0001145549-22-018344.txt : 20220329 0001145549-22-018344.hdr.sgml : 20220329 20220329114555 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-22-018344 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220131 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220329 PERIOD START: 20221031 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891944 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07168 FILM NUMBER: 22778966 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7250 REDWOOD BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: NOVATO STATE: CA ZIP: 94945 BUSINESS PHONE: 8009664354 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O US BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC STREET 2: 615 E MICHIGAN ST MK-WI-LC-2 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HENLOPEN FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19921217 0000891944 S000044800 Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund C000139151 Investor Class HFCGX C000139152 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75972A301 28800.000000000000 NS USD 1159488.000000000000 0.7530756742 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings 549300JVV8YLQSRSF462 Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc 84920Y106 156900.000000000000 NS USD 1719624.000000000000 1.1168783146 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N SunOpta Inc 54930010CP0KEPPRPA40 SunOpta Inc 8676EP108 176000.000000000000 NS USD 922240.000000000000 0.5989855090 Long EC CORP CA N 1 N N N Surgery Partners Inc 549300LC82HG33S19I03 Surgery Partners Inc 86881A100 69900.000000000000 NS USD 2982633.000000000000 1.9371898264 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Titan Machinery Inc 549300835ZM8G0BT5C94 Titan Machinery Inc 88830R101 123000.000000000000 NS USD 3788400.000000000000 2.4605273054 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Turtle Beach Corp 549300SZRV8U8PXSYI20 Turtle Beach Corp 900450206 95600.000000000000 NS USD 1942592.000000000000 1.2616937650 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Ultra Clean Holdings Inc 5493007L6LS7QX18PE75 Ultra Clean Holdings Inc 90385V107 66600.000000000000 NS USD 3357972.000000000000 2.1809686930 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N United Natural Foods Inc 549300GKGW6WPZ282D40 United Natural Foods Inc 911163103 106900.000000000000 NS USD 4145582.000000000000 2.6925133850 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N VOXX International Corp EC1QKSEOVR96PYJPNS25 VOXX International Corp 91829F104 139300.000000000000 NS USD 1539265.000000000000 0.9997369767 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N VirnetX Holding Corp 529900GEQQ3ACACKKD25 VirnetX Holding Corp 92823T108 435700.000000000000 NS USD 984682.000000000000 0.6395409535 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Virtu Financial Inc 5493001OPW2K42CH3884 Virtu Financial Inc 928254101 96500.000000000000 NS USD 2984745.000000000000 1.9385615490 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Vista Outdoor Inc 549300QI2D33ESTJLN81 Vista Outdoor Inc 928377100 88500.000000000000 NS USD 3414330.000000000000 2.2175726414 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Yellow Corp 529900SEX4UQ2WLPRC40 Yellow Corp 985510106 518900.000000000000 NS USD 5417316.000000000000 3.5184916957 Long EC CORP US N 1 N 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Nilsen Teresa M. Nilsen Treasurer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 cornerstone_growth.htm

Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund
                 
Schedule of Investments
                 
January 31, 2022 (Unaudited)
                 
 
                 
 
 
Number of
         
% of
 
 
 
Shares
   
Value
   
Net Assets
 
COMMON STOCKS - 99.01%
                 
Communication Services - 2.24%
                 
Fluent, Inc. (a)
   
457,100
   
$
731,360
     
0.47
%
Gogo, Inc. (a)
   
218,700
     
2,722,815
     
1.77
%
 
           
3,454,175
     
2.24
%
Consumer Discretionary - 34.92%
                       
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. (a)
   
92,300
     
1,571,869
     
1.02
%
AutoNation, Inc. (a)
   
37,100
     
4,043,900
     
2.63
%
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)
   
104,800
     
1,701,952
     
1.10
%
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.
   
194,400
     
3,827,736
     
2.48
%
Big Lots, Inc.
   
52,900
     
2,217,039
     
1.44
%
Citi Trends, Inc. (a)
   
46,200
     
2,250,864
     
1.46
%
GoPro, Inc. (a)
   
264,300
     
2,341,698
     
1.52
%
Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)
   
130,500
     
3,090,240
     
2.01
%
Hibbett, Inc.
   
48,900
     
3,014,685
     
1.96
%
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (a)
   
57,800
     
5,599,664
     
3.64
%
Kirkland’s, Inc. (a)
   
105,400
     
1,784,422
     
1.16
%
Lands’ End, Inc. (a)
   
97,600
     
1,789,008
     
1.16
%
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A
   
8,200
     
2,395,466
     
1.55
%
LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
93,845
     
1,355,122
     
0.88
%
MarineMax, Inc. (a)
   
64,800
     
3,049,488
     
1.98
%
Qurate Retail Group, Inc.
   
222,800
     
1,566,284
     
1.02
%
Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)
   
63,800
     
5,495,094
     
3.57
%
Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
156,900
     
1,719,624
     
1.12
%
Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)
   
88,500
     
3,414,330
     
2.22
%
VOXX International Corp. (a)
   
139,300
     
1,539,265
     
1.00
%
 
           
53,767,750
     
34.92
%
Consumer Staples - 7.32%
                       
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
64,500
     
3,964,815
     
2.58
%
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
   
46,300
     
2,231,197
     
1.45
%
SunOpta, Inc. (a)(b)
   
176,000
     
922,240
     
0.60
%
United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)
   
106,900
     
4,145,582
     
2.69
%
 
           
11,263,834
     
7.32
%
Energy - 4.29%
                       
Centrus Energy Corp. (a)
   
125,200
     
5,439,940
     
3.54
%
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)
   
28,800
     
1,159,488
     
0.75
%
 
           
6,599,428
     
4.29
%
Financials - 3.72%
                       
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
   
43,800
     
2,746,260
     
1.78
%
Virtu Financial, Inc.
   
96,500
     
2,984,745
     
1.94
%
 
           
5,731,005
     
3.72
%
Health Care - 10.29%
                       
Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)
   
294,700
     
3,739,743
     
2.43
%
Covetrus, Inc. (a)
   
79,700
     
1,440,179
     
0.93
%
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)
   
12,900
     
3,747,192
     
2.43
%
Owens & Minor, Inc.
   
93,600
     
3,939,624
     
2.56
%
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)
   
69,900
     
2,982,633
     
1.94
%
 
           
15,849,371
     
10.29
%
Industrials - 21.35%
                       
BlueLinx Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
71,400
     
5,115,096
     
3.32
%
Danaos Corp. (b)
   
101,703
     
9,305,824
     
6.04
%
Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (a)
   
133,700
     
1,205,974
     
0.78
%
MYR Group, Inc. (a)
   
46,300
     
4,353,589
     
2.83
%
Quanta Services, Inc.
   
35,900
     
3,687,648
     
2.40
%
Titan Machinery, Inc. (a)
   
123,000
     
3,788,400
     
2.46
%
Yellow Corp. (a)
   
518,900
     
5,417,316
     
3.52
%
 
           
32,873,847
     
21.35
%
Information Technology - 8.50%
                       
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)(b)
   
84,400
     
3,800,532
     
2.47
%
MoneyGram International, Inc. (a)
   
341,400
     
2,994,078
     
1.95
%
Turtle Beach Corp. (a)
   
95,600
     
1,942,592
     
1.26
%
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
66,600
     
3,357,972
     
2.18
%
VirnetX Holding Corp. (a)
   
435,700
     
984,682
     
0.64
%
 
           
13,079,856
     
8.50
%
Materials - 6.38%
                       
Century Aluminum Co. (a)
   
263,700
     
4,045,158
     
2.63
%
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. (a)
   
343,959
     
2,142,865
     
1.39
%
Tronox Holdings PLC (b)
   
160,200
     
3,636,540
     
2.36
%
 
           
9,824,563
     
6.38
%
Total Common Stocks (Cost $143,182,359)
           
152,443,829
     
99.01
%
 
 
                       
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.09%
                       
Money Market Funds - 1.09%
                       
First American Government Obligations Fund, Institutional Class, 0.03% (c)
   
1,673,668
     
1,673,668
     
1.09
%
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1,673,668)
           
1,673,668
     
1.09
%
 
 
                       
Total Investments (Cost $144,856,027) - 100.10%
           
154,117,497
     
100.10
%
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.10)%
           
(149,627
)
   
(0.10
)%
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.00%
         
$
153,967,870
     
100.00
%
 
 
                       
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
                       
 
                       
(a)
Non-income-producing security.
                       
(b)
U.S.-traded security of a foreign corporation.
                       
(c)
The rate listed is the fund’s seven-day yield as of January 31, 2022.
                       

Note: For presentation purposes, the Fund has grouped some of the industry categories. For purposes of categorizing securities for compliance with Section 8(b)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Fund uses more specific industry classifications.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC. It has been licensed for use by the Hennessy Funds.



Summary of Fair Value Exposure as of January 31, 2022
The Fund follows its valuation policies and procedures in determining its net asset value and, in preparing these financial statements, the fair value accounting standards that establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

  Level 1 – Unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments that the Fund has the ability to access at the date of measurement.
   
  Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices in active markets for similar instruments, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar instruments, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets, such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk curves, default rates, and similar data).
   
  Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions about what market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on the best available information) when observable inputs are unavailable. 

The following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities on a recurring basis:

Equity Securities – Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks, foreign-issued common stocks, exchange-traded funds, closed-end mutual funds, partnerships, rights, master limited partnerships, and real estate investment trusts, that are traded on a securities exchange for which a last-quoted sales price is readily available generally are valued at the last sales price as reported by the primary exchange on which the securities are listed. Securities listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) generally are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may differ from the last sales price reported. Securities traded on a securities exchange for which a last-quoted sales price is not readily available generally are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are classified in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Securities traded on foreign exchanges generally are not valued at the same time the Fund calculates its NAV because most foreign markets close well before such time. The earlier close of most foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim. In certain circumstances, it may be determined that a foreign security needs to be fair valued because it appears that the value of the security might have been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market in which the security is principally traded, but before the time the Fund calculates its NAV, such as by a development that affects an entire market or region (e.g., a weather-related event) or a potentially global development (e.g., a terrorist attack that may be expected to have an effect on investor expectations worldwide).

Registered Investment Companies – Investments in open-end registered investment companies, commonly referred to as mutual funds, generally are priced at the ending NAV provided by the applicable mutual fund’s service agent and are classified in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Debt Securities – Debt securities, including corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, U.S. Treasuries, and U.S. government agency issues, are generally valued at market on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service that utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and formula-based techniques. The pricing service may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, and fundamental data relating to the issuer. In addition, the model may incorporate observable market data, such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued primarily using dealer quotations. These securities are generally classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Short-Term Securities – Short-term equity investments, including money market funds, are valued in the manner specified above for equity securities. Short-term debt investments with an original term to maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair market value. If the original term to maturity of a short-term debt investment exceeds 60 days, then the values as of the 61st day prior to maturity are amortized. Amortized cost is not used if its use would be inappropriate due to credit or other impairments of the issuer, in which case the security’s fair value would be determined as described below. Short-term securities are generally classified in Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the inputs used and market activity levels for specific securities.

The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has adopted fair value pricing procedures that are followed when a price for a security is not readily available or if a significant event has occurred that indicates the closing price of a security no longer represents the true value of that security. Fair value pricing determinations are made in good faith in accordance with these procedures. There are numerous criteria considered in determining a fair value of a security, such as the trading volume of a security and markets, the values of other similar securities, and news events with direct bearing on a security or markets. Fair value pricing results in an estimated price for a security that reflects the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive in a current sale. Depending on the relative significance of the valuation inputs, these securities may be classified in either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of foreign securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using correlations between the movement of prices of such securities and indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as closing market prices of relevant American Depositary Receipts or futures contracts. Using fair value pricing means the Fund’s NAV reflects the affected portfolio securities’ values as determined by the Board or its designee, pursuant to the fair value pricing procedures adopted by the Board, instead of being determined by the market. Using a fair value pricing methodology to price a foreign security may result in a value that is different from such foreign security’s most recent closing price and from the value used by other investment companies to calculate their NAVs. Such securities are generally classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Because the Fund may invest in foreign securities, the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities may change on days when a shareholder is unable to purchase or redeem Fund shares.

The Board has delegated day-to-day valuation matters to the Valuation and Liquidity Committee comprising representatives from Hennessy Advisors, Inc., the Fund’s investment advisor. The function of the Valuation and Liquidity Committee, among other things, is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available. All actions taken by the Valuation and Liquidity Committee are reviewed by the Board.


                               
The Fund has performed an analysis of all existing investments to determine the significance and character of all inputs to their fair value determinations. Various inputs are used to determine the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Details related to the fair value hierarchy of the Fund’s securities as of January 31, 2022, are as follows:

Common Stocks
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
Communication Services
 
$
3,454,175
   
$
   
$
   
$
3,454,175
Consumer Discretionary
   
53,767,750
     
     
     
53,767,750
Consumer Staples
   
11,263,834
     
     
     
11,263,834
Energy
   
6,599,428
     
     
     
6,599,428
Financials
   
5,731,005
     
     
     
5,731,005
Health Care
   
15,849,371
     
     
     
15,849,371
Industrials
   
32,873,847
     
     
     
32,873,847
Information Technology
   
13,079,856
     
     
     
13,079,856
Materials
   
9,824,563
     
     
     
9,824,563
Total Common Stocks
 
$
152,443,829
   
$
   
$
   
$
152,443,829
 
                             
Short-Term Investments
                             
Money Market Funds
 
$
1,673,668
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,673,668
Total Short-Term Investments
 
$
1,673,668
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,673,668
 
                             
Total Investments
 
$
154,117,497
   
$
   
$
   
$
154,117,497