0001413042-20-000690.txt : 20201119 0001413042-20-000690.hdr.sgml : 20201119 20201119170002 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001413042-20-000690 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201119 PERIOD START: 20201231 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PARADIGM FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001196878 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21233 FILM NUMBER: 201329450 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NINE ELK STREET CITY: ALBANY STATE: NY ZIP: 12207 BUSINESS PHONE: 5184313516 0001196878 S000005314 Paradigm Value Fund C000014505 Paradigm Value Fund PVFAX NPORT-P 1 primary_doc.xml NPORT-P false 0001196878 XXXXXXXX S000005314 C000014505 PARADIGM FUNDS 811-21233 0001196878 549300PJ2B0KCKLXZR09 NINE ELK STREET ALBANY 12207 518-431-3516 Paradigm Value Fund S000005314 549300NPWLUY0KJ0VJ69 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 N 44176868.47 54581.70 44122286.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 N A10 Networks, Inc. 549300UQD4IWUML81Q35 A10 Networks, Inc. 002121101 124300.00 NS USD 791791.00 1.79 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Addus Homecare Corp. 52990090ZT33AKPDBX62 Addus Homecare Corp. 006739106 18500.00 NS USD 1748435.00 3.96 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Air Transport Services Group, Inc 5493000F3MSFGIXTQE27 Air Transport Services Group, Inc 00922R105 56000.00 NS USD 1403360.00 3.18 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 5299001Z9HXK01DHW793 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 02553E106 67600.00 NS USD 1001156.00 2.27 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N American Woodmark Corp. 5299007PFSDWMA74RB56 American Woodmark Corp. 030506109 5000.00 NS USD 392700.00 0.89 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Banner Corp. N/A Banner Corp. 06652V208 21000.00 NS USD 677460.00 1.54 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. 549300OLDJ20R2Y2UW20 Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. 09257W100 19000.00 NS USD 417430.00 0.95 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Brooks Automation, Inc. 35ZN6X1ANPH25YN32Y17 Brooks Automation, Inc. 114340102 35100.00 NS USD 1623726.00 3.68 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Calamp Corp. 5493007SIGZIX83TOW07 Calamp Corp. 128126109 20000.00 NS USD 143800.00 0.33 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Calix, Inc. 5299002RQRZ4SXSCSJ58 Calix, Inc. 13100M509 40000.00 NS USD 711200.00 1.61 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Conduent, Inc. 549300SFJ2D2CYY6CQ11 Conduent, Inc. 206787103 130000.00 NS USD 413400.00 0.94 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Designer Brands, Inc. 549300X8J6FI8PPRK859 Designer Brands, Inc. 250565108 19500.00 NS USD 105885.00 0.24 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Ducommun, Inc 549300Z71HMWF90S2214 Ducommun, Inc 264147109 10000.00 NS USD 329200.00 0.75 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N EMCOR Group, Inc. 529900X0SQJB2J7YDU43 EMCOR Group, Inc. 29084Q100 19700.00 NS USD 1333887.00 3.02 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Ensign Group, Inc. 5493003K4HEEA8Q0BC72 Ensign Group, Inc. 29358P101 10000.00 NS USD 570600.00 1.29 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Express, Inc. N/A Express, Inc. 30219E103 170800.00 NS USD 104188.00 0.24 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Extreme Networks, Inc. 549300WRECW11X94UB57 Extreme Networks, Inc. 30226D106 150000.00 NS USD 603000.00 1.37 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Fabrinet 5493004TETZ6IYF7CV44 Fabrinet G3323L100 6000.00 NS USD 378180.00 0.86 Long EC CORP KY N 1 N N N First Merchants Corp. TZTBT0OTGQ2FEK6XMX94 First Merchants Corp. 320817109 34000.00 NS USD 787440.00 1.78 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Foot Locker, Inc. 549300X383CBNP6MTV94 Foot Locker, Inc. 344849104 24800.00 NS USD 819144.00 1.86 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N GATX Corp 549300IHYHCQP2PIR591 GATX Corp 361448103 15400.00 NS USD 981750.00 2.23 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N IAC/InterActive Corp. 15OMOPB0A8K0EFUVD031 IAC/InterActive Corp. 44919P508 6000.00 NS USD 718680.00 1.63 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N II-VI, Inc. 549300O5C25A0MMHHU33 II-VI, Inc. 902104108 16000.00 NS USD 648960.00 1.47 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Insight Enterprises, Inc. 529900S8991TYW6YP792 Insight Enterprises, Inc. 45765U103 7000.00 NS USD 396060.00 0.90 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N j2 Global, Inc. 5493008OJYGLHD7MXA18 j2 Global, Inc. 48123V102 18400.00 NS USD 1273648.00 2.89 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Jabil, Inc. 5493000CGCQY2OQU7669 Jabil, Inc. 466313103 15000.00 NS USD 513900.00 1.16 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Jeld-wen Holding, Inc. 529900AXX7CT9GZSCS30 Jeld-wen Holding, Inc. 47580P103 30000.00 NS USD 678000.00 1.54 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Kadant, Inc. 549300K06LNJYBMPYP15 Kadant, Inc. 48282T104 3500.00 NS USD 383670.00 0.87 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Kforce, Inc. 5493003RDQQDVXY2SK46 Kforce, Inc. 493732101 44400.00 NS USD 1428348.00 3.24 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 529900H6BEIRBF429744 Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 501242101 61600.00 NS USD 1379840.00 3.13 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Lumentum Holdings, Inc. 549300JLWRRC38DWEF52 Lumentum Holdings, Inc. 55024U109 6000.00 NS USD 450780.00 1.02 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Magellan Health, Inc. N/A Magellan Health, Inc. 559079207 13100.00 NS USD 992718.00 2.25 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 8DF36O58U3QIHUCGZB18 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. G5876H105 7588.00 NS USD 301243.60 0.68 Long EC CORP BM N 1 N N N Match Group, Inc. 15OMOPB0A8K0EFUVD031 Match Group, Inc. 57667L107 12950.00 NS USD 1432917.50 3.25 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Matrix Service Co. 529900VYBKSX6HD2YW58 Matrix Service Co. 576853105 76800.00 NS USD 641280.00 1.45 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Maxlinear, Inc. 549300EMOI0SM2IY4F64 Maxlinear, Inc. 57776J100 20000.00 NS USD 464800.00 1.05 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 549300FQZKFR5YNSHZ21 Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 59522J103 11650.00 NS USD 1350817.50 3.06 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N National Bank Holdings Corp. N/A National Bank Holdings Corp. 633707104 14936.00 NS USD 392070.00 0.89 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Neophotonics Corp. 5493001EHDO3GEGZ6930 Neophotonics Corp. 64051T100 40000.00 NS USD 243600.00 0.55 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Omnicell, Inc. 5493008RH0GTKHHPZI77 Omnicell, Inc. 68213N109 6000.00 NS USD 447960.00 1.02 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Onto Innovation, Inc. 549300V1USTYXJ7TNR79 Onto Innovation, Inc. 683344105 10000.00 NS USD 297800.00 0.67 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N OptiNose, Inc. 549300CPBME7Z3CYMN16 OptiNose, Inc. 68404V100 60000.00 NS USD 234000.00 0.53 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Perkin Elmer, Inc. 549300IKL1SDPFI7N655 Perkin Elmer, Inc. 714046109 14500.00 NS USD 1819895.00 4.12 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Pitney Bowes, Inc. 549300N2O26NW4ST6W55 Pitney Bowes, Inc. 724479100 80000.00 NS USD 424800.00 0.96 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Primoris Services Corp. 549300UF3OLBJ8D5K349 Primoris Services Corp. 74164F103 25000.00 NS USD 451000.00 1.02 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Prosperity Bank Shares, Inc. N/A Prosperity Bank Shares, Inc. 743606105 8448.00 NS USD 437859.84 0.99 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Qorvo, Inc. 254900YAUJV2EUEVBR11 Qorvo, Inc. 74736K101 13600.00 NS USD 1754536.00 3.98 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N R1 RCM, Inc. 549300VKOMJ3EM506212 R1 RCM, Inc. 749397105 30000.00 NS USD 514500.00 1.17 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Renasant Corp. 549300OVE6OZHW2UUH81 Renasant Corp. 75970E107 36000.00 NS USD 817920.00 1.85 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Ribbon Communications, Inc. 549300L1E8Z8RL7CUL52 Ribbon Communications, Inc. 762544104 100000.00 NS USD 387000.00 0.88 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N SEI Daily Income Trust - Short Duration Government Fund 549300NRAJ39MCMGSN10 SEI Daily Income Trust Government Fund Class A 783965593 1072142.91 NS USD 1072142.91 2.43 Long STIV RF US N 1 N N N Sensient Technologies Corp. CMMZHMFZQG86EI7WZU92 Sensient Technologies Corp. 81725T100 21700.00 NS USD 1252958.00 2.84 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Summit Materials, Inc. 549300C97P3BW8QROE16 Summit Materials, Inc. 86614U100 75000.00 NS USD 1240500.00 2.81 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Synnex Corp. 5493004HI6PFLF46NS53 Synnex Corp. 87162W100 10832.00 NS USD 1517129.92 3.44 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Tabula Rasa Healthcare, Inc. 549300K6KY242XRMEF28 Tabula Rasa Healthcare, Inc. 873379101 21400.00 NS USD 872478.00 1.98 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Tilly's, Inc. N/A Tilly's, Inc. Class A 886885102 40000.00 NS USD 241200.00 0.55 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. N/A TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. 87266M107 38000.00 NS USD 321480.00 0.73 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Veeco Instruments, Inc. 5493004201F72ADDZW04 Veeco Instruments, Inc. 922417100 40000.00 NS USD 466800.00 1.06 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Vocera Communications, Inc. 5493006D2J6NPNZ60K83 Vocera Communications, Inc. 92857F107 15000.00 NS USD 436200.00 0.99 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N 2020-11-19 Paradigm Funds /s/ Robert A. Benton Robert A. Benton Chief Financial Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 paradigmvalue093020nportp.htm

 

 Paradigm Value Fund 
         Schedule of Investments
    September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
 Shares             Fair Value  % of Net Assets
                 
 COMMON STOCKS               
                 
 Air Courier Services               
           56,000 Air Transport Services Group, Inc. *        $    1,403,360   3.18%
                 
 Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, NEC             
           10,000 Ducommun Incorporated *                  329,200   0.75%
                 
 Communications Equipment, NEC               
             6,000 Lumentum Holdings Inc. *                  450,780    
           15,000 Vocera Communications, Inc. *                436,200    
                     886,980   2.01%
                 
 Communications Services, NEC               
           40,000 Calix, Inc. *                  711,200   1.61%
                 
 Computer Communications Equipment               
          124,300 A10 Networks, Inc. *                  791,791    
          150,000 Extreme Networks, Inc. *                  603,000    
                  1,394,791   3.16%
                 
 Construction - Special Trade Contractors               
           76,800 Matrix Service Co. *                  641,280   1.45%
                 
 Electrical Work               
           19,700 EMCOR Group Inc.                1,333,887   3.02%
                 
 Electronic Computers               
             6,000 Omnicell, Inc. *                  447,960   1.02%
                 
 Industrial Organic Chemicals               
           21,700 Sensient Technologies Corporation             1,252,958   2.84%
                 
 Laboratory Analytical Instruments               
           14,500 PerkinElmer Inc.               1,819,895   4.12%
                 
 Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC               
           10,000 Onto Innovation Inc. *                  297,800   0.67%
                 
 Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members           
             5,000 American Woodmark Corporation *                392,700    
           30,000 Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc. *                  678,000    
                  1,070,700   2.43%
                 
 Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)             
           75,000 Summit Materials, Inc. - Class A *             1,240,500   2.81%
                 
 National Commercial Banks               
           34,000 First Merchants Corporation                  787,440    
           14,936 National Bank Holdings Corporation - Class A              392,070    
                  1,179,510   2.67%
                 
 Office Machines, NEC               
           80,000 Pitney Bowes Inc.                   424,800   0.96%
                 
 Optical Instruments & Lenses               
           16,000 II-VI Incorporated *                  648,960   1.47%
                 
 Pharmaceutical Preperations               
           60,000 OptiNose, Inc. *                  234,000   0.53%
                 
 Printed Circuit Boards               
           15,000 Jabil Circuit, Inc.                   513,900   1.16%
                 
 Radio & TV Broadcasting & Communications Equipment           
           20,000 CalAmp Corp. *                  143,800   0.33%
                 
 Retail - Apparel & Accessory Stores               
          170,800 Express Inc. *                  104,188    
           40,000 Tilly’s, Inc. - Class A                  241,200    
                     345,388   0.78%
                 
 Retail - Catalog & Mail-Order Houses               
             7,000 Insight Enterprises, Inc. *                  396,060   0.90%
                 
 Retail - Family Clothing Stores               
           67,600 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.             1,001,156   2.27%
                 
 Retail - Retail Stores, NEC               
             6,000 IAC/InterActiveCorp. *                  718,680    
           12,950 Match Group, Inc. *               1,432,917    
                  2,151,597   4.88%
                 
 Retail - Shoe Stores               
           19,500 Designer Brands Inc. - Class A                105,885    
           24,800 Foot Locker, Inc.                  819,144    
                     925,029   2.10%
                 
 Semiconductors & Related Devices               
           61,600 Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (Singapore)             1,379,840    
             7,588 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Bermuda)                301,244    
           20,000 MaxLinear, Inc. *                  464,800    
           40,000 NeoPhotonics Corporation *                  243,600    
           13,600 Qorvo, Inc. *               1,754,536    
                  4,144,020   9.39%
                 
 Services - Business Services, NEC               
          130,000 Conduent Incorporated *                  413,400    
           21,400 Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. *                872,478    
                  1,285,878   2.91%
                 
 Services - Computer Integrated Systems Design             
          100,000 Ribbon Communications Inc. *                387,000   0.88%
                 
 Services - Help Supply Services               
           44,400 Kforce Inc.                1,428,348   3.24%
                 
 Services - Home Health Care Services               
           18,500 Addus HomeCare Corporation *             1,748,435   3.96%
                 
 Services - Hospitals               
           13,100 Magellan Health Services Inc. *                992,718   2.25%
                 
 Services - Management Services               
           30,000 R1 RCM Inc.  *                   514,500   1.17%
                 
 Services - Skilled Nursing Care Facilities               
           10,000 The Ensign Group, Inc.                  570,600   1.29%
                 
 Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery)           
             3,500 Kadant Inc.                  383,670   0.87%
                 
 Special Industry Machinery, NEC               
           35,100 Brooks Automation, Inc.               1,623,726    
           40,000 Veeco Instruments Inc. *                  466,800    
                  2,090,526   4.74%
                 
 State Commercial Banks               
           21,000 Banner Corporation                  677,460    
             8,448 Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.                 437,860    
           36,000 Renasant Corporation                  817,920    
                  1,933,240   4.38%
                 
 Telegraph & Other Message Communications             
           18,400 j2 Global, Inc. *               1,273,648   2.89%
                 
 Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus               
             6,000 Fabrinet (Thailand) *                  378,180   0.86%
                 
 Transportation Services               
           15,400 GATX Corp.                  981,750   2.23%
                 
 Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction         
           25,000 Primoris Services Corporation                451,000   1.02%
                 
 Wholesale - Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software         
           10,832 SYNNEX Corporation                1,517,130   3.44%
                 
 Total for Common Stocks (Cost $24,689,037)             40,875,354   92.64%
                 
 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS               
           19,000 Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. - Class A                417,430    
           11,650 Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.             1,350,817    
           38,000 TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.                 321,480    
 Total for Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $1,592,016)              2,089,727   4.74%
                 
 MONEY MARKET FUNDS               
       1,072,143 SEI Daily Income Trust Government Fund CL F 0.01% **         1,072,143   2.43%
 Total for Money Market Funds (Cost $1,072,143)             
                 
 Total Investment Securities              44,037,224   99.81%
             (Cost $27,353,196)               
                 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities                      85,063   0.19%
                   
 Net Assets             $  44,122,287   100.00%
                 
                 
 * Non-Income Producing Securities.               
 ** The rate shown represents the 7-day yield at September 30, 2020. 
 
                 
 1. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS               
                 
For Federal income tax purposes, the cost of securities owned at September 30, 2020, was $27,353,196. At September 30, 2020, the composition of gross unrealized appreciation (the excess of value over tax cost) and depreciation (the excess of tax cost over value) of investments was as follows:
                 
        Unrealized Gain    $  20,283,017    
        Unrealized Loss        (3,598,989)    
        Unrealized Gain    $  16,684,028    
                 
2. SECURITIES VALUATIONS              
                 
The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:
                 
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has 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 in 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 Fund’s 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.
                 
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS              
                 
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows.
                 
Equity securities (common stocks and real estate investment trusts). Equity securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair value of such securities. Securities that are traded on any stock exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are generally valued by the pricing service at the last quoted sale price. Lacking a last sale price, an equity security is generally valued by the pricing service at its last bid price. Generally, if the security is traded in an active market and is valued at the last sale price, the security is categorized as a level 1 security, and if an equity security is valued by the pricing service at its last bid, it is generally categorized as a level 2 security. When market quotations are not readily available, when the Adviser determines that the market quotation or the price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the current fair value, or when restricted securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser, subject to review of the Board of Trustees (the “Trustees” or the “Board”) and are categorized in level 2 or level 3, when appropriate.
                 
Money market funds. Money market funds are valued at net asset value provided by the funds and are classified in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
                 
In accordance with the Trust’s good faith pricing guidelines, the Adviser is required to consider all appropriate factors relevant to the value of securities for which it has determined other pricing sources are not available or reliable as described above. There is no single standard for determining fair value, since fair value depends upon the circumstances of each individual case. As a general principle, the current fair value of an issue of securities being valued by the Adviser would appear to be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale. Methods which are in accordance with this principle may, for example, be based on (i) a multiple of earnings; (ii) a discount from market of a similar freely traded security (including a derivative security or a basket of securities traded on other markets, exchanges or among dealers); or (iii) yield to maturity with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other methods.
                 
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s assets measured at fair value as of September 30, 2020:
                 
Valuation of Inputs and Assets Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Common Stocks  $  40,875,354    $                 -    $                 -    $    40,875,354
Real Estate Investment Trusts       2,089,727                       -                       -           2,089,727
Money Market Funds       1,072,143                       -                       -           1,072,143
Total     $  44,037,224    $                 -    $                 -    $    44,037,224
                 
Refer to the Fund's Schedule of Investments for a listing of securities by industry. The Fund did not hold any Level 3 assets or liabilities during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020.