AQUILA OPPORTUNITY GROWTH FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Shares   Common Stocks (98.4%)   Market
Value
  (a)
    Communication Services (6.4%)        
    Entertainment (3.1%)        
16,000   Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.+   $2,375,840    
36,000   ROBLOX Corp.+   1,374,480    
        3,750,320    
             
    Interactive Media & Services (3.3%)        
243,000   ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.+   3,895,290    
    Total Communication Services   7,645,610    
             
    Consumer Discretionary (4.6%)        
    Automobiles (0.5%)        
50,000   Ford Motor Co.   664,000    
             
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.6%)        
45,000   Caesars Entertainment, Inc.+   1,968,300    
             
    Specialty Retail (2.5%)          
13,000   Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.   2,923,180    
    Total Consumer Discretionary   5,555,480    
             
    Consumer Staples (1.1%)        
    Food Products (1.1%)          
36,000   The Kraft Heinz Co.   1,328,400    
    Total Consumer Staples   1,328,400    
             
    Energy (9.0%)        
    Energy Equipment & Services (0.6%)        
18,000   Halliburton Co.   709,560    
             
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (8.4%)        
5,000   Cheniere Energy, Inc.   806,400    
5,000   Diamondback Energy, Inc.   990,850    
24,000   Occidental Petroleum Corp.   1,559,760    
10,000   Phillips 66   1,633,400    
10,000   Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   2,625,000    
14,000   Valero Energy Corp.   2,389,660    
        10,005,070    
    Total Energy   10,714,630    
             
    Financials (8.6%)        
    Banks (1.5%)          
70,000   First Horizon Corp.   1,078,000    
53,000   Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   739,350    
        1,817,350    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA OPPORTUNITY GROWTH FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Shares   Common Stocks (continued)   Market
Value
  (a)
    Financials (continued)        
    Capital Markets (4.6%)          
9,000   The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   $     518,580    
9,000   Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   1,653,570    
6,000   CME Group, Inc.   1,291,740    
6,000   LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,585,200    
5,000   State Street Corp.   386,600    
        5,435,690    
             
    Insurance (2.5%)          
40,000   MetLife, Inc.   2,964,400    
    Total Financials   10,217,440    
             
    Health Care (12.2%)        
    Biotechnology (2.1%)          
3,000   Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.+   448,350    
3,000   Biogen, Inc.+   646,890    
13,000   BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.+   1,135,420    
3,000   Moderna, Inc.   319,680    
        2,550,340    
             
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies (4.2%)          
28,000   DexCom, Inc.+   3,883,600    
2,000   IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.+   1,079,860    
        4,963,460    
             
    Health Care Providers & Services (1.3%)          
3,000   McKesson Corp.   1,610,550    
        1,610,550    
             
    Life Sciences Tools & Services (4.6%)          
25,000   Illumina, Inc.+   3,433,000    
8,000   IQVIA Holdings, Inc.+   2,023,120    
        5,456,120    
    Total Healthcare   14,580,470    
             
    Industrials (12.2%)        
    Aerospace & Defense (1.7%)        
12,000   AeroVironment, Inc.+   1,839,360    
44,000   Archer Aviation, Inc.   203,280    
        2,042,640    
             
    Commercial Services & Supplies (1.9%)        
12,000   Republic Services, Inc.   2,297,280    
             
    Construction & Engineering (1.3%)        
6,000   Quanta Services, Inc.   1,558,800    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA OPPORTUNITY GROWTH FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Shares   Common Stocks (continued)   Market
Value
  (a)
    Industrials (continued)        
    Electrical Equipment (3.2%)          
9,000   Encore Wire Corp.   $2,365,020    
5,000   Rockwell Automation, Inc.   1,456,650    
        3,821,670    
             
    Machinery (3.1%)          
35,000   Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   2,840,600    
6,000   Xylem, Inc.   775,440    
         3,616,040    
             
    Professional Services (1.0%)        
5,000   Verisk Analytics, Inc.   1,178,650    
    Total Industrials   14,515,080    
             
    Information Technology (26.1%)        
    Communications Equipment (2.5%)        
10,000   Arista Networks, Inc.+   2,899,800    
             
    Electronic Equipment/Instrument (2.0%)        
39,000   Coherent Corp.+   2,364,180    
             
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (13.0%)        
40,000   Ambarella, Inc.+   2,030,800    
10,000   Enphase Energy, Inc.   1,209,800    
7,000   First Solar, Inc.+   1,181,600    
42,000   Impinj, Inc.+   5,393,220    
40,000   Micron Technology, Inc.   4,715,600    
29,000   PDF Solutions, Inc.+   976,430    
        15,507,450    
             
    Software (8.5%)        
9,000   Cadence Design Systems, Inc.+   2,801,520    
21,000   Elastic NV+   2,105,040    
3,000   Synopsys, Inc.+   1,714,500    
8,000   Workday, Inc.+   2,182,000    
7,000   Zscaler, Inc.+   1,348,410    
        10,151,470    
             
    Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.1%)        
15,000   IonQ, Inc.+   149,850    
    Total Information Technology   31,072,750    
             
    Materials (7.7%)        
    Chemicals (0.9%)          
8,000   Albemarle Corp.   1,053,920    
             
    Construction Materials (1.6%)          
3,000   Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   1,841,820    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA OPPORTUNITY GROWTH FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Shares   Common Stocks (continued)   Market
Value
  (a)
    Materials (continued)        
    Metals & Mining (5.2%)          
80,000   Barrick Gold Corp.   $      1,331,200    
600,000   Lithium Americas Corp.+   4,032,000    
6,000   Steel Dynamics, Inc.   889,380    
        6,252,580    
    Total Materials   9,148,320    
             
    Real Estate (5.4%)        
    Equity Real Estate Investment (2.6%)          
20,000   Crown Castle, Inc.   2,116,600    
34,000   VICI Properties, Inc.   1,012,860    
        3,129,460    
             
    Office REITS (1.1%)          
10,000   Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.   1,289,100    
             
    Specialized REITS (1.7%)          
6,000   American Tower Corp.   1,185,540    
10,000   Iron Mountain, Inc.   802,100    
        1,987,640    
    Total Real Estate   6,406,200    
             
    Utilities (5.1%)        
    Multi-Utilities (5.1%)        
30,000   CMS Energy Corp.   1,810,200    
29,000   Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   1,936,620    
28,000   WEC Energy Group, Inc.   2,299,360    
    Total Utilities   6,046,180    
    Total Common Stocks
(cost $87,115,219)
  117,230,560    
             
    Short-Term Investment (1.9%)          
2,300,986   Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management - Institutional Shares, 5.20%*
(cost $2,300,986)
    2,300,986     
               
    Total Investments
(cost $89,416,205 - note b)
100.3%   119,531,546     
    Other assets less liabilities (0.3)     (307,324)    
    Net Assets 100.0%   $ 119,224,222     

 

 

+   Non-income producing security.
 
*   The rate is an annualized seven-day yield at period end.

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA OPPORTUNITY GROWTH FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Portfolio Distribution   Percent of
Common
Stocks
 
Aerospace & Defense   1.7 %
Automobiles   0.6  
Banks   1.5  
Biotechnology   2.2  
Capital Markets   4.6  
Chemicals   0.9  
Commercial Services & Supplies   2.0  
Communications Equipment   2.5  
Construction & Engineering   1.3  
Construction Materials   1.6  
Electrical Equipment   3.3  
Electronic Equipment/Instrument   2.0  
Energy Equipment & Services   0.6  
Entertainment   3.2  
Equity Real Estate Investment   2.7  
Food Products   1.1  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   4.2  
Health Care Providers & Services   1.4  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   1.7  
Insurance   2.5  
Interactive Media & Services   3.3  
Life Sciences Tools & Services   4.7  
Machinery   3.1  
Metals & Mining   5.3  
Multi-Utilities   5.2  
Office REITS   1.1  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   8.5  
Professional Services   1.0  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   13.2  
Software   8.7  
Specialized REITS   1.7  
Specialty Retail   2.5  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   0.1  
    100.0 %

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA OPPORTUNITY GROWTH FUND

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

 

(a)   Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference in the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.

 

(b)   At March 31, 2024 , the net unrealized appreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $90,267,081 amounted to $29,264,465, which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $30,468,456 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $1,203,991.

 

(c)   Fair Value Measurements: The Fund follows a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Fund’s own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in inactive markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
   
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
   
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

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

 

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs, representing 100% of the Fund’s investments, used to value the Fund’s net assets as of March 31, 2024:

 

Valuation Inputs+   Investments in
Securities
Level 1 – Quoted Prices:    
Common Stocks and Short-Term Investment   $          119,531,546
Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs  
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs   —   
Total   $          119,531,546
+   See schedule of investments for a detailed listing of securities.