North Star Opportunity Fund PORTFOLIO of INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value

North Star Opportunity Fund PORTFOLIO of INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) February 28, 2021 Shares Fair Value

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.

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