3% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.32% | 51,946 | $5.9M | Add +0.3% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.32% | 39,606 | $5.8M | Reduce -0.6% |
| LIND Lindblad Expeditions Holding | 0.31% | 204,800 | $5.8M | No change |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.31% | 62,989 | $5.7M | Add +0.6% |
| BHB Bar Harbor Bankshares filed as BAR HBR BANKSHARES | 0.30% | 145,580 | $5.5M | No change |
| GRBK Green Brick Partners Inc. | 0.30% | 68,275 | $5.5M | No change |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.29% | 10,771 | $5.4M | Add +0.6% |
| LQDT Liquidity Services Inc. | 0.29% | 137,975 | $5.4M | No change |
| MOV Movado Group Inc. | 0.28% | 131,025 | $5.2M | No change |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.28% | 17,141 | $5.1M | Reduce -0.2% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.28% | 18,874 | $5.1M | Add +0.6% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.28% | 14,425 | $5.1M | Add +31.7% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.28% | 62,364 | $5.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. | 0.27% | 55,982 | $5.0M | Reduce -0.6% |
| LYTS Lsi Industries Inc. | 0.27% | 183,463 | $4.9M | Reduce -33.6% |
| AEP American Electric Power | 0.26% | 35,308 | $4.8M | Add +0.4% |
| XHB SS SPDR S&P Homebldrs ETF | 0.26% | 41,775 | $4.8M | Add +3.2% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.26% | 4,764 | $4.8M | Add +4.4% |
| LINC Lincoln Educational Services | 0.26% | 96,275 | $4.8M | Reduce -42.8% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.25% | 244,602 | $4.7M | Add +9.0% |
| GWW WW Grainger Inc. | 0.25% | 3,431 | $4.7M | Reduce -7.5% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.25% | 7,316 | $4.6M | Add +0.5% |
| PGF Invesco Financial Preferred | 0.25% | 338,254 | $4.6M | Add +6.3% |
| KRE SS SPDR S&P Regional Bank | 0.25% | 61,284 | $4.6M | Add +3.0% |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | 0.25% | 44,708 | $4.6M | Add +0.8% |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 0.25% | 61,954 | $4.5M | Reduce -2.4% |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.25% | 47,057 | $4.5M | Add +3.0% |
| TGT Target Corp. | 0.25% | 34,696 | $4.5M | Reduce -1.4% |
| BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A | 0.24% | 6 | $4.5M | No change |
| ODC Oil-Dri Corp. of America | 0.24% | 43,400 | $4.4M | Reduce -6.5% |
| ETD Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. | 0.24% | 197,250 | $4.4M | Reduce -2.0% |
Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $3.3M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPR PROPERTIES (EPR 5.75 PERP C) | PFD C CV 5.75% | 65,000 | $1.7M | No change |
| LXP INDUSTRIAL TRUST (LXP 6.5 PERP C) | PFD CONV SER C | 36,000 | $1.6M | Add +2.9% |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 4 | $5K | No change |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 2 | $2K | No change |
| XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. | *W EXP 02/11/202 | 282 | $78 | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.8B.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| KEX Kirby Corp. | Reduce -61.1% | 0.11% | −0.20 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -1.5% | 0.54% | −0.17 |
| SII Sprott Inc. | Reduce -1.8% | 0.39% | −0.17 |
| LINC Lincoln Educational Services | Reduce -42.8% | 0.26% | −0.15 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Reduce -0.0% | 0.55% | −0.10 |
| EMBC Embecta Corp. | Reduce -96.8% | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Reduce -0.2% | 1.09% | −0.10 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.35% | −0.10 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | Reduce -11.4% | 0.08% | −0.08 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Reduce -38.7% | 0.07% | −0.08 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.23% | −0.07 |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.50% | −0.06 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -0.5% | 0.79% | −0.06 |
| KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. | Reduce -7.3% | 0.22% | −0.06 |
| WTTR Select Water Solutions Inc. | Reduce -42.8% | 0.12% | −0.06 |
| IEX Idex Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.11% | −0.05 |
| FFIC Flushing Financial Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| LYTS Lsi Industries Inc. | Reduce -33.6% | 0.27% | −0.05 |
| ACU Acme United Corp. | Reduce -2.0% | 0.64% | −0.05 |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | Reduce -1.0% | 0.48% | −0.04 |
| RAIL Freightcar America Inc. | Reduce -43.7% | 0.07% | −0.04 |
| CTLP Cantaloupe Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 0.44% | −0.04 |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.13% | −0.04 |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | Reduce -86.2% | 0.01% | −0.04 |
| AVNW Aviat Networks Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | Reduce -2.4% | 0.25% | −0.04 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -0.6% | 0.32% | −0.03 |
| ETD Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. | Reduce -2.0% | 0.24% | −0.03 |
| T AT&T Inc. | Reduce -1.4% | 0.05% | −0.03 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Reduce -0.4% | 4.69% | −0.03 |
| SPOK Spok Holdings Inc. | Reduce -26.2% | 0.05% | −0.03 |
| LUCK Lucky Strike Entertainment C | Reduce -99.1% | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Reduce -2.9% | 0.13% | −0.03 |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | Reduce -2.4% | 0.38% | −0.03 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Reduce -9.2% | 0.06% | −0.03 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Reduce -4.1% | 0.17% | −0.03 |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.15% | −0.03 |
| VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF | Reduce -8.0% | 0.20% | −0.03 |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | Reduce -76.6% | 0.01% | −0.02 |
| CEG Constellation Energy | Reduce -0.2% | 0.08% | −0.02 |
| PRTS Carparts.com Inc. | Reduce -90.3% | 0.05% | −0.02 |
| PSIX Power Solutions Internationa | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Reduce -74.2% | 0.01% | −0.02 |
| ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.14% | −0.02 |
| GIS General Mills Inc. | Reduce -6.8% | 0.06% | −0.02 |
| EML The Eastern Co. | Reduce -27.4% | 0.14% | −0.02 |
| HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. | Reduce -35.5% | 0.03% | −0.02 |
| DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. | Reduce -0.6% | 0.27% | −0.02 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +0.9% | 3.79% | +0.34 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Add +3.4% | 0.71% | +0.20 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +1.9% | 3.77% | +0.15 |
| RDW Redwire Corp. | Add +30065.5% | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +0.3% | 0.78% | +0.10 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Add +2.1% | 0.40% | +0.10 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +3.4% | 0.70% | +0.09 |
| WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES (WGO 3.25 01/15/30) | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| SLP Simulations Plus Inc. | Add +11.1% | 0.22% | +0.08 |
| NEWT Newtekone Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| GNL Global Net Lease Inc. | Add +246590.2% | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| MDV Modiv Industrial Inc. | Add +103.3% | 0.12% | +0.06 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +31.7% | 0.28% | +0.06 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +165.1% | 0.12% | +0.06 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Add +33.3% | 0.36% | +0.06 |
| OESX Orion Energy Systems Inc. | Add +0.3% | 0.34% | +0.06 |
| MITK Mitek Systems Inc. | Add +16.1% | 0.16% | +0.06 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | Add +5.7% | 0.10% | +0.05 |
| OCFC Oceanfirst Financial Corp. | Add +1010.6% | 0.06% | +0.05 |
| STRA Strategic Education Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| VABK Virginia National Bankshares | Add +86.4% | 0.10% | +0.05 |
| MDST Westwd Sat Encd Mdstr in ETF | Add +28.4% | 0.34% | +0.05 |
| HCKT The Hackett Group Inc. | Add +146.0% | 0.10% | +0.05 |
| ENR Energizer Holdings Inc. | Add +14.1% | 0.17% | +0.04 |
| GCMG GCM Grosvenor Inc. Class A | Add +9.1% | 0.22% | +0.04 |
| IIPR Innovative Industrial Proper | Add +66.5% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Add +26.4% | 0.05% | +0.04 |
| JOUT Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A | Add +41.4% | 0.19% | +0.04 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +8.7% | 0.36% | +0.04 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +1.7% | 0.84% | +0.04 |
| AEBI Aebi Schmidt Holding AG | Add +153.3% | 0.05% | +0.03 |
| BODI The Beachbody Co. Inc. | Add +400.0% | 0.04% | +0.03 |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | Add +0.0% | 0.18% | +0.03 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Add +4.4% | 0.26% | +0.03 |
| LAND Gladstone Land Corp. | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| FPI Farmland Partners Inc. | Add +6623.6% | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| REAL The Realreal Inc. | Add +1831.7% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| WHG Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | Add +1.8% | 0.40% | +0.02 |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | Add +19.7% | 0.34% | +0.02 |
| HFFG HF Foods Group Inc. | Add +104.3% | 0.07% | +0.02 |
| XHB SS SPDR S&P Homebldrs ETF | Add +3.2% | 0.26% | +0.02 |
| ENPH Enphase Energy Inc. | Add +47.8% | 0.05% | +0.02 |
| NPKI NPK International Inc. | Add +19.2% | 0.12% | +0.02 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | Add +88.5% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +23.6% | 0.08% | +0.02 |
| CRD.A Crawford & Company Class A | Add +8.9% | 0.17% | +0.02 |
| KRE SS SPDR S&P Regional Bank | Add +3.0% | 0.25% | +0.01 |
| KBE SS SPDR S&P Bank ETF | Add +650.7% | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings | Add +162.6% | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | Add +1.9% | 0.34% | +0.01 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| LXP INDUSTRIAL TRUST (LXP 6.5 PERP C) | PFD CONV SER C | Add +2.9% | 36,000 | $1.6M |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1,728 | $1.8B | JPM, IVW, AAPL, VCSH, VTI |
| Q1 2026 | 1,695 | $1.6B | JPM, AAPL, VCSH, IVW, VTI |
| Q4 2025 | 1,566 | $1.6B | JPM, AAPL, IVW, VCSH, VTI |
| Q3 2025 | 1,316 | $1.6B | JPM, IVW, AAPL, VCSH, MSFT |
| Q2 2025 | 1,209 | $1.4B | JPM, IVW, AAPL, MSFT, VCSH |
| Q1 2025 | 1,197 | $1.4B | JPM, AAPL, IVW, VCSH, VTI |
| Q4 2024 | 1,214 | $1.4B | JPM, AAPL, IVW, VTI, VCSH |
| Q3 2024 | 1,183 | $1.4B | AAPL, JPM, IVW, MSFT, VTI |
| Q2 2024 | 1,162 | $1.4B | JPM, AAPL, IVW, MSFT, VTI |
| Q1 2024 | 1,235 | $1.4B | JPM, AAPL, IVW, MSFT, VTI |