North Star Investment Management Corp.

In its 13F for Q2 2024 (holdings as of June 30, 2024, filed August 6, 2024), North Star Investment Management Corp. reported 1,162 stock positions worth $1.4 billion. Its top holding was JPMorgan Chase (JPM) at 4.1% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 4.0%) and iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW, 3.4%). Compared with Q1 2024, it opened 19 new positions, sold out of 95, added to 186 and reduced 321. The biggest buy was Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF (VCSH, shares +13%) and the biggest sale BGSF (BGSF, shares −84%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
CHICAGO, IL
CIK
0001342857
Portfolio Value
$1.4B (Q2 2024)
SEC Filing
0001062993-24-014461 ↗ filed Aug 6, 2024

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B Q1 2024: $1.4B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.4B $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 1,162 stocks · $1.4B

JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.13% 277,981 $56.2M Reduce -4.8%
AAPL Apple Inc. 4.03% 260,550 $54.9M Reduce -1.2%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 3.42% 504,319 $46.7M Reduce -4.9%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 3.26% 99,536 $44.5M Reduce -2.1%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 2.79% 142,216 $38.0M Reduce -0.3%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 2.52% 63,146 $34.4M Reduce -2.0%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 2.26% 169,462 $30.8M Reduce -4.6%
ORI Old Republic Intl Corp. 1.76% 774,522 $23.9M Add +0.0%
BX Blackstone Inc. 1.63% 179,870 $22.3M Reduce -0.4%
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 1.61% 283,957 $21.9M Add +13.3%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.42% 38,820 $19.4M Add +1.4%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 1.39% 261,972 $18.9M Reduce -0.5%
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. 1.16% 150,739 $15.9M Reduce -4.0%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.08% 86,082 $14.8M Reduce -4.0%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.99% 96,014 $13.6M Reduce -0.0%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.98% 73,346 $13.4M Reduce -2.3%
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 0.95% 57,097 $12.9M Add +0.1%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.93% 65,416 $12.6M Reduce -1.0%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.90% 22,512 $12.3M Reduce -0.6%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.90% 74,206 $12.2M Reduce -4.7%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.84% 286,181 $11.4M Add +9.9%
ACU Acme United Corp. filed as ACME UTD CORP 0.79% 305,580 $10.7M Reduce -6.7%
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF 0.75% 84,474 $10.2M Reduce -3.3%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.71% 20,280 $9.7M Reduce -0.1%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.71% 11,428 $9.7M Reduce -0.5%
PAYX Paychex Inc. 0.70% 79,915 $9.5M Reduce -0.4%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.69% 64,150 $9.4M Reduce -1.7%
BLBD Blue Bird Corp. 0.68% 172,176 $9.3M Reduce -1.9%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.66% 49,112 $9.0M Reduce -0.9%
VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips 0.66% 184,032 $8.9M Reduce -4.2%
AMLP Alerian MLP ETF 0.65% 183,835 $8.8M Add +3.0%
AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. filed as GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO 0.63% 33,179 $8.6M Reduce -1.2%
TGT Target Corp. 0.62% 57,323 $8.5M Reduce -7.4%
IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF 0.62% 28,220 $8.4M Add +1.4%
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. 0.61% 41,431 $8.3M Reduce -0.3%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 0.60% 292,125 $8.2M Add +16.6%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.59% 8,839 $8.0M Reduce -7.0%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.59% 25,543 $8.0M Reduce -1.2%
MUB iShares National Muni Bond E 0.57% 72,440 $7.7M Add +0.0%
CODI Compass Diversified Holdings 0.56% 349,361 $7.6M Add +0.0%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.54% 59,097 $7.3M Reduce -1.0%
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.53% 43,096 $7.3M Reduce -0.6%
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 0.52% 173,853 $7.1M Reduce -0.3%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.51% 66,367 $6.9M Reduce -3.9%
ESCA Escalade Inc. 0.50% 498,320 $6.9M Add +3.0%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.50% 59,682 $6.9M Add +0.0%
RCKY Rocky Brands Inc. 0.50% 184,775 $6.8M No change
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings Inc. 0.50% 52,900 $6.8M Reduce -50.2%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.50% 41,052 $6.8M Reduce -2.9%
SII Sprott Inc. 0.49% 160,037 $6.6M Reduce -1.4%
PSTL Postal Realty Trust Inc. Class A 0.48% 487,590 $6.5M Add +10.0%
SGC Superior Group of Cos Inc. 0.47% 335,775 $6.3M No change
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.46% 29,185 $6.3M Reduce -4.0%
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.46% 30,901 $6.3M Add +3.0%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.44% 37,212 $6.0M Reduce -7.5%
KEX Kirby Corp. 0.44% 50,291 $6.0M Reduce -23.0%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.43% 14,524 $5.9M Reduce -6.6%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.43% 10,574 $5.8M Reduce -2.6%
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF 0.42% 107,337 $5.7M Add +1.2%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.42% 31,038 $5.7M Reduce -3.4%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.38% 37,953 $5.2M Add +9.9%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.38% 20,335 $5.2M Reduce -3.2%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.38% 107,971 $5.1M Add +3.8%
ETD Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. 0.37% 181,850 $5.1M Add +4.0%
USLM United States Lime & Mineral 0.36% 13,370 $4.9M Reduce -31.9%
WEN The Wendy's Co. 0.35% 282,684 $4.8M Reduce -2.8%
SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co. 0.34% 130,920 $4.6M Add +4.2%
GRBK Green Brick Partners Inc. 0.33% 78,675 $4.5M No change
BBW Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. 0.33% 175,425 $4.4M Reduce -0.3%
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp 0.32% 121,050 $4.4M Reduce -1.9%
DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. 0.32% 61,598 $4.4M Reduce -2.9%
PGF Invesco Financial Preferred 0.32% 299,136 $4.4M Reduce -1.0%
MITK Mitek Systems Inc. 0.32% 394,000 $4.4M Add +42.2%
EPM Evolution Petroleum Corp. 0.32% 828,012 $4.4M Add +7.6%
DENN Denny's Corp. 0.32% 607,600 $4.3M Add +42.3%
OESX Orion Energy Systems Inc. 0.32% 3,885,702 $4.3M Add +0.4%
WHG Westwood Holdings Group Inc. 0.32% 353,857 $4.3M Add +0.0%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.30% 12,298 $4.1M Reduce -18.2%
ZTS Zoetis Inc. 0.30% 23,431 $4.1M Reduce -0.0%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.29% 9,088 $4.0M Reduce -4.4%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.29% 11,501 $4.0M Reduce -2.8%
ARC Arc Document Solutions Inc. 0.29% 1,494,828 $3.9M No change
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.29% 61,571 $3.9M Reduce -0.8%
BHB Bar Harbor Bankshares filed as BAR HBR BANKSHARES 0.29% 145,580 $3.9M Add +11.9%
ALG Alamo Group Inc. 0.29% 22,613 $3.9M No change
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 0.28% 7,166 $3.8M Add +1.6%
LAKE Lakeland Industries Inc. 0.28% 166,176 $3.8M Reduce -1.4%
BBSI Barrett Business SVCS Inc. 0.28% 116,000 $3.8M No change
KRE SS SPDR S&P Regional Bank 0.27% 76,238 $3.7M Add +68.8%
MSGE Madison Square Garden Entert 0.27% 107,671 $3.7M Reduce -0.8%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.27% 29,705 $3.7M Reduce -46.1%
VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF 0.27% 20,837 $3.7M Reduce -1.3%
FFA First Trust Enhan Eqty Inc. 0.26% 180,556 $3.6M Add +0.6%
EML The Eastern Co. 0.26% 137,921 $3.5M Reduce -7.7%
XHB SS SPDR S&P Homebldrs ETF 0.26% 34,742 $3.5M Add +2.0%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.26% 51,597 $3.5M Reduce -1.0%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.25% 22,196 $3.5M Reduce -2.6%
LYTS Lsi Industries Inc. 0.25% 239,277 $3.5M Reduce -8.4%
LQDT Liquidity Services Inc. 0.25% 173,175 $3.5M No change
SBUX Starbucks Corp. 0.25% 44,305 $3.4M Reduce -3.8%

Show all 1,162 holdings

Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $529K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
EPR PROPERTIES (EPR 5.75 PERP C) PFD C CV 5.75% 27,000$521KAdd +350.0%
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 Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

BGSF BGSF Inc. Reduce -84.4% 0.07% −0.47
ACU Acme United Corp. Reduce -6.7% 0.79% −0.31
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings Inc. Reduce -50.2% 0.50% −0.22
ACCO Acco Brands Corp. Reduce -58.7% 0.11% −0.19
SLCA US Silica Holdings Inc. Reduce -58.5% 0.20% −0.17
PARAA Paramount Global Class B Reduce -67.2% 0.07% −0.16
TGT Target Corp. Reduce -7.4% 0.62% −0.16
CVS CVS Health Corp. Reduce -30.4% 0.18% −0.16
PRTS Carparts.com Inc. Reduce -42.3% 0.09% −0.15
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -22.2% 0.17% −0.13
EML The Eastern Co. Reduce -7.7% 0.26% −0.11
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Reduce -4.6% 2.26% −0.10
LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui Reduce -93.0% 0.01% −0.10
WIRE Encore Wire Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.10
ODC Oil-Dri Corp. of America Reduce -19.6% 0.23% −0.09
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Reduce -18.2% 0.30% −0.09
PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. Reduce -54.7% 0.06% −0.09
FLWS 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Class A Reduce -35.8% 0.12% −0.09
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -46.1% 0.27% −0.09
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -4.0% 1.08% −0.08
PLOW Douglas Dynamics Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.08
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Reduce -7.5% 0.44% −0.07
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -4.7% 0.90% −0.07
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Sold out 0.00% −0.07
SP SP Plus Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.07
USLM United States Lime & Mineral Reduce -31.9% 0.36% −0.06
BX Blackstone Inc. Reduce -0.4% 1.63% −0.06
DE Deere & Co. Reduce -16.9% 0.21% −0.06
ONB Old National Bancorp Reduce -88.4% 0.01% −0.06
ARAY Accuray Inc. Reduce -5.7% 0.14% −0.06
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -3.9% 0.51% −0.05
VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.05
TCBK Trico Bancshares Sold out 0.00% −0.05
BBW Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.33% −0.05
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -1.7% 0.69% −0.05
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -4.8% 4.13% −0.05
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Reduce -3.8% 0.25% −0.05
SBCF Seacoast Banking Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.05
CME Cme Group Inc. Reduce -30.6% 0.08% −0.04
MCD McDonald's Corp. Reduce -3.2% 0.38% −0.04
WEN The Wendy's Co. Reduce -2.8% 0.35% −0.04
MTRN Materion Corp. Reduce -34.0% 0.05% −0.04
BA The Boeing Co. Reduce -14.0% 0.18% −0.04
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Reduce -83.1% 0.01% −0.03
MSGE Madison Square Garden Entert Reduce -0.8% 0.27% −0.03
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -2.8% 0.29% −0.03
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Reduce -6.6% 0.43% −0.03
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A Reduce -4.4% 0.29% −0.03
HOS Hornbeck Offshore Services I Reduce -41.8% 0.06% −0.03
CNTY Century Casinos Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.03

Portfolio Buys Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF Add +13.3% 1.61% +0.23
LXP LXP Industrial Trust Add +750.1% 0.20% +0.18
APA Apa Corp. Add +13613.0% 0.15% +0.15
BAC Bank of America Corp. Add +9.9% 0.84% +0.13
KRE SS SPDR S&P Regional Bank Add +68.8% 0.27% +0.11
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +1.4% 1.42% +0.11
PFE Pfizer Inc. Add +16.6% 0.60% +0.10
AES AES Corp. Add +7590.7% 0.10% +0.10
LGTY Logility Supply Chain Soluti Add +337.6% 0.12% +0.09
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. New 0.09% +0.09
TIPT Tiptree Inc. New 0.08% +0.08
OESX Orion Energy Systems Inc. Add +0.4% 0.32% +0.08
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Add +392.5% 0.09% +0.07
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp. Class A New 0.06% +0.06
SPOK Spok Holdings Inc. New 0.06% +0.06
BKE The Buckle Inc. New 0.06% +0.06
ORI Old Republic Intl Corp. Add +0.0% 1.76% +0.06
FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. Add +31.2% 0.18% +0.05
MOV Movado Group Inc. Add +46.1% 0.20% +0.05
IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF Add +1.4% 0.62% +0.04
MITK Mitek Systems Inc. Add +42.2% 0.32% +0.04
EPR Epr Properties Add +63.2% 0.11% +0.04
DENN Denny's Corp. Add +42.3% 0.32% +0.04
AMLP Alerian MLP ETF Add +3.0% 0.65% +0.04
BHB Bar Harbor Bankshares Add +11.9% 0.29% +0.04
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. Add +19.8% 0.15% +0.04
O Realty Income Corp. Add +14.9% 0.22% +0.03
ESCA Escalade Inc. Add +3.0% 0.50% +0.03
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF Add +15.3% 0.10% +0.02
PSTL Postal Realty Trust Inc. Class A Add +10.0% 0.48% +0.02
FFA First Trust Enhan Eqty Inc. Add +0.6% 0.26% +0.02
EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF Add +11.1% 0.22% +0.02
HON Honeywell International Inc. Add +4.0% 0.17% +0.02
PUMP Propetro Holding Corp. Add +1.4% 0.16% +0.02
DELL Dell Technologies -C Add +45.4% 0.04% +0.02
HCKT The Hackett Group Inc. Add +15.9% 0.25% +0.02
FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF Add +5.8% 0.18% +0.01
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Add +9.9% 0.38% +0.01
CHE Chemed Corp. New 0.01% +0.01
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. Add +4.4% 0.05% +0.01
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. Add +2.3% 0.07% +0.01
MUB iShares National Muni Bond E Add +0.0% 0.57% +0.01
NWN Northwest Natural Holding Co. Add +8.9% 0.13% +0.01
PFF iShares Preferred & Income S Add +44.0% 0.03% +0.01
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF Add +3.0% 0.46% +0.01
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Add +0.0% 0.50% +0.01
CEG Constellation Energy Add +0.1% 0.09% +0.01
WMB Williams Cos Inc. Add +0.8% 0.07% +0.01
CTLP Cantaloupe Inc. Add +3.2% 0.09% +0.01
QRHC Quest Resource Holding Corp. Add +1.9% 0.10% +0.01

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

EPR PROPERTIES (EPR 5.75 PERP C) PFD C CV 5.75% Add +350.0% 27,000 $521K
WFG West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. 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