Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.
In its 13F for Q2 2024 (holdings as of June 30, 2024, filed August 9, 2024), Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. reported 319 stock positions worth $725.3 million. Its top holding was Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) at 9.9% of the portfolio, followed by Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, 2.6%) and Cameco (CCJ, 2.4%). Compared with Q1 2024, it opened 29 new positions, sold out of 29, added to 101 and reduced 141. The biggest buy was a new position in Estee Lauder Companies Class A (EL) and the biggest sale Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM, shares −84%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001020317
- Portfolio Value
- $725.3M (Q2 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001085146-24-003694 ↗ filed Aug 9, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 319 stocks · $725.3M
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 9.91% | 3,978,609 | $71.9M | Reduce -0.4% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 2.64% | 47,108 | $19.2M | Reduce -2.4% |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | 2.42% | 356,947 | $17.6M | Reduce -14.1% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.00% | 126,285 | $14.5M | Add +19.9% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.84% | 63,375 | $13.3M | Reduce -2.5% |
| HUM Humana Inc. | 1.59% | 30,820 | $11.5M | Add +12.4% |
| WCC Wesco International Inc. | 1.56% | 71,411 | $11.3M | Reduce -3.9% |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | 1.51% | 82,885 | $11.0M | Add +11.4% |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | 1.51% | 230,804 | $10.9M | Add +0.5% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.51% | 24,430 | $10.9M | Add +0.4% |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | 1.41% | 462,232 | $10.2M | Add +0.0% |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | 1.37% | 344,377 | $10.0M | Add +2.3% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed as CF INDS HLDGS INC | 1.33% | 129,910 | $9.6M | Reduce -3.8% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.33% | 52,790 | $9.6M | Reduce -0.8% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.30% | 51,400 | $9.4M | Reduce -0.7% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 1.26% | 406,740 | $9.1M | Reduce -5.0% |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | 1.16% | 884,931 | $8.4M | Add +1.1% |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | 1.14% | 242,926 | $8.2M | Add +0.3% |
| AER Aercap Holdings NV | 1.13% | 88,075 | $8.2M | Reduce -14.0% |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | 1.02% | 194,970 | $7.4M | Reduce -13.3% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 1.02% | 59,786 | $7.4M | Reduce -0.9% |
| SM SM Energy Co. | 0.99% | 166,648 | $7.2M | Reduce -23.7% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.97% | 432,384 | $7.0M | Add +0.2% |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | 0.90% | 129,005 | $6.5M | Reduce -4.4% |
| EL Estee Lauder Companies Class A filed as LAUDER ESTEE COS INC | 0.87% | 59,413 | $6.3M | New |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | 0.86% | 253,992 | $6.3M | Reduce -0.4% |
| SONY Sony Group Corp. - SP ADR | 0.86% | 73,639 | $6.3M | Add +3.5% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.83% | 34,935 | $6.0M | Reduce -0.8% |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 0.83% | 29,894 | $6.0M | Reduce -6.2% |
| MRC MRC Global Inc. | 0.82% | 462,959 | $6.0M | Reduce -13.4% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.80% | 585,335 | $5.8M | Add +14.7% |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | 0.79% | 73,129 | $5.8M | Reduce -1.1% |
| ALEX Alexander & Baldwin Inc. | 0.78% | 335,192 | $5.7M | Reduce -3.5% |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 0.75% | 200,315 | $5.5M | Add +3.2% |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 0.75% | 82,883 | $5.4M | Reduce -0.7% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.73% | 58,283 | $5.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CCNE CNB Financial Corp. | 0.72% | 254,673 | $5.2M | Reduce -4.5% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.71% | 26,534 | $5.1M | Add +0.7% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.69% | 30,496 | $5.0M | Add +0.0% |
| SNV Synovus Financial Corp. | 0.69% | 124,827 | $5.0M | Reduce -20.6% |
| SSNC Ss&c Technologies Holdings | 0.69% | 79,514 | $5.0M | Reduce -9.8% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.69% | 31,778 | $5.0M | Reduce -2.5% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.68% | 169,918 | $4.9M | Add +6.4% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.64% | 68,708 | $4.7M | Add +1.3% |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | 0.63% | 247,684 | $4.6M | Reduce -12.2% |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | 0.62% | 94,020 | $4.5M | Add +0.1% |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | 0.61% | 187,153 | $4.5M | Reduce -8.4% |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | 0.60% | 162,270 | $4.4M | Add +126.1% |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | 0.59% | 97,698 | $4.3M | Reduce -0.5% |
| DEO Diageo PLC-Sponsored ADR | 0.58% | 33,599 | $4.2M | Add +370.2% |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | 0.57% | 51,789 | $4.1M | Reduce -2.6% |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | 0.57% | 38,818 | $4.1M | Reduce -2.9% |
| TECK Teck Resources Ltd.-CLS B | 0.57% | 85,607 | $4.1M | Reduce -3.3% |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | 0.56% | 69,059 | $4.1M | Add +1.8% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.55% | 31,952 | $4.0M | Reduce -6.7% |
| ARDX Ardelyx Inc. | 0.54% | 531,660 | $3.9M | Reduce -2.0% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.54% | 26,781 | $3.9M | Reduce -1.7% |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.53% | 71,857 | $3.8M | Reduce -0.6% |
| INDA iShares MSCI India ETF | 0.51% | 66,697 | $3.7M | Add +4.7% |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.50% | 106,233 | $3.6M | Add +12.1% |
| TUA Sim St Treas Fut Strat ETF filed as SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUN | 0.50% | 169,299 | $3.6M | Reduce -6.6% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd. | 0.49% | 341,203 | $3.5M | Add +15.1% |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | 0.46% | 215,016 | $3.4M | Add +8.9% |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | 0.46% | 69,365 | $3.4M | Add +7.7% |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | 0.45% | 82,004 | $3.3M | New |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | 0.45% | 254,360 | $3.2M | Add +4.5% |
| CNI Canadian Natl Railway Co. | 0.44% | 27,300 | $3.2M | No change |
| VFC VF Corp. | 0.42% | 227,095 | $3.1M | Reduce -37.3% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.41% | 9,545 | $3.0M | Reduce -1.1% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.41% | 14,771 | $3.0M | Add +6.5% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.40% | 28,913 | $2.9M | Add +0.3% |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | 0.40% | 59,212 | $2.9M | Add +9.9% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.40% | 24,208 | $2.9M | Reduce -1.8% |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | 0.39% | 41,128 | $2.8M | Add +3.6% |
| CHX Championx Corp. | 0.39% | 84,490 | $2.8M | New |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | 0.38% | 49,005 | $2.8M | Add +1.3% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.38% | 57,272 | $2.7M | Reduce -1.2% |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | 0.37% | 64,082 | $2.7M | Add +0.4% |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | 0.34% | 14,170 | $2.5M | Add +26.4% |
| EXC Exelon Corp. | 0.33% | 70,194 | $2.4M | Reduce -10.4% |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | 0.33% | 12,321 | $2.4M | Reduce -5.0% |
| MUFG Mitsubishi Ufj Finl-Spon ADR | 0.33% | 222,900 | $2.4M | Add +9.9% |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 0.33% | 24,967 | $2.4M | Reduce -22.5% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.31% | 49,624 | $2.3M | Reduce -2.0% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.31% | 12,314 | $2.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.30% | 17,456 | $2.2M | Reduce -3.1% |
| HIGH Simplify Enhanced Income ETF | 0.28% | 82,657 | $2.0M | Add +13.5% |
| INFL Horizon Kinetics Infl Benef | 0.27% | 60,323 | $2.0M | Reduce -6.1% |
| WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. | 0.27% | 264,852 | $2.0M | Reduce -20.6% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.27% | 7,191 | $1.9M | Add +1.2% |
| OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 0.26% | 29,635 | $1.9M | Reduce -3.3% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.26% | 7,301 | $1.9M | Reduce -0.2% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.25% | 83,152 | $1.8M | Reduce -2.1% |
| CNC Centene Corp. | 0.25% | 27,688 | $1.8M | No change |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.25% | 45,615 | $1.8M | New |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | 0.25% | 10,497 | $1.8M | Add +0.1% |
| NTR Nutrien Ltd. | 0.25% | 34,936 | $1.8M | Add +4.2% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.24% | 16,902 | $1.8M | Add +16.2% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.24% | 6,691 | $1.8M | Reduce -1.0% |
| XME SS SPDR S&P Metals Mining | 0.24% | 29,280 | $1.7M | Reduce -1.7% |
Options reported separately and not counted above: ET calls ($162K).
Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $2.6M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC (LITE 0.5 12/15/26) | NOTE 0.500%12/1 · principal | 2,000,000 | $1.8M | No change |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 439 | $522K | No change |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 268 | $321K | Reduce -37.2% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $728.0M.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| SFM Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. | Reduce -84.5% | 0.18% | −0.73 |
| SM SM Energy Co. | Reduce -23.7% | 0.99% | −0.50 |
| PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.37 |
| VFC VF Corp. | Reduce -37.3% | 0.42% | −0.34 |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | Reduce -62.6% | 0.21% | −0.31 |
| SE Sea Ltd.-ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Reduce -3.8% | 1.33% | −0.21 |
| WCC Wesco International Inc. | Reduce -3.9% | 1.56% | −0.19 |
| VST Vistra Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.19 |
| SNV Synovus Financial Corp. | Reduce -20.6% | 0.69% | −0.17 |
| FXY Invesco Currencyshares Japan | Reduce -71.2% | 0.06% | −0.17 |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | Reduce -2.6% | 0.57% | −0.14 |
| B Barrick Gold Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -2.4% | 2.64% | −0.14 |
| EIDO iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF | Reduce -53.1% | 0.09% | −0.13 |
| WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. | Reduce -20.6% | 0.27% | −0.13 |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | Reduce -22.5% | 0.33% | −0.12 |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | Reduce -0.4% | 0.86% | −0.12 |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | Reduce -13.3% | 1.02% | −0.12 |
| STLA Stellantis NV | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Reduce -24.2% | 0.15% | −0.11 |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | Reduce -12.2% | 0.63% | −0.10 |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | Reduce -0.6% | 0.53% | −0.10 |
| MRC MRC Global Inc. | Reduce -13.4% | 0.82% | −0.10 |
| SN Sharkninja Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| SSNC Ss&c Technologies Holdings | Reduce -9.8% | 0.69% | −0.09 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Reduce -1.1% | 0.79% | −0.09 |
| AER Aercap Holdings NV | Reduce -14.0% | 1.13% | −0.09 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Reduce -45.4% | 0.07% | −0.07 |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | Reduce -8.4% | 0.61% | −0.07 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -0.9% | 1.02% | −0.07 |
| ITUB Itau Unibanco H-Spon PRF ADR | Reduce -63.4% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| EXC Exelon Corp. | Reduce -10.4% | 0.33% | −0.07 |
| INSP Inspire Medical Systems Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| FNV Franco-Nevada Corp. | Reduce -23.1% | 0.22% | −0.07 |
| GNK Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| BTU Peabody Energy Corp. | Reduce -57.4% | 0.04% | −0.06 |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 0.83% | −0.05 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Reduce -40.5% | 0.07% | −0.05 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -1.7% | 0.54% | −0.05 |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | Reduce -14.1% | 2.42% | −0.05 |
| GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| ARCH Arch Resources Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | Reduce -5.0% | 0.33% | −0.05 |
| IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc. | Reduce -18.6% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| PSX Phillips 66 | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | Reduce -4.4% | 0.90% | −0.05 |
| CLMT Calumet Specialty Products | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| TUA Sim St Treas Fut Strat ETF | Reduce -6.6% | 0.50% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| EL Estee Lauder Companies Class A | New | 0.87% | +0.87 |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | New | 0.45% | +0.45 |
| DEO Diageo PLC-Sponsored ADR | Add +370.2% | 0.58% | +0.44 |
| CHX Championx Corp. | New | 0.39% | +0.39 |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | Add +126.1% | 0.60% | +0.35 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +19.9% | 2.00% | +0.32 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Add +12.4% | 1.59% | +0.28 |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | New | 0.25% | +0.25 |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | Add +14.7% | 0.80% | +0.22 |
| NRP Natural Resource Partners LP | New | 0.21% | +0.21 |
| NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP | New | 0.19% | +0.19 |
| SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui-Spons ADR | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| PPLT Abrdn Physical Platinum SHRS | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| GEL Genesis Energy L.P. | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +26.4% | 0.34% | +0.13 |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | Add +0.0% | 1.41% | +0.11 |
| SMLP Summit Midstream Partners LP | Add +136.8% | 0.17% | +0.11 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +0.4% | 1.51% | +0.10 |
| Z Zillow Group Inc. Class C | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Add +0.3% | 1.14% | +0.09 |
| CPRI Capri Holdings Ltd. | Add +129.2% | 0.21% | +0.08 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +1.3% | 0.64% | +0.08 |
| HNRG Hallador Energy Co. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd. | Add +15.1% | 0.49% | +0.08 |
| ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| ELMD Electromed Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| CPNG Coupang Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | Add +8.9% | 0.46% | +0.07 |
| BHVN Biohaven Ltd. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| INDA iShares MSCI India ETF | Add +4.7% | 0.51% | +0.06 |
| HCC Warrior Met Coal Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Add +0.4% | 0.37% | +0.06 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +0.7% | 0.71% | +0.05 |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Add +7.7% | 0.46% | +0.05 |
| NGD New Gold Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Add +104.8% | 0.11% | +0.05 |
| MUFG Mitsubishi Ufj Finl-Spon ADR | Add +9.9% | 0.33% | +0.05 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +21.2% | 0.12% | +0.05 |
| LPG Dorian LPG Ltd. | Add +38.5% | 0.13% | +0.05 |
| CAAP Corp. America Airports SA | Add +123.3% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | Add +0.1% | 0.62% | +0.04 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Add +0.3% | 0.40% | +0.04 |
| PRTH Priority Technology Holdings | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Add +22.3% | 0.13% | +0.04 |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | Add +6.4% | 0.68% | +0.04 |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | Add +9.9% | 0.40% | +0.04 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +10.6% | 0.17% | +0.04 |
| BCS Barclays PLC-Spons ADR | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Add +20.1% | 0.14% | +0.04 |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | Add +0.2% | 0.97% | +0.04 |
Options Activity Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| BX Blackstone Inc. | call | Sold out | 1,500 | $197Kbefore exit |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | Reduce -37.2% | 268 | $321K |
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 | 509 | $1.1B | PHYS, EWY, CCJ, MTBA, BRK.B |
| Q1 2026 | 475 | $955.9M | CCJ, MTBA, XOM, BRK.B, EWZ |
| Q4 2025 | 452 | $1.1B | PHYS, PSLV, CEF, BRK.B, GDX |
| Q3 2025 | 403 | $990.6M | PHYS, BRK.B, GDX, CCJ, CEF |
| Q2 2025 | 355 | $873.7M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, CEF, MTBA |
| Q1 2025 | 355 | $821.1M | PHYS, BRK.B, XOM, CCJ, AAPL |
| Q4 2024 | 355 | $784.6M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, AAPL, XOM |
| Q3 2024 | 334 | $780.2M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, XOM, AAPL |
| Q2 2024 | 319 | $725.3M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, XOM, AAPL |
| Q1 2024 | 319 | $728.6M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, WCC, XOM |