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  Schedules of Investments
Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund September 30, 2020

 

PERCENT OF NET ASSETS  SHARES/     
NAME OF ISSUER AND TITLE OF ISSUE  PRINCIPAL   VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS: 99.2%          
COMMUNICATION SERVICES: 10.4%          
Activision Blizzard, Inc.   1,394   $112,844 
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)   4,465    6,543,904 
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)   1,456    2,139,738 
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)   26,402    652,393 
AT&T, Inc.   37,998    1,083,323 
Cable One, Inc.   215    405,367 
CenturyLink, Inc.   24,350    245,692 
Comcast Corp., Class A   43,817    2,026,974 
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)   4,567    595,582 
Omnicom Group, Inc.   3,308    163,746 
Verizon Communications, Inc.   117,779    7,006,673 
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   75,438    2,113,018 
Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)   153,114    1,396,400 
         24,485,654 
           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 12.1%          
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)   3,164    9,962,581 
AutoNation, Inc. (a)   9,237    488,914 
Best Buy Co., Inc.   14,345    1,596,455 
BorgWarner, Inc.   13,632    528,104 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)   336    417,887 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.   859    86,536 
Dollar General Corp.   2,211    463,470 
Domino's Pizza, Inc.   1,185    503,957 
eBay, Inc.   14,854    773,893 
Gentex Corp.   9,070    233,553 
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)   8,325    665,501 
Home Depot, Inc., The   15,500    4,304,505 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   8,267    1,037,839 
NVR, Inc. (a)   77    314,400 
Starbucks Corp.   35,035    3,010,207 
Target Corp.   20,697    3,258,122 
Tractor Supply Co.   2,610    374,117 
VF Corp.   3,484    244,751 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   1,850    167,314 
         28,432,106 

 

 

 

CONSUMER STAPLES: 7.5%          
Clorox Co., The   4,110    863,799 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.   3,484    268,791 
Estee Lauder Cos, Inc., The, Class A   1,534    334,796 
General Mills, Inc.   29,116    1,795,875 
Hershey Co., The   6,551    939,020 
J.M. Smucker Co., The   3,087    356,610 
Kellogg Co.   9,916    640,474 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.   20,933    3,090,967 
Kroger Co., The   72,687    2,464,816 
PepsiCo, Inc.   20,982    2,908,105 
Procter & Gamble Co., The   22,100    3,071,678 
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)   42,745    894,653 
         17,629,584 
           
FINANCIALS: 7.8%          
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   4,383    299,710 
Aflac, Inc.   106,752    3,880,434 
Allstate Corp., The   22,050    2,075,787 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   4,292    661,440 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The   36,412    1,250,388 
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   3,538    226,255 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.   56,080    1,022,899 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   379    126,920 
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., The   1,361    50,166 
Invesco, Ltd.   4,576    52,212 
Lincoln National Corp.   20,378    638,443 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   12,024    921,880 
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   1,115    536,973 
MetLife, Inc.   51,984    1,932,245 
Morningstar, Inc.   9,932    1,595,179 
Northern Trust Corp.   1,471    114,694 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The   1,970    216,523 
Progressive Corp., The   11,722    1,109,722 
State Street Corp.   5,680    336,994 
Unum Group   73,501    1,237,022 
         18,285,886 

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE: 16.1%          
AbbVie, Inc.   20,643    1,808,120 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.   17,334    1,749,694 
Amgen, Inc.   8,492    2,158,327 
Anthem, Inc.   2,937    788,849 
Biogen, Inc. (a)   5,970    1,693,570 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)   848    437,110 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   36,822    2,219,998 
Cerner Corp.   25,279    1,827,419 
CVS Health Corp.   17,778    1,038,235 
DaVita, Inc. (a)   5,034    431,162 
Eli Lilly & Co.   13,746    2,034,683 
HCA Healthcare, Inc.   16,104    2,007,847 
Humana, Inc.   705    291,792 
Johnson & Johnson   44,171    6,576,179 
Merck & Co., Inc.   26,050    2,160,848 
Pfizer, Inc.   52,120    1,912,804 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   14,287    6,307,996 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   8,303    2,588,626 
         38,033,259 
           
INDUSTRIALS: 8.5%          
Acuity Brands, Inc.   3,574    365,799 
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   8,910    910,513 
Cummins, Inc.   7,291    1,539,568 
Emerson Electric Co.   7,953    521,478 
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   1,330    120,392 
Landstar System, Inc.   22,520    2,826,035 
Masco Corp.   15,311    844,095 
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A   7,534    476,752 
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   4,761    861,360 
PACCAR, Inc.   9,240    787,987 
Quanta Services, Inc.   27,743    1,466,495 
Regal Beloit Corp.   574    53,881 
Roper Technologies, Inc.   7,422    2,932,505 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   11,527    1,920,744 
United Rentals, Inc. (a)   15,184    2,649,608 
W.W. Grainger, Inc.   932    332,510 
Waste Management, Inc.   13,039    1,475,624 
         20,085,346 

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 30.5% (b)          
Accenture PLC, Class A   6,685    1,510,743 
Adobe, Inc. (a)   1,633    800,872 
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)   14,936    1,651,025 
Apple, Inc.   120,211    13,921,636 
Autodesk, Inc. (a)   7,622    1,760,758 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   2,506    207,948 
Broadcom, Inc.   3,580    1,304,266 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   12,603    1,343,858 
CDK Global, Inc.   12,764    556,383 
CDW Corp.   1,459    174,394 
Cisco Systems, Inc.   34,953    1,376,799 
Citrix Systems, Inc.   13,885    1,912,103 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   24,303    1,687,114 
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)   6,601    446,822 
DocuSign,Inc. (a)   708    152,390 
F5 Networks, Inc. (a)   660    81,028 
Fortinet, Inc. (a)   130    15,315 
HP, Inc.   41,184    782,084 
IBM   24,419    2,971,060 
Intel Corp.   91,210    4,722,854 
Intuit, Inc.   2,033    663,185 
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   3,052    496,225 
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)   10,612    1,013,340 
MasterCard, Inc., Class A   11,041    3,733,735 
Microsoft Corp.   54,357    11,432,909 
Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)   38,297    1,271,077 
NVIDIA Corp.   2,073    1,121,949 
Oracle Corp.   26,256    1,567,483 
PTC, Inc. (a)   3,228    267,020 
Seagate Technology PLC   1,486    73,215 
ServiceNow, Inc. (a)   2,085    1,011,225 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   2,756    400,998 
Synopsys, Inc. (a)   7,939    1,698,787 
Texas Instruments, Inc.   44,149    6,304,036 
Visa, Inc., Class A   7,634    1,526,571 
VMware, Inc., Class A (a)(c)   3,907    561,319 
Western Union Co., The   38,312    821,026 
WEX, Inc. (a)   3,057    424,831 
Zscaler, Inc. (a)   1,048    147,443 
         71,915,826 

 

 

 

MATERIALS: 2.1%          
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   1,446    430,706 
Eastman Chemical Co.   3,602    281,388 
Ecolab, Inc.   602    120,304 
Linde PLC   7,594    1,808,359 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A   16,796    1,183,950 
Newmont Corp.   5,564    353,036 
Royal Gold, Inc.   7,083    851,164 
Sonoco Products Co.   258    13,176 
         5,042,083 
           
REAL ESTATE: 2.0%          
Brandywine Realty Trust, REIT (c)   38,559    398,700 
Brixmor Property Group, Inc., REIT   38,526    450,369 
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)   45,500    2,137,135 
Highwoods Properties, Inc., REIT   4,580    153,751 
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., REIT   6,470    193,712 
Public Storage, REIT   2,717    605,130 
Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT   10,253    663,164 
         4,601,961 
           
UTILITIES: 2.2%          
American Water Works Co., Inc.   16,628    2,409,065 
Eversource Energy   3,182    265,856 
NextEra Energy, Inc.   8,977    2,491,656 
Southern Co., The   222    12,037 
         5,178,614 
           
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS        233,690,319 
(Cost $125,154,876)          
           
MONEY MARKET: 0.5%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (d)(e)   1,086,196    1,086,196 
(Cost $1,086,196)          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.7%        234,776,515 
(Cost $126,241,072)          
           
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - (NET): 0.3%        712,728 
           
Net Assets: 100.0%       $235,489,243 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)Broad industry sectors used for financial reporting.
(c)Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of September 30, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2020 was $174,485.
(d)Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of September 30, 2020.
(e)Premier Class shares

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Pax World Fund Series Trust III

 

Valuation of Investments For purposes of calculating the net asset value (“NAV”), determined ordinarily as of the close of regular trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) (the “NYSE Close”) on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on each day that the NYSE is open for trading, the Funds normally use pricing data for domestic equity securities received shortly after the NYSE Close and do not normally take into account trading, clearances or settlements that take place after the NYSE Close. U.S. fixed income and non-U.S. securities are normally priced using data reflecting the earlier closing of the principal markets for those securities, subject to possible fair value adjustments. Information that becomes known to the Funds or their agents after NAV has been calculated on a particular day will not generally be used to retroactively adjust the price of a security or NAV determined earlier that day.

 

For the purpose of these financial statements, fair values for various types of securities and other instruments are determined on the basis of closing prices or last sales prices on an exchange or other market, or based on quotes or other market information obtained from quotation reporting systems, established market makers or pricing services. Short-term investments having a maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

Investments denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from pricing services. As a result, the NAV of a Fund’s shares may be affected by changes in the value of currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar.

 

If market quotations are not readily available (including in cases when available market quotations are deemed to be unreliable), the Funds’ investments will be valued as determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts (the "Boards" or "Boards of Trustees")(so called “fair value pricing”). Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security or other asset, and fair values used to determine a Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same investments. Also, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities or other assets held by a Fund. The Boards have delegated to the Advisers’ Best Execution and Valuation Committee the day-to-day responsibility for making fair value pricing determinations with respect to Fund holdings.

 

The Funds may determine that market quotations are not readily available due to events relating to a single issuer (e.g., corporate actions or announcements) or events relating to multiple issuers (e.g., governmental actions or natural disasters). The Funds may determine the fair value of investments based on information provided by pricing services and other third-party vendors, which may recommend fair value prices or adjustments with reference to other securities, indices or assets. In considering whether fair value pricing is required and in determining fair values, the Funds may, among other things, consider significant events (which may be considered to include changes in the value of U.S. securities or securities indices) that occur after the close of the relevant market and the usual time of valuation. At September 30, 2020, four securities were fair valued in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees. The High Yield Bond Fund held two securities fair valued at $0, representing 0.00% of the Fund’s net asset value, and the Core Bond Fund and High Yield Bond Fund each hold one position each in a Community Investment note which is valued based on a general obligation by the parent entity to limit exposure on the issue.

 

For those Funds that invest in non-U.S. securities, investors should be aware that many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the NYSE, and the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the NYSE. As a result, the Funds’ fair value pricing procedures require the Funds to consider changes in the fair value of non-U.S. securities between the time of the closing of the local market’s exchange and the close of the NYSE. Generally, if there has been a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specified threshold, the Funds will assess whether the closing price on the local exchange is still appropriate. Although the threshold may be revised from time to time and the number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity, it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Funds to a significant extent. The value determined for an investment using the Funds’ fair value pricing procedures may differ from recent market prices for the investment.

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is 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 securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a general summary of valuation inputs and classifications for different categories of securities.

 

Equity Securities Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks and exchange-traded funds, for which market quotations are readily available, valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service, are generally categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Non-U.S. equity securities may also be valued at official close, or may be valued based on the fair value pricing procedures noted above. When third-party fair value pricing of foreign securities methods are applied, they are generally categorized as Level 2. To the extent that inputs for equity securities are unobservable, values are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

 

Fixed Income Securities Fixed income securities, including Corporate Bonds (both investment-grade and high-yield), U.S. Treasury Obligations, Government Bonds, Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities, Bank Loans and Municipal Bonds, are valued at evaluated prices received from independent pricing services, which are evaluated using various inputs and techniques which may include trade activity, broker-dealer quotes, yield curves, coupon rates, default rates, cash flows, models and other inputs, and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. To the extent that inputs for fixed income securities are unobservable, values are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

 

Affiliated and Unaffiliated Investment Companies Investments in mutual funds are valued at the Funds’ closing net asset value and are generally categorized as Level 1.

 

Short-term Investments Short-term securities, including repurchase agreements, with remaining maturities of 60 days or less, which are valued at amortized cost, are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

 

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets as of September 30, 2020:

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3*   Totals 
Large Cap                    
Common Stocks  $862,792,309   $-   $-   $862,792,309 
Cash Equivalents   37,183,475    -    -    37,183,475 
Total  $899,975,784   $-   $-   $899,975,784 
Small Cap                    
Common Stocks  $349,069,153   $-   $-   $349,069,153 
Cash Equivalents   12,342,593    -    -    12,342,593 
Total  $361,411,746   $-   $-   $361,411,746 
ESG Beta Quality                    
Common Stocks  $233,690,319   $-   $-   $233,690,319 
Cash Equivalents   1,086,196    -    -    1,086,196 
Total  $234,776,515   $-   $-   $234,776,515 
ESG Beta Dividend                    
Common Stocks  $122,592,619   $-   $-   $122,592,619 
Cash Equivalents   1,090,974    -    -    1,090,974 
Total  $123,683,593   $-   $-   $123,683,593 
Global Opportunities                    
Common Stocks  $29,676,029   $23,547,538   $-   $53,223,567 
Cash Equivalents   1,042,686    -    -    1,042,686 
Total  $30,718,715   $23,547,538   $-   $54,266,253 
Global Environmental Markets                    
Common Stocks  $702,264,595   $475,988,030   $-   $1,178,252,625 
Cash Equivalents   38,788,560    -    -    38,788,560 
Total  $741,053,155   $475,988,030   $-   $1,217,041,185 
Global Women’s Leadership                    
Common Stocks  $436,731,688   $164,493,782   $-   $601,225,470 
Preferred Stocks   -    586,890    -    586,890 
Cash Equivalents   3,840,223    -    -    3,840,223 
Total  $440,571,911   $165,080,672   $-   $605,652,583 
EAFE ESG Leaders                    
Common Stocks  $14,902,920   $572,250,576   $-   $587,153,496 
Preferred Stocks   -    2,894,181    -    2,894,181 
Cash Equivalents   4,759,916    -    -    4,759,916 
Total  $19,662,836   $575,144,757   $-   $594,807,593 
Core Bond                    
Community Investment Notes  $-   $-   $286,933   286,933 
Corporate Bonds   -    281,706,587    -    281,706,587 
U.S. Gov't Agency Bonds   -    9,098,466    -    9,098,466 
Supranational Bonds   -    75,173,552    -    75,173,552 
Municipal Bonds   -    19,618,649    -    19,618,649 
U.S. Treasury Notes   -    96,226,817    -    96,226,817 
Asset-Backed Securities   -    52,006,485    -    52,006,485 
Mortgage-Backed Securities   -    184,320,254    -    184,320,254 
Medium Term Certificates of Deposit   -    261,149    -    261,149 
Cash Equivalents   32,133,339    255,557    -    32,388,896 
Total  $32,133,339   $718,667,516   $286,933   $751,087,788 
High Yield Bond                    
Common Stocks  $-   $-   $0   $0 
Community Investment Notes   -    -    500,000    500,000 
Preferred Stocks   3,289,200    -    0    3,289,200 
Corporate Bonds   -    382,306,050    -    382,306,050 
Loans   -    3,237,894    -    3,237,894 
Medium Term Certificates of Deposit   -    1,009,762    -    100,871 
Cash Equivalents   12,821,526    700,000    -    13,930,417 
Total  $16,110,726   $386,753,706   $500,000   $403,364,432 
Sustainable Allocation                    
Affiliated Investment Companies  $1,900,335,122   $-   $-   $1,900,335,122 
Cash Equivalents   75,262,447    -    -    75,262,447 
Total  $1,975,597,569   $-   $-   $1,975,597,569 

 

*Table includes securities valued at zero.

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Investments The term “affiliated company” includes other investment companies that are managed by a Fund’s Adviser. At September 30, 2020, the Sustainable Allocation Fund held the following investments in affiliated Funds:

 

                               Net change in     
                               Unrealized     
   Shares Held at   Gross   Gross   Shares Held at   Value at   Dividend   Realized   Appreciation/   Value at 
Fund  12/31/19   Additions   Reductions   9/30/2020   12/31/19   Income   Gains/Losses1   Depreciation   09/30/20 
Sustainable Allocation                                             
Large Cap   73,178,029    3,835,312    6,629,032    70,384,309   $761,051,498   $3,440,315   $2,803,750   $64,527,917   $791,823,480 
Small Cap   2,158,328    1,631,022    -    3,789,350    31,986,423    -    -    (3,065,910)   48,920,512 
ESG Beta Dividend   10,010,369    90,100    1,963,974    8,136,495    128,232,821    1,094,720    4,118,270    (2,345,914)   106,099,897 
Global Opportunities   2,548,966    -    -    2,548,966    30,689,545    -    -    2,243,090    32,932,635 
Global Environmental Markets   1,482,025    693,169    -    2,175,194    25,149,965    159,810    -    6,735,842    40,545,617 
Global Women's Leadership   785,900    737,843    -    1,523,743    21,329,334    287,008    -    (170,537)   41,445,806 
EAFE ESG Leaders   15,576,499    3,282,363    2,116,402    16,742,460    145,484,501    1,707,198    1,664,745    (1,848,547)   149,007,897 
Core Bond   66,778,157    4,232,916    7,162,992    63,848,081    687,147,238    10,629,102    3,396,107    28,886,831    689,559,278 
High Yield   3,263,125    69,072    3,332,197    -    22,058,723    448,587    (130,091)   (1,047,239)   - 
Total                      $1,853,130,048   $17,766,740   $11,852,782   $93,915,532   $1,900,335,122 

 

1Includes realized capital gain distributions, from an affiliated fund, if any.