NPORT-EX 2 waltsmallsoi-10312022.htm WALTHAUSEN SOI 10-31-22

 

 Walthausen Small Cap Value Fund 
       Schedule of Investments
      October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)
 Shares               Fair Value    % of Net Assets
                   
 COMMON STOCKS                
                   
 Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas               
           65,680   Earthstone Energy, Inc. Class A *        $    1,061,389    
           15,995   Gulfport Energy Corporation *             1,431,712    
                    2,493,101   3.65%
                   
 Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment               
           24,020   AZZ Inc.                   965,604    
           80,645   LSI Industries Inc.                  619,354    
                    1,584,958   2.31%
                   
 Electrical Industrial Apparatus               
           72,915   Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. *             1,294,970   1.90%
                   
 Electrical Work                 
           13,950   Comfort Systems USA, Inc.               1,719,756   2.52%
                   
 Electronic Components & Accessories               
           33,270   Vishay Precision Group, Inc. *             1,122,863   1.64%
                   
 Electronic Connectors               
           29,575   Methode Electronics, Inc.                1,219,377   1.78%
                   
 Farm Machinery & Equipment               
             7,840   Alamo Group Inc.               1,192,307   1.75%
                   
 Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit Agencies             
             9,470   Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation - Class C         1,090,944   1.60%
                   
 Heavy Construction Other Than Building Construction - Contractors         
          108,951   Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation *                823,670   1.21%
                   
 Instruments for Measuring & Testing of Electricity & Electric Signals         
           32,450   Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.             1,097,459    
           29,445   Cohu, Inc. *                  969,329    
                    2,066,788   3.02%
                   
 Metal Forgings & Stampings               
           15,345   Materion Corporation               1,315,220    
           32,100   TriMas Corporation                  733,485    
                    2,048,705   3.00%
                   
 Miscellaneous Chemical Products               
           66,620   Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg)           1,063,255   1.56%
                   
 Mobile Homes                   
           20,680   Skyline Champion Corporation *             1,203,783   1.76%
                   
 Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies               
           38,900   The Shyft Group, Inc.                   893,922   1.31%
                   
 National Commercial Banks               
             9,631   Arrow Financial Corporation                  335,351    
           28,226   Camden National Corporation             1,228,396    
           17,538   City Holding Company                1,768,707    
           36,650   NBT Bancorp Inc.               1,736,844    
                    5,069,298   7.41%
                   
 Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC               
          169,260   Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. *             1,184,820    
          117,170   ProPetro Holding Corp. *               1,387,293    
                    2,572,113   3.76%
                   
 Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers             
           28,042   AdvanSix Inc.               1,020,168   1.49%
                   
 Printed Circuit Boards               
           21,250   Kimball Electronics, Inc. *                  439,238   0.64%
                   
 Pulp Mills                   
           80,276   Mercer International Inc. (Canada)              1,077,304   1.58%
                   
 Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery             
           15,910   Tennant Company                   926,758   1.36%
                   
 Retail - Jewelry Stores               
             8,235   Signet Jewelers Limited (Bermuda)                537,251   0.79%
                   
 Retail - Retail Stores, NEC               
           50,305   Titan Machinery Inc. *               1,729,486   2.53%
                   
 Retail - Shoe Stores, NEC               
           28,230   Shoe Carnival, Inc.                  676,955   0.99%
                   
 Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals             
             9,300   Encore Wire Corporation               1,279,587   1.87%
                   
 Sanitary Services               
           52,646   Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. *             1,446,186   2.12%
                   
 Savings Institution, Federally Chartered               
           59,545   OceanFirst Financial Corp.               1,344,526   1.97%
                   
 Semiconductors & Related Devices               
           13,270   Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)               556,544    
           13,140   OSI Systems, Inc. *               1,079,845    
                    1,636,389   2.39%
                   
 Services - Amusement & Recreation Services             
          143,320   Bowlero Corp. - Class A *               2,086,739   3.05%
                   
 Services - Automotive Repair, Services & Parking             
           26,840   Monro, Inc.               1,281,610   1.88%
                   
 Services - Engineering Services               
           25,625   VSE Corporation                1,186,181   1.74%
                   
 Services - Facilities Support Management Services             
           23,568   V2X, Inc. *                  966,052   1.41%
                   
 Services - Home Health Care Services               
             9,920   Addus HomeCare Corporation *             1,016,006   1.49%
                   
 Services - Management Consulting Services             
           60,602   The Hackett Group, Inc.               1,323,548   1.94%
                   
 Services - To Dwellings & Other Buildings               
           22,198   ABM Industries Incorporated                988,033   1.45%
                   
 Special Industry Machinery, NEC               
           14,330   Axcelis Technologies, Inc. *                  831,140   1.22%
                   
 State Commercial Banks               
           14,330   Business First Bancshares, Inc.                355,097    
           32,360   First Bancorp               1,442,285    
           28,570   First Financial Corporation               1,385,359    
           18,600   Heartland Financial USA, Inc.                917,352    
           11,745   Lakeland Financial Corporation                970,724    
           39,315   Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida *             1,214,834    
           29,060   TriCo Bancshares               1,682,865    
           12,820   QCR Holdings, Inc.                  650,102    
           24,845   Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.             1,204,983    
                    9,823,601   14.38%
                   
 Steel Works, Blast Furnaces Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)             
           42,510   Commercial Metals Company             1,934,205   2.83%
                   
 Surety Insurance               
           27,237   NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A *                 597,307   0.87%
                   
 Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus             
           16,270   Haemonetics Corporation *               1,382,137    
           21,395   NuVasive, Inc. *                  944,161    
                    2,326,298   3.40%
                   
 Title Insurance                 
             6,630   Stewart Information Services Corporation                 258,305   0.38%
                   
 Total for Common Stocks (Cost $48,392,668)             64,192,683   93.95%
                   
 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS               
           23,580   EPR Properties                  910,188    
           57,887   Global Medical REIT, Inc.                  529,087    
           64,075   UMH Properties, Inc.               1,123,876    
 Total for Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $2,079,771)              2,563,151   3.75%
                   
 MONEY MARKET FUNDS               
       1,643,161   Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio -        
           Class I 2.87% **               1,643,161   2.41%
                           (Cost $1,643,161)              
                   
 Total Investment Securities              68,398,995   100.11%
    (Cost $52,115,600)              
                   
 Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets                   (76,688)   -0.11%
                     
 Net Assets               $  68,322,307   100.00%
                   
                   
 * Non-Income Producing Securities.               
 ** The rate shown represents the 7-day yield at October 31, 2022.         
                   
                   
1. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS              
                   
For Federal income tax purposes, the cost of securities owned at October 31, 2022, was $52,115,600. At October 31, 2022, the composition of gross unrealized appreciation (the excess of value over tax cost) and depreciation (the excess of tax cost over value) of investments was as follows:
                   
      Unrealized Appreciation    $  18,124,824    
      Unrealized Depreciation        (1,841,429)    
      Unrealized Appreciation    $  16,283,395    
                   
2. SECURITIES VALUATIONS              
                   
The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:
                   
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 in 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 availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in level 3.
                   
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
                   
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS              
                   
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows.
                   
Equity securities (common stocks). Equity securities generally are valued by using market quotations but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Valuation Committee believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities. Securities that are traded on any stock exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are generally valued by the pricing service at the last quoted sale price. Lacking a last sale price, an equity security is generally valued by the pricing service at its last bid price. Generally, if the security is traded in an active market and is valued at the last sale price, the security is categorized as a level 1 security, and if an equity security is valued by the pricing service at its last bid price, it is generally categorized as a level 2 security. When market quotations are not readily available, when the Valuation Committee determines that the market quotation or the price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the current market value, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, such securities are valued pursuant to the Fair Value Pricing procedures. The Board maintains responsibility for fair value determinations under Rule 2a-5 of the 1940 Act and oversees the Valuation Committee.
                   
Money market funds. Money market funds are valued at net asset value provided by the funds and are classified in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
                   
It is incumbent upon the Valuation Committee to consider all appropriate factors relevant to the value of securities for which market quotations are not readily available. No single standard for determining fair value can be established, since fair value depends upon the circumstances of each individual case. As a general principle, the current fair value of an issue of securities being valued by the Valuation Committee would appear to be the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale. Methods which are in accordance with this principle may, for example, be based on (i) a multiple of earnings; (ii) a discount from market of a similar freely traded security (including a derivative security or a basket of securities traded on other markets, exchanges or among dealers); or (iii) yield to maturity with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other methods.
                   
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s assets measured at fair value as of October 31, 2022:
                   
Valuation of Inputs and Assets Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Common Stocks    $  64,192,683    $                 -    $                 -    $    64,192,683
Real Estate Investment Trusts       2,563,151                       -                       -           2,563,151
Money Market Funds       1,643,161                       -                       -           1,643,161
Total       $  68,398,995    $                 -    $                 -    $    68,398,995
                   
Refer to the Fund's Schedule of Investments for a listing of securities by industry. The Fund did not hold any level 3 assets during the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2022.