N-Q 1 d423779dnq.htm OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-3105

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Cynthia Lo Bessette

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 768-3200

Date of fiscal year end: August 31

Date of reporting period: 5/31/2017


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


    

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS May 31, 2017 Unaudited

 

    

Shares

    Value  
Common Stocks—98.5%  
Consumer Discretionary—19.4%  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—2.6%  
Cedar Fair LP1     925,782     $ 65,749,038  
Starbucks Corp.     1,039,920       66,149,311  
              131,898,349  
                 
Household Durables—2.2%    
Newell Brands, Inc.     718,780       38,059,401  
Whirlpool Corp.     378,140       70,160,096  
      108,219,497  
                 
Internet & Catalog Retail—6.2%    
Amazon.com, Inc.2     218,160       216,986,299  
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)2     49,680       93,253,831  
      310,240,130  
                 
Media—3.0%    
Comcast Corp., Cl. A     3,570,538       148,855,729  
                 
Specialty Retail—5.4%    
AutoNation, Inc.2     1,623,570       64,163,486  
AutoZone, Inc.2     156,200       94,644,704  
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     1,381,010       108,782,158  
      267,590,348  
                 
Consumer Staples—7.3%                
Beverages—3.9%    
Constellation Brands, Inc., Cl. A     369,880       67,595,570  
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.     618,610       57,413,194  
Molson Coors Brewing Co., Cl. B     747,990       70,901,972  
      195,910,736  
                 
Food Products—1.9%    
Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     584,130       53,856,786  
Mondelez International, Inc., Cl. A     815,740       38,005,327  
      91,862,113  
                 
Household Products—1.5%    
HRG Group, Inc.2     781,140       14,818,226  
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.     446,810       60,073,604  
      74,891,830  
                 
Energy—2.2%                
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—2.2%    
Husky Energy, Inc.2     2,693,857       31,009,717  
    

Shares

    Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)  
Magellan Midstream Partners LP1     1,080,150     $ 78,408,089  
      109,417,806  
                 
Financials—6.7%                

Capital Markets—4.1%

   
BlackRock, Inc., Cl. A     62,840       25,716,642  
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     1,601,490       62,057,737  
CME Group, Inc., Cl. A     456,430       53,534,675  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     1,054,410       63,464,938  
              204,773,992  
                 
Diversified Financial Services—1.0%    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Cl. B2

    303,600       50,179,008  
                 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.6%

 

 
Crown Castle International Corp.     554,530       56,367,974  
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.     241,500       24,618,510  
      80,986,484  
                 
Health Care—14.8%                
Biotechnology—4.2%    
Amgen, Inc.     275,160       42,715,839  
Biogen, Inc.2     273,920       67,869,158  
Celgene Corp.2     850,702       97,328,816  
      207,913,813  
                 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—4.6%    
CR Bard, Inc.     136,280       41,896,561  
Danaher Corp.     646,830       54,941,740  
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.2     64,980       59,435,907  
Medtronic plc     551,180       46,453,450  
Stryker Corp.     206,200       29,478,352  
      232,206,010  
                 
Health Care Providers & Services—2.1%    
Humana, Inc.     173,590       40,318,013  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings2     468,850       65,170,150  
      105,488,163  
                 
Health Care Technology—0.8%    
Cerner Corp.2     592,740       38,735,559  
 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

    

Shares

    Value  
Pharmaceuticals—3.1%  
Allergan plc     488,540     $         109,310,825  
Merck & Co., Inc.     532,820       34,691,910  
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.2     907,100       10,930,555  
      154,933,290  
                 
Industrials—8.6%                
Airlines—0.9%    
Spirit Airlines, Inc.2     856,190       45,463,689  
                 
Commercial Services & Supplies—2.2%  
Johnson Controls International plc     753,880       31,482,029  
KAR Auction Services, Inc.     1,868,610       81,415,337  
      112,897,366  
                 
Machinery—2.3%    
Deere & Co.     252,820       30,960,337  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     197,850       27,232,074  
Wabtec Corp.     707,920       57,872,460  
      116,064,871  
                 
Professional Services—1.0%    
Nielsen Holdings plc     1,256,310       48,342,809  
                 
Road & Rail—2.2%    
Canadian National Railway Co.     538,270       41,678,246  
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.     426,690       67,515,159  
      109,193,405  
                 
Information Technology—36.8%  
Internet Software & Services—11.6%  
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C2     350,520       338,202,727  
Facebook, Inc., Cl. A2     1,605,740       243,205,381  
      581,408,108  
                 
IT Services—6.2%    
Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A     1,698,190       208,673,587  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.2     1,894,250       98,898,793  
      307,572,380  
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—3.3%  
Broadcom Ltd.     421,660       100,979,137  
    

Shares

    Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)  
Texas Instruments, Inc.     750,800     $ 61,933,492  
      162,912,629  
                 
Software—8.6%    
Activision Blizzard, Inc.     973,170       57,008,299  
Microsoft Corp.     3,962,410       276,734,714  
Oracle Corp.     1,677,910       76,160,335  
Snap, Inc., Cl. A2     954,900       20,253,429  
              430,156,777  
                 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—7.1%

 

Apple, Inc.     2,333,448       356,457,516  
                 
Materials—1.3%                
Chemicals—1.1%    
Albemarle Corp.     232,902       26,457,667  
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     80,430       26,684,261  
      53,141,928  
                 
Construction Materials—0.2%    
Vulcan Materials Co.     88,360       11,014,074  
                 
Utilities—1.4%                
Gas Utilities—1.4%    
AmeriGas Partners LP1     1,524,613       67,601,341  

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $3,882,157,344)

      4,916,329,750  
                 
Investment Company—1.0%                
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.74%3,4 (Cost $49,583,461)     49,583,461       49,583,461  
                 

Total Investments, at Value

(Cost $3,931,740,805)

    99.5%       4,965,913,211  
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)     0.5       25,485,097  

Net Assets

    100.0%     $ 4,991,398,308  
               
               
 

 

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Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Security is a Master Limited Partnership.

2. Non-income producing security.

3. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

4. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

      Shares
August 31, 2016
    

Gross

Additions

     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
May 31, 2017
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      58,624,392          1,173,497,674          1,182,538,605          49,583,461    

 

      Value      Income  
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E    $       49,583,461        $             376,654    

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS May 31, 2017 Unaudited

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI.

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security is fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts at period end based on valuation input level:

    

Level 1—

Unadjusted

Quoted Prices

    

Level 2—

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

    

Level 3—

Significant

  Unobservable

Inputs

     Value    

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 966,804,053      $      $      $ 966,804,053  

Consumer Staples

     362,664,679                      362,664,679  

Energy

     109,417,806                      109,417,806  

Financials

     335,939,484                      335,939,484  

Health Care

     739,276,835                      739,276,835  

Industrials

     431,962,140                      431,962,140  

Information Technology

     1,838,507,410                      1,838,507,410  

Materials

     64,156,002                      64,156,002  

Utilities

     67,601,341                      67,601,341  

Investment Company

     49,583,461                      49,583,461  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $     4,965,913,211      $      $      $     4,965,913,211  
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”). MLPs issue common units that represent an equity ownership interest in a partnership and provide limited voting rights. MLP common units are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and are freely tradable on securities exchanges such as the NYSE and the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. An MLP consists of one or more general partners, who conduct the business, and one or more limited partners, who contribute capital. MLP common unit holders have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management. The Fund, as a limited partner, normally would not be liable for the debts of the MLP beyond the amounts the Fund has contributed, but would not be shielded to the same extent that a shareholder of a corporation would be. In certain circumstances creditors of an MLP would have the right to seek return of capital distributed to a limited partner. This right of an MLP’s creditors would continue after the Fund sold its investment in the MLP.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities generally do not all move in the same direction at the same time and a variety of factors can affect the price of a particular company’s securities. These factors may include, but are not limited to, poor earnings reports, a loss of customers, litigation against the company, general unfavorable performance of the company’s sector or industry, or changes in government regulations affecting the company or its industry.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

Commodity Risk. Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indexes as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market. Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.

Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer of debt to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield debt

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

securities are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality securities.

Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.

Volatility Risk. Volatility risk refers to the magnitude of the movement, but not the direction of the movement, in a financial instrument’s price over a defined time period. Large increases or decreases in a financial instrument’s price over a relative time period typically indicate greater volatility risk, while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.

 

 

6. Federal Taxes

The approximate aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted below. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

     $  3,932,078,061    
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     $ 1,100,976,329    

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (67,141,179)   
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 1,033,835,150    
  

 

 

 

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 5/31/2017, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  (b) There have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Exhibits attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   7/14/2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   7/14/2017

 

By:  

/s/ Brian S. Petersen

  Brian S. Petersen
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   7/14/2017