N-Q 1 edgarlomax_ast-nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2017


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
FORM N-Q
 
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
 




Investment Company Act file number  811-07959



Advisors Series Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


Douglas G. Hess, President
Advisors Series Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 5th Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53202


(Name and address of agent for service)


(414) 765-6609
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end:  October 31, 2017



Date of reporting period:  July 31, 2017


 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.
Edgar Lomax Value Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
 
July 31, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
   
Shares
 
COMMON STOCKS - 98.95%
 
Value
 
   
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing - 3.95%
     
 
3,850
 
Altria Group, Inc.
 
$
250,135
 
 
63,000
 
Coca-Cola Co.
   
2,887,920
 
           
3,138,055
 
     
Broadcasting (Except Internet) - 2.64%
       
 
31,900
 
Comcast Corp. - Class A
   
1,290,355
 
 
7,300
 
Walt Disney Co.
   
802,489
 
           
2,092,844
 
     
Chemical Manufacturing - 10.84%
       
 
7,900
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
552,289
 
 
62,000
 
Dow Chemical Co.
   
3,982,880
 
 
6,500
 
Johnson & Johnson
   
862,680
 
 
8,500
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
542,980
 
 
80,302
 
Pfizer, Inc.
   
2,662,814
 
           
8,603,643
 
     
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 8.62%
       
 
55,700
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
1,751,765
 
 
9,900
 
Danaher Corp.
   
806,751
 
 
34,700
 
Intel Corp.
   
1,230,809
 
 
16,700
 
QUALCOMM, Inc.
   
888,273
 
 
12,600
 
Raytheon Co.
   
2,164,302
 
           
6,841,900
 
     
Couriers and Messengers - 1.35%
       
 
9,700
 
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B
   
1,069,813
 
     
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities - 5.75%
       
 
49,600
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
1,196,352
 
 
21,300
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
   
1,129,539
 
 
12,600
 
Capital One Financial Corp.
   
1,085,868
 
 
12,600
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
1,156,680
 
           
4,568,439
 
     
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing - 2.72%
       
 
36,200
 
Emerson Electric Co.
   
2,157,882
 
     
Food Services and Drinking Places - 0.82%
       
 
4,200
 
McDonald's Corp.
   
651,588
 
     
General Merchandise Stores - 5.99%
       
 
6,900
 
Target Corp.
   
391,023
 
 
54,600
 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
   
4,367,454
 
           
4,758,477
 
     
Health and Personal Care Stores - 3.88%
       
 
38,500
 
CVS Health Corp.
   
3,077,305
 
     
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities - 6.39%
       
 
50,100
 
Allstate Corp.
   
4,559,100
 
 
9,300
 
MetLife, Inc.
   
511,500
 
           
5,070,600
 
     
Machinery Manufacturing - 3.12%
       
 
18,200
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
   
2,073,890
 
 
15,800
 
General Electric Co.
   
404,638
 
           
2,478,528
 
     
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 2.20%
       
 
4,300
 
3M Co.
   
865,031
 
 

 
6,500
 
Honeywell International, Inc.
   
884,780
 
           
1,749,811
 
     
Merchant Wholesalers, Non-Durable Goods - 4.36%
       
 
38,100
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
   
3,460,242
 
     
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries - 0.77%
       
 
6,000
 
Time Warner, Inc.
   
614,520
 
     
Oil and Gas Extraction - 0.55%
       
 
7,000
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
   
433,510
 
     
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - 3.31%
       
 
4,200
 
Chevron Corp.
   
458,598
 
 
27,100
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
   
2,169,084
 
           
2,627,682
 
     
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 4.63%
       
 
3,500
 
Amgen, Inc.
   
610,785
 
 
21,200
 
International Business Machines Corp.
   
3,067,004
 
           
3,677,789
 
     
Rail Transportation - 1.69%
       
 
13,000
 
Union Pacific Corp.
   
1,338,480
 
     
Real Estate - 0.60%
       
 
3,000
 
Simon Property Group, Inc.
   
475,500
 
     
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities - 1.56%
       
 
2,600
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
585,858
 
 
14,000
 
Morgan Stanley
   
656,600
 
           
1,242,458
 
     
Telecommunications - 6.68%
       
 
73,300
 
AT&T, Inc.
   
2,858,700
 
 
50,500
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
2,444,200
 
           
5,302,900
 
     
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 9.46%
       
 
10,900
 
Boeing Co.
   
2,642,814
 
 
41,200
 
Ford Motor Co.
   
462,264
 
 
10,900
 
General Dynamics Corp.
   
2,139,997
 
 
14,200
 
General Motors Co.
   
510,916
 
 
3,200
 
Lockheed Martin Corp.
   
934,816
 
 
6,900
 
United Technologies Corp.
   
818,133
 
           
7,508,940
 
     
Utilities - 7.07%
       
 
16,200
 
Duke Energy Corp.
   
1,378,944
 
 
78,500
 
Exelon Corp.
   
3,009,690
 
 
25,600
 
Southern Co.
   
1,227,008
 
           
5,615,642
 
               
     
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $68,974,366)
   
78,556,548
 
               
Shares
 
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 0.91%
 
Value
 
 
720,969
 
Invesco STIT-Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.91% (a)
   
720,969
 
     
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $720,969)
   
720,969
 
               
     
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $69,695,335) - 99.86%
   
79,277,517
 
     
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.14%
   
110,600
 
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.00%
 
$
79,388,117
 
               
     
(a) Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of July 31, 2017.
       


Edgar Lomax Value Fund
Notes to Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Note 1 – Securities Valuation
 
The Edgar Lomax Value Fund's (the "Fund") investments are carried at their fair value. The Fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value per share as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (4:00 pm EST).
 
Equity securities that are primarily traded on a national securities exchange shall be valued at the last sales price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded on the day of valuation or, if there has been no sale price on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Securities primarily traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"). If the NOCP is not available, such securities shall be valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation, or if there has been no sale on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their net asset value per share. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Short-term debt securities, including those securities having a maturity of 60 days or less, are valued at the evaluated mean between the bid and asked prices.  To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
The Board of Trustees ("Board") has delegated day-to-day valuation issues to a Valuation Committee of the Advisors Series Trust which is comprised of representatives from U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund's administrator. The function of the Valuation Committee is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available or the closing price does not represent fair value by following procedures approved by the Board. These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events. All actions taken by the Valuation Committee are subsequently reviewed and ratified by the Board.
 
Depending on the relative significance of the valuation inputs, fair valued securities may be classified in either level 2 or level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
The Fund has adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which 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, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for majority security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

·
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active 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 necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's securities as of July 31, 2017:

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
                       
  Accommodation and Food
      Services
 
$
651,588
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
651,588
 
  Finance and Insurance
   
11,356,997
     
-
     
-
     
11,356,997
 
  Information
   
8,010,264
     
-
     
-
     
8,010,264
 
  Manufacturing
   
33,356,630
     
-
     
-
     
33,356,630
 
  Mining, Quarrying, and Oil
       and Gas Extraction
   
433,510
     
-
     
-
     
433,510
 
  Professional, Scientific, and
       Technical Services
   
3,677,789
     
-
     
-
     
3,677,789
 
  Retail Trade
   
7,835,782
     
-
     
-
     
7,835,782
 
  Transportation and Warehousing
   
2,408,293
     
-
     
-
     
2,408,293
 
  Utilities
   
5,615,642
     
-
     
-
     
5,615,642
 
  Wholesale Trade
   
5,210,053
     
-
     
-
     
5,210,053
 
Total Common Stocks
   
78,556,548
     
-
     
-
     
78,556,548
 
Money Market Funds
   
720,969
     
-
     
-
     
720,969
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
79,277,517
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
79,277,517
 


Refer to the Fund's schedule of investments for a detailed break-out of common stocks by industry classification.  Transfers between levels are recognized at July 31, 2017, the end of the reporting period.  The Fund recognized no transfers to/from Level 1 or Level 2.  There were no Level 3 securities held in the Fund during the period ended July 31, 2017.

Note 2 – Federal Income Taxes

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at July 31, 2017 was as follows*:


Cost of investments
 
$
69,695,335
 
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
11,074,817
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(1,492,635)
 
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
9,582,182
 

*Because tax adjustments are calculated annually at the end of the Fund's fiscal year, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments for the current fiscal year.  For the previous fiscal year's federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund's most recent annual report.
 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)
The Registrant's President/Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act")) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(d)).

(b)
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))  that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


 
Item 3. Exhibits.
 
Separate certifications for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).  Filed herewith.
 

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant)  Advisors Series Trust                                             

 
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Douglas G. Hess                          
                                             Douglas G. Hess, President

Date                                          9/18/2017                                         



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Douglas G. Hess                           
                                             Douglas G. Hess, President

Date                                          9/18/2017                                         
 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Cheryl L. King                               
                                              Cheryl L. King, Treasurer

Date                                         9/18/2017                                         
 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.