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AB Discovery Growth Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2023 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 95.7%

       

Information Technology – 23.2%

       

Communications Equipment – 1.1%

       

Ciena Corp.(a)

     628,317        $ 28,927,715  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 3.9%

 

Littelfuse, Inc.

     141,749          34,337,278  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

     274,163          41,903,073  

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. - Class A(a)

     1,412,416          29,505,370  
       

 

 

 
          105,745,721  
       

 

 

 

IT Services – 0.7%

       

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     602,145          18,991,653  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 5.2%

 

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

     501,142          39,941,017  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     493,111          28,768,096  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     52,546          24,274,676  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

     93,259          6,710,918  

Universal Display Corp.

     326,535          43,579,361  
       

 

 

 
          143,274,068  
       

 

 

 

Software – 12.3%

       

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

     90,541          65,909,321  

Five9, Inc.(a)

     495,039          32,098,329  

Freshworks, Inc. - Class A(a)

     1,705,493          22,785,387  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

     89,551          37,696,493  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

     309,297          51,244,327  

Monday.com Ltd.(a) (b)

     216,496          26,395,192  

PTC, Inc.(a)

     473,465          59,557,162  

Smartsheet, Inc. - Class A(a)

     945,630          38,647,898  
       

 

 

 
          334,334,109  
       

 

 

 
              631,273,266  
       

 

 

 

Industrials – 20.7%

       

Aerospace & Defense – 5.8%

 

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

     224,164          47,233,596  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     206,353          35,044,930  

Hexcel Corp.

     502,895          36,248,672  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

     930,092          41,193,775  
       

 

 

 
          159,720,973  
       

 

 

 

Building Products – 2.5%

       

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

     320,497          30,373,501  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     173,133          37,370,758  
       

 

 

 
          67,744,259  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.6%

       

Tetra Tech, Inc.

     318,485          44,068,769  
       

 

 

 

Ground Transportation – 3.1%

 

Saia, Inc.(a) (b)

     166,092          49,457,215  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

TFI International, Inc.(b)

     329,161        $ 35,483,556  
       

 

 

 
          84,940,771  
       

 

 

 

Machinery – 4.6%

       

IDEX Corp.

     110,119          22,719,752  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

     584,872          33,349,401  

ITT, Inc.

     405,658          34,253,762  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

     245,810          34,629,713  
       

 

 

 
          124,952,628  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 1.5%

       

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

     224,873          40,589,576  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.6%

 

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

     288,533          42,627,865  
       

 

 

 
          564,644,841  
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 19.6%

       

Biotechnology – 8.7%

 

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

     481,558          8,595,810  

Ascendis Pharma A/S (ADR)(a)

     128,299          8,975,798  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)

     340,576          17,386,405  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a) (b)

     1,296,872          9,376,385  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

     343,648          12,972,712  

IVERIC bio, Inc.(a)

     801,245          26,352,948  

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

     116,145          23,047,814  

Legend Biotech Corp. (ADR)(a)

     292,601          20,104,615  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

     17,213          5,370,456  

Natera, Inc.(a)

     711,120          36,068,006  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

     220,649          27,089,078  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

     345,465          15,086,456  

Vaxcyte, Inc.(a)

     316,061          13,536,893  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

     533,028          13,405,654  
       

 

 

 
          237,369,030  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 6.0%

       

AtriCure, Inc.(a)

     715,107          31,457,557  

Insulet Corp.(a)

     80,770          25,688,091  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)

     235,667          30,966,643  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

     584,633          49,956,890  

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

     557,307          24,532,654  
       

 

 

 
              162,601,835  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 1.7%

       

Guardant Health, Inc.(a)

     794,624          17,926,717  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)

     441,757          29,341,500  
       

 

 

 
          47,268,217  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.8%

       

ICON PLC(a)

     76,968          14,830,964  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Repligen Corp.(a)

     224,167        $ 33,990,442  
       

 

 

 
          48,821,406  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 1.4%

       

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)

     378,684          23,535,211  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

     454,505          14,466,894  
       

 

 

 
          38,002,105  
       

 

 

 
          534,062,593  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 15.4%

       

Broadline Retail – 1.7%

 

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,469,628          45,117,580  
       

 

 

 

Distributors – 1.4%

 

Pool Corp.

     111,326          39,111,050  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 5.1%

 

Planet Fitness, Inc. - Class A(a)

     599,002          49,801,026  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

     165,287          39,754,829  

Wingstop, Inc.

     242,513          48,529,277  
       

 

 

 
          138,085,132  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables – 1.4%

       

NVR, Inc.(a)

     6,466          37,761,440  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 5.8%

 

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)

     191,456          36,914,631  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

     983,219          41,570,499  

Five Below, Inc.(a)

     280,074          55,275,405  

Lithia Motors, Inc.

     112,102          24,762,211  
       

 

 

 
          158,522,746  
       

 

 

 
          418,597,948  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 7.4%

       

Capital Markets – 2.7%

 

Ares Management Corp. - Class A

     293,491          25,706,877  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     47,917          15,255,335  

PJT Partners, Inc. - Class A

     459,615          31,607,724  
       

 

 

 
          72,569,936  
       

 

 

 

Financial Services – 2.8%

       

Flywire Corp.(a)

     1,381,326          40,293,279  

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

     550,385          37,299,592  
       

 

 

 
          77,592,871  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 1.9%

       

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.(b)

     159,127          51,988,382  
       

 

 

 
              202,151,189  
       

 

 

 

Energy – 5.1%

       

Energy Equipment & Services – 1.6%

 

Cactus, Inc. - Class A

     515,578          20,870,598  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

NOV, Inc.

     1,362,708        $          22,825,359  
       

 

 

 
          43,695,957  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.5%

       

Matador Resources Co.

     651,875          31,961,431  

Permian Resources Corp.

     2,220,420          23,203,389  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

     3,481,207          18,067,464  

Targa Resources Corp.

     298,958          22,580,298  
       

 

 

 
          95,812,582  
       

 

 

 
          139,508,539  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 2.9%

       

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 1.6%

 

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

     1,449,693          43,171,857  
       

 

 

 

Food Products – 1.3%

 

Freshpet, Inc.(a)

     523,833          36,128,762  
       

 

 

 
          79,300,619  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 1.4%

       

Chemicals – 1.4%

 

FMC Corp.

     310,936          38,425,471  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $2,378,454,607)

          2,607,964,466  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 1.3%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts – 1.3%

       

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF(b) (c)
(cost $29,350,976)

     157,002          35,199,848  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.9%

       

Investment Companies – 2.9%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio -
Class AB, 4.74%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $78,110,933)

     78,110,933          78,110,933  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 99.9%
(cost $2,485,916,516)

 

       2,721,275,247  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 0.7%

       

Investment Companies – 0.7%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio -
Class AB, 4.74%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $20,286,686)

     20,286,686          20,286,686  
       

 

 

 

 

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                U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments – 100.6%
(cost $2,506,203,202)(f)

 

       $    2,741,561,933  

Other assets less liabilities – (0.6)%

          (16,406,687
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

          $    2,725,155,246  
       

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(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 April 30, 2023, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $415,067,896 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(179,709,165), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $235,358,731.

 

    

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.

April 30, 2023 (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 April 30, 2023:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Assets:

 

Common Stocks(a)    $     2,607,964,466      $                 —      $                 —      $ 2,607,964,466  
Investment Companies      35,199,848                      35,199,848  
Short-Term Investments      78,110,933                      78,110,933  
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund      20,286,686                      20,286,686  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      2,741,561,933                      2,741,561,933  
Other Financial Instruments(b)                            
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 2,741,561,933      $      $      $     2,741,561,933  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.

 

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(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.

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the nine months ended April 30, 2023 is as follows:

 

Fund    Market Value
07/31/2022
(000)
    

Purchases
at Cost

(000)

     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
04/30/2023
(000)
     Dividend
Income
(000)
 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $ 86,546      $ 530,314      $ 538,749      $ 78,111      $ 1,366  
Government Money Market Portfolio*      74,220        510,538        564,471        20,287        781  
Total    $     160,766      $     1,040,852      $     1,103,220      $     98,398      $     2,147  

 

*

Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

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