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AB Relative Value Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

July 31, 2022 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 93.1%

       

Health Care – 18.5%

       

Biotechnology – 4.0%

       

Amgen, Inc.

     194,280        $ 48,078,471  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) (b)

     47,220          27,467,402  
       

 

 

 
          75,545,873  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 7.5%

       

Cigna Corp.

     163,242          44,950,317  

Elevance Health, Inc.

     161,290          76,951,459  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     141,520          19,327,387  
       

 

 

 
                 141,229,163  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 2.9%

       

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - Class A(b)

     20,250          11,406,015  

PerkinElmer, Inc.(a)

     275,510          42,199,867  
       

 

 

 
          53,605,882  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 4.1%

       

Pfizer, Inc.

     257,760          13,019,458  

Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR)

     1,540,550          63,886,608  
       

 

 

 
          76,906,066  
       

 

 

 
          347,286,984  
       

 

 

 

Industrials – 18.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense – 4.7%

       

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     104,669          15,013,721  

Hexcel Corp.

     124,456          7,530,833  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     379,645          35,386,711  

Textron, Inc.

     458,038          30,065,614  
       

 

 

 
          87,996,879  
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 1.3%

       

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.(a)

     69,920          7,429,000  

FedEx Corp.

     71,570          16,682,251  
       

 

 

 
          24,111,251  
       

 

 

 

Airlines – 1.4%

       

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(b)

     248,350          11,009,355  

Southwest Airlines Co.(b)

     399,380          15,224,366  
       

 

 

 
          26,233,721  
       

 

 

 

Building Products – 0.9%

       

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b)

     263,044          17,886,992  
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 1.0%

       

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     155,060          18,044,332  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 2.7%

       

Acuity Brands, Inc.(a)

     82,654          15,076,090  

Emerson Electric Co.

     398,721          35,912,800  
       

 

 

 
          50,988,890  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Machinery – 2.5%

       

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

     228,890        $ 9,551,580  

Middleby Corp. (The)(b)

     50,990          7,377,743  

Toro Co. (The)

     166,665          14,331,523  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

     168,240          15,725,393  
       

 

 

 
          46,986,239  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 0.8%

       

Robert Half International, Inc.

     202,360          16,014,771  
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail – 1.9%

       

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

     642,534          35,307,243  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.9%

       

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. - Class A

     209,177          17,290,571  
       

 

 

 
                 340,860,889  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 17.0%

       

Banks – 7.3%

       

Bank OZK

     373,480          14,976,548  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     397,790          45,889,054  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1,739,725          76,321,736  
       

 

 

 
          137,187,338  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 3.3%

       

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     106,990          35,669,396  

Northern Trust Corp.

     264,190          26,360,878  
       

 

 

 
          62,030,274  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance – 0.9%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     149,892          16,462,638  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 4.0%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B(b)

     248,560          74,717,136  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 1.5%

       

Aflac, Inc.

     121,179          6,943,557  

Allstate Corp. (The)

     187,370          21,916,669  
       

 

 

 
          28,860,226  
       

 

 

 
          319,257,612  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 10.5%

       

Auto Components – 0.4%

       

BorgWarner, Inc.

     194,760          7,490,470  
       

 

 

 

Distributors – 2.1%

       

LKQ Corp.(a)

     730,230          40,045,813  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.6%

       

Booking Holdings, Inc.(b)

     6,000          11,614,140  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables – 1.6%

       

DR Horton, Inc.

     376,430          29,372,833  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail – 1.7%

       

Target Corp.

     192,300          31,417,974  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Specialty Retail – 4.1%

       

AutoZone, Inc.(a) (b)

     10,390        $ 22,207,482  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     180,300          34,532,859  

Murphy USA, Inc.(a)

     26,410          7,509,948  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)

     31,630          12,301,223  
       

 

 

 
          76,551,512  
       

 

 

 
          196,492,742  
       

 

 

 

Information Technology – 10.1%

       

Communications Equipment – 1.2%

       

Ciena Corp.(b)

     146,677          7,568,533  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     321,320          14,578,289  
       

 

 

 
          22,146,822  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.9%

       

IPG Photonics Corp.(a) (b)

     179,370          19,117,254  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b)

     214,740          34,916,724  
       

 

 

 
          54,033,978  
       

 

 

 

IT Services – 4.7%

       

Accenture PLC - Class A

     24,220          7,417,617  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A

     233,250          15,851,670  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b)

     116,023          25,535,502  

Mastercard, Inc. - Class A

     94,150          33,309,329  

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     109,340          7,309,379  
       

 

 

 
          89,423,497  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.3%

       

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     105,311          12,447,760  

NXP Semiconductors NV

     69,540          12,787,015  
       

 

 

 
          25,234,775  
       

 

 

 
                 190,839,072  
       

 

 

 

Energy – 5.3%

       

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.8%

       

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     325,711          15,080,419  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.5%

       

Chevron Corp.(a)

     87,470          14,325,837  

ConocoPhillips

     176,242          17,171,258  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     212,770          23,664,279  

Phillips 66

     334,940          29,809,660  
       

 

 

 
          84,971,034  
       

 

 

 
          100,051,453  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 3.9%

       

Tobacco – 3.9%

       

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     751,110          72,970,337  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate – 3.6%

       

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.9%

       

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     1,004,940          36,499,421  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 1.7%

       

CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A(b)

     370,010          31,680,256  
       

 

 

 
          68,179,677  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Communication Services – 3.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 3.2%

       

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     1,019,389        $ 38,247,475  

Verizon Communications, Inc.(a)

     481,410          22,236,328  
       

 

 

 
          60,483,803  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 2.1%

       

Chemicals – 1.0%

       

Mosaic Co. (The)

     349,270          18,392,558  
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining – 1.1%

       

BHP Group Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)(a)

     242,550          13,349,952  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     95,120          7,407,946  
       

 

 

 
          20,757,898  
       

 

 

 
          39,150,456  
       

 

 

 

Utilities – 0.8%

       

Electric Utilities – 0.8%

       

IDACORP, Inc.

     129,280          14,443,162  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,485,489,497)

              1,750,016,187  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 6.5%

       

Investment Companies – 6.5%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 1.72%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $122,482,742)

     122,482,742          122,482,742  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 99.6%
(cost $1,607,972,239)

          1,872,498,929  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 0.4%

       

Investment Companies – 0.4%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 1.72%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $7,590,300)

     7,590,300          7,590,300  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments – 100.0%
(cost $1,615,562,539)(f)

          1,880,089,229  

Other assets less liabilities – 0.0%

          (47,493
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

        $ 1,880,041,736  
       

 

 

 

 

(a)

Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Affiliated investments.

(d)

The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.

 

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(f)

As of July 31, 2022, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $293,597,935 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(29,071,245), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $264,526,690.

 

    

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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AB Relative Value Fund, Inc.

July 31, 2022 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of July 31, 2022:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Assets:

 

Common Stocks(a)    $ 1,750,016,187      $                 —      $                 —      $ 1,750,016,187  
Short-Term Investments      122,482,742                      122,482,742  
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund      7,590,300                      7,590,300  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      1,880,089,229                      1,880,089,229  
Other Financial Instruments(b)                            
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $     1,880,089,229      $                 —      $                 —      $     1,880,089,229  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.

 

(b) 

Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, options written and swaptions written which are valued at market value.

 

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A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the nine months ended July 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

Fund   

Market Value

10/31/2021

(000)

    

Purchases

at Cost

(000)

    

Sales

Proceeds

(000)

    

Market Value

07/31/2022

(000)

    

Dividend

Income

(000)

 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $ 138,223      $ 549,442      $ 565,182      $ 122,483      $ 241  
Government Money Market Portfolio*      11,850        125,678        129,938        7,590        20  
Total    $     150,073      $     675,120      $     695,120      $     130,073      $     261  

 

*

Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions.

 

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