NPORT-EX 2 northcountrynportex.htm NORTH COUNTRY NPORT EX
      THE NORTH COUNTRY FUNDS  
EQUITY GROWTH FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
  August 31, 2020
   
  Shares       Fair                     Value   Shares       Fair                     Value
  COMMON STOCK - 98.6 %       Entertainment Content - 1.5 %    
  Apparel & Textile Products - 0.9 %       17,500   Activision Blizzard, Inc.    $        1,461,600
  12,000   NIKE, Inc.     $     1,342,680   6,350   Walt Disney Co.   837,375
                      2,298,975
  Asset Management - 1.5 %       Healthcare Facilities & Services - 2.3 %    
  4,000   BlackRock, Inc.   2,376,760   11,500   UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   3,594,325
                       
  Banking - 3.3 %       Home Construction - 1.9 %    
  100,385   Bank of America Corp.   2,583,910   50,000   Masco Corp.   2,915,000
  19,300   JPMorgan Chase & Co.   2,484,712            
          5,068,622   Household Products - 1.6 %    
  Beverages - 2.0 %       17,800   Procter & Gamble Co.   2,462,274
  14,000   Monster Beverage Corp. *   1,174,040            
  14,200   PepsiCo, Inc.   1,988,852   Institutional Financial Services - 3.5 %    
          3,162,892   2,600   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   532,662
  Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - 7.1 %       28,150   Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   2,990,375
  12,500   Amgen, Inc.   3,166,500   35,000   Morgan Stanley   1,829,100
  7,000   Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   435,400           5,352,137
  18,500   Johnson & Johnson   2,838,085   Insurance - 1.4 %    
  27,900   Merck & Co., Inc.   2,379,033   9,550   Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. *   2,082,282
  54,500   Pfizer, Inc.   2,059,555            
          10,878,573   Internet Media & Services - 10.8 %    
  Chemicals - 2.6 %       3,700   Alphabet, Inc. - Class A *   6,029,261
  2,700   Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.    789,102   16,300   Facebook, Inc. *   4,779,160
  3,900   Ecolab, Inc.    768,612   9,250   Netflix, Inc. *   4,898,430
  3,000   International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 371,370   20,000   Twitter, Inc. *   811,600
  3,100   Sherwin-Williams Co.   2,080,255           16,518,451
          4,009,339   Leisure Facilities & Services - 2.2 %    
  Construction Materials - 0.6 %       7,000   Domino's Pizza, Inc.   2,862,720
  7,100   Vulcan Materials Co.   852,000   2,600   McDonald's Corp.   555,152
                      3,417,872
  Diversified Industrials - 1.1 %       Medical Equipment & Devices - 5.3 %    
  10,000   Honeywell International, Inc.   1,655,500   14,750   Abbott Laboratories   1,614,682
              5,000   Danaher Corp.   1,032,350
  E-Commerce Discretionary - 6.0 %       11,400   Medtronic PLC   1,225,158
  2,650   Amazon.com, Inc. *   9,145,044   10,450   Stryker Corp.   2,070,772
              5,245   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   2,250,000
  Electric Utilities - 1.7 %               8,192,962
  9,400   Dominion Energy, Inc.              737,336   Oil & Gas Producers - 2.0 %    
  2,250   Duke Energy Corp.              180,765   12,500   Chevron Corp.   1,049,125
  3,300   NextEra Energy, Inc.              921,261   9,000   Exxon Mobil Corp.   359,460
  13,750   Southern Co.              717,475   2,053   Occidental Petroleum Corp.   26,155
          2,556,837   18,000   Phillips 66   1,052,460
              9,700   Valero Energy Corp.   510,123
                      2,997,323
                       
                       
      THE NORTH COUNTRY FUNDS  
EQUITY GROWTH FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
  August 31, 2020
                       
  Shares       Fair                     Value   Shares       Fair                     Value
  COMMON STOCK - 98.6 % (Continued)       Technology Services - 5.5 %    
  REITS - 1.5 %       6,000   PayPal Holdings, Inc. *    $        1,224,840
  3,000   Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.  $        505,140   34,000   Visa, Inc.   7,207,660
  2,900   American Tower Corp.   722,535           8,432,500
  3,500   Boston Properties, Inc.   304,045   Telecommunications - 0.6 %    
  3,700   Public Storage   785,880   15,000   Verizon Communications, Inc.   889,050
          2,317,600            
  Retail - 6.1 %       Transportation & Logistics - 2.6 %    
  6,000   Costco Wholesale Corp.    2,085,960   9,000   FedEx Corp.   1,978,560
  9,900   Home Depot, Inc.   2,821,896   2,800   Union Pacific Corp.   538,832
  20,050   TJX Cos., Inc.   1,098,539   9,000   United Parcel Service, Inc.   1,472,580
  24,300   Walmart, Inc.   3,374,055           3,989,972
          9,380,450   Wholesale - Consumer Staples - 0.7 %    
  Semiconductors - 1.4 %       17,500   Sysco Corp.   1,052,450
  15,000   Intel Corp.   764,250            
  11,250   QUALCOMM, Inc.   1,339,875   TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost - $59,335,347)   151,042,050
          2,104,125            
  Software - 13.1 %       MONEY MARKET FUND - 1.4 %    
  10,000   Adobe, Inc. *   5,133,900   2,115,196   BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury    
  36,500   Microsoft Corp.   8,231,845        Trust Fund - Institutional Shares, 0.03 % (a) 2,115,196
  19,000   Oracle Corp.   1,087,180   TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND   2,115,196
  20,700   salesforce.com, Inc. *   5,643,855   (Cost - $2,115,196)    
          20,096,780            
  Specialty Finance - 0.4 %       TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0 %    
  8,000   Capital One Financial Corp.   552,240   (Cost - $61,450,543)    $    153,157,246
              Other assets less liabilities - 0.0 % ^                   82,858
  Technology Hardware - 7.4 %       TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%    $    153,240,104
  80,000   Apple, Inc.   10,323,200            
  24,250   Cisco Systems, Inc.   1,023,835            
          11,347,035            
                       
                       
                       
  PLC - Public Limited Company                
  REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust                 
  *  Non-income producing security.                
  (a) Money market fund; interest rate reflects seven-day effective yield on August 31, 2020.    
  ^ Represents less than 0.05%.                

 

 

           THE NORTH COUNTRY FUNDS  
INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
August 31, 2020
  Principal Amount         Fair                          Value   Principal Amount         Fair                          Value
  CORPORATE BONDS - 70.0 %         Electric Ultilities - 5.0 %      
  Aerospace / Defense - 2.0 %             Duke Energy Florida LLC    
      Boeing Co.          $      250,000   3.10%, due 8/15/2021    $          254,993
   $   250,000   2.25%, due 6/15/2026      $          245,386       Georgia Power Co.    
     1,000,000   3.25%, due 3/1/2028                  994,202         2,000,000   3.25%, due 3/30/2027             2,205,419
      General Dynamics Corp.             National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.  
        500,000   2.25%, due 11/15/2022                  519,054         2,000,000   2.30%, due 11/1/20   2,002,719
            1,758,642             4,463,131
  Apparel & Textile Products - 1.2 %         Entertainment - 0.4 %      
      Ralph Lauren Corp.             TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp.  
     1,000,000   3.75%, due 9/15/2025     1,124,448            300,000   3.15%, due 9/17/2025   335,019
                           
  Automotive - 2.2 %         Food - 2.3 %          
      American Honda Finance Corp.           Hershey Co.      
     2,000,000   3.15%, due 1/8/2021     2,019,659         1,000,000   1.70%, due 6/1/2030             1,032,416
                    Hormel Foods Corp.    
  Banking - 9.8 %               1,000,000   1.8%, due 6/11/2030   1,036,174
      Bank of America Corp.                   2,068,590
        500,000   4.183%, due 11/25/2027     577,326   Healthcare Facilities & Services - 1.3 %    
      Citigroup, Inc.             CVS Health Corp.    
        500,000   4.45%, due 9/29/2027     581,626         1,000,000   4.30%, due 3/25/2028   1,178,004
      JPMorgan Chase & Co.                    
     1,000,000   3.875%, due 9/10/2024     1,115,221   Household Products/Wares - 0.6 %    
     1,000,000   3.125%, due 1/23/2025     1,092,262       Kimberly-Clark Corp.    
        500,000   3.30%, due 4/1/2026     561,830            500,000   2.40%, due 3/1/2022   515,286
      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.                  
        500,000   3.45%, due 4/23/2029     580,544   Institutional Financial Services - 5.0 %    
      US BanCorp.             Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  
        500,000   3.60%, due 9/11/2024     556,778         1,000,000   3.25%, due 5/16/2027   1,135,606
        500,000   3.10%, due 4/27/2026     561,223       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   
      Wells Fargo & Co.                  500,000   3.625%, due 1/22/2023   536,949
     2,000,000   3.45%, due 2/13/2023     2,128,212            500,000   3.85%, due 1/26/2027   570,213
     1,000,000   3.00%, due 2/19/2025     1,085,720       Morgan Stanley      
            8,840,742         1,000,000   3.625%, due 1/20/2027   1,143,391
  Beverages - 3.2 %               1,000,000   3.95%, due 4/23/2027   1,137,535
      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.             4,523,694
     2,000,000   4.00%, due 4/13/2028     2,319,783   Insurance - 2.5 %      
      Coca-Cola Co.             American International Group, Inc.  
        500,000   2.55%, due 6/1/2026     551,366         1,000,000   3.90%, due 4/1/2026   1,144,610
            2,871,149       Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  
  Biotech & Pharmaceuticals - 3.0 %                  550,000   1.85%, due 3/12/2030   572,767
      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.             MetLife, Inc.      
        805,000   3.95%, due 10/15/2020     808,275            500,000   3.00%, due 3/1/2025   555,198
      Gilead Sciences, Inc.                   2,272,575
        500,000   2.55%, due 9/1/2020     500,000   Machinery - 2.9 %      
      Merck & Co., Inc.             Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.  
     1,000,000   2.80%, due 5/18/2023     1,068,048         1,237,000   3.35%, due 12/7/2020   1,247,047
      Pfizer, Inc.             Deere & Co.      
        250,000   2.75%, due 6/3/2026     279,273         1,000,000   5.375%, due 10/16/2029   1,324,781
            2,655,596             2,571,828
  Cable & Satellite - 1.1 %         Medical Equipment & Devices - 1.1 %    
      TCI Communications, Inc.             Stryker Corp.      
        750,000   7.875%, due 2/15/2026               1,022,457         1,000,000   1.95%, due 6/15/2030   1,028,452
                           
  Chemicals - 1.2 %         Oil & Gas - 4.0 %      
      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.             BP Capital Markets PLC    
        500,000   2.75%, due 2/3/2023     528,568         1,000,000   2.75%, due 5/10/2023   1,054,977
      Praxair, Inc.               1,000,000   3.535%, due 11/4/2024   1,109,885
        500,000   2.45%, due 2/15/2022     512,980            500,000   3.017%, due 1/16/2027   541,715
            1,041,548       Occidental Petroleum Corp.  
                      1,000,000   3.40%, due 4/15/2026   888,380
                          3,594,957
 
 
           THE NORTH COUNTRY FUNDS  
INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
August 31, 2020
  Principal Amount         Fair                          Value   Principal Amount         Fair                          Value
  CORPORATE BONDS - 70.0 % (Continued)        Transportation - 0.6 %       
  REIT - 0.6 %               Union Pacific Corp.    
      Simon Property Group LP          $      500,000   2.75%, due 4/15/2023    $          527,642
   $   500,000   3.375%, due 6/15/2027      $          539,069              
                 TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS      
  Retail - 3.8 %           (Cost - $59,302,064)             62,914,974
      Home Depot, Inc.                    
        750,000   2.95%, due 6/15/2029                  846,247   U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 27.1 %  
      Lowe's Cos., Inc.         Government Agencies - 27.1 %      
     1,000,000   3.10%, due 5/3/2027               1,117,514       Fannie Mae Pool    
      Target Corp.               1,354,563   3.00%, due 8/1/2029   1,424,858
        250,000   2.50%, due 4/15/2026                  274,411         1,028,332   3.00%, due 12/1/2029   1,082,529
      TJX Cos., Inc.               1,770,951   3.00%, due 2/1/2030   1,866,007
     1,000,000   3.875%, due 4/15/2030               1,189,955       Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp.  
            3,428,127         2,000,000   2.35%, due 8/14/2024   2,158,528
  Semiconductors - 4.5 %                  500,000   3.10%, due 12/6/2024   557,908
      Intel Corp.                  750,000   2.62%, due 11/17/2025   833,266
        500,000   2.45%, due 11/15/2029                  544,660         1,000,000   2.875%, due 1/18/2028   1,154,324
     1,000,000   3.90%, due 3/25/2030               1,216,924         2,000,000   3.15%, due 4/3/2028   2,346,746
      NVIDIA Corp.               1,500,000   3.73%, due 9/20/2028   1,552,216
     1,250,000   2.85%, due 4/1/2030               1,395,901         2,000,000   3.27%, due 3/22/2029   2,042,318
      Texas Instruments, Inc.             Federal Home Loan Banks  
        800,000   2.25%, due 9/4/2029                  858,540         2,000,000   2.75%, due 12/13/2024   2,203,222
                      4,016,025         1,000,000   2.625%, due 9/12/2025   1,109,524
  Software - 1.2 %               1,000,000   2.60%, due 12/4/2025   1,114,994
      Oracle Corp.                  500,000   2.70%, due 12/29/2025   558,322
        500,000   3.40%, due 7/8/2024                  550,178         1,000,000   3.25%, due 9/8/2028   1,189,216
        500,000   2.95%, due 4/1/2030                  560,344         3,000,000   3.40%, due 3/14/2029             3,125,737
                      1,110,522   TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 24,319,715
   Technology Hardware - 5.4 %          (Cost - $22,562,169)      
      Apple, Inc.                    
     1,000,000   2.90%, due 9/12/2027     1,126,058   Shares          
     1,500,000   1.65%, due 5/11/2030     1,557,994   MONEY MARKET FUND - 2.1 %    
      Cisco Systems, Inc.             BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury  
     1,000,000   1.85%, due 9/20/2021     1,015,692         1,912,683   Trust Fund - Institutional Shares, 0.03 % (a)           1,912,683
     1,000,000   3.50%, due 6/15/2025     1,144,487   TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND     
            4,844,231   (Cost - $1,912,683)      
  Technology Services - 0.7 %                    
      IBM Credit LLC         TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.2 %    
        600,000   3.45%, due 11/30/2020                  604,697    (Cost - $83,776,916)      $     89,147,372
                Other assets less liabilities - 0.8 %                719,432
   Telecommunications - 4.4 %          TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0 %    $     89,866,804
      AT&T, Inc.                    
     1,000,000   3.60%, due 2/17/2023     1,070,917              
     1,000,000   4.35%, due 3/1/2029     1,190,921              
      Verizon Communications, Inc.                    
     1,000,000   5.15%, due 9/15/2023     1,138,273              
        500,000   4.15%, due 3/15/2024     558,773              
            3,958,884              
                           
                           
                           
  LLC - Limited Liability Company                    
  LP - Limited Partnership                    
  PLC - Public Limited Company                    
  REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust                    
  (a) Money market fund; interest rate reflects seven-day effective yield on August 31, 2020.        

 

 

THE NORTH COUNTRY FUNDS
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
August 31, 2020

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in preparation of the Schedule of  Investments.  These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP").  The Funds are investment companies and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 "Financial Services – Investment Companies."

 

Security Valuation- Securities which are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price.  NASDAQ traded securities are valued using the NASDAQ official closing price (“NOCP”).  Investments for which no sales are reported are valued at the mean between the current bid and ask prices on the day of valuation.  To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy described below.  When an equity security is valued by the independent pricing service using factors other than market quotations or the market is considered inactive, they will be categorized in level 2.   Short-term investments that mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, provided such valuations represent fair value.  

 

Fixed income securities such as corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and U.S. government and agency obligations, when valued using market quotations in an active market, are categorized as level 1 securities.  However, fair value may be determined using an independent pricing service that considers market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and other reference data. These securities would be categorized as level 2 securities.   The fair value of mortgage-backed securities is estimated by an independent pricing service which uses models that consider interest rate movements, new issue information and other security pertinent data. Evaluations of tranches (non-volatile, volatile, or credit sensitive) are based on interpretations of accepted Wall Street modeling and pricing conventions. Mortgage-backed securities are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy described below to the extent the inputs are observable and timely.

 

The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis.  Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of input are:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access.

 

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Funds own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.  Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

 

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.  In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. 

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following tables summarize the inputs used as of August 31, 2020 for the Funds' assets measured at fair value:
           
North Country Equity Growth Fund          
Assets*   Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stock  $            151,042,050  $                                                   -  $                               -  $               151,042,050
Money Market Fund                    2,115,196                                                       -                                   -                       2,115,196
Total  $            153,157,246  $                                                   -  $                               -  $               153,157,246
           
North Country Intermediate Bond Fund          
Assets*   Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Corporate Bonds  $                               -  $                                   62,914,974  $                               -  $                 62,914,974
U.S. Government Agency Obligations                                   -                                       24,319,715                                   -                     24,319,715
Money Market Fund                    1,912,683                                                       -                                   -                       1,912,683
Total  $                1,912,683  $                                   87,234,689  $                               -  $                 89,147,372

*Refer to the Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.

 

The Funds did not hold any Level 3 securities during the period.

 

The identified cost of investments in securities owned by each Fund for federal income tax purposes, and its respective gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation at August 31, 2020, were as follows:

 

      Gross Gross Net Unrealized
    Tax Unrealized Unrealized Appreciation
Fund   Cost Appreciation Depreciation (Depreciation)
Equity Growth    $              61,450,543  $                                   93,244,682  $               (1,537,979)  $                 91,706,703
Intermediate Bond                    83,776,916                                         5,534,769                      (164,313)                       5,370,456