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Fruth Investment Management

CIK 1416856 · latest 13F filed 13 October 2026 · Read the filing on EDGAR

Fruth Investment Management reported 224 US-listed holdings worth $409.3 million in its 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, filed 13 October 2026. Its largest: W.W. Grainger, Inc. (4.9%), ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. (3.2%) and Linde PLC (3.0%). Against the quarter before, it opened 6 positions, added to 21, trimmed 74 and sold out of 7.

Reported holdings$409.3M-2.7% on Q2 2026
Positions224-1 on Q2 2026
The largest ten26.3%of its reported holdings
Latest 13FQ3 2026filed 13 October 2026
Where the money is
Added toTrimmed
GWW4.9%XOM3.2%Linde3.0%MA2.7%CVX2.6%AMAT2.2%AAPL2.0%TT2.0%DE1.9%MPC1.8%MSFT1.8%A1.6%AIT1.6%Eaton1.6%210 more67.2%

The 14 largest of its 224 positions, each sized by its share of the reported holdings, coloured by the change in shares against Q2 2026.

Reported holdings, quarter by quarter
Q3 2024: $385.4 million in 219 positions$385MQ3 24Q4 2024: $363.1 million in 216 positions$363MQ4 24Q1 2025: $360.2 million in 218 positions$360MQ1 25Q2 2025: $368.0 million in 217 positions$368MQ2 25Q3 2025: $369.3 million in 215 positions$369MQ3 25Q4 2025: $370.7 million in 220 positions$371MQ4 25Q1 2026: $401.3 million in 229 positions$401MQ1 26Q2 2026: $420.6 million in 225 positions$421MQ2 26Q3 2026: $409.3 million in 224 positions$409MQ3 26

What the fund reported holding at each quarter's end; hover a bar for the number of positions

What its reported holdings returned

Held through each quarter, the holdings it reported returned +18.8% over the 8 quarters to 30 September 2026, against +32.9% for the S&P 500.

Its reported holdingsThe S&P 500
100110120130Q3 24Q4 24Q1 25Q2 25Q3 25Q4 25Q1 26Q2 26Q3 26Its holdings +18.8%S&P 500 +32.9%

Not the fund's own return: each 13F's holdings are kept unchanged until the next one, so trades inside a quarter, dividends, cash and fees are left out. A rough guide to how its picks have done over time.

What it did on the quarter

Opened 6Added 21Held 123Trimmed 74Sold out 7
Opened: 6Added: 21Held: 123Trimmed: 74Sold out: 7

Its positions against its 13F for the quarter to 30 June 2026; a change under 0.1% of a position counts as held

Opened 6

  1. Midera Food Processing Inc. MFP$570,000
  2. Campbell's Co. CPB$229,000
  3. Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD$227,000
  4. Fox Corp. FOXA$209,000
  5. St. Joe Co. JOE$207,000
  6. Viper Energy, Inc. VNOM$203,000

Added to 21

  1. Apple Inc. AAPL+1,520 shares · +6%
  2. Honeywell International Inc. HON+1,500 shares · +31%
  3. Honeywell Aerospace Inc. Com HONA+1,650 shares · +34%
  4. Newmont Corp. NEM+1,400 shares · +4%
  5. Kinross Gold Corp. KGC+4,100 shares · +9%
  6. Conagra Brands Inc. CAG+5,091 shares · +5%
  7. Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB+634 shares · +3%
  8. General Mills Inc. GIS+700 shares · +3%

and 13 more in the table below

Trimmed 74

  1. Mastercard Inc. MA-1,025 shares · -5%
  2. Kirby Corp. KEX-3,950 shares · -35%
  3. NetApp, Inc. NTAP-1,500 shares · -23%
  4. Deere & Co. DE-316 shares · -3%
  5. Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS-451 shares · -5%
  6. W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW-116 shares · -1%
  7. Microsoft Corp. MSFT-280 shares · -2%
  8. Eaton Corp.-300 shares · -2%

and 66 more in the table below

Sold out of 7

  1. Caterpillar Inc. CAT$7.7 million last quarter
  2. Brighthouse Financial, Inc. BHF$381,000 last quarter
  3. Ciena Corp. CIEN$343,000 last quarter
  4. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. SOLS$306,000 last quarter
  5. Terex Corp. TEX$242,000 last quarter
  6. International Paper Co. IP$220,000 last quarter
  7. Woodward, Inc. WWD$212,000 last quarter

What it holds

CompanySharesValueOf its bookChange in shares
W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW16.2K$20.1 million4.92%-116
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. XOM79.4K$12.9 million3.16%-714
Linde PLC25.5K$12.1 million2.96%-65
Mastercard Inc. MA19.9K$11.0 million2.68%-1.0K
Chevron Corp. CVX52.1K$10.6 million2.60%-234
Applied Materials Inc. AMAT17.8K$9.1 million2.22%-225
Apple Inc. AAPL24.9K$8.3 million2.03%+1.5K
Trane Technologies plc TT17.7K$8.0 million1.95%-225
Deere & Co. DE11.8K$7.9 million1.94%-316
Marathon Petroleum Corp. MPC19.0K$7.5 million1.84%-100
Microsoft Corp. MSFT14.1K$7.2 million1.76%-280
Agilent Technologies, Inc. A38.6K$6.6 million1.62%-227
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. AIT19.5K$6.5 million1.59%-270
Eaton Corp.15.0K$6.4 million1.57%-300
Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP24.4K$6.3 million1.54%-131
Starbucks Corp. SBUX66.9K$6.3 million1.53%-200
Johnson & Johnson JNJ23.7K$6.3 million1.53%-195
Casey's General Stores, Inc. CASY10.1K$6.2 million1.51%no change
Valero Energy Corp. VLO15.2K$5.9 million1.44%-50
Parker-Hannifin Corp. PH5.8K$5.5 million1.35%-45
Emerson Electric Co. EMR34.4K$5.3 million1.30%no change
Viking Holdings Ltd VIK64.1K$5.0 million1.23%-154
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. APD17.9K$5.0 million1.21%-156
Tractor Supply Co. TSCO148.6K$4.6 million1.14%+255
Hershey Co. HSY29.5K$4.6 million1.13%-141
Gorman Rupp Co. GRC61.8K$4.6 million1.12%-36
Costco Wholesale Corp. COST5.0K$4.6 million1.12%no change
Analog Devices Inc. ADI11.4K$4.5 million1.10%no change
Union Pacific Corp. UNP15.5K$4.2 million1.03%-132
Newmont Corp. NEM33.3K$3.8 million0.94%+1.4K
Murphy USA Inc. MUSA7.2K$3.6 million0.89%-10
ConocoPhillips COP27.1K$3.4 million0.83%-110
PepsiCo Inc. PEP26.7K$3.4 million0.83%-96
Cintas Corp. CTAS17.2K$3.4 million0.82%no change
Texas Instruments Inc. TXN11.6K$3.3 million0.80%-233
Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS9.0K$3.3 million0.80%-451
American Express Co. AXP10.6K$3.2 million0.79%-5
Darden Restaurants Inc. DRI15.6K$3.0 million0.73%no change
Sysco Corp. SYY37.2K$2.9 million0.71%no change
Abbott Laboratories ABT29.0K$2.9 million0.70%-120
Phillips 66 PSX11.1K$2.8 million0.69%-20
Avnet Inc. AVT28.2K$2.8 million0.69%-20
Bunge Global SA BG26.2K$2.8 million0.68%-50
Corning Inc. GLW17.4K$2.7 million0.65%-775
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK17.9K$2.6 million0.64%-55
Timken Co. TKR22.1K$2.6 million0.63%-7
SLB Limited SLB50.7K$2.5 million0.60%-356
Home Depot, Inc. HD8.6K$2.4 million0.60%-41
Coca-Cola Co. KO27.6K$2.4 million0.58%no change
Steris PLC11.1K$2.3 million0.57%-200
Norfolk Southern Corp. NSC7.5K$2.3 million0.56%-46
Walt Disney Co. DIS21.8K$2.3 million0.56%no change
ATI Inc. ATI12.1K$2.3 million0.56%no change
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. CPK17.3K$2.2 million0.54%-136
Murphy Oil Corp. MUR59.3K$2.2 million0.54%no change
MSA Safety Inc. MSA11.8K$2.1 million0.51%-100
Chubb Corporation6.3K$2.1 million0.50%-20
Corteva, Inc. CTVA24.4K$1.9 million0.46%no change
Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB19.4K$1.9 million0.46%+634
Steel Dynamics Inc. STLD8.4K$1.9 million0.45%no change
Sonoco Products Co. SON37.8K$1.8 million0.45%+366
McCormick & Co. Inc. MKC36.8K$1.7 million0.42%no change
ONEOK Inc. OKE19.9K$1.7 million0.41%no change
Lowe's Companies Inc. LOW8.9K$1.6 million0.40%no change
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. BNY11.1K$1.6 million0.39%-25
Smurfit Westrock plc SW36.2K$1.6 million0.39%-350
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. IFF18.9K$1.6 million0.38%no change
Anglogold Ashanti Limited16.6K$1.6 million0.38%no change
Franklin Electric Co. Inc. FELE16.2K$1.6 million0.38%no change
Metlife Inc. MET16.5K$1.6 million0.38%no change
Conagra Brands Inc. CAG115.2K$1.5 million0.38%+5.1K
Dnow Inc. DNOW99.5K$1.5 million0.38%-10
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. PAG7.5K$1.5 million0.37%no change
Middleby Corp. MIDD14.0K$1.4 million0.35%no change
Dover Corp. DOV7.7K$1.4 million0.35%no change
Franco Nev Corp. FNV6.0K$1.4 million0.35%-66
Atmos Energy Corp. ATO9.1K$1.4 million0.35%no change
Northern Trust Corp. NTRS8.4K$1.4 million0.35%no change
Charles Schwab Corp. SCHW14.2K$1.4 million0.34%no change
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM7.6K$1.4 million0.34%+100
Fifth Third Bancorp FITB26.8K$1.4 million0.33%-406
Dow Inc. DOW49.1K$1.4 million0.33%+250
CSX Corp. CSX28.9K$1.3 million0.33%no change
Honeywell International Inc. HON6.3K$1.3 million0.33%+1.5K
RTX Corp. RTX7.1K$1.3 million0.32%no change
Ingersoll-Rand PLC17.5K$1.3 million0.32%-50
Matson, Inc. MATX6.0K$1.3 million0.32%-100
Alamos Gold Inc. New AGI40.0K$1.3 million0.32%no change
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd14.5K$1.2 million0.30%no change
Qnity Electronics, Inc. Q9.7K$1.2 million0.30%-50
Stryker Corp. SYK4.4K$1.2 million0.30%-45
Albany International Corp. AIN19.9K$1.2 million0.29%no change
Enbridge Inc ENB25.3K$1.2 million0.29%no change
Devon Energy Corp. DVN25.6K$1.2 million0.29%no change
Ingevity Corp. NGVT16.6K$1.2 million0.29%no change
Markel CP Hldg Co. MKL681$1.2 million0.28%no change
Kinross Gold Corp. KGC48.4K$1.2 million0.28%+4.1K
Brown Forman Corp. BFB43.3K$1.1 million0.28%no change
Commercial Metals Co. CMC17.4K$1.1 million0.26%no change
Olin Corp. OLN69.0K$1.1 million0.26%-200
Nutrien Ltd. NTR15.2K$1.1 million0.26%+120
Sherwin Williams Co. SHW3.3K$1.1 million0.26%no change
NetApp, Inc. NTAP5.0K$1.0 million0.25%-1.5K
Imperial Oil Ltd IMO8.4K$1.0 million0.25%no change
Allegion plc ALLE6.6K$1.0 million0.25%-88
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL11.0K$1.0 million0.25%no change
Honeywell Aerospace Inc. Com HONA6.5K$1.0 million0.25%+1.6K
Kirby Corp. KEX7.4K$976,0000.24%-4.0K
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY15.6K$973,0000.24%no change
Advansix Inc. ASIX61.0K$970,0000.24%-200
Metallus Inc. MTUS51.0K$968,0000.24%no change
3M Co. MMM5.9K$966,0000.24%no change
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. ICE6.0K$912,0000.22%no change
Preformed Line Prods Co. PLPC2.2K$895,0000.22%no change
Paccar Inc. PCAR7.9K$869,0000.21%no change
General Mills Inc. GIS26.9K$866,0000.21%+700
Shell plc SHEL8.8K$834,0000.20%no change
Barrick Mining Corp B20.1K$819,0000.20%no change
Mosaic Co. MOS37.2K$806,0000.20%no change
Permian Basin Rty Trust Unit Ben Int PBT25.4K$799,0000.20%no change
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM5.7K$755,0000.18%+100
Kinder Morgan, Inc. KMI25.0K$754,0000.18%no change
Old Republic International Corp. ORI20.0K$747,0000.18%-333
HF Sinclair Corp. DINO6.8K$735,0000.18%-100
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.5.6K$733,0000.18%-104
Amgen Inc. AMGN1.7K$733,0000.18%no change
Spire Inc. SR9.3K$709,0000.17%no change
Viatris Inc. VTRS39.6K$701,0000.17%no change
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ14.8K$680,0000.17%no change
Genuine Parts Co. GPC5.3K$667,0000.16%no change
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CLF60.1K$661,0000.16%-667
Pfizer Inc. PFE23.1K$660,0000.16%-500
Gap Inc. GAP28.3K$645,0000.16%no change
Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG3.5K$636,0000.16%no change
Macy's, Inc. M27.4K$625,0000.15%no change
Ralph Lauren Corp. RL1.7K$603,0000.15%no change
Knowles Corp. KN16.2K$600,0000.15%-500
TransDigm Group Inc. TDG535$579,0000.14%no change
Midera Food Processing Inc. MFP14.0K$570,0000.14%new
AstraZeneca PLC AZN3.5K$564,0000.14%no change
Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY10.0K$553,0000.14%no change
Duke Energy4.7K$540,0000.13%+127
Transocean Ltd RIG101.8K$533,0000.13%-500
American States Water Co. AWR6.2K$511,0000.12%-182
BP plc BP11.5K$507,0000.12%no change
Ovintiv Inc. OVV8.6K$496,0000.12%no change
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. HP12.8K$475,0000.12%no change
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS14.4K$474,0000.12%-90
Organon & Co. OGN32.5K$445,0000.11%-767
Fluor Corp. FLR9.2K$438,0000.11%no change
Wells Fargo & Company WFC5.4K$433,0000.11%no change
Kroger Co. KR7.2K$420,0000.10%-334
ASA Gold and Precious Mtls L ASA7.5K$418,0000.10%no change
American Electric Power Co. Inc. AEP3.5K$413,0000.10%-51
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. ORLY4.7K$403,0000.10%+225
Carrier Global Corp. CARR7.2K$396,0000.10%no change
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. CFR2.6K$396,0000.10%no change
Expeditors International of Washington Inc. EXPD2.1K$396,0000.10%no change
Celanese Corp. CE8.9K$395,0000.10%-200
International Business Machines Corp. IBM1.8K$384,0000.09%no change
Baker Hughes Co. BKR7.0K$384,0000.09%no change
Mueller Water Products, Inc. MWA17.8K$377,0000.09%no change
Huntington Bancshares Inc. HBAN24.5K$374,0000.09%no change
Valvoline Inc. VVV12.4K$373,0000.09%no change
Regions Financial Corp. RF13.6K$365,0000.09%no change
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. SWK4.1K$361,0000.09%no change
Eastman Chemical Co. EMN5.5K$353,0000.09%-200
Pan Amern Silver Corp. PAAS7.5K$341,0000.08%no change
Owens Ill Inc.60.2K$340,0000.08%-400
Zions Bancorporation, National Association ZION5.2K$328,0000.08%no change
Mission Produce Inc. AVO25.0K$327,0000.08%+1.0K
Ebay Inc. EBAY3.1K$326,0000.08%no change
Keycorp KEY16.1K$323,0000.08%no change
Trinity Industries Inc. TRN1.2K$323,0000.08%no change
Solventum Corp. SOLV3.6K$321,0000.08%no change
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. GT63.0K$313,0000.08%-200
Dominion Energy, Inc. D5.1K$310,0000.08%no change
RGC Res Inc. RGCO14.5K$309,0000.08%+734
Artesian Resource ARTNA9.1K$300,0000.07%no change
Visa Inc. V823$295,0000.07%+25
Texas Pacific Land Corp. TPL900$293,0000.07%no change
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PNC1.3K$293,0000.07%no change
One Gas, Inc. OGS4.0K$288,0000.07%-45
Halliburton Co. HAL8.8K$278,0000.07%no change
Nasdaq, Inc. NDAQ3.0K$276,0000.07%no change
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. CBOE1.0K$275,0000.07%no change
Cenovus Energy Inc. CVE8.8K$275,0000.07%no change
Churchill Downs Inc. CHDN3.6K$272,0000.07%no change
Noble Corp. plc NE6.5K$271,0000.07%+500
Nucor Corp. NUE1.1K$268,0000.07%no change
Park National Corp. PRK1.5K$267,0000.07%no change
Mativ Holdings Inc. MATV23.1K$267,0000.07%-1.5K
North European Oil Rty Trust NRT31.0K$263,0000.06%no change
CME Group Inc. CME1.0K$261,0000.06%no change
APA Corp. APA6.3K$261,0000.06%no change
Johnson Controls International plc JCI1.7K$252,0000.06%no change
Badger Meter Inc. BMI2.0K$247,0000.06%no change
Ford Motor Co. F20.4K$245,0000.06%no change
Paychex Inc. PAYX2.4K$240,0000.06%no change
Campbell's Co. CPB11.6K$229,0000.06%new
Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD1.5K$227,0000.06%new
Schwab Strategic Trust SCHP9.0K$226,0000.06%no change
Sunoco Lp/sunoco Fin Corp. SUN3.0K$218,0000.05%no change
Ashland Inc. ASH3.2K$217,0000.05%no change
Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL2.5K$213,0000.05%no change
Alico Inc. ALCO5.5K$212,0000.05%no change
TechnipFMC plc FTI3.1K$211,0000.05%no change
Fox Corp. FOXA3.3K$209,0000.05%new
St. Joe Co. JOE3.1K$207,0000.05%new
Cummins Inc. CMI400$206,0000.05%no change
Otis Worldwide Corp. OTIS3.2K$205,0000.05%no change
Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW800$205,0000.05%no change
Viper Energy, Inc. VNOM5.1K$203,0000.05%new
Nuveen Quality Muncp Income NAD16.5K$166,0000.04%+1.0K
Chemours Co. CC10.8K$145,0000.04%no change
Caleres Inc. CAL11.9K$145,0000.04%-667
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. PTEN10.1K$110,0000.03%no change
DNP Select Income FD Inc. DNP10.0K$95,0000.02%-4.7K
Orion Group Hldgs Inc. ORN10.5K$89,0000.02%no change
Solitario Resources Corp. XPL150.0K$86,0000.02%no change
Bloomin Brands Inc. BLMN11.0K$85,0000.02%-1.0K
Kosmos Energy Ltd KOS30.0K$76,0000.02%no change
Acco Brands Corp. ACCO13.5K$56,0000.01%no change
Xerox Corp.15.4K$48,0000.01%-312
Every US-listed position in the fund's 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, by the value it reported.
Read moreChange is shares against its 13F for the quarter before; the 7 it sold out of are in the box above.