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

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2018


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, Wisconsin 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Douglas G. Hess, President/Chief Executive Officer
Advisors Series Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 5th Floor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and address of agent for service)


(414) 765-6872
Registrant's telephone number, including area code




Date of fiscal year end:  March 31, 2019



Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2018


Item 1. Schedules of Investments.
 
Aasgard Dividend Growth Small & Mid-Cap Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
 
at June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
 
           
Shares
 
COMMON STOCKS - 90.87%
 
Value
 
   
Accommodation - 2.08%
     
 
3,620
 
Vail Resorts, Inc.
 
$
992,568
 
     
Administrative and Support Services - 5.97%
       
 
8,230
 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
   
947,273
 
 
14,240
 
Robert Half International, Inc.
   
927,024
 
 
18,365
 
Rollins, Inc.
   
965,632
 
           
2,839,929
 
     
Ambulatory Health Care Services - 3.97%
       
 
8,765
 
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
   
963,624
 
 
9,625
 
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.
   
924,000
 
           
1,887,624
 
     
Chemical Manufacturing - 4.07%
       
 
19,105
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
   
1,015,622
 
 
17,135
 
H.B. Fuller Co.
   
919,807
 
           
1,935,429
 
     
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores - 2.12%
       
 
19,521
 
Nordstrom, Inc.
   
1,010,797
 
     
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 12.36%
       
 
5,155
 
Badger Meter, Inc.
   
230,429
 
 
16,565
 
FLIR Systems, Inc.
   
860,883
 
 
15,520
 
Garmin Ltd.
   
946,720
 
 
15,005
 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
   
880,193
 
 
14,480
 
Plantronics, Inc.
   
1,104,100
 
 
8,865
 
ResMed, Inc.
   
918,237
 
 
14,470
 
Xilinx, Inc.
   
944,312
 
           
5,884,874
 
     
Construction of Buildings - 1.93%
       
 
31,905
 
PulteGroup, Inc.
   
917,269
 
     
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities - 7.41%
       
 
20,540
 
Bank of the Ozarks
   
925,122
 
 
16,430
 
Synovus Financial Corp.
   
867,997
 
 
38,500
 
Umpqua Holdings Corp.
   
869,715
 
 
16,390
 
Zions Bancorporation
   
863,589
 
           
3,526,423
 
     
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing - 1.81%
       
 
10,735
 
Crane Co.
   
860,196
 
     
Food Manufacturing - 2.08%
       
 
8,545
 
McCormick & Co., Inc.
   
991,989
 
     
Food Services and Drinking Places - 1.88%
       
 
5,715
 
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
   
892,740
 
     
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores - 2.29%
       
 
17,785
 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
   
1,091,643
 
     
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities - 5.64%
       
 
8,175
 
American Financial Group, Inc.
   
877,423
 
 
6,680
 
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
   
891,646
 
 
10,709
 
Safety Insurance Group, Inc.
   
914,549
 
           
2,683,618
 
     
Machinery Manufacturing - 1.91%
       
 
17,365
 
ITT, Inc.
   
907,669
 
     
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 1.97%
       
 
4,325
 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
   
937,617
 
     
Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 3.85%
       
 
10,445
 
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
   
912,266
 
 
8,760
 
STERIS plc
   
919,888
 
           
1,832,154
 
     
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities - 2.00%
       
 
13,495
 
National HealthCare Corp.
   
949,778
 
     
Paper Manufacturing - 1.86%
       
 
16,875
 
Sonoco Products Co.
   
885,937
 
     
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - 2.28%
       
 
15,845
 
HollyFrontier Corp.
   
1,084,273
 

      Pipeline Transportation - 4.13%        
  21,880   New Jersey Resources Corp.     979,130  
   19,946   Targa Resources Corp.      987,127  
          1,966,257  
      Primary Metal Manufacturing - 1.95%        
  10,585   Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.     926,611  
     
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 3.86%
       
 
7,390
 
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
   
963,360
 
 
14,795
 
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
   
872,905
 
           
1,836,265
 
     
Rental and Leasing Services - 1.99%
       
 
13,173
 
Ryder System, Inc.
   
946,612
 
     
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities - 3.65%
       
 
17,100
 
Eaton Vance Corp.
   
892,449
 
 
9,438
 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
   
843,285
 
           
1,735,734
 
     
Support Activities for Transportation - 1.91%
       
 
12,435
 
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
   
908,998
 
     
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 2.02%
       
 
7,885
 
Polaris Industries, Inc.
   
963,389
 
     
Truck Transportation - 1.88%
       
 
7,375
 
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
   
896,431
 
     
Utilities - 2.00%
       
 
12,290
 
ALLETE, Inc.
   
951,369
 
               
     
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $36,532,206)
   
43,244,193
 
               
     
REITS - 7.91%
       
 
14,465
 
EPR Properties
   
937,188
 
 
9,215
 
Extra Space Storage, Inc.
   
919,749
 
 
68,156
 
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
   
956,910
 
 
14,355
 
WP Carey, Inc.
   
952,454
 
     
TOTAL REITS (Cost $3,414,036)
   
3,766,301
 
               
Shares
 
MONEY MARKET FUND - 1.12%
 
Value
 
 
532,889
 
Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio - Class I, 1.77% (a)
   
532,889
 
     
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND (Cost $532,889)
   
532,889
 
               
     
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES (Cost $40,479,131) - 99.90%
   
47,543,383
 
     
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.10%
   
48,186
 
     
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
 
$
47,591,569
 
               
 
REIT -
 Real Estate Investment Trust
 
(a)
 Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of June 30, 2018.
 
     


Aasgard Dividend Growth Small & Mid-Cap Fund
Notes to Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

Note 1 – Securities Valuation

       The Aasgard Dividend Growth Small & Mid-Cap Fund's (the "Fund") investments in securities 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, including common stocks, real estate investment trusts, and closed-end funds, 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. Over-the-counter securities which are not traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System shall be valued at the most recent sales price. 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 June 30, 2018:
 

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
                       
  Accommodation and Food Services
 
$
1,885,308
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,885,308
 
  Administrative Support and Waste
     Management
   
2,839,929
     
-
     
-
     
2,839,929
 
  Construction
   
917,269
     
-
     
-
     
917,269
 
  Finance and Insurance
   
7,945,774
     
-
     
-
     
7,945,774
 
  Health Care and Social Assistance
   
2,837,402
     
-
     
-
     
2,837,402
 
  Manufacturing
   
16,272,520
     
-
     
-
     
16,272,520
 
  Professional, Scientific, and
     Technical Services
   
1,836,265
     
-
     
-
     
1,836,265
 
  Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
   
946,612
     
-
     
-
     
946,612
 
  Retail Trade
   
2,102,441
     
-
     
-
     
2,102,441
 
  Transportation and Warehousing
   
3,771,687
     
-
     
-
     
3,771,687
 
  Utilities
   
951,369
     
-
     
-
     
951,369
 
  Wholesale Trade
   
937,617
     
-
     
-
     
937,617
 
Total Common Stocks
   
43,244,193
     
-
     
-
     
43,244,193
 
REITs
   
3,766,301
     
-
     
-
     
3,766,301
 
Money Market Fund
   
532,889
     
-
     
-
     
532,889
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
47,543,383
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
47,543,383
 

Refer to the Fund's schedule of investments for a detailed break-out of securities by industry classification. Transfers between levels are recognized at June 30, 2018, 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 June 30, 2018.
 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)
The Registrant's President/Chief Executive Officer/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/Chief Executive
                                              Officer/Principal Executive Officer

Date                                                   August 24, 2018                                        


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/Chief Executive
                                              Officer/Principal Executive Officer
 
Date                                                  August 24, 2018                                                    

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

Date                                                  August 24, 2018                                                    


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