North Star Opportunity Fund PORTFOLIO of INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value
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North Star Opportunity Fund PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value COMMON STOCK - 75.2 % ASSET MANAGEMENT - 9.3 % 71,000 Blackstone Group LP - MLP $ 4,915,330 114,000 Compass Diversified Holdings 2,696,100 81,000 KKR & Company, Inc., LP 3,690,360 55,000 Sprott, Inc. 1,922,250 13,224,040 BANKING - 4.0 % 105,000 Bank of America Corporation 3,644,550 14,000 JPMorgan Chase & Company 2,060,380 5,704,930 BEVERAGES - 2.4 % 62,000 Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 1,892,240 12,000 PepsiCo, Inc . 1,550,280 3,442,520 BIOTECH & PHARMA - 8.6 % 27,000 AbbVie, Inc. 2,908,980 47,000 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 2,882,510 104,000 Pfizer, Inc. 3,482,960 19,000 Zoetis, Inc. 2,949,560 12,224,010 COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES - 2.6 % 263,000 BGSF, Inc. 3,666,220 CONSUMER SERVICES - 1.6 % 97,000 Stride, Inc. * 2,332,850 E-COMMERCE DISCRETIONARY - 5.1 % 950 Amazon.com, Inc. * 2,938,283 245,000 CarParts.com, Inc. * 4,343,850 7,282,133 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 4.5 % 759,718 Orion Energy Systems, Inc. * 6,381,631 ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT - 5.0 % 111,000 ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 7,158,390 FOOD - 2.2 % 27,500 JM Smucker Company 3,080,000 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES & SERVICES - 3.6 % 30,000 Cardinal Health, Inc. 1,545,600 52,000 CVS Health Corporation 3,542,760 5,088,360 INDUSTRIAL REIT - 2.3% 190,000 Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation 3,290,800 INTERNET MEDIA & SERVICES- 2.7 % 1,900 Alphabet, Inc. - Class A * 3,841,629 LEISURE FACILITIES & SERVICES - 1.0 % 35,800 Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. 359,432 52,000 Wendy's Company 1,062,360 1,421,792 MULTI ASSET CLASS REIT - 0.9% 120,000 Lexington Realty Trust 1,286,400 RETAIL - CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.6 % 20,000 Target Corporation 3,668,800 North Star Opportunity Fund PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value COMMON STOCK - 75.2 % (Continued) SEMICONDUCTORS - 5.1 % 57,000 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. * $ 4,817,070 18,500 QUALCOMM, Inc. 2,519,515 7,336,585 TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE - 5.0 % 27,500 Apple, Inc. 3,334,650 129,000 Turtle Beach Corporation * 3,857,100 7,191,750 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES - 1.6 % 25,000 Paychex, Inc. 2,276,750 TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 1.1 % 55,000 AT&T, Inc. 1,533,950 TOBACCO & CANNABIS - 0.1 % 15,321 Acreage Holdings, Inc. * 106,328 TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS - 1.2 % 11,000 United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 1,736,130 WHOLESALE - DISCRETIONARY - 2.7 % 111,000 Acme United Corporation 3,888,330 TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost - $55,944,651) 107,164,328 PREFERRED STOCK - 0.9 % INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.9 % 53,000 Compass Diversified Holdings, 7.875% (Cost - $1,159,302) 1,335,600 Par Value CONVERTIBLE BOND - 0.3 % ASSET MANAGEMENT- 0.3 % $ 500,000 Stride, Inc. ^ (Cost - $424,218) 1.125 9/1/2027 442,608 CORPORATE BONDS - 4.7 % CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - 0.2 % 216,000 U.S. Concrete, Inc. 6.375 6/1/2024 221,319 FOOD - 0.9 % 1,200,000 B&G Foods, Inc. 5.250 4/1/2025 1,231,680 HOME & OFFICE PRODUCTS - 0.5 % 659,000 ACCO Brands Corporation ^ 5.250 12/15/2024 677,877 LEISURE FACILITIES & SERVICES - 0.9 % 1,152,000 Wendy's International, LLC 7.000 12/15/2025 1,289,163 METALS & MINING - 0.5 % 700,000 Compass Minerals International, Inc. ^ 4.875 7/15/2024 723,551 PUBLISHING & BROADCASTING - 0.8 % 1,170,000 Meredith Corporation 6.875 2/1/2026 1,195,992 TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE - 0.9 % 500,000 Pitney Bowes, Inc. 4.125 5/15/2022 516,757 770,000 Pitney Bowes, Inc. 4.700 4/1/2023 806,094 1,322,851 TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost - $6,487,629) 6,662,433 North Star Opportunity Fund PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued) February 28, 2021 Shares Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Fair Value SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 19.1 % MONEY MARKET FUND - 19.1 % 27,219,096 Fidelity Treasury Portfolio, Class I, 0.01% ** $ 27,219,096 (Cost - $27,219,096) TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.2 % (Cost - $91,234,896) $ 142,824,065 OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - NET - (0.2) % (319,460) NET ASSETS - 100.0 % $ 142,504,605 * Non-income producing security. ^ Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. These securities had a market value of $1,844,036 and 1.3% of net assets. ** Money Market Fund; interest rate reflects seven-day effective yield on February 28, 2021. LLC - Limited Liability Company LP - Limited Partnership MLP - Master Limited Partnership REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust North Star Dividend Fund PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value COMMON STOCK - 98.0 % APPAREL & TEXTILE PRODUCTS - 5.9 % 103,500 Rocky Brands, Inc. $ 4,511,565 34,000 Weyco Group, Inc. 596,700 5,108,265 ASSET MANAGEMENT - 3.9 % 82,000 Compass Diversified Holdings - MLP 1,939,300 41,000 Sprott, Inc. 1,432,950 3,372,250 BANKING - 10.5 % 24,400 Bank of Hawaii Corporation 2,135,000 76,500 Bar Harbor Bankshares 2,141,235 73,000 First Hawaiian, Inc. 2,035,970 47,200 Old National Bancorp 855,736 26,500 Wintrust Financial Corporation 1,951,990 9,119,931 CHEMICALS - 3.9 % 87,500 Oil-Dri Corporation of America 2,938,250 19,000 Valvoline, Inc. 474,240 3,412,490 COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES - 7.6 % 23,200 ABM Industries, Inc. 1,001,776 212,800 BGSF, Inc. 2,966,432 79,000 Healthcare Services Group, Inc. 2,247,550 31,000 Resources Connection, Inc. 395,560 6,611,318 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - 1.3 % 30,100 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 1,125,740 CONTAINERS & PACKAGING - 1.5 % 27,000 Greif, Inc., Class A 1,304,100 E-COMMERCE DISCRETIONARY - 1.7 % 43,000 PetMed Express, Inc. 1,492,530 ELECTRIC UTILITIES - 5.1 % 31,500 NorthWestern Corporation 1,842,120 43,000 Otter Tail Corporation 1,742,360 20,000 Unitil Corporation 836,800 4,421,280 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.9 % 179,800 LSI Industries, Inc. 1,621,796 FOOD - 2.5 % 73,000 B&G Foods, Inc. 2,214,090 GAS & WATER UTILITIES - 7.4 % 164,000 Global Water Resources, Inc. 2,842,120 52,000 Northwest Natural Holding Company 2,495,480 49,000 RGC Resources, Inc. 1,112,790 6,450,390 HOME & OFFICE PRODUCTS - 7.0 % 304,000 ACCO Brands Corporation 2,462,400 64,000 Flexsteel Industries, Inc. 2,117,120 110,000 Steelcase, Inc., Class A 1,533,400 6,112,920 North Star Dividend Fund PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value COMMON STOCK - 98.0 % (Continued) HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 3.6 % 410,000 Crown Crafts, Inc. # $ 3,128,300 INSURANCE - 1.7 % 565,840 Marketing Alliance, Inc. # < 1,513,621 LEISURE PRODUCTS - 4.1 % 179,000 Escalade, Inc. 3,537,040 MACHINERY- 4.2 % 62,000 Douglas Dynamics, Inc. 2,987,160 47,000 Graham Corporation 720,980 3,708,140 OIL & GAS PRODUCERS - 2.4 % 600,000 Evolution Petroleum Corporation 2,130,000 PUBLISHING & BROADCASTING - 2.9 % 427,876 A.H. Belo Corporation 872,867 31,200 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A 1,643,616 2,516,483 REAL ESTATE OWNERS & DEVELOPERS - 2.2 % 25,000 McGrath RentCorporation 1,941,500 INDUSTRIAL REIT - 7.2 % 15,000 Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. 2,925,000 193,000 Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation 3,342,760 6,267,760 RETAIL - CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.9 % 34,000 Village Super Market, Inc., Class A 783,700 SPECIALTY FINANCE - 1.5 % 14,000 GATX Corporation 1,336,020 TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE - 0.9 % 94,000 Pitney Bowes, Inc. 797,120 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES - 0.7 % 20,500 Value Line, Inc. 591,630 TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 2.5 % 122,500 Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 2,191,525 TIMBER REIT - 1.0 % 85,500 CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. 872,955 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT - 1.2 % 33,000 Trinity Industries, Inc. 1,059,300 WHOLESALE - DISCRETIONARY - 0.8 % 21,000 Acme United Corporation 735,630 TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost - $61,564,730) 85,477,824 North Star Dividend Fund PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.4 % MONEY MARKET FUND - 2.4 % 2,060,476 Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds - Treasury Portfolio, Class I, 0.01% ** (Cost - $2,060,476) $ 2,060,476 TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.4 % (Cost - $63,625,206) $ 87,538,300 OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - NET - (0.4) % (359,441) NET ASSETS - 100.0 % $ 87,178,859 # Affiliated issuer. < Illiquid security. At February 28, 2021, the illiquid security amounted to 1.7% of net assets. ** Money Market Fund; interest rate reflects seven-day effective yield on February 28, 2021. MLP - Master Limited Partnership REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust North Star Micro Cap Fund PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value COMMON STOCK - 93.5 % APPAREL & TEXTILE PRODUCTS - 8.1 % 34,000 Delta Apparel, Inc. * $ 926,840 44,000 Lakeland Industries, Inc. * 1,381,160 20,000 Movado Group, Inc. 456,000 102,500 Rocky Brands, Inc. 4,467,975 101,000 Superior Group of Companies, Inc. 2,405,820 9,637,795 ASSET MANAGEMENT - 0.6 % 40,500 Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. 698,625 AUTOMOTIVE - 1.9 % 56,231 Miller Industries, Inc. 2,219,438 BANKING - 2.2 % 50,500 Bar Harbor Bankshares 1,413,495 50,000 First Busey Corporation 1,144,500 2,557,995 BEVERAGES - 0.2 % 278,942 Truett-Hurst, Inc.