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Jan. 31, 2024
Provident Trust Strategy Fund
Provident Trust Strategy Fund
Investment Objective:
Provident Trust Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund:
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees0.64 %
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) FeesNone
Other Expenses0.31 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1)
0.02 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(1)
0.97 %
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of these periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years
$99$309$536$1,190
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 12% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests mainly in a limited number of multi-capitalization growth stocks. The Fund is a non-diversified core growth equity fund. The Fund will compare itself to, and attempt to exceed, the S&P 500® Index over full investment cycles. Provident Trust Company (the “Adviser”) selects common stocks of all market capitalizations based on their potential to appreciate in value relative to other stocks. When selecting individual stock investments, the Adviser takes a “bottom-up”
investment approach, meaning that it selects investments based on its assessment of whether an individual company has the potential for above average growth. Stock selection criteria include improving revenue and earnings growth, increasing margins, significant stock ownership by management and improving price-to-earnings ratios. The Adviser generally prefers to invest in large capitalization and medium capitalization stocks but may also invest a portion of the Fund’s portfolio in small capitalization stocks. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that, compared to diversified mutual funds, the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer.
The Adviser employs a sell discipline pursuant to which it will:

•Reduce or sell an entire position when a security reaches the Adviser’s target price,
•Reduce or sell a position as part of its asset allocation process or for portfolio diversification, or
•Sell an entire position when fundamentals are deteriorating.
Principal Risks
Performance
The bar chart and table show the historical performance of the Fund’s shares and provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s total returns before taxes have varied from year to year, while the table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns to the returns of the S&P 500® Index. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.provfunds.com or by calling 1‑855‑739‑9950.
Provident Trust Strategy Fund Annual Total Returns (calendar years 2014 – 2023)
8989
During the ten-year period shown on the bar chart, the Fund’s best and worst quarters are shown below:
Best Quarter2nd Quarter 202017.80%
Worst Quarter2nd Quarter 2022-14.41%
Average Annual Total Returns(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred or other tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”).
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)
1 Year5 Years10 Years
Provident Trust Strategy Fund
Return before taxes
17.57%12.55%10.86%
Return after taxes on distributions
16.32%10.74%9.34%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
11.27%9.82%8.61%
S&P 500® Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
26.29%15.69%12.03%
The S&P 500® Index consists of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group designates the stocks to be included in the Index on a statistical basis. A particular stock’s weighting in the Index is based on its relative total market value (i.e., its market price per share times the number of shares outstanding). Stocks may be added or deleted from the Index from time to time. A direct investment in an index is not possible.