N-Q 1 iman_nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS



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 811-09821



Allied Asset Advisors Funds
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)



715 Enterprise Drive, Suite 100
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Bassam Osman
Allied Asset Advisors Funds
715 Enterprise Drive, Suite 100
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(Name and address of agent for service)



(877) 417-6161
Registrant's telephone number, including area code


Date of fiscal year end: May 31, 2019

Date of reporting period:  February 28, 2019

 
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
 

Iman Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
 
February 28, 2019 (Unaudited)
 
(Classifications are based on the North American Industry Classification System)
 
             
Shares
        
Value
 
      
COMMON STOCKS - 97.6%
     
      
Agriculture, Construction & Mining Machinery Manufacturing - 0.7%
     
 
12,200
   
The Toro Co.
 
$
836,676
 
                 
        
Architectural, Engineering & Related Services - 0.7%
       
 
13,500
   
Tetra Tech, Inc.
   
810,270
 
                 
        
Automotive Parts, Accessories & Tire Stores - 0.1%
       
 
380
   
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)
   
141,345
 
                 
        
Automotive Repair & Maintenance - 0.9%
       
 
13,200
   
Monro, Inc.
   
1,007,292
 
                 
        
Basic Chemical Manufacturing - 0.8%
       
 
4,900
   
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
   
887,782
 
                 
        
Beverage Manufacturing - 0.2%
       
 
4,100
   
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
   
261,703
 
                 
        
Building Material & Supplies Dealers - 1.3%
       
 
8,000
   
The Home Depot, Inc.
   
1,481,120
 
                 
        
Business Support Services - 0.8%
       
 
8,900
   
Atlassian Corp. Plc - Class A (a)(b)
   
956,572
 
                 
        
Clothing Stores - 0.6%
       
 
6,800
   
Ross Stores, Inc.
   
644,844
 
                 
        
Commercial & Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing - 0.7%
       
 
13,800
   
Fabrinet (a)(b)
   
807,300
 
                 
        
Communications Equipment Manufacturing - 3.7%
       
 
24,500
   
Apple Inc.
   
4,242,175
 
                 
        
Computer & Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing - 0.8%
       
 
19,400
   
Teradata Corp. (a)
   
938,378
 
                 
        
Computer Systems Design & Related Services - 0.3%
       
 
2,300
   
Accenture PLC - Class A (b)
   
371,174
 
                 
        
Cut & Sew Apparel Manufacturing - 0.8%
       
 
4,500
   
lululemon athletica Inc. (a)
   
676,890
 
 
2,300
   
VF Corp.
   
200,928
 
             
877,818
 
        
Data Processing, Hosting & Related Services - 0.4%
       
 
920
   
CoStar Group Inc. (a)
   
420,928
 
                 
        
Drugs & Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers - 3.5%
       
 
16,500
   
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Class A
   
991,815
 
 
30,300
   
The Procter & Gamble Co.
   
2,986,065
 
             
3,977,880
 


        
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing - 1.7%
       
 
6,700
   
A.O. Smith Corp.
   
347,931
 
 
32,600
   
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
   
1,037,006
 
 
2,400
   
Littelfuse, Inc.
   
463,416
 
 
500
   
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
   
89,280
 
             
1,937,633
 
        
Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses - 4.5%
       
 
2,750
   
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
   
4,509,532
 
 
3,400
   
Wayfair, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
563,312
 
             
5,072,844
 
        
Electronics & Appliance Stores - 0.2%
       
 
2,600
   
Best Buy Co., Inc.
   
178,984
 
                 
        
Engine, Turbine & Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing - 0.1%
       
 
900
   
Cummins, Inc.
   
138,681
 
                 
        
Footwear Manufacturing - 0.8%
       
 
10,500
   
NIKE, Inc. - Class B
   
900,165
 
                 
        
Freight Transportation Arrangement - 1.1%
       
 
16,900
   
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
   
1,266,655
 
                 
        
Furniture Stores - 0.5%
       
 
18,200
   
The Lovesac Co. (a)
   
550,914
 
                 
        
General Freight Trucking - 1.9%
       
 
54,500
   
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.
   
1,832,835
 
 
2,400
   
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
   
361,848
 
             
2,194,683
 
        
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing - 0.1%
       
 
2,600
   
Applied Materials, Inc.
   
99,684
 
                 
        
Insurance Carriers - 1.9%
       
 
8,880
   
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
2,150,914
 
                 
        
Management, Scientific & Technical Consulting Services - 2.1%
       
 
14,200
   
salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
   
2,323,830
 
                 
        
Medical Equipment & Supplies Manufacturing - 4.1%
       
 
1,175
   
ABIOMED, Inc. (a)
   
393,037
 
 
570
   
Align Technology, Inc. (a)
   
147,613
 
 
20,800
   
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
   
834,496
 
 
4,300
   
Edwards Lifesciences, Corp. (a)
   
727,947
 
 
2,080
   
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)
   
1,139,029
 
 
7,600
   
Stryker Corp.
   
1,432,676
 
             
4,674,798
 
        
Metal Ore Mining - 0.2%
       
 
3,200
   
Franco-Nevada Corp. (b)
   
241,248
 
                 
        
Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers - 1.4%
       
 
2,800
   
 3M Co.
   
580,692
 
 
6,800
   
Honeywell International, Inc.
   
1,047,676
 
             
1,628,368
 
        
Motor Vehicle & Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies Merchant Wholesalers - 0.6%
       
 
8,929
   
Dorman Products, Inc. (a)
   
722,356
 


        
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing - 0.5%
       
 
4,100
   
RBC Bearings Inc. (a)
   
574,615
 
                 
        
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical & Control Instruments Manufacturing - 1.4%
       
 
13,100
   
Bruker Corp.
   
500,551
 
 
2,600
   
Coherent, Inc. (a)
   
346,008
 
 
17,400
   
Teradyne, Inc.
   
710,442
 
             
1,557,001
 
        
Offices of Real Estate Agents & Brokers - 0.6%
       
 
7,600
   
FirstService Corp. (b)
   
659,984
 
                 
        
Oil & Gas Extraction - 0.2%
       
 
2,000
   
EOG Resources, Inc.
   
188,000
 
                 
        
Other Chemical Product & Preparation Manufacturing - 1.0%
       
 
13,900
   
Innospec Inc.
   
1,137,854
 
                 
        
Other Electrical Equipment & Component Manufacturing - 1.0%
       
 
16,700
   
Emerson Electric Co.
   
1,138,105
 
                 
        
Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing - 0.7%
       
 
16,800
   
Sleep Number Corp. (a)
   
733,320
 
                 
        
Other General Merchandise Stores - 1.7%
       
 
4,400
   
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)
   
746,856
 
 
4,600
   
Dollar General Corp.
   
544,916
 
 
5,600
   
Five Below, Inc. (a)
   
673,960
 
             
1,965,732
 
        
Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing - 1.3%
       
 
30,700
   
Graco Inc.
   
1,441,672
 
                 
        
Other Information Services - 5.1%
       
 
10,600
   
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. -  ADR (a)(b)
   
1,940,118
 
 
11,300
   
Facebook Inc. - Class A (a)
   
1,824,385
 
 
25,500
   
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
1,370,625
 
 
21,400
   
Twitter, Inc. (a)
   
658,692
 
             
5,793,820
 
        
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 0.5%
       
 
3,600
   
Pool Corp.
   
574,344
 
                 
        
Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers - 0.3%
       
 
2,965
   
Stamps.com, Inc. (a)
   
278,680
 
                 
        
Other Professional, Scientific & Technical Services - 1.6%
       
 
13,600
   
RealPage, Inc. (a)
   
832,456
 
 
4,300
   
ServiceNow, Inc. (a)
   
1,029,592
 
             
1,862,048
 
        
Petroleum & Coal Products Manufacturing - 1.4%
       
 
20,500
   
Exxon Mobil Corp.
   
1,620,115
 
                 
        
Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing - 9.3%
       
 
3,600
   
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
487,188
 
 
4,000
   
Alkermes PLC (a)(b)
   
133,080
 
 
8,800
   
Bio-Techne Corp
   
1,706,320
 
 
11,700
   
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
   
604,422
 
 
2,900
   
Eli Lilly and Co.
   
366,241
 
 
32,100
   
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
553,725
 
 
2,300
   
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)
   
485,369
 
 
4,400
   
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
312,356
 
 
10,200
   
Johnson & Johnson
   
1,393,728
 
 
22,700
   
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
1,845,283
 
 
5,400
   
Nektar Therapeutics (a)
   
218,916
 
 
28,900
   
Pfizer Inc.
   
1,252,815
 
 
3,700
   
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
589,225
 
 
3,300
   
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)
   
622,875
 
             
10,571,543
 


        
Plastics Product Manufacturing - 0.7%
       
 
68,900
   
ZAGG Inc. (a)
   
799,240
 
                 
        
Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies Merchant Wholesalers - 2.5%
       
 
4,900
   
New Relic, Inc. (a)
   
518,175
 
 
8,600
   
Paycom Software, Inc. (a)
   
1,562,878
 
 
9,100
   
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)
   
691,691
 
             
2,772,744
 
        
Scheduled Air Transportation - 1.5%
       
 
29,500
   
Southwest Airlines Co.
   
1,653,180
 
                 
        
Scientific Research & Development Services - 0.6%
       
 
700
   
Biogen Inc. (a)
   
229,607
 
 
4,600
   
Exact Sciences Corp. (a)
   
418,600
 
             
648,207
 
        
Semiconductor & Other Electronic Component Manufacturing - 9.4%
       
 
7,000
   
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
   
164,710
 
 
3,340
   
Alphabet Inc. - Class A (a)
   
3,762,677
 
 
2,300
   
Broadcom Inc.
   
633,328
 
 
24,600
   
Intel Corp.
   
1,302,816
 
 
6,900
   
Lam Research Corp.
   
1,215,021
 
 
3,000
   
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
   
402,330
 
 
5,500
   
NVIDIA Corp.
   
848,430
 
 
22,600
   
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. -  ADR (b)
   
882,530
 
 
9,800
   
Texas Instruments Inc.
   
1,036,644
 
 
3,100
   
Xilinx, Inc.
   
388,430
 
             
10,636,916
 
        
Services to Buildings & Dwellings - 1.3%
       
 
4,000
   
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
   
612,120
 
 
21,150
   
Rollins, Inc.
   
838,809
 
             
1,450,929
 
        
Soap, Cleaning Compound & Toilet Preparation Manufacturing - 2.4%
       
 
30,000
   
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
   
1,976,100
 
 
7,200
   
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
   
754,200
 
             
2,730,300
 
        
Software Publishers - 12.4%
       
 
2,900
   
Adobe Inc. (a)
   
761,250
 
 
16,100
   
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)
   
1,121,526
 
 
3,800
   
Autodesk, Inc. (a)
   
619,438
 
 
3,100
   
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
   
521,978
 
 
2,900
   
Intuit Inc.
   
716,677
 
 
2,000
   
MercadoLibre Inc. (a)
   
917,580
 
 
35,100
   
Microsoft Corp.
   
3,932,253
 
 
4,600
   
Proofpoint, Inc. (a)
   
543,214
 
 
4,000
   
PTC, Inc. (a)
   
371,280
 
 
4,400
   
Shopify Inc. - Class A (a)(b)
   
832,260
 
 
2,800
   
Splunk Inc. (a)
   
380,464
 
 
3,300
   
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
   
335,544
 
 
7,500
   
Tableau Software, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
989,250
 
 
2,000
   
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)
   
409,580
 
 
2,400
   
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a)
   
795,600
 
 
3,800
   
Workday, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
752,134
 
             
14,000,028
 


        
Support Activities for Mining - 1.8%
       
 
15,800
   
Core Laboratories N.V. (b)
   
1,023,998
 
 
162,800
   
Frank's International N.V. (a)(b)
   
1,019,128
 
             
2,043,126
 
        
Travel Arrangement & Reservation Services - 0.9%
       
 
320
   
Booking Holdings Inc. (a)
   
543,053
 
 
8,800
   
TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)
   
467,896
 
             
1,010,949
 
                 
        
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $91,679,908)
   
110,587,466
 
                 
        
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (REIT) - 1.9%
       
        
Real Estate - 1.9%
       
 
65,700
   
Equity Commonwealth
   
2,145,105
 
        
TOTAL REIT (Cost $1,957,301)
   
2,145,105
 
                 
        
Total Investments (Cost $93,637,209) - 99.5%
   
112,732,571
 
        
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.5%
   
614,546
 
        
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%
 
$
113,347,117
 
                 
        
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
       
   
     
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
       
     
(a)
Non Income Producing
       
     
(b)
Foreign Issued Securities
       
                 
        
The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at February 28, 2019 was as follows*:
       
                 
        
Cost of Investments
 
$
93,637,209
 
        
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
23,015,674
 
        
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(3,920,312
)
        
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
19,095,362
 
                 
        
*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 semi-annual or annual report.
       


 
Summary of Fair Value Exposure at February 28, 2019 (Unaudited)
               
The Trust has performed an analysis of all existing investments to determine the significance and character of all inputs to their fair value determination. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
               
Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, model-derived  valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
 
               
Inputs that are used in determining a fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Adviser, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
               
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Adviser. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets as of February 28, 2019:
     

  
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
$
110,587,466
     
-
     
-
   
$
110,587,466
 
REIT
   
2,145,105
     
-
     
-
     
2,145,105
 
Total*
 
$
112,732,571
     
-
     
-
   
$
112,732,571
 

* Additional information regarding the industry and/or geographical classification of these investments is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.
               
Derivatives and Hedging Activities at February 28, 2019 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Trust has adopted an accounting standard involving disclosures of derivatives and hedging activities.  The standard is intended to improve financial reporting
for derivative instruments by requiring enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are
accounted for and how derivative instruments affect an entity's results of operations and financial position.  The standard does not have any impact on the Fund's 
financial disclosures because the Fund has not maintained any positions in derivative instruments or engaged in hedging activities.
 
In August 2018, FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”). The primary focus of ASU 2018-13 is to improve the effectiveness of the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The changes affect all companies that are required to include fair value  measurement disclosures. In general, the amendments in ASU 2018-13 are effective for all entities for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. An entity is permitted to early adopt the removed or modified disclosures upon the issuance of ASU 2018-13 and may delay adoption of the additional disclosures, which are required for public companies only, until their effective date. These updates have been incorporated in the Fund's financial statements and have no impact on the Fund's net assets or results of operations. The Fund adopted the removed and modified disclosures and has elected to delay the adoption of additional disclosures until their effective date.
 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (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 have 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.


Allied Asset Advisors Funds


By  /s/ Bassam Osman                               
       Bassam Osman, President

Date  April 29, 2019                                  


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  /s/ Bassam Osman                              
       Bassam Osman, President

Date  April 29, 2019                                  


By  /s/ Mohammad Basheeruddin             
       Mohammad Basheeruddin, Treasurer


Date  April 29, 2019