Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund
Portfolio of Investments
October 31, 2022 (unaudited)
Shares | Value | ||
COMMON STOCKS—98.5% | |||
Communication Services—3.0% | |||
1,008,278 | 1 | Advantage Solutions, Inc. | $ 3,407,980 |
103,973 | 1 | Bandwidth, Inc. | 1,234,159 |
164,098 | 1 | Cardlytics, Inc. | 1,547,444 |
917,172 | 1 | CarGurus, Inc. | 13,354,024 |
232,260 | 1 | Eventbrite, Inc. | 1,525,948 |
68,506 | 1 | EverQuote, Inc. | 417,202 |
612,083 | 1 | iHeartMedia, Inc. | 5,068,047 |
767,214 | 1 | Qurate Retail, Inc. | 1,795,281 |
1,321,801 | 1 | Vimeo Holdings, Inc. | 5,022,844 |
TOTAL | 33,372,929 | ||
Consumer Discretionary—9.4% | |||
901,575 | 1 | 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. | 6,572,482 |
374,998 | 1 | 2U, Inc. | 2,321,238 |
443,213 | 1 | Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A | 7,791,685 |
190,767 | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | 2,167,113 | |
438,062 | 1,2 | Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | 2,001,943 |
27,113 | Big Lots, Inc. | 511,622 | |
7,419 | Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp. | 128,423 | |
40,201 | 1 | CarParts.com, Inc. | 188,141 |
7,795 | Carriage Services, Inc. | 190,276 | |
430,151 | 1 | Chegg, Inc. | 9,278,357 |
69,042 | 1 | Children’s Place, Inc./The | 2,794,820 |
187,660 | 1 | Citi Trends, Inc. | 4,242,993 |
172,031 | 1 | Container Store Group, Inc. | 934,128 |
14,301 | 1 | Gentherm, Inc. | 835,464 |
86,503 | 1 | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | 1,098,588 |
52,001 | 1 | GoPro, Inc. | 283,405 |
238,407 | 1,2 | Groupon, Inc. | 1,757,060 |
35,706 | 1 | Lands’ End, Inc. | 374,199 |
60,079 | 1 | Lumber Liquidators, Inc. | 499,857 |
7,264 | 1 | MarineMax, Inc. | 234,700 |
43,380 | Murphy USA, Inc. | 13,643,444 | |
93,805 | 1 | Overstock.com, Inc. | 2,180,966 |
704,581 | 1,2 | Purple Innovation, Inc. | 2,480,125 |
211,645 | 1 | Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | 1,739,722 |
15,978 | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | 665,484 | |
320,122 | Rent-A-Center, Inc. | 6,674,544 | |
280,521 | 1,2 | Revolve Group, Inc. | 6,732,504 |
244,408 | 1 | Rush Street Interactive, Inc. | 1,014,293 |
111,470 | 1 | Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. | 1,416,784 |
19,171 | 1 | SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. | 1,114,985 |
55,147 | Shutterstock, Inc. | 2,759,004 | |
10,651 | 1 | Sleep Number Corp. | 295,459 |
139,896 | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. | 1,579,426 | |
11,399 | Steven Madden Ltd. | 340,488 | |
1,288,765 | 1 | Stitch Fix, Inc. | 5,155,060 |
241,572 | 1,2 | Target Hospitality Corp. | 2,939,931 |
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Shares | Value | ||
COMMON STOCKS—continued | |||
Consumer Discretionary—continued | |||
237,141 | Tupperware Brands Corp. | $ 1,833,100 | |
25,016 | 1 | Unifi, Inc. | 228,146 |
21,532 | 1 | Vista Outdoor, Inc. | 625,289 |
147,274 | 1,2 | Workhorse Group, Inc. | 397,640 |
1,854,153 | 1 | WW International, Inc. | 8,380,772 |
TOTAL | 106,403,660 | ||
Consumer Staples—4.6% | |||
133,812 | 1,2 | Beyond Meat, Inc. | 2,100,848 |
9,829 | Calavo Growers, Inc. | 339,985 | |
11,284 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. | 5,495,421 | |
100,478 | 1 | elf Beauty, Inc. | 4,346,678 |
906,046 | 1 | Hain Celestial Group, Inc. | 16,952,121 |
455,389 | 1 | Hostess Brands, Inc. | 12,058,701 |
21,258 | Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A | 2,006,117 | |
106,918 | Primo Water Corp. | 1,559,934 | |
86,651 | SpartanNash Co. | 3,094,307 | |
38,625 | Turning Point Brands, Inc. | 910,005 | |
319,129 | Vector Group Ltd. | 3,389,150 | |
8,866 | 1 | Whole Earth Brands, Inc. | 30,588 |
TOTAL | 52,283,855 | ||
Energy—6.5% | |||
91,267 | 1 | Amplify Energy Corp. | 902,630 |
98,977 | 1 | Ardmore Shipping Corp. | 1,339,159 |
34,814 | Cactus, Inc. | 1,800,580 | |
33,221 | Chord Energy Corp. | 5,085,803 | |
128,890 | 1 | Comstock Resources, Inc. | 2,420,554 |
162,634 | 1 | CONSOL Energy, Inc. | 10,249,195 |
57,148 | CVR Energy, Inc. | 2,232,201 | |
45,250 | Delek US Holdings, Inc. | 1,342,115 | |
117,582 | 1 | Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. | 557,339 |
16,205 | International Seaways, Inc. | 687,254 | |
202,973 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. | 5,212,346 | |
5,088 | 1 | Nabors Industries Ltd. | 885,465 |
316,813 | 1 | Oceaneering International, Inc. | 4,432,214 |
235,679 | PBF Energy, Inc. | 10,428,796 | |
54,824 | 1 | Propetro Holding Corp. | 649,116 |
132,896 | Scorpio Tankers, Inc. | 6,371,034 | |
242,874 | SFL Corporation Ltd. | 2,477,315 | |
634,929 | 1 | Talos Energy, Inc. | 13,511,289 |
165,882 | 1 | US Silica Holdings, Inc. | 2,387,042 |
TOTAL | 72,971,447 | ||
Financials—18.1% | |||
11,680 | 1st Source Corp. | 679,309 | |
346,261 | Amalgamated Financial Corp. | 7,960,540 | |
28,388 | 1 | Amerant Bancorp, Inc. | 854,479 |
16,085 | American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | 692,942 | |
23,299 | Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. | 579,446 | |
4,343 | BancFirst Corp. | 416,146 | |
446,598 | Byline Bancorp, Inc. | 10,325,346 | |
424,205 | 1 | Customers Bancorp, Inc. | 14,291,466 |
1,073,859 | Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 20,585,877 | |
323,244 | 1 | eHealth, Inc. | 866,294 |
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Shares | Value | ||
COMMON STOCKS—continued | |||
Financials—continued | |||
13,650 | Equity Bancshares, Inc. | $ 487,578 | |
70,182 | Financial Institutions, Inc. | 1,672,437 | |
113,115 | First Bancorp, Inc. | 5,041,535 | |
39,208 | First Foundation, Inc. | 625,760 | |
388,330 | Fulton Financial Corp. | 7,079,256 | |
1,072,622 | 1 | Green Dot Corp. | 20,411,997 |
57,862 | 2 | HCI Group, Inc. | 2,120,064 |
52,538 | Heartland Financial USA, Inc. | 2,591,174 | |
13,508 | Heritage Financial Corp. | 455,084 | |
176,526 | HomeStreet, Inc. | 4,582,615 | |
85,095 | Independent Bank Corp.- Michigan | 1,968,247 | |
81,472 | 2 | Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 954,037 |
26,595 | Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 8,381,946 | |
968,893 | 1 | LendingClub Corp. | 10,309,021 |
143,777 | 1 | LendingTree, Inc. | 3,627,494 |
341,727 | Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | 11,095,876 | |
92,378 | OFG Bancorp. | 2,575,499 | |
920,502 | 1 | Open Lending | 6,599,999 |
48,266 | Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. | 1,909,886 | |
20,118 | Preferred Bank Los Angeles, CA | 1,546,471 | |
311,789 | ProAssurance Corp. | 6,924,834 | |
749,755 | 1 | PROG Holdings, Inc. | 12,385,952 |
165,410 | QCR Holdings, Inc. | 8,387,941 | |
292,098 | Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. | 3,099,160 | |
1,001,718 | 1 | SelectQuote, Inc. | 675,158 |
88,230 | TowneBank | 2,906,296 | |
289,010 | 1 | Trean Insurance Group, Inc. | 1,060,667 |
40,121 | TriCo Bancshares | 2,323,407 | |
158,050 | 1 | Triumph Bancorp, Inc. | 8,139,575 |
82,626 | Veritex Holdings, Inc. | 2,609,329 | |
169,446 | Waterstone Financial, Inc. | 2,877,193 | |
150,981 | Western New England Bancorp, Inc. | 1,321,084 | |
TOTAL | 203,998,417 | ||
Health Care—17.7% | |||
252,615 | 1 | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. | 1,965,345 |
780,330 | 1,2 | Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. | 198,594 |
815,092 | 1 | Alector, Inc. | 7,498,846 |
867,115 | 1,2 | Allakos, Inc. | 5,055,280 |
265,323 | 1,2 | Alx Oncology Holdings, Inc. | 3,221,021 |
11,247 | 1 | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | 1,411,498 |
66,846 | 1 | Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2,065,541 |
1,931,501 | 1 | Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11,589,006 |
39,892 | 1 | Avanos Medical, Inc. | 883,608 |
1,209,524 | 1 | Berkeley Lights, Inc. | 2,685,143 |
141,558 | 1,2 | Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. | 326,999 |
368,928 | 1 | Bluebird Bio, Inc. | 2,313,179 |
974,995 | 1 | Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 14,078,928 |
139,034 | 1 | CareDx, Inc. | 2,768,167 |
178,790 | 1 | Codexis, Inc. | 1,004,800 |
2,027,430 | 1 | Community Health Systems, Inc. | 5,818,724 |
157,527 | 1 | Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2,555,088 |
43,822 | 1 | Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1,379,078 |
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Shares | Value | ||
COMMON STOCKS—continued | |||
Health Care—continued | |||
442,133 | 1 | Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. | $ 9,222,894 |
73,804 | 1 | FIGS, Inc. | 544,674 |
300,624 | 1 | Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. | 520,080 |
101,431 | 1 | Heska Corp. | 7,278,689 |
111,540 | 1,2 | Innovage Holding Corp. | 690,433 |
323,554 | 1 | Inogen, Inc. | 7,331,734 |
149,718 | 1 | iTeos Therapeutics, Inc. | 2,916,507 |
16,394 | 1 | KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 83,118 |
528,474 | 1 | Kodiak Sciences, Inc. | 3,794,443 |
114,386 | 1 | Lantheus Holdings, Inc. | 8,463,420 |
7,114 | 1 | Livanova PLC | 335,069 |
713,476 | 1 | MacroGenics, Inc. | 3,652,997 |
981,579 | 1 | MiMedx Group, Inc. | 2,905,474 |
51,616 | 1 | NanoString Technologies, Inc. | 539,903 |
1,288,838 | 1 | Nektar Therapeutics | 4,846,031 |
82,108 | 1 | Neogen Corp. | 1,083,826 |
1,315,318 | 1 | NeoGenomics, Inc. | 10,002,993 |
374,671 | 1 | Nevro Corp. | 14,364,886 |
137,674 | 1 | NextCure, Inc. | 344,185 |
201,413 | 1 | NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1,075,545 |
129,469 | 1 | Omnicell, Inc. | 10,010,543 |
74,755 | 1 | OptimizeRX Corp. | 1,152,348 |
433,652 | 1 | OraSure Technologies, Inc. | 1,890,723 |
1,599,551 | 1 | Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. | 5,246,527 |
88,175 | 1 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1,416,090 |
173,455 | 1 | Pediatrix Medical Group | 3,365,027 |
40,773 | 1 | Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. | 2,221,313 |
25,220 | 1 | Privia Health Group, Inc. | 844,366 |
142,310 | 1 | Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. | 7,474,121 |
137,082 | 1 | Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 298,839 |
225,005 | 1,2 | Quince Therapeutics, Inc. | 225,005 |
50,105 | 1 | SeaSpine Holdings Corp. | 322,175 |
24,394 | 1 | Shockwave Medical, Inc. | 7,151,101 |
32,369 | 1 | Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1,109,286 |
173,243 | 1 | Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. | 1,288,928 |
165,324 | 1 | Tg Therapeutics, Inc. | 962,186 |
190,561 | 1 | The Joint Corp. | 3,148,068 |
334,267 | 1 | Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3,499,775 |
274,488 | 1 | Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. | 1,421,848 |
TOTAL | 199,864,015 | ||
Industrials—13.9% | |||
18,166 | 1 | Allegiant Travel Co. | 1,363,358 |
4,219 | ArcBest Corp. | 335,115 | |
20,415 | 1 | ASGN, Inc. | 1,730,784 |
82,238 | 1 | Astronics Corp. | 761,524 |
56,383 | 1 | Atkore, Inc. | 5,373,300 |
216,484 | Boise Cascade Co. | 14,454,637 | |
221,766 | 1 | CECO Environmental Corp. | 2,621,274 |
25,673 | 1 | Cimpress PLC | 597,667 |
17,410 | Columbus McKinnon Corp. | 496,533 | |
14,273 | Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. | 690,528 | |
38,635 | Emcor Group, Inc. | 5,451,399 |
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Shares | Value | ||
COMMON STOCKS—continued | |||
Industrials—continued | |||
115,722 | 1 | Franklin Covey Co. | $ 5,855,533 |
45,021 | Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. | 603,281 | |
299,632 | 1 | GMS, Inc. | 14,142,630 |
526,560 | GrafTech International Ltd. | 2,680,190 | |
2,430,691 | 1 | Harsco Corp. | 12,858,355 |
39,446 | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | 550,666 | |
56,112 | Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | 1,580,114 | |
7,502 | Helios Technologies, Inc. | 425,288 | |
88,801 | 1 | Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. | 2,439,364 |
97,824 | 1 | HireRight Holdings Corp. | 1,316,711 |
9,705 | 1 | Hub Group, Inc. | 753,108 |
83,808 | Hurco Co., Inc. | 1,940,155 | |
42,941 | 1 | JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. | 455,604 |
5,048 | John Bean Technologies Corp. | 460,378 | |
200,501 | Kennametal, Inc. | 5,355,382 | |
97,137 | 1 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions | 1,076,278 |
228,180 | 1 | Manitowoc, Inc. | 2,081,002 |
523,165 | 1 | Mistras Group, Inc. | 2,406,559 |
464,886 | 1 | MRC Global, Inc. | 4,662,807 |
8,162 | 1 | MYR Group, Inc. | 714,257 |
259,250 | 1 | Now, Inc. | 3,300,253 |
117,468 | 1 | Parsons Corp. | 5,506,900 |
601,494 | Pitney Bowes, Inc. | 1,870,646 | |
114,621 | 1 | Proto Labs, Inc. | 4,377,376 |
51,711 | Resources Connection, Inc. | 944,760 | |
635,022 | 1 | SkyWest, Inc. | 11,227,189 |
11,745 | Tennant Co. | 684,146 | |
129,182 | Terex Corp. | 5,237,038 | |
272,870 | The Shyft Group, Inc. | 6,270,553 | |
215,713 | 1 | Titan Machinery, Inc. | 7,416,213 |
95,360 | 1 | TrueBlue, Inc. | 1,874,778 |
74,870 | 1 | Tutor Perini Corp. | 555,535 |
21,743 | Universal Truckload Services, Inc. | 695,776 | |
60,791 | 1 | Veritiv Corp. | 7,067,562 |
32,465 | 1 | Vicor Corp. | 1,550,853 |
11,290 | Watts Industries, Inc., Class A | 1,652,404 | |
TOTAL | 156,465,763 | ||
Information Technology—13.8% | |||
735,685 | 1 | 8x8, Inc. | 3,111,948 |
791,221 | 1,2 | Avaya Holdings Corp. | 1,250,129 |
98,814 | 1 | Benefitfocus, Inc. | 696,639 |
74,464 | Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | 2,688,895 | |
1,279,790 | 1 | Brightcove, Inc. | 8,574,593 |
34,529 | 1 | Cambium Networks Corp. | 668,136 |
199,988 | 1 | Cantaloupe, Inc. | 669,960 |
336,612 | 1 | Cerence, Inc. | 5,789,726 |
119,852 | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. | 1,324,365 | |
466,259 | 1 | Conduent, Inc. | 1,920,987 |
656,466 | 1 | Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. | 1,634,600 |
1,017,997 | 1 | Duck Creek Technologies LLC | 12,154,884 |
26,595 | 1 | Exlservice Holding, Inc. | 4,836,301 |
287,141 | 1 | Faro Technologies, Inc. | 8,387,389 |
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Shares | Value | ||
COMMON STOCKS—continued | |||
Information Technology—continued | |||
60,771 | 1 | FormFactor, Inc. | $ 1,228,182 |
644,151 | 1 | LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. | 11,826,612 |
225,161 | 1 | Mitek Systems, Inc. | 2,546,571 |
797,609 | 1 | Momentive Global, Inc. | 6,189,446 |
819,039 | 1 | ON24, Inc. | 6,666,977 |
11,629 | 1 | Q2 Holdings, Inc. | 360,964 |
8,127 | 1 | Qualys, Inc. | 1,158,585 |
453,066 | 1 | Repay Holdings Corp. | 2,759,172 |
846,173 | 1 | Ribbon Communications, Inc. | 2,242,358 |
301,968 | 1 | Rimini Street, Inc. | 1,694,040 |
171,906 | 1 | Secureworks Corp. | 1,406,191 |
1,074,969 | 1 | Semtech Corp. | 29,765,892 |
1,030,218 | 1 | SolarWinds Corp. | 9,611,934 |
377,261 | 1 | StoneCo Ltd. | 3,961,241 |
3,745 | 1 | Synaptics, Inc. | 331,807 |
1,339,431 | 1 | Telos Corp. | 14,197,969 |
449,753 | 1 | Upland Software, Inc. | 3,616,014 |
313,050 | 1 | Yext, Inc. | 1,665,426 |
TOTAL | 154,937,933 | ||
Materials—3.7% | |||
44,945 | 1 | ATI, Inc. | 1,337,563 |
37,844 | Avient Corp. | 1,305,240 | |
78,301 | Commercial Metals Corp. | 3,562,695 | |
10,358 | Compass Minerals International, Inc. | 409,555 | |
56,143 | Glatfelter Corp. | 158,885 | |
8,532 | Greif, Inc., Class A | 564,904 | |
47,341 | 1 | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | 2,142,180 |
28,825 | Koppers Holdings, Inc. | 719,472 | |
234,850 | Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | 2,231,075 | |
100,654 | Myers Industries, Inc. | 2,042,270 | |
425,652 | 1 | O-I Glass, Inc. | 6,942,384 |
294,339 | 1 | Ranpak Holdings Corp. | 1,118,488 |
48,656 | Ryerson Holding Corp. | 1,632,409 | |
207,072 | 1 | Summit Materials, Inc. | 5,456,347 |
637,949 | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | 4,631,510 | |
53,162 | Sylvamo Corp. | 2,560,813 | |
171,602 | Trox Holdings PLC | 2,059,224 | |
79,369 | Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | 2,947,765 | |
TOTAL | 41,822,779 | ||
Real Estate—5.8% | |||
444,640 | 1 | Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A | 3,530,442 |
183,908 | Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 2,149,885 | |
135,272 | City Office REIT, Inc. | 1,436,589 | |
595,759 | 1 | Cushman & Wakefield PLC | 6,881,016 |
132,208 | 2 | eXp World Holdings, Inc. | 1,746,468 |
46,508 | Gladstone Land Corp. | 946,438 | |
74,328 | Hersha Hospitality Trust | 680,101 | |
757,939 | Macerich Co. (The) | 8,435,861 | |
270,622 | Marcus & Millichap Co., Inc. | 9,969,714 | |
167,525 | NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | 7,639,140 | |
388,989 | Outfront Media, Inc. | 7,021,251 | |
106,865 | 1,2 | Redfin Corp. | 514,021 |
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Shares | Value | ||
COMMON STOCKS—continued | |||
Real Estate—continued | |||
24,456 | Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | $ 354,123 | |
305,309 | RMR Group, Inc./The | 8,356,307 | |
266,273 | Uniti Group, Inc. | 2,066,278 | |
54,268 | Whitestone Project | 510,662 | |
187,787 | Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 3,207,402 | |
TOTAL | 65,445,698 | ||
Utilities—2.0% | |||
22,654 | 1 | CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. | 225,634 |
11,857 | Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 1,474,774 | |
103,406 | Clearway Energy, Inc. | 3,343,116 | |
29,741 | Consolidated Water Co. | 546,045 | |
7,618 | ONE Gas, Inc. | 590,243 | |
144,939 | Otter Tail Corp. | 9,771,787 | |
147,709 | Portland General Electric Co. | 6,638,042 | |
TOTAL | 22,589,641 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (IDENTIFIED COST $1,150,637,314) | 1,110,156,137 | ||
INVESTMENT COMPANIES—4.1% | |||
25,851,981 | Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund, Premier Shares, 2.94%3 | 25,851,981 | |
19,997,846 | Federated Hermes Institutional Prime Value Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares, 3.08%3 | 19,985,847 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (IDENTIFIED COST $45,837,182) | 45,837,828 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES—102.6% (IDENTIFIED COST $1,196,474,496) | 1,155,993,965 | ||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET—(2.6)%4 | (29,018,622) | ||
TOTAL NET ASSETS—100% | $1,126,975,343 |
An affiliated company is a company in which the Fund, alone or in combination with other funds, has ownership of at least 5% of the voting shares. Transactions with the affiliated companies during the period ended October 31, 2022, were as follows:
Affiliated | Value as of 7/31/2022 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ Depreciation | Net Realized Gain/ (Loss) | Value as of 10/31/2022 | Shares Held as of 10/31/2022 | Dividend Income |
Health Care: | ||||||||
Alector, Inc. | $9,059,233 | $365,851 | $(1,113,309) | $294,313 | $(1,107,242) | $7,498,846 | 815,092 | $— |
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $2,935,115 | $— | $(375,723) | $(632,594) | $138,743 | $2,065,541 | 66,846 | $— |
Information Technology: | ||||||||
Brightcove, Inc. | $8,244,421 | $— | $(692,251) | $1,409,279 | $(386,856) | $8,574,593 | 1,279,790 | $— |
Affiliated issuers no longer in the portfolio at period end | $2,883,938 | $— | $(3,345,502) | $838,719 | $(377,155) | $— | — | $— |
TOTAL OF AFFILIATED COMPANIES TRANSACTIONS | $23,122,707 | $365,851 | $(5,526,785) | $1,909,717 | $(1,732,510) | $18,138,980 | 2,161,728 | $— |
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Affiliated fund holdings are investment companies which are managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. Transactions with affiliated fund holdings during the period ended October 31, 2022, were as follows:
Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund, Premier Shares* | Federated Hermes Institutional Prime Value Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares | Total of Affiliated Transactions | |
Value as of 7/31/2022 | $41,790,036 | $24,439,666 | $66,229,702 |
Purchases at Cost | $64,120,208 | $53,975,388 | $118,095,596 |
Proceeds from Sales | $(80,058,263) | $(58,429,063) | $(138,487,326) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation | N/A | $(1,241) | $(1,241) |
Net Realized Gain/(Loss) | N/A | $1,097 | $1,097 |
Value as of 10/31/2022 | $25,851,981 | $19,985,847 | $45,837,828 |
Shares Held as of 10/31/2022 | 25,851,981 | 19,997,846 | 45,849,827 |
Dividend Income | $— | $— | $— |
* | All or a portion of the balance/activity for the fund relates to cash collateral received on securities lending transactions. |
1 | Non-income-producing security. |
2 | All or a portion of these securities are temporarily on loan to unaffiliated broker/dealers. As of October 31, 2022, securities subject to this type of arrangement and related collateral were as follows: |
Market Value of Securities Loaned | Collateral Received |
$24,171,189 | $25,851,981 |
3 | 7-day net yield. |
4 | Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. |
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at October 31, 2022.
Investment Valuation
In calculating its net asset value (NAV), the Fund generally values investments as follows:
◾ Equity securities listed on an exchange or traded through a regulated market system are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price in their principal exchange or market.
◾ Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs, or NAV per share practical expedient, as applicable.
◾ Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by Federated MDTA LLC (the “Adviser”).
◾ Derivative contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement or closing price, except that options are valued at the mean of closing bid and ask quotations.
◾ Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Adviser.
◾ For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Adviser, certain factors may be considered, such as: the last traded or purchase price of the security, information obtained by contacting the issuer or dealers, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents, fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded, public trading in similar securities or derivative contracts of the issuer or comparable issuers, movement of a relevant index, or other factors including but not limited to industry changes and relevant government actions.
If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, if the Fund cannot obtain price evaluations from a pricing service or from more than one dealer for an investment within a reasonable period of time as set forth in the Adviser’s valuation policies and procedures for the Fund, or if information furnished by a pricing service, in the opinion of the Adviser’s valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”), is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, the Fund uses the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it sold the investment at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its NAV per share, and the actual value obtained could be materially different.
Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures
Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act, the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”) have designated the Adviser as the Fund’s valuation designee to perform any fair value determinations for securities and other assets held by the Fund. The Adviser is subject to the Trustees’ oversight and certain reporting and other requirements intended to provide the Trustees the information needed to oversee the Adviser’s fair value determinations.
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The Adviser, acting through its Valuation Committee, is responsible for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee is comprised of officers of the Adviser and certain of the Adviser’s affiliated companies and determines fair value and oversees the calculation of the NAV. The Valuation Committee is also authorized to use pricing services to provide fair value evaluations of the current value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for reviewing third-party pricing-service evaluations including periodic reviews of third-party pricing services’ policies, procedures and valuation methods (including key inputs, methods, models and assumptions), transactional back-testing, comparisons of evaluations of different pricing services, and review of price challenges by the Adviser based on recent market activity. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the Valuation Committee determines the fair value of the investment in accordance with procedures adopted by the Adviser. The Trustees periodically review the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee. The Trustees have also approved the Adviser’s fair valuation and significant events procedures as part of the Fund’s compliance program and will review any changes made to the procedures.
Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers and general market conditions. Some pricing services provide a single price evaluation reflecting the bid-side of the market for an investment (a “bid” evaluation). Other pricing services offer both bid evaluations and price evaluations indicative of a price between the prices bid and ask for the investment (a “mid” evaluation). The Fund normally uses bid evaluations for any U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities. The Fund normally uses mid evaluations for any other types of fixed-income securities and any OTC derivative contracts. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Adviser.
The Adviser has also adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Valuation Committee determines that a significant event affecting the value of the investment has occurred between the time as of which the price of the investment would otherwise be determined and the time as of which the NAV is computed. An event is considered significant if there is both an affirmative expectation that the investment’s value will change in response to the event and a reasonable basis for quantifying the resulting change in value. Examples of significant events that may occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, or after the time of a price evaluation provided by a pricing service or a dealer, include:
◾ With respect to securities traded principally in foreign markets, significant trends in U.S. equity markets or in the trading of foreign securities index futures contracts;
◾ Political or other developments affecting the economy or markets in which an issuer conducts its operations or its securities are traded;
◾ Announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations, litigation developments, or a natural disaster affecting the issuer’s operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer’s industry.
The Adviser has adopted procedures whereby the Valuation Committee uses a pricing service to provide factors to update the fair value of equity securities traded principally in foreign markets from the time of the close of their respective foreign stock exchanges to the pricing time of the Fund. For other significant events, the Fund may seek to obtain more current quotations or price evaluations from alternative pricing sources. If a reliable alternative pricing source is not available, the Valuation Committee will determine the fair value of the investment in accordance with the fair valuation procedures approved by the Adviser. The Trustees periodically review fair valuations made in response to significant events.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Also includes securities valued at amortized cost.
Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs | ||||
Level 1— Quoted Prices | Level 2— Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3— Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | |
Equity Securities: | ||||
Common Stocks | ||||
Domestic | $1,077,338,824 | $— | $— | $1,077,338,824 |
International | 32,817,313 | — | — | 32,817,313 |
Investment Companies | 45,837,828 | — | — | 45,837,828 |
TOTAL SECURITIES | $1,155,993,965 | $— | $— | $1,155,993,965 |
The following acronym(s) are used throughout this portfolio: | ||
REIT | —Real Estate Investment Trust |
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