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AB Discovery Growth Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

October 31, 2023 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 96.5%

       

Information Technology – 23.9%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 4.4%

       

Fabrinet(a) (b)

     189,307        $ 29,342,585  

Littelfuse, Inc.

     96,406          20,888,288  

Novanta, Inc.(b)

     219,102          28,934,610  

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

     1,343,735          20,639,770  
       

 

 

 
          99,805,253  
       

 

 

 

IT Services – 1.1%

 

MongoDB, Inc.(b)

     75,144          25,893,871  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 5.7%

 

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(b)

     610,675          33,959,637  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(b)

     550,001          38,797,070  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     55,178          24,374,330  

Universal Display Corp.

     244,458          34,023,664  
       

 

 

 
          131,154,701  
       

 

 

 

Software – 12.7%

 

Fair Isaac Corp.(b)

     37,177          31,446,909  

Five9, Inc.(b)

     619,832          35,869,678  

Freshworks, Inc. - Class A(b)

     1,874,712          33,632,333  

HubSpot, Inc.(b)

     42,963          18,206,430  

Klaviyo Inc-a(b)

     846,765          24,124,335  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)

     274,261          53,475,410  

Monday.com Ltd.(b)

     162,317          21,099,587  

PTC, Inc.(b)

     307,647          43,199,792  

Smartsheet, Inc. - Class A(b)

     797,494          31,532,913  
       

 

 

 
          292,587,387  
       

 

 

 
          549,441,212  
       

 

 

 

Industrials – 21.4%

       

Aerospace & Defense – 7.0%

       

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(b)

     282,216          57,710,350  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     198,819          39,527,205  

Hexcel Corp.

     466,450          28,882,584  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

     790,153          34,845,747  
       

 

 

 
                 160,965,886   
       

 

 

 

Building Products – 4.5%

 

AZEK Co., Inc. (The)(b)

     980,080          25,678,096  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b)

     245,721          26,665,643  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     104,127          26,457,629  

Lennox International, Inc.

     69,000          25,567,260  
       

 

 

 
          104,368,628  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.6%

 

Tetra Tech, Inc.

     243,015          36,673,394  
       

 

 

 

Ground Transportation – 2.4%

 

Saia, Inc.(b)

     66,627          23,885,113  

XPO, Inc.(a) (b)

     419,560          31,806,844  
       

 

 

 
          55,691,957  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Machinery – 2.8%

 

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(a)

     334,132        $ 20,275,130  

ITT, Inc.

     295,154          27,552,626  

Middleby Corp. (The)(b)

     150,410          16,976,776  
       

 

 

 
          64,804,532  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 1.7%

 

FTI Consulting, Inc.(b)

     181,439          38,512,242  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.4%

 

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(b)

     225,702          31,094,965  
       

 

 

 
                 492,111,604   
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 18.9%

       

Biotechnology – 8.9%

       

Akero Therapeutics, Inc.(b)

     224,362          2,674,395  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(b)

     442,561          6,952,633  

Ascendis Pharma A/S (ADR)(b)

     116,669          10,419,708  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(b)

     251,458          14,800,818  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(b)

     477,816          12,442,329  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(b)

     436,577          14,786,863  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a) (b)

     285,013          7,139,576  

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(a) (b)

     93,884          15,642,013  

Legend Biotech Corp. (ADR)(b)

     201,252          13,296,719  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) (b)

     61,566          8,088,541  

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics(b)

     159,886          8,283,694  

Natera, Inc.(b)

     777,359          30,682,360  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(b)

     222,184          14,955,205  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)

     351,834          12,454,923  

Vaxcyte, Inc.(a) (b)

     320,598          15,420,764  

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.(a) (b)

     687,730          6,746,631  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(b)

     536,290          4,252,780  

Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

     213,310          6,612,610  
       

 

 

 
          205,652,562  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 4.9%

 

AtriCure, Inc.(b)

     676,873          23,446,881  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(b)

     276,784          21,733,080  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     428,251          27,665,014  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(b)

     192,126          39,627,909  
       

 

 

 
          112,472,884  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 2.2%

 

Guardant Health, Inc.(b)

     813,967          21,065,466  

Inari Medical, Inc.(b)

     488,238          29,640,929  
       

 

 

 
          50,706,395  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 2.2%

 

ICON PLC(a) (b)

     105,182        $ 25,660,201  

Repligen Corp.(b)

     183,163          24,646,413  
       

 

 

 
          50,306,614  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 0.7%

 

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(b)

     311,817          15,516,014  
       

 

 

 
                 434,654,469   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 14.6%

       

Broadline Retail – 0.9%

       

Global-e Online Ltd.(a) (b)

     604,200          21,213,462  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 4.1%

 

Cava Group, Inc.(a) (b)

     686,227          21,677,911  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

     125,847          26,711,026  

Wingstop, Inc.

     248,373          45,395,133  
       

 

 

 
          93,784,070  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables – 1.2%

 

NVR, Inc.(b)

     4,915          26,603,027  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 5.8%

 

Dynatrace, Inc.(b)

     986,052          44,086,385  

Five Below, Inc.(a) (b)

     296,277          51,546,272  

Lithia Motors, Inc.(a)

     111,815          27,082,711  

Wayfair, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     257,360          10,966,110  
       

 

 

 
          133,681,478  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.6%

 

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(b)

     101,219          60,433,816  
       

 

 

 
          335,715,853  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 8.3%

       

Capital Markets – 2.9%

       

Ares Management Corp. - Class A

     367,110          36,193,375  

PJT Partners, Inc. - Class A(a)

     388,894          30,473,734  
       

 

 

 
          66,667,109  
       

 

 

 

Financial Services – 2.4%

 

Flywire Corp.(b)

     1,223,069          32,888,325  

Shift4 Payments, Inc. - Class A(b)

     485,447          21,612,101  
       

 

 

 
          54,500,426  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 3.0%

 

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

     123,086          41,099,646  

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     647,355          27,965,736  
       

 

 

 
          69,065,382  
       

 

 

 
          190,232,917  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy – 4.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services – 1.9%

       

TechnipFMC PLC

     2,062,994        $ 44,395,631  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.0%

 

Permian Resources Corp.(a)

     2,403,900          35,024,823  

Southwestern Energy Co.(b)

     4,767,491          33,992,211  
       

 

 

 
          69,017,034  
       

 

 

 
          113,412,665  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 4.5%

       

Beverages – 1.8%

       

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(b)

     268,897          40,896,545  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 1.5%

 

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(b)

     1,240,928          34,336,478  
       

 

 

 

Food Products – 1.2%

 

Freshpet, Inc.(a) (b)

     480,395          27,574,673  
       

 

 

 
          102,807,696  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $2,111,521,275)

          2,218,376,416  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 1.4%

 

Funds and Investment Trusts – 1.4%

       

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF(a) (c)
(cost $29,299,181)

     156,772          32,450,236  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.5%

 

Investment Companies – 1.5%

 

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 5.27%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $34,005,413)

     34,005,413          34,005,413  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 99.4%
(cost $2,174,825,869)

          2,284,832,065  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 2.4%

 

Investment Companies – 2.4%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 5.27%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $54,167,585)

     54,167,585          54,167,585  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments – 101.8%
(cost $2,228,993,454)(f)

          2,338,999,650  

Other assets less liabilities – (1.8)%

          (40,885,238
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

        $     2,298,114,412  
       

 

 

 

 

(a)

Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

 

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(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, 2023, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $329,873,481 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(219,867,285), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $110,006,196.

 

  

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, 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 October 31, 2023:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Assets:            
Common Stocks(a)    $ 2,218,376,416      $                 —      $                 —      $ 2,218,376,416  
Investment Companies      32,450,236                      32,450,236  
Short-Term Investments      34,005,413                      34,005,413  
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund      54,167,585                      54,167,585  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      2,338,999,650                      2,338,999,650  
Other Financial Instruments(b)                            
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $     2,338,999,650      $      $      $     2,338,999,650  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 three months ended October 31, 2023 is as follows:

 

Fund   

Market Value

07/31/2023

(000)

    

Purchases

at Cost

(000)

    

Sales

Proceeds

(000)

    

Market Value

10/31/2023

(000)

    

Dividend

Income

(000)

 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $ 58,623      $ 196,874      $ 221,492      $ 34,005      $ 593  
Government Money Market Portfolio*      33,955        195,154        174,941        54,168        475  
Total    $     92,578      $     392,028      $     396,433      $     88,173      $     1,068  

 

*

Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

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