Investment Portfolioas of March 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP
Shares | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks 98.3% | |||
Communication Services 0.9% | |||
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.3% | |||
Iridium Communications, Inc. | 7,300 | 190,968 | |
Entertainment 0.6% | |||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* | 2,174 | 322,817 | |
Consumer Discretionary 11.7% | |||
Automobile Components 0.8% | |||
Gentherm, Inc.* | 7,364 | 424,019 | |
Diversified Consumer Services 0.7% | |||
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.* | 3,398 | 385,197 | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.0% | |||
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.* | 12,491 | 589,700 | |
Jack in the Box, Inc. | 7,229 | 495,042 | |
1,084,742 | |||
Household Durables 4.0% | |||
Helen of Troy Ltd.* | 1,963 | 226,216 | |
LGI Homes, Inc.* | 3,089 | 359,467 | |
TopBuild Corp.* | 3,773 | 1,662,875 | |
2,248,558 | |||
Leisure Products 1.1% | |||
YETI Holdings, Inc.* | 15,522 | 598,373 | |
Specialty Retail 3.1% | |||
Burlington Stores, Inc.* | 2,883 | 669,404 | |
Camping World Holdings, Inc. "A" | 22,907 | 637,960 | |
Valvoline, Inc.* | 9,900 | 441,243 | |
1,748,607 | |||
Consumer Staples 2.9% | |||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 2.5% | |||
Casey's General Stores, Inc. | 4,371 | 1,391,945 | |
Household Products 0.4% | |||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 2,282 | 203,121 | |
Energy 3.5% | |||
Energy Equipment & Services 0.4% | |||
Liberty Energy, Inc. | 9,546 | 197,793 | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 3.1% | |||
Crescent Energy Co. "A" | 6,384 | 75,970 | |
Kosmos Energy Ltd.* | 48,000 | 286,080 | |
Matador Resources Co. | 8,300 | 554,191 |
Ovintiv, Inc. | 9,711 | 504,001 | |
Southwestern Energy Co.* | 43,176 | 327,274 | |
1,747,516 | |||
Financials 8.8% | |||
Banks 2.1% | |||
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 5,944 | 510,471 | |
Synovus Financial Corp. | 11,493 | 460,409 | |
The Bancorp, Inc.* | 5,495 | 183,863 | |
1,154,743 | |||
Capital Markets 3.7% | |||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 1,036 | 470,748 | |
Lazard, Inc. | 12,317 | 515,713 | |
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 2,100 | 554,820 | |
Moelis & Co. "A" | 9,136 | 518,651 | |
2,059,932 | |||
Financial Services 1.2% | |||
WEX, Inc.* | 2,797 | 664,371 | |
Insurance 1.8% | |||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 1,900 | 997,006 | |
Health Care 18.9% | |||
Biotechnology 5.1% | |||
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 3,951 | 232,240 | |
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.* | 1,593 | 52,633 | |
Biohaven Ltd.* | 1,787 | 97,731 | |
Blueprint Medicines Corp.* | 3,884 | 368,436 | |
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 7,600 | 121,144 | |
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.* | 3,100 | 126,108 | |
Insmed, Inc.* | 6,610 | 179,329 | |
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. "A"* | 8,769 | 173,012 | |
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.* | 7,085 | 977,163 | |
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.* | 18,778 | 144,779 | |
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 3,057 | 142,731 | |
Vaxcyte, Inc.* | 3,200 | 218,592 | |
2,833,898 | |||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 2.3% | |||
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.* | 9,320 | 128,523 | |
Axonics, Inc.* | 1,413 | 97,455 | |
Globus Medical, Inc. "A"* | 2,224 | 119,295 | |
Haemonetics Corp.* | 1,353 | 115,478 | |
Inari Medical, Inc.* | 2,000 | 95,960 | |
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.* | 300 | 64,437 | |
Masimo Corp.* | 727 | 106,760 | |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.* | 4,200 | 318,150 | |
Shockwave Medical, Inc.* | 500 | 162,815 | |
STAAR Surgical Co.* | 975 | 37,323 | |
1,246,196 | |||
Health Care Providers & Services 9.2% | |||
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.* | 13,141 | 821,444 | |
HealthEquity, Inc.* | 4,529 | 369,702 | |
ModivCare, Inc.* | 4,799 | 112,536 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.* | 2,619 | 1,075,964 | |
Option Care Health, Inc.* | 18,864 | 632,699 |
Privia Health Group, Inc.* | 8,600 | 168,474 | |
RadNet, Inc.* | 40,077 | 1,950,147 | |
5,130,966 | |||
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.1% | |||
OmniAb, Inc.* | 13,092 | 70,959 | |
Pharmaceuticals 2.2% | |||
Arvinas, Inc.* | 2,000 | 82,560 | |
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 5,600 | 115,752 | |
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.* | 7,000 | 484,400 | |
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 2,672 | 195,323 | |
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.* | 11,807 | 345,001 | |
1,223,036 | |||
Industrials 21.9% | |||
Aerospace & Defense 1.3% | |||
HEICO Corp. | 3,676 | 702,116 | |
Building Products 6.2% | |||
Allegion PLC | 7,499 | 1,010,190 | |
Builders FirstSource, Inc.* | 10,106 | 2,107,607 | |
Masonite International Corp.* | 2,705 | 355,572 | |
3,473,369 | |||
Commercial Services & Supplies 3.8% | |||
MSA Safety, Inc. | 2,392 | 463,067 | |
Tetra Tech, Inc. | 3,519 | 649,994 | |
The Brink's Co. | 11,036 | 1,019,506 | |
2,132,567 | |||
Electrical Equipment 0.8% | |||
Atkore, Inc. | 930 | 177,035 | |
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.* | 9,149 | 299,355 | |
476,390 | |||
Machinery 1.3% | |||
Chart Industries, Inc.* | 1,600 | 263,552 | |
IDEX Corp. | 1,802 | 439,724 | |
703,276 | |||
Professional Services 3.7% | |||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 2,582 | 528,949 | |
Kforce, Inc. | 11,225 | 791,587 | |
Maximus, Inc. | 8,556 | 717,848 | |
2,038,384 | |||
Trading Companies & Distributors 4.8% | |||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | 16,406 | 1,052,937 | |
Rush Enterprises, Inc. "A" | 24,885 | 1,331,845 | |
Titan Machinery, Inc.* | 11,743 | 291,344 | |
2,676,126 | |||
Information Technology 22.1% | |||
Communications Equipment 0.6% | |||
Calix, Inc.* | 9,644 | 319,795 | |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 3.2% | |||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 12,629 | 1,287,905 |
Cognex Corp. | 7,873 | 333,973 | |
Fabrinet* | 900 | 170,118 | |
1,791,996 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 5.9% | |||
Entegris, Inc. | 6,121 | 860,245 | |
FormFactor, Inc.* | 7,627 | 348,020 | |
Impinj, Inc.* | 2,530 | 324,877 | |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 947 | 641,517 | |
Semtech Corp.* | 7,632 | 209,804 | |
SiTime Corp.* | 4,087 | 381,031 | |
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.* | 10,873 | 499,506 | |
3,265,000 | |||
Software 11.3% | |||
Aspen Technology, Inc.* | 3,737 | 797,027 | |
Dynatrace, Inc.* | 7,679 | 356,613 | |
Envestnet, Inc.* | 9,852 | 570,529 | |
Five9, Inc.* | 9,547 | 592,964 | |
Rapid7, Inc.* | 6,849 | 335,875 | |
Tenable Holdings, Inc.* | 12,141 | 600,130 | |
Tyler Technologies, Inc.* | 2,976 | 1,264,830 | |
Varonis Systems, Inc.* | 31,977 | 1,508,355 | |
Workiva, Inc.* | 3,058 | 259,318 | |
6,285,641 | |||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.1% | |||
Super Micro Computer, Inc.* | 600 | 606,018 | |
Materials 5.3% | |||
Construction Materials 2.9% | |||
Eagle Materials, Inc. | 5,901 | 1,603,597 | |
Containers & Packaging 0.6% | |||
Berry Global Group, Inc. | 5,228 | 316,190 | |
Metals & Mining 1.8% | |||
Arch Resources, Inc. | 2,200 | 353,738 | |
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.* | 29,787 | 677,356 | |
1,031,094 | |||
Real Estate 2.3% | |||
Diversified REITs 1.0% | |||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 20,278 | 540,612 | |
Industrial REITs 0.7% | |||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 2,208 | 396,932 | |
Specialized REITs 0.6% | |||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 13,954 | 341,454 | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $29,294,124) | 54,625,320 | ||
Other Investments 0.0% | |||
Health Care 0.0% | |||
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.0% | |||
OmniAb, Inc. $12.50 Earnout* (a) (b) | 1,013 | 0 | |
OmniAb, Inc. $15.00 Earnout* (a) (b) | 1,013 | 0 | |
Total Other Investments (Cost $0) | 0 | ||
Cash Equivalents 1.5% | |||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 5.36% (c) (Cost $825,455) | 825,455 | 825,455 |
% of Net Assets | Value ($) | ||
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $30,119,579) | 99.8 | 55,450,775 | |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | 0.2 | 96,225 | |
Net Assets | 100.0 | 55,547,000 |
For information on the Fund’s policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.
A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended March 31, 2024 are as follows:
Value ($) at 12/31/2023 | Purchases Cost ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Net Realized Gain/ (Loss) ($) | Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) ($) | Income ($) | Capital Gain Distributions ($) | Number of Shares at 3/31/2024 | Value ($) at 3/31/2024 |
Securities Lending Collateral 0.0% | ||||||||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 5.26% (c) (d) | ||||||||
— | 0 (e) | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — |
Cash Equivalents 1.5% | ||||||||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 5.36% (c) | ||||||||
1,024,006 | 1,348,512 | 1,547,063 | — | — | 11,368 | — | 825,455 | 825,455 |
1,024,006 | 1,348,512 | 1,547,063 | — | — | 11,398 | — | 825,455 | 825,455 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | Earnout Shares: Will vest based upon the achievement of certain volume-weighted average trading prices (VWAP) for shares of OmniAb Inc. Earnout Shares are not transferrable until the vesting condition for the applicable tranche of Earnout Shares has been achieved. |
(b) | Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs. |
(c) | Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end. |
(d) | Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. |
(e) | Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended March 31, 2024. |
REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust |
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 March 31, 2024 in valuing the Fund’s investments.
Assets | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Common Stocks (a) | $54,625,320 | $— | $— | $54,625,320 |
Other Investments | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Short-Term Investments | 825,455 | — | — | 825,455 |
Total | $55,450,775 | $— | $0 | $55,450,775 |
(a) | See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations. |
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