0001775697-24-000399.txt : 20240418 0001775697-24-000399.hdr.sgml : 20240418 20240418063907 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001775697-24-000399 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240229 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240418 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240418 PERIOD START: 20241130 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000737520 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 133272460 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-03940 FILM NUMBER: 24852791 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC. STREET 2: 240 GREENWICH STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129226400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC. STREET 2: 240 GREENWICH STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Strategic Funds, Inc. 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Fund 26200T208 401262.77 OU Other Units USD 401262.77 0.7669314454197 Long STIV RF US N 1 2099-12-01 Variable 5.410954 N N N N N N 2024-04-17 BNY Mellon Advantage Funds, Inc. James Windels James Windels Fund Treasurer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 c10899bnymello-february20241.htm Untitled Document

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
BNY Mellon U.S. Equity Fund

February 29, 2024 (Unaudited)

        
 

Description

   

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks - 97.0%

     

Capital Goods - 7.0%

     

Deere & Co.

   

1,500

 

547,575

 

Fastenal Co.

   

19,370

 

1,414,204

 

Ferguson PLC

   

2,790

 

589,945

 

Hexcel Corp.

   

7,640

 

568,874

 

The Toro Company

   

5,970

a 

551,091

 
    

3,671,689

 

Commercial & Professional Services - 6.8%

     

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

4,240

 

1,064,791

 

Copart, Inc.

   

27,230

b 

1,447,274

 

Paychex, Inc.

   

8,490

 

1,041,044

 
    

3,553,109

 

Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail - 6.1%

     

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

   

1,390

b 

1,511,514

 

The TJX Companies, Inc.

   

11,550

 

1,145,067

 

Tractor Supply Co.

   

2,140

 

544,245

 
    

3,200,826

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel - 2.0%

     

NIKE, Inc., Cl. B

   

10,290

 

 1,069,440

 

Consumer Services - 2.8%

     

Booking Holdings, Inc.

   

276

 

957,397

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

1,720

 

502,722

 
    

1,460,119

 

Consumer Staples Distribution - 2.9%

     

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

2,030

 

 1,510,097

 

Financial Services - 10.5%

     

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   

6,400

 

1,112,128

 

Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A

   

3,650

 

1,732,874

 

Moody's Corp.

   

4,010

 

1,521,474

 

Visa, Inc., Cl. A

   

3,950

a 

1,116,428

 
    

5,482,904

 

Health Care Equipment & Services - 12.5%

     

Align Technology, Inc.

   

1,750

b 

529,235

 

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

   

17,880

b 

1,517,476

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

   

4,120

b 

1,588,672

 

ResMed, Inc.

   

7,840

 

1,361,965

 

Stryker Corp.

   

4,360

 

1,521,945

 
    

6,519,293

 

Household & Personal Products - 1.7%

     

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Cl. A

   

6,000

 

 891,480

 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

        
 

Description

   

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks - 97.0% (continued)

     

Materials - 3.7%

     

Ecolab, Inc.

   

2,310

 

519,380

 

Linde PLC

   

3,220

 

1,445,200

 
    

1,964,580

 

Media & Entertainment - 6.1%

     

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C

   

15,140

b 

2,116,269

 

Netflix, Inc.

   

960

b 

578,803

 

The Walt Disney Company

   

4,640

 

517,731

 
    

3,212,803

 

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 11.4%

     

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

2,170

 

1,635,486

 

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.

   

1,280

b 

1,596,442

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

1,320

b 

555,377

 

Waters Corp.

   

1,750

b 

590,485

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

4,410

 

1,580,368

 
    

5,958,158

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.5%

     

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

7,860

 

 1,315,214

 

Software & Services - 12.7%

     

Adobe, Inc.

   

2,430

b 

1,361,480

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Cl. A

   

6,740

 

532,595

 

Fortinet, Inc.

   

20,620

b 

1,425,048

 

Manhattan Associates, Inc.

   

4,290

b 

1,086,786

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

5,390

 

2,229,519

 
    

6,635,428

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment - 5.3%

     

Amphenol Corp., Cl. A

   

15,710

 

1,716,160

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

10,470

 

506,434

 

Keysight Technologies, Inc.

   

3,530

b 

544,679

 
    

2,767,273

 

Transportation - 3.0%

     

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

3,550

 

 1,570,804

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $19,663,651)

   

50,783,217

 
  

1-Day
Yield (%)

     

Investment Companies - .8%

     

Registered Investment Companies - .8%

     

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
(cost $401,263)

 

5.41

 

401,263

c 

 401,263

 

Total Investments (cost $20,064,914)

 

97.8%

 

51,184,480

 

Cash and Receivables (Net)

 

2.2%

 

1,136,073

 

Net Assets

 

100.0%

 

52,320,553

 


a Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At February 29, 2024, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $1,650,675 and the value of the collateral was $1,703,097, consisting of U.S. Government & Agency securities. In addition, the value of collateral may include pending sales that are also on loan.

b Non-income producing security.

c Investment in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment company’s prospectus.


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 29, 2024 in valuing the fund’s investments:

       
 

Level 1-Unadjusted Quoted Prices

Level 2- Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

Level 3-Significant Unobservable Inputs

Total

 

Assets ($) 

  

Investments in Securities:

  

Equity Securities - Common Stocks

50,783,217

-

 

-

50,783,217

 

Investment Companies

401,263

-

 

-

401,263

 

 See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any.


The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

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

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has designated the Adviser as the fund’s valuation designee to make all fair value determinations with respect to the fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight and pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Act.


Investments in equity securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”). These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.The Service’s procedures are reviewed by BNY Mellon under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to accurately reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the fund's Board (the "Board"). Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value


of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser Inc., or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At February 29, 2024, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $31,119,566 consisting of $31,526,500 gross unrealized appreciation and $406,934 gross unrealized depreciation.

At February 29, 2024, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.