BFS EQUITY FUND | |||||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | |||||
February 28, 2021 (Unaudited) | |||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.65% | Shares | Fair Value | |||
Aerospace & Defense — 0.57% | |||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 3,500 | $ 251,965 | |||
Banking — 4.51% | |||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 7,500 | 1,103,775 | |||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 25,000 | 904,250 | |||
2,008,025 | |||||
Beverages — 1.74% | |||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 6,000 | 775,140 | |||
Biotech & Pharmaceuticals — 4.48% | |||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 2,000 | 215,480 | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 3,000 | 475,380 | |||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,500 | 531,375 | |||
Zoetis, Inc. | 5,000 | 776,200 | |||
1,998,435 | |||||
Cable & Satellite — 3.55% | |||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 30,000 | 1,581,600 | |||
Chemicals — 5.11% | |||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 6,000 | 1,256,160 | |||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 1,500 | 1,020,510 | |||
2,276,670 | |||||
E-Commerce Discretionary — 4.34% | |||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 625 | 1,933,081 | |||
Electric Utilities — 0.66% | |||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 4,000 | 293,920 | |||
Electrical Equipment — 3.11% | |||||
Fortive Corp. | 12,500 | 822,750 | |||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a) | 4,000 | 566,080 | |||
1,388,830 | |||||
Entertainment Content — 1.70% | |||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) | 4,000 | 756,160 | |||
Food — 1.19% | |||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 10,000 | 531,600 | |||
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of this schedule of investments.
Health Care Facilities & Services — 3.53% | |||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,000 | 578,370 | |||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 3,000 | 996,660 | |||
1,575,030 | |||||
Home Construction — 3.45% | |||||
D.R. Horton, Inc. | 20,000 | 1,537,400 | |||
Insurance — 5.28% | |||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 5,000 | 1,202,550 | |||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 10,000 | 1,152,200 | |||
2,354,750 | |||||
Internet Media & Services — 3.62% | |||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | 800 | 1,617,528 | |||
Leisure Facilities & Services — 0.61% | |||||
Starbucks Corp. | 2,500 | 270,075 | |||
Machinery — 2.56% | |||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 1,000 | 215,880 | |||
Deere & Co. | 1,000 | 349,120 | |||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 2,000 | 573,920 | |||
1,138,920 | |||||
Medical Equipment & Devices — 8.01% | |||||
Abbott Laboratories | 5,000 | 598,900 | |||
Danaher Corp. | 4,000 | 878,680 | |||
Stryker Corp. | 4,000 | 970,760 | |||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 2,500 | 1,125,200 | |||
3,573,540 | |||||
Metals & Mining — 3.34% | |||||
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 20,000 | 1,117,400 | |||
Barrick Gold Corp. | 20,000 | 373,400 | |||
1,490,800 | |||||
Oil & Gas Producers — 3.50% | |||||
ConocoPhillips | 30,000 | 1,560,300 | |||
Retail - Consumer Staples — 1.86% | |||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 2,500 | 827,500 | |||
Retail - Discretionary — 3.39% | |||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 4,000 | 1,033,360 | |||
Lowe's Cos., Inc. | 3,000 | 479,250 | |||
1,512,610 | |||||
Semiconductors — 0.76% | |||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 2,500 | 340,475 | |||
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of this schedule of investments.
Software — 12.07% | |||||
Adobe Systems, Inc.(a) | 3,000 | 1,379,010 | |||
Microsoft Corp. | 9,000 | 2,091,420 | |||
Oracle Corp. | 7,500 | 483,825 | |||
salesforce.com, Inc.(a) | 2,000 | 433,000 | |||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 15,000 | 994,200 | |||
5,381,455 | |||||
Specialty Finance — 0.76% | |||||
American Express Co. | 2,500 | 338,150 | |||
Technology Hardware — 4.08% | |||||
Apple, Inc. | 15,000 | 1,818,900 | |||
Technology Services — 6.68% | |||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 3,000 | 522,060 | |||
Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 13,000 | 1,499,810 | |||
MasterCard, Inc., Class A | 1,500 | 530,775 | |||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 2,000 | 424,780 | |||
2,977,425 | |||||
Telecommunications — 1.35% | |||||
T-Mobile US, Inc.(a) | 5,000 | 599,850 | |||
Transportation & Logistics — 1.84% | |||||
Canadian National Railway Co. | 7,500 | 819,900 | |||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $27,284,408) | 43,530,034 | ||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 2.33% | |||||
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.01%(b) | 1,036,436 | 1,036,436 | |||
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $1,036,436) | 1,036,436 | ||||
Total Investments — 99.98% (Cost $28,320,844) | 44,566,470 | ||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.02% | 6,770 | ||||
NET ASSETS — 100.00% | $ 44,573,240 | ||||
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Rate disclosed is the seven day effective yield as of February 28, 2021. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of this schedule of investments.
At February 28, 2021, the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and tax cost of investments for tax purposes was as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 16,456,560 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (227,566) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | $ 16,228,994 |
Tax cost of investments | $ 28,337,476 |
The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
BFS Equity Fund
Notes to the Schedule of Investments
February 28, 2021
(Unaudited)
The BFS Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies.” The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
Security Transactions and Related Income – The Fund follows industry practice and records security transactions on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. The specific identification method is used for determining gains or losses for financial statement and income tax purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
Securities Valuation and Fair Value Measurements – Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. GAAP establishes a three-tier hierarchy to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes.
Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk (the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique). Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained and available from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
· | Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments and/or registered investment companies where the value per share is determined and published and is the basis for current transactions for identical assets or liabilities at the valuation date |
· | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for an identical security in an inactive market, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
· | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments based on the best information available) |
BFS Equity Fund
Notes to the Schedule of Investments - continued
February 28, 2021
(Unaudited)
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 which is reported, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
Equity securities that are traded on any stock exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the security’s primary exchange. Lacking a last sale price, an exchange-traded security is generally valued at its last bid price. Securities traded in the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are generally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. When using the market quotations and when the market is considered active, the security is classified as a Level 1 security. In the event that market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable due to market or other events, the Fund values its securities and other assets at fair value in accordance with policies established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Under these policies, the securities will be classified as Level 2 or 3 within the fair value hierarchy, depending on the inputs used.
Investments in mutual funds, including money market mutual funds, are generally priced at the ending net asset value (“NAV”). These securities are categorized as Level 1 securities.
In accordance with the Valued Advisers Trust’s valuation policies, Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc. (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. No single method exists for determining fair value, because fair value depends upon the circumstances of each individual case. As a general principle, the current fair value of a security being valued by the Adviser would be the amount that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive upon the current sale. Methods that are in accordance with this principle may, for example, be based on (i) a multiple of earnings; (ii) a discount from market prices 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. Fair-value pricing is permitted if, in the Adviser’s opinion, the validity of market quotations appears to be questionable based on factors such as evidence of a thin market in the security based on a small number of quotations, a significant event occurs after the close of a market but before the Fund’s NAV calculation that may affect a security’s value, or the Adviser is aware of any other data that calls into question the reliability of market quotations.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of February 28, 2021:
Valuation Inputs | ||||
Assets | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Common Stocks(a) | $ 43,530,034 | $ - | $ - | $ 43,530,034 |
Money Market Funds | 1,036,436 | - | - | 1,036,436 |
Total | $ 44,566,470 | $ - | $ - | $ 44,566,470 |
(a)Refer to Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.
The Fund did not hold any investments at the end of the reporting period for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value; therefore, no reconciliation of Level 3 securities is included for this reporting period.