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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number 811-01597

Steward Funds, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

15375 Memorial Drive

Suite 200

Houston, Texas 77079

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

John Marten

Vedder Price P.C.

222 North LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60601

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 262-6631

Date of fiscal year end: April 30

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2021

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a)

The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) (17 CFR 270.30e-1):

 


LOGO

CROSSMARKGLOBAL.COM
October 31, 2021
STEWARD FUNDS
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT




Dear Shareholder:
It is our pleasure to present you with the 2021 Steward Funds, Inc. Semi-Annual Report. Within its pages, you will be provided with detailed information regarding all of the Funds, including performance, specific holdings within each Fund, and a summary of the key factors impacting Fund performance for the most recent six month period.
This past year, while extremely challenging for individuals and businesses alike, has nonetheless yielded some accolades for the Steward Funds and for Crossmark Global Investments (the investment advisory firm that manages the Funds). Most notably, in early 2021 we were notified by Refinitiv that the Steward Global Equity Income Fund (ticker SGISX) was again selected to receive multiple Lipper Fund Awards for its performance. Specifically, the Steward Global Equity Income Fund was named the Best Global Equity Income Fund in the ten-year performance category for the period ended November 30, 2020. This marks the seventh consecutive year in which this Fund has received a Lipper Award.
We are extraordinarily proud of all of our Funds. Dedicated to widely-held traditional values, the Steward Funds use a proprietary methodology that seeks to identify and screen out companies for material business involvement (through direct participation and/or percentage of revenue) in abortion and abortifacients, adult entertainment, alcohol, embryonic stem cell research, gambling, recreational cannabis, and tobacco. We believe investors do not need to sacrifice investment returns to align investments with their values.
As a firm, we are committed to operating according to the highest levels of excellence within our industry. Our commitment to our core values of integrity, courage, commitment, proficiency, and professionalism is unwavering. Not only do we help investors align their investments with their values, we work hard every day to align our business practices with our values.
On behalf of all the professionals at the Steward Funds and Crossmark Global Investments, we sincerely thank you for the trust you have placed in us. We invite you to learn more about the Steward Funds, Crossmark Global Investments, and the various investment options available by visiting our website at www.crossmarkglobal.com. Additionally, if you are ever in the Houston, Texas area, we would love to meet you personally at our office. Feel free to stop by at any time.
Again, thank you for choosing to invest in the Steward Funds.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Kern, III, CFA
Chairman of the Board, President and Treasurer of Steward Funds, Inc.
President, CEO and Treasurer of Crossmark Global Investments, Inc.
15375 Memorial Drive, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77079 800-262-6631
crossmarkglobal.com/stewardfund s
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STEWARD COVERED CALL INCOME FUND
Paul Townsen, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Ryan Caylor, CFA, Head of Research, Portfolio Manager
Fund and Market Performance
For the semi-annual period ended October 31, 2021, the Steward Covered Call Income Fund (“the Fund”) returned 8.16% for the Class A shares and 8.18% for the Institutional Class shares. For comparison purposes, the total return of the S&P 500 Index was 10.91% over the same period. The Fund’s primary benchmark Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM) returned 10.57% for the same period, and when measured against the performance of the primary benchmark, the Institutional Class shares underperformed by 239 basis points.
Positive and Negative Contributors to Performance
Sectors contributing the most to relative performance against the S&P 500 were Utilities, Consumer Discretionary, and Consumer Staples, all of which the Fund was overweight with respect to the S&P 500. Sectors detracting the most from relative performance were Industrials (slight overweight), Tech (slight overweight), and Communication Services (overweight). Stocks contributing the most to relative performance were Ford (F, 0.43% of average total net assets), Adobe (ADBE, 1.72%), and Biogen (BIIB, 0.56%). Stocks detracting the most from relative performance were Microsoft (MSFT, 4.47% of average total net assets), Visa (V, 0.87%), and Medtronic (MDT, 1.42%). When considering the values-based screens we apply, the net impact for the Fund by not owning the screened-out companies was a positive 9 basis points with a positive contribution from not owning “sin stocks” (Tobacco, Alcohol, Gambling, Adult Entertainment) and a negative net impact from avoiding stem cell research and abortion related securities.
Looking Ahead
As we look to the rest of the 2021 calendar year and into 2022, we believe investors will continue to weigh – what appears to be – dueling equity market narratives of monetary/fiscal stimulus and an economic reopening/recovery in developed markets on the one hand, versus the specter of strong inflation, bubble territory in several asset classes, and potential for more virulent and more transmissible SARS-CoV2 variants on the other hand. How this plays out from an implied volatility vs. realized volatility standpoint (otherwise known as the volatility premium realized by writing covered calls) is yet to be determined. However, we do believe we’ve entered a new regime characterized by higher implied volatility compared to the historically low volatility regime bookended between the Great Financial Crisis of ‘08/’09 and the Pandemic.
Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest in a portfolio of large-cap, dividend-paying, equity securities that are listed on U.S. exchanges and to write (sell) covered call options on those securities with the overall goal of providing options premium income and lowering volatility of the Fund’s portfolio when compared to the broader uncovered large-cap securities market, subject to the limitations of the Fund’s values-based screening policies.
Under normal market circumstances, the Fund will:
•  write (sell) call options on at least 80% of its equity securities
•  invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of companies included in the Fund’s benchmark
Covered call options may be written on the Fund’s equity securities. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer, in this case, the Fund, the obligation to sell, the underlying security at a specified exercise price at any time prior and up to the expiration of the contract.
The covered call strategy used by the Fund is designed to earn extra premium income to moderate the impact of market declines and to reduce the volatility of the Fund’s portfolio. This strategy means that the Fund may be expected to underperform equity markets during periods of sharply rising prices; conversely, by using this strategy, the Fund would tend to outperform equity markets during periods of flat or declining prices due to the Fund’s receipt of premiums from selling the call options.
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STEWARD GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME FUND
John R. Wolf, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Brent Lium, CFA, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Ryan Caylor, CFA, Head of Research, Portfolio Manager
Fund and Market Performance
For the six-month period ended October 31, 2021, the Steward Global Equity Income Fund (“the Fund”) returned 2.43% for the Class A shares and 2.62% for the Institutional Class shares. The return for the global market as represented by the S&P Global 1200 index was 7.80% and the return for the S&P 500 was 10.91% for the same period. For dividend income comparison purposes, the MSCI World High Dividend Yield Index returned 2.44% for the same period.
Positive and Negative Contributors to Performance
The Fund’s allocation at the end of the period was 62% U.S. and 38% international with domestic stocks outperforming their international counterparts during the period. Positive relative performance for the period was led by Eli Lilly and Co., which climbed 40.45% on FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for its new Alzheimer’s therapy despite first quarter results that came in slightly lower than analyst expectations. Investors looked past the minor underperformance of the past quarter and focused on the company’s strong drug pipeline that included several important advancements. Recently approved drugs in the areas of diabetes and immunology hold the highest current sales potential and several new cancer drugs also look very promising should the clinical data hold up. Shares of Paychex, Inc, a provider of payroll, human resource, insurance and retirement services for small and medium size businesses, climbed 28.72% on quarter results that beat analyst consensus on both revenue and earnings. Management cited improving employment trends, strong new bookings, and retention staying at high levels as the primary drivers. The company raised its business outlook for the year and also increased its dividend payout during the period by over 6%.
Negative contributors to relative performance included KBH, which closed down -16.20%. This comes after a strong first quarter performance for the company however housing sentiment is beginning to decline as inflationary pressure on building supplies continues to rise. On the positive side, the company has exposure in all the States where demand is strong. It also has lowered its financial leverage and is able to generate healthy cash flow. We believe housing demand will return as the ongoing housing shortage has not gone away and sentiment will eventually improve.
Shares of HP Inc. dropped -9.91% after quarter revenue came in below analyst expectations. Personal Systems and Printing were impacted by supply chain constraints and factory disruptions. Demand for HP products however continues to be strong but supply is the limiting factor. These supply chain bottlenecks should alleviate over time and some HP customers will wait to receive their purchases but there is a risk that some may reevaluate their purchase decision or even go to a competitor.
Performance of the Fund can also be affected by the Fund’s values-based investment policies. Compensating for a specific restricted industry or company whose total return deviates dramatically from the overall S&P Global 1200 Index is extremely difficult regardless of its weight within that Index. For the six-month period ended October 31, 2021, the Fund’s values-based investment policies had a slight negative impact on performance.
Looking Ahead
The COVID-19 variants have had a negative impact on the U.S. economy slowing the recovery. Renewed outbreaks across Asia have also increased risks as supply chain issues remain a problem for the near future. Investors are reassessing economic growth outlooks as earnings expectations are being reduced. This scenario has temporarily reestablished growth style equity momentum in the market as technology software and hardware companies as well as media companies benefited. The markets, however, are forward looking and, as we project beyond these issues, we believe the style rotation should again reverse as value and dividend income stocks come back into favor.
Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund pursues its investment objective through investment in U.S. and non-U.S. dividend-paying stocks that have demonstrated above-median yield and a positive trend in dividend payouts and favorable earnings growth, subject to the limitations of the Fund’s values-based screening policies. The Fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies that represent a broad spectrum of the global economy and a range of market capitalizations, including large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap. The Fund may also invest in other investment companies and real estate investment trusts. The Fund will invest in dividend-paying securities of issuers throughout the world and the Fund will generally seek to have 30% to 50% of its net assets, and, under normal market conditions, no less than 30% of its net assets, invested in securities of non-U.S. issuers. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% (measured at the time of investment) of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment
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purposes, either directly or through other investment companies, in dividend-paying securities. The Fund will also, under normal market conditions, invest at least 80% (measured at the time of investment) of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, either directly or through other investment companies, in equity securities. (Any such other investment company will also have similar policies to invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in (a) dividend-paying securities and (b) equity securities.) The Fund may invest up to 80% of its total assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers and no more than 40% of its total assets in securities of companies in emerging market countries.
STEWARD INTERNATIONAL ENHANCED INDEX FUND
John R. Wolf, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Brent Lium, CFA, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Ryan Caylor, CFA, Head of Research, Portfolio Manager
Fund and Market Performance
For the semi-annual period ended October 31, 2021, the total return for the Steward International Enhanced Index Fund (“the Fund”) was 2.36% for the Class A shares and 2.51% for the Institutional Class shares. When compared against the 5.71% total return of the S&P ADR Index (the Fund’s primary benchmark) for the same period, the Fund’s Institutional Class shares underperformed by 320 basis points. The Fund’s dual market strategy – which allocates to both non-U.S. developed market (DM) ADR securities and to emerging market (EM) ADR securities – remained unchanged throughout the year at 85% non-US DM and 15% EM. These allocation weights continue to represent our relatively neutral outlook between non-US DM and EM going forward.
Positive and Negative Contributors to Performance
The big driver of the poor EM returns was a continual stream of bad news out of China, whether it be political and/or regulatory risk to particular Chinese sectors. And it was this allocation to EM which was the biggest driver of Fund underperformance (-250 basis points of net impact) during the semi-annual period ending October 31, 2021, as EM ADRs returned -12.1% representing 1,780 basis points of underperformance relative to the primary benchmark. Individual Chinese ADR stocks in the portfolio that detracted most from performance relative to the primary benchmark included Alibaba (-28.6% total return), New Oriental Education (-88.6% total return), TAL Education (-92.1% total return), Pinduoduo (-33.6% total return) and Baidu (-22.9% total return). On the other hand, Taiwan Semiconductor (-2.0% total return), which was held in an underweight position relative to the primary benchmark, was the biggest individual contributor to relative performance. 
Another sub-component affecting the Fund’s net performance relative to the primary benchmark is the Fund’s values-based screens. For the semi-annual period ended October 31, 2021, the companies included in the Fund’s values-based screens represented approximately 18% of the primary benchmark’s market capitalization. Not owning these screened-out companies had a negative net impact of 57 basis points on the Fund’s relative performance against the primary benchmark. Overall, our restriction on stem cell research-related securities accounted for -68 basis points of net impact, while not owning Alcohol, Tobacco, and recreational cannabis related securities provided a net positive impact of +28 basis points.
Looking Ahead
Going forward, we will continue to carefully examine the rationale of a neutral weighting between non-US developed markets (DM) and emerging markets (EM). Given the delayed rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in EM countries, the abundance of more transmissive COVID-19 strains, changing views on China and Chinese securities on US exchanges, what appears to be a global movement toward de-globalization, unprecedented monetary and fiscal policy interventions by central banks and governments worldwide (including EM central banks), and inflationary fears and potential energy crises, we will be monitoring the global macro situation closely to ensure the DM vs. EM allocation remains consistent with our global outlook going forward.
Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund pursues its objective by seeking to enhance its performance over that of its primary benchmark index by 1) changing the relative weighting in the Fund’s portfolio of equity securities of developed market companies and of emerging market companies and 2) utilizing computer-aided, quantitative analysis of valuation, growth, dividend yield, industry, and other factors to attempt to compensate for the exclusion of certain index securities due to the Fund’s values-based screening policies.
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Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of companies included in the Fund’s primary benchmark. The Fund’s primary benchmark index is a blend of widely recognized broad-based indexes and includes securities of companies in both developed and emerging non-U.S. markets. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of non-U.S. companies. The Fund’s investments are allocated in an attempt to match the characteristics of a blend of the primary benchmark with varied weightings from time to time of a secondary broad-based index that includes only securities of issuers in emerging market countries. An emerging market country is any country that has been determined by an international organization, such as the World Bank, to have a low to middle income economy.
Generally, at least 80% of the Fund’s total assets will be in investments in the form of depositary receipts (“DRs”) or dual listed securities representing securities of companies located or domiciled outside of the United States. These DRs will primarily be sponsored, but the Fund may, on occasion, invest in unsponsored DRs when appropriate sponsored DRs are not available. The Fund will invest in securities of issuers throughout the world, and, under normal conditions, substantially all of its non-cash assets will be invested in securities of non-U.S. issuers. The Fund may invest up to 40% of its assets in securities of issuers in emerging market countries. The Fund may also invest in other investment companies and real estate investment trusts. If a material misweighting develops, portfolio management will rebalance the portfolio in an attempt to match the characteristics of a blend of the primary benchmark and varied weightings from time to time of a secondary broad-based index that includes only securities of issuers in emerging market countries.
STEWARD SELECT BOND FUND
Victoria Fernandez, CFA, Chief Market Strategist, Portfolio Manager
Fund and Market Performance
For the six months ended October 31, 2021, the Steward Select Bond Fund (“the Fund”) returned 0.19% for the Class A shares and 0.31% for the Institutional Class shares. As a representative of the broader fixed income market, the Bloomberg Capital US Government/Credit Bond Index returned 1.67% for the same six-month period.
Positive and Negative Contributors to Performance 
The underperformance over the past six months was driven by a combination of duration and yield curve placement. For four of the months, relative duration was an overall positive contributor to performance buffering the drag on performance from relative yield curve decisions as compared to the benchmark. In the other two months, the roles were reversed where duration was the large drag on performance, undermining the positive contributions from yield curve placement. The volatility seen in the fixed income markets is shown in how our steady positioning was at times positive and at times negative during the last six months. The relative income component was always a positive contributor to performance given the overweight to corporates and fixed-rate preferreds in the Fund. The month of September was the best performing month with the Fund outperforming the benchmark by 37 basis points and also the month where yields began to move higher and the short duration of the portfolio had its largest positive impact of the six-month time period. Over the full time period, yield curve placement was the largest negative contributor to the Fund and accounted for the majority of the underperformance.
The Fund has an overweight to the corporate and fixed-rate preferred allocation which provided a relative outperformance in the income component of total performance as compared to the index for the six-month time period. The corporate sector was the best performing sector as spreads continued to tighten even in the face of global growth concerns and increased inflation expectations. There was a small-time frame towards the end of the six months where spreads widened slightly, but not near enough to counteract the tightening seen year to date proving that sentiment was still risk-on. The shape of the yield curve has shifted over the past six months, becoming flatter in the recent months and causing the yield curve placement component of performance to relatively underperform versus the benchmark. We would expect the yield curve to resume steepening as the Fed nears the end of tapering and the timing of a rate lift-off becomes clearer.
Looking Ahead
Although yields plummeted during the COVID-19 outbreak towards the end of the summer causing US Treasury yields to fall to lows of the six-month time period in August, we believe this should begin to adjust as central banks begin to remove some of the liquidity in the system and inflation concerns remain front and center. In this scenario, we believe the positioning of the Fund should provide relative outperformance as shorter duration securities have lower interest rate sensitivity as compared to longer duration securities. We will continue to use taxable municipals and fixed-rate preferreds as sources of income in small allocations for the Fund. As U.S. 10yr Treasury yields approach resistance levels around the 1.75-2.00% area, we would push closer to neutral duration as compared to the index in order to take advantage of higher rates and the potential for falling yields after that time period.
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Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund invests primarily in fixed-income securities, including, but not limited to, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities and government and agency bonds and notes, subject to the limitations of the Fund’s values-based screening policies. The Fund’s investments may include U.S. dollar-denominated instruments issued in the U.S. by foreign banks and branches and foreign corporations. Other security types may include fixed-rate preferred stock and municipal bonds. Normally, the Fund will invest at least 80% (measured at the time of investment) of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, either directly or through other investment companies, in these types of instruments. (Any such other investment company will also have a policy to invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in such instruments.)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED LARGE CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND
Brent Lium, CFA, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Ryan Caylor, CFA, Head of Research, Portfolio Manager
Fund and Market Performance
For the six months ended October 31, 2021, the Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund (“the Fund”) returned 12.90% for the Class A shares and 13.10% for the Institutional Class shares. For comparison purposes, the return for the S&P 500 Index for the same period was 10.91%. The S&P 500 Pure Style Index returns were 22.88% for the S&P 500 Pure Growth Index and 4.20% for the S&P 500 Pure Value Index for the same period.
Positive and Negative Contributors to Performance
Prior to October 29, 2021, the Fund employed a blended style structure of 60% large-cap core, 30% growth, and 10% value. Effective October 29, 2021, the Fund’s investment strategy was changed and the blended style structure was removed. The Fund’s current investment strategy is described under “Principal Investment Strategy” below.
The factor-focused growth and value components of the Fund’s prior investment strategy impacted performance during the period. During this reporting period, growth outperformed and value underperformed the cap-weighted counterpart, contributing to the Fund’s outperformance. This was the most significant single measurable factor impacting performance for the period. Overall, the allocation towards value and growth added 292 basis points to performance when compared to the S&P 500. The tilt towards growth (versus the neutral scenario) added 84 basis points.
Performance of the Fund can also be affected by its values-based screening policies. For the six-month period ended October 31, 2021, the values-based screening policies had a positive performance impact on the Fund, adding 9 basis points. However, companies such as Thermo Fisher Scientific (embryonic stem cell research - up 34.77%), Merck (embryonic stem cell research - up 26.02%), and United Health Group (abortion - up 16.31%) outperformed the S&P 500 benchmark. Screening out these three securities detracted 27 basis points from performance. Conversely, not owning companies such as Johnson & Johnson (embryonic stem cell research – up 1.32%), Bristol-Myers Squib Merck (embryonic stem cell research - down 4.92%), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Pfizer (embryonic stem cell research - down 15.25%) added 21 basis points for Fund performance for the period.
Looking Ahead
The markets have spent the last several months waffling between risk-on and risk-off as COVID-19 variants and cases have risen and fallen. In our view, the markets are reacting less and less to each of these cycles and instead are turning their focus to more fundamental issues. As a result, we believe supply chain issues, inflation rates, increasing wages, fiscal policy, and the Fed are becoming more front and center for the market. We believe low unemployment, strong consumer balance sheets, and growing wages should lead to solid economy and continued market appreciation.
Principal Investment Strategy
Effective October 29, 2021, the Fund’s investment strategy was changed, as described below, and the Fund was renamed from Steward Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund to Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund.
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Prior Investment Strategy
The Fund pursues its objective by seeking to enhance its performance over that of its primary benchmark index by 1) changing the relative weighting in the Fund’s portfolio of growth versus value style securities in the index (style tilt) and 2) utilizing computer-aided, quantitative analysis of valuation, growth, dividend, yield, industry and other factors to attempt to compensate for the exclusion of certain index securities due to the Fund’s values-based screening policies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of companies included in the Fund’s benchmark.
New Investment Strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of large-cap companies included in the Fund’s benchmark index that pass the Fund’s values-based screens. The Fund is an actively managed fund. The Fund’s investments are allocated in an attempt to match the weightings of the benchmark index, subject to the limitations of the Fund’s values-based screening policies and the reallocation of a portion of each screened security’s weighting in the benchmark index among certain remaining securities of companies that portfolio management believes exhibit positive values-based characteristics. Such values-based characteristics include, but are not limited to, companies that support respect for life, traditional family values, fair treatment of employees, respect for the environment, positive engagement with the communities in which they operate and the promotion of justice.
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND
Brent Lium, CFA, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Ryan Caylor, CFA, Head of Research, Portfolio Manager
Fund and Market Performance
For the six months ended October 31, 2021, the Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund (“the Fund”) returned 4.45% for the Class A shares and 4.55% for the Institutional Class shares. For comparison purposes, the return for the S&P 1000 Index during the same period was 3.09%. The S&P 1000 Pure Style Index returns were 6.16% for the S&P 1000 Pure Growth Index and 6.56% for the S&P 1000 Pure Value Index for the same period.
Positive and Negative Contributors to Performance  
Prior to October 29, 2021, the Fund employed a blended style structure of 60% small/mid-cap core, 30% growth, and 10% value. Effective October 29, 2021, the Fund’s investment strategy was changed and the blended style structure was removed. The Fund’s current investment strategy is described under “Principal Investment Strategy” below.  
The factor-focused growth and value components of the Fund’s prior investment strategy impacted performance during the period. During this reporting period, both growth and value outperformed the cap-weighted counterpart. Value's outperformance added 35 basis points and growth's outperformance added 92 basis points to the period's return. Overall, the allocations towards value and growth added 127 basis points to performance when compared to the S&P 1000 Index. The tilt towards growth versus the neutral scenario detracted 12 basis points.
The performance of the Fund can be affected by its values-based screening policies. For the six-month period ended October 31, 2021, these policies had a net positive performance impact on the Fund. Companies such as Charles River Labs (embryonic stem cell research – 11.27%), Tenet Healthcare (abortion - up 20.92%), and Scientific Games (gambling - up 36.79%) outperformed the S&P 1000 benchmark. Screening out these three securities detracted 11 basis points from performance. Conversely, not owning companies such as Boston Beer (alcohol – down 59.52%), Texas Roadhouse (alcohol - down 16.32%) and Casey’s Genera; Store (tobacco – down 13.49%) added to performance by 29 basis points. Overall, not owning restricted companies positively impacted Fund performance by 34 basis points during the period.
Looking Ahead
While there was a great deal of volatility over the last six months around COVID-19 variants and cases, Fed decisions, re-opening trades, lockdowns, restrictions, and mandates, the small and mid-cap markets managed to end the period up a little over 4%. With 18 months of experience with COVID-19 under our belts, we believe its influence and the market’s reaction to it is slowly lessening. In our view, the market’s focus going forward seems to be returning to more fundamental issues like Fed decisions, inflation, wages, and unemployment levels. If the economy continues to heal and return to a steadier state, we believe we could see a market that rewards the faster growth of small and mid-cap companies.
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Principal Investment Strategy
Effective October 29, 2021, the Fund’s investment strategy was changed, as described below, and the Fund was renamed from Steward Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund to Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund.
Prior Investment Strategy
The Fund pursues its objective by seeking to enhance its performance over that of its benchmark index by 1) changing the relative weighting in the Fund’s portfolio of growth versus value style securities in the index (style tilt) and 2) utilizing computer-aided, quantitative analysis of valuation, growth, dividend, yield, industry and other factors to attempt to compensate for the exclusion of certain index securities due to the Fund’s values-based screening policies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of companies included in the Fund’s benchmark.
New Investment Strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the securities of small- to mid-cap companies included in the Fund’s benchmark index that pass the Fund’s values-based screens. The Fund is an actively managed fund. The Fund’s investments are allocated in an attempt to match the weightings of the benchmark index, subject to the limitations of the Fund’s values-based screening policies and the reallocation of a portion of each screened security’s weighting in the benchmark index among certain remaining securities of companies that portfolio management believes exhibit positive values-based characteristics. Such values-based characteristics include, but are not limited to, companies that support respect for life, traditional family values, fair treatment of employees, respect for the environment, positive engagement with the communities in which they operate and the promotion of justice.
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STEWARD FUNDS
SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD COVERED CALL INCOME FUND

The table below sets forth the diversification of the Steward Covered Call Income Fund investments by Industry.

    
Industry Diversification   Percent*
Software   9.0%
Interactive Media & Services   7.1
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   6.8
IT Services   6.0
Banks   5.7
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   4.6
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   3.7
Capital Markets   3.5
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail   3.5
Automobiles   3.2
Biotechnology   3.0
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   3.0
Aerospace & Defense   2.9
Electric Utilities   2.9
Specialty Retail   2.9
Household Products   2.4
Food & Staples Retailing   2.2
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   2.2
Beverages   2.1
Entertainment   2.1
Diversified Financial Services   2.0
Industry Diversification   Percent*
Industrial Conglomerates   1.9%
Chemicals   1.9
Diversified Telecommunication Services   1.8
Media   1.6
Money Market Fund   1.5
Consumer Finance   1.4
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts   1.4
Road & Rail   1.2
Communications Equipment   1.2
Electrical Equipment   1.2
Air Freight & Logistics   1.1
Food Products   1.0
Pharmaceuticals   0.9
Insurance   0.8
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   0.8
Multiline Retail   0.7
Machinery   0.7
Health Care Providers & Services   0.7
Wireless Telecommunication Services   0.7
Total Investments   103.3%
    
 
* Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of October 31, 2021.
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD FUNDS
SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD COVERED CALL INCOME FUND

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS (101.8%)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE (2.9%)
Boeing Co. (The)(a) 900   $ 186,327
General Dynamics Corp. 1,900   385,225
Lockheed Martin Corp. 700   232,624
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 3,199   284,263
      1,088,439
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS (1.1%)
FedEx Corp. 700   164,871
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 1,200   256,164
      421,035
AUTOMOBILES (3.2%)
Ford Motor Co.(a) 8,600   146,888
General Motors Co.(a) 3,500   190,505
Tesla, Inc.(a) 800   891,200
      1,228,593
BANKS (5.7%)
Bank of America Corp. 11,000   525,580
Citigroup, Inc. 4,000   276,640
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4,500   764,505
U.S. Bancorp 4,900   295,813
Wells Fargo & Co. 6,100   312,076
      2,174,614
BEVERAGES (2.1%)
Coca-Cola Co. (The) 8,500   479,145
PepsiCo, Inc. 2,000   323,200
      802,345
BIOTECHNOLOGY (3.0%)
AbbVie, Inc. 3,500   401,345
Amgen, Inc. 1,500   310,455
Biogen, Inc.(a) 800   213,344
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 3,500   227,080
      1,152,224
CAPITAL MARKETS (3.5%)
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) 3,700   219,040
BlackRock, Inc. 400   377,384
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 900   372,015
Morgan Stanley 3,500   359,730
      1,328,169
CHEMICALS (1.9%)
Dow, Inc. 3,500   195,895
  Shares   Value
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 2,400   $ 167,040
Linde PLC 1,100   351,120
      714,055
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (1.2%)
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8,300   464,551
CONSUMER FINANCE (1.4%)
American Express Co. 1,600   278,048
Capital One Financial Corp. 1,800   271,854
      549,902
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES (2.0%)
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) 2,700   774,927
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (1.8%)
AT&T, Inc. 12,500   315,750
Verizon Communications, Inc. 7,000   370,930
      686,680
ELECTRIC UTILITIES (2.9%)
Duke Energy Corp. 2,600   265,226
Exelon Corp. 2,000   106,380
NextEra Energy, Inc. 5,000   426,650
Southern Co. (The) 5,100   317,832
      1,116,088
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (1.2%)
Emerson Electric Co. 4,600   446,246
ENTERTAINMENT (2.1%)
Netflix, Inc.(a) 600   414,186
Walt Disney Co. (The)(a) 2,400   405,768
      819,954
EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (1.4%)
American Tower Corp. 1,100   310,167
Simon Property Group, Inc. 1,500   219,870
      530,037
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING (2.2%)
Costco Wholesale Corp. 800   393,232
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 2,000   94,040
Walmart, Inc. 2,400   358,608
      845,880
 
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
FOOD PRODUCTS (1.0%)
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) 3,000   $ 107,670
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 4,200   255,108
      362,778
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (3.7%)
Abbott Laboratories 2,900   373,781
Danaher Corp. 1,600   498,832
Medtronic PLC 4,400   527,384
      1,399,997
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES (0.7%)
CVS Health Corp. 3,000   267,840
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE (3.0%)
Booking Holdings, Inc.†(a) 100   242,078
McDonald's Corp. 2,000   491,100
Starbucks Corp. 3,900   413,673
      1,146,851
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS (2.4%)
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 3,400   259,046
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 4,500   643,455
      902,501
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES (1.9%)
3M Co. 1,600   285,888
Honeywell International, Inc. 2,000   437,240
      723,128
INSURANCE (0.8%)
American International Group, Inc. 2,500   147,725
MetLife, Inc. 2,200   138,160
      285,885
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES (7.1%)
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) 300   888,276
Alphabet, Inc., Class C†(a) 300   889,623
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a) 2,900   938,353
      2,716,252
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL (3.5%)
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) 400   1,348,972
IT SERVICES (6.0%)
Accenture PLC, Class A 1,400   502,306
International Business Machines Corp. 2,000   250,200
  Shares   Value
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 1,300   $ 436,176
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) 1,900   441,921
Visa, Inc., Class A 3,200   677,664
      2,308,267
MACHINERY (0.7%)
Caterpillar, Inc. 1,300   265,213
MEDIA (1.6%)
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a) 400   269,956
Comcast Corp., Class A 6,400   329,152
      599,108
MULTILINE RETAIL (0.7%)
Target Corp. 1,000   259,620
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (2.2%)
Chevron Corp. 2,900   332,021
ConocoPhillips † 600   44,694
Exxon Mobil Corp. 7,100   457,737
      834,452
PHARMACEUTICALS (0.9%)
Eli Lilly and Co. 1,400   356,664
ROAD & RAIL (1.2%)
Union Pacific Corp. 1,900   458,660
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT (6.8%)
Broadcom, Inc. 900   478,503
Intel Corp. 6,500   318,500
NVIDIA Corp. 3,600   920,412
QUALCOMM, Inc. 2,200   292,688
Texas Instruments, Inc. 3,200   599,936
      2,610,039
SOFTWARE (9.0%)
Adobe, Inc.(a) 1,300   845,468
Microsoft Corp. 5,600   1,857,072
Oracle Corp. 2,800   268,632
salesforce.com, Inc.(a) 1,600   479,504
      3,450,676
SPECIALTY RETAIL (2.9%)
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1,800   669,132
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. 1,900   444,258
      1,113,390
 
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS (4.6%)
Apple, Inc. 11,700   $ 1,752,660
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS (0.8%)
NIKE, Inc., Class B 1,800   301,122
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (0.7%)
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a) 2,400   276,072
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $35,023,002)
    38,883,886
MONEY MARKET FUND (1.5%)
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.01%(b) 584,968   584,968
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
(COST $584,968)
    584,968
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(COST $35,607,970) 103.3%
    39,468,854
    
    Value
WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS -3.2%
(PREMIUMS RECEIVED $(626,418))
  $ (1,237,478)
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (0.1)%   (9,302)
NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 38,222,074
Securities in this Fund are pledged as collateral for call options written.
    
† Security is not pledged as collateral for call options written.
(a) Represents non-income producing security.
(b) 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2021 is disclosed.
    
PLC — Public Limited Company
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD COVERED CALL INCOME FUND

Exchange-traded options written as of October 31, 2021 were as follows:
Description   Type   Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount*
  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Value
3M Co.   Call   10   $ (200,000)   $ 200.00   1/21/22   $ (490)
Abbott Laboratories   Call   25   (312,500)   125.00   1/21/22   (18,250)
AbbVie, Inc.   Call   25   (287,500)   115.00   1/21/22   (11,325)
Accenture PLC, Class A   Call   10   (335,000)   335.00   11/19/21   (25,200)
Adobe, Inc.   Call   7   (420,000)   600.00   12/17/21   (40,985)
Alphabet, Inc., Class A   Call   2   (580,000)   2,900.00   11/19/21   (19,600)
Amazon.com, Inc.   Call   3   (1,020,000)   3,400.00   11/19/21   (17,025)
American Express Co.   Call   12   (204,000)   170.00   12/17/21   (10,260)
American International Group, Inc.   Call   20   (120,000)   60.00   12/17/21   (3,850)
American Tower Corp.   Call   7   (196,000)   280.00   1/21/22   (8,155)
Amgen, Inc.   Call   10   (225,000)   225.00   1/21/22   (2,800)
Apple, Inc.   Call   100   (1,500,000)   150.00   12/17/21   (45,800)
AT&T, Inc.   Call   100   (260,000)   26.00   12/17/21   (4,250)
Bank of America Corp.   Call   100   (430,000)   43.00   12/17/21   (51,500)
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)   Call   30   (165,000)   55.00   1/21/22   (16,800)
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B   Call   25   (725,000)   290.00   12/17/21   (14,250)
Biogen, Inc.   Call   3   (99,000)   330.00   1/21/22   (1,329)
BlackRock, Inc.   Call   4   (364,000)   910.00   11/19/21   (16,760)
Boeing Co. (The)   Call   5   (115,000)   230.00   12/17/21   (1,325)
Broadcom, Inc.   Call   5   (250,000)   500.00   11/19/21   (17,600)
Capital One Financial Corp.   Call   15   (255,000)   170.00   11/19/21   (345)
Caterpillar, Inc.   Call   10   (200,000)   200.00   11/19/21   (7,275)
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A   Call   2   (146,000)   730.00   11/19/21   (300)
Chevron Corp.   Call   25   (262,500)   105.00   11/19/21   (23,975)
Cisco Systems, Inc.   Call   75   (431,250)   57.50   12/17/21   (8,850)
Citigroup, Inc.   Call   35   (253,750)   72.50   11/19/21   (1,575)
Coca-Cola Co. (The)   Call   80   (440,000)   55.00   1/21/22   (17,640)
Colgate-Palmolive Co.   Call   30   (232,500)   77.50   1/21/22   (6,075)
Comcast Corp., Class A   Call   60   (330,000)   55.00   1/21/22   (5,580)
Costco Wholesale Corp.   Call   5   (227,500)   455.00   11/19/21   (18,950)
CVS Health Corp.   Call   20   (175,000)   87.50   11/19/21   (6,600)
Danaher Corp.   Call   10   (320,000)   320.00   1/21/22   (10,350)
Dow, Inc.   Call   30   (180,000)   60.00   1/21/22   (3,240)
Duke Energy Corp.   Call   20   (210,000)   105.00   1/21/22   (3,340)
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   Call   20   (155,000)   77.50   1/21/22   (1,440)
Eli Lilly & Co.   Call   10   (240,000)   240.00   12/17/21   (19,000)
Emerson Electric Co.   Call   40   (400,000)   100.00   12/17/21   (6,600)
Exelon Corp.   Call   15   (75,000)   50.00   12/17/21   (5,250)
Exxon Mobil Corp.   Call   65   (390,000)   60.00   11/19/21   (29,900)
Facebook, Inc., Class A   Call   25   (837,500)   335.00   11/19/21   (12,375)
FedEx Corp.   Call   5   (120,000)   240.00   12/17/21   (4,055)
Ford Motor Co.   Call   75   (112,500)   15.00   12/17/21   (17,550)
General Dynamics Corp.   Call   15   (315,000)   210.00   1/21/22   (6,525)
General Motors Co.   Call   30   (165,000)   55.00   11/19/21   (3,720)
Gilead Sciences, Inc.   Call   30   (210,000)   70.00   1/21/22   (3,090)
See notes to financial statements.
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Description   Type   Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount*
  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Value
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)   Call   5   $ (205,000)   $ 410.00   11/19/21   $ (5,600)
Home Depot, Inc. (The)   Call   15   (525,000)   350.00   12/17/21   (39,000)
Honeywell International, Inc.   Call   15   (345,000)   230.00   12/17/21   (2,355)
Intel Corp.   Call   60   (300,000)   50.00   12/17/21   (6,240)
International Business Machines Corp.   Call   15   (202,500)   135.00   1/21/22   (1,658)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   Call   40   (640,000)   160.00   11/19/21   (42,000)
Kraft Heinz Co. (The)   Call   30   (112,500)   37.50   1/21/22   (2,010)
Linde PLC   Call   5   (155,000)   310.00   1/21/22   (8,475)
Lockheed Martin Corp.   Call   3   (109,500)   365.00   12/17/21   (270)
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   Call   15   (330,000)   220.00   12/17/21   (26,737)
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   Call   10   (360,000)   360.00   12/17/21   (3,850)
McDonald's Corp.   Call   15   (375,000)   250.00   12/17/21   (4,725)
Medtronic PLC   Call   35   (437,500)   125.00   11/19/21   (2,555)
MetLife, Inc.   Call   20   (135,000)   67.50   1/21/22   (2,200)
Microsoft Corp.   Call   50   (1,550,000)   310.00   11/19/21   (107,750)
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   Call   35   (210,000)   60.00   1/21/22   (8,225)
Morgan Stanley   Call   30   (315,000)   105.00   12/17/21   (7,950)
Netflix, Inc.   Call   3   (168,000)   560.00   11/19/21   (39,375)
NextEra Energy, Inc.   Call   40   (340,000)   85.00   12/17/21   (10,000)
NIKE, Inc., Class B   Call   15   (247,500)   165.00   12/17/21   (10,500)
NVIDIA Corp.   Call   15   (337,500)   225.00   12/17/21   (52,350)
Oracle Corp.   Call   25   (231,250)   92.50   1/21/22   (16,375)
PayPal Holdings, Inc.   Call   10   (270,000)   270.00   12/17/21   (2,380)
PepsiCo, Inc.   Call   15   (240,000)   160.00   12/17/21   (5,700)
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)   Call   40   (600,000)   150.00   1/21/22   (5,780)
QUALCOMM, Inc.   Call   15   (202,500)   135.00   12/17/21   (6,825)
Raytheon Technologies Corp.   Call   25   (225,000)   90.00   1/21/22   (6,900)
salesforce.com, Inc.   Call   10   (280,000)   280.00   11/19/21   (21,350)
Simon Property Group, Inc.   Call   10   (140,000)   140.00   1/21/22   (11,000)
Southern Co. (The)   Call   45   (292,500)   65.00   1/21/22   (3,150)
Starbucks Corp.   Call   35   (420,000)   120.00   12/17/21   (1,155)
Target Corp.   Call   7   (168,000)   240.00   12/17/21   (15,575)
Tesla, Inc.   Call   5   (475,000)   950.00   12/17/21   (99,500)
Texas Instruments, Inc.   Call   25   (500,000)   200.00   11/19/21   (925)
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.   Call   17   (204,000)   120.00   11/19/21   (2,304)
U.S. Bancorp   Call   40   (240,000)   60.00   11/19/21   (7,140)
Union Pacific Corp.   Call   10   (210,000)   210.00   11/19/21   (32,470)
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   Call   10   (200,000)   200.00   12/17/21   (15,150)
Verizon Communications, Inc.   Call   60   (315,000)   52.50   1/21/22   (9,840)
Visa, Inc., Class A   Call   30   (705,000)   235.00   11/19/21   (900)
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.   Call   15   (78,750)   52.50   1/21/22   (930)
Walmart, Inc.   Call   20   (300,000)   150.00   12/17/21   (7,500)
Walt Disney Co. (The)   Call   20   (360,000)   180.00   1/21/22   (8,400)
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD COVERED CALL INCOME FUND

Description   Type   Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount*
  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Value
Wells Fargo & Co.   Call   50   $ (237,500)   $ 47.50   12/17/21   $ (21,250)
Total (Premiums received $626,418)                       $(1,237,478)
    
* Notional amount is expressed as the number of contracts multiplied by the strike price multiplied by 100.
See notes to financial statements.
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The table below sets forth the diversification of the Steward Global Equity Income Fund investments by Country.

    
Country Diversification   Percent*
United States   61.7%
Canada   12.4
Japan   4.8
Taiwan   4.7
United Kingdom   3.6
Brazil   2.1
Germany   2.0
Ireland (Republic of)   1.8
Spain   1.5
Switzerland   1.5
Republic of Korea (South)   1.4
Belgium   1.2
Mexico   1.2
Total Investments   99.9%
    
* Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of October 31, 2021.
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS (96.9%)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE (1.0%)
General Dynamics Corp. 16,740   $ 3,394,035
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS (1.7%)
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 59,830   5,802,912
AUTO COMPONENTS (1.0%)
BorgWarner, Inc. 80,210   3,615,065
BANKS (10.4%)
Bank of Nova Scotia (The) 68,570   4,495,449
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 43,930   5,326,952
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., Sponsored ADR 1,048,420   5,776,794
Royal Bank of Canada 45,020   4,682,530
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd., ADR 153,910   4,974,371
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., Sponsored ADR 709,910   4,600,217
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 87,070   6,313,446
      36,169,759
BEVERAGES (3.2%)
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV, Class F, Sponsored ADR 78,330   4,210,237
PepsiCo, Inc. 43,890   7,092,624
      11,302,861
BIOTECHNOLOGY (1.5%)
Amgen, Inc. 25,930   5,366,732
CHEMICALS (1.2%)
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 14,050   4,212,331
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (3.5%)
Cisco Systems, Inc. 110,660   6,193,640
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 24,310   6,043,223
      12,236,863
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES (1.8%)
ORIX Corp., Sponsored ADR 63,470   6,284,165
ELECTRIC UTILITIES (2.6%)
Entergy Corp. 32,810   3,380,086
Fortis, Inc. 124,430   5,538,380
      8,918,466
EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (2.4%)
Iron Mountain, Inc. 94,610   4,318,001
Physicians Realty Trust 205,610   3,908,646
      8,226,647
  Shares   Value
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING (0.7%)
Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao, ADR 505,410   $ 2,304,670
FOOD PRODUCTS (0.9%)
General Mills, Inc. 50,620   3,128,316
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (3.7%)
Abbott Laboratories 52,080   6,712,591
Medtronic PLC 52,310   6,269,877
      12,982,468
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES (3.6%)
Cardinal Health, Inc. 109,420   5,231,370
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 49,370   7,246,529
      12,477,899
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE (2.5%)
McDonald's Corp. 35,420   8,697,381
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES (4.9%)
Garmin Ltd. 35,360   5,077,696
KB Home 152,140   6,108,421
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 58,370   2,734,634
Whirlpool Corp. 14,530   3,063,360
      16,984,111
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES (1.1%)
3M Co. 21,970   3,925,600
IT SERVICES (4.8%)
Amdocs Ltd. 58,190   4,529,509
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 59,690   4,661,192
Paychex, Inc. 60,010   7,398,033
      16,588,734
MACHINERY (3.1%)
Cummins, Inc. 27,290   6,545,233
Snap-on, Inc. 20,890   4,245,475
      10,790,708
MEDIA (3.7%)
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 29,940   4,488,904
Omnicom Group, Inc. 53,000   3,608,240
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 128,940   4,670,207
      12,767,351
METALS & MINING (4.1%)
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. 162,500   6,852,625
 
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
Ternium SA, Sponsored ADR 90,210   $ 4,179,429
Yamana Gold, Inc. 823,190   3,251,601
      14,283,655
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (2.6%)
Euronav N.V. 405,200   4,274,860
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Sponsored ADR 502,020   4,929,836
      9,204,696
PERSONAL PRODUCTS (1.4%)
Unilever PLC, Sponsored ADR 93,540   5,011,873
PHARMACEUTICALS (3.0%)
Eli Lilly and Co. 41,070   10,462,993
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (4.1%)
RELX PLC, Sponsored ADR 244,300   7,619,717
Thomson Reuters Corp. 55,950   6,732,463
      14,352,180
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT (11.8%)
Analog Devices, Inc. 41,650   7,225,858
ChipMOS Technologies, Inc., ADR 87,810   2,921,439
Intel Corp. 103,140   5,053,860
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. ADR 55,370   3,953,972
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Sponsored ADR 67,560   7,681,572
Texas Instruments, Inc. 45,790   8,584,709
United Microelectronics Corp., Sponsored ADR 556,930   5,719,671
      41,141,081
SOFTWARE (3.7%)
Oracle Corp. 60,800   5,833,152
SAP SE, Sponsored ADR 48,530   7,026,173
      12,859,325
SPECIALTY RETAIL (2.5%)
Best Buy Co., Inc. 24,810   3,032,774
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 15,640   5,814,014
      8,846,788
  Shares   Value
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS (4.4%)
HP, Inc. 217,830   $ 6,606,784
NetApp, Inc. 96,410   8,609,413
      15,216,197
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $277,843,878)
    337,555,862
MONEY MARKET FUND (1.5%)
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.01%(a) 5,239,705   5,239,705
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
(COST $5,239,705)
    5,239,705
PREFERRED STOCKS (1.5%)
BIOTECHNOLOGY (1.5%)
Grifols SA, ADR, 6.89%(b) 397,750   5,214,502
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $5,906,469)
    5,214,502
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(COST $288,990,052) 99.9%
    348,010,069
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES 0.1%     189,999
NET ASSETS 100.0%     $ 348,200,068
 
    
(a) 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2021 is disclosed.
(b) Current yield is disclosed. Dividends are calculated based on a percentage of the issuer’s net income.
    
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
PLC — Public Limited Company
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD INTERNATIONAL ENHANCED INDEX FUND


The table below sets forth the diversification of the Steward International Enhanced Index Fund investments by Country.

    
Country Diversification   Percent*
Canada   28.4%
United Kingdom   13.6
United States   11.6
Netherlands   8.7
Taiwan   6.2
Japan   5.4
Switzerland   3.3
India   3.3
Brazil   3.1
Germany   2.8
Australia   1.9
France   1.9
Mexico   1.4
Spain   1.4
Republic of Korea (South)   1.4
Ireland (Republic of)   1.0
China   0.7
Denmark   0.7
Sweden   0.5
Chile   0.5
Italy   0.5
Finland   0.4
Norway   0.4
Jersey   0.3
South Africa   0.3
Indonesia   0.2
Colombia   0.1
Total Investments   100.0%
    
* Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of October 31, 2021.
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD INTERNATIONAL ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS (97.0%)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE (0.1%)
CAE, Inc.(a) 7,010   $ 212,894
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS (0.2%)
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc., ADR 12,450   365,158
AIRLINES (0.2%)
Ryanair Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR(a) 2,898   328,952
AUTO COMPONENTS (0.4%)
Magna International, Inc., ADR 8,680   705,684
AUTOMOBILES (2.5%)
Ferrari N.V. 4,620   1,095,725
Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Sponsored ADR 45,820   1,355,356
NIO, Inc., ADR(a) 23,270   917,071
Stellantis N.V. 54,910   1,094,905
Tata Motors Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a) 7,760   245,061
      4,708,118
BANKS (16.9%)
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Sponsored ADR 130,110   906,867
Banco de Chile, ADR 9,259   159,996
Banco Santander Chile, ADR 5,574   98,771
Banco Santander SA, Sponsored ADR 310,085   1,175,222
Bank of Montreal 16,820   1,825,138
Bank of Nova Scotia (The) 33,030   2,165,447
Barclays PLC, Sponsored ADR 81,079   907,274
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 12,790   1,550,915
Credicorp Ltd. 1,687   218,736
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR 26,220   1,885,480
HSBC Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR 95,741   2,878,932
ICICI Bank Ltd., Sponsored ADR 48,100   1,017,315
ING Groep N.V., Sponsored ADR 86,940   1,315,402
KB Financial Group, Inc., ADR 16,360   786,425
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, ADR 305,785   831,735
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., Sponsored ADR 297,360   1,638,454
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., ADR 239,140   624,155
Natwest Group PLC, Sponsored ADR 33,078   200,122
Royal Bank of Canada 40,180   4,179,122
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd., ADR 21,380   691,002
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., Sponsored ADR 173,710   1,125,641
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 46,850   3,397,094
Westpac Banking Corp., Sponsored ADR 87,615   1,712,873
      31,292,118
  Shares   Value
BEVERAGES (0.5%)
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, Sponsored ADR 12,460   $ 1,024,087
BIOTECHNOLOGY (1.5%)
Argenx SE, ADR(a) 2,560   773,018
BeiGene Ltd., ADR(a) 1,320   472,190
Genmab A/S, Sponsored ADR(a) 27,450   1,225,368
Zai Lab Ltd. ADR(a) 2,160   225,504
      2,696,080
CAPITAL MARKETS (2.9%)
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A 35,700   2,155,923
Credit Suisse Group, Sponsored ADR 52,549   541,780
Deutsche Bank AG(a) 47,520   609,206
Nomura Holdings, Inc., Sponsored ADR 75,430   347,732
UBS Group AG 92,250   1,674,338
XP, Inc., Class A(a) 1,155   37,896
      5,366,875
CHEMICALS (0.7%)
Nutrien Ltd. 15,503   1,083,815
Sasol Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a) 9,530   159,723
      1,243,538
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES (1.4%)
Waste Connections, Inc. 19,020   2,586,910
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (0.9%)
Nokia Oyj, Sponsored ADR(a) 135,440   769,299
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sponsored ADR 84,460   918,080
      1,687,379
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (1.0%)
CEMEX SAB de CV, Sponsored ADR(a) 55,045   353,940
CRH PLC, Sponsored ADR 21,480   1,029,751
James Hardie Industries PLC, Sponsored ADR 12,070   474,713
      1,858,404
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES (0.4%)
Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A(a) 5,201   140,791
ORIX Corp., Sponsored ADR 6,450   638,615
      779,406
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (3.6%)
BCE, Inc. 43,735   2,251,040
Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd., Sponsored ADR 32,355   1,278,023
Orange SA, Sponsored ADR 66,020   720,278
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD INTERNATIONAL ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Telefonica SA, Sponsored ADR(a) 105,580   $ 459,273
Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT, ADR 16,800   441,672
TELUS Corp. 66,420   1,524,339
      6,674,625
ELECTRIC UTILITIES (0.9%)
Enel Americas SA, ADR 37,710   213,439
Enel Chile SA, ADR 14,260   30,944
Fortis, Inc. 30,190   1,343,757
      1,588,140
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (1.0%)
ABB Ltd., Sponsored ADR 55,270   1,826,121
ENTERTAINMENT (1.1%)
Bilibili, Inc., Sponsored ADR(a) 4,260   312,258
NetEase, Inc., ADR 16,825   1,641,952
      1,954,210
FOOD PRODUCTS (0.1%)
BRF SA, ADR(a) 30,790   127,163
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (2.1%)
Alcon, Inc. 18,880   1,573,837
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Sponsored NYS 34,255   1,618,549
Smith & Nephew PLC, Sponsored ADR 19,530   678,667
      3,871,053
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES (0.3%)
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, ADR 17,480   580,860
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE (0.6%)
Huazhu Group Ltd. ADR(a) 2,960   137,226
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, ADR(a) 4,963   351,728
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. 11,555   654,475
      1,143,429
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES (1.9%)
Sony Corp., Sponsored ADR 29,880   3,459,805
INSURANCE (2.4%)
Aegon N.V., Sponsored NYS 34,077   172,089
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., ADR 66,430   572,627
Manulife Financial Corp. 57,000   1,110,930
Prudential PLC, ADR 30,060   1,241,478
Sun Life Financial, Inc. 23,730   1,351,898
      4,449,022
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES (0.5%)
Baidu, Inc., Sponsored ADR(a) 5,293   858,736
  Shares   Value
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL (6.7%)
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a) 51,980   $ 8,573,581
JD.com, Inc., ADR(a) 36,220   2,835,301
Pinduoduo, Inc., ADR(a) 8,190   728,255
Trip.com Group Ltd., ADR(a) 9,300   265,608
Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) 9,010   100,552
      12,503,297
IT SERVICES (4.1%)
CGI, Inc.(a) 9,500   849,205
GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) 2,940   174,636
Infosys Ltd., Sponsored ADR 79,710   1,775,939
Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A(a) 5,310   192,222
Shopify, Inc., Class A(a) 2,660   3,901,502
StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a) 5,800   196,388
Wipro Ltd., ADR 56,023   501,966
      7,591,858
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES (0.5%)
QIAGEN N.V.(a) 15,844   883,461
MACHINERY (0.2%)
CNH Industrial N.V. 24,760   423,644
MEDIA (0.9%)
Grupo Televisa SAB, Sponsored ADR 17,190   173,963
Pearson PLC, Sponsored ADR 27,360   226,541
Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B 23,890   688,987
WPP PLC, Sponsored ADR 8,180   591,905
      1,681,396
METALS & MINING (6.7%)
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. 9,070   481,163
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., Sponsored ADR 9,710   179,441
ArcelorMittal SA, Sponsored NYS 12,593   430,303
Barrick Gold Corp., ADR 53,503   982,850
BHP Group Ltd., Sponsored ADR 34,010   1,865,108
BHP Group PLC, ADR 24,290   1,286,884
Franco Nevada Corp. 7,280   1,039,802
Gold Fields Ltd., Sponsored ADR 12,570   116,650
Kinross Gold Corp. 28,810   173,148
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. 8,730   368,144
POSCO, Sponsored ADR 11,760   743,938
Rio Tinto PLC, Sponsored ADR 25,072   1,586,305
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd., ADR 7,050   100,110
Southern Copper Corp. 3,113   186,749
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B 8,863   247,278
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD INTERNATIONAL ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Vale SA, Sponsored ADR 160,590   $ 2,044,311
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 16,800   678,888
      12,511,072
MULTI-UTILITIES (1.3%)
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. 41,230   594,949
National Grid PLC, Sponsored ADR 28,899   1,851,848
      2,446,797
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (10.2%)
BP PLC, Sponsored ADR 74,682   2,150,095
Cameco Corp. 8,320   202,176
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. 25,620   1,089,106
Cenovus Energy, Inc. 19,700   236,006
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., ADR 7,586   369,286
Ecopetrol SA, Sponsored ADR 6,810   103,172
Enbridge, Inc. 57,590   2,410,717
Eni S.p.A., Sponsored ADR 29,610   852,472
Equinor ASA, Sponsored ADR 28,377   721,627
Imperial Oil Ltd. 4,610   156,187
Pembina Pipeline Corp. 13,150   435,134
PetroChina Co. Ltd., ADR 6,300   304,038
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Sponsored ADR 71,930   706,353
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, Sponsored ADR 44,985   2,065,711
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B, Sponsored ADR 40,770   1,868,897
Suncor Energy, Inc. 31,098   817,877
TC Energy Corp. 29,230   1,581,343
TOTAL SE, Sponsored ADR 55,720   2,792,129
      18,862,326
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS (0.1%)
Suzano SA, Sponsored ADR(a) 16,060   140,846
PERSONAL PRODUCTS (2.4%)
Natura & Co. Holding SA, ADR(a) 20,890   287,655
Unilever PLC, Sponsored ADR 77,014   4,126,410
      4,414,065
PHARMACEUTICALS (0.5%)
Bausch Health Cos., Inc.(a) 13,218   371,161
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., ADR 10,220   627,917
      999,078
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (1.8%)
RELX PLC, Sponsored ADR 64,133   2,000,308
Thomson Reuters Corp. 10,594   1,274,776
      3,275,084
  Shares   Value
ROAD & RAIL (2.1%)
Canadian National Railway Co. 17,350   $ 2,305,988
Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd. 21,140   1,636,236
      3,942,224
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT (10.2%)
ASE Industrial Holding Co. Ltd., ADR 49,515   352,547
ASML Holding N.V., Sponsored NYS 9,507   7,728,050
STMicroelectronics N.V., Sponsored NYS 23,080   1,099,531
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Sponsored ADR 77,430   8,803,791
United Microelectronics Corp., Sponsored ADR 98,980   1,016,525
      19,000,444
SOFTWARE (2.7%)
Open Text Corp. 19,470   980,314
SAP SE, Sponsored ADR 27,370   3,962,629
      4,942,943
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS (0.7%)
Canon, Inc., Sponsored ADR 36,780   822,769
Logitech International SA 6,800   564,604
      1,387,373
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS (0.1%)
Gildan Activewear, Inc. 4,860   178,459
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (1.7%)
America Movil SAB de CV, Class L, Sponsored ADR 59,610   1,059,866
Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B 18,800   875,704
SK Telecom Co. Ltd., Sponsored ADR 11,030   319,870
Vodafone Group PLC, Sponsored ADR 64,729   967,698
      3,223,138
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $152,161,041)
    179,796,272
MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (0.4%)
MULTI-UTILITIES (0.4%)
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP 12,490   734,787
TOTAL MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
(COST $603,273)
    734,787
MONEY MARKET FUND (1.0%)
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.01%(b) 1,755,368   1,755,368
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
(COST $1,755,368)
    1,755,368
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD INTERNATIONAL ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
PREFERRED STOCKS (1.6%)
BANKS (0.9%)
Banco Bradesco SA, ADR (a) 199,171   $ 697,098
Bancolombia SA, Sponsored ADR, 0.68%(c) 3,560   127,911
Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Sponsored ADR, 0.78%(c) 197,327   803,121
      1,628,130
CHEMICALS (0.2%)
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Sponsored ADR, 2.14%(c) 7,020   385,328
METALS & MINING (0.0%)
Gerdau SA, Sponsored ADR, 22.33%(c) 12,740   60,260
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (0.5%)
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Sponsored ADR, 6.3%(c) 87,270   838,665
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT (0.0%)
Brookfield Property Preferred LP 448   11,124
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $3,503,829)
    2,923,507
  Shares   Value
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(COST $158,023,511) 100.0%
    $ 185,209,934
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES 0.0%     84,585
NET ASSETS 100.0%     $ 185,294,519
 
    
(a) Represents non-income producing security.
(b) 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2021 is disclosed.
(c) Current yield is disclosed. Dividends are calculated based on a percentage of the issuer’s net income.
    
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
LP — Limited Partnership
NYS — New York Shares
PLC — Public Limited Company
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD SELECT BOND FUND


The table below sets forth the diversification of the Steward Select Bond Fund investments by Industry.

    
Industry Diversification   Percent*
U.S. Government Agencies   14.3%
U.S. Treasury Obligations   9.2
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   5.1
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations   5.1
Software   4.7
IT Services   4.3
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   4.0
Food & Staples Retailing   3.6
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   3.6
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   3.3
Specialty Retail   2.9
Municipal Bonds   2.7
Health Care Providers & Services   2.4
Air Freight & Logistics   2.4
Aerospace & Defense   2.4
Food Products   2.3
Banks   2.1
Capital Markets   2.0
Money Market Fund   1.8
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail   1.7
Industry Diversification   Percent*
Media   1.7%
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   1.6
Biotechnology   1.2
Multiline Retail   1.2
Consumer Finance   1.2
Commercial Services & Supplies   1.2
Chemicals   1.2
Machinery   1.2
Industrial Conglomerates   1.2
Entertainment   1.2
Household Products   1.1
Road & Rail   1.1
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   1.1
Communications Equipment   1.1
Insurance   1.1
Pharmaceuticals   0.5
Household Durables   0.5
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance   0.1
Total Investments   99.4%
    
 
* Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of October 31, 2021.
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD SELECT BOND FUND

  Principal
Amount
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS (66.3%)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE (2.4%)
General Dynamics Corp., 3.75%, 5/15/28, (Callable 2/15/28 @ 100) $ 2,000,000   $ 2,236,900
Raytheon Technologies Corp., 4.13%, 11/16/28, (Callable 8/16/28 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,266,624
      4,503,524
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS (2.4%)
United Parcel Service, Inc., 3.05%, 11/15/27, (Callable 8/15/27 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,085,816
United Parcel Service, Inc., 3.75%, 11/15/47, (Callable 5/15/47 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,200,415
United Parcel Service, Inc., 3.90%, 4/1/25, (Callable 3/1/25 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,174,371
      4,460,602
BANKS (2.1%)
Citigroup, Inc., 6.63%, 6/15/32 1,000,000   1,334,702
U.S. Bank NA/Cincinnati OH, 2.80%, 1/27/25, (Callable 12/27/24 @ 100) 2,500,000   2,634,229
      3,968,931
BIOTECHNOLOGY (1.2%)
AbbVie, Inc., 4.50%, 5/14/35, (Callable 11/14/34 @ 100) 1,500,000   1,774,039
Celgene Corp., 3.88%, 8/15/25, (Callable 5/15/25 @ 100) 472,000   513,675
      2,287,714
CAPITAL MARKETS (2.0%)
Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 2.00%, 3/20/28, (Callable 1/20/28 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,017,761
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 5.95%, 1/15/27 1,500,000   1,787,533
      3,805,294
CHEMICALS (1.2%)
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The), 2.95%, 8/15/29, (Callable 5/15/29 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,058,978
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The), 3.80%, 8/15/49, (Callable 2/15/49 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,146,398
      2,205,376
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES (1.2%)
Waste Management, Inc., 3.15%, 11/15/27, (Callable 8/15/27 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,146,463
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (1.1%)
Cisco Systems, Inc., 2.50%, 9/20/26, (Callable 6/20/26 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,116,616
  Principal
Amount
  Value
CONSUMER FINANCE (1.2%)
American Express Co., 3.40%, 2/22/24, (Callable 1/22/24 @ 100) $ 1,000,000   $ 1,055,017
American Express Credit Corp., 3.30%, 5/3/27, (Callable 4/3/27 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,089,719
      2,144,736
ENTERTAINMENT (1.2%)
Walt Disney Co. (The), 3.80%, 3/22/30 2,000,000   2,253,173
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING (3.6%)
Sysco Corp., 3.25%, 7/15/27, (Callable 4/15/27 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,144,390
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 4.50%, 11/18/34, (Callable 5/18/34 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,299,780
Walmart, Inc., 3.25%, 7/8/29, (Callable 4/8/29 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,213,645
      6,657,815
FOOD PRODUCTS (2.3%)
General Mills, Inc., 4.20%, 4/17/28, (Callable 1/17/28 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,265,558
Tyson Foods, Inc., 4.50%, 6/15/22, (Callable 3/15/22 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,030,698
      4,296,256
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (1.1%)
Abbott Laboratories, 2.95%, 3/15/25, (Callable 12/15/24 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,115,756
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES (2.4%)
CVS Health Corp., 1.75%, 8/21/30, (Callable 5/21/30 @ 100) 1,320,000   1,256,912
CVS Health Corp., 4.00%, 12/5/23, (Callable 9/5/23 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,117,874
Evernorth Health, Inc., 4.50%, 2/25/26, (Callable 11/27/25 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,113,939
      4,488,725
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE (3.3%)
McDonald’s Corp., 3.70%, 1/30/26, (Callable 10/30/25 @ 100) 2,500,000   2,718,547
McDonald's Corp., 3.60%, 7/1/30, (Callable 4/1/30 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,108,772
Starbucks Corp., 3.75%, 12/1/47, (Callable 6/1/47 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,242,217
      6,069,536
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES (0.5%)
Newell Brands, Inc., 4.00%, 6/15/22, (Callable 11/22/21 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,010,000
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD SELECT BOND FUND

  Principal
Amount
  Value
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS (1.1%)
Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 3.00%, 3/25/30 $ 1,000,000   $ 1,087,099
Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 3.10%, 8/15/23 1,000,000   1,045,500
      2,132,599
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES (1.2%)
3M Co., 2.88%, 10/15/27, (Callable 7/15/27 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,135,599
INSURANCE (1.1%)
Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.88% (US0003M + 418 bps), 9/15/42, (Callable 9/15/22 @ 100)(a) 2,000,000   2,070,386
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL (1.7%)
Amazon.com, Inc., 3.80%, 12/5/24, (Callable 9/5/24 @ 100) 3,000,000   3,245,673
IT SERVICES (4.3%)
Fiserv, Inc., 4.20%, 10/1/28, (Callable 7/1/28 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,132,169
Mastercard, Inc., 3.38%, 4/1/24 2,000,000   2,122,604
PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2.85%, 10/1/29, (Callable 7/1/29 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,112,205
Visa, Inc., 4.30%, 12/14/45, (Callable 6/14/45 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,562,275
      7,929,253
MACHINERY (1.2%)
John Deere Capital Corp., 3.45%, 3/13/25 2,000,000   2,156,121
MEDIA (1.7%)
Comcast Corp., 3.70%, 4/15/24, (Callable 3/15/24 @ 100) 3,000,000   3,199,359
MULTILINE RETAIL (1.2%)
Target Corp., 3.50%, 7/1/24 2,000,000   2,142,467
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (3.6%)
Apache Corp., 3.25%, 4/15/22, (Callable 1/15/22 @ 100) 724,000   724,000
ConocoPhillips Co., 4.95%, 3/15/26, (Callable 12/15/25 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,137,149
Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP, 4.00%, 6/15/22, (Callable 3/17/22 @ 100) 1,500,000   1,518,775
Valero Energy Corp., 4.00%, 4/1/29, (Callable 1/1/29 @ 100) 3,000,000   3,291,729
      6,671,653
PHARMACEUTICALS (0.5%)
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance, 3.65%, 11/10/21 901,000   901,279
ROAD & RAIL (1.1%)
Union Pacific Corp., 4.16%, 7/15/22, (Callable 4/15/22 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,034,454
  Principal
Amount
  Value
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT (5.1%)
Intel Corp., 4.00%, 12/15/32 $ 2,000,000   $ 2,327,326
NVIDIA Corp., 2.85%, 4/1/30, (Callable 1/1/30 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,124,756
Qualcomm, Inc., 4.65%, 5/20/35, (Callable 11/20/34 @ 100) 4,000,000   4,944,611
      9,396,693
SOFTWARE (4.7%)
Adobe, Inc., 3.25%, 2/1/25, (Callable 11/1/24 @ 100) 3,000,000   3,193,463
Microsoft Corp., 3.45%, 8/8/36, (Callable 2/8/36 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,298,634
Oracle Corp., 3.25%, 11/15/27, (Callable 8/15/27 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,137,421
Salesforce.com, Inc., 3.70%, 4/11/28, (Callable 1/11/28 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,118,029
      8,747,547
SPECIALTY RETAIL (2.9%)
Home Depot, Inc. (The), 3.75%, 2/15/24, (Callable 11/15/23 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,121,153
Lowe's Cos., Inc., 3.65%, 4/5/29, (Callable 1/5/29 @ 100) 2,000,000   2,208,315
Lowe's Cos., Inc., 3.80%, 11/15/21 1,000,000   1,001,262
      5,330,730
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS (1.6%)
Apple, Inc., 1.65%, 5/11/30, (Callable 2/11/30 @ 100) 2,000,000   1,943,193
Apple, Inc., 3.45%, 2/9/45 1,000,000   1,121,217
      3,064,410
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS (4.0%)
NIKE, Inc., 2.85%, 3/27/30, (Callable 12/27/29 @ 100) 3,000,000   3,213,664
Ralph Lauren Corp., 2.95%, 6/15/30, (Callable 3/15/30 @ 100) 1,000,000   1,046,763
Tapestry, Inc., 4.13%, 7/15/27, (Callable 4/15/27 @ 100) 3,000,000   3,256,784
      7,517,211
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE (0.1%)
Opteum Mortgage Acceptance Corp., Class 2AD2, 5.85%, 12/25/35, (Callable 11/25/21 @ 100)(a) 107,656   108,489
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(COST $119,975,697)
    123,314,440
MUNICIPAL BONDS (2.7%)
California State University Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B, 1.79%, 11/1/30 500,000   489,825
Connecticut State Taxable G.O. Unlimited Bonds, Series A, 1.50%, 6/1/27 200,000   198,380
 
See notes to financial statements.
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  Principal
Amount
  Value
Houston Utility System First Lien Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B, 1.93%, 11/15/31 $ 1,240,000   $ 1,235,481
Leander Independent School District Taxable G.O. Unlimited Refunding Bonds, Series B (PSF, Gtd.), 1.99%, 8/15/33 895,000   892,321
Louisiana State Highway Improvement Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series A, 1.59%, 6/15/30 100,000   98,139
Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Water & Sewer Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B, Green Bond, 2.13%, 7/1/32, (Callable 7/1/31 @ 100) 1,215,000   1,219,965
North Texas Tollway Authority Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021A, 2.08%, 1/1/31 100,000   98,719
Northwest Independent School District Taxable G.O. Unlimited Refunding Bonds, Series A (PSF, Gtd.), 1.97%, 2/15/34, (Callable 2/15/30 @ 100) 600,000   593,874
Uptown Development Authority Contract Tax Allocation Increment Revenue Bonds, Series B (AGM Insured), 2.58%, 9/1/31 100,000   102,412
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(COST $5,013,503)
    4,929,116
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (14.3%)
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.00%, 11/25/30 1,000,000   1,111,445
Federal Home Loan Bank      
0.50%, 7/29/26, (Callable 1/29/22 @ 100) (Step to 0.63% on 1/29/22)(b) 1,000,000   993,778
0.60%, 3/30/26, (Callable 12/30/21 @ 100) (Step to 0.65% on 12/30/21)(b) 1,000,000   994,654
0.60%, 4/13/26, (Callable 1/13/22 @ 100) (Step to 0.70% on 4/13/22)(b) 1,000,000   994,240
0.60%, 9/30/26, (Callable 12/30/21 @ 100) (Step to 0.65% on 3/30/22)(b) 2,000,000   1,979,928
0.75%, 8/25/28, (Callable 8/25/22 @ 100) (Step to 1.75% on 8/25/24)(b) 1,350,000   1,333,659
0.75%, 9/30/27, (Callable 12/30/21 @ 100) (Step to 1.00% on 3/30/24)(b) 800,000   787,539
0.80%, 3/8/27, (Callable 11/15/21 @ 100) 1,000,000   976,696
0.85%, 2/26/26, (Callable 11/26/21 @ 100) 1,000,000   990,229
0.88%, 3/23/26, (Callable 12/23/21 @ 100) 1,000,000   990,181
0.90%, 12/1/27, (Callable 11/15/21 @ 100) 2,000,000   1,943,886
1.00%, 4/29/31, (Callable 1/29/22 @ 100) (Step to 1.50% on 4/29/23)(b) 730,769   728,214
1.00%, 7/29/26, (Callable 1/29/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   990,311
1.00%, 3/16/27, (Callable 3/16/22 @ 100) 2,000,000   1,966,597
1.07%, 1/25/30, (Callable 1/25/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   956,791
2.50%, 5/23/22 1,000,000   1,013,465
      17,640,168
  Principal
Amount
  Value
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.      
0.80%, 10/27/26, (Callable 1/27/22 @ 100) $ 1,000,000   $ 978,033
1.05%, 7/21/28, (Callable 1/21/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   963,181
2.50%, 3/29/22 1,000,000   1,009,764
      2,950,978
Federal National Mortgage Association      
0.40%, 10/29/24, (Callable 4/29/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   990,370
0.55%, 8/19/25, (Callable 8/19/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   985,083
0.56%, 10/28/25, (Callable 10/28/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   981,796
0.58%, 8/25/25, (Callable 2/25/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   988,093
0.60%, 8/28/25, (Callable 2/28/22 @ 100) 1,000,000   988,377
      4,933,719
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
(COST $26,869,339)
    26,636,310
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED
OBLIGATIONS (5.1%)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.      
2.20% (US0012M + 179 bps), 10/1/37(a) 12,545   12,615
2.38% (H15T1Y + 225 bps), 5/1/36(a) 18,347   18,448
3.00%, 7/15/41 1,517,910   1,567,577
3.50%, 2/1/34 275,067   292,879
3.50%, 10/1/49 406,500   428,753
3.50%, 12/15/48 535,002   573,377
4.00%, 12/15/25 2,500,000   2,676,123
5.00%, 11/1/37 7,313   8,148
6.00%, 3/1/38 19,385   22,916
      5,600,836
Federal National Mortgage Association      
0.51% (US0001M + 42 bps), 11/25/36(a) 47,597   48,021
1.50%, 11/25/44 1,829,047   1,827,582
2.20% (US0012M + 182 bps), 5/1/36(a) 48,455   50,872
2.54% (US0012M + 204 bps), 10/1/36(a) 16,070   16,041
3.50%, 2/1/43 169,465   182,043
3.50%, 4/1/48 507,121   552,200
4.00%, 9/1/33 185,282   195,915
4.00%, 10/1/46 384,722   418,359
6.00%, 6/1/36 179,583   195,487
6.00%, 9/1/36 38,926   42,456
6.00%, 5/1/37 24,559   27,518
      3,556,494
Government National Mortgage Association      
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD SELECT BOND FUND

  Principal
Amount
  Value
2.00% (H15T1Y + 150 bps), 1/20/39(a) $ 9,258   $ 9,285
4.50%, 6/15/40 79,655   90,208
4.50%, 8/20/38 33,260   35,547
5.00%, 5/20/40 43,113   46,844
5.50%, 12/20/38 4,370   4,884
6.00%, 10/15/37 21,765   25,700
6.00%, 6/15/37 21,523   25,422
6.50%, 10/20/38 1,755   1,900
      239,790
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS
(COST $9,149,420)
    9,397,120
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (9.2%)
U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.13%, 5/15/40 2,000,000   1,730,703
U.S. Treasury Notes      
0.38%, 1/15/27 (TIPS) 1,132,510   1,255,906
1.63%, 11/30/26 1,000,000   1,020,859
1.75%, 11/15/29 1,000,000   1,021,641
2.00%, 11/15/21 5,000,000   5,003,699
2.00%, 2/15/22 7,000,000   7,038,881
      15,340,986
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(COST $17,106,486)
    17,071,689
    
  Shares   Value
MONEY MARKET FUND (1.8%)
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.01%(c) 3,367,900   $ 3,367,900
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
(COST $3,367,900)
    3,367,900
  Shares   Value
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(COST $181,482,345) 99.4%
    $ 184,716,575
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES 0.6%     1,194,516
NET ASSETS 100.0%     $ 185,911,091
 
    
(a) Variable rate security. The interest rate shown represents the rate in effect at October 31, 2021. For securities based on published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in the description. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.
(b) Step Bond. Coupon rate is set for an initial period and then adjusted at a specified date. The rate shown represents the rate as of October 31, 2021.
(c) 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2021 is disclosed.
    
AGM — Assured Guarantee Municipal Corporation
bps — Basis Points
G.O. — General Obligation
Gtd. — Guaranteed
H15T1Y — 1 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate
LP — Limited Partnership
PSF — Permanent School Fund
TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Security
US0001M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR
US0003M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR
US0012M — 12 Month US Dollar LIBOR
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED LARGE CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND


The table below sets forth the diversification of the Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund investments by Industry.

    
Industry Diversification   Percent*
Software   11.6%
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   8.6
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   5.8
Interactive Media & Services   5.0
Banks   4.9
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   4.5
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail   4.0
Capital Markets   3.6
IT Services   3.3
Insurance   3.2
Automobiles   2.9
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   2.4
Life Sciences Tools & Services   2.3
Health Care Providers & Services   2.3
Specialty Retail   2.0
Chemicals   1.9
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   1.8
Entertainment   1.7
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts   1.7
Media   1.3
Pharmaceuticals   1.3
Food & Staples Retailing   1.2
Biotechnology   1.2
Food Products   1.2
Electric Utilities   1.2
Beverages   1.2
Aerospace & Defense   1.1
Electrical Equipment   1.1
Diversified Financial Services   1.0
Road & Rail   1.0
Diversified Telecommunication Services   1.0
Household Products   1.0
Money Market Fund   1.0
Machinery   0.9
Industry Diversification   Percent*
Communications Equipment   0.9%
Commercial Services & Supplies   0.9
Electronic Equipment, Instruments
& Components
  0.7
Multi-Utilities   0.7
Consumer Finance   0.6
Trading Companies & Distributors   0.6
Distributors   0.6
Multiline Retail   0.6
Industrial Conglomerates   0.5
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   0.5
Professional Services   0.5
Household Durables   0.4
Air Freight & Logistics   0.4
Building Products   0.4
Containers & Packaging   0.4
Metals & Mining   0.3
Auto Components   0.1
Real Estate Management & Development   0.1
Energy Equipment & Services   0.1
Airlines   0.1
Health Care Technology   0.1
Water Utilities   0.1
Personal Products   0.1
Construction Materials   0.1
Wireless Telecommunication Services   0.1
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers   0.0
Gas Utilities   0.0
Construction & Engineering   0.0
Leisure Products   0.0
Total Investments   100.1%
    
 
* Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of October 31, 2021.
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED LARGE CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS (99.1%)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE (1.1%)
Boeing Co. (The)(a) 3,394   $ 702,660
General Dynamics Corp. 2,314   469,163
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 7,173   212,966
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 1,242   251,791
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 1,518   349,960
Lockheed Martin Corp. 1,649   547,996
Northrop Grumman Corp. 987   352,576
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 12,201   1,084,181
Textron, Inc. 5,370   396,575
TransDigm Group, Inc.(a) 248   154,707
      4,522,575
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS (0.4%)
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 1,190   115,418
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 1,540   189,820
FedEx Corp. 1,366   321,734
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 4,870   1,039,599
      1,666,571
AIRLINES (0.1%)
Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a) 620   32,736
American Airlines Group, Inc.(a) 7,840   150,528
Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a) 4,770   186,650
Southwest Airlines Co.(a) 4,040   191,011
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) 1,020   47,063
      607,988
AUTO COMPONENTS (0.1%)
Aptiv PLC(a) 1,590   274,895
BorgWarner, Inc. 6,420   289,349
      564,244
AUTOMOBILES (2.9%)
Ford Motor Co.(a) 94,860   1,620,209
General Motors Co.(a) 16,310   887,753
Tesla, Inc.(a) 8,460   9,424,440
      11,932,402
BANKS (4.9%)
Bank of America Corp. 59,499   2,842,862
Citigroup, Inc. 18,520   1,280,843
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 11,000   521,180
Comerica, Inc. 5,200   442,468
Fifth Third Bancorp 16,450   716,069
First Republic Bank 980   212,003
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 24,180   380,593
  Shares   Value
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 19,914   $ 3,383,189
KeyCorp 30,430   708,106
M&T Bank Corp. 2,250   331,020
People's United Financial, Inc. 27,500   471,350
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 3,524   743,670
Regions Financial Corp. 31,732   751,414
SVB Financial Group(a) 4,807   3,448,542
Truist Financial Corp. 13,917   883,312
U.S. Bancorp 13,160   794,469
Wells Fargo & Co. 37,828   1,935,281
Zions Bancorp 7,120   448,489
      20,294,860
BEVERAGES (1.2%)
Coca-Cola Co. (The) 32,520   1,833,152
Monster Beverage Corp.(a) 15,190   1,291,150
PepsiCo, Inc. 10,431   1,685,650
      4,809,952
BIOTECHNOLOGY (1.2%)
AbbVie, Inc. 14,670   1,682,209
Amgen, Inc. 5,428   1,123,433
Biogen, Inc.(a) 1,374   366,418
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 13,440   871,987
Incyte Corp.(a) 3,970   265,911
Moderna, Inc.(a) 2,120   731,845
      5,041,803
BUILDING PRODUCTS (0.4%)
A.O. Smith Corp. 1,680   122,758
Allegion PLC 563   72,233
Carrier Global Corp. 6,396   334,063
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 880   89,232
Johnson Controls International PLC 6,111   448,364
Masco Corp. 3,130   205,171
Trane Technologies PLC 1,630   294,916
      1,566,737
CAPITAL MARKETS (3.6%)
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 706   213,304
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) 14,561   862,011
BlackRock, Inc. 916   864,209
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 1,050   138,537
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) 10,220   838,347
CME Group, Inc. 2,490   549,170
Franklin Resources, Inc. 12,930   407,166
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 3,082   1,273,945
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 4,105   568,378
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED LARGE CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Invesco Ltd. 27,140   $ 689,627
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 2,360   964,461
Moody's Corp. 1,178   476,089
Morgan Stanley 12,956   1,331,618
MSCI, Inc. 3,452   2,295,166
Nasdaq, Inc. 1,070   224,561
Northern Trust Corp. 1,410   173,486
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 3,570   351,966
S&P Global, Inc. 3,745   1,775,729
State Street Corp. 5,597   551,584
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 1,590   344,839
      14,894,193
CHEMICALS (1.9%)
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 1,343   402,645
Albemarle Corp. 9,240   2,314,343
Celanese Corp. 700   113,057
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 1,790   101,672
Corteva, Inc. 10,555   455,448
Dow, Inc. 5,102   285,559
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 4,385   305,196
Eastman Chemical Co. 320   33,290
Ecolab, Inc. 1,576   350,219
FMC Corp. 10,250   932,852
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 1,560   230,022
Linde PLC 3,343   1,067,086
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A 1,470   136,445
Mosaic Co. (The) 12,220   507,985
PPG Industries, Inc. 1,658   266,225
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) 1,733   548,685
      8,050,729
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES (0.9%)
Cintas Corp. 514   222,613
Copart, Inc.(a) 9,090   1,411,586
Republic Services, Inc. 2,056   276,738
Rollins, Inc. 31,855   1,122,252
Waste Management, Inc. 3,260   522,350
      3,555,539
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (0.9%)
Arista Networks, Inc.(a) 3,541   1,450,712
Cisco Systems, Inc. 32,160   1,799,995
F5 Networks, Inc.(a) 410   86,572
Juniper Networks, Inc. 6,190   182,729
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 1,151   286,127
      3,806,135
  Shares   Value
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING (0.0%)
Quanta Services, Inc. 540   $ 65,491
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (0.1%)
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 346   135,923
Vulcan Materials Co. 1,053   200,196
      336,119
CONSUMER FINANCE (0.6%)
American Express Co. 4,440   771,583
Capital One Financial Corp. 6,258   945,146
Discover Financial Services 1,980   224,374
Synchrony Financial 7,600   353,020
      2,294,123
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING (0.4%)
Avery Dennison Corp. 920   200,302
Ball Corp. 3,430   313,777
International Paper Co. 6,990   347,193
Packaging Corp. of America 1,070   146,986
Sealed Air Corp. 1,390   82,455
Westrock Co. 9,869   474,699
      1,565,412
DISTRIBUTORS (0.6%)
Genuine Parts Co. 900   117,999
LKQ Corp.(a) 6,880   378,950
Pool Corp. 3,960   2,040,034
      2,536,983
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES (1.0%)
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) 14,957   4,292,809
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (1.0%)
AT&T, Inc. 65,420   1,652,509
Lumen Technologies, Inc. 58,549   694,391
Verizon Communications, Inc. 30,990   1,642,160
      3,989,060
ELECTRIC UTILITIES (1.2%)
Alliant Energy Corp. 2,090   118,231
American Electric Power Co., Inc. 3,850   326,134
Duke Energy Corp. 6,084   620,629
Edison International 3,610   227,177
Entergy Corp. 150   15,453
Evergy, Inc. 2,440   155,550
Eversource Energy 2,840   241,116
Exelon Corp. 13,889   738,756
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED LARGE CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
FirstEnergy Corp. 5,119   $ 197,235
NextEra Energy, Inc. 14,636   1,248,890
NRG Energy, Inc. 2,260   90,151
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 1,260   81,257
PPL Corp. 7,780   224,064
Southern Co. (The) 8,750   545,300
Xcel Energy, Inc. 5,620   362,996
      5,192,939
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (1.1%)
AMETEK, Inc. 1,700   225,080
Eaton Corp. PLC 2,770   456,385
Emerson Electric Co. 4,350   421,994
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a) 6,080   3,031,245
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 776   247,854
      4,382,558
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS (0.7%)
Amphenol Corp., Class A 5,510   423,003
CDW Corp. 880   164,252
Corning, Inc. 7,180   255,393
IPG Photonics Corp.(a) 100   15,901
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a) 1,320   237,626
TE Connectivity Ltd. 2,050   299,300
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a) 251   112,754
Trimble, Inc.(a) 16,080   1,404,910
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) 350   186,882
      3,100,021
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES (0.1%)
Baker Hughes Co. 6,719   168,512
Halliburton Co. 5,740   143,443
Schlumberger N.V. 9,404   303,373
      615,328
ENTERTAINMENT (1.7%)
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 5,700   445,683
Electronic Arts, Inc. 2,310   323,977
Live Nation, Inc.(a) 1,030   104,185
Netflix, Inc.(a) 6,030   4,162,569
Walt Disney Co. (The)(a) 11,670   1,973,047
      7,009,461
EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (1.7%)
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 910   185,767
American Tower Corp. 2,879   811,792
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 839   198,575
  Shares   Value
Boston Properties, Inc. 260   $ 29,546
Crown Castle International Corp. 2,820   508,446
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 1,910   301,417
Duke Realty Corp. 4,720   265,453
Equinix, Inc. 593   496,383
Equity Residential 2,580   222,912
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 307   104,359
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 980   193,423
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. 8,580   304,676
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a) 12,433   209,247
Iron Mountain, Inc. 2,799   127,746
Kimco Realty Corp. 10,690   241,594
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 630   128,652
Prologis, Inc. 5,122   742,485
Public Storage 1,136   377,356
Realty Income Corp. 2,450   175,003
Regency Centers Corp. 750   52,808
SBA Communications Corp. 721   248,983
Simon Property Group, Inc. 1,830   268,241
UDR, Inc. 2,330   129,385
Ventas, Inc. 2,350   125,419
Vornado Realty Trust 825   35,170
Welltower, Inc. 2,540   204,216
Weyerhaeuser Co. 6,589   235,359
      6,924,413
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING (1.2%)
Costco Wholesale Corp. 3,186   1,566,046
Kroger Co. (The) 21,760   870,835
Sysco Corp. 3,580   275,302
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 15,790   742,446
Walmart, Inc. 11,340   1,694,423
      5,149,052
FOOD PRODUCTS (1.2%)
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 13,810   887,154
Campbell Soup Co. 3,350   133,833
Conagra Brands, Inc. 6,220   200,284
General Mills, Inc. 7,690   475,242
Hershey Co. (The) 1,430   250,751
Hormel Foods Corp. 6,330   267,886
J.M. Smucker Co. (The) 2,280   280,121
Kellogg Co. 4,000   245,200
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) 14,296   513,083
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 1,000   56,450
McCormick & Co., Inc. 2,640   211,807
 
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 13,020   $ 790,835
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 7,820   625,365
      4,938,011
GAS UTILITIES (0.0%)
Atmos Energy Corp. 800   73,696
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (5.8%)
Abbott Laboratories 13,642   1,758,317
ABIOMED, Inc.(a) 4,603   1,528,380
Align Technology, Inc.(a) 4,257   2,657,943
Baxter International, Inc. 5,890   465,074
Becton Dickinson and Co. 2,426   581,245
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) 15,327   661,054
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) 570   237,644
Danaher Corp. 5,410   1,686,676
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. 2,670   152,751
DexCom, Inc.(a) 4,840   3,016,337
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) 5,891   705,860
Hologic, Inc.(a) 2,870   210,400
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a) 3,960   2,637,914
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) 2,817   1,017,303
Medtronic PLC 10,993   1,317,621
ResMed, Inc. 5,610   1,474,925
STERIS PLC 1,080   252,439
Stryker Corp. 2,774   738,078
Teleflex, Inc. 457   163,122
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 5,940   2,553,487
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. 1,840   263,341
      24,079,911
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES (2.3%)
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 3,480   424,630
Anthem, Inc. 4,281   1,862,792
Cardinal Health, Inc. 9,040   432,202
Cigna Corp. 5,290   1,129,997
CVS Health Corp. 17,997   1,606,772
DaVita, Inc.(a) 14,750   1,522,790
Henry Schein, Inc.(a) 3,950   301,583
Humana, Inc. 1,827   846,193
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings(a) 960   275,539
McKesson Corp. 3,665   761,880
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 1,700   249,526
      9,413,904
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY (0.1%)
Cerner Corp. 4,180   310,532
  Shares   Value
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE (1.8%)
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a) 256   $ 619,720
Carnival Corp.(a) 6,650   147,364
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a) 981   1,745,228
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 3,660   1,789,630
Expedia Group, Inc.(a) 915   150,435
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a) 1,820   261,989
Marriott International, Inc., Class A(a) 1,766   282,595
McDonald's Corp. 4,841   1,188,708
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a) 2,830   72,788
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a) 1,340   113,136
Starbucks Corp. 7,860   833,710
Yum! Brands, Inc. 2,120   264,873
      7,470,176
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES (0.4%)
D.R. Horton, Inc. 1,096   97,840
Garmin Ltd. 1,240   178,064
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 870   40,760
Lennar Corp., Class A 3,880   387,728
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a) 2,644   468,543
Newell Brands, Inc. 4,820   110,330
NVR, Inc.(a) 4   19,579
PulteGroup, Inc. 1,165   56,013
Whirlpool Corp. 1,352   285,042
      1,643,899
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS (1.0%)
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 3,330   290,909
Clorox Co. (The) 1,280   208,653
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 8,620   656,758
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3,420   442,856
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 18,031   2,578,252
      4,177,428
INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY
PRODUCERS (0.0%)
AES Corp. (The) 7,070   177,669
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES (0.5%)
3M Co. 4,094   731,516
Honeywell International, Inc. 4,422   966,738
Roper Technologies, Inc. 666   324,921
      2,023,175
INSURANCE (3.2%)
Aflac, Inc. 13,220   709,517
Allstate Corp. (The) 5,630   696,262
 
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
American International Group, Inc. 13,884   $ 820,406
Aon PLC, Class A 1,531   489,798
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 1,720   288,392
Assurant, Inc. 2,920   471,025
Brown & Brown, Inc. 14,760   931,504
Chubb Ltd. 4,081   797,346
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 3,642   442,284
Everest Re Group Ltd. 1,600   418,400
Globe Life, Inc. 2,617   232,965
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 12,090   881,724
Lincoln National Corp. 12,666   913,852
Loews Corp. 8,500   476,595
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. 3,680   613,824
MetLife, Inc. 16,470   1,034,316
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 9,900   664,191
Progressive Corp. (The) 4,730   448,782
Prudential Financial, Inc. 9,495   1,044,925
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 3,830   616,170
Willis Towers Watson PLC 817   197,943
      13,190,221
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES (5.0%)
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) 2,265   6,706,484
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a) 2,119   6,283,704
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a) 19,968   6,461,046
Match Group, Inc.(a) 1,710   257,834
Twitter, Inc.(a) 21,810   1,167,707
      20,876,775
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL (4.0%)
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) 3,340   11,263,916
eBay, Inc. 26,730   2,050,726
Etsy, Inc.(a) 13,620   3,414,398
      16,729,040
IT SERVICES (3.3%)
Accenture PLC, Class A 4,267   1,530,957
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) 1,220   128,661
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2,810   630,817
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 770   137,376
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 3,920   306,113
DXC Technology Co.(a) 6,747   219,750
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 3,836   424,799
Fiserv, Inc.(a) 4,100   403,809
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a) 420   103,912
Gartner, Inc.(a) 620   205,784
Global Payments, Inc. 1,677   239,794
  Shares   Value
International Business Machines Corp. 5,806   $ 726,331
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 580   96,558
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 5,512   1,849,386
Paychex, Inc. 2,700   332,856
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) 16,930   3,937,749
VeriSign, Inc.(a) 602   134,047
Visa, Inc., Class A 10,954   2,319,729
Western Union Co. (The) 6,970   126,993
      13,855,421
LEISURE PRODUCTS (0.0%)
Hasbro, Inc. 610   58,414
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES (2.3%)
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 4,800   755,952
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a) 2,960   2,352,253
Bio-Techne Corp. 2,900   1,518,585
Illumina, Inc.(a) 1,217   505,128
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a) 2,520   658,778
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a) 1,093   1,618,602
PerkinElmer, Inc. 9,090   1,607,930
Waters Corp.(a) 1,037   381,149
      9,398,377
MACHINERY (0.9%)
Caterpillar, Inc. 3,440   701,794
Cummins, Inc. 587   140,786
Deere & Co. 1,723   589,800
Dover Corp. 810   136,955
Fortive Corp. 2,800   211,988
IDEX Corp. 350   77,900
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 1,754   399,684
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(a) 2,638   141,819
Otis Worldwide Corp. 3,283   263,658
PACCAR, Inc. 2,025   181,480
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 568   168,463
Pentair PLC 190   14,054
Snap-on, Inc. 250   50,808
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 712   127,968
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. 2,980   270,375
Xylem, Inc. 1,300   169,767
      3,647,299
MEDIA (1.3%)
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a) 2,330   1,572,494
Comcast Corp., Class A 31,280   1,608,731
Discovery, Inc., Class A(a) 5,380   126,107
Discovery, Inc., Class C(a) 4,541   102,445
 
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
DISH Network Corp., Class A(a) 7,730   $ 317,471
Fox Corp., Class A 5,730   227,710
Fox Corp., Class B 2,640   97,574
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) 10,180   372,283
News Corp., Class A 7,990   182,971
News Corp., Class B 5,390   121,598
Omnicom Group, Inc. 1,590   108,247
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 11,430   413,995
      5,251,626
METALS & MINING (0.3%)
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 10,528   397,116
Newmont Corp. 6,340   342,360
Nucor Corp. 6,470   722,376
      1,461,852
MULTILINE RETAIL (0.6%)
Dollar General Corp. 7,000   1,550,640
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) 1,362   146,769
Target Corp. 3,300   856,746
      2,554,155
MULTI-UTILITIES (0.7%)
Ameren Corp. 2,990   252,027
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 8,970   233,579
CMS Energy Corp. 4,000   241,400
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 5,020   378,508
Dominion Energy, Inc. 6,852   520,272
DTE Energy Co. 930   105,415
NiSource, Inc. 7,770   191,686
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 4,616   294,501
Sempra Energy 1,830   233,563
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 3,145   283,239
      2,734,190
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (2.4%)
APA Corp. 2,580   67,622
Chevron Corp. 13,193   1,510,466
ConocoPhillips 7,657   570,370
Coterra Energy, Inc. 4,320   92,102
Devon Energy Corp. 4,540   181,963
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 640   68,602
EOG Resources, Inc. 5,074   469,142
Exxon Mobil Corp. 36,680   2,364,760
Hess Corp. 1,320   108,992
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 37,230   623,602
Marathon Oil Corp. 37,330   609,226
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 9,558   630,159
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 6,003   201,281
  Shares   Value
ONEOK, Inc. 2,730   $ 173,683
Phillips 66 8,549   639,294
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 2,146   401,259
Valero Energy Corp. 11,520   890,842
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 12,570   353,091
      9,956,456
PERSONAL PRODUCTS (0.1%)
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., (The) Class A 1,568   508,549
PHARMACEUTICALS (1.3%)
Catalent, Inc.(a) 15,630   2,154,752
Eli Lilly and Co. 5,860   1,492,894
Organon & Co. 3,120   114,660
Viatris, Inc. 42,250   564,037
Zoetis, Inc. 5,250   1,135,050
      5,461,393
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (0.5%)
Equifax, Inc. 810   224,718
IHS Markit Ltd. 3,030   396,082
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 760   106,719
Nielsen Holdings PLC 4,160   84,240
Robert Half International, Inc. 1,240   140,207
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 5,040   1,059,761
      2,011,727
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT (0.1%)
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) 4,570   475,646
ROAD & RAIL (1.0%)
CSX Corp. 17,820   644,549
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 560   110,426
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. 590   183,048
Norfolk Southern Corp. 1,398   409,684
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 5,620   1,918,387
Union Pacific Corp. 3,895   940,253
      4,206,347
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT (8.6%)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) 25,390   3,052,640
Analog Devices, Inc. 3,678   638,096
Applied Materials, Inc. 16,160   2,208,264
Broadcom, Inc. 2,552   1,356,822
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a) 12,090   2,800,407
Intel Corp. 26,710   1,308,790
KLA Corp. 6,310   2,352,115
Lam Research Corp. 3,386   1,908,248
Microchip Technology, Inc. 2,760   204,488
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED LARGE CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Micron Technology, Inc. 7,530   $ 520,323
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 6,350   3,336,671
NVIDIA Corp. 29,898   7,644,022
NXP Semiconductors N.V. 1,440   289,238
Qorvo, Inc.(a) 6,430   1,081,719
QUALCOMM, Inc. 15,890   2,114,006
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 950   158,773
Teradyne, Inc. 17,020   2,352,845
Texas Instruments, Inc. 6,110   1,145,503
Xilinx, Inc. 7,480   1,346,400
      35,819,370
SOFTWARE (11.6%)
Adobe, Inc.(a) 6,451   4,195,472
ANSYS, Inc.(a) 3,133   1,189,224
Autodesk, Inc.(a) 7,060   2,242,327
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) 12,220   2,115,404
Citrix Systems, Inc. 1,020   96,625
Fortinet, Inc.(a) 9,790   3,292,769
Intuit, Inc. 4,412   2,761,868
Microsoft Corp. 53,020   17,582,492
NortonLifeLock, Inc. 8,052   204,923
Oracle Corp. 11,451   1,098,609
Paycom Software, Inc.(a) 3,830   2,098,266
PTC, Inc.(a) 6,880   876,168
salesforce.com, Inc.(a) 12,550   3,761,110
ServiceNow, Inc.(a) 5,070   3,537,643
Synopsys, Inc.(a) 5,840   1,945,771
Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a) 2,050   1,113,601
      48,112,272
SPECIALTY RETAIL (2.0%)
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 1,236   278,743
AutoZone, Inc.(a) 141   251,662
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 1,580   109,162
Best Buy Co., Inc. 1,530   187,027
CarMax, Inc.(a) 2,360   323,131
Gap, Inc. (The) 6,460   146,577
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 6,809   2,531,178
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. 4,700   1,098,954
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) 442   275,066
Ross Stores, Inc. 1,830   207,156
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 7,880   516,061
Tractor Supply Co. 9,900   2,149,983
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a) 321   117,923
      8,192,623
  Shares   Value
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS (4.5%)
Apple, Inc. 111,024   $ 16,631,395
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 62,390   914,014
HP, Inc. 19,970   605,690
NetApp, Inc. 1,920   171,456
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1,450   129,152
Western Digital Corp.(a) 6,701   350,395
      18,802,102
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS (0.5%)
Hanesbrands, Inc. 8,270   140,921
NIKE, Inc., Class B 8,190   1,370,105
PVH Corp.(a) 1,700   185,861
Tapestry, Inc. 2,330   90,823
Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a) 4,150   91,134
Under Armour, Inc., Class C(a) 1,024   19,333
VF Corp. 1,695   123,532
      2,021,709
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS (0.6%)
Fastenal Co. 5,840   333,347
United Rentals, Inc.(a) 5,850   2,217,793
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 188   87,065
      2,638,205
WATER UTILITIES (0.1%)
American Water Works Co., Inc. 1,470   256,045
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (0.1%)
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a) 4,990   574,000
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $261,133,251)
    411,869,712
MONEY MARKET FUND (1.0%)
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.01%(b) 4,310,705   4,310,705
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
(COST $4,310,705)
    4,310,705
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(COST $265,443,956) 100.1%
    416,180,417
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (0.1)%     (609,181)
NET ASSETS 100.0%     $ 415,571,236
 
    
(a) Represents non-income producing security.
(b) 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2021 is disclosed.
    
 
See notes to financial statements.
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MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International
PLC — Public Limited Company
S&P — Standard & Poor's
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND


The table below sets forth the diversification of the Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund investments by Industry.

    
Industry Diversification   Percent*
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts   6.5%
Banks   6.2
Specialty Retail   5.0
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   4.7
Software   4.5
Insurance   4.1
Machinery   4.0
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   3.9
Health Care Providers & Services   3.5
Electronic Equipment, Instruments
& Components
  3.0
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   3.0
Household Durables   3.0
Chemicals   2.3
Capital Markets   2.3
Biotechnology   2.2
Building Products   2.1
Metals & Mining   1.8
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   1.7
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance   1.7
Auto Components   1.6
Food Products   1.6
Professional Services   1.6
Life Sciences Tools & Services   1.6
IT Services   1.5
Commercial Services & Supplies   1.4
Pharmaceuticals   1.4
Electrical Equipment   1.4
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   1.4
Road & Rail   1.3
Leisure Products   1.3
Media   1.1
Construction & Engineering   1.1
Consumer Finance   1.1
Industry Diversification   Percent*
Aerospace & Defense   1.0%
Trading Companies & Distributors   1.0
Communications Equipment   0.9
Health Care Technology   0.9
Multiline Retail   0.8
Money Market Fund   0.8
Real Estate Management & Development   0.7
Energy Equipment & Services   0.7
Beverages   0.7
Diversified Consumer Services   0.6
Air Freight & Logistics   0.6
Gas Utilities   0.6
Food & Staples Retailing   0.6
Electric Utilities   0.5
Containers & Packaging   0.5
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts   0.4
Paper & Forest Products   0.4
Personal Products   0.4
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail   0.4
Water Utilities   0.3
Multi-Utilities   0.3
Diversified Telecommunication Services   0.3
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   0.3
Automobiles   0.3
Marine   0.3
Airlines   0.2
Household Products   0.2
Interactive Media & Services   0.2
Entertainment   0.1
Wireless Telecommunication Services   0.1
Construction Materials   0.1
Industrial Conglomerates   0.0
Total Investments   100.1%
    
 
* Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of October 31, 2021.
See notes to financial statements.
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  Shares   Value
COMMON STOCKS (99.3%)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE (1.0%)
AAR Corp.(a) 4,150   $ 146,785
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. 3,960   174,280
AeroVironment, Inc.(a) 4,620   411,688
Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a) 6,470   1,164,341
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 1,600   204,288
Hexcel Corp.(a) 3,980   225,825
Kaman Corp. 1,040   37,222
Mercury Systems, Inc.(a) 4,830   248,938
Moog, Inc., Class A 1,170   88,370
National Presto Industries, Inc. 60   4,989
Park Aerospace Corp. 770   10,079
Triumph Group, Inc.(a) 3,570   73,007
      2,789,812
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS (0.6%)
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a) 2,870   232,814
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.(a) 1,600   77,168
Forward Air Corp. 3,690   371,066
GXO Logistics, Inc.(a) 4,560   404,928
Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a) 2,780   218,425
XPO Logistics, Inc.(a) 4,550   390,390
      1,694,791
AIRLINES (0.2%)
Allegiant Travel Co.(a) 606   106,214
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a) 3,750   72,563
JetBlue Airways Corp.(a) 20,350   285,510
SkyWest, Inc.(a) 3,950   169,968
      634,255
AUTO COMPONENTS (1.6%)
Adient PLC(a) 5,800   241,396
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a) 10,140   92,071
Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.(a) 820   21,271
Dana, Inc. 14,690   325,971
Dorman Products, Inc.(a) 2,930   305,833
Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a) 5,180   833,721
Gentex Corp. 13,760   486,967
Gentherm, Inc.(a) 1,660   122,226
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a) 20,152   385,306
LCI Industries 2,380   332,343
Lear Corp. 2,930   503,521
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(a) 1,910   36,137
Patrick Industries, Inc. 5,805   452,268
  Shares   Value
Standard Motor Products, Inc. 1,160   $ 55,564
Visteon Corp.(a) 1,240   140,343
      4,334,938
AUTOMOBILES (0.3%)
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 7,200   262,728
Thor Industries, Inc. 3,110   317,096
Winnebago Industries, Inc. 1,600   108,304
      688,128
BANKS (6.2%)
Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. 1,040   40,737
Ameris Bancorp 4,852   254,196
Associated Banc-Corp 15,098   336,383
Banc of California, Inc. 2,870   58,347
BancFirst Corp. 910   59,159
Bancorp, Inc. (The)(a) 1,440   43,992
Bank of Hawaii Corp. 1,850   156,325
Bank OZK 8,180   365,401
BankUnited, Inc. 5,980   242,549
Banner Corp. 2,670   154,219
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. 3,480   94,482
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. 6,100   97,905
Cadence Bank 10,222   296,642
Cathay General Bancorp 4,090   172,557
Central Pacific Financial Corp. 1,180   32,438
CIT Group, Inc. 5,580   276,377
City Holding Co. 620   49,340
Columbia Banking System, Inc. 3,710   126,622
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 5,141   362,492
Community Bank System, Inc. 2,710   194,226
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 2,570   332,815
Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a) 4,920   262,187
CVB Financial Corp. 6,320   126,526
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., Class B 2,942   104,971
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. 1,880   106,389
East West Bancorp, Inc. 7,320   581,794
F.N.B. Corp. 24,300   283,095
FB Financial Corp. 1,063   48,186
First Bancorp 1,390   67,304
First BanCorp 14,592   199,181
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. 4,960   75,888
First Financial Bancorp 4,760   113,193
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 7,220   366,198
First Hawaiian, Inc. 4,030   111,188
First Horizon Corp. 20,070   340,588
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 6,240   $ 120,120
Fulton Financial Corp. 11,140   179,354
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 4,840   267,604
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. 3,280   111,684
Hancock Whitney Corp. 6,129   303,263
Hanmi Financial Corp. 3,441   76,356
Heritage Financial Corp. 1,430   35,521
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. 2,640   93,562
Home Bancshares, Inc. 9,712   230,757
Hope Bancorp, Inc. 8,372   122,147
Independent Bank Corp. 1,470   124,215
Independent Bank Group, Inc. 2,280   164,821
International Bancshares Corp. 4,010   170,024
Investors Bancorp, Inc. 3,470   53,091
Lakeland Financial Corp. 480   34,498
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A 1,950   84,572
NBT Bancorp, Inc. 1,820   66,776
OFG Bancorp 2,890   74,851
Old National Bancorp 12,610   215,379
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. 5,972   250,764
PacWest Bancorp 6,020   285,769
Park National Corp. 540   69,439
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 4,420   426,839
Preferred Bank 780   53,485
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 5,011   377,378
Renasant Corp. 3,450   129,064
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida 3,510   127,869
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. 7,700   618,387
Signature Bank 2,750   819,005
Simmons First National Corp., Class A 8,140   243,305
Southside Bancshares, Inc. 1,154   47,683
Sterling Bancorp 17,099   435,170
Synovus Financial Corp. 9,202   428,721
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a) 2,900   175,740
Tompkins Financial Corp. 270   22,170
Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(a) 6,120   717,876
Trustmark Corp. 3,420   108,790
UMB Financial Corp. 2,390   236,180
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 20,610   421,474
United Bankshares, Inc. 7,383   273,097
United Community Banks, Inc. 5,222   181,934
Valley National Bancorp 19,464   258,093
Veritex Holdings, Inc. 2,803   114,783
Webster Financial Corp. 5,470   306,101
Westamerica BanCorp 1,210   67,470
Wintrust Financial Corp. 3,770   333,645
      16,592,718
  Shares   Value
BEVERAGES (0.7%)
Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a) 13,830   $ 1,334,872
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 201   80,681
National Beverage Corp. 9,540   538,056
      1,953,609
BIOTECHNOLOGY (2.2%)
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a) 870   36,236
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 7,580   483,756
Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a) 34,510   577,352
Cytokinetics, Inc.(a) 13,400   467,794
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 770   40,325
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a) 7,300   347,991
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 1,000   85,850
Exelixis, Inc.(a) 31,040   667,670
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a) 16,110   613,308
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 780   113,833
Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a) 4,300   132,311
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a) 6,640   699,922
Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.(a) 1,710   18,776
REGENXBIO, Inc.(a) 7,890   279,622
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 12,140   22,216
uniQure N.V.(a) 1,160   35,345
United Therapeutics Corp.(a) 2,033   387,815
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 3,970   67,966
Vericel Corp.(a) 8,620   396,692
Xencor, Inc.(a) 10,710   423,688
      5,898,468
BUILDING PRODUCTS (2.1%)
AAON, Inc. 5,988   429,040
American Woodmark Corp.(a) 590   40,557
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 3,940   165,204
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) 9,690   564,636
Carlisle Cos., Inc. 2,280   508,258
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a) 3,960   258,034
Griffon Corp. 8,350   221,192
Insteel Industries, Inc. 960   39,043
Lennox International, Inc. 1,429   427,671
Owens Corning 4,590   428,752
PGT Innovations, Inc.(a) 14,210   303,383
Quanex Building Products Corp. 3,355   69,516
Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a) 11,020   271,753
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. 4,070   431,786
Trex Co., Inc.(a) 10,750   1,143,800
UFP Industries, Inc. 2,800   229,124
      5,531,749
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
CAPITAL MARKETS (2.3%)
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 1,790   $ 300,505
B. Riley Financial, Inc. 770   55,178
Blucora, Inc.(a) 3,730   61,620
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc. 25,070   751,598
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a) 1,891   72,463
Evercore, Inc., Class A 1,820   276,349
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 2,138   949,037
Federated Hermes, Inc. 5,590   186,203
Greenhill & Co., Inc. 1,360   21,379
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A 6,560   464,776
Janus Henderson Group PLC 9,600   446,400
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 14,080   605,440
Piper Sandler Cos. 620   102,108
SEI Investments Co. 5,330   336,003
Stifel Financial Corp. 4,977   362,674
StoneX Group, Inc.(a) 9,200   635,812
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 1,867   597,440
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. 6,910   44,155
      6,269,140
CHEMICALS (2.3%)
AdvanSix, Inc.(a) 6,400   311,040
American Vanguard Corp. 1,350   21,033
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 2,550   244,826
Avient Corp. 4,430   238,689
Balchem Corp. 1,535   234,993
Cabot Corp. 2,920   155,782
Chemours Co. (The) 8,490   237,890
Ferro Corp.(a) 4,310   90,596
FutureFuel Corp. 1,390   9,813
GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.(a) 2,420   54,716
H.B. Fuller Co. 2,560   180,506
Hawkins, Inc. 960   35,203
Ingevity Corp.(a) 1,810   141,017
Innospec, Inc. 840   76,112
Koppers Holdings, Inc.(a) 4,520   158,607
Kraton Corp.(a) 1,550   70,758
Livent Corp.(a) 22,340   630,435
Minerals Technologies, Inc. 1,910   135,495
NewMarket Corp. 229   77,862
Olin Corp. 6,720   382,906
Quaker Chemical Corp. 1,870   459,721
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a) 20,003   143,622
RPM International, Inc. 5,860   510,992
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) 4,420   656,193
  Shares   Value
Sensient Technologies Corp. 1,930   $ 184,508
Stepan Co. 820   98,416
Tredegar Corp. 2,040   24,602
Trinseo PLC 2,540   142,392
Valvoline, Inc. 9,846   334,370
      6,043,095
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES (1.4%)
ABM Industries, Inc. 5,410   238,094
Brady Corp., Class A 2,500   130,225
Brink's Co. (The) 2,390   164,623
Clean Harbors, Inc.(a) 2,270   255,466
Corecivic, Inc.(a) 20,148   173,474
Deluxe Corp. 3,270   116,641
Harsco Corp.(a) 5,250   89,775
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. 4,472   85,818
Herman Miller, Inc. 3,300   128,436
HNI Corp. 2,310   86,394
IAA, Inc.(a) 6,460   385,339
Interface, Inc. 5,560   79,842
KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a) 9,910   145,380
Matthews International Corp., Class A 2,160   74,239
MSA Safety, Inc. 1,610   246,378
Pitney Bowes, Inc. 13,330   92,510
Stericycle, Inc.(a) 4,400   294,448
Tetra Tech, Inc. 3,900   685,074
U.S. Ecology, Inc.(a) 1,600   51,504
UniFirst Corp. 610   120,756
Viad Corp.(a) 1,160   51,469
      3,695,885
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (0.9%)
ADTRAN, Inc. 2,480   45,830
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.(a) 4,710   36,032
CalAmp Corp.(a) 4,110   39,538
Ciena Corp.(a) 7,490   406,632
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. 5,260   113,458
Digi International, Inc.(a) 3,340   71,977
Extreme Networks, Inc.(a) 15,370   151,087
Harmonic, Inc.(a) 19,950   180,947
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a) 5,805   479,377
NETGEAR, Inc.(a) 2,800   80,724
NetScout Systems, Inc.(a) 6,330   171,290
Plantronics, Inc.(a) 1,900   50,844
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
ViaSat, Inc.(a) 5,250   $ 313,372
Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a) 22,820   351,428
      2,492,536
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING (1.1%)
AECOM (a) 7,532   514,963
Arcosa, Inc. 2,293   118,617
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 7,690   703,404
Dycom Industries, Inc.(a) 2,030   161,223
EMCOR Group, Inc. 3,060   371,759
Fluor Corp.(a) 6,820   132,581
Granite Construction, Inc. 6,660   247,219
MasTec, Inc.(a) 3,410   303,933
Matrix Service Co.(a) 9,490   97,083
MYR Group, Inc.(a) 800   81,720
Valmont Industries, Inc. 870   207,895
      2,940,397
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (0.1%)
Eagle Materials, Inc. 1,800   267,048
CONSUMER FINANCE (1.1%)
Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a) 3,710   200,414
Enova International, Inc.(a) 4,923   159,702
EZCORP, Inc., Class A(a) 39,100   291,686
FirstCash, Inc. 1,908   168,801
Green Dot Corp., Class A(a) 10,640   450,711
LendingTree, Inc.(a) 482   77,790
Navient Corp. 19,270   379,619
PRA Group, Inc.(a) 7,550   323,744
PROG Holdings, Inc. 3,300   133,485
SLM Corp. 45,300   831,255
World Acceptance Corp.(a) 190   35,224
      3,052,431
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING (0.5%)
AptarGroup, Inc. 2,830   341,807
Greif, Inc., Class A 2,860   184,985
Myers Industries, Inc. 1,870   38,485
O-I Glass, Inc.(a) 11,100   144,855
Silgan Holdings, Inc. 4,570   183,714
Sonoco Products Co. 5,410   313,509
      1,207,355
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES (0.6%)
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a) 4,890   180,587
American Public Education, Inc.(a) 1,300   32,487
Graham Holdings Co., Class B 427   250,158
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a) 2,320   184,904
  Shares   Value
H&R Block, Inc. 9,330   $ 215,243
Perdoceo Education Corp.(a) 6,540   69,455
Service Corp. International 8,200   561,618
Strategic Education, Inc. 1,519   103,611
WW International, Inc.(a) 2,880   49,997
      1,648,060
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (0.3%)
ATN International, Inc. 310   12,642
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. 2,080   159,307
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a) 33,970   251,378
Iridium Communications, Inc.(a) 5,910   239,650
      662,977
ELECTRIC UTILITIES (0.5%)
ALLETE, Inc. 3,000   184,620
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 6,070   246,199
IDACORP, Inc. 2,350   245,152
OGE Energy Corp. 10,600   361,142
PNM Resources, Inc. 4,590   228,353
      1,265,466
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (1.4%)
Acuity Brands, Inc. 1,600   328,688
AZZ, Inc. 1,120   59,506
Encore Wire Corp. 1,400   187,684
EnerSys 1,770   141,671
Hubbell, Inc. 2,300   458,551
nVent Electric PLC 8,980   318,341
Powell Industries, Inc. 2,960   76,546
Regal Beloit Corp. 2,910   443,280
Sunrun, Inc.(a) 17,020   981,713
Vicor Corp.(a) 5,630   853,452
      3,849,432
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS (3.0%)
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 5,950   546,329
Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a) 39,521   272,695
Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a) 4,280   495,410
Avnet, Inc. 9,420   358,996
Badger Meter, Inc. 2,990   305,728
Belden, Inc. 1,880   113,195
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. 4,230   98,601
Cognex Corp. 10,010   876,776
Coherent, Inc.(a) 1,094   278,314
CTS Corp. 2,250   80,145
Daktronics, Inc.(a) 24,320   134,976
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
ePlus, Inc.(a) 760   $ 84,033
Fabrinet (a) 1,730   166,080
FARO Technologies, Inc.(a) 880   64,742
II-VI, Inc.(a) 12,091   731,626
Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a) 2,710   256,637
Itron, Inc.(a) 2,130   165,650
Jabil, Inc. 8,890   533,044
Knowles Corp.(a) 5,710   118,996
Littelfuse, Inc. 955   281,295
Methode Electronics, Inc. 1,950   82,037
National Instruments Corp. 6,495   275,843
OSI Systems, Inc.(a) 720   67,039
PC Connection, Inc. 1,730   79,667
Plexus Corp.(a) 1,170   102,164
Rogers Corp.(a) 820   164,918
Sanmina Corp.(a) 7,380   278,595
ScanSource, Inc.(a) 4,850   173,533
SYNNEX Corp. 3,178   333,690
TTM Technologies, Inc.(a) 16,630   220,181
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 8,280   159,142
Vontier Corp. 7,280   246,282
      8,146,359
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES (0.7%)
Archrock, Inc. 16,610   136,036
Bristow Group, Inc.(a) 2,520   87,192
ChampionX Corp.(a) 7,340   192,528
Core Laboratories N.V. 2,030   52,800
DMC Global, Inc.(a) 4,220   176,312
Dril-Quip, Inc.(a) 1,350   31,806
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a) 30,130   113,892
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 4,200   130,368
Nabors Industries Ltd.(a) 818   83,845
NOV, Inc.(a) 3,320   46,546
Oceaneering International, Inc.(a) 7,100   96,560
Oil States International, Inc.(a) 12,080   73,205
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 15,730   134,649
ProPetro Holding Corp.(a) 21,900   210,021
RPC, Inc.(a) 20,460   110,279
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.(a) 12,190   117,999
      1,794,038
ENTERTAINMENT (0.1%)
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a) 5,860   110,168
Marcus Corp. (The)(a) 2,660   49,396
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A 2,350   143,562
      303,126
  Shares   Value
EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (6.5%)
Acadia Realty Trust 5,897   $ 126,078
Agree Realty Corp. 3,320   235,919
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 5,813   142,593
American Assets Trust, Inc. 2,570   97,223
American Campus Communities, Inc. 7,090   380,875
Apartment Income REIT Corp. 6,660   357,043
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. 9,190   125,995
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. 15,740   368,946
Camden Property Trust 4,570   745,367
CareTrust REIT, Inc. 5,808   120,516
Centerspace 530   53,657
Chatham Lodging Trust(a) 2,050   26,015
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. 4,840   231,546
Coresite Realty Corp. 1,990   283,495
Corporate Office Properties Trust 5,850   158,652
Cousins Properties, Inc. 9,209   364,769
CyrusOne, Inc. 5,770   473,255
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.(a) 15,570   140,753
Diversified Healthcare Trust 30,200   109,928
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 9,010   294,447
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. 4,400   92,532
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 1,700   336,226
EPR Properties 3,550   178,246
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. 17,790   529,964
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 6,990   407,028
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. 5,927   171,883
Franklin Street Properties Corp. 3,260   14,670
Geo Group, Inc. (The) 13,904   113,735
Getty Realty Corp. 2,470   79,336
Global Net Lease, Inc. 4,270   68,405
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 7,960   263,158
Hersha Hospitality Trust(a) 7,230   64,564
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 5,760   258,278
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 4,900   126,175
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. 2,480   58,602
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust 2,480   69,663
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. 4,970   1,307,557
iStar, Inc. 5,280   133,267
JBG Smith Properties 6,400   184,704
Kilroy Realty Corp. 4,730   318,707
Kite Realty Group Trust 7,095   144,029
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A 3,930   444,876
Lexington Realty Trust 15,915   231,882
Life Storage, Inc. 3,660   489,745
LTC Properties, Inc. 2,170   69,136
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Macerich Co. (The) 13,259   $ 239,855
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.(a) 5,020   91,314
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 31,440   670,615
National Retail Properties, Inc. 8,780   398,261
National Storage Affiliates Trust 3,830   239,222
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. 1,120   79,318
Office Properties Income Trust 3,047   78,064
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 11,976   351,615
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a) 13,594   251,897
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 9,846   221,141
Physicians Realty Trust 5,000   95,050
PotlatchDeltic Corp. 3,372   176,254
PS Business Parks, Inc. 670   119,059
Rayonier, Inc. 7,010   261,683
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. 8,910   158,331
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. 7,000   470,400
RPT Realty 2,440   32,428
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 12,749   180,398
Safehold, Inc. 8,070   602,829
Service Properties Trust 8,860   95,422
SL Green Realty Corp. 4,120   288,688
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. 5,070   248,075
STORE Capital Corp. 11,100   381,063
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.(a) 13,160   131,600
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. 6,800   114,240
Uniti Group, Inc. 10,194   145,876
Universal Health Realty Income Trust 490   27,915
Urban Edge Properties 5,600   98,168
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A 3,470   68,151
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust 3,790   96,077
Whitestone REIT 1,040   9,547
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a) 8,050   143,290
      17,559,286
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING (0.6%)
Andersons, Inc. (The) 7,785   265,157
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a) 8,360   488,558
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (The)(a) 1,640   57,187
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a) 4,410   97,858
PriceSmart, Inc. 1,270   91,376
SpartanNash Co. 11,084   256,484
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a) 10,190   225,607
United Natural Foods, Inc.(a) 2,700   117,153
      1,599,380
FOOD PRODUCTS (1.6%)
B&G Foods, Inc. 15,710   462,502
Calavo Growers, Inc. 820   32,964
  Shares   Value
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. 1,710   $ 61,663
Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a) 13,410   1,133,413
Flowers Foods, Inc. 10,913   270,097
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 7,320   245,147
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(a) 4,470   200,569
Ingredion, Inc. 3,630   345,685
J & J Snack Foods Corp. 680   100,334
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 500   42,250
Lancaster Colony Corp. 890   151,300
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.(a) 5,080   143,053
Post Holdings, Inc.(a) 2,695   273,489
Sanderson Farms, Inc. 930   176,188
Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a) 3,790   195,678
Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a) 3,570   141,550
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. 1,015   32,125
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a) 4,680   169,135
      4,177,142
GAS UTILITIES (0.6%)
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 650   85,196
National Fuel Gas Co. 4,300   246,949
New Jersey Resources Corp. 4,940   186,781
Northwest Natural Holding Co. 870   39,228
ONE Gas, Inc. 2,310   155,463
South Jersey Industries, Inc. 5,050   114,938
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 2,990   207,058
Spire, Inc. 2,290   143,720
UGI Corp. 11,460   497,479
      1,676,812
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (3.9%)
AngioDynamics, Inc.(a) 2,860   81,796
Avanos Medical, Inc.(a) 10,770   339,686
BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a) 15,100   802,565
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a) 2,550   89,454
CONMED Corp. 1,340   196,015
CryoLife, Inc.(a) 2,660   54,902
Cutera, Inc.(a) 1,020   43,860
Envista Holdings Corp.(a) 6,650   260,015
Glaukos Corp.(a) 2,440   111,532
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a) 3,910   301,735
Haemonetics Corp.(a) 2,400   164,904
Heska Corp.(a) 1,230   274,942
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 3,070   475,543
ICU Medical, Inc.(a) 924   216,336
Inogen, Inc.(a) 750   29,738
Integer Holdings Corp.(a) 1,510   135,930
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a) 3,650   242,579
 
See notes to financial statements.
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SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Invacare Corp.(a) 18,770   $ 92,724
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a) 4,605   107,711
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. 4,090   212,721
LivaNova PLC(a) 2,480   190,266
Masimo Corp.(a) 3,420   969,707
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.(a) 26,350   495,643
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a) 9,195   618,456
Mesa Laboratories, Inc. 220   67,254
Natus Medical, Inc.(a) 2,130   53,357
Neogen Corp.(a) 5,778   244,467
NuVasive, Inc.(a) 2,640   140,870
OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a) 3,830   40,866
Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a) 720   25,906
Penumbra, Inc.(a) 2,860   790,933
Quidel Corp.(a) 4,790   635,968
STAAR Surgical Co.(a) 8,340   987,956
Surmodics, Inc.(a) 870   48,424
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.(a) 3,870   133,476
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a) 3,000   408,990
Varex Imaging Corp.(a) 2,360   63,366
Zynex, Inc.(a) 32,720   409,982
      10,560,575
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES (3.5%)
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a) 4,690   290,780
Addus HomeCare Corp.(a) 2,630   245,905
Amedisys, Inc.(a) 2,649   448,582
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a) 2,340   230,958
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(a) 1,730   118,730
Chemed Corp. 971   468,265
CorVel Corp.(a) 500   91,610
Covetrus, Inc.(a) 5,620   113,468
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a) 6,580   136,403
Encompass Health Corp. 5,210   331,148
Ensign Group, Inc. (The) 7,100   553,871
Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a) 13,940   1,155,905
Hanger, Inc.(a) 3,660   68,369
HealthEquity, Inc.(a) 8,160   540,029
Joint Corp. (The)(a) 7,550   660,474
LHC Group, Inc.(a) 2,470   332,437
Magellan Health Services, Inc.(a) 2,490   236,127
ModivCare, Inc.(a) 2,650   431,341
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a) 2,685   794,008
Option Care Health, Inc.(a) 5,300   144,849
Owens & Minor, Inc. 3,855   138,317
Patterson Cos., Inc. 5,240   163,802
Pennant Group, Inc. (The)(a) 10,495   268,357
  Shares   Value
Progyny, Inc.(a) 3,190   $ 195,962
R1 RCM, Inc.(a) 30,900   670,530
RadNet, Inc.(a) 3,160   98,244
Select Medical Holdings Corp. 6,420   213,272
Tivity Health, Inc.(a) 2,553   63,876
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. 730   78,738
      9,284,357
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY (0.9%)
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(a) 18,346   252,808
Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.(a) 890   32,129
HealthStream, Inc.(a) 1,710   45,503
NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a) 4,380   72,095
Omnicell, Inc.(a) 3,480   619,962
OptimizeRx Corp.(a) 8,860   856,762
Simulations Plus, Inc. 8,570   432,785
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.(a) 4,990   135,478
      2,447,522
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE (1.4%)
Choice Hotels International, Inc. 1,540   216,555
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 1,220   162,467
Dine Brands Global, Inc.(a) 4,150   350,716
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(a) 4,210   61,887
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(a) 1,990   20,975
Jack in the Box, Inc. 2,280   225,606
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 2,046   321,672
Papa John's International, Inc. 1,710   212,177
Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a) 3,600   249,012
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a) 4,260   175,214
Travel + Leisure Co. 4,720   256,485
Wendy's Co. (The) 12,810   285,663
Wingstop, Inc. 4,840   834,755
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 4,860   410,524
      3,783,708
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES (3.0%)
Cavco Industries, Inc.(a) 360   86,537
Century Communities, Inc. 13,050   875,133
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. 4,730   109,783
Helen of Troy Ltd.(a) 2,240   503,888
Installed Building Products, Inc. 5,150   654,307
iRobot Corp.(a) 8,590   716,578
KB Home 6,720   269,808
La-Z-Boy, Inc. 2,770   92,075
LGI Homes, Inc.(a) 5,300   791,290
M.D.C Holdings, Inc. 3,493   171,087
 
See notes to financial statements.
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SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
M/I Homes, Inc.(a) 4,050   $ 231,903
Meritage Homes Corp.(a) 5,630   612,037
Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a) 12,402   378,633
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. 15,460   687,506
Toll Brothers, Inc. 5,800   348,986
TopBuild Corp.(a) 3,900   1,002,183
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a) 15,390   372,284
Tupperware Brands Corp.(a) 7,390   164,354
Universal Electronics, Inc.(a) 870   35,827
      8,104,199
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS (0.2%)
Central Garden & Pet Co.(a) 210   10,832
Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A(a) 2,790   128,898
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 3,060   111,598
WD-40 Co. 1,162   263,774
      515,102
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES (0.0%)
Raven Industries, Inc.(a) 1,930   111,593
INSURANCE (4.1%)
Alleghany Corp.(a) 627   408,415
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a) 4,210   71,191
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. 7,760   247,311
American Financial Group, Inc. 3,590   488,384
AMERISAFE, Inc. 960   56,918
Assured Guaranty Ltd. 5,320   295,686
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a) 17,620   885,052
CNO Financial Group, Inc. 14,520   350,513
eHealth, Inc.(a) 4,860   215,541
Employers Holdings, Inc. 2,610   100,746
First American Financial Corp. 6,800   497,352
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a) 89,710   368,708
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The) 1,990   250,740
HCI Group, Inc. 4,970   666,030
Horace Mann Educators Corp. 3,660   143,399
James River Group Holdings Ltd. 1,860   59,427
Kemper Corp. 3,682   233,733
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. 3,480   651,282
Mercury General Corp. 3,310   180,362
Old Republic International Corp. 23,710   612,429
Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a) 6,240   570,648
Primerica, Inc. 3,000   504,720
ProAssurance Corp. 3,130   71,708
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 4,160   491,213
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1,980   280,764
  Shares   Value
RLI Corp. 1,790   $ 193,875
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. 1,070   83,899
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 3,330   260,972
Selectquote, Inc.(a) 3,530   46,914
SiriusPoint Ltd.(a) 18,430   173,242
Stewart Information Services Corp. 3,440   244,825
Trupanion, Inc.(a) 7,290   746,496
United Fire Group, Inc. 2,900   59,247
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. 2,360   34,857
Unum Group 12,610   321,177
      10,867,776
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES (0.2%)
QuinStreet, Inc.(a) 13,600   190,400
TripAdvisor, Inc.(a) 4,990   164,520
Yelp, Inc.(a) 3,690   142,545
      497,465
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL (0.4%)
Liquidity Services, Inc.(a) 1,830   40,406
PetMed Express, Inc. 7,610   216,352
Shutterstock, Inc. 5,610   679,652
      936,410
IT SERVICES (1.5%)
Alliance Data Systems Corp. 2,820   240,405
Concentrix Corp. 1,998   355,005
CSG Systems International, Inc. 2,130   106,607
EVERTEC, Inc. 7,690   347,665
ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a) 3,740   458,636
Genpact Ltd. 6,040   298,074
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a) 3,200   171,232
MAXIMUS, Inc. 2,910   246,099
Perficient, Inc.(a) 5,310   656,316
Sabre Corp.(a) 17,510   181,754
TTEC Holdings, Inc. 4,890   461,567
Unisys Corp.(a) 4,120   105,348
WEX, Inc.(a) 1,972   295,208
      3,923,916
LEISURE PRODUCTS (1.3%)
Brunswick Corp. 3,580   333,262
Callaway Golf Co.(a) 5,630   152,292
Mattel, Inc.(a) 22,700   495,087
Polaris, Inc. 2,620   301,169
Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. 870   68,626
 
See notes to financial statements.
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SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a) 29,060   $ 1,215,870
YETI Holdings, Inc.(a) 10,000   983,300
      3,549,606
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES (1.6%)
Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a) 4,750   1,076,112
NeoGenomics, Inc.(a) 14,440   664,240
Repligen Corp.(a) 5,370   1,559,985
Syneos Health, Inc.(a) 10,140   946,468
      4,246,805
MACHINERY (4.0%)
AGCO Corp. 2,750   336,077
Alamo Group, Inc. 1,560   235,872
Albany International Corp., Class A 1,460   117,749
Astec Industries, Inc. 1,150   61,387
Barnes Group, Inc. 1,900   79,686
Chart Industries, Inc.(a) 5,650   1,002,988
CIRCOR International, Inc.(a) 1,050   29,967
Colfax Corp.(a) 6,030   311,269
Crane Co. 2,190   226,183
Donaldson Co., Inc. 6,260   375,663
Enerpac Tool Group Corp. 3,220   67,266
EnPro Industries, Inc. 720   64,555
ESCO Technologies, Inc. 920   77,795
Federal Signal Corp. 9,010   385,718
Flowserve Corp. 4,530   152,299
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 3,850   332,563
Graco, Inc. 10,250   770,595
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The) 5,860   240,377
Hillenbrand, Inc. 3,930   178,658
ITT, Inc. 3,950   371,576
John Bean Technologies Corp. 1,425   210,544
Kennametal, Inc. 4,390   174,502
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 3,550   505,520
Lindsay Corp. 380   55,355
Meritor, Inc.(a) 3,720   90,545
Middleby Corp. (The)(a) 2,500   456,100
Mueller Industries, Inc. 2,900   152,656
Nordson Corp. 2,400   610,104
Oshkosh Corp. 3,550   379,850
Proto Labs, Inc.(a) 3,120   186,607
SPX Corp.(a) 2,280   132,445
SPX FLOW, Inc. 2,050   153,156
Standex International Corp. 370   41,170
Tennant Co. 760   60,390
Terex Corp. 3,720   166,656
  Shares   Value
Timken Co. (The) 6,210   $ 440,599
Titan International, Inc.(a) 5,670   40,937
Toro Co. (The) 6,480   618,646
Trinity Industries, Inc. 6,380   178,959
Wabash National Corp. 5,900   91,627
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A 1,200   228,024
Woodward, Inc. 2,640   298,188
      10,690,823
MARINE (0.3%)
Kirby Corp.(a) 3,350   175,573
Matson, Inc. 6,010   500,513
      676,086
MEDIA (1.1%)
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a) 2,780   110,616
Cable One, Inc. 324   554,432
EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A 7,790   144,894
Gannett Co., Inc.(a) 23,862   138,400
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A 2,370   128,383
Meredith Corp.(a) 1,990   115,898
New York Times Co. (The), Class A 9,480   517,513
Scholastic Corp. 3,910   141,503
TechTarget, Inc.(a) 9,570   902,547
TEGNA, Inc. 12,710   249,878
      3,004,064
METALS & MINING (1.8%)
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.(a) 8,380   134,918
Arconic Corp.(a) 5,220   153,572
Carpenter Technology Corp. 4,900   151,312
Century Aluminum Co.(a) 4,040   53,368
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a) 37,818   911,792
Commercial Metals Co. 12,530   403,216
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 1,530   100,368
Haynes International, Inc. 1,410   56,583
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. 480   46,627
Materion Corp. 900   64,962
Olympic Steel, Inc. 9,170   247,315
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. 3,000   438,480
Royal Gold, Inc. 2,830   280,227
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 10,110   668,069
SunCoke Energy, Inc. 31,620   228,296
TimkenSteel Corp.(a) 11,915   166,214
United States Steel Corp. 15,530   409,837
 
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD FUNDS
SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. 4,560   $ 109,303
Worthington Industries, Inc. 1,580   85,826
      4,710,285
MORTGAGE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (0.4%)
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 13,240   200,454
Armour Residential REIT, Inc. 3,580   37,662
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.(a) 4,097   67,229
Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc. 5,810   77,854
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. 14,479   45,464
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. 1,220   26,486
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 22,570   99,082
Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust 9,370   188,805
Ready Capital Corp. 7,140   110,456
Redwood Trust, Inc. 9,680   131,261
      984,753
MULTILINE RETAIL (0.8%)
Big Lots, Inc. 15,440   683,220
Kohl's Corp. 10,490   509,080
Macy's, Inc. 15,550   411,608
Nordstrom, Inc.(a) 5,790   166,347
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a) 7,230   489,182
      2,259,437
MULTI-UTILITIES (0.3%)
Avista Corp. 3,820   152,074
Black Hills Corp. 2,990   198,476
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 11,290   346,942
NorthWestern Corp. 2,150   122,249
Unitil Corp. 430   17,953
      837,694
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (3.0%)
Antero Midstream Corp. 47,910   509,762
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. 21,280   1,194,659
Callon Petroleum Co.(a) 4,745   245,459
CNX Resources Corp.(a) 24,110   352,247
CONSOL Energy, Inc.(a) 22,997   632,647
Dorian LPG Ltd. 1,410   17,089
DT Midstream, Inc. 2,930   140,523
EQT Corp.(a) 13,370   266,197
Equitrans Midstream Corp. 18,840   194,240
Green Plains, Inc.(a) 9,830   373,049
HollyFrontier Corp. 11,410   385,658
Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(a) 567   42,752
Matador Resources Co. 5,110   213,854
  Shares   Value
Murphy Oil Corp. 7,160   $ 199,263
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a) 4,610   71,271
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A(a) 10,840   158,372
PDC Energy, Inc. 4,488   234,767
Penn Virginia Corp.(a) 4,030   133,151
Range Resources Corp.(a) 12,250   285,670
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(a) 13,380   856,320
REX American Resources Corp.(a) 150   13,193
SM Energy Co. 12,820   439,982
Southwestern Energy Co.(a) 45,040   219,795
Talos Energy, Inc.(a) 11,910   154,473
Targa Resources Corp. 10,270   561,461
World Fuel Services Corp. 8,600   262,558
      8,158,412
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS (0.4%)
Clearwater Paper Corp.(a) 4,190   175,268
Domtar Corp.(a) 7,130   389,226
Glatfelter Corp. 4,190   68,842
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 4,690   276,381
Mercer International, Inc. 7,110   76,575
Sylvamo Corp.(a) 1,430   40,269
      1,026,561
PERSONAL PRODUCTS (0.4%)
Coty, Inc., Class A(a) 7,880   66,822
Edgewell Personal Care Co. 3,960   138,560
elf Beauty, Inc.(a) 1,090   35,218
Inter Parfums, Inc. 900   83,142
Medifast, Inc. 3,550   696,759
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A 2,800   112,420
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a) 580   56,295
      1,189,216
PHARMACEUTICALS (1.4%)
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 3,210   59,963
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 800   29,904
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) 20,060   393,778
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a) 28,980   521,640
ENDO International PLC(a) 15,320   65,110
Innoviva, Inc.(a) 27,660   482,667
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) 3,650   485,596
Nektar Therapeutics(a) 9,540   144,626
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a) 8,020   419,286
Perrigo Co. PLC 7,250   327,337
Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A 1,400   30,716
 
See notes to financial statements.
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SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a) 3,020   $ 181,170
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) 15,730   469,540
      3,611,333
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (1.6%)
ASGN, Inc.(a) 5,320   636,591
CACI International, Inc., Class A(a) 1,017   292,530
Exponent, Inc. 4,620   530,376
Forrester Research, Inc.(a) 2,810   149,632
FTI Consulting, Inc.(a) 3,240   466,301
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. 1,020   47,818
Insperity, Inc. 3,760   470,000
KBR, Inc. 8,510   361,164
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A 9,060   163,352
Korn Ferry 2,770   213,872
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 3,540   342,141
ManTech International Corp., Class A 1,330   114,672
Resources Connection, Inc. 3,160   55,016
Science Applications International Corp. 2,664   239,174
TrueBlue, Inc.(a) 5,070   141,199
      4,223,838
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT (0.7%)
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a) 2,748   709,616
Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(a) 1,590   74,889
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A 930   29,583
Realogy Holdings Corp.(a) 14,090   244,039
St Joe Co. (The) 16,900   794,638
      1,852,765
ROAD & RAIL (1.3%)
ArcBest Corp. 3,610   324,358
Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a) 2,160   374,350
Heartland Express, Inc. 2,983   48,712
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. 13,950   790,825
Landstar System, Inc. 1,770   311,184
Marten Transport Ltd. 8,959   148,988
Ryder System, Inc. 3,960   336,402
Saia, Inc.(a) 3,420   1,069,229
Werner Enterprises, Inc. 2,690   121,911
      3,525,959
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT (4.7%)
Amkor Technology, Inc. 3,320   72,774
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a) 1,630   89,536
Brooks Automation, Inc. 9,790   1,140,045
CEVA, Inc.(a) 6,450   294,185
Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a) 2,630   212,530
  Shares   Value
CMC Materials, Inc. 3,150   $ 404,365
Cohu, Inc.(a) 7,410   237,416
Diodes, Inc.(a) 5,230   502,551
DSP Group, Inc.(a) 1,130   24,826
First Solar, Inc.(a) 8,220   983,030
FormFactor, Inc.(a) 12,420   494,068
Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a) 1,410   61,645
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. 2,940   167,580
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a) 11,450   795,088
MaxLinear, Inc.(a) 3,440   216,720
MKS Instruments, Inc. 3,060   459,153
Onto Innovation, Inc.(a) 7,129   564,688
PDF Solutions, Inc.(a) 1,280   30,118
Photronics, Inc.(a) 7,750   100,673
Power Integrations, Inc. 6,080   627,517
Rambus, Inc.(a) 8,140   189,418
Semtech Corp.(a) 2,950   250,839
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a) 1,730   326,555
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a) 700   37,422
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a) 4,350   1,542,858
SunPower Corp.(a) 21,770   732,778
Synaptics, Inc.(a) 1,590   309,366
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a) 8,980   445,139
Universal Display Corp. 2,480   454,336
Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a) 3,679   89,363
Wolfspeed, Inc.(a) 5,220   626,974
      12,483,556
SOFTWARE (4.5%)
8x8, Inc.(a) 12,850   291,181
ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a) 6,600   202,488
Agilysys, Inc.(a) 5,860   279,639
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a) 9,060   763,396
Aspen Technology, Inc.(a) 3,090   484,172
Blackbaud, Inc.(a) 2,130   151,251
Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc.(a) 2,240   103,712
CDK Global, Inc. 6,580   286,362
Cerence, Inc.(a) 5,670   596,087
CommVault Systems, Inc.(a) 2,320   142,680
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a) 670   42,431
Digital Trubine, Inc.(a) 16,560   1,425,154
Ebix, Inc. 8,770   287,744
Envestnet, Inc.(a) 2,180   182,030
Fair Isaac Corp.(a) 1,728   688,090
InterDigital, Inc. 1,430   95,738
LivePerson, Inc.(a) 8,240   424,442
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a) 2,890   524,651
 
See notes to financial statements.
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SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
Mimecast Ltd.(a) 7,000   $ 528,080
OneSpan, Inc.(a) 7,010   143,144
Paylocity Holding Corp.(a) 4,130   1,260,228
Progress Software Corp. 2,750   141,377
Qualys, Inc.(a) 3,710   461,821
Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.(a) 11,570   555,129
SPS Commerce, Inc.(a) 6,150   939,289
Teradata Corp.(a) 5,210   294,678
Vonage Holdings Corp.(a) 27,810   448,297
Xperi Holding Corp. 6,239   111,803
Ziff Davis, Inc.(a) 2,110   270,650
      12,125,744
SPECIALTY RETAIL (5.0%)
Aaron's Co., Inc. (The) 10,815   252,963
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a) 6,380   252,265
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 8,700   206,538
America's Car-Mart, Inc.(a) 290   34,652
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a) 1,450   283,780
AutoNation, Inc.(a) 3,810   461,467
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.(a) 16,910   175,526
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a) 9,720   136,469
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a) 1,460   152,555
Buckle, Inc. (The) 1,735   72,211
Caleres, Inc. 2,455   56,612
Cato Corp. (The), Class A 8,760   154,439
Chico's FAS, Inc.(a) 42,980   234,671
Children's Place, Inc. (The)(a) 630   52,221
Conn's, Inc.(a) 11,900   265,013
Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(a) 4,540   61,426
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 4,430   550,250
Five Below, Inc.(a) 4,100   808,930
Foot Locker, Inc. 6,570   313,192
Genesco, Inc.(a) 2,910   176,317
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. 1,660   298,468
Guess?, Inc. 2,710   56,124
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. 1,190   34,153
Hibbett Sports, Inc. 10,670   826,285
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A 2,810   897,008
Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.(a) 16,350   295,608
MarineMax, Inc.(a) 20,400   1,056,516
Monro, Inc. 1,615   99,742
ODP Corp. (The)(a) 6,058   262,311
Rent-A-Center, Inc. 11,350   604,501
RH (a) 1,980   1,306,067
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a) 7,810   119,181
Shoe Carnival, Inc. 4,160   140,899
  Shares   Value
Signet Jewelers Ltd. 4,870   $ 434,307
Sleep Number Corp.(a) 6,680   590,111
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A 2,670   131,978
Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a) 5,250   167,633
Victoria's Secret & Co.(a) 3,580   180,683
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 6,410   1,190,529
Zumiez, Inc.(a) 1,460   59,422
      13,453,023
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS (0.3%)
3D Systems Corp.(a) 6,230   175,437
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.(a) 5,640   50,760
NCR Corp.(a) 8,190   323,832
Xerox Holdings Corp. 13,010   231,578
      781,607
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS (1.7%)
Capri Holdings Ltd.(a) 7,100   378,004
Carter's, Inc. 2,050   201,966
Columbia Sportswear Co. 1,530   158,875
Crocs, Inc.(a) 9,160   1,478,882
Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a) 2,320   917,119
Fossil Group, Inc.(a) 3,240   38,297
G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a) 8,460   242,464
Kontoor Brands, Inc. 2,320   122,960
Movado Group, Inc. 1,180   39,294
Oxford Industries, Inc. 770   71,394
Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a) 6,970   322,084
Steven Madden Ltd. 4,205   189,645
Unifi, Inc.(a) 4,610   110,732
Vera Bradley, Inc.(a) 8,990   88,192
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 4,650   154,241
      4,514,149
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE (1.7%)
Axos Financial, Inc.(a) 11,350   601,550
Essent Group Ltd. 5,410   259,680
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. 2,380   112,312
HomeStreet, Inc. 1,670   78,757
Meta Financial Group, Inc. 1,770   98,129
MGIC Investment Corp. 16,020   258,883
Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a) 33,140   1,452,858
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 27,620   343,317
NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) 13,830   335,792
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. 4,990   87,575
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. 3,460   47,748
Provident Financial Services, Inc. 3,730   92,355
 
See notes to financial statements.
51


STEWARD FUNDS
SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  Shares   Value
TrustCo Bank Corp. NY 800   $ 26,848
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. 4,120   535,888
Washington Federal, Inc. 4,240   149,926
WSFS Financial Corp. 3,010   155,948
      4,637,566
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS (1.0%)
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 1,710   166,691
Boise Cascade Co. 3,940   223,083
DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a) 4,140   136,454
GATX Corp. 1,890   179,267
GMS, Inc.(a) 4,540   224,866
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A 2,210   185,795
NOW, Inc.(a) 19,230   138,841
Univar Solutions, Inc.(a) 11,350   290,333
Veritiv Corp.(a) 7,750   831,342
Watsco, Inc. 1,440   416,995
      2,793,667
WATER UTILITIES (0.3%)
American States Water Co. 1,950   177,138
California Water Service Group 2,710   164,985
Essential Utilities, Inc. 10,912   513,628
Middlesex Water Co. 570   62,768
      918,519
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (0.1%)
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. 2,630   72,693
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 12,770   239,310
      312,003
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $188,439,308)
    266,368,527
  Shares   Value
RIGHT (0.0%)
BIOTECHNOLOGY (0.0%)
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) 7,180   $ —
TOTAL RIGHT
(COST $—)
    —
MONEY MARKET FUND (0.8%)
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.01%(c) 2,247,945   2,247,945
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
(COST $2,247,945)
    2,247,945
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(COST $190,687,253) 100.1%
    268,616,472
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (0.1)%     (204,835)
NET ASSETS 100.0%     $ 268,411,637
Amounts designated as ‘‘—’’ are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
    
(a) Represents non-income producing security.
(b) Security is a Level 3 investment.
(c) 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2021 is disclosed.
    
PLC — Public Limited Company
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
 
See notes to financial statements.
52


STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

  Steward Covered Call Income Fund   Steward Global Equity Income Fund   Steward International Enhanced Index Fund
Assets:          
Investments, at value (cost $35,607,970, $288,990,052 and $158,023,511, respectively) $ 39,468,854   $ 348,010,069   $ 185,209,934
Cash 4,500   41,813   22,819
Interest and dividend receivable 41,690   625,454   211,559
Receivable for capital shares issued 8,633   156,666   49,452
Reclaims receivable —   97,941   133,144
Prepaid investment advisory fees 12,281   —   —
Prepaid expenses and other assets 2,746   17,506   6,801
Total assets 39,538,704   348,949,449   185,633,709
Liabilities:          
Payable for capital shares redeemed 308   356,304   195,673
Written options at fair value (premiums received $626,418, $0 and $0, respectively) 1,237,478   —   —
Accrued expenses and other payables:          
Investment advisory fees 19,965   187,514   57,460
Administration fees 2,396   22,502   11,807
Distribution fees - Class A 29   14,508   6,458
Distribution fees - Class C 4,958   44,046   —
Sub-accounting service fees - Class A 5   10,230   1,520
Sub-accounting service fees - Class C 19   1,363   —
Sub-accounting service fees - Institutional Class 12,631   43,052   30,869
Fund accounting and sub-administration fees 10,887   39,928   12,045
Transfer agent fees 5,123   5,123   5,123
Custodian fees 13,176   6,911   2,779
Printing fees —   2,971   1,319
Professional fees 1,365   12,837   6,527
Other accrued liabilities 8,290   2,092   7,610
Total liabilities 1,316,630   749,381   339,190
Net Assets $ 38,222,074   $ 348,200,068   $ 185,294,519
Composition of Net Assets:          
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) 34,878,717   247,544,002   151,863,021
Total distributable earnings 3,343,357   100,656,066   33,431,498
Net Assets $ 38,222,074   $ 348,200,068   $ 185,294,519
Class A          
Net Assets $ 8,818   $ 24,343,269   $ 7,604,746
Shares authorized 16,000,000   16,000,000   16,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 827   639,078   300,322
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share $ 10.67   $ 38.09   $ 25.32
Class C          
Net Assets $ 309,238   $ 1,062,387   $ 12
Shares authorized 15,000,000   15,000,000   15,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 28,987   26,636   1
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share(a) $ 10.67   $ 39.89   $ 20.90
Class R6          
Net Assets $ 15   $ 278,624   $ 644,485
Shares authorized 16,000,000   16,000,000   16,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 1   7,750   30,233
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share $ 10.72   $ 35.95   $ 21.32
Institutional Class          
Net Assets $ 37,904,003   $ 322,515,788   $ 177,045,276
Shares authorized 20,000,000   20,000,000   20,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 3,539,203   8,452,137   6,979,386
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share $ 10.71   $ 38.16   $ 25.37
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
   
(a) Per share amounts may not recalculate due to rounding of net assets and shares outstanding.
    
See notes to financial statements.
53


STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

  Steward Select Bond Fund   Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund   Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund
Assets:          
Investments, at value (cost $181,482,345, $265,443,956 and $190,687,253, respectively) $ 184,716,575   $ 416,180,417   $ 268,616,472
Cash —   23,196   382
Interest and dividend receivable 1,309,949   231,788   85,744
Receivable for capital shares issued 29,456   264,116   89,879
Prepaid expenses and other assets 12,632   25,344   13,597
Total assets 186,068,612   416,724,861   268,806,074
Liabilities:          
Payable for capital shares redeemed 15,283   864,064   214,801
Accrued expenses and other payables:          
Investment advisory fees 49,957   75,289   48,808
Administration fees 11,895   26,263   17,026
Distribution fees - Class A 2,139   13,001   24,768
Distribution fees - Class C 4   7   —
Sub-accounting service fees - Class A 372   4,305   3,356
Sub-accounting service fees - Institutional Class 43,062   79,867   36,952
Fund accounting and sub-administration fees 11,462   67,828   15,668
Transfer agent fees 5,123   5,123   5,123
Custodian fees 2,140   1,027   12,498
Printing fees 755   —   3,630
Professional fees 7,087   14,736   9,856
Other accrued liabilities 8,242   2,115   1,951
Total liabilities 157,521   1,153,625   394,437
Net Assets $ 185,911,091   $ 415,571,236   $ 268,411,637
Composition of Net Assets:          
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) 184,760,978   193,716,409   163,649,448
Total distributable earnings 1,150,113   221,854,827   104,762,189
Net Assets $ 185,911,091   $ 415,571,236   $ 268,411,637
Class A          
Net Assets $ 6,153,548   $ 17,536,383   $ 58,163,543
Shares authorized 16,000,000   16,000,000   16,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 246,506   292,619   3,180,570
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share(a) $ 24.96   $ 59.93   $ 18.29
Class C          
Net Assets $ 4,403   $ 3,379   $ 14
Shares authorized 15,000,000   15,000,000   15,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 155   63   1
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share(a) $ 28.28   $ 53.52   $ 16.74
Class R6          
Net Assets $ 10   $ 553,547   $ 109,883
Shares authorized 16,000,000   16,000,000   16,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 1   10,211   6,424
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share(a) $ 27.77   $ 54.21   $ 17.11
Institutional Class          
Net Assets $ 179,753,130   $ 397,477,927   $ 210,138,197
Shares authorized 20,000,000   20,000,000   20,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding ($0.001 par value) 7,241,624   6,644,075   11,256,246
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share(a) $ 24.82   $ 59.82   $ 18.67
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
   
(a) Per share amounts may not recalculate due to rounding of net assets and shares outstanding.
See notes to financial statements.
54


STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — For the Six Months Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

  Steward Covered Call Income Fund   Steward Global Equity Income Fund   Steward International Enhanced Index Fund
Investment Income:          
Dividends (net of foreign witholding tax of $0, $288,136 and $309,500, respectively) $ 279,187   $ 4,451,540   $ 2,924,718
Interest 32   250   103
Total investment income 279,219   4,451,790   2,924,821
Expenses:          
Investment advisory fees 117,571   1,130,714   339,295
Administration fees 14,109   135,686   69,718
Distribution fees - Class A 14   50,414   10,631
Distribution fees - Class C 1,155   11,075   —
Sub-accounting services fees - Class A 12   30,106   5,345
Sub-accounting services fees - Class C 135   2,135   —
Sub-accounting services fees - Institutional Class 16,028   136,976   90,179
Fund accounting and sub-administration fees 32,258   78,709   44,846
Transfer agent fees 15,123   15,123   15,123
Custodian fees 18,228   25,184   11,896
Registration fees 31,461   38,124   34,975
Directors fees 2,896   27,670   14,363
Professional fees 5,968   57,174   29,196
Printing fees 1,703   8,476   4,738
Miscellaneous fees 5,175   34,371   24,687
Total expenses 261,836   1,781,937   694,992
Fees waived/reimbursed by the Adviser (72,268)   —   —
Net expenses 189,568   1,781,937   694,992
Net investment income 89,651   2,669,853   2,229,829
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss):          
Net realized gains from investment transactions and foreign currency translation 2,166,556   21,088,656   3,695,705
Net realized gains on options transactions 969,502   —   —
Change in unrealized depreciation on investment transactions and foreign currency transactions (175,129)   (14,876,682)   (1,277,181)
Change in unrealized depreciation on options transactions (119,727)   —   —
Net realized and unrealized gains from investment transactions, foreign currency translations and options transactions 2,841,202   6,211,974   2,418,524
Change in net assets resulting from operations $ 2,930,853   $ 8,881,827   $ 4,648,353
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
55


STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — For the Six Months Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

  Steward Select Bond Fund   Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund   Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund
Investment Income:          
Dividends (net of foreign witholding tax of $0, $332 and $176, respectively) $ 10,208   $ 2,338,834   $ 1,622,287
Interest 1,887,564   178   126
Total investment income 1,897,772   2,339,012   1,622,413
Expenses:          
Investment advisory fees 301,693   444,051   294,603
Administration fees 71,832   154,902   102,769
Distribution fees - Class A 7,868   30,350   77,685
Distribution fees - Class C 22   12   —
Sub-accounting services fees - Class A 2,045   15,837   15,906
Sub-accounting services fees - Class C 2   —   —
Sub-accounting services fees - Institutional Class 91,782   175,092   92,372
Fund accounting and sub-administration fees 47,422   105,618   62,936
Transfer agent fees 15,123   15,123   15,123
Custodian fees 12,515   31,302   27,094
Registration fees 34,282   36,718   34,589
Directors fees 14,984   31,712   21,925
Professional fees 30,671   65,766   44,372
Printing fees 5,061   10,807   6,521
Miscellaneous fees 26,719   40,066   30,287
Total expenses 662,021   1,157,356   826,182
Net investment income 1,235,751   1,181,656   796,231
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss):          
Net realized gains from investment transactions and foreign currency translation 106,476   18,154,991   11,067,476
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investment transactions and foreign currency transactions (753,385)   31,157,017   (20,201)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) from investment transactions, foreign currency translations and options transactions (646,909)   49,312,008   11,047,275
Change in net assets resulting from operations $ 588,842   $ 50,493,664   $ 11,843,506
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
56


STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
STEWARD COVERED CALL INCOME FUND

  For the Six Months
Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
  For the Year Ended April 30, 2021
Change in net assets resulting from operations:      
Net investment income $ 89,651   $ 225,414
Net realized gain from investment transactions, foreign currency transactions and option transactions 3,136,058   1,554,889
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investment transactions, foreign currency transactions and option transactions (294,856)   7,146,731
Change in net assets resulting from operations 2,930,853   8,927,034
Distributions to shareholders from:      
Class A (14)   (1,275)
Class C —   (26,063)
Class R6 —   (2)
Institutional Class (75,573)   (4,420,248)
Total distributions to shareholders (75,587)   (4,447,588)
Capital Transactions:      
Class A      
Proceeds from shares issued 3,550   5,206
Dividends reinvested 14   1,275
Cost of shares redeemed (6,606)   (5,520)
Change in Class A from capital transactions (3,042)   961
Class C      
Proceeds from shares issued 122,190   15
Dividends reinvested —   22,553
Cost of shares redeemed (25,821)   (170,071)
Change in Class C from capital transactions 96,369   (147,503)
Class R6      
Dividends reinvested —   2
Change in Class R6 from capital transactions —   2
Institutional Class      
Proceeds from shares issued 2,411,088   6,798,116
Dividends reinvested 75,513   4,416,213
Cost of shares redeemed (3,605,334)   (6,805,114)
Change in Institutional Class from capital transactions (1,118,733)   4,409,215
Change in net assets from capital transactions (1,025,406)   4,262,675
Change in net assets 1,829,860   8,742,121
Net Assets:      
Beginning of period 36,392,214   27,650,093
End of period $ 38,222,074   $ 36,392,214
Shares Transactions:      
Class A      
Issued 350   548
Reinvested 1   143
Redeemed (632)   (579)
Change in Class A (281)   112
Class C      
Issued 11,840   —
Reinvested —   2,507
Redeemed (2,564)   (17,415)
Change in Class C 9,276   (14,908)
Class R6      
Reinvested —   —
Change in Class R6 —   —
Institutional Class      
Issued 232,750   719,227
Reinvested 7,265   492,152
Redeemed (350,019)   (722,305)
Change in Institutional Class (110,004)   489,074
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
57


STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
STEWARD GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME FUND

  For the Six Months
Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
  For the Year Ended April 30, 2021
Change in net assets resulting from operations:      
Net investment income $ 2,669,853   $ 5,786,630
Net realized gain from investment transactions and foreign currency transactions 21,088,656   20,757,692
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions (14,876,682)   88,915,096
Change in net assets resulting from operations 8,881,827   115,459,418
Distributions to shareholders from:      
Class A (221,671)   (1,301,291)
Class C (6,337)   (93,570)
Class R6 (2,256)   (7,194)
Institutional Class (2,368,908)   (8,635,038)
Total distributions to shareholders (2,599,172)   (10,037,093)
Capital Transactions:      
Class A      
Proceeds from shares issued 6,059,667   11,753,111
Dividends reinvested 219,278   1,288,584
Cost of shares redeemed (30,121,818)   (33,530,552)
Change in Class A from capital transactions (23,842,873)   (20,488,857)
Class C      
Proceeds from shares issued 70   1,507,147
Dividends reinvested 6,337   93,528
Cost of shares redeemed (2,904,209)   (1,582,290)
Change in Class C from capital transactions (2,897,802)   18,385
Class R6      
Proceeds from shares issued 67,125   126,474
Dividends reinvested 2,256   7,194
Cost of shares redeemed (34,233)   (77,180)
Change in Class R6 from capital transactions 35,148   56,488
Institutional Class      
Proceeds from shares issued 61,140,560   63,187,035
Dividends reinvested 2,344,063   8,395,695
Cost of shares redeemed (39,700,329)   (81,504,930)
Change in Institutional Class from capital transactions 23,784,294   (9,922,200)
Change in net assets from capital transactions (2,921,233)   (30,336,184)
Change in net assets 3,361,422   75,086,141
Net Assets:      
Beginning of period 344,838,646   269,752,505
End of period $ 348,200,068   $ 344,838,646
Shares Transactions:      
Class A      
Issued 158,875   371,788
Reinvested 5,681   40,353
Redeemed (792,223)   (1,127,822)
Change in Class A (627,667)   (715,681)
Class C      
Issued 2   52,576
Reinvested 156   2,808
Redeemed (72,691)   (42,617)
Change in Class C (72,533)   12,767
Class R6      
Issued 1,863   4,105
Reinvested 62   231
Redeemed (944)   (2,393)
Change in Class R6 981   1,943
Institutional Class      
Issued 1,603,015   1,999,743
Reinvested 60,836   256,955
Redeemed (1,043,679)   (2,539,631)
Change in Institutional Class 620,172   (282,933)
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
58


STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
STEWARD INTERNATIONAL ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  For the Six Months
Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
  For the Year Ended April 30, 2021
Change in net assets resulting from operations:      
Net investment income $ 2,229,829   $ 2,908,763
Net realized gain from investment transactions and foreign currency transactions 3,695,705   4,458,867
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions (1,277,181)   51,387,146
Change in net assets resulting from operations 4,648,353   58,754,776
Distributions to shareholders from:      
Class A (41,237)   (393,830)
Class C —   —
Class R6 (3,958)   (29,454)
Institutional Class (880,595)   (5,976,777)
Total distributions to shareholders (925,790)   (6,400,061)
Capital Transactions:      
Class A      
Proceeds from shares issued 623,790   947,159
Dividends reinvested 39,934   383,904
Cost of shares redeemed (1,931,839)   (24,915,204)
Change in Class A from capital transactions (1,268,115)   (23,584,141)
Class C      
Dividends reinvested —   —
Change in Class C from capital transactions —   —
Class R6      
Proceeds from shares issued 116,865   231,745
Dividends reinvested 3,958   29,454
Cost of shares redeemed (124,155)   (295,121)
Change in Class R6 from capital transactions (3,332)   (33,922)
Institutional Class      
Proceeds from shares issued 14,427,796   44,363,825
Dividends reinvested 858,046   5,907,762
Cost of shares redeemed (13,035,556)   (25,348,828)
Change in Institutional Class from capital transactions 2,250,286   24,922,759
Change in net assets from capital transactions 978,839   1,304,696
Change in net assets 4,701,402   53,659,411
Net Assets:      
Beginning of period 180,593,117   126,933,706
End of period $ 185,294,519   $ 180,593,117
Shares Transactions:      
Class A      
Issued 24,455   44,854
Reinvested 1,538   17,981
Redeemed (76,603)   (1,304,325)
Change in Class A (50,610)   (1,241,490)
Class C      
Reinvested —   —
Change in Class C —   —
Class R6      
Issued 5,418   12,422
Reinvested 181   1,583
Redeemed (5,742)   (15,399)
Change in Class R6 (143)   (1,394)
Institutional Class      
Issued 574,697   2,205,226
Reinvested 33,014   266,480
Redeemed (514,191)   (1,161,675)
Change in Institutional Class 93,520   1,310,031
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
STEWARD SELECT BOND FUND

  For the Six Months
Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
  For the Year Ended April 30, 2021
Change in net assets resulting from operations:      
Net investment income $ 1,235,751   $ 2,552,279
Net realized gain from investment transactions and foreign currency transactions 106,476   50,747
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments and foreign currency transactions (753,385)   (2,585,111)
Change in net assets resulting from operations 588,842   17,915
Distributions to shareholders from:      
Class A (34,498)   (72,836)
Class C (11)   (9)
Class R6 —   —
Institutional Class (1,168,454)   (2,792,973)
Total distributions to shareholders (1,202,963)   (2,865,818)
Capital Transactions:      
Class A      
Proceeds from shares issued 604,306   3,625,108
Dividends reinvested 34,401   72,681
Cost of shares redeemed (452,651)   (6,848,510)
Change in Class A from capital transactions 186,056   (3,150,721)
Class C      
Proceeds from shares issued 2   4,503
Dividends reinvested 11   9
Change in Class C from capital transactions 13   4,512
Class R6      
Dividends reinvested —   —
Change in Class R6 from capital transactions —   —
Institutional Class      
Proceeds from shares issued 12,544,578   64,285,949
Dividends reinvested 1,167,247   2,791,483
Cost of shares redeemed (14,645,362)   (25,465,310)
Change in Institutional Class from capital transactions (933,537)   41,612,122
Change in net assets from capital transactions (747,468)   38,465,913
Change in net assets (1,361,589)   35,618,010
Net Assets:      
Beginning of period 187,272,680   151,654,670
End of period $ 185,911,091   $ 187,272,680
Shares Transactions:      
Class A      
Issued 24,010   141,925
Reinvested 1,366   2,856
Redeemed (17,952)   (269,448)
Change in Class A 7,424   (124,667)
Class C      
Issued —   154
Reinvested —   —
Change in Class C —   154
Class R6      
Reinvested —   —
Change in Class R6 —   —
Institutional Class      
Issued 500,733   2,538,759
Reinvested 46,604   110,211
Redeemed (585,671)   (1,003,236)
Change in Institutional Class (38,334)   1,645,734
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED LARGE CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  For the Six Months
Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
  For the Year Ended April 30, 2021
Change in net assets resulting from operations:      
Net investment income $ 1,181,656   $ 4,173,163
Net realized gain from investment transactions and foreign currency transactions 18,154,991   54,670,535
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency transactions 31,157,017   104,040,813
Change in net assets resulting from operations 50,493,664   162,884,511
Distributions to shareholders from:      
Class A (19,712)   (2,136,505)
Class C (4)   (1)
Class R6 (591)   (5,862,155)
Institutional Class (352,364)   (29,587,525)
Total distributions to shareholders (372,671)   (37,586,186)
Capital Transactions:      
Class A      
Proceeds from shares issued 1,468,856   5,643,539
Dividends reinvested 18,929   2,094,344
Cost of shares redeemed (15,574,910)   (26,456,395)
Change in Class A from capital transactions (14,087,125)   (18,718,512)
Class C      
Proceeds from shares issued 3,002   —
Dividends reinvested 3   1
Change in Class C from capital transactions 3,005   1
Class R6      
Proceeds from shares issued 79,604   8,384,888
Dividends reinvested 591   5,862,155
Cost of shares redeemed (111,126)   (76,721,797)
Change in Class R6 from capital transactions (30,931)   (62,474,754)
Institutional Class      
Proceeds from shares issued 35,055,370   70,180,378
Dividends reinvested 343,893   29,296,352
Cost of shares redeemed (53,805,507)   (141,221,982)
Change in Institutional Class from capital transactions (18,406,244)   (41,745,252)
Change in net assets from capital transactions (32,521,295)   (122,938,517)
Change in net assets 17,599,698   2,359,808
Net Assets:      
Beginning of period 397,971,538   395,611,730
End of period $ 415,571,236   $ 397,971,538
Shares Transactions:      
Class A      
Issued 26,814   123,119
Reinvested 350   44,716
Redeemed (275,832)   (621,155)
Change in Class A (248,668)   (453,320)
Class C      
Issued 62   —
Reinvested —   —
Change in Class C 62   —
Class R6      
Issued 1,596   203,202
Reinvested 12   138,240
Redeemed (2,232)   (1,716,031)
Change in Class R6 (624)   (1,374,589)
Institutional Class      
Issued 623,276   1,563,002
Reinvested 6,390   626,366
Redeemed (948,544)   (3,049,002)
Change in Institutional Class (318,878)   (859,634)
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD FUNDS
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
STEWARD VALUES-FOCUSED SMALL-MID CAP ENHANCED INDEX FUND

  For the Six Months
Ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
  For the Year Ended April 30, 2021
Change in net assets resulting from operations:      
Net investment income $ 796,231   $ 1,072,687
Net realized gain from investment transactions and foreign currency transactions 11,067,476   15,835,699
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions (20,201)   109,285,221
Change in net assets resulting from operations 11,843,506   126,193,607
Distributions to shareholders from:      
Class A (32,409)   (2,097,853)
Class C —   —
Class R6 (88)   (4,590)
Institutional Class (146,745)   (7,168,235)
Total distributions to shareholders (179,242)   (9,270,678)
Capital Transactions:      
Class A      
Proceeds from shares issued 2,458,903   8,766,909
Dividends reinvested 30,869   1,998,977
Cost of shares redeemed (11,786,925)   (24,204,534)
Change in Class A from capital transactions (9,297,153)   (13,438,648)
Class C      
Dividends reinvested —   —
Change in Class C from capital transactions —   —
Class R6      
Proceeds from shares issued 16,338   73,687
Dividends reinvested 88   4,590
Cost of shares redeemed (36,962)   (36,939)
Change in Class R6 from capital transactions (20,536)   41,338
Institutional Class      
Proceeds from shares issued 23,960,719   34,424,594
Dividends reinvested 130,826   6,433,567
Cost of shares redeemed (31,653,752)   (62,241,118)
Change in Institutional Class from capital transactions (7,562,207)   (21,382,957)
Change in net assets from capital transactions (16,879,896)   (34,780,267)
Change in net assets (5,215,632)   82,142,662
Net Assets:      
Beginning of period 273,627,269   191,484,607
End of period $ 268,411,637   $ 273,627,269
Shares Transactions:      
Class A      
Issued 139,885   644,627
Reinvested 1,727   137,561
Redeemed (670,487)   (1,878,446)
Change in Class A (528,875)   (1,096,258)
Class C      
Reinvested —   —
Change in Class C —   —
Class R6      
Issued 988   5,251
Reinvested 5   337
Redeemed (2,232)   (2,593)
Change in Class R6 (1,239)   2,995
Institutional Class      
Issued 1,335,254   2,494,426
Reinvested 7,176   434,814
Redeemed (1,753,023)   (4,367,860)
Change in Institutional Class (410,593)   (1,438,620)
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
See notes to financial statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table sets forth the per share operating performance data for a share of capital stock outstanding, total return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the period indicated.
    Investment Operations:
  Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)
Net Realized and
Unrealized Gain/(Loss) from
Investments
Total from
Investment
Operations
Steward Covered Call Income Fund        
Class A        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 9.88 $ 0.01(d) $ 0.80 $ 0.81
Year ended April 30, 2021 8.64 0.05 (d) 2.59 2.64
Year ended April 30, 2020 9.77 0.08 (d) (0.54) (0.46)
Year ended April 30, 2019 9.92 0.04 0.71 0.75
Period ended April 30, 2018(f) 10.00 0.03 (0.09) (0.06)
Class C        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 9.91 $(0.03) (d)(g) $ 0.79 $ 0.76
Year ended April 30, 2021 8.70 (0.02) (d)(g) 2.60 2.58
Year ended April 30, 2020 9.84 — (d) (0.53) (0.53)
Year ended April 30, 2019 9.95 0.01 0.71 0.72
Period ended April 30, 2018(f) 10.00 — (h) (0.05) (0.05)
Class R6        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 9.89 $ —(d)(h) $ 0.84 $ 0.84
Year ended April 30, 2021 8.64 — (d)(h) 2.65 2.65
Year ended April 30, 2020 9.80 — (d)(h) (0.49) (0.49)
Year ended April 30, 2019 9.92 — (h) 0.69 0.69
Period ended April 30, 2018(f) 10.00 — (h) (0.05) (0.05)
Institutional Class        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 9.92 $ 0.03(d) $ 0.78 $ 0.81
Year ended April 30, 2021 8.65 0.07 (d) 2.61 2.68
Year ended April 30, 2020 9.75 0.10 (d) (0.53) (0.43)
Year ended April 30, 2019 9.92 0.11 0.65 0.76
Period ended April 30, 2018(f) 10.00 0.03 (0.08) (0.05)
Steward Global Equity Income Fund        
Class A        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 37.39 $ 0.24(d) $ 0.67 $ 0.91
Year ended April 30, 2021 26.39 0.53 (d) 11.40 11.93
Year ended April 30, 2020 31.36 0.59 (d) (3.16) (2.57)
Year ended April 30, 2019 33.06 0.70 (d) 0.43 1.13
Year ended April 30, 2018 31.00 0.60 3.87 4.47
Year ended April 30, 2017 28.72 0.51 3.72 4.23
Class C        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 39.17 $ 0.08(d) $ 0.73 $ 0.81
Year ended April 30, 2021 27.65 0.32 (d) 11.92 12.24
Year ended April 30, 2020(i) 53.40 0.31 (d) (23.63) (23.32)
Year ended April 30, 2019(i) 80.20 0.70 (d) (0.90) (g) (0.20)
Period ended April 30, 2018(f)(i) 100.00 — (h) 0.70 0.70
Class R6        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 35.30 $ 0.29(d) $ 0.65 $ 0.94
Year ended April 30, 2021 25.00 0.62 (d) 10.79 11.41
Year ended April 30, 2020(i) 50.50 0.59 (d) (23.57) (22.98)
Year ended April 30, 2019(i) 79.90 2.10 (d) (2.10) (g) —
Period ended April 30, 2018(f)(i) 100.00 — (h) 0.80 0.80
Institutional Class        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $ 37.46 $ 0.29(d) $ 0.69 $ 0.98
Year ended April 30, 2021 26.48 0.62 (d) 11.45 12.07
Year ended April 30, 2020 31.45 0.68 (d) (3.16) (2.48)
Year ended April 30, 2019 33.15 0.79 (d) 0.44 1.23
Year ended April 30, 2018 31.06 0.71 3.88 4.59
Year ended April 30, 2017 28.77 0.63 3.70 4.33
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
(a) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(b) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(c) Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.
(d) Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
(e) During the year, additional fees were voluntary waived or reimbursed. Had these fees not been waived or reimbursed, the net expense ratio for each class would have been 0.34% higher.
(f) For the period December 14, 2017 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2018.
(g) Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.
(h) Expressed as ‘‘—’’ as the income and/or expenses accrued for the class were considered immaterial for presentation purposes relative to the size of the class.
(i) Effective March 9, 2020, the share class had a one-for-ten reverse stock split. Share amounts for the periods have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-ten stock split.
See notes to financial statements.
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Distributions:     Supplemental data and ratios:
Net
Investment
Income
Capital
Gains
Total
Distributions
Net Asset
Value, End
of Period
Total
Return(a)
Net Assets,
End of Period
(000's)
Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets Prior to
Waivers(b)
Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets Net of
Waivers(b)
Ratio of Net
Investment Income/(Loss)
to Average
Net Assets(b)
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(a)(c)
                   
                   
$(0.02) $ — $ (0.02) $10.67 8.16% $ 9 1.81% 1.25% 0.26% 45%
(0.07) (1.33) (1.40) 9.88 32.27 11 2.42 1.25 (e) 0.51 156
(0.10) (0.57) (0.67) 8.64 (5.45) 9 1.65 1.25 0.85 135
(0.09) (0.81) (0.90) 9.77 8.91 31 1.44 1.25 0.79 117
(0.02) — (0.02) 9.92 (0.56) 3 1.42 1.25 0.81 29
                   
$ — $ — $ — $10.67 7.67% $ 309 2.42% 2.00% (0.51)% 45%
(0.04) (1.33) (1.37) 9.91 31.33 195 2.96 2.00 (e) (0.18) 156
(0.04) (0.57) (0.61) 8.70 (6.10) 301 2.48 2.00 0.02 135
(0.02) (0.81) (0.83) 9.84 8.52 79 2.23 2.00 0.05 117
— — — 9.95 (0.50) — — (h) — (h) — (h) 29
                   
$(0.01) $ — $ (0.01) $10.72 8.48% $ — — (h)% — (h)% — (h)% 45%
(0.07) (1.33) (1.40) 9.89 32.48 — — (h) — (h) — (h) 156
(0.10) (0.57) (0.67) 8.64 (5.81) — — (h) — (h) — (h) 135
— (0.81) (0.81) 9.80 8.27 — — (h) — (h) — (h) 117
(0.03) — (0.03) 9.92 (0.55) — — (h) — (h) — (h) 29
                   
$(0.02) $ — $ (0.02) $10.71 8.18% $ 37,904 1.39% 1.00% 0.48% 45%
(0.08) (1.33) (1.41) 9.92 32.73 36,186 2.00 1.00 (e) 0.75 156
(0.10) (0.57) (0.67) 8.65 (5.15) 27,340 1.32 1.00 1.08 135
(0.12) (0.81) (0.93) 9.75 9.06 28,806 1.14 1.00 1.10 117
(0.03) — (0.03) 9.92 (0.54) 25,417 1.16 1.00 0.84 29
                   
                   
$(0.21) $ — $ (0.21) $38.09 2.43% $ 24,343 1.25% 1.25% 1.24% 39%
(0.48) (0.45) (0.93) 37.39 45.81 47,363 1.26 1.26 1.71 67
(0.58) (1.82) (2.40) 26.39 (9.41) 52,326 1.21 1.21 1.91 48
(0.67) (2.16) (2.83) 31.36 4.61 72,351 0.97 0.97 2.18 28
(0.59) (1.82) (2.41) 33.06 14.58 67,213 0.99 0.99 1.80 59
(0.56) (1.39) (1.95) 31.00 15.22 60,865 0.99 0.99 1.78 48
                   
$(0.09) $ — $ (0.09) $39.89 2.05% $ 1,062 2.04% 2.04% 0.40% 39%
(0.27) (0.45) (0.72) 39.17 44.75 3,885 1.98 1.98 0.95 67
(0.61) (1.82) (2.43) 27.65 (10.12) 2,389 2.08 2.08 0.95 48
(5.00) (21.60) (26.60) 53.40 4.52 372 1.64 1.64 1.24 28
(2.30) (18.20) (20.50) 80.20 0.83 — — (h) — (h) — (h) 59
                   
$(0.29) $ — $ (0.29) $35.95 2.66% $ 279 0.86% 0.86% 1.60% 39%
(0.66) (0.45) (1.11) 35.30 46.35 239 0.87 0.87 2.03 67
(0.70) (1.82) (2.52) 25.00 (9.09) 121 0.90 0.90 1.72 48
(7.80) (21.60) (29.40) 50.50 5.04 6 0.61 0.61 2.75 28
(2.70) (18.20) (20.90) 79.90 0.86 — — (h) — (h) — (h) 59
                   
$(0.28) $ — $ (0.28) $38.16 2.62% $322,516 0.94% 0.94% 1.51% 39%
(0.64) (0.45) (1.09) 37.46 46.24 293,352 0.98 0.98 1.95 67
(0.67) (1.82) (2.49) 26.48 (9.09) 214,917 0.88 0.88 2.22 48
(0.77) (2.16) (2.93) 31.45 4.90 243,030 0.67 0.67 2.47 28
(0.68) (1.82) (2.50) 33.15 14.96 220,152 0.68 0.68 2.12 59
(0.65) (1.39) (2.04) 31.06 15.58 181,716 0.66 0.66 2.11 48
    
See notes to financial statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

    Investment Operations:
  Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)
Net Realized and
Unrealized Gain/(Loss) from
Investments
Total from
Investment
Operations
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund        
Class A        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $24.85 $0.27 (d) $ 0.32 $ 0.59
Year ended April 30, 2021 17.59 0.37 (d) 7.65 8.02
Year ended April 30, 2020 22.01 0.46 (d) (4.40) (3.94)
Year ended April 30, 2019 23.01 0.53 (1.01) (0.48)
Year ended April 30, 2018 20.45 0.43 2.59 3.02
Year ended April 30, 2017 18.65 0.36 1.81 2.17
Class C        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $20.65 $ —(d)(e) $ 0.36 $ 0.36
Year ended April 30, 2021 14.90 — (d)(e) 6.48 6.48
Year ended April 30, 2020(f) 19.46 — (d)(e) (4.12) (4.12)
Year ended April 30, 2019(f) 20.16 — (e) (0.70) (0.70)
Period ended April 30, 2018(f)(g) 20.00 — (e) 0.46 0.46
Class R6        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $20.91 $0.27 (d) $ 0.27 $ 0.54
Year ended April 30, 2021 14.95 0.36 (d) 6.50 6.86
Year ended April 30, 2020(f) 19.42 0.37 (d) (4.28) (3.91)
Year ended April 30, 2019(f) 20.10 — (e) (0.68) (0.68)
Period ended April 30, 2018(f)(g) 20.00 — (e) 0.46 0.46
Institutional Class        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $24.87 $0.31 (d) $ 0.32 $ 0.63
Year ended April 30, 2021 17.66 0.40 (d) 7.70 8.10
Year ended April 30, 2020 22.08 0.53 (d) (4.40) (3.87)
Year ended April 30, 2019 23.09 0.59 (1.01) (0.42)
Year ended April 30, 2018 20.51 0.51 2.59 3.10
Year ended April 30, 2017 18.70 0.43 1.81 2.24
Steward Select Bond Fund        
Class A        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $25.05 $0.14 (d) $(0.09) $ 0.05
Year ended April 30, 2021 25.38 0.34 (d) (0.33) 0.01
Year ended April 30, 2020 24.36 0.47 (d) 1.03 1.50
Year ended April 30, 2019 23.96 0.49 0.39 0.88
Year ended April 30, 2018 24.58 0.40 (0.60) (0.20)
Year ended April 30, 2017 24.99 0.43 (0.40) 0.03
Class C        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $28.38 $0.05 (d) $(0.08) $(0.03)
Year ended April 30, 2021 28.84 0.24 (d) (0.50) (0.26)
Year ended April 30, 2020(h) 29.13 — (d)(e) 0.12 0.12
Year ended April 30, 2019(h) 28.71 — (e) 0.42 0.42
Period ended April 30, 2018(g)(h) 30.00 — (e) (0.66) (0.66)
Class R6        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $27.97 $ —(d)(e) $(0.03) $(0.03)
Year ended April 30, 2021 28.72 — (d)(e) (0.29) (0.29)
Year ended April 30, 2020(h) 28.98 — (d)(e) 0.31 0.31
Year ended April 30, 2019(h) 28.56 — (e) 0.42 0.42
Period ended April 30, 2018(g)(h) 30.00 — (e) (0.69) (0.69)
Institutional Class        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $24.90 $0.16 (d) $(0.08) $ 0.08
Year ended April 30, 2021 25.28 0.39 (d) (0.32) 0.07
Year ended April 30, 2020 24.25 0.55 (d) 1.03 1.58
Year ended April 30, 2019 23.85 0.55 0.40 0.95
Year ended April 30, 2018 24.47 0.48 (0.61) (0.13)
Year ended April 30, 2017 24.87 0.51 (0.39) 0.12
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
(a) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(b) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(c) Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.
(d) Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
(e) Expressed as ‘‘—’’ as the income and/or expenses accrued for the class were considered immaterial for presentation purposes relative to the size of the class.
(f) Effective March 9, 2020, the share class had a one-for-two reverse stock split. Share amounts for the periods have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-two stock split.
(g) For the period December 14, 2017 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2018.
(h) Effective March 9, 2020, the share class had a one-for-three reverse stock split. Share amounts for the periods have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-three stock split.
See notes to financial statements.
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Distributions:     Supplemental data and ratios:
Net
Investment
Income
Capital
Gains
Total
Distributions
Net Asset
Value, End
of Period
Total
Return(a)
Net Assets,
End of Period
(000's)
Ratio of
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(b)
Ratio of Net
Investment Income/(Loss)
to Average
Net Assets(b)
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(a)(c)
 
                   
                   
$(0.12) $ — $(0.12) $25.32 2.36% $ 7,605 1.01% 2.10% 9%  
(0.25) (0.51) (0.76) 24.85 46.20 8,721 1.00 1.81 14  
(0.48) — (0.48) 17.59 (18.18) 28,007 1.06 2.20 15  
(0.52) — (0.52) 22.01 (1.99) 29,734 1.01 2.43 10  
(0.46) — (0.46) 23.01 14.92 27,085 1.02 1.88 10  
(0.37) — (0.37) 20.45 11.85 17,922 1.01 1.88 16  
                   
$(0.11) $ — $(0.11) $20.90 1.74% $ — — (e)% — (e)% 9%  
(0.22) (0.51) (0.73) 20.65 44.09 — — (e) — (e) 14  
(0.44) — (0.44) 14.90 (19.85) — — (e) — (e) 15  
— — — 19.46 (3.47) — — (e) — (e) 10  
(0.30) — (0.30) 20.16 2.32 — — (e) — (e) 10  
                   
$(0.13) $ — $(0.13) $21.32 2.57% $ 645 0.63% 2.51% 9%  
(0.39) (0.51) (0.90) 20.91 46.71 635 0.64 1.98 14  
(0.56) — (0.56) 14.95 (18.52) 475 0.68 2.14 15  
— — — 19.42 (3.38) — — (e) — (e) 10  
(0.36) — (0.36) 20.10 2.32 — — (e) — (e) 10  
                   
$(0.13) $ — $(0.13) $25.37 2.51% $177,045 0.74% 2.41% 9%  
(0.38) (0.51) (0.89) 24.87 46.56 171,237 0.76 1.86 14  
(0.55) — (0.55) 17.66 (17.87) 98,451 0.72 2.55 15  
(0.59) — (0.59) 22.08 (1.74) 116,694 0.71 2.73 10  
(0.52) — (0.52) 23.09 15.29 112,524 0.71 2.28 10  
(0.43) — (0.43) 20.51 12.24 114,580 0.67 2.22 16  
                   
                   
$(0.14) $ — $(0.14) $24.96 0.19% $ 6,154 0.90% 1.08% 9%  
(0.34) — (0.34) 25.05 0.04 5,989 0.94 1.34 24  
(0.48) — (0.48) 25.38 6.21 9,234 0.99 1.87 22  
(0.48) — (0.48) 24.36 3.72 10,115 0.95 1.97 25  
(0.42) — (0.42) 23.96 (0.82) 11,134 0.96 1.67 5  
(0.44) — (0.44) 24.58 0.11 10,664 0.95 1.71 18  
                   
$(0.07) $ — $(0.07) $28.28 (0.12)% $ 4 1.68% 0.31% 9%  
(0.20) — (0.20) 28.38 (0.90) 5 1.12 0.85 24  
(0.41) — (0.41) 28.84 2.08 — — (e) — (e) 22  
— — — 29.13 1.46 — — (e) — (e) 25  
(0.63) — (0.63) 28.71 (2.27) — — (e) — (e) 5  
                   
$(0.17) $ — $(0.17) $27.77 (0.12)% $ — — (e)% — (e)% 9%  
(0.46) — (0.46) 27.97 (1.04) — — (e) — (e) 24  
(0.57) — (0.57) 28.72 3.34 — — (e) — (e) 22  
— — — 28.98 1.47 — — (e) — (e) 25  
(0.75) — (0.75) 28.56 (2.30) — — (e) — (e) 5  
                   
$(0.16) $ — $(0.16) $24.82 0.31% $179,753 0.68% 1.30% 9%  
(0.45) — (0.45) 24.90 0.26 181,279 0.70 1.54 24  
(0.55) — (0.55) 25.28 6.60 142,421 0.65 2.24 22  
(0.55) — (0.55) 24.25 4.05 152,356 0.66 2.28 25  
(0.49) — (0.49) 23.85 (0.54) 151,593 0.66 1.98 5  
(0.52) — (0.52) 24.47 0.50 147,953 0.61 2.05 18  
    
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD FUNDS
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

    Investment Operations:
  Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)
Net Realized and
Unrealized Gain/(Loss) from
Investments
Total from
Investment
Operations
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund        
Class A        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $53.12 $ 0.09(d) $ 6.76 $ 6.85
Year ended April 30, 2021 39.31 0.35 (d) 17.55 17.90
Year ended April 30, 2020 43.28 0.51 (d) (3.41) (2.90)
Year ended April 30, 2019 41.50 0.47 3.24 3.71
Year ended April 30, 2018 36.89 0.41 4.60 5.01
Year ended April 30, 2017 32.25 0.39 4.63 5.02
Class C        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $47.63 $(0.08) (d) $ 6.03 $ 5.95
Year ended April 30, 2021 35.97 — (d)(e) 15.64 15.64
Year ended April 30, 2020(f) 43.70 — (d)(e) (6.69) (g) (6.69)
Year ended April 30, 2019(f) 48.95 — (e) 2.30 2.30
Period ended April 30, 2018(f)(h) 50.00 — (e) (0.10) (0.10)
Class R6        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $47.97 $ 0.17(d) $ 6.13 $ 6.30
Year ended April 30, 2021 35.83 0.51 (d) 15.92 16.43
Year ended April 30, 2020(f) 42.75 0.66 (d) (6.40) (5.74)
Year ended April 30, 2019(f) 48.80 0.20 2.30 2.50
Period ended April 30, 2018(f)(h) 50.00 — (e) 0.05 0.05
Institutional Class        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $52.95 $ 0.17(d) $ 6.75 $ 6.92
Year ended April 30, 2021 39.23 0.45 (d) 17.54 17.99
Year ended April 30, 2020 43.16 0.65 (d) (3.42) (2.77)
Year ended April 30, 2019 41.34 0.60 3.23 3.83
Year ended April 30, 2018 36.72 0.53 4.57 5.10
Year ended April 30, 2017 32.07 0.48 4.63 5.11
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund        
Class A        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $17.52 $ 0.04(d) $ 0.74 $ 0.78
Year ended April 30, 2021 10.54 0.04 (d) 7.49 7.53
Year ended April 30, 2020 13.94 0.07 (d) (2.91) (2.84)
Year ended April 30, 2019 15.70 0.09 0.03 (g) 0.12
Year ended April 30, 2018 15.44 0.11 1.37 1.48
Year ended April 30, 2017 13.26 0.06 2.64 2.70
Class C        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $16.14 $ —(d)(e) $ 0.60 $ 0.60
Year ended April 30, 2021 9.84 — (d)(e) 6.81 6.81
Year ended April 30, 2020(i) 13.64 — (d)(e) (3.27) (3.27)
Year ended April 30, 2019(i) 17.52 — (e) (0.32) (0.32)
Period ended April 30, 2018(h)(i) 20.00 — (e) (0.08) (0.08)
Class R6        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $16.37 $ 0.06(d) $ 0.69 $ 0.75
Year ended April 30, 2021 9.87 0.08 (d) 7.01 7.09
Year ended April 30, 2020(i) 13.56 0.14 (d) (3.24) (3.10)
Year ended April 30, 2019(i) 17.48 — (e) (0.36) (0.36)
Period ended April 30, 2018(h)(i) 20.00 — (e) (0.08) (0.08)
Institutional Class        
Six months ended October 31, 2021 (Unaudited) $17.87 $ 0.06(d) $ 0.75 $ 0.81
Year ended April 30, 2021 10.74 0.07 (d) 7.65 7.72
Year ended April 30, 2020 14.19 0.11 (d) (2.98) (2.87)
Year ended April 30, 2019 15.93 0.13 0.04 (g) 0.17
Year ended April 30, 2018 15.65 0.15 1.39 1.54
Year ended April 30, 2017 13.43 0.11 2.67 2.78
Amounts designated as "—" are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
(a) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(b) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(c) Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.
(d) Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
(e) Expressed as ‘‘—’’ as the income and/or expenses accrued for the class were considered immaterial for presentation purposes relative to the size of the class.
(f) Effective March 9, 2020, the share class had a one-for-five reverse stock split. Share amounts for the periods have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-five stock split.
(g) Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.
(h) For the period December 14, 2017 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2018.
(i) Effective March 9, 2020, the share class had a one-for-two reverse stock split. Share amounts for the periods have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-two stock split.
See notes to financial statements.
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Distributions:     Supplemental data and ratios:
Net
Investment
Income
Capital
Gains
Total
Distributions
Net Asset
Value, End
of Period
Total
Return(a)
Net Assets,
End of Period
(000's)
Ratio of
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(b)
Ratio of Net
Investment Income/(Loss)
to Average
Net Assets(b)
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(a)(c)
 
                   
                   
$(0.04) $ — $(0.04) $59.93 12.90% $ 17,536 0.83% 0.32% 3%  
(0.35) (3.74) (4.09) 53.12 47.01 28,751 0.82 0.75 32  
(0.40) (0.67) (1.07) 39.31 (6.91) 39,094 0.84 1.18 32  
(0.42) (1.51) (1.93) 43.28 9.78 41,401 0.80 1.09 27  
(0.40) — (0.40) 41.50 13.61 47,998 0.84 1.02 23  
(0.38) — (0.38) 36.89 15.63 47,052 0.82 1.10 25  
                   
$(0.06) $ — $(0.06) $53.52 12.49% $ 3 1.37% (0.30)% 3%  
(0.24) (3.74) (3.98) 47.63 44.88 — — (e) — (e) 32  
(0.37) (0.67) (1.04) 35.97 (9.02) — — (e) — (e) 32  
— (7.55) (7.55) 43.70 8.13 — — (e) — (e) 27  
(0.95) — (0.95) 48.95 (0.27) — — (e) — (e) 23  
                   
$(0.06) $ — $(0.06) $54.21 13.14% $ 554 0.45% 0.68% 3%  
(0.55) (3.74) (4.29) 47.97 47.55 520 0.45 1.23 32  
(0.51) (0.67) (1.18) 35.83 (6.63) 49,643 0.46 1.60 32  
(1.00) (7.55) (8.55) 42.75 8.70 55,924 0.46 1.20 27  
(1.25) — (1.25) 48.80 0.02 — — (e) — (e) 23  
                   
$(0.05) $ — $(0.05) $59.82 13.10% $397,478 0.54% 0.59% 3%  
(0.53) (3.74) (4.27) 52.95 47.40 368,701 0.55 0.97 32  
(0.49) (0.67) (1.16) 39.23 (6.61) 306,875 0.52 1.51 32  
(0.50) (1.51) (2.01) 43.16 10.13 328,404 0.50 1.39 27  
(0.48) — (0.48) 41.34 13.93 345,522 0.54 1.32 23  
(0.46) — (0.46) 36.72 16.02 319,230 0.50 1.40 25  
                   
                   
$(0.01) $ — $(0.01) $18.29 4.45% $ 58,164 0.77% 0.41% 4%  
(0.06) (0.49) (0.55) 17.52 72.56 64,997 0.78 0.31 36  
(0.10) (0.46) (0.56) 10.54 (21.24) 50,646 0.81 0.58 28  
(0.10) (1.78) (1.88) 13.94 3.18 71,719 0.81 0.56 33  
(0.08) (1.14) (1.22) 15.70 9.59 77,227 0.83 0.69 29  
(0.07) (0.45) (0.52) 15.44 20.44 69,001 0.87 0.43 36  
                   
$ — $ — $ — $16.74 3.72% $ — — (e)% — (e)% 4%  
(0.01) (0.50) (0.51) 16.14 70.10 — — (e) — (e) 36  
(0.07) (0.46) (0.53) 9.84 (22.17) — — (e) — (e) 28  
— (3.56) (3.56) 13.64 2.55 — — (e) — (e) 33  
(0.12) (2.28) (2.40) 17.52 (0.48) — — (e) — (e) 29  
                   
$(0.01) $ — $(0.01) $17.11 4.61% $ 110 0.47% 0.72% 4%  
(0.10) (0.49) (0.59) 16.37 73.12 125 0.47 0.52 36  
(0.13) (0.46) (0.59) 9.87 (20.85) 46 0.50 1.11 28  
— (3.56) (3.56) 13.56 2.27 3 — (e) — (e) 33  
(0.16) (2.28) (2.44) 17.48 (0.56) — — (e) — (e) 29  
                   
$(0.01) $ — $(0.01) $18.67 4.55% $210,138 0.55% 0.63% 4%  
(0.09) (0.50) (0.59) 17.87 73.00 208,505 0.57 0.51 36  
(0.12) (0.46) (0.58) 10.74 (21.05) 140,792 0.55 0.86 28  
(0.13) (1.78) (1.91) 14.19 3.51 153,576 0.53 0.84 33  
(0.12) (1.14) (1.26) 15.93 9.87 154,975 0.57 0.95 29  
(0.11) (0.45) (0.56) 15.65 20.80 130,717 0.58 0.72 36  
See notes to financial statements.
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STEWARD FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — October 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization:
Steward Funds, Inc. (‘‘SFI’’), a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ‘‘1940 Act’’), as a diversified open-end management investment company and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (‘‘FASB’’) Accounting Standards Codification (‘‘ASC’’) Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. As of October 31, 2021, SFI is composed of six separate operational funds, each a series of SFI (each a ‘‘Fund’’ and collectively the ‘‘Funds’’). The accompanying financial statements are presented for the following six Funds:
Steward Covered Call Income Fund
Steward Global Equity Income Fund
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund
Steward Select Bond Fund
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund (formerly, Steward Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund)
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund (formerly, Steward Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund)
Each Fund currently offers four classes of shares: ‘‘Class A’’, ‘‘Class C’’, ‘‘Class R6’’, and ‘‘Institutional Class’’ (each a ‘‘Class’’ and collectively the ‘‘Classes’’). Each Class of shares has equal rights as to earnings, assets and voting privileges, except that each Class has a different expense structure. Each Class of shares has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect just that Class or on which the interests of the Class differ from the interests of the other Classes. Income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each Class of shares based on its relative net assets.
Note 2 — Investment Objectives and Strategies:
Steward Covered Call Income Fund seeks to provide dividend income and options premium income, with the potential for capital appreciation and less volatility than the broad equity market. The Fund invests primarily in common stocks of large capitalization U.S. companies, most of which pay dividends, with sufficient liquidity and option market interest to suggest that call options can readily be written on those securities. The Fund writes (sells) covered call options on those securities with the overall goal of providing options premium income and lowering volatility of the Fund's portfolio when compared to the broader uncovered large capitalization securities market.
Steward Global Equity Income Fund seeks to provide current income along with growth of capital. The Fund invests primarily in U.S. and non-U.S. dividend-paying common stocks of large, medium and small capitalization companies that represent a broad spectrum of the global economy. The Fund’s non-U.S. investments will be primarily in the form of depositary receipts (‘‘DRs’’) or dual listed securities, or U.S. dollar-denominated instruments representing securities of non-U.S. issuers that are traded in the U.S. or in non-U.S. markets.
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests primarily in DRs or dual listed securities representing securities of companies located or domiciled outside of the United States and allocates selectively between securities of developed market companies and emerging market companies.
Steward Select Bond Fund seeks to provide high current income with capital appreciation. The Fund invests primarily in fixed income securities, such as corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities and government and agency bonds and notes.
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests primarily in common stocks of large capitalization companies that represent a broad spectrum of the United States economy. The Fund’s investments are allocated in an attempt to match the weightings of the Fund’s benchmark index, subject to the application of the Fund’s values-based screens and the reallocation of a portion of each screened security’s weighting in the benchmark index among certain remaining securities of companies that portfolio management believes exhibit positive values-based characteristics.
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests primarily in common stocks of small and medium capitalization companies that represent a broad spectrum of the United States economy. The Fund’s investments are allocated in an attempt to match the weightings of the Fund’s benchmark index, subject to the application of the Fund’s values-based screens and the reallocation of a portion of each screened security’s weighting in the benchmark index among certain remaining securities of companies that portfolio management believes exhibit positive values-based characteristics.
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In pursuing their investment objectives, the Funds apply a comprehensive set of values-based screens to all of their portfolio investments.
Note 3 — Significant Accounting Policies:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (‘‘GAAP’’) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Funds.
Portfolio Valuation: Fund investments are recorded at fair value. In determining fair value, the Funds use various valuation approaches. Equity securities listed on a domestic or foreign exchange are valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation or, if there was no sale that day, at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices as of the close of trading. Equity securities traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (‘‘NASDAQ’’) use the official closing price, if available, and otherwise, use the last reported sale price, or the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices if there was no sale on that day. Equity securities that are traded in the over-the-counter market only, but that are not included on NASDAQ, are valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation. Debt securities (other than short-term debt obligations), including listed issues, are valued at the bid price. These prices will be obtained by the Funds’ accounting services agent from approved independent pricing sources. Independent pricing services typically use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics. The service providers' internal models use inputs that are observable such as, among other things, issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar assets. Short-term debt obligations (those with remaining maturities of 60 days or less) are valued at amortized cost. Open-end money market mutual funds are valued at net asset value per share. Exchange-traded options are valued (i) at the last reported sale price, or, (ii) if there is no last sale price, at the most recent bid for long options and the most recent ask for short options. Each of these valuation methods has been determined in good faith by the Funds’ Board of Directors (the “Board”) to represent fair value for the affected securities. If securities or other assets held by the Funds cannot be valued as set forth above or if a market price or quotation for a security or other asset is not readily available, or cannot be determined, or if any market price or quotation is deemed to be unreliable or inaccurate by the Funds’ investment adviser, the security will be priced at its fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Board.
GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds. Unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
The fair value hierarchy is categorized into three levels based on the inputs as follows:
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities and net asset values for money market funds.
Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risks).
Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
Pursuant to these valuation policies, equity securities and written options contracts are generally categorized as Level 1 securities in the fair value hierarchy (unless there is a fair valuation event, in which case affected securities are generally categorized as Level 2). Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 securities in the fair value hierarchy, except that U.S. Treasury debt securities may be categorized as Level 1. Money market funds are generally categorized as Level 1 securities in the fair value hierarchy. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the fair value hierarchy.
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The following table presents a summary of inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of October 31, 2021:
    Investments in Securities
Fund   LEVEL 1   LEVEL 2   LEVEL 3   Total
Steward Covered Call Income Fund                
Security Type                
Common Stocks*

  $ 38,883,886   $ —   $ —   $ 38,883,886
Money Market Fund

  584,968   —   —   584,968
Total Investment Securities

  $ 39,468,854   $  —   $  —   $ 39,468,854
Other Financial Instruments:^                
Written Call Options

  $ (1,237,478)   $ —   $ —   $ (1,237,478)
Total Investments

  $ 38,231,376   $  —   $  —   $ 38,231,376
Steward Global Equity Income Fund                
Security Type                
Common Stocks*

  $ 337,555,862   $ —   $ —   $ 337,555,862
Preferred Stocks*

  5,214,502   —   —   5,214,502
Money Market Fund

  5,239,705   —   —   5,239,705
Total Investments

  $ 348,010,069   $  —   $  —   $ 348,010,069
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund                
Security Type                
Common Stocks*

  $ 179,796,272   $ —   $ —   $ 179,796,272
Master Limited Partnerships*

  734,787   —   —   734,787
Preferred Stocks*

  2,923,507   —   —   2,923,507
Money Market Fund

  1,755,368   —   —   1,755,368
Total Investments

  $ 185,209,934   $  —   $  —   $ 185,209,934
Steward Select Bond Fund                
Security Type                
Corporate Bonds*

  $ —   $ 123,314,440   $ —   $ 123,314,440
Municipal Bonds

  —   4,929,116   —   4,929,116
U.S. Government Agencies

  —   26,636,310   —   26,636,310
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations

  —   9,397,120   —   9,397,120
U.S. Treasury Obligations

  —   17,071,689   —   17,071,689
Money Market Fund

  3,367,900   —   —   3,367,900
Total Investments

  $ 3,367,900   $ 181,348,675   $  —   $ 184,716,575
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund                
Security Type                
Common Stocks*

  $ 411,869,712   $ —   $ —   $ 411,869,712
Money Market Fund

  4,310,705   —   —   4,310,705
Total Investments

  $ 416,180,417   $  —   $  —   $ 416,180,417
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund                
Security Type                
Common Stocks*

  $ 266,368,527   $ —   $ —   $ 266,368,527
Right*

  —   —   —**   — **
Money Market Fund

  2,247,945   —   —   2,247,945
Total Investments

  $ 268,616,472   $  —   $  —**   $ 268,616,472
    
* Please refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments to view common stocks, master limited partnerships, corporate bonds, preferred stocks, and rights segregated by industry type.
** Level 3 security has zero value.
^ Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as written options contracts. These investments are generally recorded in the financial statements at fair value.
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Securities Transactions and Investment Income: Portfolio security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Net realized gains or losses on sales of securities are determined by the identified cost method. Interest income, adjusted for accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums, is recorded on the accrual basis. Debt obligations may be placed in non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful as identified by the Funds’ investment adviser. The treatment of such interest income may be different for federal income tax purposes. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized or accreted using the effective interest method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or as soon as practical after a Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. Income and capital gains on some foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholdings taxes, which are accrued as applicable, and have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and regulations.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: Effective August 25, 2021, dividends from net investment income, if any, from Steward International Enhanced Index Fund, Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund and Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund are declared and paid annually and dividends from net investment income, if any, from Steward Covered Call Income Fund, Steward Global Equity Income Fund and Steward Select Bond Fund are declared and paid quarterly. Prior to August 25, 2021, dividends from net investment income, if any, from all Funds were declared and paid quarterly. All net realized long-term or short-term capital gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually.
Income dividends and capital gains distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income, gains and losses on various investment securities held by the Funds, timing differences in the recognition of income, gains and losses and differing characterizations of distributions made by the Funds. To the extent they exceed net investment income and net realized capital gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distribution of capital.
Written Options Contracts: Steward Covered Call Income Fund may write (sell) covered call options. Premiums received from written options contracts are recorded as liabilities and are marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the options written. When writing an option, the Fund bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the underlying instrument.
The notional amount of written options outstanding at October 31, 2021 was $28,786,000. The monthly average notional amount for written options contracts for the period May 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021 was $29,019,250.
Transactions in derivative instruments reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, as of October 31, 2021, are:
        Liability Derivatives    
Fund   Primary Risk Exposure   Statements of Asset and
Liabilities Location
  Total Fair
Value
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

 
Equity Risk Options Contracts

  Written options at fair value   $(1,237,478)
    
        Realized Gain/(Loss) on
Derivatives Recognized
as a Result from
Operations
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized as
a Result from Operations
Fund   Primary Risk Exposure   Net realized gains on
options transactions
  Change in unrealized
depreciation on options
transactions
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

 
Equity Risk

  $969,502   $(119,727)
Federal Income Taxes: The Funds intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Sub-Chapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and accordingly, will generally not be subject to federal and state income taxes or federal excise taxes to the extent that they intend to make sufficient distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains.
As of and during the period ended October 31, 2021, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties. For all open tax years, management of the Funds has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. Further, management of the Funds is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change over the next fiscal year.
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Allocation of Expenses: Expenses directly attributable to a Fund or Class are charged directly to that Fund or Class, while expenses that are attributable to more than one Fund or Class are allocated among the respective Funds and their Classes based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method.
Foreign Securities: Investments in securities of issuers in foreign countries involve risks not associated with domestic investments. These risks include, but are not limited to: (1) political and financial instability; (2) currency exchange rate fluctuations; (3) greater price volatility and less liquidity in particular securities and in certain foreign markets; (4) lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; (5) less government regulation and supervision of some foreign stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies; (6) delays in transaction settlement in certain foreign markets; and (7) less availability of information. Securities of issuers in emerging and developing countries raise additional risks relative to investments in developed country issuers, including exposure to less mature and diversified economies and to less stable market and political systems, as well as to possible currency transfer restrictions, delays and disruptions in settlement of transactions, and higher volatility than found in developed countries.
Affiliated Securities Transactions: Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act, the Funds may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by Crossmark Global Investments, Inc. (‘‘Crossmark Global Investments’’ or the ‘‘Adviser’’). Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended October 31, 2021, the Funds did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions.
When-Issued Securities: Steward Select Bond Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (i.e., ‘‘when issued”) consistent with the Fund's ability to manage its investment portfolio. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered, however, the market value may change prior to delivery. When the Fund makes a commitment to purchase a security on a forward commitment basis, cash or liquid securities equal to the amount of such Fund’s commitments will be reserved for payment of the commitment.
Note 4 — Investment Advisory and Other Agreements:
Crossmark Global Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. (‘‘Crossmark Global Holdings’’), serves as investment adviser to the Funds. Crossmark Global Investments provides investment advisory services to investment companies, pension and profit sharing accounts, corporations and individuals. Subject to the authority of the Board, the Adviser provides the Funds with continuous investment advisory services in accordance with an investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and SFI, on behalf of the Funds. Crossmark Global Investments receives compensation for its services as investment adviser. The fee is accrued daily and paid monthly based on each Fund’s average daily net assets. Pursuant to the terms of the investment advisory agreement, Crossmark Global Investments has full discretion to manage the assets of the Funds in accordance with their investment objectives.
As compensation for its services as investment adviser, each Fund pays Crossmark Global Investments, on a monthly basis, an investment advisory fee calculated daily, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, at the following annual rates:
Steward Covered Call Income Fund Steward Select Bond Fund
— 0.625% of the first $1 billion — 0.315% of the first $1 billion
— 0.5625% of assets over $1 billion — 0.2835% of assets over $1 billion
Steward Global Equity Income Fund Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund
— 0.625% of the first $1 billion — 0.215% of the first $1 billion
— 0.5625% of assets over $1 billion — 0.1935% of assets over $1 billion
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund
— 0.365% of the first $1 billion — 0.215% of the first $1 billion
— 0.3285% of assets over $1 billion — 0.1935% of assets over $1 billion
Crossmark Global Investments has entered into an expense limitation agreement with Steward Covered Call Income Fund. Under the terms of the agreement, to the extent that ordinary operating expenses incurred by each Class of Steward Covered Call Income Fund in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such Class of the Fund, such excess amount will be the liability of the Adviser. Brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividend expense on short positions, litigation and indemnification expenses, expenses associated with the investments in underlying investment companies, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense limitation agreement. The expense limitation agreement may be terminated by the Board at any time and will terminate automatically upon the termination of the Advisory Agreement. As of October 31, 2021, the contractual expense limitations were as follows:
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    In effect through October 28, 2022
Fund   Class A   Class C   Class R6   Institutional Class
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

  1.25%   2.00%   0.90%   1.00%
Steward Covered Call Income Fund has agreed to repay fees and expenses that were contractually waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period up to three fiscal years after the fiscal year in which such waiver or reimbursement was made to the extent such repayments would not cause the ordinary operating expenses of a Class to exceed the expense limitation in place at time of the waiver or reimbursement or any expense limitation agreement in place at the time of repayment, whichever is lower. Any amounts repaid by the Fund and recouped by the Adviser during the year are reflected on the Statements of Operations as ‘‘Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Adviser.’’
From time to time, the Adviser may voluntarily waive fees or reimburse expenses of a Fund. These voluntary waivers or reimbursements may be terminated at any time at the option of the Adviser. For the period ended October 31, 2021, the Adviser did not voluntarily waive or reimburse expenses of a Fund.
As of October 31, 2021, the amounts subject to repayment by Steward Covered Call Income Fund in subsequent years under the expense limitation agreement and for voluntary waivers or reimbursements subject to recoupment were as follows:
Fund   Expires April 30, 2022   Expires April 30, 2023   Expires April 30, 2024   Expires April 30, 2025
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

  $27,598   $96,611   $206,272   $82,003
Crossmark Global Investments serves as the administrator of the Funds. For its administration and compliance services, Crossmark Global Investments receives a monthly fee from each Fund calculated at the annual rate of 0.075% of the first $1 billion of the average daily net assets of that Fund and 0.0675% of assets over $1 billion.
Crossmark Distributors, Inc. (‘‘Crossmark Distributors’’) serves as the distributor of the Funds’ shares. Crossmark Distributors is an affiliate of Crossmark Global Investments, and both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Crossmark Global Holdings.
Each of the Funds has adopted a Service and Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plan allows each Fund, out of assets attributable to Class A shares, to compensate Crossmark Distributors at an annual rate of 0.25% for its services in connection with the sale and distribution of Class A shares and for services to Class A shareholders. The Plan allows each Fund, out of assets attributable to Class C shares, to compensate Crossmark Distributors at an annual rate of 1.00% for its services in connection with the sale and distribution of Class C shares and for services to Class C shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of Class A and Class C assets on an ongoing basis over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment in Class A and Class C shares and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. Institutional Class and Class R6 shares are not subject to the Plan.
Each of the Funds has also adopted a Sub-Accounting Services Plan with respect to its Class A, Class C and Institutional Class shares, which provides that each Fund shall reimburse Crossmark Distributors out of the assets of the Fund attributable to the applicable Class for payments by Crossmark Distributors to certain third party providers that assist in the servicing of certain group accounts in which Fund shareholders of the applicable Class participate. For asset-based fee arrangements between Crossmark Distributors and third party providers, the amounts payable to Crossmark Distributors may not exceed, on an annual basis, 0.20% of the average daily net assets of the applicable Class of the Fund. For per-account arrangements between Crossmark Distributors and third party providers, the amounts payable to Crossmark Distributors may not exceed, on an annual basis, $20 per account. These fees are in addition to fees payable under the Service and Distribution Plan. Class R6 shares are not subject to the Sub-Accounting Services Plan.
Certain officers and directors of the Funds are also officers and/or directors of Crossmark Global Investments and/or Crossmark Distributors.
The Northern Trust Company (‘‘Northern Trust’’) acts as fund accounting and sub-administration services provider for each Fund. Under the terms of the Fund Administration and Accounting Services Agreement, Northern Trust is paid annual class fees which shall apply to each additional class of shares of each Fund that has more than a single share class, and is entitled to receive a monthly fee from each Fund calculated at the annual rate of 0.05% on the first $500 million of the Funds’ aggregate average daily net assets. The rate then declines to 0.04% on the next $500 million of aggregate average daily net assets, and to 0.03% on the next $1 billion of aggregate average daily net assets, and to 0.02% on aggregate average daily net assets over $2 billion thereafter subject to certain minimums and additional fees. Northern Trust receives additional fees for sub-administration services and reimbursement of certain expenses. Northern Trust also serves as the Funds’ transfer agent and is paid annual class and per account fees.
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Note 5 — Purchases and Sales of Securities:
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. government securities) for the period ended October 31, 2021, were as follows:
Fund   Purchases   Sales
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

  $ 17,197,544   $ 17,061,054
Steward Global Equity Income Fund

  136,104,019   139,366,910
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund

  19,425,495   16,198,304
Steward Select Bond Fund

  11,629,734   10,421,440
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  11,072,311   43,325,513
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  11,639,004   27,093,123
Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities for the period ended October 31, 2021, were as follows:
Fund   Purchases   Sales
Steward Select Bond Fund

  $ 9,142,457   $ 5,668,141
Note 6 — Federal Income Tax Information:
As of October 31, 2021, the cost, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation and net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments, including written call options, for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:
Fund   Tax Cost of
Securities
  Unrealized
Appreciation
  Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation)
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

  $ 38,041,205   $ 1,510,779   $ (1,320,608)   $ 190,171
Steward Global Equity Income Fund

  289,372,498   67,926,017   (9,288,446)   58,637,571
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund

  158,912,150   42,185,519   (15,887,735)   26,297,784
Steward Select Bond Fund

  181,482,345   5,016,867   (1,782,637)   3,234,230
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  266,503,350   155,355,836   (5,678,769)   149,677,067
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  190,987,101   87,900,505   (10,271,134)   77,629,371
The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are primarily attributable to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, adjustments to income on certain securities and other temporary differences.
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, was as follows:
    Distributions Paid From    
Fund   Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital
Gains
  Total
Distribution
Paid
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

  $ 4,447,588   $ —   $ 4,447,588
Steward Global Equity Income Fund

  6,364,964   3,672,129   10,037,093
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund

  2,962,781   3,437,280   6,400,061
Steward Select Bond Fund

  2,865,818   —   2,865,818
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  10,913,675   26,672,511   37,586,186
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  2,713,061   6,557,617   9,270,678
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As of the end of the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings/(accumulated deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:
Fund   Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Distributed
Earnings
  Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
  Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation)
  Total
Distributable
Earnings/(Accumulated
Deficit)
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

  $ 636,772   $ —   $ 636,772   $ (39,834)   $ (108,847)   $ 488,091
Steward Global Equity Income Fund

  11,110,717   9,815,747   20,926,464   —   73,446,947   94,373,411
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund

  762,795   1,290,953   2,053,748   —   27,655,187   29,708,935
Steward Select Bond Fund

  292,561   —   292,561   (2,515,942)   3,987,615   1,764,234
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  4,655,700   48,690,394   53,346,094   —   118,387,740   171,733,834
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  5,319,097   10,207,621   15,526,718   —   77,571,207   93,097,925
As of the end of the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, the following Funds had capital loss carry forwards (‘‘CLCFs’’) as summarized in the tables below. The Board does not intend to authorize a distribution of any realized gain for the Funds until any applicable CLCF is offset.
CLCFs not subject to expiration:
Fund   Short-Term
Amount
  Long-Term
Amount
  Total
Steward Covered Call Income Fund

  $ —   $ —   $ —
Steward Global Equity Income Fund

  —   —   —
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund

  —   —   —
Steward Select Bond Fund

  109,401   2,406,541   2,515,942
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  —   —   —
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund

  —   —   —
Note 7 — Control Ownership:
The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a Fund creates a presumption of control of the Fund, under Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of October 31, 2021, Assemblies of God Financial Services Group DBA AGFinancial, the parent company of Crossmark Global Holdings, through its subsidiary, Steward Financial Holdings, Inc., had effective voting control over each of the Funds and SFI. In addition, as of October 31, 2021, the following were record owners of the approximate amounts of each Fund listed below. Record ownership is not necessarily the same as beneficial ownership.
        Percent
Owned
Steward Covered Call Income Fund   MSCS Financial Services, LLC   87%
         
Steward Global Equity Income Fund   MSCS Financial Services, LLC   36%
Steward Global Equity Income Fund   National Financial Services LLC   30%
         
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund   MSCS Financial Services, LLC   44%
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund   National Financial Services LLC   49%
         
Steward Select Bond Fund   MSCS Financial Services, LLC   57%
Steward Select Bond Fund   National Financial Services LLC   37%
         
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund   MSCS Financial Services, LLC   53%
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund   National Financial Services LLC   32%
         
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund   MSCS Financial Services, LLC   39%
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund   National Financial Services LLC   25%
         
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Note 8 — LIBOR Transition:
Certain of Steward Select Bond Fund's investments, payment obligations and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform Topic 848 (“ASU 2020-04”), “Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting,” which provides optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. The Financial Conduct Authority and Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration have since announced that most LIBOR settings will no longer be published after December 31, 2021 and the remaining U.S. dollar LIBOR settings will cease publication after June 30, 2023. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022, and the adoption of ASU 2020-04 is elective. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04.
Note 9 — Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19):
The outbreak of COVID-19, including new variants, has adversely impacted global commercial activity and contributed to significant volatility in financial markets. The COVID-19 pandemic and government responses are creating near-term disruption in global supply chains and adversely affecting many industries. The outbreak could have a continued material adverse impact on economic and market conditions and trigger a period of global economic slowdown. The rapid development and fluidity of this situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate material adverse impact of COVID-19. Nevertheless, COVID-19 presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to each Fund, its performance, and its financial results.
Note 10 — Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date these financial statements were issued.
On November 15, 2021, Steward Equity Market Neutral Fund, Steward Large Cap Core Fund, Steward Large Cap Growth Fund, Steward Large Cap Value Fund and Steward Small Cap Growth Fund, each an additional series of SFI, commenced operations.
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General Information (Unaudited)

Proxy Voting Policy and Voting Records
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies and information regarding how each Fund voted proxies during the most recent 12 month-period ended June 30, is available without charge, (i) by calling 1-800-262-6631, or (ii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. Portfolio holdings information included with Form N-PORT for the third month of each relevant fiscal quarter will be publicly available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the second and fourth quarters of each fiscal year is included in the semi-annual and annual reports to shareholders, respectively, and is filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR. The semi-annual and annual report for each Fund is available to investors within 60 days after the period to which it relates. Each Fund’s Forms N-PORT and Forms N-CSR are available on the SEC’s website listed above.
Board Considerations Regarding Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Steward Funds, Inc. (“SFI”), including the Independent Directors, approved the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between SFI, on behalf of each of Steward Covered Call Income Fund, Steward Global Equity Income Fund, Steward International Enhanced Index Fund, Steward Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund (now known as Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund), Steward Select Bond Fund and Steward Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund (now known as Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund), each a series of SFI (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and the Funds’ investment adviser, Crossmark Global Investments, Inc. (the “Adviser” and together with its affiliates, “Crossmark”), at a meeting on May 12, 2021 (the “Meeting”). The Board determined that the continuation of the Agreement is in the best interests of each Fund in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided and such other matters as the Board considered to be relevant in the exercise of its business judgment.
To reach this determination, the Board considered its duties under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as well as under the general principles of state law, in reviewing and approving advisory contracts; the requirements of the 1940 Act in such matters; the fiduciary duty of investment advisers with respect to advisory agreements and compensation; the standards used by courts in determining whether investment company boards have fulfilled their duties; and the factors to be considered by the Board in voting on such agreements. In advance of and during the Meeting, the Board, including the Independent Directors, reviewed materials provided by Crossmark that, among other things, outlined: the investment advisory, administration, compliance and other services provided by Crossmark to each Fund (including the relevant personnel responsible for these services and their experience); performance information for each Fund, including comparisons of each Fund’s performance to that of one or more relevant benchmark indexes and to that of a performance group of funds and a broad performance universe of funds (the “Performance Universe”), each assembled by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent source; the advisory fee rate payable by each Fund as compared to fees charged to a peer group of funds (the “Expense Group”) and a broad peer universe of funds (the “Expense Universe”), each assembled by Broadridge, and as compared to fees charged to other clients of the Adviser; the expense ratio of each Fund as compared to expense ratios of the funds in the Fund’s Expense Group and Expense Universe; the nature of expenses incurred in providing services to each Fund and the potential for the Adviser to realize economies of scale, if any; profitability and other financial data for Crossmark; and any other benefits to Crossmark from the Adviser’s relationship with the Funds.
In considering the renewal of the Agreement for each Fund, the Independent Directors met with SFI counsel independent of management and of the interested Directors to review and discuss the materials received from Crossmark. The Board asked questions and applied its business judgment to determine whether the arrangement between SFI and the Adviser continues to be a reasonable business arrangement from each Fund’s perspective. The Board determined that, given the totality of the information provided with respect to the Agreement, the Board had received sufficient information to renew the Agreement. The Board considered that shareholders chose to invest or remain invested in a Fund knowing that the Adviser manages the Fund and knowing the Fund’s advisory fee rate.
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Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to each Fund under the Agreement. The Board considered that the Adviser is responsible for investment advice, portfolio management, including the implementation of each Fund’s values-based screening policies, and brokerage allocation, among other services under the Agreement. The Board also noted that the Adviser provides administration and compliance services, including maintaining the Funds’ compliance program, under a separate Administration Agreement. The Board considered the background and experience of the Crossmark employees responsible for providing the investment advisory, values-based screening, administration, legal, compliance and other services to the Funds.
At the Meeting, the Board met with senior personnel from the Adviser’s investment management team and discussed each Fund’s performance. The Board noted that it also meets with senior personnel from the Adviser’s investment management team at each quarterly Board meeting to discuss each Fund’s performance. The Board considered each Fund’s (other than Steward Covered Call Income Fund which commenced operations on December 14, 2017) investment performance (Institutional Class shares) over the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended February 28, 2021 and Steward Covered Call Income Fund’s investment performance (Institutional Class shares) over the one- and three-year periods ended February 28, 2021, and compared each Fund’s performance to the performance of relevant benchmark index(es) and its Performance Universe. The Board took into account that the Adviser, in implementing the Funds’ investment strategies, applies the Funds’ values-based screens and considered that it receives information from the Adviser throughout the year regarding the impact of the values-based screens on the Funds’ performance.
In light of the information presented and the considerations made, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to each Fund by the Adviser under the Agreement have been and are expected to remain satisfactory and that the Adviser has managed each Fund consistent with its investment objective, policies and restrictions.
Fees and Expenses. The Board considered the investment advisory fee rate payable by each Fund under the Agreement for the services provided. The Board received and reviewed information showing the advisory fee rates and expense ratios of the peer funds in the Expense Groups, as well as advisory fee rates charged by the Adviser to other clients. The Board noted that, with respect to comparing the Funds’ advisory fee rates under the Agreement to the advisory fee rates of the peer funds in the Expense Group, Broadridge included the fee rates for administration and compliance services provided under the Administration Agreement in the advisory fee rates for the Funds. Based on the information provided, the Board noted that the advisory fee rate for each Fund, except for Steward Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund and Steward Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund, was below the median advisory fee rate of its Expense Group and that, although the advisory fee rate for each of Steward Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund and Steward Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund was above the median advisory fee rate of its Expense Group, each such Fund’s advisory fee rate was within a reasonable range of the applicable Expense Group median. With respect to the Expense Groups, the Board, at the Meeting, discussed with the Adviser limitations in creating peer groups for the Funds and considered alternative peer groups for the Funds provided by the Adviser for purposes of fee and expense comparisons. The Board also considered information provided by the Adviser regarding advisory fee rates charged to other clients with similar investment objectives and policies as the Funds, noting the Adviser’s discussion at the Meeting of the differences in services, as well as legal, compliance and operational resources and risks, associated with sponsoring and managing the Funds as compared to such other clients, among other differences identified by the Adviser that limit the comparability of the fees charged to such other clients. For Steward Covered Call Income Fund, the Board considered that the Adviser had contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses through at least August 30, 2022 to limit total annual operating expenses for the Fund, subject to the ability to recapture previously waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses under certain circumstances for a three-year period. On the basis of the information provided, the Board concluded that the advisory fee rate for each Fund continues to be reasonable and appropriate in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to each Fund under the Agreement.
Profitability. The Board received the financial statements of Crossmark and information regarding the estimated profitability to Crossmark under the Agreement for each Fund. The Board noted the inherent limitations in the profitability analysis and concluded that, based on the information provided, the Adviser’s profitability level for the Funds was not unreasonable.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there are any potential economies of scale with respect to the management of each Fund under the Agreement and whether each Fund may benefit from any economies of scale under the Agreement. The Board noted the Adviser’s statement that it anticipates its expenses will increase during the next twelve months as it seeks to hire additional personnel. The Board noted that each Fund’s advisory fee rate schedule includes breakpoints that offer reasonable economies of scale that may benefit the Fund if and as assets grow. Based upon the information considered, the Board concluded that the advisory fee rate schedule for each Fund reflects an appropriate level of sharing of any economies of scale that may exist in the management of the Fund at current asset levels and reasonably foreseeable future asset levels.
Other Benefits to the Adviser and Its Affiliates. The Board considered the character and amount of other benefits, incidental or otherwise, received by Crossmark as a result of the Adviser’s relationship with the Funds. The Board noted that Crossmark Distributors, Inc. (“Crossmark Distributors”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as SFI’s principal underwriter and distributor. The Board also noted that, under the Administration Agreement, the Adviser provides administration and compliance services to the
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Funds. The Board considered payments under the Funds’ Rule 12b-1 plan to Crossmark Distributors for distribution services as well as payments to the Adviser for administration and compliance services under the Administration Agreement. In addition, the Board considered benefits to the Adviser related to brokerage and soft-dollar allocations, including allocating brokerage to pay for research generated by parties other than the executing broker-dealers. The Board considered these direct and indirect benefits in reaching its conclusion that each Fund’s advisory fee rate under the Agreement is reasonable.
Conclusion. Based upon all the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Directors, unanimously determined that the terms of the Agreement continue to be fair and reasonable and that continuation of the Agreement for each Fund is in the best interests of each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.
Liquidity Risk Management Program
In accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Steward Funds, Inc. ("SFI") and its series (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) reasonably designed to assess and manage the Funds’ liquidity risk (i.e., the risk that a Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund). The Program takes into consideration, as applicable, each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, short- and long-term cash flow projections under both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, cash and cash equivalent holdings, and available borrowing arrangements and other funding sources. The Board of Directors of SFI (the "Board") has appointed Patrick N. Garboden, an officer of SFI, as the person designated to administer the Program (the “Administrator”). In addition, SFI and the Funds reserve the right to engage in redemptions in kind and, as required by Rule 22e-4 and the Program, have adopted policies and procedures regarding how and when the Funds will engage in redemptions in kind.
Pursuant to the Program, the Administrator classifies the liquidity of each Fund’s portfolio investments into one of the four liquidity categories specified by Rule 22e-4: highly liquid investments, moderately liquid investments, less liquid investments and illiquid investments. On a monthly basis, the Administrator receives and reviews a liquidity assessment for each portfolio investment from a third-party provider and determines the investment’s liquidity classification, considering relevant market, trading and investment-specific factors, including reasonably anticipated trade sizes. The Administrator is also responsible for determining whether to establish a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”) for a Fund and periodically reviewing any such HLIM, as well as monitoring each Fund’s portfolio investments classified as illiquid investments to seek to ensure they do not exceed 15% of the Fund’s net assets.
At the May 12, 2021 Board meeting, as required by Rule 22e-4 and the Program, the Administrator provided the Board with a written report prepared by the Administrator that addressed the operation of the Program during the preceding fiscal year and assessed the Program’s adequacy and effectiveness of its implementation during this period, including the operation of any HLIM, and any material changes to the Program.
As stated in the written report, during this period, the Administrator has not established an HLIM for any Fund as each Fund primarily held assets that are highly liquid investments; no Fund has breached the 15% limitation on illiquid investments; the Funds have not experienced any issues meeting redemptions; and the Funds have not effected any redemptions in kind. In addition, the Administrator reported that the investment strategies utilized by the Funds do not involve holding concentrated portfolios or large positions in particular issuers or the use of derivatives (other than covered call options written by Steward Covered Call Income Fund); the Funds do not use borrowings for investment purposes; and the Funds do not maintain or utilize a credit facility to meet redemptions given the liquidity of their portfolios. The Administrator also advised that no material changes were made to the Program since its implementation and that no changes were recommended.
The Administrator concluded that each Fund’s liquidity risk is acceptable; each Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; and the Program has functioned adequately and effectively during this period.
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EXPENSE EXAMPLES (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Funds, you may incur transaction costs, including contingent deferred sales charges on the lesser of the purchase price or redemption proceeds of Class C shares. You will also incur ongoing costs, including management fees, 12b-1 fees, and other Fund expenses. The following examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from May 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021.
Actual Expenses
The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled ‘‘Expenses Paid During Period’’ to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Fund   Beginning
Account Value
5/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
10/31/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
5/1/21 – 10/31/21*
  Expense Ratio
During Period
5/1/21 – 10/31/21**
Steward Covered Call Income Fund                
Class A

  $1,000.00   $1,081.60   $ 6.56   1.25%
Class C

  1,000.00   1,076.70   10.47   2.00%
Class R6(1)

  1,000.00   1,084.80   —   —%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,081.80   5.25   1.00%
Steward Global Equity Income Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,024.30   6.38   1.25%
Class C

  1,000.00   1,020.50   10.39   2.04%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,026.60   4.39   0.86%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,026.20   4.80   0.94%
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,023.60   5.15   1.01%
Class C(1)

  1,000.00   1,017.40   —   —%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,025.70   3.22   0.63%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,025.10   3.78   0.74%
Steward Select Bond Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,001.90   4.54   0.90%
Class C

  1,000.00   998.80   8.46   1.68%
Class R6(1)

  1,000.00   998.80   —   —%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,003.10   3.43   0.68%
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,129.00   4.45   0.83%
Class C

  1,000.00   1,124.90   7.34   1.37%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,131.40   2.42   0.45%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,131.00   2.90   0.54%
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,044.50   3.97   0.77%
Class C(1)

  1,000.00   1,037.20   —   —%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,046.10   2.42   0.47%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,045.50   2.84   0.55%
    
* Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
** The Expense Ratio for each class of Steward Covered Call Income Fund (other than Class R6) reflects an expense limitation. See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(1) Expense Paid and Expense Ratio are expressed as — and —%, respectively, because the class is too small to accrue income and expenses during the period ended October 31, 2021.
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Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes (Unaudited)

The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not each Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Transactional costs, if any, such as sales charges (front or back end loads) or exchange fees, are not shown in the table. Therefore, this table is useful only in comparing ongoing costs and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds.
Fund   Beginning
Account Value
5/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
10/31/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
5/1/21 – 10/31/21*
  Expense Ratio
During Period
5/1/21 – 10/31/21**
Steward Covered Call Income Fund                
Class A

  $1,000.00   $1,018.90   $ 6.36   1.25%
Class C

  1,000.00   1,015.12   10.16   2.00%
Class R6(1)

  1,000.00   1,025.21   —   —%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,020.16   5.09   1.00%
Steward Global Equity Income Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,018.90   6.36   1.25%
Class C

  1,000.00   1,014.92   10.36   2.04%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,020.87   4.38   0.86%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,020.47   4.79   0.94%
Steward International Enhanced Index Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,020.11   5.14   1.01%
Class C(1)

  1,000.00   1,020.01   —   —%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,022.03   3.21   0.63%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,021.48   3.77   0.74%
Steward Select Bond Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,020.67   4.58   0.90%
Class C

  1,000.00   1,016.74   8.54   1.68%
Class R6(1)

  1,000.00   1,025.21   —   —%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,021.78   3.47   0.68%
Steward Values-Focused Large Cap Enhanced Index Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,021.02   4.23   0.83%
Class C

  1,000.00   1,018.30   6.97   1.37%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,022.94   2.29   0.45%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,022.48   2.75   0.54%
Steward Values-Focused Small-Mid Cap Enhanced Index Fund                
Class A

  1,000.00   1,021.32   3.92   0.77%
Class C(1)

  1,000.00   1,020.77   —   —%
Class R6

  1,000.00   1,022.84   2.40   0.47%
Institutional Class

  1,000.00   1,022.43   2.80   0.55%
    
* Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
** The Expense Ratio for each class of Steward Covered Call Income Fund (other than Class R6) reflects an expense limitation. See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(1) Expense Paid and Expense Ratio are expressed as — and —%, respectively, because the class is too small to accrue income and expenses during the period ended October 31, 2021.
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(b)

Not applicable.

 


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for the reporting period.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for the reporting period.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable for the reporting period.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable for the reporting period.

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)

The schedules of investments are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1(a) of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b)

Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

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Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)  (1)   Not applicable for the reporting period.
(a)  (2)   Certifications for the principal executive and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are attached hereto.
(a)  (3)   Not applicable.
(a)  (4)   Not applicable.

(b)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are furnished herewith.

 

 

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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.

Steward Funds, Inc.

 

By:   /s/ Michael L. Kern, III                    
 

Michael L. Kern, III

President and Treasurer

(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

Date: December 28, 2021

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/ Michael L. Kern, III                    
 

Michael L. Kern, III

President and Treasurer

(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

Date: December 28, 2021

 

 

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