N-Q 1 d547492dnq.htm OPPENHEIMER VALUE FUND Oppenheimer Value 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 811-3346

Oppenheimer Series 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: October 31

Date of reporting period: 1/31/2018


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2018 Unaudited

 

      Shares     Value 

Common Stocks—97.9%

 

   

Consumer Discretionary—7.0%

 

   

Automobiles—0.7%

    

General Motors Co.

 

    

 

364,510

 

 

 

 

$            15,458,869 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.2%

 

   

Carnival Corp.

     241,700     17,308,137 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     72,280    

8,972,117 

    

26,280,254 

 

Household Durables—1.0%

 

   

Lennar Corp., Cl. A

     157,510     9,869,577 

Whirlpool Corp.

     63,307    

11,485,156 

    

21,354,733 

 

Media—1.3%

            

DISH Network Corp., Cl. A1

     267,910     12,564,979 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     154,342    

16,772,345 

    

29,337,324 

 

Multiline Retail—1.4%

 

   

Target Corp.

 

    

 

419,710

 

 

 

 

31,570,586 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.4%

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     971,370     21,098,156 

Tapestry, Inc.

     235,650    

11,084,976 

    

32,183,132 

 

Consumer Staples—7.3%

 

   

Beverages—1.8%

            

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     436,970             20,795,402 
Coca-Cola European Partners plc      490,850    

19,712,536 

    

40,507,938 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—1.9%

 

   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

    

 

401,530

 

 

 

 

42,803,098 

 

Household Products—2.5%

 

   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     283,080     24,441,127 

Weatherford International plc1

     7,834,290    

30,867,103 

    

55,308,230 

 

Tobacco—1.1%

            

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     222,830     23,894,061 
      Shares     Value 

Energy—11.1%

            

Energy Equipment & Services—1.2%

Halliburton Co.

 

    

 

525,233

 

 

 

 

$            28,205,012 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—9.9%

Chevron Corp.

     500,436     62,729,653 

Concho Resources, Inc.1

     142,150     22,380,096 

ConocoPhillips

     557,748     32,801,160 

Enbridge, Inc.

     689,097     25,241,623 

Phillips 66

     170,172     17,425,613 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     1,668,730    

60,491,462 

    

221,069,607 

 

Financials—30.8%

            

Capital Markets—7.2%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     140,710     23,737,777 

BlackRock, Inc., Cl. A

     56,790     31,904,622 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     150,510     40,320,124 

Morgan Stanley

     465,820     26,342,121 

Nasdaq, Inc.

     472,240    

38,208,938 

    

160,513,582 

 

Commercial Banks—16.6%

Bank of America Corp.

     3,868,660     123,797,120 

Citigroup, Inc.

     763,200     59,895,936 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,020,110     117,996,124 

KeyCorp

     1,497,560     32,047,784 

Zions Bancorporation

     708,200    

38,264,046 

    

372,001,010 

 

Insurance—3.3%

            

Aon plc

     66,600     9,468,522 
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      539,270     31,687,505 

MetLife, Inc.

     328,130     15,773,209 

XL Group Ltd.

     473,920    

17,459,213 

    

        74,388,449 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—3.7%

Crown Castle International Corp.

     287,840     32,459,717 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     117,960     13,205,622 

Invitation Homes, Inc.

     410,670     9,235,968 
 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

      Shares      Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (Continued)

Prologis, Inc.

     423,430     

$            27,569,527 

     

82,470,834 

 

Health Care—12.3%

             

Biotechnology—1.3%

             

Amgen, Inc.

     120,030      22,331,581 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     87,530     

7,335,014 

     

29,666,595 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—3.5%

Abbott Laboratories

     244,020      15,168,283 

Boston Scientific Corp.1

     524,410      14,662,504 

Danaher Corp.

     259,494      26,281,552 

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     181,220     

23,036,687 

     

79,149,026 

 

Health Care Providers & Services—3.2%

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     296,811      70,278,909 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.9%

 

    

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     93,480      20,949,803 

Pharmaceuticals—3.4%

 

    

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     354,250      22,176,050 

Mylan NV1

     124,200      5,321,970 

Pfizer, Inc.

     1,294,660     

47,954,206 

     

75,452,226 

 

Industrials—11.6%

             

Aerospace & Defense—2.1%

 

    

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     133,210      47,269,568 

Air Freight & Couriers—1.9%

 

    

FedEx Corp.

     54,430      14,286,786 

XPO Logistics, Inc.1

     305,400     

28,841,976 

     

43,128,762 

 

Airlines—0.5%

             

Southwest Airlines Co.

     182,120      11,072,896 

Commercial Services & Supplies—1.1%

 

    

Waste Management, Inc.

     275,190      24,335,052 

Construction & Engineering—1.2%

 

    

Fluor Corp.

     443,270      26,906,489 
     Shares      Value  

Industrial Conglomerates—0.7%

Siemens AG, Sponsored ADR

    

 

193,780

 

 

 

  

$            14,775,725 

 

Machinery—3.5%

             

Caterpillar, Inc.

     213,570      34,764,925 

PACCAR, Inc.

     152,350      11,359,216 

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     155,455     

31,311,746 

     

77,435,887 

 

Road & Rail—0.6%

             

Kansas City Southern

    

 

125,720

 

 

 

  

14,222,704 

 

Information Technology—10.3%

Communications Equipment—1.8%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    

 

965,790

 

 

 

  

40,118,917 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments, &

Components—1.3%

     

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     169,037      17,331,364 

Zebra Technologies Corp., Cl. A1

     97,970     

12,065,985 

     

29,397,349 

 

Internet Software & Services—0.8%

 

    

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. A1

     14,190      16,775,702 

IT Services—1.1%

             

First Data Corp., Cl. A1

    

 

1,391,240

 

 

 

  

24,624,948 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—2.6%

Broadcom Ltd.

     50,354      12,489,302 

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

     1,080,740      25,213,664 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     184,610     

20,246,179 

     

57,949,145 

 

Software—2.7%

             

Microsoft Corp.

     363,980      34,581,740 

Synopsys, Inc.1

     284,920     

26,386,441 

     

60,968,181 

 

Materials—2.8%

             

Chemicals—1.7%

             

Eastman Chemical Co.

    

 

380,355

 

 

 

  

37,723,609 

 

Containers & Packaging—1.1%

 

    

WestRock Co.

     363,560      24,224,003 
 

 

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      Shares      Value 

Telecommunication Services—1.8%

 

    

Diversified Telecommunication Services—1.8%

AT&T, Inc.

    

 

1,053,080

 

 

 

  

$            39,437,846 

 

Utilities—2.9%

             

Electric Utilities—2.9%

 

    

Edison International

     434,560      27,173,037 

Entergy Corp.

     294,680      23,188,369 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     88,553     

14,028,566 

     

64,389,972 

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $1,604,572,303)

      2,187,600,033 
      Shares      Value 

Investment Company—1.6%

                 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.26%2,3 (Cost $35,117,482)

 

    

 

35,117,482

 

 

 

   $

 

        35,117,482 

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $1,639,689,785)      99.5%        2,222,717,515   
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)      0.5        12,120,013   
        

Net Assets

     100.0%      $     2,234,837,528   
        
 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

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

3. 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

October 31, 2017

    

Gross

        Additions

    

Gross

        Reductions

     Shares
January 31, 2018
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      32,591,527        82,564,460        80,038,505        35,117,482  
      Value      Income     

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E    $             35,117,482      $             20,694      $             —       $             —   

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2018 Unaudited

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Value Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Oppenheimer Series Fund, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended, as a diversified open-end management investment company. 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. 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 least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

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 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 when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are 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

 

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2. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

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 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

  $         156,184,898     $                 —     $                 —     $             156,184,898   

     Consumer Staples

    162,513,327                   162,513,327   

     Energy

    249,274,619                   249,274,619   

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

2. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

    

Level 1—
Unadjusted

Quoted Prices

     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

Common Stocks (Continued)

          

 Financials

  $        689,373,875      $                         —      $                 —      $         689,373,875  

 Health Care

    275,496,559                    275,496,559  

 Industrials

    259,147,083                    259,147,083  

 Information Technology

    229,834,242                    229,834,242  

 Materials

    61,947,612                    61,947,612  

 Telecommunication Services

    39,437,846                    39,437,846  

 Utilities

    64,389,972                    64,389,972  

Investment Company

    35,117,482                    35,117,482  
 

 

 

Total Assets

  $     2,222,717,515      $                         —      $                 —      $      2,222,717,515  
 

 

 

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.

 

 

3. 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 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.

 

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3. Investments and Risks (Continued)

 

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.

 

 

4. 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 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

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

4. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

 

typically indicate lower volatility risk.

 

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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 1/31/2018, 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 Series Fund

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

    Arthur P. Steinmetz
    Principal Executive Officer
Date:   3/16/2018

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:   3/16/2018

 

By:  

/s/ Brian S. Petersen

  Brian S. Petersen
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   3/16/2018