N-Q 1 d344246dnq.htm SIT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, INC. Sit Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

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- 03343

SIT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

3300 IDS Center, 80 S. 8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Kelly K. Boston, Esq.

3300 IDS Center, 80 S. 8th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 612-332-3223

Date of fiscal year end:    June 30, 2017   

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2017


Item 1. Schedule of Investments

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

The fund’s schedule of investments as of the date on the cover of this report has not been audited. This report is provided for the general information of the fund’s shareholders. For more information regarding the fund and its holdings, please see the fund’s most recent prospectus and annual report.


 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

March 31, 2017

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund

 

     Quantity     

 

Name of Issuer

   Fair Value ($)  

Common Stocks - 98.9%

  
    Commercial Services - 1.4%   
    9,300      Equifax, Inc.      1,271,682  
    9,900      Nielsen Holdings, PLC      408,969  
       

 

 

 
          1,680,651  
       

 

 

 
   

Communications - 2.4%

  
    5,900      SBA Communications Corp.  *      710,183  
    41,475      Verizon Communications, Inc.      2,021,906  
       

 

 

 
          2,732,089  
       

 

 

 
   

Consumer Durables - 1.5%

  
    10,300      Electronic Arts, Inc.  *      922,056  
    9,100      Genuine Parts Co.      840,931  
       

 

 

 
          1,762,987  
       

 

 

 
   

Consumer Non-Durables - 6.5%

  
    19,775      Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.-Class A      1,676,722  
    28,450      NIKE, Inc.      1,585,519  
    25,200      PepsiCo, Inc.      2,818,872  
    15,900      Procter & Gamble Co.      1,428,615  
       

 

 

 
          7,509,728  
       

 

 

 
   

Consumer Services - 9.3%

  
    18,100      CBS Corp.      1,255,416  
    13,900      Marriott International, Inc.      1,309,102  
    39,000      Starbucks Corp.      2,277,210  
    14,575      Time Warner, Inc.      1,424,123  
    38,600      Visa, Inc.      3,430,382  
    10,000      Walt Disney Co.      1,133,900  
       

 

 

 
          10,830,133  
       

 

 

 
   

Electronic Technology - 13.9%

  
    49,875      Apple, Inc.      7,165,043  
    69,500      Applied Materials, Inc.      2,703,550  
    13,700      Broadcom, Ltd.      2,999,752  
    37,000      Ciena Corp.  *      873,570  
    34,600      Intel Corp.      1,248,022  
    12,400      MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.  *      598,920  
    4,500      NVIDIA Corp.      490,185  
       

 

 

 
          16,079,042  
       

 

 

 
   

Energy Minerals - 1.7%

  
    3,900      Chevron Corp.      418,743  
    18,600      Marathon Petroleum Corp.      940,044  
    3,100      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      196,416  
    2,300      Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      428,329  
       

 

 

 
          1,983,532  
       

 

 

 
   

Finance - 5.8%

  
    28,600      Brixmor Property Group, Inc.      613,756  
    5,450      Chubb, Ltd.      742,562  
    5,400      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.      1,240,488  
     Quantity     

 

Name of Issuer

   Fair Value ($)  
    20,600      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      1,809,504  
    18,300      Legg Mason, Inc.      660,813  
    26,625      Synchrony Financial      913,238  
    10,500      T Rowe Price Group, Inc.      715,575  
       

 

 

 
          6,695,936  
       

 

 

 
   

Health Services - 3.0%

  
    14,000      Centene Corp.  *      997,640  
    3,500      Humana, Inc.      721,490  
    10,625      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      1,742,606  
       

 

 

 
          3,461,736  
       

 

 

 
   

Health Technology - 11.1%

  
    22,500      AbbVie, Inc.      1,466,100  
    4,700      Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  *      569,828  
    4,200      Allergan, PLC      1,003,464  
    11,475      Celgene Corp.  *      1,427,834  
    16,900      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      1,147,848  
    2,500      Incyte Corp.  *      334,175  
    13,700      Johnson & Johnson      1,706,335  
    22,800      Medtronic, PLC      1,836,768  
    35,900      Pfizer, Inc.      1,228,139  
    7,500      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      1,152,000  
    7,925      Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.      967,722  
       

 

 

 
          12,840,213  
       

 

 

 
   

Industrial Services - 0.5%

  
    7,100      Schlumberger, Ltd.      554,510  
       

 

 

 
   

Process Industries - 2.2%

  
    15,900      Ecolab, Inc.      1,992,906  
    2,000      Sherwin-Williams Co.      620,380  
       

 

 

 
          2,613,286  
       

 

 

 
   

Producer Manufacturing - 6.3%

  
    8,050      3M Co.      1,540,206  
    13,425      Honeywell International, Inc.      1,676,380  
    10,100      Ingersoll-Rand, PLC      821,332  
    13,500      Raytheon Co.      2,058,750  
    10,300      United Technologies Corp.      1,155,763  
       

 

 

 
          7,252,431  
       

 

 

 
   

Retail Trade - 5.7%

  
    1,700      Amazon.com, Inc.  *      1,507,118  
    5,200      CVS Health Corp.      408,200  
    15,800      Home Depot, Inc.      2,319,914  
    21,100      TJX Cos., Inc.      1,668,588  
    2,500      Ulta Beauty, Inc.  *      713,075  
       

 

 

 
          6,616,895  
       

 

 

 
   

Technology Services - 22.6%

  
    13,775      Accenture, PLC      1,651,347  
    24,600      Adobe Systems, Inc.  *      3,201,198  
    2,750      Alphabet, Inc. - Class A  *      2,331,450  
 

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.    

MARCH 31, 2017

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

March 31, 2017

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund (Continued)

 

     Quantity     

 

Name of Issuer

   Fair Value ($)  
    5,966      Alphabet, Inc. - Class C  *      4,949,155  
    8,900      ANSYS, Inc.  *      951,143  
    21,800      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.  *      1,297,536  
    27,800      Facebook, Inc.  *      3,948,990  
    70,600      Microsoft Corp.      4,649,716  
    21,500      PayPal Holdings, Inc.  *      924,930  
    1,275      priceline.com, Inc.  *      2,269,462  
       

 

 

 
          26,174,927  
       

 

 

 
   

Transportation - 4.5%

  
    11,900      Alaska Air Group, Inc.      1,097,418  
    21,615      Delta Air Lines, Inc.      993,425  
    6,900      FedEx Corp.      1,346,535  
    9,800      Union Pacific Corp.      1,038,016  
    7,000      United Parcel Service, Inc.      751,100  
       

 

 

 
          5,226,494  
       

 

 

 
   

Utilities - 0.5%

  
    5,000      NextEra Energy, Inc.      641,850  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost: $69,094,369)

     114,656,440  
       

 

 

 
     Quantity     

 

Name of Issuer

   Fair Value ($)  

Short-Term Securities - 0.9%

  
    994,482      Fidelity Instl. Money Mkt. Govt. Fund, 0.56%   

Total Short-Term Securities
(cost: $994,482)

     994,482  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities - 99.8%
(cost: $70,088,851)

     115,650,922  

Other Assets and Liabilities, net - 0.2%

     267,096  
       

 

 

 
Total Net Assets - 100.0%    $ 115,918,018  
       

 

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.

Numeric footnotes not disclosed are not applicable to this Schedule of Investments.

    PLC — Public Limited Company

 

 

A summary of the levels for the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2017 is as follows (see notes to Schedule of Investments):

 

   

Investment in Securities

 
   

Level 1

Quoted

Price ($)

     Level 2
Other significant
observable inputs ($)
  

Level 3

Significant
unobservable inputs ($)

   Total ($)  
 

 

 

 

Common Stocks **

      114,656,440              114,656,440  
 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

    994,482              994,482  
 

 

 

 

Total:

      115,650,922              115,650,922  
 

 

 

 

 

** For equity securities categorized in a single level, refer to the Schedule of Investments for further breakdown.

For the reporting period, there were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.    
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

March 31, 2017

Securities Valuation:

Investments in Securities

Investments in securities traded on national or international securities exchanges are valued at the last reported sales price prior to the time when assets are valued. Securities traded on the over-the-counter market are valued at the last reported sales price or if the last sales price is not available at the last reported bid price. The sale and bid prices or prices deemed best to reflect fair value quoted by dealers who make markets in these securities are obtained from independent pricing services. Consistent with the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, debt securities maturing in more than 60 days are priced by an independent pricing service. The pricing service may use models that price securities based on current yields and relative security characteristics, such as coupon rate, maturity date, issuer credit quality, and prepayment speeds as applicable. When market quotations are not readily available, or when the Advisor becomes aware that a significant event impacting the value of a security or group of securities has occurred after the closing of the exchange on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the calculation of the daily net asset value, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith using procedures established by the Board of Directors. The procedures consider, among others, the following factors to determine a security’s fair value: the nature and pricing history (if any) of the security; whether any dealer quotations for the security are available; and possible valuation methodologies that could be used to determine the fair value of the security. Debt securities of sufficient credit quality maturing in less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Fair Value Measurements

The inputs and valuations techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s net assets are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

•  Level 1 – quoted prices for active markets for identical securities. An active market for the security is a market in which transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. A quoted price in an active market provides the most reliable evidence of fair value.

•  Level 2 – debt securities are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, U.S. government and government agency obligations, and municipal securities the pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type as well as dealer supplied prices. For asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities, the pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type as well as dealer supplied prices. All of these inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. An adjustment to any observable input that is significant to the fair value may render the measurement a Level 3 measurement.

•  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs, including the Adviser’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

A summary of the levels for the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2017 is included with the Fund’s schedule of investments.

At March 31, 2017, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and cost of securities on a tax basis for federal income tax purposes are identical to book and are as follows:

 

     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Cost of
Securities on a
Tax Basis
 

Large Cap Growth

     $46,177,462        ($615,391)        $45,562,071        $70,088,851  

 

     
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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Vice President and Treasurer and the Chairman have concluded that the Sit Large Cap Growth Fund’s (the “Fund”) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Fund is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) There was no change in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the Fund’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.


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.

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

 

By:   /s/ Paul E. Rasmussen
  Paul Rasmussen
  Vice President and Treasurer
Date:   May 5, 2017

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/ Paul E. Rasmussen
  Paul Rasmussen
  Vice President and Treasurer
Date:   May 5, 2017
By:   /s/ Roger J. Sit
  Roger J. Sit
  Chairman
Date:   May 5, 2017