North Star Investment Management Corp.
In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed October 30, 2024), North Star Investment Management Corp. reported 1,183 stock positions worth $1.4 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 4.2% of the portfolio, followed by JPMorgan Chase (JPM, 4.0%) and iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW, 3.5%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 58 new positions, sold out of 40, added to 259 and reduced 206. The biggest buy was Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF (VCSH, shares +30%) and the biggest sale Microsoft (MSFT, shares −1%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001342857
- Portfolio Value
- $1.4B (Q3 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001062993-24-018117 ↗ filed Oct 30, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 1,183 stocks · $1.4B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.17% | 258,856 | $60.3M | Reduce -0.7% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.96% | 271,642 | $57.3M | Reduce -2.3% |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | 3.51% | 530,128 | $50.8M | Add +5.1% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.93% | 98,505 | $42.4M | Reduce -1.0% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 2.82% | 143,894 | $40.7M | Add +1.2% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.56% | 64,473 | $37.0M | Add +2.1% |
| IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | 2.47% | 181,229 | $35.7M | Add +6.9% |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | 2.02% | 368,577 | $29.3M | Add +29.8% |
| ORI Old Republic Intl Corp. | 1.90% | 774,708 | $27.4M | Add +0.0% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 1.87% | 176,163 | $27.0M | Reduce -2.1% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.43% | 39,111 | $20.6M | Add +0.8% |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | 1.30% | 143,576 | $18.7M | Reduce -4.8% |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 1.24% | 239,459 | $18.0M | Reduce -8.6% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 1.17% | 85,431 | $16.9M | Reduce -0.8% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 1.10% | 93,215 | $15.9M | Reduce -2.9% |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.97% | 57,092 | $14.1M | Reduce -0.0% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.90% | 22,561 | $13.0M | Add +0.2% |
| ACU Acme United Corp. filed as ACME UTD CORP | 0.87% | 302,734 | $12.6M | Reduce -0.9% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.87% | 74,018 | $12.6M | Reduce -0.3% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.85% | 65,869 | $12.3M | Add +0.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.84% | 73,343 | $12.2M | Reduce 0.0% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.74% | 79,705 | $10.7M | Reduce -0.3% |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | 0.73% | 77,837 | $10.5M | Reduce -7.9% |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | 0.71% | 94,551 | $10.3M | Add +30.5% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.71% | 62,956 | $10.2M | Reduce -1.9% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.70% | 11,374 | $10.1M | Reduce -0.5% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.68% | 20,069 | $9.8M | Reduce -1.0% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.66% | 48,113 | $9.5M | Reduce -2.0% |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. filed as GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO | 0.63% | 32,479 | $9.1M | Reduce -2.1% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.63% | 191,909 | $9.0M | Add +4.4% |
| TGT Target Corp. | 0.62% | 57,229 | $8.9M | Reduce -0.2% |
| IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | 0.61% | 28,220 | $8.9M | No change |
| BOOT Boot Barn Holdings Inc. | 0.61% | 52,900 | $8.8M | No change |
| VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips | 0.60% | 176,418 | $8.7M | Reduce -4.1% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.58% | 289,007 | $8.4M | Reduce -1.1% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.57% | 206,607 | $8.2M | Reduce -27.8% |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.56% | 44,745 | $8.1M | Add +3.8% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.56% | 25,185 | $8.1M | Reduce -1.4% |
| BLBD Blue Bird Corp. | 0.55% | 166,176 | $8.0M | Reduce -3.5% |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | 0.55% | 175,075 | $7.9M | Add +0.7% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.54% | 8,857 | $7.8M | Add +0.2% |
| CODI Compass Diversified Holdings | 0.54% | 354,432 | $7.8M | Add +1.4% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.54% | 66,477 | $7.8M | Add +11.4% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.52% | 66,275 | $7.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| PSTL Postal Realty Trust Inc. Class A | 0.50% | 493,290 | $7.2M | Add +1.2% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.49% | 41,105 | $7.1M | Add +0.1% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.49% | 41,828 | $7.1M | Add +1.0% |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.49% | 31,786 | $7.0M | Add +2.9% |
| ESCA Escalade Inc. | 0.48% | 496,204 | $7.0M | Reduce -0.4% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.48% | 28,312 | $6.9M | Reduce -3.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.46% | 59,018 | $6.7M | Reduce -0.1% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.46% | 14,548 | $6.7M | Add +0.2% |
| SII Sprott Inc. | 0.46% | 152,534 | $6.6M | Reduce -4.7% |
| GRBK Green Brick Partners Inc. | 0.45% | 78,675 | $6.6M | No change |
| USLM United States Lime & Mineral | 0.45% | 66,850 | $6.5M | No change |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.45% | 10,475 | $6.5M | Reduce -0.9% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 0.43% | 108,540 | $6.2M | Add +1.1% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.43% | 20,226 | $6.2M | Reduce -0.5% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.42% | 37,212 | $6.1M | No change |
| SGC Superior Group of Cos Inc. | 0.42% | 389,775 | $6.0M | Add +16.1% |
| BBW Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. | 0.42% | 175,025 | $6.0M | Reduce -0.2% |
| SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co. | 0.41% | 134,480 | $5.9M | Add +2.7% |
| KEX Kirby Corp. | 0.41% | 48,291 | $5.9M | Reduce -4.0% |
| RCKY Rocky Brands Inc. | 0.41% | 184,775 | $5.9M | No change |
| KRE SS SPDR S&P Regional Bank | 0.40% | 102,993 | $5.8M | Add +35.1% |
| ETD Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. | 0.39% | 179,050 | $5.7M | Reduce -1.5% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.39% | 106,917 | $5.7M | Reduce -1.0% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.36% | 30,762 | $5.1M | Reduce -0.9% |
| FITB Fifth Third Bancorp | 0.35% | 119,524 | $5.1M | Reduce -1.3% |
| WHG Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 0.35% | 358,978 | $5.1M | Add +1.4% |
| ARC Arc Document Solutions Inc. | 0.35% | 1,495,000 | $5.1M | Add +0.0% |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | 0.35% | 36,892 | $5.0M | Reduce -2.8% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.33% | 12,306 | $4.8M | Add +0.1% |
| PGF Invesco Financial Preferred | 0.33% | 301,423 | $4.7M | Add +0.8% |
| HBB Hamilton Beach Brand-A | 0.32% | 153,451 | $4.7M | No change |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.32% | 11,423 | $4.6M | Reduce -0.7% |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | 0.32% | 23,434 | $4.6M | Add +0.0% |
| MSGE Madison Square Garden Entert | 0.31% | 106,421 | $4.5M | Reduce -1.2% |
| DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. | 0.31% | 61,348 | $4.5M | Reduce -0.4% |
| BHB Bar Harbor Bankshares filed as BAR HBR BANKSHARES | 0.31% | 145,580 | $4.5M | No change |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 0.31% | 9,089 | $4.5M | Add +0.0% |
| EML The Eastern Co. | 0.31% | 137,921 | $4.5M | No change |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.31% | 61,771 | $4.4M | Add +0.3% |
| XHB SS SPDR S&P Homebldrs ETF | 0.30% | 35,343 | $4.4M | Add +1.7% |
| EPM Evolution Petroleum Corp. | 0.30% | 823,135 | $4.4M | Reduce -0.6% |
| BBSI Barrett Business SVCS Inc. | 0.30% | 116,000 | $4.4M | No change |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | 0.30% | 44,438 | $4.3M | Add +0.3% |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | 0.29% | 7,396 | $4.2M | Add +3.2% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.29% | 51,755 | $4.2M | Add +0.3% |
| HCKT The Hackett Group Inc. | 0.29% | 157,186 | $4.1M | No change |
| ALG Alamo Group Inc. | 0.28% | 22,613 | $4.1M | No change |
| KBE SS SPDR S&P Bank ETF | 0.28% | 76,601 | $4.1M | Add +60.6% |
| LQDT Liquidity Services Inc. | 0.27% | 173,175 | $3.9M | No change |
| LYTS Lsi Industries Inc. | 0.27% | 239,281 | $3.9M | Add +0.0% |
| GWW WW Grainger Inc. filed as GRAINGER W W INC | 0.26% | 3,675 | $3.8M | No change |
| VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.26% | 19,911 | $3.8M | Reduce -4.4% |
| AEP American Electric Power | 0.26% | 36,870 | $3.8M | Reduce -3.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.26% | 30,745 | $3.7M | Add +3.5% |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | 0.26% | 46,300 | $3.7M | Add +0.2% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.26% | 58,379 | $3.7M | Add +0.8% |
Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $613K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPR PROPERTIES (EPR 5.75 PERP C) | PFD C CV 5.75% | 27,000 | $605K | No change |
| 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 | $3K | No change |
| ADVENT CONVERTIBLE AND INCOM | RIGHT 10/17/2024 | 419 | $8 | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.4B.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -1.0% | 2.93% | −0.33 |
| MITK Mitek Systems Inc. | Reduce -88.6% | 0.03% | −0.30 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Reduce -27.8% | 0.57% | −0.27 |
| VPG Vishay Precision Group | Reduce -98.3% | 0.00% | −0.21 |
| SLCA US Silica Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | Reduce -82.5% | 0.04% | −0.18 |
| DENN Denny's Corp. | Reduce -46.7% | 0.14% | −0.17 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Reduce -2.3% | 3.96% | −0.16 |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | Reduce -8.6% | 1.24% | −0.14 |
| CALY Callaway Golf Company | Reduce -99.9% | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce 0.0% | 0.84% | −0.14 |
| BA The Boeing Co. | Reduce -67.5% | 0.05% | −0.13 |
| WEN The Wendy's Co. | Reduce -36.0% | 0.22% | −0.13 |
| APA Apa Corp. | Reduce -80.8% | 0.02% | −0.13 |
| BLBD Blue Bird Corp. | Reduce -3.5% | 0.55% | −0.13 |
| FLWS 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Class A | Reduce -82.0% | 0.02% | −0.11 |
| MNRO Monro Inc. | Reduce -81.3% | 0.03% | −0.10 |
| JOUT Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A | Reduce -39.6% | 0.12% | −0.08 |
| KLG WK Kellogg Co. | Reduce -96.3% | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| MOV Movado Group Inc. | Reduce -14.6% | 0.12% | −0.08 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.46% | −0.07 |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Reduce -79.8% | 0.02% | −0.07 |
| K Kellanova | Reduce -94.0% | 0.01% | −0.06 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -0.9% | 0.36% | −0.06 |
| PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. | Reduce -98.9% | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| NVEC Nve Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| COHU Cohu Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips | Reduce -4.1% | 0.60% | −0.05 |
| MTRN Materion Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| LGTY Logility Supply Chain Soluti | Reduce -43.2% | 0.08% | −0.04 |
| BGSF BGSF Inc. | Reduce -50.7% | 0.03% | −0.04 |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | Reduce -16.0% | 0.15% | −0.04 |
| LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES INC | Reduce -3.2% | 0.05% | −0.04 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Reduce -1.0% | 0.68% | −0.04 |
| LKFN Lakeland Financial Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | Reduce -2.8% | 0.35% | −0.03 |
| KEX Kirby Corp. | Reduce -4.0% | 0.41% | −0.03 |
| ARAY Accuray Inc. | Reduce -16.0% | 0.11% | −0.03 |
| SII Sprott Inc. | Reduce -4.7% | 0.46% | −0.03 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.87% | −0.03 |
| KE Kimball Electronics Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | Reduce -47.1% | 0.04% | −0.03 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Reduce -1.4% | 0.56% | −0.02 |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | Reduce -7.9% | 0.73% | −0.02 |
| ARRY Array Technologies Inc. | Reduce -4.3% | 0.03% | −0.02 |
| ESCA Escalade Inc. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.48% | −0.02 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.58% | −0.02 |
| WM Waste Management Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.22% | −0.02 |
| BIIB Biogen Inc. | Reduce -0.2% | 0.08% | −0.02 |
| EPM Evolution Petroleum Corp. | Reduce -0.6% | 0.30% | −0.02 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | Add +29.8% | 2.02% | +0.41 |
| IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | Add +6.9% | 2.47% | +0.21 |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | Add +30.5% | 0.71% | +0.14 |
| ORI Old Republic Intl Corp. | Add +0.0% | 1.90% | +0.14 |
| KRE SS SPDR S&P Regional Bank | Add +35.1% | 0.40% | +0.13 |
| AVA Avista Corp. | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| KBE SS SPDR S&P Bank ETF | Add +60.6% | 0.28% | +0.12 |
| MTN Vail Resorts Inc. | Add +3158.7% | 0.12% | +0.11 |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +5.1% | 3.51% | +0.09 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Add +283.0% | 0.10% | +0.08 |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corp. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co. | Add +2.7% | 0.41% | +0.07 |
| NATR Natures Sunshine Prods Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| VIRC Virco MFG Corporation | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| SPOK Spok Holdings Inc. | Add +110.3% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| ARC Arc Document Solutions Inc. | Add +0.0% | 0.35% | +0.06 |
| ARTNA Artesian Resources Corp. Class A | Add +88.0% | 0.12% | +0.06 |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Add +34.3% | 0.23% | +0.05 |
| XHB SS SPDR S&P Homebldrs ETF | Add +1.7% | 0.30% | +0.05 |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | Add +0.3% | 0.30% | +0.05 |
| KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. | Add +24.3% | 0.20% | +0.05 |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | Add +0.2% | 0.26% | +0.04 |
| DELL Dell Technologies -C | Add +156.3% | 0.07% | +0.04 |
| AES AES Corp. | Add +28.0% | 0.13% | +0.04 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +2.1% | 2.56% | +0.04 |
| WHG Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | Add +1.4% | 0.35% | +0.04 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +11.4% | 0.54% | +0.03 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +0.3% | 0.29% | +0.03 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.33% | +0.03 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Add +0.8% | 0.26% | +0.03 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +0.2% | 0.46% | +0.03 |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | Add +3.8% | 0.56% | +0.03 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +1.2% | 2.82% | +0.03 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | Add +2.9% | 0.49% | +0.03 |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | Add +0.7% | 0.55% | +0.02 |
| WT Wisdomtree Inc. | Add +10862.6% | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| PSTL Postal Realty Trust Inc. Class A | Add +1.2% | 0.50% | +0.02 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +41.3% | 0.07% | +0.02 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Add +0.3% | 0.31% | +0.02 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | Add +0.0% | 0.32% | +0.02 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Add +0.2% | 0.15% | +0.02 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Add +0.0% | 0.31% | +0.02 |
| NATH Nathan's Famous Inc. | Add +6.5% | 0.09% | +0.02 |
| VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U | Add +4.6% | 0.19% | +0.01 |
| EPR Epr Properties | Add +2.8% | 0.13% | +0.01 |
| NWE Northwestern Energy Group Inc. | Add +0.3% | 0.20% | +0.01 |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | Add +1.1% | 0.43% | +0.01 |
| LYTS Lsi Industries Inc. | Add +0.0% | 0.27% | +0.01 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Add +0.5% | 0.11% | +0.01 |
| CLX Clorox Company | Add +2.7% | 0.10% | +0.01 |
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
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 |