Fruth Investment Management

Institutional manager·CIK 0001416856
Latest Qtr return
+13.2%
SPY latest qtr
+6.2%
Alpha
+7.1ptsvs SPY
Invested
$391K
Holdings
215
Trades YTD
0

Performance · Fund vs SPY

Cumulative return · quarterly snapshots
+0%+100%Fruth +40.0%SPY +97.0%Q1 '24Q2 '24Q3 '24Q4 '24

Coverage 95%. 4 quarters of 2024 measured against SPY adj-close benchmark.

EDITORIAL BRIEF · refreshed Jul 2, 2026

Why follow Fruth Investment Management right now?

Fruth Investment Management's Q1 2026 13F-HR discloses $374K across 220 positions, a notably granular book for its size. The top ten holdings skew toward industrials and energy — Grainger (4.8%), Exxon (3.6%), Chevron (2.9%), and Trane Technologies (2.0%) collectively anchor the portfolio — alongside consumer staples names including Hershey and Casey's General Stores. The largest share-count increases quarter-over-quarter were recorded in Fifth Third Bancorp (+335%), Mosaic (+109%), Conagra (+81%), and Huntington Bancshares (+49%), adding regional banking and agricultural-inputs exposure to an otherwise industrial-heavy book.

The portfolio returned +13.2% in Q1 2026 against SPY's +6.2%, generating +7.1% alpha, following three consecutive quarters of flat-to-negative relative performance. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Generated from public SEC filings. Not investment advice.…

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Top holdings · current snapshot

Source: 13F-HR
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Recent trades · Last 90 days

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Convergence · Fruth Investment Management

active pattern signal
Pattern 01 · Convergence · all signals →
AMGN
Amgen Inc. - Common Stock 16 curated funds · 1 Congress  · 30-day window  · 2026-06-05 – 2026-07-05
KR
Kroger Company 15 curated funds · 1 Congress  · 30-day window  · 2026-06-05 – 2026-07-05

Pattern cards reflect public SEC EDGAR and Congressional filing data only. Detection uses filing dates; trade execution dates may differ. Past convergence patterns do not predict future returns. Nothing here is investment advice.

Source data: SEC EDGAR · 13F-HR filings · Performance through 2026-03-31 · Last refreshed 11:09 UTC.