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AB Relative Value Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2023 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 92.2%

 

Health Care – 18.8%

 

Biotechnology – 6.3%

 

Amgen, Inc.

     200,810        $          50,684,444  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)

     441,860          37,089,729  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

     48,030          36,429,314  
       

 

 

 
          124,203,487  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 7.7%

 

Cigna Corp.

     137,142          43,428,757  

Elevance Health, Inc.

     162,420          81,208,376  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     180,400          26,785,792  
       

 

 

 
          151,422,925  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.1%

 

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     155,840          21,432,675  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 3.7%

 

Pfizer, Inc.

     283,530          12,520,685  

Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR)(a)

     1,580,010          61,857,391  
       

 

 

 
          74,378,076  
       

 

 

 
          371,437,163  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 17.5%

 

Banks – 8.4%

 

Bank OZK

     457,870          20,910,923  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     552,950          77,390,882  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1,450,085          67,965,484  
       

 

 

 
          166,267,289  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 2.8%

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     59,800          21,875,438  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

     165,330          16,379,243  

Nasdaq, Inc.

     269,400          16,215,186  
       

 

 

 
          54,469,867  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 3.5%

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B(a) (b)

     222,350          69,266,472  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 2.8%

 

American International Group, Inc.

     331,760          20,973,867  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

     302,960          18,956,207  

MetLife, Inc.

     207,970          15,185,970  
       

 

 

 
          55,116,044  
       

 

 

 
          345,119,672  
       

 

 

 

Information Technology – 14.5%

 

Communications Equipment – 1.7%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     677,870          32,991,933  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 3.0%

 

IPG Photonics Corp.(b)

     151,930          17,031,353  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b)

     146,330          26,244,286  

Littelfuse, Inc.

     31,910          8,190,978  

Zebra Technologies Corp. - Class A(a) (b)

     24,630          7,787,513  
       

 

 

 
          59,254,130  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

IT Services – 8.2%

 

Accenture PLC - Class A

     97,560        $          27,224,118  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b)

     77,460          16,174,423  

Mastercard, Inc. - Class A

     172,530          63,939,618  

Maximus, Inc.

     243,050          18,192,292  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(b)

     457,530          37,284,120  
       

 

 

 
          162,814,571  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.6%

 

NXP Semiconductors NV

     84,610          15,594,469  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     164,970          15,297,668  
       

 

 

 
          30,892,137  
       

 

 

 
          285,952,771  
       

 

 

 

Industrials – 14.4%

 

Aerospace & Defense – 3.3%

 

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     76,529          12,688,508  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     248,495          24,812,226  

Textron, Inc.

     377,818          27,524,041  
       

 

 

 
          65,024,775  
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.4%

 

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     65,810          7,117,352  
       

 

 

 

Airlines – 1.7%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(b)

     338,560          17,381,670  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

     465,510          16,651,293  
       

 

 

 
          34,032,963  
       

 

 

 

Building Products – 1.0%

 

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) (b)

     243,834          19,433,570  
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 0.6%

 

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     86,220          12,782,115  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 1.8%

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     59,984          11,308,184  

Emerson Electric Co.

     260,081          23,464,508  
       

 

 

 
          34,772,692  
       

 

 

 

Machinery – 2.7%

 

Middleby Corp. (The)(b)

     52,460          8,154,907  

PACCAR, Inc.

     296,930          32,457,418  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

     113,990          11,833,302  
       

 

 

 
          52,445,627  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 1.0%

 

Robert Half International, Inc.

     228,400          19,176,464  
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail – 1.4%

 

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

     476,614          28,167,887  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.5%

 

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. - Class A

     132,977        $          10,997,198  
       

 

 

 
          283,950,643  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 9.0%

 

Auto Components – 1.0%

 

BorgWarner, Inc.

     405,940          19,192,843  
       

 

 

 

Distributors – 1.4%

 

LKQ Corp.

     464,090          27,362,746  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.7%

 

Booking Holdings, Inc.(b)

     7,230          17,598,543  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.(a)

     130,659          16,056,685  
       

 

 

 
          33,655,228  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables – 0.7%

 

DR Horton, Inc.

     136,220          13,443,552  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail – 1.9%

 

Target Corp.

     221,930          38,203,030  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 2.3%

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     144,360          30,062,970  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)

     30,590          15,722,036  
       

 

 

 
          45,785,006  
       

 

 

 
          177,642,405  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 5.3%

 

Food & Staples Retailing – 0.8%

 

Kroger Co. (The)

     355,320          15,857,932  
       

 

 

 

Food Products – 0.4%

 

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

     185,660          7,524,800  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco – 4.1%

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     784,860          81,813,806  
       

 

 

 
          105,196,538  
       

 

 

 

Energy – 5.0%

 

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.8%

 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     311,111          15,070,217  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.2%

 

Chevron Corp.

     95,790          16,669,376  

ConocoPhillips

     97,822          11,921,567  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     191,570          25,335,132  

Phillips 66

     287,160          28,793,533  
       

 

 

 
          82,719,608  
       

 

 

 
          97,789,825  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate – 3.1%

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 2.2%

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     1,273,240          43,837,653  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 0.9%

 

CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     199,450          17,054,970  
       

 

 

 
          60,892,623  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Communication Services – 2.8%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.5%

 

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     750,309        $ 29,524,659  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services – 1.3%

 

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C(b)

     252,990          25,266,111  
       

 

 

 
          54,790,770  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 1.2%

 

Chemicals – 0.8%

 

Mosaic Co. (The)

     334,310          16,561,717  
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining – 0.4%

 

BHP Group Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)(a)

     100,270          7,033,941  
       

 

 

 
          23,595,658  
       

 

 

 

Utilities – 0.6%

 

Electric Utilities – 0.6%

 

IDACORP, Inc.

     102,600          10,856,106  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,457,654,311)

          1,817,224,174  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 3.2%

 

Funds and Investment Trusts – 3.2%

 

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF - Class E(c)
(cost $56,516,633)

     393,830          62,796,193  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 4.8%

 

Investment Companies – 4.8%

 

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 4.15%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $95,867,484)

     95,867,484          95,867,484  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 100.2%
(cost $1,610,038,428)

 

       1,975,887,851  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 0.0%

 

Investment Companies – 0.0%

 

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 4.15%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $23,850)

     23,850          23,850  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments – 100.2%
(cost $1,610,062,278)(f)

 

       1,975,911,701  

Other assets less liabilities – (0.2)%

          (4,622,214
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

        $     1,971,289,487  
       

 

 

 

 

(a)

Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

 

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(c)

To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB at (800) 227-4618.

(d)

Affiliated investments.

(e)

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

(f)

As of January 31, 2023, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $369,888,771 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,039,348), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $365,849,423.

 

  

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

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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AB Relative Value Fund, Inc.

January 31, 2023 (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 January 31, 2023:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Assets:

 

Common Stocks(a)    $ 1,817,224,174      $                 —      $                 —      $ 1,817,224,174  
Investment Companies      62,796,193                      62,796,193  
Short-Term Investments      95,867,484                      95,867,484  
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund      23,850                      23,850  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      1,975,911,701                      1,975,911,701  
Other Financial Instruments(b)                            
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $     1,975,911,701      $      $      $     1,975,911,701  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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, written options and written swaptions which are valued at market value.

 

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A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the three months ended January 31, 2023 is as follows:

 

Fund   

Market Value

10/31/2022

(000)

    

Purchases

at Cost

(000)

    

Sales

Proceeds

(000)

    

Market Value

01/31/2023

(000)

    

Dividend

Income

(000)

 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $ 83,217      $ 214,168      $ 201,518      $ 95,867      $ 1,029  
Government Money Market Portfolio*      1,582        42,213        43,771        24        20  
Total    $     84,799      $     256,381      $     245,289      $     95,891      $     1,049  

 

*

Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions.

 

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