North Star Investment Management Corp.

In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed April 30, 2024), North Star Investment Management Corp. reported 1,235 stock positions worth $1.4 billion. Its top holding was JPMorgan Chase (JPM) at 4.2% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 3.2%) and iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW, 3.2%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 88 new positions, sold out of 39, added to 336 and reduced 167. The biggest buy was JPMorgan Chase (JPM, shares +0%) and the biggest sale Carparts.com (PRTS, shares −0%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
CHICAGO, IL
CIK
0001342857
Portfolio Value
$1.4B (Q1 2024)
SEC Filing
0001062993-24-009047 ↗ filed Apr 30, 2024

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B Q1 2024: $1.4B $1.4B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.4B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $1.4B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.4B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.4B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.4B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $1.6B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $1.6B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $1.6B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $1.8B Q2 2026

Holdings 1,235 stocks · $1.4B

JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.17% 291,996 $58.5M Add +0.1%
AAPL Apple Inc. 3.23% 263,747 $45.2M Add +0.5%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 3.19% 530,117 $44.8M Add +2.1%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 3.05% 101,690 $42.8M Add +0.7%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 2.65% 142,687 $37.1M Add +3.4%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 2.40% 64,434 $33.7M Add +2.8%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 2.37% 177,663 $33.2M Add +2.7%
ORI Old Republic Intl Corp. 1.70% 774,306 $23.8M Add +0.2%
BX Blackstone Inc. 1.69% 180,672 $23.7M Reduce -2.7%
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 1.38% 250,595 $19.4M Add +34.4%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 1.36% 263,385 $19.1M Reduce -0.7%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.31% 38,279 $18.4M Add +6.9%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.17% 89,690 $16.3M Add +3.2%
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. 1.13% 156,932 $15.8M Reduce -0.3%
ACU Acme United Corp. filed as ACME UTD CORP 1.10% 327,570 $15.4M Reduce -10.8%
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 1.00% 57,009 $14.0M Reduce -9.6%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.97% 77,834 $13.6M Add +1.8%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.86% 96,026 $12.1M Reduce -1.9%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.85% 66,054 $11.9M Reduce -0.1%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.85% 22,653 $11.9M Add +5.3%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.81% 75,099 $11.3M Add +2.9%
TGT Target Corp. 0.78% 61,906 $11.0M Add +2.3%
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF 0.77% 87,346 $10.8M Add +2.5%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.74% 65,255 $10.3M Add +0.5%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings Inc. 0.72% 106,270 $10.1M No change
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.70% 260,334 $9.9M Add +4.2%
PAYX Paychex Inc. 0.70% 80,229 $9.9M Reduce -0.6%
VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips 0.66% 192,084 $9.2M Reduce -8.9%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.65% 49,561 $9.1M Add +3.4%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.64% 20,311 $9.0M Add +0.5%
AMLP Alerian MLP ETF 0.60% 178,405 $8.5M Add +90.7%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.60% 11,481 $8.4M Add +1.2%
CODI Compass Diversified Holdings 0.60% 349,290 $8.4M Add +2.4%
AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. filed as GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO 0.60% 33,579 $8.4M No change
IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF 0.57% 27,820 $8.0M No change
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.56% 59,701 $7.9M Add +0.8%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.56% 69,073 $7.9M Add +4.1%
MUB iShares National Muni Bond E 0.56% 72,428 $7.8M Add +0.0%
BGSF BGSF Inc. 0.55% 735,073 $7.7M Add +1.3%
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.54% 43,365 $7.6M Add +3.0%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.53% 9,508 $7.4M Add +5.5%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.52% 25,853 $7.4M Add +5.8%
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 0.52% 174,306 $7.3M Add +3.2%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.52% 40,212 $7.3M Reduce -26.0%
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. 0.50% 41,578 $7.0M Add +0.9%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 0.50% 250,617 $7.0M Reduce -19.7%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.49% 59,669 $6.9M Add +3.5%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.49% 42,261 $6.9M Reduce -12.5%
BLBD Blue Bird Corp. 0.48% 175,487 $6.7M No change
ESCA Escalade Inc. 0.47% 483,912 $6.7M Add +0.0%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.47% 15,553 $6.5M Add +17.6%
PSTL Postal Realty Trust Inc. Class A 0.45% 443,180 $6.3M Add +4.0%
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.45% 30,007 $6.3M Add +6.9%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.45% 10,854 $6.3M Add +2.6%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.45% 30,395 $6.3M Reduce -10.6%
KEX Kirby Corp. 0.44% 65,291 $6.2M Reduce -3.0%
SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co. 0.44% 125,620 $6.2M Add +0.5%
ETD Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. 0.43% 174,850 $6.0M Add +3.5%
SII Sprott Inc. 0.43% 162,268 $6.0M Reduce -0.3%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.42% 21,012 $5.9M Add +1.9%
USLM United States Lime & Mineral 0.42% 19,625 $5.9M Reduce -16.9%
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF 0.41% 106,037 $5.8M Add +6.7%
SGC Superior Group of Cos Inc. 0.40% 335,775 $5.5M Reduce -14.1%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.39% 15,031 $5.5M Add +1.6%
WEN The Wendy's Co. 0.39% 290,676 $5.5M Add +4.3%
BBW Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. 0.37% 175,925 $5.3M No change
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.37% 104,058 $5.2M Add +118.5%
ALG Alamo Group Inc. 0.37% 22,613 $5.2M No change
SLCA US Silica Holdings Inc. 0.37% 414,645 $5.1M Reduce -7.4%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.37% 34,547 $5.1M Add +1.3%
EML The Eastern Co. 0.36% 149,421 $5.1M Reduce -9.6%
RCKY Rocky Brands Inc. 0.36% 184,775 $5.0M No change
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.36% 5,514 $5.0M Reduce -21.2%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.35% 32,122 $4.9M Add +0.5%
DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. 0.34% 63,462 $4.7M Add +2.5%
GRBK Green Brick Partners Inc. 0.34% 78,675 $4.7M Reduce -1.3%
EPM Evolution Petroleum Corp. 0.34% 769,369 $4.7M Add +8.9%
CVS CVS Health Corp. 0.34% 58,895 $4.7M Reduce -3.6%
PGF Invesco Financial Preferred 0.33% 302,052 $4.6M Reduce -4.6%
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp 0.33% 123,347 $4.6M Reduce -2.6%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.33% 9,504 $4.6M Reduce -2.8%
ODC Oil-Dri Corp. of America 0.33% 61,200 $4.6M Reduce -10.9%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.32% 11,828 $4.5M Reduce -1.7%
WHG Westwood Holdings Group Inc. 0.31% 353,837 $4.4M Add +1.0%
INTC Intel Corp. 0.31% 97,006 $4.3M Add +27.6%
MSGE Madison Square Garden Entert 0.30% 108,571 $4.3M Reduce -1.4%
SBUX Starbucks Corp. 0.30% 46,046 $4.2M Add +5.3%
ACCO Acco Brands Corp. 0.30% 741,620 $4.2M Reduce -13.8%
ARC Arc Document Solutions Inc. 0.30% 1,494,828 $4.1M Add +36.5%
ZTS Zoetis Inc. 0.28% 23,434 $4.0M Reduce -0.3%
LYTS Lsi Industries Inc. 0.28% 261,273 $4.0M Reduce -25.7%
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 0.28% 7,051 $3.9M Add +4.1%
MITK Mitek Systems Inc. 0.28% 277,125 $3.9M Add +137.5%
DENN Denny's Corp. 0.27% 427,000 $3.8M Reduce -1.1%
VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF 0.27% 21,106 $3.8M Reduce -2.0%
XHB SS SPDR S&P Homebldrs ETF 0.27% 34,061 $3.8M Reduce -0.6%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.27% 62,041 $3.8M Add +1.8%
GWW WW Grainger Inc. filed as GRAINGER W W INC 0.27% 3,675 $3.7M No change
DE Deere & Co. 0.27% 9,098 $3.7M Add +3.9%
HBB Hamilton Beach Brand-A 0.26% 152,051 $3.7M No change

Show all 1,235 holdings

Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $121K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
EPR PROPERTIES (EPR 5.75 PERP C) PFD C CV 5.75% 6,000$114KNew
BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) 7.25%CNV PFD L 4$5KNo change
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A 2$2KNo change

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.4B.

Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024

PRTS Carparts.com Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.24% −0.26
MGRC McGrath Rentcorp Sold out 0.00% −0.23
PFE Pfizer Inc. Reduce -19.7% 0.50% −0.19
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Reduce -9.6% 1.00% −0.19
BX Blackstone Inc. Reduce -2.7% 1.69% −0.18
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Reduce -0.7% 1.36% −0.14
FHB First Hawaiian Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES INC Reduce -11.2% 0.11% −0.12
VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips Reduce -8.9% 0.66% −0.11
ACU Acme United Corp. Reduce -10.8% 1.10% −0.11
PLOW Douglas Dynamics Inc. Reduce -44.6% 0.08% −0.11
WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. Reduce -35.1% 0.22% −0.11
ACCO Acco Brands Corp. Reduce -13.8% 0.30% −0.11
BA The Boeing Co. Reduce -0.7% 0.22% −0.10
LYTS Lsi Industries Inc. Reduce -25.7% 0.28% −0.10
LGTY Logility Supply Chain Soluti Reduce -72.7% 0.03% −0.10
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Reduce -26.0% 0.52% −0.10
DENN Denny's Corp. Reduce -1.1% 0.27% −0.09
TFC Truist Financial Corp. Reduce -64.3% 0.05% −0.08
GREENBRIER COS INC (GBX 2.875 02/01/24) Sold out 0.00% −0.08
FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. Reduce -39.4% 0.13% −0.08
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. Reduce -84.3% 0.02% −0.08
ZTS Zoetis Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.28% −0.07
MYE Myers Industries Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.07
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. Reduce -35.4% 0.11% −0.07
TITN Titan Machinery Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.07
ABM Abm Industries Inc. Reduce -42.5% 0.07% −0.07
RGP Resources Connection Inc. Reduce -36.0% 0.07% −0.06
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. Reduce -12.5% 0.49% −0.06
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Reduce -10.6% 0.45% −0.05
LUCK Lucky Strike Entertainment C Reduce -58.6% 0.03% −0.05
DLTH Duluth Holdings Inc. Class B Sold out 0.00% −0.05
KLIC Kulicke & Soffa Industries Sold out 0.00% −0.04
THR Thermon Group Holdings Inc. Reduce -35.4% 0.06% −0.04
PAYX Paychex Inc. Reduce -0.6% 0.70% −0.04
CVS CVS Health Corp. Reduce -3.6% 0.34% −0.04
FLWS 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Class A Reduce -7.5% 0.21% −0.03
QCRH QCR Holdings Inc. Reduce -36.0% 0.05% −0.03
TNC Tennant Co. Reduce -38.9% 0.10% −0.03
FBNC First Bancorp Sold out 0.00% −0.03
ODC Oil-Dri Corp. of America Reduce -10.9% 0.33% −0.03
ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Reduce -68.2% 0.01% −0.03
PGF Invesco Financial Preferred Reduce -4.6% 0.33% −0.03
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. Reduce -8.6% 0.22% −0.02
WIRE Encore Wire Corp. Reduce -29.1% 0.10% −0.02
SLCA US Silica Holdings Inc. Reduce -7.4% 0.37% −0.02
KRE SS SPDR S&P Regional Bank Reduce -0.0% 0.16% −0.02
TGTX TG Therapeutics Inc. Reduce -37.8% 0.02% −0.02
CVX Chevron Corp. Reduce -4.9% 0.26% −0.02
HOS Hornbeck Offshore Services I Reduce -14.8% 0.09% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024

JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Add +0.1% 4.17% +0.35
AMLP Alerian MLP ETF Add +90.7% 0.60% +0.30
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF Add +34.4% 1.38% +0.27
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +2.1% 3.19% +0.19
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Add +118.5% 0.37% +0.19
MITK Mitek Systems Inc. Add +137.5% 0.28% +0.16
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Add +0.7% 3.05% +0.13
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Add +3.2% 1.17% +0.13
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Add +3.4% 2.65% +0.13
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Add +5.5% 0.53% +0.12
TGT Target Corp. Add +2.3% 0.78% +0.12
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +2.8% 2.40% +0.11
SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co. Add +0.5% 0.44% +0.11
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +6.9% 1.31% +0.11
O Realty Income Corp. Add +155.3% 0.19% +0.11
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +17.6% 0.47% +0.10
QRHC Quest Resource Holding Corp. New 0.09% +0.09
PUMP Propetro Holding Corp. Add +171.5% 0.14% +0.08
CTLP Cantaloupe Inc. New 0.08% +0.08
ENR Energizer Holdings Inc. Add +140.9% 0.15% +0.08
UMH Umh Properties Inc. Add +59.9% 0.20% +0.07
MNRO Monro Inc. Add +112.5% 0.14% +0.07
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Add +0.8% 0.56% +0.07
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +7.4% 0.23% +0.06
HCKT The Hackett Group Inc. Add +35.3% 0.24% +0.06
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +5.3% 0.85% +0.06
TILE Interface Inc. Add +19.8% 0.18% +0.06
KLG WK Kellogg Co. Add +98.0% 0.09% +0.06
BAC Bank of America Corp. Add +4.2% 0.70% +0.06
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Add +1.6% 0.39% +0.06
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Add +2.7% 2.37% +0.05
EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF Add +31.3% 0.20% +0.05
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Add +3.5% 0.49% +0.05
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. Add +0.9% 0.50% +0.04
PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. Add +44.3% 0.15% +0.04
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Add +3.2% 0.52% +0.04
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Add +2.4% 0.15% +0.03
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Add +492.2% 0.04% +0.03
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth New 0.03% +0.03
CEG Constellation Energy Add +12.1% 0.08% +0.03
DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. Add +2.5% 0.34% +0.03
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +2.9% 0.81% +0.02
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Add +1.2% 0.60% +0.02
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui Add +18.2% 0.15% +0.02
AXP American Express Co. Add +18.9% 0.09% +0.02
EPM Evolution Petroleum Corp. Add +8.9% 0.34% +0.02
BGSF BGSF Inc. Add +1.3% 0.55% +0.02
NATH Nathan's Famous Inc. Add +64.0% 0.08% +0.02
XLK SS Technology Select Sector Add +13.1% 0.17% +0.02
ARC Arc Document Solutions Inc. Add +36.5% 0.30% +0.02

Notes & Other Activity Q4 2023 → Q1 2024

PARAMOUNT GLOBAL (SKYD 5.75 04/01/24 A) 5.75% CONV PFD A Sold out 22,765 $426Kbefore exit
EPR PROPERTIES (EPR 5.75 PERP C) PFD C CV 5.75% New 6,000 $114K
WFG West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $0
NS Nustar Energy LP UNIT COM Sold out 0 $0before exit
QSR Restaurant Brands Intern COM Sold out 0 $0before exit
TRP TC Energy Corp. COM Sold out 0 $0before exit
VST Vistra Corp. COM Sold out 0 $0before exit

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 1,728$1.8BJPM, IVW, AAPL, VCSH, VTI
Q1 2026 1,695$1.6BJPM, AAPL, VCSH, IVW, VTI
Q4 2025 1,566$1.6BJPM, AAPL, IVW, VCSH, VTI
Q3 2025 1,316$1.6BJPM, IVW, AAPL, VCSH, MSFT
Q2 2025 1,209$1.4BJPM, IVW, AAPL, MSFT, VCSH
Q1 2025 1,197$1.4BJPM, AAPL, IVW, VCSH, VTI
Q4 2024 1,214$1.4BJPM, AAPL, IVW, VTI, VCSH
Q3 2024 1,183$1.4BAAPL, JPM, IVW, MSFT, VTI
Q2 2024 1,162$1.4BJPM, AAPL, IVW, MSFT, VTI
Q1 2024 1,235$1.4BJPM, AAPL, IVW, MSFT, VTI