Janus Henderson VIT U.S. Low Volatility Portfolio
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
March 31, 2021
| Value | ||||||
Common Stocks– 99.6% | |||||||
Aerospace & Defense – 0.6% | |||||||
L3Harris Technologies Inc | 30,704 | $6,223,087 | |||||
Air Freight & Logistics – 0.1% | |||||||
United Parcel Service Inc | 4,879 | 829,381 | |||||
Automobiles – 0.2% | |||||||
Tesla Inc* | 3,028 | 2,022,492 | |||||
Beverages – 0.2% | |||||||
Monster Beverage Corp* | 17,256 | 1,571,849 | |||||
Biotechnology – 1.6% | |||||||
AbbVie Inc | 45,442 | 4,917,733 | |||||
Amgen Inc | 8,414 | 2,093,487 | |||||
Biogen Inc* | 19,873 | 5,559,472 | |||||
Gilead Sciences Inc | 45,474 | 2,938,985 | |||||
15,509,677 | |||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 6.1% | |||||||
Copart Inc* | 191,543 | 20,803,485 | |||||
Republic Services Inc | 213,156 | 21,177,049 | |||||
Waste Management Inc | 144,550 | 18,649,841 | |||||
60,630,375 | |||||||
Communications Equipment – 2.6% | |||||||
Cisco Systems Inc | 4,826 | 249,552 | |||||
Motorola Solutions Inc | 136,813 | 25,727,685 | |||||
25,977,237 | |||||||
Construction & Engineering – 0.2% | |||||||
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc | 11,466 | 1,482,210 | |||||
Diversified Financial Services – 0.8% | |||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Inc* | 29,086 | 7,430,600 | |||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.1% | |||||||
Verizon Communications Inc | 12,987 | 755,194 | |||||
Electric Utilities – 2.6% | |||||||
Edison International | 43,665 | 2,558,769 | |||||
Eversource Energy | 152,325 | 13,189,822 | |||||
NextEra Energy Inc | 120,644 | 9,121,893 | |||||
Xcel Energy Inc | 12,481 | 830,111 | |||||
25,700,595 | |||||||
Entertainment – 0.5% | |||||||
Electronic Arts Inc | 7,509 | 1,016,493 | |||||
Walt Disney Co* | 22,715 | 4,191,372 | |||||
5,207,865 | |||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.9% | |||||||
Crown Castle International Corp | 51,693 | 8,897,916 | |||||
Food & Staples Retailing – 6.1% | |||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp | 50,118 | 17,665,593 | |||||
Kroger Co | 94,939 | 3,416,855 | |||||
Sysco Corp | 64,104 | 5,047,549 | |||||
Walmart Inc | 252,912 | 34,353,037 | |||||
60,483,034 | |||||||
Food Products – 4.4% | |||||||
Campbell Soup Co | 61,500 | 3,091,605 | |||||
Conagra Brands Inc | 41,262 | 1,551,451 | |||||
General Mills Inc | 5,210 | 319,477 | |||||
Hershey Co | 94,523 | 14,949,758 | |||||
JM Smucker Co | 14,503 | 1,835,065 | |||||
Kellogg Co | 64,359 | 4,073,925 | |||||
Kraft Heinz Co | 28,988 | 1,159,520 | |||||
McCormick & Co Inc/MD | 78,315 | 6,982,565 | |||||
Mondelez International Inc | 172,213 | 10,079,627 | |||||
44,042,993 | |||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 7.7% | |||||||
Boston Scientific Corp* | 268,606 | 10,381,622 | |||||
Danaher Corp | 81,542 | 18,353,473 | |||||
Dentsply Sirona Inc | 162,137 | 10,345,962 | |||||
Medtronic PLC | 60,440 | 7,139,777 | |||||
ResMed Inc | 60,385 | 11,715,898 | |||||
STERIS PLC | 28,207 | 5,372,869 | |||||
Varian Medical Systems Inc* | 42,537 | 7,509,057 | |||||
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc | 18,756 | 5,285,066 | |||||
76,103,724 |
| Value | ||||||
Common Stocks– (continued) | |||||||
Health Care Providers & Services – 3.4% | |||||||
Anthem Inc | 11,280 | $4,048,956 | |||||
Humana Inc | 9,197 | 3,855,842 | |||||
Quest Diagnostics Inc | 136,040 | 17,459,374 | |||||
UnitedHealth Group Inc | 22,412 | 8,338,833 | |||||
33,703,005 | |||||||
Health Care Technology – 1.0% | |||||||
Cerner Corp | 143,038 | 10,281,571 | |||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 4.8% | |||||||
Domino's Pizza Inc | 4,628 | 1,702,132 | |||||
McDonald's Corp | 115,817 | 25,959,222 | |||||
Yum! Brands Inc | 185,942 | 20,115,206 | |||||
47,776,560 | |||||||
Household Durables – 1.1% | |||||||
Garmin Ltd | 82,095 | 10,824,226 | |||||
Household Products – 5.5% | |||||||
Church & Dwight Co Inc | 155,453 | 13,578,819 | |||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co | 29,638 | 2,336,363 | |||||
Procter & Gamble Co | 287,288 | 38,907,414 | |||||
54,822,596 | |||||||
Information Technology Services – 2.8% | |||||||
Accenture PLC | 4,497 | 1,242,296 | |||||
Akamai Technologies Inc* | 137,730 | 14,034,687 | |||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc | 52,800 | 8,083,680 | |||||
International Business Machines Corp | 26,925 | 3,588,025 | |||||
Western Union Co | 14,119 | 348,174 | |||||
27,296,862 | |||||||
Insurance – 11.1% | |||||||
Aflac Inc | 72,492 | 3,710,141 | |||||
Allstate Corp | 196,100 | 22,531,890 | |||||
Arthur J Gallagher & Co | 25,952 | 3,238,031 | |||||
Assurant Inc | 60,631 | 8,595,657 | |||||
Everest Re Group Ltd | 33,396 | 8,275,863 | |||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc | 105,496 | 12,849,413 | |||||
Progressive Corp | 272,262 | 26,030,970 | |||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 109,855 | 25,143,612 | |||||
110,375,577 | |||||||
Interactive Media & Services – 1.2% | |||||||
Alphabet Inc - Class A* | 2,292 | 4,727,296 | |||||
Alphabet Inc - Class C* | 1,345 | 2,782,307 | |||||
Facebook Inc* | 14,176 | 4,175,257 | |||||
11,684,860 | |||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 3.0% | |||||||
Amazon.com Inc* | 9,486 | 29,350,443 | |||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.3% | |||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc* | 1,681 | 960,137 | |||||
Waters Corp* | 8,725 | 2,479,383 | |||||
3,439,520 | |||||||
Machinery – 0.2% | |||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 14,320 | 2,370,819 | |||||
Media – 0.5% | |||||||
Charter Communications Inc* | 8,740 | 5,392,755 | |||||
Multiline Retail – 2.3% | |||||||
Dollar General Corp | 44,490 | 9,014,564 | |||||
Target Corp | 68,232 | 13,514,712 | |||||
22,529,276 | |||||||
Multi-Utilities – 3.5% | |||||||
CMS Energy Corp | 23,922 | 1,464,505 | |||||
Consolidated Edison Inc | 327,862 | 24,524,078 | |||||
Dominion Energy Inc | 30,589 | 2,323,540 | |||||
Sempra Energy | 20,005 | 2,652,263 | |||||
WEC Energy Group Inc | 34,596 | 3,237,840 | |||||
34,202,226 | |||||||
Personal Products – 2.6% | |||||||
Estee Lauder Cos Inc | 90,154 | 26,221,291 | |||||
Pharmaceuticals – 6.7% | |||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 64,992 | 4,102,945 | |||||
Eli Lilly & Co | 20,612 | 3,850,734 | |||||
Johnson & Johnson | 237,119 | 38,970,508 | |||||
Zoetis Inc | 126,361 | 19,899,330 | |||||
66,823,517 | |||||||
Professional Services – 0.2% | |||||||
Leidos Holdings Inc | 15,757 | 1,517,084 |
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| Value | ||||||
Common Stocks– (continued) | |||||||
Road & Rail – 0.1% | |||||||
Union Pacific Corp | 4,743 | $1,045,405 | |||||
Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.1% | |||||||
QUALCOMM Inc | 4,037 | 535,266 | |||||
Software – 6.3% | |||||||
Citrix Systems Inc | 140,683 | 19,746,266 | |||||
Microsoft Corp | 163,726 | 38,601,679 | |||||
NortonLifeLock Inc | 167,522 | 3,561,518 | |||||
Oracle Corp | 9,444 | 662,685 | |||||
62,572,148 | |||||||
Specialty Retail – 0.1% | |||||||
AutoZone Inc* | 588 | 825,728 | |||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 4.8% | |||||||
Apple Inc | 377,900 | 46,160,485 | |||||
Seagate Technology PLC | 16,247 | 1,246,957 | |||||
47,407,442 | |||||||
Water Utilities – 1.1% | |||||||
American Water Works Co Inc | 69,671 | 10,445,076 | |||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services – 2.2% | |||||||
T-Mobile US Inc* | 175,918 | 22,040,766 | |||||
Total Common Stocks (cost $849,791,277) | 986,352,248 | ||||||
Investment Companies– 0.4% | |||||||
Money Markets – 0.4% | |||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 0.0652%ºº,£((cost $3,685,104) | 3,684,797 | 3,685,166 | |||||
Total Investments (total cost $853,476,381) – 100.0% | 990,037,414 | ||||||
Cash, Receivables and Other Assets, net of Liabilities – 0% | 53,561 | ||||||
Net Assets – 100% | $990,090,975 |
Schedules of Affiliated Investments – (% of Net Assets)
Dividend Income | Realized Gain/(Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ Depreciation | Value at 3/31/21 | |||||||
Investment Companies - 0.4% | ||||||||||
Money Markets - 0.4% | ||||||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 0.0652%ºº | $ | 1,648 | $ | 24 | $ | (23) | $ | 3,685,166 | ||
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending - N/A | ||||||||||
Investment Companies - N/A | ||||||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 0.0011%ºº | 12,042∆ | - | - | - | ||||||
Total Affiliated Investments - 0.4% | $ | 13,690 | $ | 24 | $ | (23) | $ | 3,685,166 |
Value at 12/31/20 | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Value at 3/31/21 | |||||||
Investment Companies - 0.4% | ||||||||||
Money Markets - 0.4% | ||||||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 0.0652%ºº | 7,489,512 | 30,294,349 | (34,098,696) | 3,685,166 | ||||||
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending - N/A | ||||||||||
Investment Companies - N/A | ||||||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 0.0011%ºº | 1,951,837 | 1,276,911 | (3,228,748) | - |
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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
LLC | Limited Liability Company |
PLC | Public Limited Company |
* | Non-income producing security. |
ºº | Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2021. |
£ | The Portfolio may invest in certain securities that are considered affiliated companies. As defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Portfolio owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. |
∆ | Net of income paid to the securities lending agent and rebates paid to the borrowing counterparties. |
The following is a summary of the inputs that were used to value the Portfolio’s investments in securities and other financial instruments as of March 31, 2021. | ||||||||||||
Valuation Inputs Summary | ||||||||||||
Level 2 - | Level 3 - | |||||||||||
Level 1 - | Other Significant | Significant | ||||||||||
Quoted Prices | Observable Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | ||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Investments In Securities: | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 986,352,248 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Investment Companies | - | 3,685,166 | - | |||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 986,352,248 | $ | 3,685,166 | $ | - | ||||||
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Investment Valuation
Securities held by the Portfolio are valued in accordance with policies and procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is no current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange, the bid price from the primary exchange is generally used to value the security. Securities that are traded on the over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets are generally valued at their closing or latest bid prices as available. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Portfolio will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more approved professional pricing services or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Most debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service that is intended to reflect market value. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that may consider factors such as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Certain short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less may be evaluated and valued on an amortized cost basis provided that the amortized cost determined approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations or evaluated prices are not readily available or deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith under the Valuation Procedures. Circumstances in which fair value pricing may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer-specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a nonvalued security and a restricted or nonpublic security. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to “odd-lot” fixed-income transactions which, due to their small size, may receive evaluated prices by pricing services which reflect a large block trade and not what actually could be obtained for the odd-lot position. The Portfolio uses systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE.
Valuation Inputs Summary
FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure requirements regarding fair value measurements. This standard emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These inputs are summarized into three broad levels:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets the Portfolio has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
Assets or liabilities categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy generally include: debt securities fair valued in accordance with the evaluated bid or ask prices supplied by a pricing service; securities traded on OTC markets and listed securities for which no sales are reported that are fair valued at the latest bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) obtained from one or more dealers transacting in a market for such securities or by a pricing service approved by the Portfolio’s Trustees; certain short-term debt securities with maturities of 60 days or less that are fair valued at amortized cost; and equity securities of foreign issuers whose fair value is determined by using systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties in order to adjust for stale pricing which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. Other securities that may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, preferred stocks, bank loans, swaps, investments in unregistered investment companies, options, and forward contracts.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.
There have been no significant changes in valuation techniques used in valuing any such positions held by the Portfolio since the beginning of the fiscal year.
The inputs or methodology used for fair valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The summary of inputs used as of March 31, 2021 to fair value the Portfolio’s investments in securities and other financial instruments is included in the “Valuation Inputs Summary” in the Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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