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AB Discovery Growth Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

October 31, 2022 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 96.5%

 

Industrials – 21.3%

 

Aerospace & Defense – 6.0%

 

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

     340,240        $          49,484,506  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     244,010          40,952,198  

Hexcel Corp.

     528,340          29,428,538  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

     1,125,100          39,997,305  
       

 

 

 
          159,862,547  
       

 

 

 

Building Products – 2.7%

 

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

     365,800          27,643,506  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     189,830          45,331,404  
       

 

 

 
          72,974,910  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.7%

 

Tetra Tech, Inc.

     320,590          45,292,955  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 1.4%

 

AMETEK, Inc.

     295,816          38,355,502  
       

 

 

 

Machinery – 5.8%

 

IDEX Corp.

     178,210          39,617,865  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(b)

     757,705          38,264,103  

ITT, Inc.

     499,820          38,181,250  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

     275,570          38,541,220  
       

 

 

 
          154,604,438  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 1.1%

 

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a) (b)

     185,140          28,813,338  
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail – 1.2%

 

TFI International, Inc.

     344,220          31,334,347  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.4%

 

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a) (b)

     317,574          36,797,299  
       

 

 

 
          568,035,336  
       

 

 

 

Information Technology – 21.1%

 

Communications Equipment – 0.8%

 

Ciena Corp.(a)

     452,350          21,667,565  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.6%

 

Littelfuse, Inc.

     114,687          25,259,812  

Novanta, Inc.(a) (b)

     309,181          43,718,193  
       

 

 

 
          68,978,005  
       

 

 

 

IT Services – 4.1%

 

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     682,310          24,508,575  

Flywire Corp.(a)

     1,281,475          28,128,377  

MongoDB, Inc.(a)

     129,540          23,709,706  

Shift4 Payments, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     702,661          32,301,326  
       

 

 

 
          108,647,984  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 5.5%

 

Entegris, Inc.

     418,506          33,204,266  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

     761,428          36,936,872  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)

     680,761        $          39,395,639  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     60,280          20,462,046  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

     291,227          17,890,075  
       

 

 

 
          147,888,898  
       

 

 

 

Software – 8.1%

 

Five9, Inc.(a) (b)

     495,540          29,861,241  

Freshworks, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     1,573,690          21,386,447  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

     64,290          19,065,843  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

     341,893          41,598,121  

Monday.com Ltd.(a) (b)

     225,146          24,077,113  

Samsara, Inc. - Class A(a)

     2,200,333          27,086,099  

Smartsheet, Inc. - Class A(a)

     971,971          33,941,227  

Varonis Systems, Inc.(a)

     711,693          19,052,022  
       

 

 

 
          216,068,113  
       

 

 

 
          563,250,565  
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 19.5%

 

Biotechnology – 6.1%

 

ADC Therapeutics SA(a) (b)

     671,016          2,979,311  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a) (b)

     457,850          11,666,018  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

     452,350          15,746,304  

Ascendis Pharma A/S (ADR)(a)

     112,484          12,935,660  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a) (b)

     275,917          14,303,537  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a) (b)

     1,311,640          11,411,268  

Erasca, Inc.(a) (b)

     868,549          7,096,046  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

     293,900          15,512,042  

IVERIC bio, Inc.(a)

     396,160          9,476,147  

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

     97,742          21,438,730  

Legend Biotech Corp. (ADR)(a)

     295,607          14,727,141  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

     338,713          13,704,328  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

     559,836          12,305,195  
       

 

 

 
          163,301,727  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 6.5%

 

AtriCure, Inc.(a) (b)

     945,280          39,815,194  

Insulet Corp.(a) (b)

     80,896          20,936,694  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)

     279,030          35,573,535  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

     624,060          46,174,199  

Silk Road Medical, Inc.(a) (b)

     705,180          31,084,334  
       

 

 

 
          173,583,956  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 3.7%

 

Guardant Health, Inc.(a)

     415,051          20,545,024  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a) (b)

     472,376          36,339,886  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a) (b)

     2,289,579          40,433,965  
       

 

 

 
          97,318,875  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 2.5%

 

ICON PLC(a)

     134,206        $          26,551,315  

Repligen Corp.(a)

     223,947          40,868,088  
       

 

 

 
          67,419,403  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 0.7%

 

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)

     395,940          18,082,580  
       

 

 

 
          519,706,541  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 14.8%

 

Distributors – 1.6%

 

Pool Corp.(b)

     143,600          43,687,428  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.4%

 

Planet Fitness, Inc. - Class A(a)

     744,473          48,748,092  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

     187,380          41,060,579  
       

 

 

 
          89,808,671  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables – 1.9%

 

NVR, Inc.(a)

     6,134          25,994,359  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

     137,417          23,380,128  
       

 

 

 
          49,374,487  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail – 1.5%

 

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,276,150          40,811,277  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 6.4%

 

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

     1,075,378          37,896,321  

Five Below, Inc.(a) (b)

     229,183          33,540,932  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     415,903          30,514,803  

Lithia Motors, Inc.(b)

     142,270          28,190,800  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     1,104,021          40,892,938  
       

 

 

 
          171,035,794  
       

 

 

 
          394,717,657  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 8.9%

 

Banks – 1.1%

 

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

     373,170          30,969,378  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 5.1%

 

Ares Management Corp. - Class A

     503,994          38,217,865  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.(b)

     259,070          66,231,246  

PJT Partners, Inc. - Class A

     411,210          30,594,024  
       

 

 

 
          135,043,135  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 2.7%

 

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.(b)

     168,377          53,067,379  

Trupanion, Inc.(a) (b)

     377,302          19,042,432  
       

 

 

 
          72,109,811  
       

 

 

 
          238,122,324  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy – 7.7%

 

Energy Equipment & Services – 3.2%

 

Cactus, Inc. - Class A

     729,970        $ 37,754,048  

NOV, Inc.

     238,010          5,331,424  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

     2,479,700          43,766,705  
       

 

 

 
          86,852,177  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.5%

 

Matador Resources Co.(b)

     750,530          49,872,718  

Ovintiv, Inc.

     920,410          46,618,767  

Targa Resources Corp.

     331,250          22,647,563  
       

 

 

 
          119,139,048  
       

 

 

 
          205,991,225  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 1.6%

 

Food & Staples Retailing – 1.6%

 

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

     1,211,500          41,881,555  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 1.6%

 

Chemicals – 1.6%

 

FMC Corp.

     350,310          41,651,859  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $2,626,480,259)

          2,573,357,062  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 1.3%

 

Funds and Investment Trusts – 1.3%

 

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF(b) (c)
(cost $29,350,977)

     157,002          35,523,273  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.5%

 

Investment Companies – 2.5%

 

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 2.67%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $65,182,305)

     65,182,305          65,182,305  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 100.3%
(cost $2,721,013,541)

 

       2,674,062,640  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 1.1%

 

Investment Companies – 1.1%

 

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 2.67%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $27,856,765)

     27,856,765          27,856,765  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments – 101.4%
(cost $2,748,870,306)(f)

 

       2,701,919,405  

Other assets less liabilities – (1.4)%

          (36,198,517
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

        $     2,665,720,888  
       

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

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(b)

Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.

(c)

To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB at (800) 227-4618.

(d)

Affiliated investments.

(e)

The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

(f)

As of October 31, 2022, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $343,860,110 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(390,811,011), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(46,950,901).

 

  

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

 

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AB Discovery Growth Fund, Inc.

October 31, 2022 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of October 31, 2022:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Assets:

 

Common Stocks(a)    $ 2,573,357,062      $      $      $ 2,573,357,062  
Investment Companies      35,523,273                      35,523,273  
Short-Term Investments      65,182,305                      65,182,305  
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund      27,856,765                      27,856,765  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      2,701,919,405                      2,701,919,405  
Other Financial Instruments(b)                            
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $     2,701,919,405      $                 —      $                 —      $     2,701,919,405  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.

 

(b)

Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, written options and written swaptions which are valued at market value.

 

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A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the three months ended October 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

Fund    Market Value
07/31/2022
(000)
     Purchases
at Cost
(000)
     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
10/31/2022
(000)
     Dividend
Income
(000)
 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $ 86,546      $ 130,402      $ 151,766      $ 65,182      $ 268  
Government Money Market Portfolio*      74,220        197,572        243,935        27,857        0  
Total    $     160,766      $     327,974      $     395,701      $     93,039      $     268  

 

*

Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

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