|
|
Shares
|
Value ($)
|
|
|||
Common Stocks 96.8%
|
|
|
|
Communication Services 0.5%
|
|
||
Diversified Telecommunication Services
|
|
||
Iridium Communications, Inc.
|
|
48,100
|
1,280,422
|
Consumer Discretionary 10.6%
|
|
||
Automobile Components 0.9%
|
|
||
Fox Factory Holding Corp.*
|
|
50,481
|
2,432,679
|
Diversified Consumer Services 2.4%
|
|
||
Stride, Inc.*
|
|
95,212
|
6,712,446
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 1.6%
|
|
||
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*
|
|
61,520
|
2,487,254
|
Jack in the Box, Inc.
|
|
35,391
|
1,802,817
|
|
|
|
4,290,071
|
Household Durables 3.1%
|
|
||
Helen of Troy Ltd.*
|
|
16,016
|
1,485,324
|
LGI Homes, Inc.*
|
|
16,438
|
1,471,037
|
TopBuild Corp.*
|
|
14,727
|
5,673,871
|
|
|
|
8,630,232
|
Leisure Products 1.2%
|
|
||
YETI Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
85,422
|
3,258,849
|
Specialty Retail 1.4%
|
|
||
Burlington Stores, Inc.*
|
|
6,261
|
1,502,640
|
Camping World Holdings, Inc. “A” (a)
|
|
132,768
|
2,371,237
|
|
|
|
3,873,877
|
Consumer Staples 4.8%
|
|
||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 3.2%
|
|
||
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
|
|
22,994
|
8,773,590
|
Household Products 1.6%
|
|
||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
|
|
32,867
|
3,407,651
|
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
|
|
12,226
|
1,050,580
|
|
|
|
4,458,231
|
Energy 4.1%
|
|
||
Energy Equipment & Services 0.4%
|
|
||
Liberty Energy, Inc.
|
|
52,561
|
1,097,999
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 3.7%
|
|
||
Crescent Energy Co. “A”
|
|
98,107
|
1,162,568
|
Kosmos Energy Ltd.*
|
|
309,000
|
1,711,860
|
Matador Resources Co.
|
|
55,500
|
3,307,800
|
Ovintiv, Inc.
|
|
52,500
|
2,460,675
|
Southwestern Energy Co.*
|
|
237,978
|
1,601,592
|
|
|
|
10,244,495
|
Financials 6.9%
|
|
||
Banks 1.9%
|
|
||
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.
|
|
54,736
|
1,919,044
|
Synovus Financial Corp.
|
|
50,875
|
2,044,666
|
The Bancorp, Inc.*
|
|
33,579
|
1,267,943
|
|
|
|
5,231,653
|
Capital Markets 2.9%
|
|
||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
|
|
15,215
|
2,377,039
|
Moelis & Co. “A”
|
|
83,995
|
4,775,956
|
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
|
|
7,065
|
873,305
|
|
|
|
8,026,300
|
Financial Services 0.5%
|
|
||
WEX, Inc.*
|
|
7,244
|
1,283,202
|
Insurance 1.6%
|
|
||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.
|
|
11,200
|
4,315,136
|
Health Care 21.1%
|
|
||
Biotechnology 6.9%
|
|
||
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
26,776
|
1,027,127
|
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
43,058
|
1,119,077
|
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
14,653
|
343,320
|
Biohaven Ltd.*
|
|
9,843
|
341,651
|
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*
|
|
26,434
|
2,849,057
|
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
42,200
|
653,678
|
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
30,500
|
1,596,980
|
Insmed, Inc.*
|
|
47,340
|
3,171,780
|
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International PLC*
|
|
52,406
|
978,420
|
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
|
|
23,378
|
3,218,449
|
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
111,387
|
915,601
|
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.*
|
|
24,052
|
988,537
|
Vaxcyte, Inc.*
|
|
21,900
|
1,653,669
|
|
|
|
18,857,346
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.0%
|
|
||
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
50,668
|
529,481
|
Axonics, Inc.*
|
|
11,501
|
773,212
|
Globus Medical, Inc. “A”*
|
|
20,338
|
1,392,950
|
Haemonetics Corp.*
|
|
13,754
|
1,137,868
|
Inari Medical, Inc.*
|
|
15,300
|
736,695
|
Masimo Corp.*
|
|
2,164
|
272,534
|
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*
|
|
28,100
|
2,415,195
|
STAAR Surgical Co.*
|
|
22,951
|
1,092,697
|
|
|
|
8,350,632
|
Health Care Providers & Services 8.5%
|
|
||
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*
|
|
73,870
|
3,784,360
|
HealthEquity, Inc.*
|
|
38,037
|
3,278,789
|
ModivCare, Inc.*
|
|
17,978
|
471,743
|
Molina Healthcare, Inc.*
|
|
12,660
|
3,763,818
|
Option Care Health, Inc.*
|
|
116,897
|
3,238,047
|
Privia Health Group, Inc.*
|
|
53,100
|
922,878
|
RadNet, Inc.*
|
|
135,876
|
8,005,814
|
|
|
|
23,465,449
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.1%
|
|
||
OmniAb, Inc.* (a)
|
|
93,870
|
352,013
|
Pharmaceuticals 2.6%
|
|
||
Arvinas, Inc.*
|
|
16,500
|
439,230
|
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
31,800
|
276,660
|
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*
|
|
37,800
|
2,588,922
|
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
19,157
|
1,614,169
|
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.*
|
|
76,241
|
2,181,255
|
|
|
|
7,100,236
|
Industrials 18.9%
|
|
||
Aerospace & Defense 1.9%
|
|
||
Ducommun, Inc.*
|
|
89,533
|
5,198,286
|
Building Products 2.8%
|
|
||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.*
|
|
54,677
|
7,567,844
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 5.0%
|
|
||
MSA Safety, Inc.
|
|
17,173
|
3,223,200
|
Tetra Tech, Inc.
|
|
18,139
|
3,709,063
|
The Brink's Co.
|
|
66,738
|
6,833,971
|
|
|
|
13,766,234
|
Electrical Equipment 1.1%
|
|
||
Allient, Inc.
|
|
32,014
|
808,994
|
Atkore, Inc.
|
|
5,094
|
687,333
|
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
51,271
|
1,577,096
|
|
|
|
3,073,423
|
Machinery 0.6%
|
|
||
Chart Industries, Inc.* (a)
|
|
11,200
|
1,616,608
|
Professional Services 3.7%
|
|
||
Kforce, Inc.
|
|
63,149
|
3,923,448
|
Maximus, Inc.
|
|
74,339
|
6,370,852
|
|
|
|
10,294,300
|
Trading Companies & Distributors 3.8%
|
|
||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.
|
|
82,334
|
3,636,693
|
Rush Enterprises, Inc. “A”
|
|
138,339
|
5,792,254
|
Titan Machinery, Inc.*
|
|
64,268
|
1,021,861
|
|
|
|
10,450,808
|
Information Technology 23.2%
|
|
||
Communications Equipment 0.8%
|
|
||
Calix, Inc.*
|
|
60,697
|
2,150,494
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 2.4%
|
|
||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
|
|
42,567
|
4,629,587
|
Fabrinet*
|
|
8,700
|
2,129,673
|
|
|
|
6,759,260
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 5.9%
|
|
||
FormFactor, Inc.*
|
|
49,487
|
2,995,448
|
Impinj, Inc.*
|
|
15,908
|
2,493,897
|
Power Integrations, Inc.
|
|
36,913
|
2,590,924
|
Semtech Corp.*
|
|
54,007
|
1,613,729
|
SiTime Corp.*
|
|
26,313
|
3,272,811
|
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
67,108
|
3,288,292
|
|
|
|
16,255,101
|
Software 12.6%
|
|
||
Agilysys, Inc.*
|
|
78,285
|
8,152,600
|
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
|
|
8,375
|
1,663,526
|
Envestnet, Inc.*
|
|
57,666
|
3,609,315
|
Five9, Inc.*
|
|
14,531
|
640,817
|
Rapid7, Inc.*
|
|
35,548
|
1,536,740
|
SPS Commerce, Inc.*
|
|
24,940
|
4,692,711
|
Tenable Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
74,926
|
3,265,275
|
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*
|
|
3,052
|
1,534,485
|
Varonis Systems, Inc.*
|
|
166,598
|
7,991,706
|
Workiva, Inc.*
|
|
21,160
|
1,544,468
|
|
|
|
34,631,643
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.5%
|
|
||
Super Micro Computer, Inc.*
|
|
5,000
|
4,096,750
|
Materials 3.6%
|
|
||
Construction Materials 2.0%
|
|
||
Eagle Materials, Inc.
|
|
25,752
|
5,600,030
|
Metals & Mining 1.6%
|
|
||
Arch Resources, Inc.
|
|
12,100
|
1,841,983
|
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.*
|
|
160,880
|
2,475,943
|
|
|
|
4,317,926
|
Real Estate 2.6%
|
|
||
Diversified REITs 1.1%
|
|
||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
112,841
|
3,126,824
|
Industrial REITs 0.8%
|
|
||
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
|
|
12,220
|
2,078,622
|
Specialized REITs 0.7%
|
|
||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.
|
|
77,435
|
1,910,322
|
Utilities 0.5%
|
|
||
Water Utilities
|
|
||
American States Water Co.
|
|
17,400
|
1,262,718
|
Total Common Stocks (Cost $180,201,768)
|
|
|
266,192,051
|
|
|||
Other Investments 0.0%
|
|
||
Health Care 0.0%
|
|
||
Life Sciences Tools & Services
|
|
||
OmniAb, Inc. $12.50 Earnout* (b) (c)
|
|
7,265
|
0
|
OmniAb, Inc. $15.00 Earnout* (b) (c)
|
|
7,265
|
0
|
Total Other Investments (Cost $0)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|||
Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%
|
|
||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional
Shares", 5.24% (d) (e)
(Cost $688,125)
|
|
688,125
|
688,125
|
|
|||
Cash Equivalents 3.4%
|
|
||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund,
5.36% (d) (Cost $9,284,088)
|
|
9,284,088
|
9,284,088
|
|
|||
|
|
% of
Net Assets
|
Value ($)
|
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $190,173,981)
|
|
100.4
|
276,164,264
|
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net
|
|
(0.4
)
|
(1,146,762
)
|
Net Assets
|
|
100.0
|
275,017,502
|
Value ($) at
9/30/2023
|
Purchases
Cost ($)
|
Sales
Proceeds ($)
|
Net Realized
Gain/
(Loss) ($)
|
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
|
Income ($)
|
Capital Gain
Distributions ($)
|
Number
of Shares
at
6/30/2024
|
Value ($) at
6/30/2024
|
Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%
|
||||||||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares",
5.24% (d) (e)
|
||||||||
1,569,150
|
—
|
881,025 (f)
|
—
|
—
|
1,176
|
—
|
688,125
|
688,125
|
Cash Equivalents 3.4%
|
||||||||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 5.36% (d)
|
||||||||
10,953,236
|
22,114,865
|
23,784,013
|
—
|
—
|
300,462
|
—
|
9,284,088
|
9,284,088
|
12,522,386
|
22,114,865
|
24,665,038
|
—
|
—
|
301,638
|
—
|
9,972,213
|
9,972,213
|
*
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(a)
|
All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, "Other Assets and
Liabilities, Net" may include pending sales that
are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at June 30, 2024 amounted to $671,161,
which is 0.2% of net assets.
|
(b)
|
Earnout Shares: Will vest based upon the achievement of certain volume-weighted average
trading prices (VWAP) for shares of
OmniAb Inc. Earnout Shares are not transferrable until the vesting condition for the
applicable tranche of Earnout Shares has
been achieved.
|
(c)
|
Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.
|
(d)
|
Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown
is the annualized seven-day yield at
period end.
|
(e)
|
Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned
by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.
|
(f)
|
Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount
invested in cash collateral for the period
ended June 30, 2024.
|
REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust
|
Assets
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
Common Stocks (a)
|
$266,192,051
|
$—
|
$—
|
$266,192,051
|
Other Investments
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
0
|
Short-Term Investments (a)
|
9,972,213
|
—
|
—
|
9,972,213
|
Total
|
$276,164,264
|
$—
|
$0
|
$276,164,264
|
(a)
|
See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations.
|