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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.