Investment Portfolio | as of September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
DWS Capital Growth VIP
Shares | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks 99.6% | |||
Communication Services 13.2% | |||
Entertainment 4.9% | |||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 129,555 | 10,026,261 | |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.* | 85,531 | 7,794,440 | |
Netflix, Inc.* | 25,611 | 15,631,418 | |
Roku, Inc.* | 16,929 | 5,304,702 | |
Spotify Technology SA* | 46,555 | 10,490,704 | |
Walt Disney Co.* | 53,880 | 9,114,880 | |
58,362,405 | |||
Interactive Media & Services 7.4% | |||
Alphabet, Inc. "A"* | 10,898 | 29,136,021 | |
Alphabet, Inc. "C"* | 11,681 | 31,133,486 | |
Facebook, Inc. "A"* | 37,821 | 12,836,069 | |
Match Group, Inc.* | 89,464 | 14,044,954 | |
87,150,530 | |||
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.9% | |||
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.* | 86,960 | 11,110,009 | |
Consumer Discretionary 14.2% | |||
Diversified Consumer Services 1.4% | |||
Chegg, Inc.* (a) | 109,787 | 7,467,712 | |
Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.* | 212,712 | 8,863,709 | |
16,331,421 | |||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 1.6% | |||
Airbnb, Inc. "A"* | 6,057 | 1,016,062 | |
DraftKings, Inc. "A"* (a) | 61,212 | 2,947,970 | |
McDonald's Corp. | 36,391 | 8,774,234 | |
Planet Fitness, Inc. "A"* | 77,546 | 6,091,238 | |
18,829,504 | |||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 4.9% | |||
Amazon.com, Inc.* | 17,722 | 58,217,479 | |
Multiline Retail 0.5% | |||
Dollar General Corp. | 28,381 | 6,020,745 | |
Specialty Retail 4.0% | |||
Burlington Stores, Inc.* | 36,063 | 10,226,385 | |
CarMax, Inc.* | 89,851 | 11,497,334 | |
Home Depot, Inc. | 79,557 | 26,115,381 | |
47,839,100 | |||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.8% | |||
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.* | 33,605 | 13,599,943 | |
NIKE, Inc. "B" | 53,391 | 7,753,975 | |
21,353,918 |
Consumer Staples 1.8% | |||
Food & Staples Retailing 1.2% | |||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 30,875 | 13,873,681 | |
Personal Products 0.6% | |||
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. "A" | 24,860 | 7,456,260 | |
Financials 4.0% | |||
Capital Markets 1.3% | |||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 133,249 | 15,299,650 | |
Consumer Finance 0.6% | |||
American Express Co. | 41,422 | 6,939,428 | |
Insurance 2.1% | |||
Progressive Corp. | 271,627 | 24,552,365 | |
Health Care 12.0% | |||
Biotechnology 0.4% | |||
Exact Sciences Corp.* (a) | 49,668 | 4,740,811 | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 5.5% | |||
Danaher Corp. | 77,348 | 23,547,825 | |
DexCom, Inc.* | 40,985 | 22,413,057 | |
Hologic, Inc.* | 189,329 | 13,974,373 | |
The Cooper Companies, Inc. | 11,650 | 4,815,062 | |
64,750,317 | |||
Health Care Providers & Services 0.5% | |||
agilon health, Inc.* (a) | 232,545 | 6,095,004 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services 4.4% | |||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* | 30,050 | 12,400,734 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 68,301 | 39,022,410 | |
51,423,144 | |||
Pharmaceuticals 1.2% | |||
Zoetis, Inc. | 75,630 | 14,682,808 | |
Industrials 8.4% | |||
Aerospace & Defense 0.4% | |||
TransDigm Group, Inc.* | 6,605 | 4,125,285 | |
Building Products 0.6% | |||
Trex Co., Inc.* | 65,306 | 6,656,641 | |
Electrical Equipment 2.4% | |||
AMETEK, Inc. | 123,920 | 15,367,319 | |
Generac Holdings, Inc.* | 32,397 | 13,239,682 | |
28,607,001 | |||
Industrial Conglomerates 1.1% | |||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 29,429 | 13,129,160 | |
Machinery 0.4% | |||
Deere & Co. | 15,319 | 5,132,937 |
Professional Services 2.5% | |||
TransUnion | 161,251 | 18,110,100 | |
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 59,779 | 11,971,940 | |
30,082,040 | |||
Road & Rail 1.0% | |||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 27,959 | 6,689,191 | |
Uber Technologies, Inc.* | 116,257 | 5,208,313 | |
11,897,504 | |||
Information Technology 43.3% | |||
IT Services 8.2% | |||
Cloudflare, Inc. "A"* | 74,715 | 8,416,645 | |
Fiserv, Inc.* | 134,442 | 14,586,957 | |
Global Payments, Inc. | 78,901 | 12,433,219 | |
PayPal Holdings, Inc.* | 44,799 | 11,657,148 | |
Snowflake, Inc. "A"* | 1,316 | 397,998 | |
Twilio, Inc. "A"* | 41,036 | 13,092,536 | |
Visa, Inc. "A" (a) | 161,523 | 35,979,248 | |
96,563,751 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 6.4% | |||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 115,446 | 11,879,393 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | 74,452 | 12,469,221 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | 96,864 | 12,469,303 | |
MKS Instruments, Inc. | 41,744 | 6,299,587 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | 156,893 | 32,501,954 | |
75,619,458 | |||
Software 20.1% | |||
Adobe, Inc.* | 43,906 | 25,277,562 | |
Avalara, Inc.* | 42,263 | 7,386,305 | |
DocuSign, Inc.* | 42,067 | 10,829,308 | |
Dynatrace, Inc.* | 126,905 | 9,006,448 | |
Intuit, Inc. | 29,169 | 15,736,967 | |
Microsoft Corp. | 397,497 | 112,062,354 | |
RingCentral, Inc. "A"* | 17,127 | 3,725,122 | |
salesforce.com, Inc.* | 69,055 | 18,729,097 | |
ServiceNow, Inc.* | 31,874 | 19,834,234 | |
Synopsys, Inc.* | 52,719 | 15,784,596 | |
238,371,993 | |||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 8.6% | |||
Apple, Inc. | 719,803 | 101,852,125 | |
Materials 1.2% | |||
Chemicals 0.7% | |||
Ecolab, Inc. | 38,772 | 8,088,614 | |
Construction Materials 0.5% | |||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 36,298 | 6,140,170 |
Real Estate 1.5% | |||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | |||
Equinix, Inc. | 11,176 | 8,830,493 | |
Prologis, Inc. | 73,007 | 9,157,268 | |
17,987,761 | |||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $396,721,656) | 1,179,283,019 | ||
Securities Lending Collateral 4.2% | |||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 0.01% (b) (c) (Cost $49,226,319) | 49,226,319 | 49,226,319 | |
Cash Equivalents 0.5% | |||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 0.03% (b) (Cost $5,720,915) | 5,720,915 | 5,720,915 |
% of Net Assets | Value ($) | ||
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $451,668,890) | 104.3 | 1,234,230,253 | |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | (4.3) | (50,369,759) | |
Net Assets | 100.0 | 1,183,860,494 |
For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.
A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended September 30, 2021 are as follows:
Value ($) at 12/31/2020 | Purchases Cost ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Net Realized Gain/ (Loss) ($) | Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) ($) | Income ($) | Capital Gain Distributions ($) | Number of Shares at 9/30/2021 | Value ($) at 9/30/2021 |
Securities Lending Collateral 4.2% | ||||||||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 0.01% (b) (c) | ||||||||
60,706,321 | — | 11,480,002 (d) | — | — | 12,894 | — | 49,226,319 | 49,226,319 |
Cash Equivalents 0.5% | ||||||||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 0.03% (b) | ||||||||
5,792,769 | 102,514,685 | 102,586,539 | — | — | 1,335 | — | 5,720,915 | 5,720,915 |
66,499,090 | 102,514,685 | 114,066,541 | — | — | 14,229 | — | 54,947,234 | 54,947,234 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, "Other Assets and Liabilities, Net" may include pending sales that are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at September 30, 2021 amounted to $47,780,594, which is 4.0% of net assets. |
(b) | Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end. |
(c) | Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. |
(d) | Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended September 30, 2021. |
Fair Value Measurements
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund's investments.
Assets | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Common Stocks (a) | $1,179,283,019 | $— | $— | $1,179,283,019 |
Short-Term Investments (a) | 54,947,234 | — | — | 54,947,234 |
Total | $1,234,230,253 | $— | $— | $1,234,230,253 |
(a) | See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations. |
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