Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.
In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 4, 2025), Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. reported 355 stock positions worth $784.6 million. Its top holding was Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) at 10.8% of the portfolio, followed by Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, 2.7%) and Cameco (CCJ, 2.3%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 45 new positions, sold out of 24, added to 106 and reduced 156. The biggest buy was a new position in Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR (BABA) and the biggest sale Dollar Tree (DLTR, shares −67%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001020317
- Portfolio Value
- $784.6M (Q4 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001085146-25-000731 ↗ filed Feb 4, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 355 stocks · $784.6M
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 10.77% | 4,196,788 | $84.5M | Add +3.6% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 2.67% | 46,297 | $21.0M | Reduce -1.7% |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | 2.29% | 348,858 | $17.9M | Reduce -6.2% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.98% | 62,139 | $15.6M | Add +0.6% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.71% | 124,747 | $13.4M | Reduce -1.4% |
| WCC Wesco International Inc. | 1.39% | 60,344 | $10.9M | Reduce -11.0% |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | 1.36% | 448,637 | $10.7M | Reduce -0.6% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.24% | 23,128 | $9.7M | Reduce -1.0% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.24% | 51,320 | $9.7M | Reduce -1.5% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.22% | 50,407 | $9.6M | Reduce -0.8% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed as CF INDS HLDGS INC | 1.16% | 106,478 | $9.1M | Reduce -12.4% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 1.15% | 462,162 | $9.1M | Add +0.8% |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | 1.15% | 975,914 | $9.0M | Add +5.2% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 1.14% | 352,225 | $8.9M | Reduce -9.2% |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 1.10% | 161,966 | $8.6M | Add +42.6% |
| HUM Humana Inc. | 1.09% | 33,584 | $8.5M | Add +5.5% |
| EL Estee Lauder Companies Class A filed as LAUDER ESTEE COS INC | 1.08% | 112,630 | $8.4M | Add +40.1% |
| AER Aercap Holdings NV | 1.04% | 85,155 | $8.1M | Reduce -3.0% |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | 1.00% | 232,440 | $7.9M | Reduce -4.6% |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | 1.00% | 158,565 | $7.9M | Add +12.3% |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | 0.97% | 310,751 | $7.6M | Reduce -1.8% |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | 0.94% | 97,620 | $7.4M | Add +90.3% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.93% | 756,880 | $7.3M | Add +9.5% |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | 0.92% | 84,974 | $7.2M | New |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | 0.90% | 226,684 | $7.1M | Reduce -6.0% |
| DSX Diana Shipping Inc. | 0.87% | 3,477,379 | $6.8M | Add +176.8% |
| SM SM Energy Co. | 0.85% | 172,525 | $6.7M | Reduce -3.5% |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 0.85% | 84,882 | $6.6M | Add +1.8% |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 0.84% | 29,583 | $6.6M | Reduce -0.0% |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | 0.83% | 81,030 | $6.5M | Add +70.0% |
| SONY Sony Group Corp. - SP ADR | 0.83% | 307,017 | $6.5M | Reduce -13.3% |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | 0.80% | 176,629 | $6.3M | Reduce -2.1% |
| WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corp. | 0.79% | 29,776 | $6.2M | Reduce -0.1% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.76% | 65,897 | $6.0M | Reduce -5.8% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.75% | 26,959 | $5.9M | Add +1.4% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.74% | 32,767 | $5.8M | Reduce -5.3% |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | 0.73% | 172,080 | $5.8M | Add +52.9% |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | 0.72% | 173,110 | $5.7M | Reduce -24.6% |
| ALEX Alexander & Baldwin Inc. | 0.72% | 318,601 | $5.7M | Reduce -0.9% |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | 0.72% | 70,597 | $5.6M | Add +1.5% |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | 0.72% | 107,705 | $5.6M | Add +0.7% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.71% | 38,561 | $5.6M | Add +7.5% |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | 0.70% | 237,965 | $5.5M | Add +17.0% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.69% | 172,418 | $5.4M | Add +0.3% |
| DEO Diageo PLC-Sponsored ADR | 0.65% | 40,063 | $5.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| SSNC Ss&c Technologies Holdings | 0.64% | 66,410 | $5.0M | Reduce -8.4% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.64% | 50,358 | $5.0M | Reduce -14.3% |
| VFC VF Corp. | 0.62% | 227,685 | $4.9M | Reduce -19.3% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.60% | 55,400 | $4.7M | Reduce -3.3% |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | 0.60% | 94,993 | $4.7M | Reduce -3.2% |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | 0.56% | 239,041 | $4.4M | Add +6.3% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.55% | 28,541 | $4.3M | Reduce -8.8% |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | 0.55% | 77,269 | $4.3M | Add +6.3% |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | 0.53% | 141,750 | $4.1M | Reduce -10.0% |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.52% | 55,457 | $4.1M | Reduce -18.8% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.48% | 31,553 | $3.8M | Add +7.8% |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | 0.47% | 235,400 | $3.7M | Reduce -7.9% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.46% | 29,472 | $3.6M | Reduce -6.9% |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | 0.45% | 36,150 | $3.5M | Reduce -6.1% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.45% | 14,592 | $3.5M | Reduce -5.4% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.45% | 10,520 | $3.5M | Add +5.3% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.44% | 23,664 | $3.4M | Reduce -9.9% |
| TECK Teck Resources Ltd.-CLS B | 0.43% | 84,034 | $3.4M | Reduce -1.9% |
| INDA iShares MSCI India ETF | 0.43% | 64,422 | $3.4M | Reduce -4.8% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.42% | 25,650 | $3.3M | Add +4.6% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd. | 0.41% | 485,055 | $3.2M | Reduce -2.3% |
| GRVY Gravity Co. Ltd.-Sponsored ADR | 0.40% | 50,295 | $3.2M | Add +0.1% |
| MUFG Mitsubishi Ufj Finl-Spon ADR | 0.39% | 260,275 | $3.1M | Reduce -2.1% |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 0.39% | 135,476 | $3.0M | Reduce -33.1% |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | 0.38% | 60,749 | $3.0M | Add +1.1% |
| EXC Exelon Corp. | 0.36% | 75,387 | $2.8M | Add +7.4% |
| NPK National Presto Inds Inc. | 0.36% | 28,625 | $2.8M | New |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | 0.36% | 157,832 | $2.8M | Reduce -34.0% |
| ARDX Ardelyx Inc. | 0.35% | 547,960 | $2.8M | Add +0.3% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.35% | 52,915 | $2.8M | Add +7.6% |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.35% | 71,550 | $2.7M | Add +28.2% |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | 0.35% | 78,360 | $2.7M | Add +91.4% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.35% | 15,874 | $2.7M | Reduce -6.3% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.34% | 55,717 | $2.7M | Reduce -2.3% |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 0.32% | 34,077 | $2.5M | Add +29.8% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.32% | 12,749 | $2.5M | Add +2.9% |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | 0.32% | 65,550 | $2.5M | Reduce -5.5% |
| CNI Canadian Natl Railway Co. | 0.31% | 24,300 | $2.5M | Reduce -11.0% |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | 0.31% | 10,582 | $2.5M | Reduce -3.5% |
| BTI British American Tob-SP ADR | 0.31% | 66,439 | $2.4M | Add +8.5% |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | 0.30% | 2,262 | $2.3M | New |
| TUA Sim St Treas Fut Strat ETF filed as SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUN | 0.29% | 108,436 | $2.3M | Reduce -18.8% |
| INFL Horizon Kinetics Infl Benef | 0.29% | 60,356 | $2.3M | Add +0.1% |
| NRP Natural Resource Partners LP | 0.28% | 19,775 | $2.2M | Add +10.2% |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | 0.27% | 45,530 | $2.1M | Reduce -8.6% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.27% | 7,301 | $2.1M | No change |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | 0.27% | 10,716 | $2.1M | Add +3.0% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.26% | 7,076 | $2.1M | Reduce -1.6% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.26% | 81,485 | $2.0M | Reduce -2.0% |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | 0.25% | 70,460 | $2.0M | New |
| DLTR Dollar Tree Inc. | 0.24% | 24,715 | $1.9M | Reduce -66.8% |
| CHX Championx Corp. | 0.23% | 67,444 | $1.8M | Reduce -15.1% |
| CCNE CNB Financial Corp. | 0.23% | 73,329 | $1.8M | Reduce -64.6% |
| TPB Turning Point Brands Inc. | 0.23% | 30,190 | $1.8M | Add +3.4% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.23% | 15,876 | $1.8M | Reduce -2.9% |
Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $3.8M (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 | $2.2M | No change |
| BLOCK INC (XYZ 0.25 11/01/27) | NOTE 0.250%11/0 · principal | 825,000 | $714K | No change |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 439 | $524K | No change |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 268 | $327K | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $788.3M.
Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| DLTR Dollar Tree Inc. | Reduce -66.8% | 0.24% | −0.43 |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | Reduce -24.6% | 0.72% | −0.43 |
| CCNE CNB Financial Corp. | Reduce -64.6% | 0.23% | −0.41 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Reduce -73.9% | 0.08% | −0.38 |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | Reduce -33.1% | 0.39% | −0.38 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Reduce -4.6% | 1.00% | −0.24 |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | Reduce -34.0% | 0.36% | −0.23 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -14.3% | 0.64% | −0.22 |
| CPRI Capri Holdings Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.21 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -1.4% | 1.71% | −0.19 |
| HIGH Simplify Enhanced Income ETF | Reduce -68.2% | 0.08% | −0.19 |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Reduce -12.4% | 1.16% | −0.18 |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | Reduce -10.0% | 0.53% | −0.16 |
| Z Zillow Group Inc. Class C | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| CEG Constellation Energy | Reduce -0.0% | 0.84% | −0.14 |
| TECK Teck Resources Ltd.-CLS B | Reduce -1.9% | 0.43% | −0.14 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -5.3% | 0.74% | −0.13 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -8.8% | 0.55% | −0.13 |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | Reduce -9.2% | 1.14% | −0.13 |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Reduce -5.5% | 0.32% | −0.13 |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | Reduce -6.1% | 0.45% | −0.12 |
| GEL Genesis Energy L.P. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | Reduce -1.8% | 0.97% | −0.11 |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | Reduce -7.9% | 0.47% | −0.11 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -9.9% | 0.44% | −0.11 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -55.2% | 0.07% | −0.11 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -1.7% | 2.67% | −0.10 |
| LPG Dorian LPG Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| TUA Sim St Treas Fut Strat ETF | Reduce -18.8% | 0.29% | −0.10 |
| VFC VF Corp. | Reduce -19.3% | 0.62% | −0.10 |
| CNI Canadian Natl Railway Co. | Reduce -11.0% | 0.31% | −0.10 |
| NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP | Reduce -9.9% | 0.14% | −0.09 |
| WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. | Reduce -46.8% | 0.17% | −0.08 |
| MSOS Advisorshares Pure US Cann | Reduce -53.5% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
| INDA iShares MSCI India ETF | Reduce -4.8% | 0.43% | −0.08 |
| CHX Championx Corp. | Reduce -15.1% | 0.23% | −0.07 |
| SD Sandridge Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| DEO Diageo PLC-Sponsored ADR | Reduce -0.1% | 0.65% | −0.07 |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | Reduce -8.6% | 0.27% | −0.07 |
| ALEX Alexander & Baldwin Inc. | Reduce -0.9% | 0.72% | −0.07 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Reduce -19.2% | 0.10% | −0.07 |
| CLMT Calumet Inc. | Reduce -73.3% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| WCC Wesco International Inc. | Reduce -11.0% | 1.39% | −0.07 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Reduce -19.1% | 0.17% | −0.07 |
| EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | Reduce -12.3% | 0.15% | −0.06 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| SM SM Energy Co. | Reduce -3.5% | 0.85% | −0.06 |
| GEO The Geo Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Reduce -57.4% | 0.03% | −0.06 |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | Reduce -0.6% | 1.36% | −0.06 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | New | 0.92% | +0.92 |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | Add +42.6% | 1.10% | +0.57 |
| DSX Diana Shipping Inc. | Add +176.8% | 0.87% | +0.46 |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | Add +90.3% | 0.94% | +0.39 |
| NPK National Presto Inds Inc. | New | 0.36% | +0.36 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | New | 0.30% | +0.30 |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | New | 0.25% | +0.25 |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | Add +0.8% | 1.15% | +0.21 |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | Add +91.4% | 0.35% | +0.20 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | New | 0.20% | +0.20 |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | Add +3.6% | 10.77% | +0.19 |
| BUD Anheuser-Busch Inbev-SPN ADR | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +237.3% | 0.22% | +0.16 |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | Add +70.0% | 0.83% | +0.16 |
| GXO Gxo Logistics Inc. | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | Add +0.7% | 0.72% | +0.15 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +0.6% | 1.98% | +0.14 |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | Add +52.9% | 0.73% | +0.13 |
| ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF | Add +185.0% | 0.18% | +0.13 |
| RRC Range Resources Corp. | Add +104.9% | 0.22% | +0.13 |
| MAG Mag Silver Corp. | Add +727.0% | 0.14% | +0.13 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +1.4% | 0.75% | +0.12 |
| FCNCA First Citizens Bcshs Class A | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| LB Landbridge Co. LLC-A | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| RELY Remitly Global Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +88.1% | 0.18% | +0.09 |
| TDW Tidewater Inc. | Add +160.3% | 0.19% | +0.09 |
| IREN Iren Ltd. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| URTH iShares MSCI World ETF | Add +100.0% | 0.17% | +0.09 |
| VAL Valaris Ltd. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| EWA iShares MSCI Australia ETF | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | Add +28.2% | 0.35% | +0.08 |
| BA The Boeing Co. | Add +207.2% | 0.11% | +0.08 |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | Add +12.3% | 1.00% | +0.07 |
| TPB Turning Point Brands Inc. | Add +3.4% | 0.23% | +0.07 |
| NTR Nutrien Ltd. | Add +247.4% | 0.10% | +0.07 |
| MPLX MPLX LP | Add +39.0% | 0.21% | +0.07 |
| XIFR XPLR Infrastructure LP | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| NGD New Gold Inc. | Add +87.2% | 0.16% | +0.06 |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | Add +98.2% | 0.12% | +0.06 |
| TKO Tko Group Holdings Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| BITB Bitwise Bitcoin ETF | Add +11.0% | 0.15% | +0.06 |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | Add +102.8% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| NRP Natural Resource Partners LP | Add +10.2% | 0.28% | +0.05 |
| ARIS WATER SOLUTIONS INC-A | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| INMB Inmune Bio Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| EL Estee Lauder Companies Class A | Add +40.1% | 1.08% | +0.05 |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
Options Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| MSOS Advisorshares Pure US Cann | call | Sold out | 50,000 | $359Kbefore exit |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | call | Sold out | 10,000 | $161Kbefore exit |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings 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 |