NPORT-EX 2 edgar.htm NPORTEX
EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
COMMON STOCK
Basic Materials — 0.11%
34,083 Freeport-McMoRan Inc $    1,602,583
Communications — 26.75%
16,226 Airbnb Inc Class A(a)     2,676,641
497,430 Alphabet Inc Class C(a)    75,738,692
617,260 Amazon.com Inc(a)   111,341,359
20,685 Arista Networks Inc(a)     5,998,236
5,857 Booking Holdings Inc 21,248,493
68,900 CDW Corp 17,623,242
42,465 DoorDash Inc Class A(a) 5,848,280
18,565 FactSet Research Systems Inc 8,435,750
5,522 MercadoLibre Inc(a) 8,349,043
90,647 Meta Platforms Inc Class A 44,016,370
53,611 Motorola Solutions Inc 19,030,833
33,934 Netflix Inc(a) 20,609,136
12,435 Palo Alto Networks Inc(a) 3,533,157
119,148 Shopify Inc Class A(a) 9,194,651
15,666 Spotify Technology SA(a) 4,134,257
29,521 Trade Desk Inc Class A(a) 2,580,726
359,532 Uber Technologies Inc(a) 27,680,369
118,896 Walt Disney Co 14,548,115
    402,587,350
Consumer, Cyclical — 7.47%
1,919 AutoZone Inc(a) 6,048,016
3,296 Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc(a) 9,580,714
142,877 Copart Inc(a) 8,275,436
61,429 DR Horton Inc 10,108,142
17,921 Lowe's Cos Inc 4,565,017
36,397 Marriott International Inc Class A 9,183,327
15,396 O'Reilly Automotive Inc(a) 17,380,237
111,786 Ross Stores Inc 16,405,713
32,355 Starbucks Corp 2,956,923
36,869 Tesla Inc(a) 6,481,202
160,542 TJX Cos Inc 16,282,170
5,087 WW Grainger Inc 5,175,005
    112,441,902
Consumer, Non-Cyclical — 15.09%
5,797 Align Technology Inc(a) 1,900,950
22,110 Block Inc(a) 1,870,064
90,494 Celsius Holdings Inc(a) 7,503,763
141,562 Colgate-Palmolive Co 12,747,658
58,509 Danaher Corp 14,610,868
125,807 Edwards Lifesciences Corp(a) 12,022,117
91,188 Eli Lilly & Co 70,940,617
36,867 Exact Sciences Corp(a) 2,546,035
1,609 HCA Healthcare Inc 536,650
55,609 Intuitive Surgical Inc(a) 22,192,996
16,219 McKesson Corp 8,707,170
24,267 Monster Beverage Corp(a) 1,438,548
92,738 PepsiCo Inc 16,230,077
16,160 Quanta Services Inc 4,198,368
Shares   Fair Value
Consumer, Non-Cyclical — (continued)
13,930 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc(a) $   13,407,486
36,189 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc    21,033,408
36,336 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc(a)    15,188,811
    227,075,586
Energy — 1.30%
6,755 Cheniere Energy Inc     1,089,447
30,247 ConocoPhillips     3,849,838
268,050 Schlumberger NV 14,691,820
    19,631,105
Financial — 8.49%
37,234 Blackstone Inc 4,891,431
127,662 Intercontinental Exchange Inc 17,544,589
37,391 KKR & Co Inc 3,760,787
113,157 Mastercard Inc Class A 54,493,017
124,656 Progressive Corp 25,781,353
76,311 Visa Inc Class A 21,296,873
    127,768,050
Industrial — 6.50%
262,216 Amphenol Corp Class A 30,246,615
4,272 Deere & Co 1,754,681
79,773 Eaton Corp PLC 24,943,422
28,759 Illinois Tool Works Inc 7,716,903
26,828 Jabil Inc 3,593,611
19,631 Rockwell Automation Inc 5,719,099
26,659 Trane Technologies PLC 8,003,032
8,370 TransDigm Group Inc 10,308,492
62,193 Veralto Corp 5,514,031
    97,799,886
Technology — 32.29%
51,235 Adobe Inc(a) 25,853,181
182,830 Advanced Micro Devices Inc(a) 32,998,986
306,673 Apple Inc 52,588,286
2,817 ASML Holding NV 2,733,814
15,719 Broadcom Inc 20,834,120
25,730 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A 1,885,752
6,785 HubSpot Inc(a) 4,251,209
40,303 Intuit Inc 26,196,950
8,743 Lam Research Corp 8,494,437
95,829 Microchip Technology Inc 8,596,820
322,849 Microsoft Corp 135,829,031
5,978 MongoDB Inc(a) 2,143,950
81,039 NVIDIA Corp 73,223,599
103,343 Oracle Corp 12,980,914
98,340 QUALCOMM Inc 16,648,962
109,046 Salesforce Inc 32,842,475
10,688 ServiceNow Inc(a) 8,148,531
16,134 Synopsys Inc(a) 9,220,581
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
Technology — (continued)
45,708 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Sponsored ADR $    6,218,573
15,945 Workday Inc Class A(a)     4,348,999
    486,039,170
TOTAL COMMON STOCK — 98.00%
(Cost $991,611,972)
$1,474,945,632
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.00%
(Cost $991,611,972)
$1,474,945,632
OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET — 2.00% $30,175,486
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.00% $1,505,121,118
(a) Non-income producing security.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
COMMON STOCK
Basic Materials — 3.79%
153,319 CF Industries Holdings Inc $   12,757,674
118,098 DuPont de Nemours Inc     9,054,573
66,201 Eastman Chemical Co     6,634,664
347,723 Freeport-McMoRan Inc    16,349,936
14,525 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc     1,249,005
215,568 International Paper Co     8,411,463
61,350 PPG Industries Inc 8,889,615
    63,346,930
Communications — 3.79%
57,407 AT&T Inc 1,010,363
25,043 Charter Communications Inc Class A(a) 7,278,247
26,542 Cisco Systems Inc 1,324,711
210,911 Comcast Corp Class A 9,142,992
595,875 News Corp Class A 15,600,008
51,926 News Corp Class B 1,405,118
78,407 T-Mobile US Inc 12,797,591
96,388 Verizon Communications Inc 4,044,440
87,629 Walt Disney Co 10,722,284
    63,325,754
Consumer, Cyclical — 9.33%
9,220 Best Buy Co Inc 756,317
78,942 BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc(a) 5,971,962
14,336 Cummins Inc 4,224,102
12,971 Dollar General Corp 2,024,254
397,964 General Motors Co 18,047,667
52,920 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc 11,288,366
115,843 Kohl's Corp 3,376,824
158,499 Las Vegas Sands Corp 8,194,398
186,657 Mattel Inc(a) 3,697,675
8,593 O'Reilly Automotive Inc(a) 9,700,466
232,814 PulteGroup Inc 28,082,025
475,898 Southwest Airlines Co 13,891,463
68,424 Target Corp 12,125,417
22,054 TJX Cos Inc 2,236,717
533,680 Walmart Inc 32,111,525
    155,729,178
Consumer, Non-Cyclical — 23.75%
93,208 AbbVie Inc 16,973,177
260,333 AstraZeneca PLC Sponsored ADR 17,637,561
51,799 Becton Dickinson & Co 12,817,662
10,044 Biogen Inc(a) 2,165,788
145,834 Boston Scientific Corp(a) 9,988,171
56,000 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 3,036,880
10,161 Cardinal Health Inc 1,137,016
19,878 Centene Corp(a) 1,560,025
69,745 Cigna Group 25,330,686
357,365 Coca-Cola Co 21,863,590
58,247 Colgate-Palmolive Co 5,245,142
Shares   Fair Value
Consumer, Non-Cyclical — (continued)
286,956 Conagra Brands Inc $    8,505,376
2,254 Constellation Brands Inc Class A        612,547
230,695 Corteva Inc    13,304,181
107,361 CVS Health Corp     8,563,113
36,299 Elevance Health Inc    18,822,483
32,818 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc     2,983,485
1,606 Humana Inc        556,832
51,847 Johnson & Johnson 8,201,677
567,788 Kenvue Inc 12,184,731
81,486 Kimberly-Clark Corp 10,540,214
38,373 McKesson Corp 20,600,545
76,774 Medtronic PLC 6,690,854
190,104 Merck & Co Inc 25,084,223
10,104 Mondelez International Inc Class A 707,280
166,654 Pfizer Inc 4,624,649
251,695 Philip Morris International Inc 23,060,296
127,038 Procter & Gamble Co 20,611,915
21,708 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc(a) 20,893,733
12,716 Sanofi ADR 617,998
124,363 Sanofi SA 12,098,630
28,123 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 16,345,369
110,667 Tyson Foods Inc Class A 6,499,473
14,991 United Rentals Inc 10,810,160
17,958 UnitedHealth Group Inc 8,883,822
454,464 Viatris Inc 5,426,300
87,285 Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc 11,519,874
    396,505,458
Energy — 8.27%
42,800 Baker Hughes Co 1,433,800
8,607 Chevron Corp 1,357,668
141,203 ConocoPhillips 17,972,318
115,122 Enbridge Inc 4,165,115
39,812 EOG Resources Inc 5,089,566
130,096 EQT Corp 4,822,659
362,348 Exxon Mobil Corp 42,119,331
34,776 Hess Corp 5,308,209
385,846 Shell PLC(a) 12,799,721
130,201 Suncor Energy Inc 4,805,719
54,951 TC Energy Corp(b) 2,208,506
241,441 TotalEnergies SE 16,608,632
42,185 TotalEnergies SE Sponsored ADR(b) 2,903,595
74,613 Valero Energy Corp 12,735,693
95,260 Williams Cos Inc 3,712,282
    138,042,814
Financial — 22.76%
402,711 American International Group Inc 31,479,919
24,897 American Tower Corp REIT 4,919,398
122,032 Apollo Global Management Inc 13,722,498
308,789 AXA SA 11,596,853
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
Financial — (continued)
733,271 Bank of America Corp $   27,805,637
24,231 Bank of New York Mellon Corp     1,396,190
76,110 Capital One Financial Corp    11,332,018
389,311 Charles Schwab Corp    28,162,758
63,464 Chubb Ltd    16,445,426
546,401 Citigroup Inc    34,554,399
330,198 Equitable Holdings Inc    12,550,826
159,914 Equity Residential REIT 10,092,172
260,187 Fifth Third Bancorp 9,681,558
173,374 Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc REIT 7,987,340
51,799 Goldman Sachs Group Inc 21,635,924
98,995 Hartford Financial Services Group Inc 10,201,435
556,202 Huntington Bancshares Inc 7,759,018
102,861 JPMorgan Chase & Co 20,603,059
100,438 Loews Corp 7,863,291
158,435 MetLife Inc 11,741,618
28,895 Morgan Stanley 2,720,753
86,784 PNC Financial Services Group Inc 14,024,295
178,871 Rayonier Inc REIT 5,945,672
36,800 Rexford Industrial Realty Inc REIT 1,851,040
59,806 State Street Corp 4,624,200
169,946 US Bancorp 7,596,586
240,072 Vornado Realty Trust REIT 6,906,871
384,695 Wells Fargo & Co 22,296,922
348,174 Weyerhaeuser Co REIT 12,502,928
    380,000,604
Industrial — 11.61%
20,431 3M Co 2,167,116
93,564 Ball Corp 6,302,471
49,786 Boeing Co(a) 9,608,200
157,474 CRH PLC 13,583,707
62,170 FedEx Corp 18,013,136
5,363 Flowserve Corp 244,982
105,620 General Electric Co 18,539,478
56,997 Honeywell International Inc 11,698,634
149,606 Ingersoll Rand Inc 14,205,090
136,284 Johnson Controls International PLC 8,902,071
60,348 L3Harris Technologies Inc 12,860,159
22,897 Norfolk Southern Corp 5,835,758
28,181 Northrop Grumman Corp 13,489,118
131,957 RTX Corp 12,869,766
50,387 Siemens AG(a) 9,620,868
111,041 Stanley Black & Decker Inc 10,874,245
39,369 Stericycle Inc(a) 2,076,715
29,920 TE Connectivity Ltd 4,345,581
13,654 Union Pacific Corp 3,357,928
48,067 United Parcel Service Inc Class B 7,144,198
13,144 Veralto Corp 1,165,347
155,213 Vontier Corp 7,040,462
    193,945,030
Shares   Fair Value
Technology — 9.14%
10,228 Accenture PLC Class A $    3,545,127
3,269 Advanced Micro Devices Inc(a)        590,022
47,019 Applied Materials Inc     9,696,728
55,917 Fiserv Inc(a)     8,936,655
57,800 Intel Corp     2,553,026
91,749 Microsoft Corp    38,600,639
32,893 NXP Semiconductors NV     8,149,899
177,028 Oracle Corp 22,236,487
261,962 QUALCOMM Inc 44,350,167
128,705 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7,734,850
35,507 Texas Instruments Inc 6,185,674
    152,579,274
Utilities — 5.52%
194,675 Ameren Corp 14,398,163
74,332 Constellation Energy Corp 13,740,270
182,486 Dominion Energy Inc 8,976,486
200,266 Exelon Corp 7,523,994
84,423 NextEra Energy Inc 5,395,474
43,254 NiSource Inc 1,196,406
257,936 NRG Energy Inc 17,459,688
62,533 PG&E Corp 1,048,053
72,435 Sempra 5,203,006
239,707 Southern Co 17,196,580
    92,138,120
TOTAL COMMON STOCK — 97.96%
(Cost $1,215,459,181)
$1,635,613,162
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Utilities — 0.07%
29,238 NextEra Energy Inc 6.93%(b) 1,153,732
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK — 0.07%
(Cost $1,425,353)
$1,153,732
PREFERRED STOCK
Consumer, Cyclical — 0.54%
48,200 Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG(c) 4,793,885
32,490 Volkswagen AG 4,308,969
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK — 0.54%
(Cost $9,766,352)
$9,102,854
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Principal Amount   Fair Value
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
Repurchase Agreements — 0.38%
$1,572,696 Undivided interest of 0.88% in a repurchase agreement (principal amount/value $178,876,340 with a maturity value of $178,982,473) with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc, 5.34%, dated 3/28/24 to be repurchased at $1,572,696 on 4/1/24 collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency securities, 1.50% - 7.50%, 1/1/31 - 8/1/59, with a value of $182,453,867.(d) $    1,572,696
1,572,696 Undivided interest of 0.88% in a repurchase agreement (principal amount/value $179,328,251 with a maturity value of $179,434,652) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc, 5.34%, dated 3/28/24 to be repurchased at $1,572,696 on 4/1/24 collateralized by Government National Mortgage Association securities, 2.00% - 6.50%, 9/20/44 - 1/20/54, with a value of $182,914,816.(d)     1,572,696
1,572,695 Undivided interest of 0.89% in a repurchase agreement (principal amount/value $177,916,671 with a maturity value of $178,022,037) with RBC Capital Markets Corp, 5.33%, dated 3/28/24 to be repurchased at $1,572,695 on 4/1/24 collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities and various U.S. Government Agency securities, 0.00% - 8.00%, 4/4/24 - 3/1/54, with a value of $181,475,005.(d)      1,572,695
Principal Amount   Fair Value
Repurchase Agreements — (continued)
$1,572,695 Undivided interest of 1.14% in a repurchase agreement (principal amount/value $138,121,675 with a maturity value of $138,203,475) with Bank of Montreal, 5.33%, dated 3/28/24 to be repurchased at $1,572,695 on 4/1/24 collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association securities, 3.50% - 7.00%, 8/1/33 - 3/1/54, with a value of $140,884,109.(d) $    1,572,695
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.38%
(Cost $6,290,782)
$6,290,782
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.95%
(Cost $1,232,941,668)
$1,652,160,530
OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET — 1.05% $17,520,642
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.00% $1,669,681,172
 
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of the security is on loan at March 28, 2024.
(c) Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(d) Collateral received for securities on loan.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
At March 28, 2024 the Fund held the following over-the-counter (OTC) forward foreign currency contracts:
Counterparty Currency
Purchased
Quantity of
Currency
Purchased
Currency
Sold
Quantity of
Currency
Sold
Settlement Date Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
BB USD 2,071,708 EUR 1,901,300 06/20/2024 $13,538
BB USD 3,283,913 GBP 2,586,200 06/20/2024 18,510
CGM USD 2,622,824 EUR 2,407,300 06/20/2024 16,906
CGM USD 6,732,661 GBP 5,302,500 06/20/2024 37,589
GS USD 2,808,046 GBP 2,211,600 06/20/2024 15,624
HSB USD 10,042,360 EUR 9,213,800 06/20/2024 68,361
MS USD 4,097,107 EUR 3,758,900 06/20/2024 28,073
MS USD 2,564,572 GBP 2,019,200 06/20/2024 15,078
SSB USD 2,405,345 EUR 2,207,800 06/20/2024 15,387
SSB USD 6,639,097 GBP 5,228,500 06/20/2024 37,459
TD USD 2,422,637 EUR 2,223,400 06/20/2024 15,792
UBS USD 6,271,148 EUR 5,755,300 06/20/2024 40,997
          Net Appreciation $323,314
Abbreviations  
BB Barclays Bank PLC
CGM Citigroup Global Markets
GS Goldman Sachs
HSB HSBC Bank USA
MS Morgan Stanley & Co LLC
SSB State Street Bank
TD Toronto Dominion Bank
UBS UBS AG
Currency Abbreviations  
EUR Euro Dollar
GBP British Pound
USD U.S. Dollar
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER S&P 500® INDEX FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
COMMON STOCK
Basic Materials — 1.88%
25,328 Air Products & Chemicals Inc $    6,136,215
12,254 Albemarle Corp     1,614,342
10,515 Celanese Corp     1,807,108
20,598 CF Industries Holdings Inc     1,713,960
74,792 Dow Inc     4,332,702
48,462 DuPont de Nemours Inc     3,715,582
13,146 Eastman Chemical Co 1,317,492
27,219 Ecolab Inc 6,284,867
12,466 FMC Corp 794,084
152,507 Freeport-McMoRan Inc 7,170,879
27,496 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc 2,364,381
37,881 International Paper Co 1,478,117
53,499 Linde PLC 24,840,656
27,398 LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A 2,802,267
36,208 Mosaic Co 1,175,312
122,504 Newmont Corp 4,390,543
26,458 Nucor Corp 5,236,038
25,325 PPG Industries Inc 3,669,592
26,606 Sherwin-Williams Co 9,241,062
16,391 Steel Dynamics Inc 2,429,638
    92,514,837
Communications — 14.32%
48,575 Airbnb Inc Class A(a) 8,012,932
642,278 Alphabet Inc Class A(a) 96,939,017
537,400 Alphabet Inc Class C(a) 81,824,523
995,266 Amazon.com Inc(a) 179,526,078
26,676 Arista Networks Inc(a) 7,735,507
760,494 AT&T Inc 13,384,694
3,797 Booking Holdings Inc 13,775,060
14,459 CDW Corp 3,698,323
10,901 Charter Communications Inc Class A(a) 3,168,158
442,926 Cisco Systems Inc 22,106,437
439,109 Comcast Corp Class A 19,035,375
80,165 Corning Inc 2,642,238
55,710 eBay Inc 2,940,374
13,758 Etsy Inc(a) 945,450
14,407 Expedia Group Inc(a) 1,984,564
6,359 F5 Inc(a) 1,205,603
4,056 FactSet Research Systems Inc 1,843,006
27,654 Fox Corp Class A 864,741
13,257 Fox Corp Class B 379,415
60,819 Gen Digital Inc 1,362,346
40,592 Interpublic Group of Cos Inc 1,324,517
34,679 Juniper Networks Inc 1,285,204
29,322 Match Group Inc(a) 1,063,802
239,748 Meta Platforms Inc Class A 116,416,836
17,843 Motorola Solutions Inc 6,333,908
47,140 Netflix Inc(a) 28,629,536
41,282 News Corp Class A 1,080,763
12,161 News Corp Class B 329,077
20,667 Omnicom Group Inc 1,999,739
34,174 Palo Alto Networks Inc(a) 9,709,858
Shares   Fair Value
Communications — (continued)
48,487 Paramount Global Class B $      570,692
55,065 T-Mobile US Inc     8,987,709
227,977 Uber Technologies Inc(a)    17,551,950
9,639 VeriSign Inc(a)     1,826,687
459,717 Verizon Communications Inc    19,289,725
200,085 Walt Disney Co    24,482,401
232,145 Warner Bros Discovery Inc(a)     2,026,626
    706,282,871
Consumer, Cyclical — 8.18%
70,217 American Airlines Group Inc(a) 1,077,831
29,534 Aptiv PLC(a) 2,352,383
1,932 AutoZone Inc(a) 6,088,988
25,776 Bath & Body Works Inc 1,289,315
20,090 Best Buy Co Inc 1,647,983
26,197 BorgWarner Inc 910,084
22,832 Caesars Entertainment Inc(a) 998,672
16,881 CarMax Inc(a) 1,470,504
108,553 Carnival Corp(a) 1,773,756
2,935 Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc(a) 8,531,370
92,707 Copart Inc(a) 5,369,589
48,414 Costco Wholesale Corp 35,469,549
15,263 Cummins Inc 4,497,243
13,044 Darden Restaurants Inc 2,180,305
2,712 Deckers Outdoor Corp(a) 2,552,697
68,675 Delta Air Lines Inc 3,287,472
23,278 Dollar General Corp 3,632,765
22,052 Dollar Tree Inc(a) 2,936,224
3,791 Domino's Pizza Inc 1,883,672
32,635 DR Horton Inc 5,370,089
60,778 Fastenal Co 4,688,415
420,146 Ford Motor Co 5,579,539
126,489 General Motors Co 5,736,276
14,708 Genuine Parts Co 2,278,710
14,190 Hasbro Inc 802,019
27,897 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc 5,950,709
109,357 Home Depot Inc 41,949,345
43,855 Las Vegas Sands Corp 2,267,303
27,153 Lennar Corp Class A 4,669,773
15,452 Live Nation Entertainment Inc(a) 1,634,358
27,499 LKQ Corp 1,468,722
62,335 Lowe's Cos Inc 15,878,594
12,410 Lululemon Athletica Inc(a) 4,847,967
26,649 Marriott International Inc Class A 6,723,809
79,732 McDonald's Corp 22,480,438
28,886 MGM Resorts International(a) 1,363,708
134,689 NIKE Inc Class B 12,658,072
46,965 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd(a) 982,977
349 NVR Inc(a) 2,826,886
6,425 O'Reilly Automotive Inc(a) 7,253,054
55,679 PACCAR Inc 6,898,071
4,202 Pool Corp 1,695,507
23,109 PulteGroup Inc 2,787,408
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER S&P 500® INDEX FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
Consumer, Cyclical — (continued)
4,214 Ralph Lauren Corp $      791,221
35,890 Ross Stores Inc     5,267,216
24,655 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd(a)     3,427,291
65,335 Southwest Airlines Co     1,907,129
126,569 Starbucks Corp    11,567,141
23,167 Tapestry Inc     1,099,969
52,309 Target Corp     9,269,678
302,424 Tesla Inc(a) 53,163,115
122,253 TJX Cos Inc 12,398,899
11,638 Tractor Supply Co 3,045,897
5,304 Ulta Beauty Inc(a) 2,773,356
35,294 United Airlines Holdings Inc(a) 1,689,877
37,985 VF Corp 582,690
75,048 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc 1,627,791
467,970 Walmart Inc 28,157,755
4,770 WW Grainger Inc 4,852,521
10,107 Wynn Resorts Ltd 1,033,239
29,616 Yum! Brands Inc 4,106,258
    403,503,194
Consumer, Non-Cyclical — 17.97%
189,762 Abbott Laboratories 21,568,349
193,062 AbbVie Inc 35,156,590
31,053 Agilent Technologies Inc 4,518,522
7,580 Align Technology Inc(a) 2,485,634
188,779 Altria Group Inc 8,234,540
58,522 Amgen Inc 16,638,975
57,591 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 3,617,291
45,696 Automatic Data Processing Inc 11,412,119
8,582 Avery Dennison Corp 1,915,931
52,979 Baxter International Inc 2,264,322
30,862 Becton Dickinson & Co 7,636,802
15,268 Biogen Inc(a) 3,292,239
2,155 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc Class A(a) 745,350
16,793 Bio-Techne Corp 1,182,059
155,761 Boston Scientific Corp(a) 10,668,071
222,234 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 12,051,750
19,696 Brown-Forman Corp Class B 1,016,708
16,243 Bunge Global SA 1,665,232
22,002 Campbell Soup Co 977,989
26,953 Cardinal Health Inc 3,016,041
19,653 Catalent Inc(a) 1,109,412
17,905 Cencora Inc 4,350,736
57,602 Centene Corp(a) 4,520,605
5,367 Charles River Laboratories International Inc(a) 1,454,189
25,694 Church & Dwight Co Inc 2,680,141
31,485 Cigna Group 11,435,037
9,211 Cintas Corp 6,328,233
13,418 Clorox Co 2,054,430
425,488 Coca-Cola Co 26,031,356
87,942 Colgate-Palmolive Co 7,919,177
51,477 Conagra Brands Inc 1,525,778
Shares   Fair Value
Consumer, Non-Cyclical — (continued)
18,689 Constellation Brands Inc Class A $    5,078,923
7,891 Corpay Inc(a)     2,434,689
74,828 Corteva Inc     4,315,331
43,910 CoStar Group Inc(a)     4,241,706
136,632 CVS Health Corp    10,897,768
72,777 Danaher Corp    18,173,872
5,903 DaVita Inc(a)        814,909
21,673 DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc 719,327
40,952 Dexcom Inc(a) 5,680,042
65,011 Edwards Lifesciences Corp(a) 6,212,451
26,008 Elevance Health Inc 13,486,188
87,197 Eli Lilly & Co 67,835,779
13,289 Equifax Inc 3,555,073
24,747 Estee Lauder Cos Inc Class A 3,814,750
8,466 Gartner Inc(a) 4,035,488
40,938 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc 3,721,674
62,251 General Mills Inc 4,355,702
137,654 Gilead Sciences Inc 10,083,155
27,533 Global Payments Inc 3,680,061
21,414 HCA Healthcare Inc 7,142,211
14,050 Henry Schein Inc(a) 1,061,056
15,787 Hershey Co 3,070,571
25,578 Hologic Inc(a) 1,994,061
30,449 Hormel Foods Corp 1,062,366
13,181 Humana Inc 4,570,116
8,890 IDEXX Laboratories Inc(a) 4,799,978
17,153 Illumina Inc(a) 2,355,450
20,096 Incyte Corp(a) 1,144,869
7,417 Insulet Corp(a) 1,271,274
38,563 Intuitive Surgical Inc(a) 15,390,108
19,480 IQVIA Holdings Inc(a) 4,926,297
11,507 J M Smucker Co 1,448,386
263,235 Johnson & Johnson 41,641,144
27,528 Kellanova 1,577,079
185,197 Kenvue Inc 3,974,328
106,338 Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 3,261,386
36,204 Kimberly-Clark Corp 4,682,987
86,234 Kraft Heinz Co 3,182,035
69,319 Kroger Co 3,960,195
9,284 Laboratory Corp of America Holdings 2,028,183
15,480 Lamb Weston Holdings Inc 1,649,084
4,067 MarketAxess Holdings Inc 891,690
27,108 McCormick & Co Inc 2,082,165
14,350 McKesson Corp 7,703,798
146,716 Medtronic PLC 12,786,299
277,094 Merck & Co Inc 36,562,553
35,849 Moderna Inc(a) 3,820,070
6,201 Molina Healthcare Inc(a) 2,547,557
19,787 Molson Coors Beverage Co Class B 1,330,676
150,767 Mondelez International Inc Class A 10,553,690
79,476 Monster Beverage Corp(a) 4,711,337
16,787 Moody's Corp 6,597,795
120,609 PayPal Holdings Inc(a) 8,079,597
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER S&P 500® INDEX FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
Consumer, Non-Cyclical — (continued)
150,341 PepsiCo Inc $   26,311,179
617,434 Pfizer Inc    17,133,793
169,867 Philip Morris International Inc    15,563,215
257,724 Procter & Gamble Co    41,815,720
15,709 Quanta Services Inc     4,081,198
11,720 Quest Diagnostics Inc     1,560,049
11,829 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc(a)    11,385,294
15,626 ResMed Inc 3,094,417
13,657 Revvity Inc 1,433,985
11,625 Robert Half Inc 921,630
30,346 Rollins Inc 1,404,109
35,619 S&P Global Inc 15,154,103
10,591 STERIS PLC 2,381,069
37,357 Stryker Corp 13,368,949
53,377 Sysco Corp 4,333,145
5,090 Teleflex Inc 1,151,205
21,508 The Cooper Cos Inc 2,182,202
42,249 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 24,555,542
31,086 Tyson Foods Inc Class A 1,825,681
7,343 United Rentals Inc 5,295,111
101,140 UnitedHealth Group Inc 50,033,958
6,395 Universal Health Services Inc Class B 1,166,832
15,427 Verisk Analytics Inc 3,636,607
28,474 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc(a) 11,902,417
130,320 Viatris Inc 1,556,021
6,400 Waters Corp(a) 2,203,072
7,995 West Pharmaceutical Services Inc 3,163,701
22,017 Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc 2,905,804
48,967 Zoetis Inc 8,285,706
    886,276,601
Energy — 3.92%
33,549 APA Corp 1,153,415
106,683 Baker Hughes Co 3,573,880
188,049 Chevron Corp 29,662,849
131,512 ConocoPhillips 16,738,847
80,929 Coterra Energy Inc 2,256,301
69,110 Devon Energy Corp 3,467,940
18,706 Diamondback Energy Inc 3,706,968
14,249 Enphase Energy Inc(a) 1,723,844
61,940 EOG Resources Inc 7,918,410
50,291 EQT Corp 1,864,287
433,295 Exxon Mobil Corp 50,366,211
11,448 First Solar Inc(a) 1,932,422
94,751 Halliburton Co 3,735,084
29,545 Hess Corp 4,509,749
206,932 Kinder Morgan Inc 3,795,133
63,248 Marathon Oil Corp 1,792,448
42,534 Marathon Petroleum Corp 8,570,601
69,831 Occidental Petroleum Corp 4,538,317
62,309 ONEOK Inc 4,995,313
47,368 Phillips 66 7,737,089
24,800 Pioneer Natural Resources Co 6,510,000
Shares   Fair Value
Energy — (continued)
160,264 Schlumberger NV $    8,784,070
23,464 Targa Resources Corp     2,627,733
37,675 Valero Energy Corp     6,430,746
130,766 Williams Cos Inc     5,095,951
    193,487,608
Financial — 13.73%
58,009 Aflac Inc     4,980,653
16,262 Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc REIT 2,096,334
28,047 Allstate Corp 4,852,411
61,891 American Express Co 14,091,962
75,731 American International Group Inc 5,919,892
51,752 American Tower Corp REIT 10,225,678
10,978 Ameriprise Financial Inc 4,813,194
21,581 Aon PLC Class A 7,202,011
40,100 Arch Capital Group Ltd(a) 3,706,844
22,926 Arthur J Gallagher & Co 5,732,417
5,812 Assurant Inc 1,094,051
14,910 AvalonBay Communities Inc REIT 2,766,700
752,868 Bank of America Corp 28,548,755
83,435 Bank of New York Mellon Corp 4,807,525
198,690 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B(a) 83,553,119
15,485 BlackRock Inc 12,909,845
79,269 Blackstone Inc 10,413,569
15,639 Boston Properties Inc REIT 1,021,383
24,582 Brown & Brown Inc 2,151,908
10,842 Camden Property Trust REIT 1,066,853
40,966 Capital One Financial Corp 6,099,428
11,267 Cboe Global Markets Inc 2,070,086
32,815 CBRE Group Inc Class A(a) 3,190,931
165,213 Charles Schwab Corp 11,951,508
43,694 Chubb Ltd 11,322,426
16,764 Cincinnati Financial Corp 2,081,586
213,481 Citigroup Inc 13,500,539
49,438 Citizens Financial Group Inc 1,794,105
38,269 CME Group Inc 8,238,933
13,724 Comerica Inc 754,683
46,480 Crown Castle Inc REIT 4,918,978
32,531 Digital Realty Trust Inc REIT 4,685,765
26,101 Discover Financial Services 3,421,580
10,510 Equinix Inc REIT 8,674,218
36,197 Equity Residential REIT 2,284,393
6,645 Essex Property Trust Inc REIT 1,626,762
4,720 Everest Group Ltd 1,876,200
22,230 Extra Space Storage Inc REIT 3,267,810
8,188 Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT 836,159
71,105 Fifth Third Bancorp 2,645,817
31,376 Franklin Resources Inc 881,979
9,560 Globe Life Inc 1,112,497
35,070 Goldman Sachs Group Inc 14,648,389
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER S&P 500® INDEX FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
Financial — (continued)
32,601 Hartford Financial Services Group Inc $    3,359,533
58,335 Healthpeak Properties Inc REIT     1,093,781
75,476 Host Hotels & Resorts Inc REIT     1,560,844
154,626 Huntington Bancshares Inc     2,157,033
60,885 Intercontinental Exchange Inc     8,367,426
50,375 Invesco Ltd        835,721
62,223 Invitation Homes Inc REIT     2,215,761
30,763 Iron Mountain Inc REIT 2,467,500
316,131 JPMorgan Chase & Co 63,321,040
99,275 KeyCorp 1,569,538
87,844 Kimco Realty Corp REIT 1,722,621
19,904 Loews Corp 1,558,284
17,628 M&T Bank Corp 2,563,816
54,767 Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc 11,280,907
90,551 Mastercard Inc Class A 43,606,645
66,654 MetLife Inc 4,939,728
12,283 Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc REIT 1,616,197
135,723 Morgan Stanley 12,779,678
44,852 Nasdaq Inc 2,830,161
22,232 Northern Trust Corp 1,976,869
42,596 PNC Financial Services Group Inc 6,883,514
23,323 Principal Financial Group Inc 2,013,008
64,862 Progressive Corp 13,414,759
101,771 Prologis Inc REIT 13,252,620
38,337 Prudential Financial Inc 4,500,764
16,922 Public Storage REIT 4,908,395
20,001 Raymond James Financial Inc 2,568,528
88,998 Realty Income Corp REIT 4,814,792
17,906 Regency Centers Corp REIT 1,084,387
98,421 Regions Financial Corp 2,070,778
11,409 SBA Communications Corp REIT 2,472,330
34,805 Simon Property Group Inc REIT 5,446,634
34,008 State Street Corp 2,629,499
44,322 Synchrony Financial 1,911,165
23,630 T Rowe Price Group Inc 2,880,970
24,433 Travelers Cos Inc 5,623,011
143,242 Truist Financial Corp 5,583,573
32,813 UDR Inc REIT 1,227,534
165,626 US Bancorp 7,403,482
43,133 Ventas Inc REIT 1,878,011
121,769 VICI Properties Inc REIT 3,627,498
172,537 Visa Inc Class A 48,151,626
21,359 W R Berkley Corp 1,888,990
398,709 Wells Fargo & Co 23,109,174
63,295 Welltower Inc REIT 5,914,285
77,412 Weyerhaeuser Co REIT 2,779,865
11,150 Willis Towers Watson PLC 3,066,239
    676,768,390
Shares   Fair Value
Industrial — 7.42%
62,864 3M Co $    6,667,984
12,736 A O Smith Corp     1,139,363
9,404 Allegion PLC     1,266,813
156,582 Amcor PLC     1,489,095
24,319 AMETEK Inc     4,447,945
63,450 Amphenol Corp Class A     7,318,958
7,464 Axon Enterprise Inc(a)     2,335,336
34,144 Ball Corp 2,299,940
62,917 Boeing Co(a) 12,142,352
14,359 Builders FirstSource Inc(a) 2,994,570
89,356 Carrier Global Corp 5,194,264
56,573 Caterpillar Inc 20,730,045
12,584 CH Robinson Worldwide Inc 958,146
213,429 CSX Corp 7,911,813
29,006 Deere & Co 11,913,924
15,115 Dover Corp 2,678,227
44,735 Eaton Corp PLC 13,987,740
60,808 Emerson Electric Co 6,896,843
15,669 Expeditors International of Washington Inc 1,904,880
24,615 FedEx Corp 7,131,950
36,760 Fortive Corp 3,162,095
16,488 Garmin Ltd 2,454,569
6,332 Generac Holdings Inc(a) 798,719
24,108 General Dynamics Corp 6,810,269
120,058 General Electric Co 21,073,781
72,835 Honeywell International Inc 14,949,384
41,764 Howmet Aerospace Inc 2,857,911
5,766 Hubbell Inc 2,393,178
4,307 Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc 1,255,361
7,932 IDEX Corp 1,935,567
29,273 Illinois Tool Works Inc 7,854,824
43,631 Ingersoll Rand Inc 4,142,764
14,541 Jabil Inc 1,947,767
13,149 Jacobs Solutions Inc 2,021,396
8,801 JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 1,753,599
72,370 Johnson Controls International PLC 4,727,208
18,833 Keysight Technologies Inc(a) 2,945,105
20,119 L3Harris Technologies Inc 4,287,359
23,842 Lockheed Martin Corp 10,845,011
6,669 Martin Marietta Materials Inc 4,094,366
23,688 Masco Corp 1,868,509
2,287 Mettler-Toledo International Inc(a) 3,044,660
6,045 Mohawk Industries Inc(a) 791,230
5,687 Nordson Corp 1,561,309
24,291 Norfolk Southern Corp 6,191,047
16,059 Northrop Grumman Corp 7,686,801
19,214 Old Dominion Freight Line Inc 4,213,822
43,800 Otis Worldwide Corp 4,348,026
9,403 Packaging Corp of America 1,784,501
14,594 Parker-Hannifin Corp 8,111,199
17,330 Pentair PLC 1,480,675
21,872 Republic Services Inc 4,187,176
12,127 Rockwell Automation Inc 3,532,959
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER S&P 500® INDEX FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
Industrial — (continued)
144,403 RTX Corp $   14,083,625
5,695 Snap-on Inc     1,686,973
16,610 Stanley Black & Decker Inc     1,626,617
33,396 TE Connectivity Ltd     4,850,435
5,005 Teledyne Technologies Inc(a)     2,148,747
20,683 Textron Inc     1,984,120
24,296 Trane Technologies PLC     7,293,659
6,289 TransDigm Group Inc 7,745,532
25,978 Trimble Inc(a) 1,671,944
67,563 Union Pacific Corp 16,615,769
80,453 United Parcel Service Inc Class B 11,957,729
23,117 Veralto Corp 2,049,553
14,346 Vulcan Materials Co 3,915,310
39,211 Waste Management Inc 8,357,825
19,106 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp 2,783,362
26,826 Westrock Co 1,326,546
25,272 Xylem Inc 3,266,153
    365,886,234
Technology — 27.78%
68,630 Accenture PLC Class A 23,787,844
49,787 Adobe Inc(a) 25,122,520
176,674 Advanced Micro Devices Inc(a) 31,887,891
15,997 Akamai Technologies Inc(a) 1,739,834
53,340 Analog Devices Inc 10,550,119
9,064 ANSYS Inc(a) 3,146,658
1,581,424 Apple Inc 271,182,587
92,082 Applied Materials Inc 18,990,071
22,877 Autodesk Inc(a) 5,957,628
47,999 Broadcom Inc 63,618,355
12,335 Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc 2,526,948
30,494 Cadence Design Systems Inc(a) 9,492,172
53,135 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A 3,894,264
16,788 Dayforce Inc(a) 1,111,534
26,226 Electronic Arts Inc 3,479,403
6,132 EPAM Systems Inc(a) 1,693,413
2,612 Fair Isaac Corp(a) 3,263,981
63,026 Fidelity National Information Services Inc 4,675,269
64,850 Fiserv Inc(a) 10,364,327
68,732 Fortinet Inc(a) 4,695,083
134,866 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 2,391,174
92,089 HP Inc 2,782,930
461,018 Intel Corp 20,363,166
99,849 International Business Machines Corp 19,067,165
30,646 Intuit Inc 19,919,900
7,718 Jack Henry & Associates Inc 1,340,848
14,543 KLA Corp 10,159,304
14,179 Lam Research Corp 13,775,891
14,629 Leidos Holdings Inc 1,917,716
58,458 Microchip Technology Inc 5,244,267
Shares   Fair Value
Technology — (continued)
121,715 Micron Technology Inc $   14,348,981
809,707 Microsoft Corp   340,659,934
5,007 Monolithic Power Systems Inc     3,391,842
8,413 MSCI Inc     4,715,066
22,022 NetApp Inc     2,311,649
269,194 NVIDIA Corp   243,232,930
27,465 NXP Semiconductors NV     6,805,003
46,505 ON Semiconductor Corp(a) 3,420,443
173,739 Oracle Corp 21,823,356
34,135 Paychex Inc 4,191,778
5,143 Paycom Software Inc 1,023,509
12,488 PTC Inc(a) 2,359,483
10,802 Qorvo Inc(a) 1,240,394
121,753 QUALCOMM Inc 20,612,783
11,351 Roper Technologies Inc 6,366,095
106,397 Salesforce Inc 32,044,648
20,182 Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1,877,935
22,416 ServiceNow Inc(a) 17,089,958
16,976 Skyworks Solutions Inc 1,838,840
5,301 Super Micro Computer Inc(a) 5,354,169
16,186 Synopsys Inc(a) 9,250,299
16,801 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc(a) 2,494,781
16,424 Teradyne Inc 1,853,120
99,311 Texas Instruments Inc 17,300,969
4,393 Tyler Technologies Inc(a) 1,867,069
34,260 Western Digital Corp(a) 2,337,902
5,479 Zebra Technologies Corp Class A(a) 1,651,590
    1,369,606,788
Utilities — 2.15%
72,957 AES Corp 1,308,119
27,164 Alliant Energy Corp 1,369,066
28,102 Ameren Corp 2,078,424
60,829 American Electric Power Co Inc 5,237,377
20,555 American Water Works Co Inc 2,512,026
15,790 Atmos Energy Corp 1,876,957
68,102 CenterPoint Energy Inc 1,940,226
31,704 CMS Energy Corp 1,913,019
37,130 Consolidated Edison Inc 3,371,775
33,917 Constellation Energy Corp 6,269,558
88,405 Dominion Energy Inc 4,348,642
21,640 DTE Energy Co 2,426,710
86,588 Duke Energy Corp 8,373,926
40,394 Edison International 2,857,068
22,676 Entergy Corp 2,396,400
25,019 Evergy Inc 1,335,514
36,921 Eversource Energy 2,206,768
106,607 Exelon Corp 4,005,225
55,521 FirstEnergy Corp 2,144,221
223,950 NextEra Energy Inc 14,312,644
44,697 NiSource Inc 1,236,319
23,719 NRG Energy Inc 1,605,539
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
EMPOWER S&P 500® INDEX FUND
Schedule of Investments
As of March 28, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares   Fair Value
Utilities — (continued)
248,587 PG&E Corp $    4,166,318
12,190 Pinnacle West Capital Corp        910,959
77,199 PPL Corp     2,125,288
53,655 Public Service Enterprise Group Inc     3,583,081
72,372 Sempra     5,198,481
122,422 Southern Co     8,782,554
32,939 WEC Energy Group Inc     2,704,951
58,326 Xcel Energy Inc 3,135,022
    105,732,177
TOTAL COMMON STOCK — 97.35%
(Cost $2,670,871,110)
$4,800,058,700
Principal Amount    
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes — 1.93%
$96,030,200 U.S. Treasury Bills(b)
5.30%, 05/23/2024
95,261,977
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.93%
(Cost $95,261,977)
$95,261,977
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.28%
(Cost $2,766,133,087)
$4,895,320,677
OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET — 0.72% $35,476,289
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.00% $4,930,796,966
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Zero coupon bond; the interest rate shown is the effective yield on date of purchase.
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
At March 28, 2024 the Fund held the following outstanding exchange traded futures contracts:
Description Number of
Contracts
Notional Amount
(000)
Expiration
Date
Fair Value and
Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Long          
S&P 500® Emini Futures 486 USD 123,157 Jun 2024 $2,245,081
        Net Appreciation $2,245,081
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

March 28, 2024

 

EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

Security Valuation
The board of directors of Empower Funds (Board of Directors) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of each Fund's securities and assets, and has appointed the Fair Value Pricing Committee of the investment adviser,  Empower Capital Management, LLC (ECM or the Adviser), to complete valuation determinations under those policies and procedures.  Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Board of Directors approved the Adviser as the Funds' valuation designee to make all fair value determinations with respect to the Funds' investments, subject to oversight by the Board of Directors.
Each Fund generally values its securities based on market prices determined at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open for trading. The net asset value (NAV) of each class of a Fund’s shares is determined by dividing the net assets attributable to each class of shares of the Fund by the number of issued and outstanding shares of each class of the Fund on each valuation date.
For securities that are traded on only one exchange, the last sale price as of the close of business of that exchange will be used. If the closing price is not available, the current bid as of the close of business will be used. For securities traded on more than one exchange, or upon one or more exchanges and in the over-the-counter (OTC) market, the last sale price as of the close of business on the market which the security is traded most extensively will be used. If the closing price is not available, the current bid as of the close of business will be used. For securities that principally trade on the NASDAQ National Market System, the NASDAQ official closing price will be used.
For private equity securities that are not traded on an exchange, an appropriate source, which may include the use of an internally developed or approved valuation model, a different external pricing vendor, or sourcing a price from a broker will be used. Valuation of these securities will be reviewed regularly by the Fair Value Pricing Committee.
Short term securities purchased with less than 60 days remaining until maturity and all U.S. Treasury Bills are valued on the basis of amortized cost, which has been determined to approximate fair value. Short term securities purchased with more than 60 days remaining until maturity are valued using pricing services, or in the event a price is not available from a pricing service, may be priced using other methodologies approved by the Board of Directors, including model pricing or pricing on the basis of quotations from brokers or dealers, and will continue to be priced until final maturity.
Foreign equity securities are generally valued using an adjusted systematic fair value price from an independent pricing service. Foreign exchange rates are determined at a time that corresponds to the closing of the NYSE.
For derivatives that are traded on an exchange, the last sale price as of the close of business of the exchange will be used.  For derivatives traded OTC, independent pricing services will be utilized when possible.  If a price cannot be located from the primary source, other appropriate sources, which may include the use of an internally developed valuation model, another external pricing vendor or sourcing a price from a broker, may be used.
Independent pricing services are approved by the Board of Directors and are utilized for all investment types when available. In some instances valuations from independent pricing services are not available or do not reflect events in the market between the time the market closed and the valuation time and therefore fair valuation procedures are implemented. The fair value for some securities may be obtained from pricing services or other pricing sources. The inputs used by the pricing services are reviewed quarterly or when the pricing vendor issues updates to its pricing methodologies. Broker quotes are analyzed through an internal review process, which includes a review of known market conditions and other relevant data. Developments that might trigger fair value pricing could be natural disasters, government actions or fluctuations in domestic and foreign markets.

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The following table provides examples of the inputs that are commonly used for valuing particular classes of securities. These classifications are not exclusive, and any inputs may be used to value any other security class.
Class Inputs
Common Stock Exchange traded close price, bids, evaluated bids, open and close price of the local exchange, exchange rates, fair values based on significant market movement and various index data.
Convertible Preferred Stock, Preferred Stock Benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, evaluated bids, offers and reference data including market research publications. Inputs also may include exchange prices
Short Term Investments Maturity date, credit quality and interest rates.
Futures Contracts Exchange traded close price.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts Foreign currency spot and forward rates.
The Funds classify their valuations into three levels based upon the observability of inputs to the valuation of each Fund’s investments. The valuation levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with the underlying investment. Classification is based on the lowest level of input significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.
Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable either directly or indirectly.  These may include quoted prices for similar assets in active markets.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs to the extent observable inputs are not available and may include prices obtained from single broker quotes.  Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions and would be based on the best information available under the circumstances.
As of March 28, 2024, the inputs used to value the investments of the Empower Large Cap Value Fund are detailed in the following table. More information regarding the sector classifications, as applicable, are included in the Schedule of Investments. For the remaining Funds, all the investments were valued using Level 1 inputs, except for Short Term Investments, which were valued using Level 2 inputs.

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Empower Large Cap Value Fund
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Assets              
Investments, at fair value:              
Common Stock              
Basic Materials $63,346,930   $   $   $63,346,930
Communications 63,325,754       63,325,754
Consumer, Cyclical 155,729,178       155,729,178
Consumer, Non-cyclical 384,406,828   12,098,630     396,505,458
Energy 108,634,461   29,408,353     138,042,814
Financial 368,403,751   11,596,853     380,000,604
Industrial 184,324,162   9,620,868     193,945,030
Technology 144,844,424   7,734,850     152,579,274
Utilities 92,138,120       92,138,120
  1,565,153,608   70,459,554     1,635,613,162
Convertible Preferred Stock   1,153,732     1,153,732
Preferred Stock   9,102,854     9,102,854
Short Term Investments   6,290,782     6,290,782
Total investments, at fair value: 1,565,153,608   87,006,922     1,652,160,530
Other Financial Investments:              
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts(a)   323,314     323,314
Total Assets $1,565,153,608   $87,330,236   $   $1,652,483,844
(a)Forward Foreign Currency Contracts are reported at the security’s unrealized appreciation, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date
Repurchase Agreements
A Fund may engage in repurchase agreement transactions with institutions that the Fund's investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. A Fund that engages in repurchase agreement transactions will purchase securities at a specified price with an agreement to sell the securities to the same counterparty at a specified time, price and interest rate. The Funds' custodian and/or securities lending agent receives delivery of the underlying securities collateralizing a repurchase agreement. Collateral is at least equal to the value of the repurchase obligation including interest. A repurchase agreement transaction involves certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty. These risks include possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities and a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
Futures Contracts
A Fund may use futures to equitize cash. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying investment for a fixed price at a specified future date. Futures contracts are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange. The use of futures contracts may involve risks such as the possibility of illiquid markets or imperfect correlation between the value of the contracts and the underlying securities that comprise the index, or that the clearinghouse will fail to perform its obligations. As of March 28, 2024, the Empower S&P 500® Index Fund utilized futures contracts.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
A Fund may enter into OTC forward foreign currency contracts (forward contracts) primarily to capture potential returns from changes in currency exchange rates or to reduce the risk of undesired currency exposure.  A forward contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated rate.  As of March 28, 2024, the Empower Large Cap Value Fund utilized forward foreign currency contracts.

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The following tables represent the average month-end volume of each Fund’s derivative transactions, if any, during the reporting period:
Empower Large Cap Value Fund  
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts:  
Average notional amount $51,224,251
Empower S&P 500® Index Fund  
Futures Contracts:  
Average long contracts 355
Average notional long $89,428,109

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