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T. ROWE PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND

September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)     
 
 
Portfolio of Investments    Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)       
COMMON STOCKS 98.2%       
COMMUNICATION SERVICES 17.8%       
Entertainment 3.3%       
Netflix (1)    2,566,300  686,793 
Tencent Music Entertainment Group, ADR (1)(2)    18,308,800  233,803 
Walt Disney    6,265,972  816,582 
      1,737,178 
Interactive Media & Services 14.5%       
Alphabet, Class A (1)    1,386,891  1,693,588 
Alphabet, Class C (1)    1,353,476  1,649,887 
Facebook, Class A (1)    16,419,807  2,924,039 
IAC/InterActiveCorp (1)    1,856,251  404,607 
Tencent Holdings (HKD)    25,341,400  1,059,979 
      7,732,100 
Total Communication Services      9,469,278 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 20.9%       
Auto Components 1.2%       
Aptiv    7,525,484  657,878 
      657,878 
Automobiles 0.9%       
Ferrari    3,137,258  483,420 
      483,420 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.6%       
Las Vegas Sands    6,592,095  380,759 
McDonald's    1,317,313  282,840 
MGM Resorts International    9,744,503  270,118 
Wynn Resorts    4,131,544  449,182 
      1,382,899 
Household Durables 0.5%       
NVR (1)    69,414  258,036 
      258,036 
 
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 12.2%     
Alibaba Group Holding, ADR (1)  8,490,877  1,419,929 
Amazon.com (1)  2,510,202  4,357,485 
Booking Holdings (1)  265,171  520,427 
MercadoLibre (1)  269,165  148,372 
Uber Technologies, Class A, Acquisition Date:     
12/3/15 - 1/16/18, Cost: $101,219 (1)(3)  2,143,097  62,035 
    6,508,248 
Multiline Retail 2.3%     
Dollar General  1,352,996  215,045 
Dollar Tree (1)  4,448,926  507,889 
Dollarama (CAD)  14,116,913  505,390 
    1,228,324 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.2%     
NIKE, Class B  6,617,212  621,489 
    621,489 
Total Consumer Discretionary    11,140,294 
CONSUMER STAPLES 0.7%     
Tobacco 0.7%     
Philip Morris International  4,789,219  363,645 
Total Consumer Staples    363,645 
ENERGY 0.6%     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.6%     
Concho Resources  1,835,100  124,603 
Pioneer Natural Resources  1,556,278  195,733 
Total Energy    320,336 
FINANCIALS 2.9%     
Capital Markets 2.3%     
Charles Schwab  10,067,775  421,135 
Intercontinental Exchange  3,617,550  333,791 
S&P Global  140,693  34,467 
TD Ameritrade Holding  9,454,670  441,533 
    1,230,926 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Insurance 0.6%     
Chubb  1,894,317  305,819 
    305,819 
Total Financials    1,536,745 
HEALTH CARE 12.0%     
Biotechnology 1.8%     
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (1)  1,643,171  160,932 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (1)  4,670,266  791,237 
    952,169 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 5.3%     
Alcon (CHF) (1)  4,880,631  284,686 
Becton Dickinson & Company  2,940,570  743,847 
Intuitive Surgical (1)  1,514,024  817,467 
Stryker  4,471,283  967,138 
    2,813,138 
Health Care Providers & Services 4.9%     
Anthem  1,822,024  437,468 
Centene (1)  8,280,786  358,227 
Cigna  2,515,964  381,898 
HCA Healthcare  3,197,558  385,050 
UnitedHealth Group  3,623,784  787,521 
WellCare Health Plans (1)  1,071,275  277,642 
    2,627,806 
Total Health Care    6,393,113 
INDUSTRIALS & BUSINESS SERVICES 10.6%     
Aerospace & Defense 5.2%     
Boeing  5,956,013  2,266,084 
Northrop Grumman  1,363,599  511,063 
    2,777,147 
Industrial Conglomerates 1.7%     
Honeywell International  1,222,721  206,885 
Roper Technologies  1,931,369  688,726 
    895,611 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Machinery 1.7%     
Fortive  6,353,782  435,616 
Wabtec  6,645,175  477,522 
    913,138 
Professional Services 1.4%     
Equifax  1,387,711  195,209 
TransUnion  6,738,368  546,549 
    741,758 
Road & Rail 0.6%     
JB Hunt Transport Services  2,915,122  322,558 
    322,558 
Total Industrials & Business Services    5,650,212 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 29.2%     
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.5%     
Hexagon, B Shares (SEK)  5,784,387  278,635 
    278,635 
IT Services 12.7%     
ANT International, Class C, Acquisition Date: 6/7/18,     
Cost: $176,501 (1)(3)(4)  31,461,841  202,300 
Fidelity National Information Services  9,274,169  1,231,239 
Fiserv (1)  6,499,512  673,284 
Global Payments  2,030,341  322,824 
Mastercard, Class A  6,741,984  1,830,921 
PayPal Holdings (1)  4,511,834  467,381 
Visa, Class A  11,932,298  2,052,474 
    6,780,423 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.9%     
ASML Holding  2,331,969  579,308 
Marvell Technology Group  18,596,092  464,344 
    1,043,652 
Software 13.3%     
Atlassian, Class A (1)  397,591  49,874 
Intuit  3,145,382  836,483 
Microsoft  22,623,272  3,145,313 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
salesforce.com (1)  5,206,188  772,806 
ServiceNow (1)  1,310,048  332,556 
Splunk (1)  4,238,087  499,501 
Symantec  7,791,497  184,113 
Temenos (CHF)  1,790,217  299,772 
VMware, Class A  3,398,926  510,043 
Workday, Class A (1)  2,574,272  437,523 
Zoom Video Communications, Class A (1)(5)  161,494  12,306 
    7,080,290 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.8%     
Apple  1,835,449  411,086 
    411,086 
Total Information Technology    15,594,086 
MATERIALS 0.8%     
Chemicals 0.8%     
DuPont de Nemours  1,986,689  141,671 
Linde  1,471,000  284,962 
Total Materials    426,633 
REAL ESTATE 0.3%     
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.3%     
Crown Castle International, REIT  1,159,427  161,172 
Total Real Estate    161,172 
UTILITIES 1.7%     
Electric Utilities 0.8%     
NextEra Energy  1,856,202  432,477 
    432,477 
Multi-Utilities 0.9%     
Sempra Energy  3,335,243  492,315 
    492,315 
Total Utilities    924,792 
Total Miscellaneous Common Stocks (6) 0.7%    375,353 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $29,125,729)    52,355,659 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 1.4%     
COMMUNICATION SERVICES 0.2%     
 
Interactive Media & Services 0.2%     
ByteDance, Series E, Acquisition Date: 7/8/19,     
Cost: $107,809 (1)(3)(4)  2,187,317  107,809 
Total Communication Services    107,809 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 0.6%     
 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 0.6%     
Airbnb, Series D, Acquisition Date: 4/16/14,     
Cost: $63,308 (1)(3)(4)  1,554,984  175,946 
Airbnb, Series E, Acquisition Date: 7/14/15,     
Cost: $47,972 (1)(3)(4)  515,299  58,306 
Xiaoju Kuaizhi, Series A-17, Acquisition Date: 10/19/15,     
Cost: $49,217 (1)(3)(4)  1,794,537  91,400 
Total Consumer Discretionary    325,652 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 0.6%     
 
Communications Equipment 0.2%     
Magic Leap, Series C, Acquisition Date: 1/20/16,     
Cost: $56,026 (1)(3)(4)  2,432,419  59,108 
Magic Leap, Series D, Acquisition Date: 10/12/17,     
Cost: $50,853 (1)(3)(4)  1,883,455  45,768 
    104,876 
Software 0.4%     
Aurora Innovation, Series B, Acquisition Date: 3/1/19,     
Cost: $43,358 (1)(3)(4)  4,692,290  43,358 
GM Cruise Holding, Class F, Acquisition Date: 5/7/19,     
Cost: $84,045 (1)(3)(4)  4,605,200  84,045 
Uipath, Series D-1, Acquisition Date: 4/26/19, Cost: $65,018     
(1)(3)(4)  1,652,237  65,018 
Uipath, Series D-2, Acquisition Date: 4/26/19, Cost: $10,918     
(1)(3)(4)  277,447  10,918 
    203,339 
Total Information Technology    308,215 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares    $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)       
REAL ESTATE 0.0%       
Real Estate Management & Development 0.0%       
WeWork, Series E, Acquisition Date: 6/23/15, Cost: $38,844       
(1)(3)(4)  1,181,030    20,113 
Total Real Estate      20,113 
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $617,368)      761,789 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.5%       
Money Market Funds 0.5%       
T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Fund, 2.00% (2)(7)  258,951,697    258,952 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $258,952)      258,952 
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL 0.0%       
Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending       
Program with State Street Bank and Trust Company 0.0%       
Short-Term Funds 0.0%       
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 2.07% (2)(7)  339,923    3,399 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
State Street Bank and Trust Company      3,399 
Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $3,399)      3,399 
 
Total Investments in Securities 100.1%       
(Cost $30,005,448)    $  53,379,799 
Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.1)%      (37,479) 
Net Assets 100.0%    $  53,342,320 
 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.       

 


 

    T. ROWE PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND 
 
 
 
 
  Shares are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. 
(1 )  Non-income producing 
(2 )  Affiliated Companies 
(3 )  Security cannot be offered for public resale without first being registered 
    under the Securities Act of 1933 and related rules ("restricted security"). 
    Acquisition date represents the day on which an enforceable right to acquire 
    such security is obtained and is presented along with related cost in the 
    security description. The fund has registration rights for certain restricted 
    securities. Any costs related to such registration are borne by the issuer. The 
    aggregate value of restricted securities (excluding 144A holdings) at period- 
    end amounts to $1,026,124 and represents 1.9% of net assets. 
(4 )  Level 3 in fair value hierarchy. 
(5 )  All or a portion of this security is on loan at September 30, 2019. 
(6 )  The identity of certain securities has been concealed to protect the fund while 
it completes a purchase or selling program for the securities.
(7 )  Seven-day yield 
ADR   American Depositary Receipts 
CAD   Canadian Dollar 
CHF   Swiss Franc 
HKD   Hong Kong Dollar 
REIT   A domestic Real Estate Investment Trust whose distributions pass-through 
    with original tax character to the shareholder 
SEK   Swedish Krona 
 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments. 

 


 

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Affiliated Companies
($000s)

The fund may invest in certain securities that are considered affiliated companies. As defined
by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the
outstanding voting securities, or a company that is under common ownership or control. The
following securities were considered affiliated companies for all or some portion of the nine
months ended September 30, 2019. Net realized gain (loss), investment income, change in net
unrealized gain/loss, and purchase and sales cost reflect all activity for the period then ended.

          Change in Net     
    Net Realized Gain     Unrealized    Investment 
Affiliate      (Loss)     Gain/Loss    Income 
Tencent Music                 
Entertainment Group    $  324   $  (24,523)  $   
T. Rowe Price Government               
Reserve Fund              10,026 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund            —++ 
Totals    $  324 #  $  (24,523)  $  10,026+ 
 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule             
    Value  Purchase  Sales    Value 
Affiliate    12/31/18  Cost  Cost    9/30/19 
Tencent Music                 
Entertainment Group  $    260,996  2,670$    233,803 
T. Rowe Price Government               
Reserve Fund    257,097      ¤  ¤    258,952 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term               
Fund          ¤  ¤    3,399 
            $    496,154^ 

 

# Capital gain distributions from mutual funds represented $0 of the net realized gain (loss).
++ Excludes earnings on securities lending collateral, which are subject to rebates and fees.
+ Investment income comprised $10,026 of dividend income and $0 of interest income.
¤ Purchase and sale information not shown for cash management funds.
^ The cost basis of investments in affiliated companies was $520,677.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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Unaudited

NOTES TO PORTFOLIO OF
INVESTMENTS

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund, Inc. (the fund) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940
Act) as an open-end management investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946. The accompanying Portfolio of Investments
was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). For
additional information on the fund’s significant accounting policies and investment related disclosures, please refer to the
fund’s most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report and its prospectus.

VALUATION

The fund’s financial instruments are valued at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4 p.m. ET,
each day the NYSE is open for business.

Fair Value
The fund’s financial instruments are reported at fair value, which GAAP defines as the price 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. The T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee (the Valuation Committee) is an internal committee that has been
delegated certain responsibilities by the fund’s Board of Directors (the Board) to ensure that financial instruments are
appropriately priced at fair value in accordance with GAAP and the 1940 Act. Subject to oversight by the Board, the
Valuation Committee develops and oversees pricing-related policies and procedures and approves all fair value
determinations. Specifically, the Valuation Committee establishes procedures to value securities; determines pricing
techniques, sources, and persons eligible to effect fair value pricing actions; oversees the selection, services, and
performance of pricing vendors; oversees valuation-related business continuity practices; and provides guidance on
internal controls and valuation-related matters. The Valuation Committee reports to the Board and has representation
from legal, portfolio management and trading, operations, risk management, and the fund’s treasurer.

Various valuation techniques and inputs are used to determine the fair value of financial instruments. GAAP
establishes the following fair value hierarchy that categorizes the inputs used to measure fair value:

Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical financial instruments that the fund can access at
the reporting date

Level 2 - inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly (including, but not
limited to, quoted prices for similar financial instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or
similar financial instruments in inactive markets, interest rates and yield curves, implied volatilities, and
credit spreads)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs

Observable inputs are developed using market data, such as publicly available information about actual events or
transactions, and reflect the assumptions that market participants would use to price the financial instrument.
Unobservable inputs are those for which market data are not available and are developed using the best information
available about the assumptions that market participants would use to price the financial instrument. GAAP requires
valuation techniques to maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
When multiple inputs are used to derive fair value, the financial instrument is assigned to the level within the fair value
hierarchy based on the lowest-level input that is significant to the fair value of the financial instrument. Input levels are
not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with financial instruments at that level but rather the
degree of judgment used in determining those values.


 

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Valuation Techniques
Equity securities listed or regularly traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) market are valued
at the last quoted sale price or, for certain markets, the official closing price at the time the valuations are made. OTC
Bulletin Board securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. A security that is listed or traded on
more than one exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such
security. Listed securities not traded on a particular day are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for
domestic securities and the last quoted sale or closing price for international securities.

For valuation purposes, the last quoted prices of non-U.S. equity securities may be adjusted to reflect the fair value of
such securities at the close of the NYSE. If the fund determines that developments between the close of a foreign market
and the close of the NYSE will affect the value of some or all of its portfolio securities, the fund will adjust the previous
quoted prices to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities as of the close of the NYSE. In deciding
whether it is necessary to adjust quoted prices to reflect fair value, the fund reviews a variety of factors, including
developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments
trading in U.S. markets that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. The fund may also fair value
securities in other situations, such as when a particular foreign market is closed but the fund is open. The fund uses
outside pricing services to provide it with quoted prices and information to evaluate or adjust those prices. The fund
cannot predict how often it will use quoted prices and how often it will determine it necessary to adjust those prices to
reflect fair value. As a means of evaluating its security valuation process, the fund routinely compares quoted prices, the
next day’s opening prices in the same markets, and adjusted prices.

Actively traded equity securities listed on a domestic exchange generally are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value
hierarchy. Non-U.S. equity securities generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy despite the
availability of quoted prices because, as described above, the fund evaluates and determines whether those quoted prices
reflect fair value at the close of the NYSE or require adjustment. OTC Bulletin Board securities, certain preferred
securities, and equity securities traded in inactive markets generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value
hierarchy.

Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar values each day at the prevailing exchange
rate, using the mean of the bid and asked prices of such currencies against U.S. dollars as quoted by a major bank.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund’s closing NAV per share on the day of valuation and are
categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Thinly traded financial instruments and those for which the above valuation procedures are inappropriate or are
deemed not to reflect fair value are stated at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee. The
objective of any fair value pricing determination is to arrive at a price that could reasonably be expected from a current
sale. Financial instruments fair valued by the Valuation Committee are primarily private placements, restricted
securities, warrants, rights, and other securities that are not publicly traded.

Subject to oversight by the Board, the Valuation Committee regularly makes good faith judgments to establish and
adjust the fair valuations of certain securities as events occur and circumstances warrant. For instance, in determining
the fair value of an equity investment with limited market activity, such as a private placement or a thinly traded public
company stock, the Valuation Committee considers a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the
issuer’s business prospects, its financial standing and performance, recent investment transactions in the issuer, new
rounds of financing, negotiated transactions of significant size between other investors in the company, relevant market
valuations of peer companies, strategic events affecting the company, market liquidity for the issuer, and general
economic conditions and events. In consultation with the investment and pricing teams, the Valuation Committee will
determine an appropriate valuation technique based on available information, which may include both observable and
unobservable inputs. The Valuation Committee typically will afford greatest weight to actual prices in arm’s length
transactions, to the extent they represent orderly transactions between market participants, transaction information can
be reliably obtained, and prices are deemed representative of fair value. However, the Valuation Committee may also


 

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consider other valuation methods such as market-based valuation multiples; a discount or premium from market value
of a similar, freely traded security of the same issuer; or some combination. Fair value determinations are reviewed on a
regular basis and updated as information becomes available, including actual purchase and sale transactions of the
issue. Because any fair value determination involves a significant amount of judgment, there is a degree of subjectivity
inherent in such pricing decisions, and fair value prices determined by the Valuation Committee could differ from
those of other market participants. Depending on the relative significance of unobservable inputs, including the
valuation technique(s) used, fair valued securities may be categorized in Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Valuation Inputs
The following table summarizes the fund’s financial instruments, based on the inputs used to determine their fair values
on September 30, 2019 (for further detail by category, please refer to the accompanying Portfolio of Investments):

($000s)    Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total Value 
Assets           
Common Stocks  $  49,662,862$  2,490,497$  202,300$  52,355,659 
Convertible Preferred Stocks        761,789  761,789 
Short-Term Investments    258,952      258,952 
Securities Lending Collateral    3,399      3,399 
Total  $  49,925,213$  2,490,497$  964,089$  53,379,799 

 

Following is a reconciliation of the fund’s Level 3 holdings for the period ended September 30, 2019. Gain (loss) reflects
both realized and change in unrealized gain/loss on Level 3 holdings during the period, if any. The change in unrealized
gain/loss on Level 3 instruments held at September 30, 2019, totaled $(6,588,000) for the period ended September 30,
2019. During the period, transfers out of Level 3 were because observable market data became available for the security.
Additionally, during the period, transfers out of Level 3 include securities acquired as a result of a corporate action.

($ 000 s)                         
        Beginning                    Ending 
        Balance    Gain (Loss)    Total        Transfers Out    Balance 
        1/1/19    During Period    Purchases    Total Sales    of Level 3    9/30/19 
  Investment in Securities                          
  Common Stocks   $  183,691  $  25,908  $    $  (2,680)  $  (4,619)  $  202,300 
  Convertible Preferred                          
  Stocks     585,411    (30,794)    311,148    (4,071)    (99,905)    761,789 
 
 
 
  Total   $  769,102  $  (4,886)  $  311,148  $  (6,751)  $  (104,524)  $  964,089