0001592900-24-001079.txt : 20240626 0001592900-24-001079.hdr.sgml : 20240626 20240626110904 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001592900-24-001079 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240430 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240626 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240626 PERIOD START: 20240731 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EA Series Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001592900 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22961 FILM NUMBER: 241071487 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 19 E EAGLE ROAD CITY: HAVERTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 19083 BUSINESS PHONE: 1.215.882.9983 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 19 E EAGLE ROAD CITY: HAVERTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 19083 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Alpha Architect ETF Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140428 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Empowered Funds ETF Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20131125 0001592900 S000072739 Discipline Fund ETF C000229231 Discipline Fund ETF DSCF NPORT-P 1 primary_doc.xml NPORT-P false 0001592900 XXXXXXXX S000072739 C000229231 EA Series Trust 811-22961 0001592900 5493004OW9VWINAYRX18 19 E Eagle Road Havertown PA 2158829983 Discipline Fund ETF S000072739 549300IF8I0UI1J89G08 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 N 40235959.64 11580.01 40224379.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 N First American Government Obligations Fund 549300R5MYM6VZF1RM44 First American Government Obligations Fund N/A 105720.23 PA USD 105720.23 0.26 Long STIV RF US N 1 N N N SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 549300NVXJXJCDK35U34 SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF N/A 161180 NS USD 5584887.00 13.88 Long EC RF US N 1 N N N Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF N/A Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF N/A 29886 NS USD 1260292.62 3.13 Long EC RF US N 1 N N N Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF N/A Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF N/A 145434 NS USD 8384270.10 20.84 Long EC RF US N 1 N N N Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF N/A Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF N/A 194401 NS USD 11117793.19 27.64 Long EC RF US N 1 N N N Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF N/A Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF N/A 147764 NS USD 8209767.84 20.41 Long EC RF US N 1 N N N Vanguard S&P 500 ETF N/A Vanguard S&P 500 ETF N/A 3979 NS USD 1836029.97 4.56 Long EC RF US N 1 N N N Vanguard Value ETF N/A Vanguard Value ETF N/A 23879 NS USD 3736824.71 9.29 Long EC RF US N 1 N N N 2024-04-30 EA Series Trust Jessica Leighty Jessica Leighty Chief Compliance Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 DSCF_20240430_Part_F.htm NPORT-EX Document
DISCIPLINE FUND ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 99.7%SharesValue
SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-U.S. ETF161,180$5,584,887
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF29,886 1,260,293 
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF(a)
194,401
11,117,793
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF147,764
8,209,768
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF3,979
1,836,030
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF145,434
8,384,270
Vanguard Value ETF23,879
3,736,825
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $43,158,333)
40,129,866
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.3%
Money Market Funds - 0.3%
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.23%(b)
105,720105,720
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $105,720)
105,720
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0% (Cost $43,264,053)
$40,235,586 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.0)%(c)
(11,206)
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%$40,224,380 


Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a) Fair value of this security exceeds 25% of the Fund’s net assets. Additional information for this security, including the financial statements is available from the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.
(b) Rate shown is the 7-day effective yield.
(c) Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.



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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (UNAUDITED)
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

A.Security Valuation. Equity securities that are traded on a national securities exchange, except those listed on the NASDAQ Global Market® (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded or NASDAQ security does not trade, then the most recent quoted bid for exchange-traded or the mean between the most recent quoted bid and ask price for NASDAQ securities will be used. Equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are generally valued at the last sale price in the over-the-counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. Prices denominated in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents at the current exchange rate, which approximates fair value. Redeemable securities issued by open-end investment companies are valued at the investment company’s applicable net asset value, with the exception of exchange-traded open-end investment companies which are priced as equity securities. Fair values for long-term debt securities, including asset-backed securities (“ABS”), collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”), collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMO”), corporate obligations, whole loans, and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) are normally determined on the basis of valuations provided by independent pricing services. Vendors typically value such securities based on one or more inputs, including but not limited to, benchmark yields, transactions, bids, offers, quotations from dealers and trading systems, new issues, spreads and other relationships observed in the markets among comparable securities; and pricing models such as yield measurers calculated using factors such as cash flows, financial or collateral performance and other reference data. In addition to these inputs, MBS and ABS may utilize cash flows, prepayment information, default rates, delinquency and loss assumptions, collateral characteristics, credit enhancements and specific deal information. Reverse repurchase agreements are priced at their acquisition cost, and assessed for credit adjustments, which represents fair value. Futures contracts are carried at fair value using the primary exchange’s closing (settlement) price.

Subject to its oversight, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the Fund’s investments to Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers (the “Adviser”), pursuant to the Trust’s valuation policy and procedures, which have been adopted by the Trust and approved by the Board. In accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board designated the Adviser as the “valuation designee” of the Fund. If the Adviser, as valuation designee, determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available for an investment, the investment is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser in accordance with the Trust’s fair valuation policy and procedures. The Adviser will provide the Board with periodic reports, no less frequently than quarterly, that discuss the functioning of the valuation process, if applicable, and that identify issues and valuation problems that have arisen, if any. As appropriate, the Adviser and the Board will review any securities valued by the Adviser in accordance with the Trust’s valuation policies during these periodic reports. The use of fair value pricing by the Fund may cause the net asset value of its shares to differ significantly from the net asset value that would be calculated without regard to such considerations. As of April 30, 2024, the Fund did not hold any securities that required fair valuation due to unobservable inputs.

As described above, the Fund may use various methods to measure the fair value of their 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 on
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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.

The following is a summary of the fair value classification of the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2024:
DESCRIPTIONLEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3TOTAL
Assets
Common Stocks$40,129,866 $— $— $40,129,866 
Short Term Investments105,720 — — 105,720 
Total Assets
$40,235,586 $— $— $40,235,586 
During the fiscal period ended April 30, 2024, the Fund did not invest in any Level 3 investments and recognized no transfers to/from Level 3. Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.

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