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: 811-8056
Praxis Mutual Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1110 N. Main Street
Goshen, IN 46527
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Anthony Zacharski
Dechert LLP
200 Clarendon Street, 27th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 977-2947
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2020
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 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). |
Table of Contents
Message from the President | 1 |
Stewardship Investing Report | 2 |
Praxis Impact Bond Fund | |
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary | 4 |
Performance Review | 6 |
Schedule of Investments | 7 |
Praxis International Index Fund | |
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary | 14 |
Performance Review | 15 |
Schedule of Investments | 16 |
Praxis Value Index Fund | |
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary | 23 |
Performance Review | 25 |
Schedule of Investments | 26 |
Praxis Growth Index Fund | |
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary | 30 |
Performance Review | 32 |
Schedule of Investments | 33 |
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund | |
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary | 36 |
Performance Review | 38 |
Schedule of Investments | 39 |
Praxis Genesis Portfolios | |
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary | 45 |
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio | |
Performance Review | 47 |
Schedule of Investments | 48 |
Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio | |
Performance Review | 49 |
Schedule of Investments | 50 |
Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio | |
Performance Review | 51 |
Schedule of Investments | 52 |
Financial Statements | |
Statements of Assets & Liabilities | 53 |
Statements of Operations | 55 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 57 |
Financial Highlights | 60 |
Notes to Financial Statements | 68 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 80 |
Additional Fund Information | 81 |
Management of the Trust | 87 |
Message from the President | Annual report to shareholders |
Dear Praxis shareholders:
We won’t know how the year 2020 will be remembered decades from now, but with a front row seat as the year draws to a close, it seems destined to be remembered for a confluence of three future-altering trends. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic shaped nearly every aspect of life for nearly everyone on the planet. The pandemic shaped the contours of the global economy where some prospered and many suffered. And a racial justice re-awakening sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police in May launched a global movement for justice. All of this was bookended by an impeachment trial and a fraught presidential election season that fanned disunion in our country.
A consequence, among others, of the global focus on the pandemic and its effects has been distraction from the all-encompassing impacts of climate change. But the experience of the coronavirus – that the global community didn’t pay enough attention to the risks of a pandemic before it arrived – may have primed world leaders and individuals alike to act now to bend the future for the better.
Amid the challenges, goodness sprouted all over. Creativity birthed by constraint led to music ringing from apartment windows in northern Italy early in the pandemic as a response to lockdowns. Businesses and other organizations scrambled to serve customers in creative ways. New York City residents banged pots and pans and rang bells to salute health care workers each evening during the height of the city’s spring virus surge. Churches shifted to online services to “be the church” in new ways that may last long after the pandemic wanes.
The financial markets will be remembered for their deep selloffs and quick recoveries. The U.S. equity markets experienced a 35% free fall in February and March, only to reverse course and deliver positive annual returns even as the economy struggled to fully recover by year end. It was a year of haves and have nots, with some sectors languishing as their in-person business models were disrupted by stay-at-home orders. Others that thrived on the need for technology borne of working remotely and consuming entertainment at home gained market share and delivered spectacular returns for investors.
Our industry saw yet more dollars flow to strategies that integrate factors such as a company’s values and those that have an impact on the environment, social, and governance than ever before. Investors demonstrated a desire to invest in this manner despite federal regulations issued late in the year that sought to curtail their use in retirement plans. The US SIF Trends Report estimated that nearly one in three investment dollars in the U.S. is invested in a strategy that considers the impacts of ESG in the investment process.
Faith-oriented investors and advisors continued to integrate their values into investment portfolios while new organizations grew to support them like Faith Driven Investor, a network of investment professionals devoted to integrating faith into their investment strategies.
At Praxis, we too sought to be part of the solution to the many problems facing us. We increased our community investments during the year by adding to Calvert Community Investment notes to channel capital to underserved communities. We integrated ESG factors into the optimization strategies of our index funds in new ways. We continued to invest for positive impact on climate and community in the Impact Bond fund. And at the start of 2021, we issued our first Impact Report, which we’ll describe more as the year progresses.
Beyond screening and impact investing, we believe we have the most impact through the shareholder dialogues we pursue with company management teams. Our team pursued conversations in 2020 geared toward encouraging environmental sustainability, particularly with utility and industrial companies, and encouraging companies to work to bend the curve on inequality in their corporate systems. To that end, we advocated for fair treatment of employees impacted by COVID-19 shutdowns and for more women and people of color on corporate boards, among many other activities described on the pages that follow.
And you, our shareholders, sent us more of your hard-earned funds to steward, for which we are grateful. 2020 was the best year ever for net sales for the fund family – nearly half of which came from new investors. Thank you for the confidence you’ve placed in our team to make a positive impact on the world while delivering investment returns to fund the life events that matter most to you.
Sincerely,
Chad M. Horning, CFA®
President
Praxis Mutual Funds®
Praxis Mutual Funds are advised by Everence Capital Management and distributed through FINRA member Foreside Financial Services, LLC.
The views expressed are those of the Praxis Mutual Funds’ President as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of portfolio managers or Everence Capital Management as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Message from the Vice President of Stewardship Investing | Annual report to shareholders |
When “good enough” is not enough
In his opening letter, Praxis President Chad Horning identified three profound trends that shaped our experience of 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, a painful racial justice re-awakening, and growing political division and disunity in our country. He also named a fourth trend – the ever-increasing impact of climate change – which continues to grow in relevance despite a lack of collective global attention.
Each of these trends has created winners and losers – swelling the opportunities and profits of some while ravaging the assets and hopes of others. It leaves many responsible investors wondering how they should respond to such powerful and seemingly debilitating challenges.
What do we do when we’re forced to realize that what has long been considered “good enough” is simply not enough? What do we do as values-driven investors when a viral outbreak disrupts not just a few weeks of our lives but a year or more, and brings our in-person economy to a near standstill? What do we do when our understanding of justice is forced to see itself in the harsh light of the lived reality of communities of color? And how do we respond when the very concept of the common good seems to dissolve before our eyes?
Praxis Mutual Funds®, along with others in the SRI/ESG field, chose to respond to these challenges with the creativity, determination and mission focus that our field is known for.
● | In support of our financial advisor-partners, who were themselves addressing the fear and anxiety of their clients in the early days of the pandemic, Praxis developed an 8-week email series, Invested in Faith, which addressed the emotional and spiritual health of these important professionals. Similarly, as we faced the resurgence of COVID-19 this fall heading into the cold, dark days of winter, we created a Seeds of Hope initiative designed to remind us all of the little things we can do to help see us through to the other side of this crisis. |
● | To respond to issues of economic disparity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, we helped launch the Employees First campaign. This series of shareholder engagements with small cap companies focuses on how they can place their largely low-wage, essential workforce in the center of their plans to emerge from the pandemic healthy and successful. We had additional discussions with firms to address the equitable distribution of vaccines, access to paid sick leave, and essential worker protections in response to the pandemic. |
● | Racial justice concerns were the focus of broad-based shareholder advocacy efforts with FedEx, Nike, and Pepsi, which led to the long-awaited decision by the Washington NFL team to change its offensive name. |
● | Both racial and income inequality emerged as important themes in a ground-up review of Praxis’ proxy voting policy, leading to recommendations for ways to strengthen our voice on executive Say on Pay and board diversity-related resolutions. |
● | To address the ongoing threat of climate change, Praxis adopted a new standard for its environment screen based on a newly developed Low Carbon Transition Score (LCTS) from MSCI ESG Research. This score assesses the ability of a company to adapt to the risks and opportunities of the coming transition to a low carbon economy. This change augments our decision in 2020 to integrate Sustainalytics’ ESG company sustainability scores into the index optimization process, essentially bending all our equity indexes toward stronger ESG companies. |
● | Positive Impact Investments continue to play a central role in our actively managed, fixed income strategy with an emphasis this year on innovative bond issues that responded to the COVID-19 crisis and address race and gender equity and inclusion. The Praxis Impact Bond Fund now holds over 32% of its holdings in investments that support climate and communities. |
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Message from the Vice President of Stewardship Investing | Annual report to shareholders |
● | Praxis remains a leader in the industry in committing approximately 1% of all Fund assets to community development investments. The strong growth of the funds in 2020 allowed us to invest an additional $3 million in community development financial institutions addressing racial equity and the COVID-19 response through sustainable solutions in underserved communities. |
So what do we do when the past’s “good enough” is not enough? We dig deeper. We work harder. We reach farther. And we partner more creatively. We recognize, once again, we are all in this together and we all carry a piece of the problem AND the solution with us.
May we all find the strength and the wisdom to do our part.
Mark A. Regier
Vice President of Stewardship Investing
To learn more about any of the above areas, please visit praxismutualfunds.com/stories.
The views expressed are those of the Vice President of Stewardship Investing as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of portfolio managers or Everence Capital Management as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Impact Bond Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary (unaudited)
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2020, the Praxis Impact Bond Fund’s Class I Shares had a return of 7.94%, and the Class A Shares (without load) returned 7.45%. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, the Fund’s benchmark, returned 7.51%. Over the last five years, the Class I Shares returned 5.32% (average annual return) versus 5.34% for the Fund’s benchmark and over the last 10 years, the Class I Shares returned 3.88% (average annual return) versus 3.84% for the Fund’s benchmark. As of December 31, 2020, within the Morningstar Intermediate Core Bond category, the Class I Shares’ total return ranked in the 37th percentile for the one-year time period (out of 415 funds), 43rd percentile for the five-year period (out of 330 funds) and 39th percentile for the last 10 years (out of 252 funds).
The global pandemic and efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus played major roles in restricting economic growth in 2020. The financial markets also were quite impacted by events associated with the coronavirus and efforts to restart economic growth. 2020 started with relatively low interest rates when viewed through a historic lens, but the 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds fell to levels that had never been experienced as the 10-year reached 0.50% and the 30-year went through 1.0%.
In March, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) started announcing extraordinary measures to support the economy and the flow of credit within the markets. These measures included reducing the Federal Funds target rate to 0.00-0.25% on March 15. On March 23, the Fed made it perfectly clear they were committed to using their full range of tools to support the U.S. economy and the functioning of markets by announcing a barrage of new programs. These programs aimed to help the markets function more efficiently amid the coronavirus pandemic and included, for the first time ever, the purchase of investment-grade corporate securities by the Fed. The support programs worked, as the stock market and the corporate bond market responded by improving in price. The spread over Treasuries on the Bloomberg Barclays Corporate Index started the year at 0.93% and ended the year at 0.96% but on March 23, it ended the day at 3.73%, which was the widest for the year. During the height of the market’s disfunction, which was March, the excess return of the corporate index was -10.40%, the worst monthly excess return in its history. The second-worst month was September 2008, during the midst of the Great Recession when the excess return was -8.38%.
2020 was also a year of twists and turns from an economic perspective. First-quarter GDP was very weak, down 5% (quarter-over-quarter seasonally adjusted annual rate), but the second quarter was down an astounding -31.4%. The U.S. economy essentially experienced a self-imposed stop as measures to restrict the spread of the coronavirus included locking down the economy during the bulk of Q2. The second quarter was by far the worst GDP growth since official data began in the late 1940s. The worst GDP quarter during the Great Recession was -8.4%. Then third quarter saw a reopening of the economy and GDP was up 33.4%, the best quarterly growth in history. Certainly, 2020 was difficult from an unemployment perspective, as many people were laid off. The unemployment rate reached 14.8% in April, but thankfully dropped back relatively quickly, and ended the year at 6.7%. This is much higher than the 3.6% rate at the start of 2020. Inflation was very low during the middle of the year, as demand diminished during the depths of the economic slowdown. The Consumer Price Index ended the year at 1.4%, quite a bit lower than the 2.3% rate at the start of 2020.
The Fed felt it may not have moved fast enough to lower rates during the Great Recession of 2008-09 and that it may have tried to fight off hints of inflation much too early back then. As mentioned earlier, the Fed Funds rate dropped to the 0-0.25% range in March, but it happened in two moves. The first occurred on March 3, with a drop of 0.50%, and then another 1.0% drop on March 15. The Fed increased its balance sheet holdings of Treasuries, Agencies, Agency Mortgaged Backed Securities (MBS) from about $4 trillion at the beginning of 2020 to nearly $7.5 trillion. The fight against the impact of the pandemic took interest rates lower, and it may be difficult for them to move a lot higher anytime soon. The Fed moves led to a large drop in short-term interest rates, with the 6-month Treasury bill falling to 0.09% from 1.59% at the start of the year. The Fund started the year with a lower duration than the index. At the beginning of March, we moved it a little lower, but by the middle of March we decided that this wasn’t a normal market move and we stopped moving the duration lower. In fact, we increased the duration a bit later as we felt interest rates would stay relatively low for a period.
The Praxis Impact Bond Fund started the year with a higher than index weight to corporate bonds, but the bonds generally had a shorter maturity and were less risky than bonds in the index. This conservative stance helped us a lot versus peers and even helped us versus the index. Until March 23, our biggest performance detriments were the shorter duration and our position in U.S. agency bonds, which we hold instead of U.S. Treasuries. Agency bond spreads widened as market participants desired the safety of Treasuries. In March and the following months, we increased our Corporate weight by over 10% and moved to a large overweight in market value and risk, as valuations were appealing. These purchases helped us to outperform the Bloomberg Aggregate for the remainder of the year. For all of 2020, we outperformed the index because of our adept timing and magnitude of our corporate purchases. These easily outweighed our duration call, which did detract from the performance. Our underweight to mortgage-backed securities was a modest positive for the year, while our overweight to agencies turned out to be a slight negative contributor.
The additional stimulus expected in early 2021 – combined with the unleashing of pent-up demand as the economy reopens – is expected to benefit GDP growth, and we hope the economy can grow on its own by the second half of the year. The longest economic expansion cycle since the inception of the data in 1854 ended in 2020, and hopefully we can start another expansion cycle. As always, we will stay diligent in our assessment of the most likely outcome for economic growth and adjust our positioning to take advantage of either an abundance of exuberance or pessimism if those conditions present themselves.
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the global sustainable debt market reached another record year. BNEF defines sustainable finance to include green, social and sustainability bonds and loans. Issuance in 2020 reached $732 billion, after $566 billion in 2019 and $309 billion in 2018. The entire market had $27 billion of issuance in 2013, so the growth has been tremendous. The Europe, Middle East and Africa market is still the largest geographic issuance area, but the Americas are in second place. Green bonds fund projects that have positive environmental benefits. Social bonds fund projects that have positive social outcomes, and sustainability bonds fund projects that have a mix of a green and social impact.
We were able to grow the Fund’s holdings of positive impact bonds – fixed-income investments that have a positive impact on the climate and/or community – to over 32% of the portfolio by Dec. 31, 2020. We purchased 47 different impact bonds in 2020. Many new and exciting issues came to the market with impact bonds in green bonds, sustainability bonds and social bonds, including some that benefited COVID-19 relief efforts and philanthropic firms. We purchased the African Development Bank “Fight COVID-19” social bond in March. This was a $3 billion issue that was the largest social bond at
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Praxis Impact Bond Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary (unaudited), continued
that point. We purchased a sustainability bond from the Community Preservation Corp., the largest CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) committed solely to multifamily housing. They have made a major impact in affordable housing and community revitalization in the New York area since their inception in 1974.
Of the 154 bonds in the Fund that we define as positive impact holdings, 100 provide clear benefits to the climate. The remaining positive impact bonds produce benefits to communities by funding affordable housing, community development, COVID-19 relief, education, sustainability and social bonds, and more.
Over the last number of years, we as fund managers have been utilizing ESG data to enhance our investment research process. This additional data has further aided our ability to determine which companies have a better understanding of both the long-term risks and opportunities inherent in the marketplace. We are comfortable in the belief that over the long term, companies that take ESG issues into consideration – or at least have an awareness of the issues and how they might play out in the economy – will ultimately turn out to be stronger long-term investments.
As we start 2021, we are positioned for the expectation that corporate bond performance may be volatile and we will need to stay nimble. We continue to look for more opportunities to enhance the financial return of the Praxis Impact Bond Fund and to make a positive impact on the world we share.
Benjamin J. Bailey, CFA®
Praxis Impact Bond Fund Co-Manager
Praxis Mutual Funds®
Chris Woods, CFA®
Praxis Impact Bond Fund Co-Manager
Praxis Mutual Funds®
The views expressed are those of the portfolio managers as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or Everence Capital Management as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole.
The Morningstar percentile ranking is based on the fund’s total-return percentile rank relative to all managed products that have the same category for the same time period. The highest (or most favorable) percentile rank is 1%, and the lowest (or least favorable) percentile rank is the highest number in the category. Morningstar total return includes both income and capital gains or losses and is not adjusted for sales charges. © 2021 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The Bloomberg Barclays Corporate Index measures the investment grade, fixed rate, taxable corporate bond market.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.
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Praxis Impact Bond Fund
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 3.75%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis Impact Bond Fund | |||||||
Class A * | 5/12/99 | 3.38% | 3.57% | 3.18% | 3.06% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
Class A (Without Load) | 5/12/99 | 7.45% | 4.88% | 3.97% | 3.45% | ||
Class I | 5/1/06 | 7.94% | 5.32% | 4.41% | 3.88% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 1 |
| 7.51% | 5.34% | 4.44% | 3.84% |
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 3.75%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated January 1, 2021.
1 Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Investments
Praxis Impact Bond Fund
December 31, 2020
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 1.2% | ||||||||||||||||
American Municipal Power Ohio, Inc., Rev. Taxable-Hydroelectric Projects, Series 2010-A | 7.334 | % | 02/15/28 | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 1,268,800 | |||||||||
City of San Francisco, California, Public Utilities Comm. Water Rev., Series 2019-A | 3.303 | % | 11/01/39 | 2,500,000 | 2,668,650 | |||||||||||
Findlay City School District, Series 2010-B | 6.250 | % | 12/01/37 | 270,000 | 271,039 | |||||||||||
Houston, Texas, Independent School District, Series 2009A-2 | 6.168 | % | 02/15/34 | 1,000,000 | 1,003,890 | |||||||||||
Massachusetts St., Series 2016-F | 3.277 | % | 06/01/46 | 1,500,000 | 1,710,855 | |||||||||||
New Jersey St. Housing & Mortgage Finance, Series 2013-C | 2.600 | % | 07/01/23 | 165,000 | 167,988 | |||||||||||
Osceola County Housing Finance Authority Rev., Series 2013-B | 3.350 | % | 07/01/23 | 125,000 | 132,804 | |||||||||||
St. Paul, Minnesota, Housing & Redevelopment Authority Rev., Series 2015-B | 2.993 | % | 07/01/21 | 1,250,000 | 1,260,350 | |||||||||||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (COST $8,092,925) | 8,484,376 | |||||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2% | ||||||||||||||||
APPAREL & TEXTILE PRODUCTS — 0.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc. (a) | 4.625 | % | 05/15/24 | 500,000 | 523,750 | |||||||||||
VF Corp. | 2.400 | % | 04/23/25 | 536,000 | 571,752 | |||||||||||
1,095,502 | ||||||||||||||||
ASSET MANAGEMENT — 0.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 3.000 | % | 04/02/25 | 730,000 | 794,727 | |||||||||||
AUTOMOTIVE — 0.8% | ||||||||||||||||
BMW US Capital, LLC (a) | 3.800 | % | 04/06/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,073,997 | |||||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 2.650 | % | 07/01/27 | 601,000 | 646,247 | |||||||||||
Hyundai Capital Services, Inc. (a) | 2.875 | % | 03/16/21 | 1,250,000 | 1,255,236 | |||||||||||
Magna International, Inc. | 2.450 | % | 06/15/30 | 1,250,000 | 1,344,608 | |||||||||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Series B | 2.900 | % | 03/30/23 | 1,735,000 | 1,835,450 | |||||||||||
6,155,538 | ||||||||||||||||
BANKING — 4.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Axis Bank/Dubai Ltd. (a) | 2.875 | % | 06/01/21 | 500,000 | 502,325 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 3.499 | % | 05/17/22 | 1,000,000 | 1,011,849 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 3.300 | % | 01/11/23 | 500,000 | 530,105 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 3.335 | % | 01/25/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,032,483 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 4.100 | % | 07/24/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,094,421 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 0.981 | % | 09/25/25 | 1,500,000 | 1,516,318 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 2.456 | % | 10/22/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,066,029 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. (b) | 4.271 | % | 07/23/29 | 1,000,000 | 1,190,746 | |||||||||||
Bank of Montreal | 3.300 | % | 02/05/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,084,607 | |||||||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 3.875 | % | 10/25/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,099,680 | |||||||||||
Citigroup, Inc. (b) | 1.678 | % | 05/15/24 | 1,250,000 | 1,287,639 | |||||||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 3.700 | % | 01/12/26 | 1,750,000 | 1,988,627 | |||||||||||
Citigroup, Inc. (b) | 2.572 | % | 06/03/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,065,860 | |||||||||||
ING Groep N.V. (a) | 4.625 | % | 01/06/26 | 1,250,000 | 1,470,169 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
BANKING — 4.7%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.653 | % | 09/16/24 | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 1,005,296 | |||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.200 | % | 06/15/26 | 2,557,000 | 2,859,656 | |||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.739 | % | 10/15/30 | 2,000,000 | 2,174,666 | |||||||||||
Key Bank, N.A. | 1.250 | % | 03/10/23 | 1,750,000 | 1,784,279 | |||||||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 2.527 | % | 09/13/23 | 1,250,000 | 1,318,997 | |||||||||||
National Australia Bank, New York Branch | 3.625 | % | 06/20/23 | 1,750,000 | 1,888,088 | |||||||||||
National Bank of Canada (a) | 2.150 | % | 10/07/22 | 1,250,000 | 1,288,253 | |||||||||||
PNC Bank N.A. | 3.500 | % | 06/08/23 | 1,285,000 | 1,379,467 | |||||||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 2.250 | % | 05/18/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,060,477 | |||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank (b) | 0.510 | % | 09/28/23 | 2,000,000 | 2,005,500 | |||||||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 1.250 | % | 03/09/23 | 1,750,000 | 1,784,731 | |||||||||||
34,490,268 | ||||||||||||||||
BEVERAGES — 0.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 3.450 | % | 03/25/30 | 500,000 | 589,360 | |||||||||||
Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. | 1.850 | % | 09/01/32 | 1,000,000 | 1,001,250 | |||||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 2.250 | % | 03/19/25 | 2,000,000 | 2,136,374 | |||||||||||
3,726,984 | ||||||||||||||||
BIOTECH & PHARMA — 0.5% | ||||||||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 2.950 | % | 11/21/26 | 500,000 | 552,925 | |||||||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3.650 | % | 03/01/26 | 750,000 | 850,862 | |||||||||||
Zeneca Wilmington, Inc. | 7.000 | % | 11/15/23 | 1,100,000 | 1,295,874 | |||||||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 3.250 | % | 02/01/23 | 1,200,000 | 1,262,265 | |||||||||||
3,961,926 | ||||||||||||||||
CABLE & SATELLITE — 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Comcast Corp. | 3.300 | % | 04/01/27 | 500,000 | 568,547 | |||||||||||
Comcast Corp. | 4.750 | % | 03/01/44 | 500,000 | 685,228 | |||||||||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc. | 4.500 | % | 09/15/42 | 500,000 | 585,898 | |||||||||||
1,839,673 | ||||||||||||||||
CHEMICALS — 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 2.650 | % | 04/30/30 | 1,250,000 | 1,340,725 | |||||||||||
DowDuPont, Inc. | 4.493 | % | 11/15/25 | 1,500,000 | 1,751,025 | |||||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 4.800 | % | 03/24/30 | 140,000 | 178,639 | |||||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 5.500 | % | 12/08/41 | 250,000 | 360,004 | |||||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 3.950 | % | 12/01/47 | 1,220,000 | 1,561,366 | |||||||||||
LG Chemical Ltd. (a) | 3.250 | % | 10/15/24 | 290,000 | 313,758 | |||||||||||
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (a) | 5.250 | % | 08/01/23 | 500,000 | 502,500 | |||||||||||
Nutrien Ltd. | 1.900 | % | 05/13/23 | 800,000 | 826,357 | |||||||||||
Nutrien Ltd. | 5.875 | % | 12/01/36 | 840,000 | 1,131,366 | |||||||||||
Solvay Finance S.A. (a) | 4.450 | % | 12/03/25 | 1,250,000 | 1,429,172 | |||||||||||
9,394,912 | ||||||||||||||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 3.500 | % | 12/01/24 | 1,250,000 | 1,370,192 | |||||||||||
Owens Corning | 4.200 | % | 12/01/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,111,691 | |||||||||||
Owens Corning | 3.950 | % | 08/15/29 | 300,000 | 345,985 | |||||||||||
2,827,868 | ||||||||||||||||
CONSUMER SERVICES — 2.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Andrew W. Mellon Funding | 0.947 | % | 08/01/27 | 1,050,000 | 1,049,287 | |||||||||||
Conservation Fund, Series 2019 | 3.474 | % | 12/15/29 | 535,000 | 579,223 | |||||||||||
Ford Foundation (The), Series 2017 | 3.859 | % | 06/01/47 | 2,485,000 | 3,260,999 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Impact Bond Fund
December 31, 2020
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
CONSUMER SERVICES — 2.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Series 2020 | 1.299 | % | 12/01/30 | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,479,415 | |||||||||
Local Initiatives Support Corp. | 4.649 | % | 03/01/37 | 1,500,000 | 1,789,050 | |||||||||||
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3.959 | % | 07/01/38 | 1,500,000 | 1,870,979 | |||||||||||
President & Fellows of Harvard College | 3.150 | % | 07/15/46 | 2,961,000 | 3,492,499 | |||||||||||
University of Notre Dame, Series 2017 | 3.394 | % | 02/15/48 | 2,000,000 | 2,476,379 | |||||||||||
15,997,831 | ||||||||||||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
CCL Industries, Inc. (a) | 3.050 | % | 06/01/30 | 1,750,000 | 1,908,449 | |||||||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 5.750 | % | 11/01/40 | 1,000,000 | 1,358,475 | |||||||||||
3,266,924 | ||||||||||||||||
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIALS — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 3.900 | % | 09/01/42 | 1,000,000 | 1,259,778 | |||||||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 5.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Avangrid, Inc. | 3.150 | % | 12/01/24 | 1,800,000 | 1,962,047 | |||||||||||
Caledonia Generating, LLC (a) | 1.950 | % | 02/28/22 | 130,835 | 132,108 | |||||||||||
Consolidated Edison Co. | 3.350 | % | 04/01/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,145,925 | |||||||||||
DTE Electric Co. | 4.050 | % | 05/15/48 | 1,750,000 | 2,300,082 | |||||||||||
Duke Energy, LLC | 3.450 | % | 03/15/29 | 1,750,000 | 2,032,767 | |||||||||||
Electricite de France S.A. (a) | 3.625 | % | 10/13/25 | 1,250,000 | 1,401,264 | |||||||||||
Enel Finance International N.V. (a) | 2.650 | % | 09/10/24 | 1,250,000 | 1,333,016 | |||||||||||
Florida Power & Light Co. | 3.700 | % | 12/01/47 | 1,300,000 | 1,611,535 | |||||||||||
Georgia Power Co. | 3.250 | % | 04/01/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,118,608 | |||||||||||
Interstate Power & Light Co. | 3.600 | % | 04/01/29 | 1,250,000 | 1,443,896 | |||||||||||
Liberty Utilities Financial Services (a) | 2.050 | % | 09/15/30 | 355,000 | 356,835 | |||||||||||
MidAmerican Energy Co. | 3.950 | % | 08/01/47 | 1,750,000 | 2,199,400 | |||||||||||
Midland Cogeneration Venture, L.P. (a) | 5.250 | % | 03/15/25 | 122,176 | 122,088 | |||||||||||
Midland Cogeneration Venture, L.P. (a) | 6.000 | % | 03/15/25 | 325,591 | 334,353 | |||||||||||
Narragansett Electric Co. (a) | 3.395 | % | 04/09/30 | 1,500,000 | 1,701,192 | |||||||||||
National Rural Utilities | 1.350 | % | 03/15/31 | 1,000,000 | 986,816 | |||||||||||
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (a) | 1.960 | % | 06/27/30 | 1,500,000 | 1,545,981 | |||||||||||
Northern States Power Co. | 2.900 | % | 03/01/50 | 1,250,000 | 1,409,479 | |||||||||||
NSTAR Electric Co. | 3.950 | % | 04/01/30 | 600,000 | 727,685 | |||||||||||
NSTAR Electric Co. | 5.500 | % | 03/15/40 | 1,250,000 | 1,795,835 | |||||||||||
Pacificorp | 8.080 | % | 10/14/22 | 500,000 | 559,535 | |||||||||||
Potomac Electric Power Co. | 6.500 | % | 11/15/37 | 1,000,000 | 1,519,464 | |||||||||||
Public Service Colorado | 3.700 | % | 06/15/28 | 1,750,000 | 2,040,671 | |||||||||||
Puget Energy, Inc. | 5.625 | % | 07/15/22 | 750,000 | 793,946 | |||||||||||
Puget Sound Energy, Inc. | 4.223 | % | 06/15/48 | 1,000,000 | 1,278,456 | |||||||||||
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. (a) | 1.850 | % | 12/01/30 | 500,000 | 499,571 | |||||||||||
San Diego Gas and Electric Co. | 4.500 | % | 08/15/40 | 841,000 | 1,070,337 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 5.6%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
Solar Star Funding, LLC (a) | 3.950 | % | 06/30/35 | $ | 279,346 | $ | 286,257 | |||||||||
Solar Star Funding, LLC (a) | 5.375 | % | 06/30/35 | 430,467 | 474,680 | |||||||||||
Southern California Edison | 4.050 | % | 03/15/42 | 1,165,000 | 1,335,685 | |||||||||||
Tenaska Virginia Partners, L.P. (a) | 6.119 | % | 03/30/24 | 472,288 | 501,787 | |||||||||||
Topaz Solar Farms, LLC (a) | 4.875 | % | 09/30/39 | 254,941 | 277,419 | |||||||||||
Topaz Solar Farms, LLC (a) | 5.750 | % | 09/30/39 | 600,622 | 687,787 | |||||||||||
Union Electric Co. | 2.625 | % | 03/15/51 | 2,000,000 | 2,089,080 | |||||||||||
Westar Energy, Inc. | 2.550 | % | 07/01/26 | 1,292,000 | 1,401,132 | |||||||||||
40,476,719 | ||||||||||||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Johnson Controls International plc | 3.750 | % | 12/01/21 | 14,000 | 14,256 | |||||||||||
Johnson Controls International plc | 1.750 | % | 09/15/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,020,731 | |||||||||||
Legrand S.A. | 8.500 | % | 02/15/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,303,008 | |||||||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 2.000 | % | 06/30/30 | 440,000 | 449,731 | |||||||||||
2,787,726 | ||||||||||||||||
FOOD — 1.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 3.950 | % | 03/15/25 | 1,500,000 | 1,690,574 | |||||||||||
Cargill, Inc. (a) | 4.760 | % | 11/23/45 | 1,500,000 | 2,031,974 | |||||||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 4.000 | % | 04/17/25 | 1,500,000 | 1,695,740 | |||||||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 1.800 | % | 06/11/30 | 2,250,000 | 2,327,042 | |||||||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 2.900 | % | 06/01/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,101,364 | |||||||||||
Kellogg Co. | 2.650 | % | 12/01/23 | 1,250,000 | 1,333,844 | |||||||||||
Mars, Inc. (a) | 3.600 | % | 04/01/34 | 1,500,000 | 1,807,960 | |||||||||||
11,988,498 | ||||||||||||||||
FORESTRY, PAPER & WOOD PRODUCTS — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd. | 5.500 | % | 01/17/27 | 800,000 | 911,008 | |||||||||||
Klabin Finance S.A. (a) | 4.875 | % | 09/19/27 | 750,000 | 836,257 | |||||||||||
1,747,265 | ||||||||||||||||
GAS & WATER UTILITIES — 0.5% | ||||||||||||||||
American Water Capital Corp. | 2.800 | % | 05/01/30 | 1,500,000 | 1,655,822 | |||||||||||
Brooklyn Union Gas Co. (a) | 4.504 | % | 03/10/46 | 1,250,000 | 1,620,722 | |||||||||||
Indiana Gas Co., Inc. | 6.550 | % | 06/30/28 | 250,000 | 316,749 | |||||||||||
3,593,293 | ||||||||||||||||
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Kaiser Foundation Hospital | 3.150 | % | 05/01/27 | 1,500,000 | 1,694,021 | |||||||||||
HOME & OFFICE PRODUCTS — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Steelcase, Inc. | 5.125 | % | 01/18/29 | 1,000,000 | 1,161,036 | |||||||||||
HOME CONSTRUCTION — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
NVR, Inc. | 3.950 | % | 09/15/22 | 500,000 | 525,931 | |||||||||||
NVR, Inc. | 3.000 | % | 05/15/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,094,443 | |||||||||||
1,620,374 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Impact Bond Fund
December 31, 2020
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES — 1.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 3.400 | % | 05/15/24 | $ | 650,000 | $ | 710,967 | |||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), Perpetual Bond (b) | 3.647 | % | 12/29/49 | 1,000,000 | 1,001,030 | |||||||||||
Brookfield Finance, Inc. | 4.250 | % | 06/02/26 | 1,570,000 | 1,826,254 | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3.272 | % | 09/29/25 | 1,500,000 | 1,643,138 | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (b) | 4.223 | % | 05/01/29 | 1,000,000 | 1,186,363 | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3.800 | % | 03/15/30 | 1,500,000 | 1,764,987 | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 3.125 | % | 07/27/26 | 2,000,000 | 2,235,533 | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley, Series GMTN | 2.699 | % | 01/22/31 | 1,250,000 | 1,360,941 | |||||||||||
National Securities Clearing Corp. (a) | 1.500 | % | 04/23/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,035,157 | |||||||||||
State Street Corp. | 7.350 | % | 06/15/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,309,203 | |||||||||||
14,073,573 | ||||||||||||||||
INSURANCE — 4.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 4.000 | % | 10/15/46 | 1,058,000 | 1,273,363 | |||||||||||
Athene Global Funding (a) | 2.800 | % | 05/26/23 | 1,500,000 | 1,566,019 | |||||||||||
Five Corners Funding Trust (a) | 4.419 | % | 11/15/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,109,224 | |||||||||||
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | 4.500 | % | 12/01/25 | 1,235,000 | 1,347,443 | |||||||||||
Jackson National Life Global Funding (a) | 3.300 | % | 06/11/21 | 1,250,000 | 1,266,313 | |||||||||||
Kemper Corp. | 4.350 | % | 02/15/25 | 1,250,000 | 1,388,332 | |||||||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 3.750 | % | 03/14/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,134,624 | |||||||||||
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (a) | 3.375 | % | 04/15/50 | 1,500,000 | 1,638,618 | |||||||||||
Met Life Global Funding I (a) | 1.950 | % | 01/13/23 | 500,000 | 515,869 | |||||||||||
Met Life Global Funding I (a) | 3.600 | % | 01/11/24 | 1,750,000 | 1,905,517 | |||||||||||
New York Life Global Funding (a) | 2.900 | % | 01/17/24 | 3,000,000 | 3,218,379 | |||||||||||
OneBeacon US Holdings, Inc. | 4.600 | % | 11/09/22 | 1,000,000 | 1,064,184 | |||||||||||
Pacific Life Global Funding II (a) | 1.200 | % | 06/24/25 | 415,000 | 420,675 | |||||||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 3.700 | % | 05/15/29 | 1,250,000 | 1,462,406 | |||||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 1.500 | % | 03/10/26 | 644,000 | 668,199 | |||||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. (b) | 5.875 | % | 09/15/42 | 750,000 | 804,857 | |||||||||||
Prudential plc | 3.125 | % | 04/14/30 | 750,000 | 850,301 | |||||||||||
Reliance STD Life Insurance Co. (a) | 2.750 | % | 05/07/25 | 1,280,000 | 1,357,685 | |||||||||||
RLI Corp. | 4.875 | % | 09/15/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,090,043 | |||||||||||
Sammons Financial Group, Inc. (a) | 4.450 | % | 05/12/27 | 1,200,000 | 1,261,550 | |||||||||||
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. | 5.000 | % | 08/15/22 | 1,250,000 | 1,329,901 | |||||||||||
Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association (a) (b) | 4.375 | % | 09/15/54 | 2,678,000 | 2,852,285 | |||||||||||
29,525,787 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
INTERNET MEDIA & SERVICES — 0.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Alphabet, Inc. | 0.450 | % | 08/15/25 | $ | 890,000 | $ | 892,002 | |||||||||
LEISURE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp. | 3.375 | % | 07/15/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,051,975 | |||||||||||
Marriott International, Inc. | 3.600 | % | 04/15/24 | 727,000 | 775,039 | |||||||||||
McDonald’s Corp., Series MTN | 3.500 | % | 07/01/27 | 1,000,000 | 1,147,134 | |||||||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 2.450 | % | 06/15/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,079,739 | |||||||||||
4,053,887 | ||||||||||||||||
MACHINERY — 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd. | 2.900 | % | 02/21/21 | 500,000 | 501,582 | |||||||||||
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd. | 6.391 | % | 11/15/27 | 655,000 | 829,902 | |||||||||||
John Deere Capital Corp. | 1.750 | % | 03/09/27 | 250,000 | 262,526 | |||||||||||
John Deere Capital Corp. | 3.050 | % | 01/06/28 | 1,250,000 | 1,413,247 | |||||||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 1.950 | % | 01/30/28 | 1,775,000 | 1,871,605 | |||||||||||
4,878,862 | ||||||||||||||||
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & DEVICES — 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 3.875 | % | 07/15/23 | 1,250,000 | 1,345,080 | |||||||||||
Alcon Finance Corp. (a) | 2.600 | % | 05/27/30 | 1,250,000 | 1,331,754 | |||||||||||
2,676,834 | ||||||||||||||||
PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Estée Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) | 2.600 | % | 04/15/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,098,332 | |||||||||||
PIPELINES — 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Northern Natural Gas Co. (a) | 4.100 | % | 09/15/42 | 1,000,000 | 1,121,910 | |||||||||||
ONEOK Partners, L.P. | 4.900 | % | 03/15/25 | 1,042,000 | 1,185,147 | |||||||||||
2,307,057 | ||||||||||||||||
REITS — 2.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Agree Ltd. Partnership | 2.900 | % | 10/01/30 | 650,000 | 690,489 | |||||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 4.000 | % | 01/15/24 | 1,500,000 | 1,650,825 | |||||||||||
Boston Properties, L.P. | 4.500 | % | 12/01/28 | 1,250,000 | 1,495,054 | |||||||||||
Camden Property Trust | 2.800 | % | 05/15/30 | 500,000 | 555,279 | |||||||||||
Duke Realty Trust, L.P. | 2.875 | % | 11/15/29 | 1,500,000 | 1,658,385 | |||||||||||
ERP Operating, L.P. | 4.150 | % | 12/01/28 | 1,250,000 | 1,490,717 | |||||||||||
ESSEX Portfolio, L.P. | 2.650 | % | 03/15/32 | 1,500,000 | 1,609,486 | |||||||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 1.250 | % | 02/15/26 | 515,000 | 524,453 | |||||||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 2.500 | % | 11/15/32 | 1,750,000 | 1,774,233 | |||||||||||
Lexington Realty Trust | 2.700 | % | 09/15/30 | 500,000 | 520,490 | |||||||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 3.950 | % | 03/15/29 | 1,750,000 | 2,051,405 | |||||||||||
Regency Centers, L.P. | 3.750 | % | 06/15/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,067,800 | |||||||||||
UDR, Inc. | 1.900 | % | 03/15/33 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,222 | |||||||||||
Vornado Realty, L.P. | 3.500 | % | 01/15/25 | 567,000 | 599,642 | |||||||||||
16,688,480 | ||||||||||||||||
RETAIL - CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Kroger Co. (The) | 5.000 | % | 04/15/42 | 1,000,000 | 1,324,493 | |||||||||||
Target Corp. | 2.250 | % | 04/15/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,070,458 | |||||||||||
2,394,951 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
9
Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Impact Bond Fund
December 31, 2020
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
RETAIL - DISCRETIONARY — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
ERAC USA Finance, LLC (a) | 2.700 | % | 11/01/23 | $ | 1,250,000 | $ | 1,318,547 | |||||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 4.650 | % | 04/15/42 | 1,000,000 | 1,317,513 | |||||||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 3.000 | % | 10/15/50 | 500,000 | 534,808 | |||||||||||
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc. | 9.500 | % | 04/15/21 | 45,000 | 45,529 | |||||||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 3.500 | % | 04/15/25 | 1,250,000 | 1,395,615 | |||||||||||
4,612,012 | ||||||||||||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Intel Corp. | 3.400 | % | 03/25/25 | 300,000 | 333,620 | |||||||||||
Intel Corp. | 3.734 | % | 12/08/47 | 1,361,000 | 1,626,479 | |||||||||||
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 3.375 | % | 03/15/23 | 500,000 | 526,373 | |||||||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 2.850 | % | 04/01/30 | 500,000 | 562,468 | |||||||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1.375 | % | 03/12/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,037,070 | |||||||||||
4,086,010 | ||||||||||||||||
SOFTWARE — 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 2.525 | % | 06/01/50 | 2,000,000 | 2,109,089 | |||||||||||
SPECIALTY FINANCE — 1.5% | ||||||||||||||||
AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd. | 5.000 | % | 10/01/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,029,368 | |||||||||||
American Express Credit Corp. | 3.000 | % | 10/30/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,092,185 | |||||||||||
BlueHub Loan Fund, Inc. | 3.099 | % | 01/01/30 | 1,030,000 | 1,033,750 | |||||||||||
Community Preservation Corp. (The) | 2.867 | % | 02/01/30 | 1,750,000 | 1,829,835 | |||||||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | 5.500 | % | 09/01/22 | 725,000 | 781,062 | |||||||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | 3.400 | % | 06/15/30 | 500,000 | 549,086 | |||||||||||
GATX Corp. | 4.350 | % | 02/15/24 | 300,000 | 331,167 | |||||||||||
Low Income Investment Fund | 3.386 | % | 07/01/26 | 115,000 | 122,554 | |||||||||||
USAA Capital Corp. (a) | 1.500 | % | 05/01/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,025,753 | |||||||||||
USAA Capital Corp. (a) | 2.125 | % | 05/01/30 | 3,000,000 | 3,154,472 | |||||||||||
10,949,232 | ||||||||||||||||
STEEL — 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Nucor Corp. | 4.125 | % | 09/15/22 | 1,025,000 | 1,080,016 | |||||||||||
Nucor Corp. | 2.000 | % | 06/01/25 | 460,000 | 487,149 | |||||||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 4.500 | % | 04/15/23 | 1,105,000 | 1,192,203 | |||||||||||
2,759,368 | ||||||||||||||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 2.850 | % | 02/23/23 | 1,250,000 | 1,312,666 | |||||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 3.000 | % | 06/20/27 | 1,000,000 | 1,120,194 | |||||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 2.650 | % | 05/11/50 | 1,000,000 | 1,061,346 | |||||||||||
Xerox Corp. | 4.070 | % | 03/17/22 | 750,000 | 772,500 | |||||||||||
4,266,706 | ||||||||||||||||
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES — 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Experian Financial plc (a) | 2.750 | % | 03/08/30 | 635,000 | 689,456 | |||||||||||
Genpact Luxembourg S.A.R.L. | 3.700 | % | 04/01/22 | 1,100,000 | 1,121,564 | |||||||||||
IBM Corp. | 3.300 | % | 05/15/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,129,958 | |||||||||||
Mastercard, Inc. | 3.300 | % | 03/26/27 | 197,000 | 224,754 | |||||||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 3.250 | % | 05/20/50 | 500,000 | 554,963 | |||||||||||
RELX Capital, Inc. | 3.500 | % | 03/16/23 | 1,500,000 | 1,595,358 | |||||||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 4.000 | % | 06/15/25 | 1,163,000 | 1,324,162 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 39.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES — 1.3%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 5.800 | % | 05/01/21 | $ | 960,000 | $ | 976,412 | |||||||||
Visa, Inc. | 0.750 | % | 08/15/27 | 1,770,000 | 1,764,928 | |||||||||||
9,381,555 | ||||||||||||||||
TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 5.250 | % | 03/01/37 | 500,000 | 650,729 | |||||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 4.750 | % | 05/15/46 | 1,500,000 | 1,850,265 | |||||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 3.875 | % | 02/08/29 | 1,000,000 | 1,177,098 | |||||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 1.500 | % | 09/18/30 | 1,000,000 | 985,115 | |||||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. (a) | 2.987 | % | 10/30/56 | 1,799,000 | 1,810,897 | |||||||||||
6,474,104 | ||||||||||||||||
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS — 1.5% | ||||||||||||||||
British Airways, Series 2013-1 (a) | 4.625 | % | 12/20/25 | 493,630 | 490,873 | |||||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC | 5.750 | % | 05/01/40 | 1,000,000 | 1,482,728 | |||||||||||
Canadian Pacific Railway | 2.050 | % | 03/05/30 | 1,750,000 | 1,836,573 | |||||||||||
Mexico City Airport Trust (a) | 4.250 | % | 10/31/26 | 497,000 | 525,577 | |||||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 4.837 | % | 10/01/41 | 1,000,000 | 1,364,889 | |||||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 3.050 | % | 05/15/50 | 1,500,000 | 1,634,233 | |||||||||||
Penske Truck Leasing (a) | 3.450 | % | 07/01/24 | 1,250,000 | 1,362,126 | |||||||||||
TTX Co. (a) | 4.600 | % | 02/01/49 | 280,000 | 372,069 | |||||||||||
United Parcel Services, Inc. | 3.900 | % | 04/01/25 | 1,500,000 | 1,694,683 | |||||||||||
10,763,751 | ||||||||||||||||
WHOLESALE - CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp. | 1.630 | % | 08/17/25 | 395,000 | 408,238 | |||||||||||
Sysco Corp. | 2.400 | % | 02/15/30 | 1,750,000 | 1,820,992 | |||||||||||
2,229,230 | ||||||||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (COST $258,327,640) | 286,101,685 | |||||||||||||||
CORPORATE NOTES — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (c) | 2.000 | % | 06/15/22 | 980,000 | 980,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (c) | 3.000 | % | 06/15/23 | 1,650,000 | 1,650,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (c) | 3.000 | % | 12/15/23 | 950,000 | 950,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (c) | 3.000 | % | 06/17/24 | 980,000 | 980,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (c) | 3.000 | % | 12/13/24 | 400,000 | 400,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (c) | 2.500 | % | 06/13/25 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (c) | 2.500 | % | 12/15/25 | 650,000 | 650,000 | |||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES (COST $7,010,000) | 7,010,000 | |||||||||||||||
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS — 9.0% | ||||||||||||||||
FOREIGN AGENCY — 2.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (a) | 5.875 | % | 04/25/21 | 325,000 | 326,222 | |||||||||||
BNG Bank N.V. (a) | 3.125 | % | 11/08/21 | 1,500,000 | 1,538,094 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Impact Bond Fund
December 31, 2020
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS — 9.0%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
FOREIGN AGENCY — 2.2%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
BNG Bank N.V. (a) | 1.500 | % | 10/16/24 | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,562,616 | |||||||||
BNG Bank N.V. (a) | 0.500 | % | 11/24/25 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,697 | |||||||||||
Export-Import Bank of Korea | 2.125 | % | 02/11/21 | 1,250,000 | 1,252,372 | |||||||||||
KFW | 2.000 | % | 11/30/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,016,311 | |||||||||||
KFW | 2.000 | % | 09/29/22 | 1,500,000 | 1,547,428 | |||||||||||
Kommunalbanken A.S. (a) | 2.125 | % | 02/11/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,067,570 | |||||||||||
Kommunivest I Sverige AB (a) | 1.875 | % | 06/01/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,013,477 | |||||||||||
Municipality Finance plc (a) | 1.375 | % | 09/21/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,007,894 | |||||||||||
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V. (a) | 2.125 | % | 11/15/21 | 1,500,000 | 1,524,465 | |||||||||||
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V. (a) | 3.125 | % | 12/05/22 | 1,500,000 | 1,582,599 | |||||||||||
16,439,745 | ||||||||||||||||
SUPRANATIONAL — 6.8% | ||||||||||||||||
African Development Bank | 3.000 | % | 12/06/21 | 1,463,000 | 1,500,856 | |||||||||||
African Development Bank | 0.750 | % | 04/03/23 | 3,000,000 | 3,035,645 | |||||||||||
Asian Development Bank | 1.875 | % | 08/10/22 | 3,036,000 | 3,116,489 | |||||||||||
Asian Development Bank | 2.125 | % | 03/19/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,072,371 | |||||||||||
Asian Development Bank | 3.125 | % | 09/26/28 | 1,000,000 | 1,170,902 | |||||||||||
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 1.875 | % | 07/15/21 | 1,500,000 | 1,513,016 | |||||||||||
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 1.625 | % | 09/27/24 | 1,250,000 | 1,310,532 | |||||||||||
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 1.500 | % | 02/13/25 | 200,000 | 207,274 | |||||||||||
European Investment Bank | 2.500 | % | 10/15/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,082,800 | |||||||||||
European Investment Bank (a) | 2.875 | % | 06/13/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,108,890 | |||||||||||
European Investment Bank | 2.125 | % | 04/13/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,085,145 | |||||||||||
European Investment Bank | 2.375 | % | 05/24/27 | 1,000,000 | 1,104,239 | |||||||||||
Inter-American Development Bank | 3.000 | % | 09/26/22 | 2,000,000 | 2,095,540 | |||||||||||
Inter-American Development Bank | 0.875 | % | 04/03/25 | 3,000,000 | 3,058,097 | |||||||||||
Inter-American Development Bank | 4.375 | % | 01/24/44 | 3,000,000 | 4,448,821 | |||||||||||
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 0.250 | % | 11/24/23 | 7,000,000 | 7,002,474 | |||||||||||
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 2.125 | % | 03/03/25 | 500,000 | 535,559 | |||||||||||
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 0.625 | % | 04/22/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,009,660 | |||||||||||
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 3.125 | % | 11/20/25 | 1,000,000 | 1,129,060 | |||||||||||
International Development Association (a) | 2.750 | % | 04/24/23 | 5,000,000 | 5,286,850 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS — 9.0%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
SUPRANATIONAL — 6.8%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
International Development Association (a) | 0.375 | % | 09/23/25 | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 1,990,148 | |||||||||
International Finance Corp., Series GMTN | 2.000 | % | 10/24/22 | 2,000,000 | 2,064,087 | |||||||||||
International Finance Corp., Series GMTN | 0.500 | % | 03/20/23 | 2,500,000 | 2,517,164 | |||||||||||
Nordic Investment Bank | 2.250 | % | 09/30/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,015,333 | |||||||||||
49,460,952 | ||||||||||||||||
TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS (COST $62,806,469) | 65,900,697 | |||||||||||||||
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class A-3 | 3.391 | % | 05/17/45 | 937,425 | 956,231 | |||||||||||
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class A-3 | 2.853 | % | 10/15/45 | 993,930 | 1,023,024 | |||||||||||
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (COST $1,967,561) | 1,979,255 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES — 42.9% | ||||||||||||||||
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION — 0.8% | ||||||||||||||||
DFC | 0.000 | % | 06/21/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,078,310 | |||||||||||
DFC (b) | 0.130 | % | 09/15/26 | 958,333 | 958,333 | |||||||||||
DFC | 3.280 | % | 09/15/29 | 948,518 | 1,064,295 | |||||||||||
DFC | 3.540 | % | 06/15/30 | 558,833 | 632,568 | |||||||||||
DFC | 3.520 | % | 09/20/32 | 839,286 | 965,869 | |||||||||||
DFC | 3.820 | % | 06/01/33 | 854,795 | 1,026,733 | |||||||||||
5,726,108 | ||||||||||||||||
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK — 5.7% | ||||||||||||||||
FHLB | 3.250 | % | 11/16/28 | 12,500,000 | 14,948,433 | |||||||||||
FHLB | 5.500 | % | 07/15/36 | 17,120,000 | 26,449,862 | |||||||||||
41,398,295 | ||||||||||||||||
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION — 7.7% | ||||||||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.000 | % | 12/01/21 | 8,238 | 8,639 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.500 | % | 04/01/22 | 2,374 | 2,392 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.000 | % | 11/01/24 | 128,778 | 136,619 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.000 | % | 10/01/25 | 65,106 | 69,095 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 2.875 | % | 04/25/26 | 3,000,000 | 3,287,779 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 6.000 | % | 04/01/27 | 75,657 | 84,967 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 2.500 | % | 10/01/27 | 438,222 | 458,189 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 2.738 | % | 04/25/29 | 2,387,106 | 2,616,056 | |||||||||||
FHLMC (b) | 2.412 | % | 08/25/29 | 3,000,000 | 3,236,962 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 7.000 | % | 02/01/30 | 17,215 | 17,276 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 7.500 | % | 07/01/30 | 94,204 | 107,627 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 1.487 | % | 11/25/30 | 2,500,000 | 2,563,991 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 7.000 | % | 03/01/31 | 35,589 | 41,395 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 6.250 | % | 07/15/32 | 1,550,000 | 2,394,781 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 11/01/32 | 613,847 | 650,994 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 11/01/32 | 855,023 | 906,406 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.500 | % | 11/01/33 | 34,876 | 40,791 | |||||||||||
FHLMC (H15T1Y + 2.231) (b) | 2.731 | % | 05/01/34 | 46,466 | 48,824 | |||||||||||
FHLMC (H15T1Y + 2.231) (b) | 2.731 | % | 05/01/34 | 14,516 | 14,568 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 1.783 | % | 06/25/34 | 2,084,061 | 2,094,686 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.000 | % | 07/01/35 | 69,626 | 81,004 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Impact Bond Fund
December 31, 2020
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES — 42.9%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION — 7.7%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.500 | % | 10/01/35 | $ | 119,647 | $ | 132,559 | |||||||||
FHLMC | 5.500 | % | 03/01/36 | 36,569 | 43,001 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.500 | % | 06/01/36 | 46,418 | 54,576 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 6.000 | % | 06/01/36 | 40,200 | 46,896 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.500 | % | 12/01/36 | 39,302 | 46,196 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 6.000 | % | 08/01/37 | 22,993 | 27,273 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.000 | % | 03/01/38 | 198,859 | 231,203 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.500 | % | 06/01/39 | 217,703 | 244,514 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.000 | % | 06/01/39 | 309,947 | 360,125 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.500 | % | 07/01/39 | 212,130 | 237,270 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.500 | % | 11/01/39 | 195,374 | 218,503 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.500 | % | 09/01/40 | 311,709 | 348,876 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.500 | % | 05/01/41 | 614,497 | 686,735 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.500 | % | 07/01/41 | 637,239 | 713,212 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 5.000 | % | 09/01/41 | 277,161 | 320,794 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 10/01/41 | 380,853 | 410,191 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.000 | % | 10/01/41 | 352,375 | 386,672 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 02/01/42 | 615,976 | 667,934 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 4.000 | % | 02/01/42 | 167,937 | 183,146 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 06/01/42 | 691,933 | 744,577 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 06/01/42 | 712,820 | 767,024 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 08/01/42 | 778,335 | 843,860 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 11/01/42 | 1,408,296 | 1,503,023 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 01/01/43 | 787,648 | 837,955 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 05/01/43 | 1,115,950 | 1,187,362 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 10/01/44 | 789,077 | 845,976 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 11/01/44 | 701,567 | 752,034 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 04/01/45 | 885,168 | 947,865 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 05/01/46 | 1,519,056 | 1,600,183 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 12/01/46 | 2,928,593 | 3,134,666 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 03/01/48 | 3,328,878 | 3,637,588 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 03/01/49 | 1,525,021 | 1,610,148 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.500 | % | 07/01/49 | 2,549,099 | 2,688,994 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 3.000 | % | 07/01/50 | 5,545,984 | 5,823,026 | |||||||||||
FHLMC | 2.000 | % | 08/01/50 | 4,803,606 | 4,990,390 | |||||||||||
56,137,388 | ||||||||||||||||
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION — 27.8% | ||||||||||||||||
FNMA | 5.500 | % | 06/01/22 | 7,433 | 7,542 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.890 | % | 07/01/22 | 2,262,350 | 2,312,624 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.000 | % | 10/05/22 | 3,500,000 | 3,614,205 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.190 | % | 01/01/23 | 1,883,016 | 1,929,659 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.670 | % | 12/01/23 | 2,323,561 | 2,446,789 | |||||||||||
FNMA (b) | 2.555 | % | 07/25/24 | 3,000,000 | 3,191,768 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.625 | % | 09/06/24 | 5,750,000 | 6,253,827 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.890 | % | 12/01/24 | 4,000,000 | 4,183,977 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.080 | % | 12/01/24 | 2,227,366 | 2,415,219 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.710 | % | 01/01/25 | 4,500,000 | 4,754,323 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.000 | % | 04/01/25 | 45,747 | 50,544 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 0.500 | % | 06/17/25 | 10,000,000 | 10,053,047 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.000 | % | 07/01/25 | 35,033 | 38,713 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 10/01/25 | 67,257 | 71,351 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.000 | % | 10/01/25 | 50,047 | 55,308 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.500 | % | 11/01/25 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 0.500 | % | 11/07/25 | 4,500,000 | 4,518,823 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 03/01/26 | 283,719 | 301,827 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.910 | % | 04/01/26 | 3,000,000 | 3,262,665 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.125 | % | 04/24/26 | 2,000,000 | 2,178,997 | |||||||||||
FNMA (b) | 2.254 | % | 07/25/26 | 1,325,410 | 1,402,423 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES — 42.9%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION — 27.8%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
FNMA | 8.500 | % | 09/01/26 | $ | 7,516 | $ | 7,586 | |||||||||
FNMA (b) | 2.895 | % | 02/25/27 | 596,914 | 616,685 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.500 | % | 09/01/27 | 529,722 | 553,658 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.746 | % | 09/25/27 | 250,270 | 257,607 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 0.750 | % | 10/08/27 | 10,000,000 | 10,038,889 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.500 | % | 11/01/27 | 782,142 | 817,501 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.500 | % | 01/01/28 | 527,997 | 551,877 | |||||||||||
FNMA (b) | 2.899 | % | 01/25/28 | 4,559,814 | 4,939,252 | |||||||||||
FNMA (b) | 3.047 | % | 03/25/28 | 828,988 | 896,421 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.436 | % | 06/25/28 | 2,000,000 | 2,303,493 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 0.875 | % | 08/05/30 | 29,500,000 | 28,950,946 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 6.625 | % | 11/15/30 | 6,750,000 | 10,220,326 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.000 | % | 01/01/32 | 2,019,354 | 2,120,792 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 12/01/32 | 903,081 | 954,870 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 6.000 | % | 10/01/33 | 28,441 | 34,183 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.500 | % | 02/01/34 | 36,835 | 43,100 | |||||||||||
FNMA (H15T1Y + 2.205) (b) | 3.316 | % | 05/01/34 | 29,373 | 29,618 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 6.000 | % | 11/01/34 | 84,014 | 100,893 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.500 | % | 01/01/35 | 49,070 | 57,558 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.500 | % | 02/01/35 | 2,754,350 | 2,871,290 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.000 | % | 10/01/35 | 65,224 | 75,832 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.500 | % | 10/01/35 | 93,108 | 109,426 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 6.000 | % | 10/01/35 | 48,733 | 58,524 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.500 | % | 06/01/36 | 30,514 | 35,871 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 6.000 | % | 06/01/36 | 23,569 | 28,279 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.500 | % | 11/01/36 | 33,869 | 39,816 | |||||||||||
FNMA (12MO LIBOR + 1.631) (b) | 3.565 | % | 05/01/37 | 26,682 | 26,677 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 5.625 | % | 07/15/37 | 2,750,000 | 4,362,774 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.500 | % | 09/01/40 | 196,318 | 219,624 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.500 | % | 10/01/40 | 197,716 | 220,834 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 12/01/40 | 502,178 | 548,664 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 01/01/41 | 360,361 | 396,990 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 02/01/41 | 504,311 | 544,555 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 10/01/41 | 288,125 | 315,028 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 11/01/41 | 292,960 | 321,284 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 12/01/41 | 379,393 | 416,040 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 12/01/41 | 708,507 | 771,682 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 01/01/42 | 998,754 | 1,103,880 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 05/01/42 | 622,063 | 671,130 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 06/01/42 | 1,058,644 | 1,126,219 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 08/01/42 | 916,485 | 974,367 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 08/01/42 | 852,416 | 904,372 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 12/01/42 | 1,050,247 | 1,148,296 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 06/01/43 | 946,498 | 1,007,014 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 12/01/44 | 1,288,654 | 1,431,908 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 05/01/45 | 1,344,292 | 1,468,875 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 04/01/46 | 1,351,764 | 1,420,434 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 11/01/46 | 2,217,060 | 2,374,342 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 10/01/48 | 1,591,763 | 1,699,376 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 11/01/48 | 2,731,220 | 3,031,655 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 05/01/49 | 1,386,283 | 1,464,526 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 4.000 | % | 06/01/49 | 2,063,242 | 2,202,036 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.500 | % | 08/01/49 | 4,903,048 | 5,179,508 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 09/01/49 | 2,570,069 | 2,695,091 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 09/01/49 | 2,584,617 | 2,709,671 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 06/01/50 | 4,434,339 | 4,644,943 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Impact Bond Fund
December 31, 2020
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES — 42.9%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION — 27.8%, continued | ||||||||||||||||
FNMA | 2.500 | % | 07/01/50 | $ | 5,630,164 | $ | 5,940,196 | |||||||||
FNMA | 2.500 | % | 08/01/50 | 3,837,758 | 4,049,088 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 3.000 | % | 08/01/50 | 7,603,306 | 7,972,478 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.000 | % | 11/01/50 | 6,953,407 | 7,223,784 | |||||||||||
FNMA | 2.000 | % | 01/01/51 | 12,000,000 | 12,466,611 | |||||||||||
202,811,892 | ||||||||||||||||
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION — 0.0% (d) | ||||||||||||||||
GNMA | 7.000 | % | 12/20/30 | 12,802 | 14,974 | |||||||||||
GNMA | 7.000 | % | 10/20/31 | 9,426 | 11,135 | |||||||||||
GNMA | 7.000 | % | 03/20/32 | 38,839 | 46,726 | |||||||||||
GNMA (b) | 3.000 | % | 01/20/34 | 30,588 | 31,909 | |||||||||||
GNMA | 5.500 | % | 10/20/38 | 5,472 | 5,977 | |||||||||||
GNMA | 6.500 | % | 11/20/38 | 5,245 | 5,878 | |||||||||||
GNMA | 2.250 | % | 04/16/42 | 48,373 | 48,433 | |||||||||||
165,032 | ||||||||||||||||
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION — 0.0% (d) | ||||||||||||||||
SBA (Prime - 2.65) (b) | 0.600 | % | 02/25/32 | 147,033 | 145,856 | |||||||||||
UNITED STATES AGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT — 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan AID Bond | 3.000 | % | 06/30/25 | 1,450,000 | 1,601,364 | |||||||||||
Iraq AID Bond | 2.149 | % | 01/18/22 | 1,500,000 | 1,530,857 | |||||||||||
Ukraine Government AID Bond | 1.471 | % | 09/29/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,017,987 | |||||||||||
5,150,208 | ||||||||||||||||
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | 2.350 | % | 08/01/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,012,085 | |||||||||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (COST $295,009,193) | 312,546,864 | |||||||||||||||
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 1.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Ahold Finance U.S.A., LLC | 8.620 | % | 01/02/25 | 512,639 | 581,845 | |||||||||||
Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer, LLC (a) | 3.082 | % | 07/25/47 | 1,451,250 | 1,459,000 | |||||||||||
InSite Issuer, LLC (a) | 2.883 | % | 11/15/46 | 1,750,000 | 1,806,472 | |||||||||||
Mastercard Credit Trust (a) (b) | 1.990 | % | 09/21/24 | 4,000,000 | 4,148,252 | |||||||||||
SBA Tower Trust (a) | 3.448 | % | 03/15/48 | 1,250,000 | 1,325,579 | |||||||||||
SBA Tower Trust (a) | 2.836 | % | 01/15/50 | 282,000 | 294,887 | |||||||||||
SolarCity LMC, Series I, LLC (a) | 4.800 | % | 12/20/26 | 425,981 | 418,919 | |||||||||||
SolarCity LMC, Series IV, LLC (a) | 4.180 | % | 08/21/45 | 209,015 | 222,421 | |||||||||||
Spruce ABS Trust (a) (c) | 4.320 | % | 06/15/28 | 47,586 | 48,342 | |||||||||||
Trillium Credit Card Trust II (a) | 3.038 | % | 01/26/24 | 2,000,000 | 2,003,566 | |||||||||||
Wendy’s Funding, LLC (a) | 3.783 | % | 06/15/49 | 723,750 | 773,835 | |||||||||||
TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (COST $12,887,303) | 13,083,118 | |||||||||||||||
Shares | Fair | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 4.9% | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (e) (COST $35,536,622) | 35,536,622 | $ | 35,536,622 | |||||
INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 0.5% | ||||||||
Pax High Yield Bond Fund - Institutional Class (COST $4,199,236) | 530,984 | 3,685,027 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (COST $685,836,949) — 100.7% | $ | 734,327,644 | ||||||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.7%) | (5,241,896 | ) | ||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 729,085,748 |
(a) | 144a security may only be resold to qualified institutional investors. These securities were deemed liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2020, these securities were valued at $91,080,380 or 12.5% of net assets. |
(b) | Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2020. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread (in basis points) are indicated parenthetically. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities, therefore, do not indicate a reference rate and spread. |
(c) | Restricted and/or illiquid securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 are as follows: |
| Acquisition | Current | Fair | % of Net | ||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.000%, 06/15/22 | 06/17/19 | $ | 980,000 | $ | 980,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/15/23 | 06/18/18 | 1,650,000 | 1,650,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/15/23 | 12/17/18 | 950,000 | 950,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/17/24 | 06/17/19 | 980,000 | 980,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/13/24 | 12/12/19 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 06/13/25 | 06/12/20 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 12/15/25 | 12/15/20 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Spruce ABS Trust, 4.320%, 06/15/28 | 06/17/16 | 47,582 | 48,342 | 0.0 | %(d) | |||||||||||
$ | 7,057,582 | $ | 7,058,342 | 0.9 | % |
(d) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
(e) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
GTMN | — Global Medium-Term Note |
H15T1Y | — U.S. Treasury yield curve rate for U.S. Treasury note with a constant maturity of 1 year |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
13
Praxis International Index Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary (unaudited)
International equities posted gains in 2020, despite a global pandemic and the ensuing social and economic impacts. Markets fell at a breakneck pace in the first quarter, but managed to recover quickly from the low point in mid-March. Investors seem to be anticipating that the rollout of a vaccine, combined with accommodative monetary and fiscal policy, will eventually lead to economic stabilization. Both developed and emerging market countries participated in the rally, as reflected in the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index return of 10.65% for the year. The Praxis International Index Fund’s Class I Shares returned 13.18%, and the Class A shares (without load) returned 12.37%.
The Praxis International Index Fund seeks to generate performance that reflects the performance of both foreign developed and emerging equity markets, as measured by the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index. The portfolio is constructed using optimization techniques to have characteristics similar to the target benchmark index. The application of ESG screens and scoring, and the lower number of holdings versus the benchmark, are expected to cause the Fund’s performance to deviate from the benchmark over short periods. The objective over longer time horizons is for the Fund to perform in line with the benchmark before fees.
During this period, these factors had a positive contribution to the Fund’s returns relative to the benchmark. While there were no significant over/under exposures to any single factor, the Fund’s underweight to the energy sector contributed positively to relative returns. An underweight to aerospace and defense companies added to relative results as well. The largest company-specific contributors included an overweight to United Microelectronics, Taiwan Semiconductor, and Equinor. The results, however, were consistent with our forecasted tracking error – a measure of variability of relative returns – for a portfolio subject to the constraints we discussed above.
Michael T. Branch, CFA®
Praxis International Index Fund Portfolio Manager
Aperio Group LLC
Annie Tan
Praxis International Index Fund Portfolio Manager
Aperio Group LLC
Brian Ko
Praxis International Index Fund Portfolio Manager
Aperio Group LLC
The views expressed are those of the portfolio managers as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
The MSCI All Country World Index ex-U.S. is market-capitalization-weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S. based companies. The index includes both developed and emerging markets.
14
Praxis International Index Fund
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis International Index Fund | |||||||
Class A * | 12/31/10 | 6.44% | 2.60% | 7.22% | 3.36% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/10 | 12.37% | 4.47% | 8.38% | 3.91% | ||
Class I | 12/31/10 | 13.18% | 5.23% | 9.09% | 4.58% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
MSCI All Country World Index ex-U.S. 1 |
| 10.65% | 4.88% | 8.93% | 4.92% |
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated January 1, 2021.
1 The MSCI All Country World Index ex-U.S. is market-capitalization-weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S. based companies. The index includes both developed and emerging markets.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
15
Schedule of Investments
Praxis International Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares |
| |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.2% | ||||||||
AUSTRALIA — 4.2% | ||||||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (a) | 40,646 | $ | 713,317 | |||||
Brambles Ltd. (a) | 40,548 | 332,612 | ||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (a) | 11,506 | 731,402 | ||||||
CSL Ltd. (a) | 3,640 | 795,375 | ||||||
CSL Ltd. - ADR | 7,282 | 802,112 | ||||||
Dexus (a) | 76,065 | 551,737 | ||||||
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (a) | 43,722 | 789,786 | ||||||
Goodman Group (a) | 44,189 | 645,982 | ||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. - ADR | 2,747 | 294,492 | ||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. (a) | 2,144 | 228,867 | ||||||
National Australia Bank Ltd. (a) | 36,653 | 639,052 | ||||||
Origin Energy Ltd. (a) | 117,789 | 432,481 | ||||||
REA Group Ltd. (a) | 2,913 | 333,703 | ||||||
Scentre Group (a) | 175,279 | 376,527 | ||||||
SEEK Ltd. (a) | 32,750 | 718,095 | ||||||
Sydney Airport (a) (b) | 57,629 | 285,275 | ||||||
Transurban Group (a) | 68,739 | 724,415 | ||||||
Vicinity Centres (a) | 245,277 | 303,302 | ||||||
Wesfarmers Ltd. (a) | 24,534 | 953,640 | ||||||
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (a) | 88,567 | 1,554,087 | ||||||
Woolworths Group Ltd. (a) | 28,598 | 866,886 | ||||||
Worley Ltd. (a) | 26,610 | 235,054 | ||||||
13,308,199 | ||||||||
AUSTRIA — 0.2% | ||||||||
Verbund AG (a) | 8,891 | 755,322 | ||||||
BELGIUM — 0.3% | ||||||||
KBC Group N.V. (a) | 5,709 | 399,505 | ||||||
UCB S.A. (a) | 2,286 | 236,128 | ||||||
Umicore S.A. (a) | 6,207 | 298,327 | ||||||
933,960 | ||||||||
BERMUDA — 0.4% | ||||||||
China Gas Holdings Ltd. (a) | 64,200 | 254,404 | ||||||
Credicorp Ltd. | 6,296 | 1,032,670 | ||||||
1,287,074 | ||||||||
BRAZIL — 1.6% | ||||||||
Banco Bradesco S.A. - ADR | 202,193 | 1,063,535 | ||||||
Banco do Brasil S.A. - ADR | 56,189 | 417,484 | ||||||
Banco Santander Brasil S.A. - ADR | 119,591 | 1,033,266 | ||||||
Gerdau S.A. - ADR | 79,331 | 370,476 | ||||||
Natura & Co. Holding S.A. - ADR (b) | 11,333 | 226,660 | ||||||
Suzano S.A. - ADR (b) | 45,940 | 513,609 | ||||||
Telefónica Brasil S.A. - ADR | 93,711 | 829,343 | ||||||
TIM S.A. - ADR | 28,301 | 393,950 | ||||||
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. - ADR | 72,410 | 328,017 | ||||||
5,176,340 | ||||||||
CANADA — 6.3% | ||||||||
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 4,292 | 302,629 | ||||||
Bank of Montreal | 12,001 | 912,436 | ||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia (The) | 14,814 | 800,548 | ||||||
Cameco Corp. | 16,029 | 214,789 | ||||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | 2,674 | 228,547 | ||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. | 15,841 | 1,740,134 | ||||||
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | 3,750 | 1,300,087 | ||||||
CGI, Inc. (b) | 8,100 | 642,411 | ||||||
Franco-Nevada Corp. | 7,257 | 909,520 |
Shares |
| |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.2%, continued | ||||||||
CANADA — 6.3%, continued | ||||||||
Gildan Activewear, Inc. | 18,362 | $ | 514,320 | |||||
Kinross Gold Corp. | 46,915 | 344,356 | ||||||
Manulife Financial Corp. | 75,463 | 1,344,751 | ||||||
Methanex Corp. | 15,712 | 724,009 | ||||||
Open Text Corp. | 11,725 | 533,018 | ||||||
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. | 11,589 | 708,204 | ||||||
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc. | 9,384 | 652,657 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Canada | 32,068 | 2,631,500 | ||||||
Shaw Communications, Inc. - Class B | 20,205 | 354,800 | ||||||
Sun Life Financial, Inc. | 11,714 | 520,804 | ||||||
Teck Resources Ltd. - Class B | 44,613 | 809,726 | ||||||
Thomson Reuters Corp. | 20,428 | 1,672,849 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) | 24,696 | 1,393,348 | ||||||
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | 22,228 | 927,797 | ||||||
20,183,240 | ||||||||
CAYMAN ISLANDS — 8.5% | ||||||||
Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. - ADR (b) | 25,047 | 5,829,188 | ||||||
Autohome, Inc. - ADR | 3,132 | 312,010 | ||||||
Baidu, Inc. - ADR (b) | 5,628 | 1,216,999 | ||||||
BeiGene Ltd. - ADR (b) | 1,977 | 510,837 | ||||||
China Literature Ltd. (a) (b) | 47,000 | 369,490 | ||||||
GDS Holdings Ltd. - ADR (b) | 4,644 | 434,864 | ||||||
Genscript Biotech Corp. (a) (b) | 190,000 | 276,444 | ||||||
JD.com, Inc. - ADR (b) | 15,448 | 1,357,879 | ||||||
JOYY, Inc. - ADR | 4,578 | 366,148 | ||||||
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (a) (b) | 100,000 | 408,254 | ||||||
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. (a) | 287,000 | 235,500 | ||||||
NetEase, Inc. - ADR | 10,792 | 1,033,550 | ||||||
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. - ADR (b) | 5,293 | 983,492 | ||||||
NIO, Inc. - ADR (b) | 15,070 | 734,512 | ||||||
Noah Holdings Ltd. - ADR (b) | 6,771 | 323,722 | ||||||
Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. (a) | 48,000 | 940,712 | ||||||
Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. (a) | 25,000 | 546,210 | ||||||
TAL Education Group - ADR (b) | 10,265 | 734,050 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. - ADR | 87,007 | 6,254,933 | ||||||
Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp. (a) | 140,000 | 239,471 | ||||||
Trip.com Group Ltd. - ADR (b) | 14,521 | 489,793 | ||||||
Vipshop Holdings Ltd. - ADR (b) | 15,804 | 444,250 | ||||||
Weibo Corp. - ADR (b) | 6,782 | 277,994 | ||||||
WuXi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (a) (b) | 108,000 | 1,432,220 | ||||||
Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. (a) | 92,000 | 241,242 | ||||||
Xpeng, Inc. - ADR (b) | 7,719 | 330,605 | ||||||
Zai Lab Ltd. (b) | 2,031 | 274,876 | ||||||
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc. - ADR | 19,738 | 575,560 | ||||||
27,174,805 | ||||||||
CHILE — 0.3% | ||||||||
Embotelladora Andina S.A. - Class B - ADR | 5,911 | 88,332 | ||||||
Enel Americas S.A. - ADR | 53,811 | 442,326 | ||||||
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. - ADR | 11,292 | 554,324 | ||||||
1,084,982 | ||||||||
CHINA — 3.4% | ||||||||
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. - H Shares | 1,300,000 | 476,235 | ||||||
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. - H Shares (b) | 722,000 | 255,180 | ||||||
ANTA Sports Products Ltd. (a) | 56,000 | 888,555 | ||||||
Bank of China Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 897,000 | 303,592 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
16
Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis International Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares |
| |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.2%, continued | ||||||||
CHINA — 3.4%, continued | ||||||||
BYD Co. Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 10,500 | $ | 276,446 | |||||
China Construction Bank Corp. - ADR | 55,807 | 838,221 | ||||||
China Construction Bank Corp. - H Shares (a) | 267,000 | 201,392 | ||||||
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 82,820 | 523,921 | ||||||
China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 1,402,000 | 799,204 | ||||||
China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 84,600 | 330,783 | ||||||
China Vanke Co. Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 108,074 | 373,093 | ||||||
Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. - ADR | 8,797 | 78,293 | ||||||
Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. - H Shares (b) | 241,230 | 874,373 | ||||||
Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. - H Shares | 177,800 | 279,802 | ||||||
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 720,000 | 462,591 | ||||||
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. - ADR | 42,425 | 1,039,412 | ||||||
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 75,318 | 916,588 | ||||||
Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 259,600 | 629,742 | ||||||
TravelSky Technology Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 120,000 | 289,908 | ||||||
Weichai Power Co. Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 126,000 | 253,349 | ||||||
Yum China Holdings, Inc. | 12,656 | 722,531 | ||||||
10,813,211 | ||||||||
COLOMBIA — 0.3% | ||||||||
Bancolombia S.A. - ADR | 27,423 | 1,101,856 | ||||||
DENMARK — 1.9% | ||||||||
Coloplast A/S - Series B (a) | 3,561 | 544,579 | ||||||
DSV Panalpina A/S (a) | 4,551 | 764,848 | ||||||
Genmab A/S (a) (b) | 992 | 402,249 | ||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S - ADR | 30,237 | 2,112,054 | ||||||
Orsted A/S (a) | 4,053 | 829,264 | ||||||
Pandora A/S (a) | 2,532 | 283,376 | ||||||
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (a) | 4,203 | 992,871 | ||||||
5,929,241 | ||||||||
FINLAND — 0.5% | ||||||||
Neste OYJ (a) | 9,891 | 718,093 | ||||||
Nokia Corp. - ADR (b) | 76,592 | 299,475 | ||||||
UPM-Kymmene OYJ (a) | 14,351 | 535,149 | ||||||
1,552,717 | ||||||||
FRANCE — 6.2% | ||||||||
Accor S.A. (a) (b) | 7,593 | 275,468 | ||||||
Air Liquide S.A. - ADR | 2 | 66 | ||||||
Air Liquide S.A. (a) | 8,862 | 1,452,835 | ||||||
AXA S.A. - ADR | 16,705 | 400,085 | ||||||
AXA S.A. (a) | 16,501 | 395,716 | ||||||
Capgemini SE - ADR | 6,425 | 198,083 | ||||||
Capgemini SE (a) | 2,481 | 385,909 | ||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (a) | 1,074 | 138,279 | ||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA - ADR | 18,110 | 465,789 | ||||||
CNP Assurances (a) (b) | 24,456 | 397,321 | ||||||
Covivio (a) | 5,514 | 505,954 | ||||||
Danone S.A. - ADR | 29,620 | 388,022 | ||||||
Danone S.A. (a) | 5,973 | 393,043 | ||||||
Dassault Systemes SE (a) | 3,059 | 620,399 | ||||||
Dassault Systemes SE - ADR | 745 | 151,734 | ||||||
EssilorLuxottica S.A. (a) | 4,430 | 690,317 | ||||||
Gecina S.A. (a) | 2,427 | 377,383 |
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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. (a) | 6,989 | $ | 704,420 | |||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (a) | 2,376 | 228,943 | ||||||
Hermes International (a) | 830 | 892,443 | ||||||
Kering S.A. (a) | 1,378 | 1,000,019 | ||||||
Klepierre S.A. (a) | 14,671 | 330,875 | ||||||
Legrand S.A. (a) | 10,029 | 897,122 | ||||||
L’Oreal S.A. - ADR | 21,745 | 1,655,882 | ||||||
L’Oreal S.A. (a) | 1,380 | 526,519 | ||||||
Peugeot S.A. (a) (b) | 24,141 | 661,089 | ||||||
Publicis Groupe S.A. (a) | 8,339 | 414,442 | ||||||
Renault S.A. (a) (b) | 6,593 | 288,576 | ||||||
Sartorius Sedim Biotech (a) | 1,319 | 470,169 | ||||||
Schneider Electric SE (a) | 9,145 | 1,321,647 | ||||||
Solvay S.A. (a) | 2,892 | 341,052 | ||||||
Teleperformance (a) | 1,454 | 482,680 | ||||||
TUI AG (a) (b) | 48,894 | 308,001 | ||||||
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (a) | 3,368 | 262,305 | ||||||
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield - CDI (a) | 45,646 | 178,282 | ||||||
Valeo S.A. (a) | 9,422 | 371,628 | ||||||
Vinci S.A. (a) | 3,031 | 301,903 | ||||||
Vivendi S.A. (a) | 16,650 | 537,014 | ||||||
Vivendi S.A. - ADR | 5,023 | 161,238 | ||||||
Wendel SE (a) | 2,330 | 278,050 | ||||||
19,850,702 | ||||||||
GERMANY — 5.0% | ||||||||
adidas AG (a) (b) | 1,323 | 481,293 | ||||||
adidas AG - ADR (b) | 2,402 | 439,542 | ||||||
Allianz SE - ADR | 76,050 | 1,874,632 | ||||||
Allianz SE (a) | 880 | 216,183 | ||||||
BASF SE - ADR | 4,760 | 93,677 | ||||||
BASF SE (a) | 4,722 | 373,224 | ||||||
Bayerische Moteren Werke AG - ADR | 2 | 59 | ||||||
Continental AG (a) | 4,866 | 724,202 | ||||||
Covestro AG (a) | 7,156 | 440,887 | ||||||
Daimler AG (a) | 18,669 | 1,323,189 | ||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG (a) | 3,878 | 660,288 | ||||||
Deutsche Post AG (a) | 10,161 | 503,311 | ||||||
Deutsche Post AG - ADR | 14,832 | 739,227 | ||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG (a) | 25,629 | 467,776 | ||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG - ADR | 30,009 | 548,264 | ||||||
Deutsche Wohnen SE (a) | 9,595 | 511,917 | ||||||
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (a) (b) | 10,208 | 615,854 | ||||||
Infineon Technologies AG (a) | 8,718 | 332,914 | ||||||
Infineon Technologies AG - ADR | 12,109 | 466,802 | ||||||
Merck KGaA (a) | 2,316 | 397,211 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (a) | 1,787 | 530,942 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG - ADR | 18,890 | 561,222 | ||||||
Siemens AG (a) | 14,082 | 2,028,376 | ||||||
Siemens Energy AG (b) | 7,041 | 258,038 | ||||||
Symrise AG (a) | 4,617 | 613,774 | ||||||
Vonovia SE (a) | 11,640 | 850,080 | ||||||
16,052,884 | ||||||||
HONG KONG — 2.9% | ||||||||
AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a) | 44,923 | 249,002 |
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HONG KONG — 2.9%, continued | ||||||||
AIA Group Ltd. - ADR | 36,278 | $ | 1,782,338 | |||||
AIA Group Ltd. (a) | 57,569 | 701,540 | ||||||
BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd. (a) | 27,500 | 144,273 | ||||||
China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd. (a) | 94,091 | 457,851 | ||||||
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (a) | 101,000 | 345,833 | ||||||
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (a) | 26,978 | 1,479,784 | ||||||
Lenovo Group Ltd. (a) | 770,000 | 727,948 | ||||||
Link REIT (a) | 95,500 | 867,306 | ||||||
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd. - H Shares (a) | 116,000 | 262,439 | ||||||
Sino Land Co. Ltd. (a) | 168,000 | 218,620 | ||||||
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. (a) | 276,500 | 281,304 | ||||||
Swire Properties Ltd. (a) | 206,350 | 599,946 | ||||||
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (a) | 24,500 | 350,188 | ||||||
Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The) (a) | 166,000 | 445,887 | ||||||
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. (a) | 68,000 | 485,745 | ||||||
9,400,004 | ||||||||
HUNGARY — 0.0% (c) | ||||||||
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas plc - ADR (b) | 6,368 | 23,524 | ||||||
INDIA — 2.8% | ||||||||
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. - ADR | 7,744 | 552,070 | ||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd. - ADR (b) | 30,589 | 2,210,361 | ||||||
ICICI Bank Ltd. - ADR (b) | 144,722 | 2,150,569 | ||||||
Infosys Ltd. - ADR | 131,713 | 2,232,535 | ||||||
Vedanta Ltd. - ADR | 72,118 | 633,196 | ||||||
Wipro Ltd. - ADR | 206,072 | 1,164,307 | ||||||
8,943,038 | ||||||||
INDONESIA — 0.6% | ||||||||
Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT - ADR | 87,101 | 775,199 | ||||||
Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT - ADR | 50,040 | 1,176,941 | ||||||
1,952,140 | ||||||||
IRELAND — 0.3% | ||||||||
CRH plc - ADR | 14,500 | 617,410 | ||||||
Smurfit Kappa Group plc (a) | 10,442 | 488,072 | ||||||
1,105,482 | ||||||||
ISRAEL — 0.6% | ||||||||
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (b) | 4,857 | 645,544 | ||||||
CyberArk Software Ltd. (b) | 2,299 | 371,496 | ||||||
ICL Group Ltd. | 39,641 | 200,187 | ||||||
Nice Ltd. - ADR (b) | 2,630 | 745,710 | ||||||
1,962,937 | ||||||||
ITALY — 1.4% | ||||||||
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (a) | 41,464 | 725,937 | ||||||
Enel S.p.A. (a) | 148,245 | 1,508,290 | ||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (a) | 199,542 | 471,641 | ||||||
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. (a) (b) | 29,677 | 274,703 | ||||||
Moncler S.p.A. (a) (b) | 7,061 | 434,096 | ||||||
Poste Italiane S.p.A. (a) | 36,562 | 373,968 | ||||||
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale S.p.A. (a) | 30,583 | 234,995 | ||||||
UniCredit S.p.A. (a) (b) | 37,450 | 350,869 | ||||||
4,374,499 | ||||||||
JAPAN — 16.0% | ||||||||
Advantest Corp. (a) | 4,800 | 359,518 |
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Aeon Co. Ltd. (a) | 14,100 | $ | 462,556 | |||||
AGC, Inc. (a) | 10,000 | 349,680 | ||||||
Asahi Kasei Corp. (a) | 50,000 | 512,492 | ||||||
Astellas Pharma, Inc. (a) | 24,700 | 382,438 | ||||||
Bridgestone Corp. (a) | 23,856 | 782,355 | ||||||
Brothers Industries Ltd. (a) | 13,702 | 282,849 | ||||||
Canon, Inc. (a) | 34,400 | 666,396 | ||||||
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (a) | 14,700 | 784,298 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings, Inc. (a) | 13,100 | 204,620 | ||||||
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. - ADR | 37 | 332 | ||||||
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (a) | 37,618 | 676,639 | ||||||
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (a) | 16,346 | 246,252 | ||||||
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. (a) | 23,430 | 802,927 | ||||||
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. - ADR | 5,703 | 197,552 | ||||||
Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. (a) | 17,000 | 505,441 | ||||||
Denso Corp. (a) | 10,000 | 595,191 | ||||||
East Japan Railway Co. - ADR | 5,418 | 60,248 | ||||||
East Japan Railway Co. (a) | 8,529 | 568,999 | ||||||
Eisai Co. Ltd. (a) | 3,100 | 221,684 | ||||||
FANUC Corp. (a) | 1,200 | 296,210 | ||||||
FANUC Corp. - ADR | 14,250 | 351,832 | ||||||
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. (a) | 1,000 | 896,654 | ||||||
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. - ADR | 8,601 | 455,423 | ||||||
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. (a) | 1,500 | 79,126 | ||||||
Fujitsu Ltd. (a) | 2,267 | 327,652 | ||||||
Honda Motor Co. Ltd (a) | 17,400 | 490,949 | ||||||
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. - ADR | 1,011 | 28,561 | ||||||
Hoya Corp. - ADR | 1,273 | 176,680 | ||||||
Hoya Corp. (a) | 6,861 | 950,185 | ||||||
Hulic Co., Ltd. (a) | 29,200 | 321,196 | ||||||
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (a) | 8,500 | 217,184 | ||||||
Kao Corp. (a) | 8,000 | 618,032 | ||||||
KDDI Corp. - ADR | 43,814 | 650,200 | ||||||
Keyence Corp. (a) | 3,600 | 2,025,002 | ||||||
Kubota Corp. - ADR | 5,277 | 582,264 | ||||||
Kubota Corp. (a) | 24,000 | 524,328 | ||||||
Kyocera Corp. (a) | 4,300 | 263,919 | ||||||
Lixil Corp. (a) | 15,100 | 327,459 | ||||||
M3, Inc. (a) | 11,200 | 1,058,003 | ||||||
Marubeni Corp. (a) | 91,000 | 606,262 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. (a) | 30,400 | 749,394 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. - ADR | 10,860 | 48,110 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (a) | 60,143 | 266,283 | ||||||
Mitsui & Co. Ltd. - ADR | 1,204 | 443,999 | ||||||
Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (a) | 27,090 | 496,662 | ||||||
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. (a) | 16,000 | 489,642 | ||||||
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (a) | 42,220 | 535,848 | ||||||
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (a) | 12,900 | 1,167,797 | ||||||
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - ADR | 916 | 20,752 | ||||||
Nexon Co. Ltd. (a) | 10,300 | 317,796 | ||||||
Nidec Corp. - ADR | 34,780 | 1,102,526 | ||||||
Nikon Corp. (a) | 67,000 | 423,286 | ||||||
Nintendo Co. Ltd. - ADR | 14,840 | 1,194,917 | ||||||
Nintendo Co. Ltd. (a) | 300 | 192,577 | ||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (a) | 22,600 | 579,877 | ||||||
Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. (a) | 1,050 | 219,550 | ||||||
Nomura Holdings, Inc. (a) | 65,900 | 348,408 | ||||||
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. (a) | 222 | 317,682 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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JAPAN — 16.0%, continued | ||||||||
Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (a) | 10,200 | $ | 364,879 | |||||
Omron Corp. (a) | 7,900 | 705,223 | ||||||
Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (a) | 7,141 | 215,186 | ||||||
Oriental Land Co. Ltd. (a) | 2,960 | 489,071 | ||||||
Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. (a) | 9,295 | 214,743 | ||||||
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. (a) | 17,550 | 737,130 | ||||||
Ricoh Co. Ltd. (a) | 36,000 | 236,725 | ||||||
Secom Co. Ltd. (a) | 4,680 | 431,726 | ||||||
Sekisui House Ltd. - ADR | 21,690 | 444,211 | ||||||
Sekisui House Ltd. (a) | 8,000 | 162,970 | ||||||
Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. (a) | 17,400 | 616,126 | ||||||
Shimadzu Corp. (a) | 17,000 | 660,770 | ||||||
Shimano, Inc. (a) | 2,084 | 487,806 | ||||||
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (a) | 6,100 | 1,070,616 | ||||||
Shiseido Co. Ltd. (a) | 2,100 | 145,367 | ||||||
Shiseido Co. Ltd. - ADR | 7,565 | 524,254 | ||||||
SMC Corp. (a) | 678 | 414,068 | ||||||
SoftBank Corp. | 18,522 | 231,933 | ||||||
SoftBank Group Corp. (a) | 14,400 | 1,117,913 | ||||||
SoftBank Group Corp. - ADR | 12,750 | 492,915 | ||||||
Sony Corp. - ADR | 23,139 | 2,339,353 | ||||||
Sumitomo Corp. (a) | 23,254 | 308,175 | ||||||
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (a) | 8,000 | 355,838 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (a) | 11,000 | 339,392 | ||||||
Suzuken Co. Ltd. (a) | 7,100 | 256,828 | ||||||
Sysmex Corp. (a) | 2,300 | 276,743 | ||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. - ADR | 22,093 | 402,093 | ||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (a) | 15,900 | 575,394 | ||||||
TDK Corp. (a) | 3,800 | 573,341 | ||||||
Terumo Corp. (a) | 10,972 | 459,124 | ||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. (a) | 1,900 | 709,749 | ||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. - ADR | 1,464 | 137,013 | ||||||
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. (a) | 13,000 | 300,879 | ||||||
Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. (a) (b) | 34,000 | 480,120 | ||||||
Toray Industries, Inc. | 50,000 | 295,812 | ||||||
TOTO Ltd. (a) | 4,000 | 240,747 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. - ADR | 11,838 | 1,829,800 | ||||||
Unicharm Corp. (a) | 11,200 | 531,156 | ||||||
USS Co. Ltd. (a) | 15,320 | 309,776 | ||||||
Wacoal Holdings Corp. - ADR | 1,316 | 131,600 | ||||||
Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. (a) | 6,525 | 246,132 | ||||||
Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd. (a) | 40,800 | 216,765 | ||||||
Yamaha Corp. (a) | 3,877 | 228,443 | ||||||
Yaskawa Electric Corp. (a) (b) | 6,600 | 329,036 | ||||||
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (a) | 19,600 | 390,914 | ||||||
Z Holdings Corp. (a) | 40,036 | 242,260 | ||||||
51,094,809 | ||||||||
JERSEY — 0.7% | ||||||||
Experian plc - ADR | 11,145 | 423,064 | ||||||
Ferguson plc - ADR | 56,809 | 687,951 | ||||||
Ferguson plc (a) | 508 | 61,723 | ||||||
Glencore plc (a) (b) | 248,450 | 789,039 | ||||||
WPP plc (a) | 34,966 | 378,897 | ||||||
2,340,674 | ||||||||
LUXEMBOURG — 0.6% | ||||||||
ArcelorMittal S.A. (b) | 21,319 | 488,205 | ||||||
Aroundtown S.A. (a) | 56,076 | 418,081 |
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Globant S.A. (b) | 1,493 | $ | 324,892 | |||||
Tenaris S.A. - ADR | 26,739 | 426,487 | ||||||
Tenaris S.A. (a) | 35,185 | 285,118 | ||||||
1,942,783 | ||||||||
MEXICO — 0.9% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR | 4,916 | 226,628 | ||||||
Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR | 12,658 | 959,097 | ||||||
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR (b) | 2,661 | 296,143 | ||||||
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR (b) | 2,464 | 406,387 | ||||||
Grupo Televisa S.A.B. - ADR (b) | 39,194 | 322,958 | ||||||
Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR | 26,577 | 747,877 | ||||||
2,959,090 | ||||||||
NETHERLANDS — 3.0% | ||||||||
Adyen N.V. (a) (b) | 349 | 810,882 | ||||||
Akzo Nobel N.V. - ADR | 9,200 | 331,752 | ||||||
Argenx SE - ADR (b) | 715 | 210,274 | ||||||
ASML Holding N.V. - ADR | 6,611 | 3,224,317 | ||||||
ING Groep N.V. - ADR (b) | 40,673 | 383,953 | ||||||
ING Groep N.V. (a) | 12,870 | 119,658 | ||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. - ADR | 24,466 | 690,553 | ||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (a) | 5,491 | 154,902 | ||||||
Koninklijke DSM N.V. (a) | 4,332 | 744,947 | ||||||
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (b) | 16,004 | 866,937 | ||||||
Prosus N.V. (a) (b) | 5,540 | 598,176 | ||||||
Prosus N.V. - ADR | 4,090 | 88,712 | ||||||
QIAGEN N.V. (b) | 7,847 | 414,714 | ||||||
STMicroelectronics N.V. | 14,434 | 535,790 | ||||||
Wolters Kluwer N.V. (a) | 5,142 | 433,326 | ||||||
9,608,893 | ||||||||
NORWAY — 1.1% | ||||||||
Equinor ASA - ADR | 158,981 | 2,610,468 | ||||||
Mowi ASA (a) | 10,838 | 241,948 | ||||||
Norsk Hydro ASA (a) | 112,833 | 525,059 | ||||||
3,377,475 | ||||||||
PAPUA NEW GUINEA — 0.2% | ||||||||
Oil Search Ltd. (a) | 189,182 | 542,226 | ||||||
PHILIPPINES — 0.2% | ||||||||
PLDT, Inc. - ADR | 20,806 | 580,695 | ||||||
PORTUGAL — 0.2% | ||||||||
EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. (a) | 50,604 | 317,603 | ||||||
Galp Energia SGPS S.A. (a) | 39,468 | 418,201 | ||||||
735,804 | ||||||||
RUSSIA — 0.2% | ||||||||
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC - ADR | 86,910 | 777,845 | ||||||
SINGAPORE — 1.1% | ||||||||
BOC Aviation Ltd. (a) | 45,200 | 391,227 | ||||||
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (a) | 359,120 | 587,684 | ||||||
CapitaLand Ltd. (a) | 183,000 | 454,358 | ||||||
City Developments Ltd. (a) | 103,000 | 621,290 | ||||||
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. - ADR | 11,392 | 866,361 |
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SINGAPORE — 1.1%, continued | ||||||||
Keppel REIT (a) | 737 | $ | 625 | |||||
Venture Corp. Ltd. (a) | 30,000 | 441,392 | ||||||
3,362,937 | ||||||||
SOUTH AFRICA — 1.2% | ||||||||
FirstRand Ltd. (a) | 201,574 | 702,429 | ||||||
Gold Fields Ltd. - ADR | 28,744 | 266,457 | ||||||
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. - ADR | 34,408 | 477,927 | ||||||
Mr Price Group Ltd. (a) | 43,236 | 501,802 | ||||||
MultiChoice Group Ltd. (a) | 36,500 | 333,214 | ||||||
Naspers Ltd. - Class N - ADR | 29,815 | 1,211,682 | ||||||
Standard Bank Group Ltd. (a) | 37,092 | 321,280 | ||||||
3,814,791 | ||||||||
SOUTH KOREA — 3.1% | ||||||||
KB Financial Group, Inc. - ADR | 43,520 | 1,723,392 | ||||||
Korea Electric Power Corp. - ADR | 70,644 | 866,802 | ||||||
KT Corp. - ADR | 90,367 | 994,940 | ||||||
LG Display Co. Ltd. - ADR | 32,327 | 272,840 | ||||||
POSCO - ADR | 30,542 | 1,903,072 | ||||||
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. - ADR | 47,079 | 1,401,071 | ||||||
SK Telecom Co. Ltd. - ADR | 61,666 | 1,509,584 | ||||||
Woori Financial Group, Inc. - ADR | 39,921 | 1,093,037 | ||||||
9,764,738 | ||||||||
SPAIN — 1.9% | ||||||||
Aena SME S.A. (a) (b) | 1,464 | 254,504 | ||||||
Amadeus IT Group S.A. (a) | 9,206 | 679,533 | ||||||
Cellnex Telecom S.A. (a) | 4,610 | 276,832 | ||||||
Iberdrola S.A. - ADR | 16,749 | 963,068 | ||||||
Iberdrola S.A. (a) | 45,814 | 658,333 | ||||||
Industria de Diseno Textil S.A. (a) | 28,211 | 895,374 | ||||||
Naturgy Energy Group S.A. (a) | 12,657 | 294,315 | ||||||
Repsol S.A. (a) | 140,542 | 1,415,776 | ||||||
Repsol S.A. - ADR | 6,104 | 61,101 | ||||||
Telefónica S.A. (a) | 133,521 | 531,075 | ||||||
Telefónica S.A. - ADR | 34,242 | 138,338 | ||||||
6,168,249 | ||||||||
SWEDEN — 2.0% | ||||||||
Assa Abloy AB - Class B (a) | 14,650 | 362,065 | ||||||
Atlas Copco AB - A Shares (a) | 8,922 | 458,602 | ||||||
Atlas Copco AB - Class A - ADR | 10,074 | 514,580 | ||||||
Boliden AB (a) | 25,785 | 914,871 | ||||||
Essity AB - Series B (a) | 12,219 | 393,723 | ||||||
Hennes & Mauritz AB - B Shares (a) (b) | 19,185 | 402,771 | ||||||
Hexagon AB - B Shares (a) | 8,347 | 765,343 | ||||||
Kinnevik AB - Class B (a) (b) | 17,337 | 871,035 | ||||||
Sandvik AB - ADR (b) | 13,048 | 320,850 | ||||||
Sandvik AB (a) (b) | 17,709 | 436,809 | ||||||
Svenska Cellulosa AB S.C.A. - Class B (a) (b) | 16,418 | 287,082 | ||||||
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - B Shares (a) | 60,032 | 714,176 | ||||||
6,441,907 | ||||||||
SWITZERLAND — 5.9% | ||||||||
ABB Ltd. - ADR | 33,452 | 935,318 | ||||||
Adecco Group AG (a) | 3,938 | 262,281 | ||||||
Adecco Group AG - ADR | 4,982 | 165,751 | ||||||
Barry Callebaut AG (a) | 265 | 631,522 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG (a) | 51,770 | 668,389 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG - ADR | 11,870 | 151,936 |
Shares |
| |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.2%, continued | ||||||||
SWITZERLAND — 5.9%, continued | ||||||||
Geberit AG (a) | 1,023 | $ | 640,361 | |||||
Givaudan S.A. (a) | 272 | 1,150,771 | ||||||
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. | 2,460 | 250,852 | ||||||
LafargeHolcim Ltd. (a) (b) | 8,532 | 468,297 | ||||||
Logitech International S.A. | 5,434 | 528,130 | ||||||
Lonza Group AG (a) | 2,555 | 1,645,828 | ||||||
Lonza Group AG - ADR | 1,070 | 68,566 | ||||||
Nestlé S.A. - ADR | 36,016 | 4,242,685 | ||||||
Partners Group Holding AG (a) | 644 | 756,718 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG - ADR | 82,968 | 3,637,317 | ||||||
Sika AG (a) | 852 | 232,247 | ||||||
Swatch Group AG (The) (a) | 828 | 225,084 | ||||||
Swiss Re AG (a) | 6,096 | 574,317 | ||||||
UBS Group AG (a) (b) | 22,324 | 314,315 | ||||||
UBS Group AG (b) | 2 | 28 | ||||||
Zurich Insurance Group AG (a) | 492 | 207,337 | ||||||
Zurich Insurance Group AG - ADR | 24,700 | 1,042,834 | ||||||
18,800,884 | ||||||||
TAIWAN — 4.7% | ||||||||
ASE Industrial Holding Co. Ltd. - ADR | 126,937 | 741,312 | ||||||
AU Optronics Corp. - ADR (b) | 157,981 | 782,006 | ||||||
Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. - ADR | 76,727 | 2,963,197 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - ADR | 89,014 | 9,706,086 | ||||||
United Microelectronics Corp. - ADR | 114,499 | 965,227 | ||||||
15,157,828 | ||||||||
TURKEY — 0.2% | ||||||||
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. - ADR | 127,033 | 684,708 | ||||||
UNITED KINGDOM — 7.3% | ||||||||
3i Group plc (a) | 68,813 | 1,088,427 | ||||||
Antofagasta plc (a) | 47,452 | 930,660 | ||||||
Ashtead Group plc (a) | 11,037 | 519,862 | ||||||
AstraZeneca plc - ADR | 42,278 | 2,113,477 | ||||||
Aviva plc (a) | 62,051 | 276,009 | ||||||
Berkeley Group Holdings plc (The) (a) | 7,006 | 453,113 | ||||||
British Land Co. plc (The) (a) | 62,287 | 417,089 | ||||||
BT Group plc (a) (b) | 141,966 | 255,892 | ||||||
Burberry Group plc (a) (b) | 13,434 | 328,065 | ||||||
Coca-Cola European Partners plc | 9,316 | 464,216 | ||||||
Compass Group plc (a) | 35,682 | 665,528 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline plc - ADR | 33,710 | 1,240,528 | ||||||
Halma plc (a) | 17,839 | 597,442 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings plc - ADR | 18,673 | 483,817 | ||||||
Informa plc (a) (b) | 99,047 | 740,622 | ||||||
InterContinental Hotels Group plc - ADR (b) | 4,765 | 310,297 | ||||||
InterContinental Hotels Group plc (a) (b) | 732 | 47,445 | ||||||
ITV plc (a) | 307,997 | 448,816 | ||||||
Kingfisher plc (a) (b) | 106,863 | 394,880 | ||||||
Legal & General Group plc (a) | 210,040 | 765,485 | ||||||
Lloyds Banking Group plc (a) | 437,921 | 218,302 | ||||||
Lloyds Banking Group plc - ADR (b) | 2,891 | 5,666 | ||||||
London Stock Exchange Group plc (a) | 7,929 | 978,744 | ||||||
Mondi plc (a) | 17,385 | 407,369 | ||||||
National Grid plc - ADR | 5,304 | 313,095 | ||||||
Ocado Group plc (a) (b) | 12,670 | 396,198 | ||||||
PEARSON plc - ADR | 11,827 | 108,572 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis International Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares |
| |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.2%, continued | ||||||||
UNITED KINGDOM — 7.3%, continued | ||||||||
PEARSON plc (a) | 24,794 | $ | 227,502 | |||||
Prudential plc - ADR | 17,512 | 646,718 | ||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (a) | 3,212 | 286,689 | ||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc - ADR | 47,555 | 861,697 | ||||||
RELX plc (a) | 37,769 | 924,124 | ||||||
RELX plc - ADR | 12,882 | 317,670 | ||||||
Rentokil Initial plc (a) (b) | 66,541 | 463,943 | ||||||
Sage Group plc (The) (a) | 33,781 | 268,233 | ||||||
Sage Group plc (The) - ADR | 2,320 | 75,154 | ||||||
Segro plc (a) | 65,385 | 848,254 | ||||||
Tesco plc - ADR | 29,931 | 289,430 | ||||||
Tesco plc (a) | 139,399 | 439,918 | ||||||
Unilever plc - ADR | 32,932 | 1,987,776 | ||||||
Vodafone Group plc - ADR | 39,744 | 654,981 | ||||||
23,261,705 | ||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $196,100,055) | 314,384,198 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Par Value | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE NOTES — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 2.000 | % | 6/15/2022 | $ | 290,000 | $ | 290,000 | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 6/15/2023 | 870,000 | 870,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 12/15/2023 | 480,000 | 480,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 6/17/2024 | 290,000 | 290,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 12/13/2024 | 120,000 | 120,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 2.500 | % | 6/13/2025 | 500,000 | 500,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 2.500 | % | 12/15/2025 | 400,000 | 400,000 | |||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES (Cost $2,950,000) | 2,950,000 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.5% | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (e) (Cost $1,446,661) | 1,446,661 | $ | 1,446,661 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (Cost $200,496,716) — 99.6% | $ | 318,780,859 | ||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.4% | 1,234,637 | |||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 320,015,496 |
(a) | This security has been fair valued by the methods established by a systematic valuation model provided by an independent third-party pricing service under the guidelines established by the Board of Trustees (Note 2). |
(b) | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
(d) | Restricted and illiquid securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 are as follows: |
| Acquisition | Current | Fair | % of Net | ||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.000%, 06/15/22 | 06/17/19 | $ | 290,000 | $ | 290,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/15/23 | 06/18/18 | 870,000 | 870,000 | 0.3 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/15/23 | 12/17/18 | 480,000 | 480,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/17/24 | 06/17/19 | 290,000 | 290,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/13/24 | 12/12/19 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 0.0 | %(c) | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 06/13/20 | 06/12/20 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 12/15/25 | 12/15/20 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
$ | 2,950,000 | $ | 2,950,000 | 0.9 | % |
(e) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
ADR | — American Depositary Receipt |
CDI | — CHESS Depositary Interest |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
REIT | — Real Estate Investment Trust |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis International Index Fund
December 31, 2020 (unaudited)
| % of Net |
Communications — 10.8% | |
Advertising & Marketing | 0.3% |
Cable & Satellite | 0.3% |
Entertainment Content | 0.6% |
Internet Media & Services | 4.1% |
Publishing & Broadcasting | 0.5% |
Telecommunications | 5.0% |
Consumer Discretionary — 12.0% | |
Apparel & Textile Products | 1.7% |
Automotive | 2.9% |
Consumer Services | 0.5% |
E-Commerce Discretionary | 2.5% |
Home Construction | 0.8% |
Leisure Facilities & Services | 0.9% |
Leisure Products | 0.2% |
Retail - Discretionary | 2.2% |
Wholesale - Discretionary | 0.3% |
Consumer Staples — 7.1% | |
Beverages | 0.7% |
Food | 1.8% |
Household Products | 2.5% |
Retail - Consumer Staples | 1.7% |
Wholesale - Consumer Staples | 0.4% |
Energy — 2.7% | |
Oil & Gas Producers | 2.2% |
Oil & Gas Services & Equipment | 0.2% |
Renewable Energy | 0.3% |
Financials — 17.9% | |
Asset Management | 1.5% |
Banking | 10.0% |
Institutional Financial Services | 1.4% |
Insurance | 4.9% |
Specialty Finance | 0.1% |
| % of Net |
Health Care — 8.6% | |
Biotech & Pharma | 5.3% |
Health Care Facilities & Services | 1.3% |
Medical Equipment & Devices | 2.0% |
Industrials — 9.9% | |
Commercial Support Services | 1.4% |
Diversified Industrials | 0.7% |
Electrical Equipment | 1.7% |
Engineering & Construction | 0.3% |
Industrial Support Services | 0.7% |
Machinery | 2.1% |
Transportation & Logistics | 3.0% |
Materials — 8.5% | |
Chemicals | 2.8% |
Construction Materials | 0.5% |
Containers & Packaging | 0.3% |
Forestry, Paper & Wood Products | 0.6% |
Metals & Mining | 2.9% |
Steel | 1.4% |
Real Estate — 3.6% | |
Real Estate Owners & Developers | 1.4% |
Real Estate Services | 0.1% |
REITs | 2.1% |
Technology — 14.6% | |
Semiconductors | 5.4% |
Software | 1.2% |
Technology Hardware | 4.2% |
Technology Services | 3.8% |
Utilities — 2.5% | |
Electric & Gas Marketing & Trading | 0.4% |
Electric Utilities | 2.0% |
Gas & Water Utilities | 0.1% |
98.2% |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Value Index Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary (unaudited)
A year ago, (for 2019) I started my commentary with the phrase, “What a difference a year makes!” This certainly continued to ring true for 2020! The year was overwhelmingly dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the fall elections, and stark contrasts. Value stocks as measured by the S&P 500 Value Index had a muted year, ending 2020 with a small positive return of +1.36%, a huge drop from the +31.92% return in 2019. For U.S. large cap stock returns, 2020 looked like a large checkmark, dipping low from mid-February through March before climbing steadily out of the valley, leading to an S&P 500 annual return of positive 18.39%. In terms of major asset classes, most asset classes showed positive returns by the end of the year, led by gold, followed by small cap stocks, emerging market stocks, U.S. large cap stocks, and mid cap stocks. Though further down the list, with continuing falling interest rates and a round trip on bond spreads, bond returns were once again stellar with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index up positive 7.51%, coming close to the positive 8.72% achieved in 2019. The last time we saw back-to-back years with returns over 5% was 2010-2011. REITs and commodities were the asset classes with negative returns over 2020, hit hard by the pandemic-induced changes in the economy. Crude oil started the year at $60.99 per barrel and drifted down before falling off a cliff in April dipping to $5.39 before recovering to $18.99 by month end. Crude oil ended the year at $48.60, averaging $39.44 over the year.
In a review of sector breakouts for large cap stocks, the uneven disparity of winners and losers is stark. Information technology was a clear winner rising over 43%, with consumer discretionary up over 33% and another five sectors (communication services, materials, health care, industrials, and consumer staples) with positive double-digit returns. The consumer discretionary result may seem odd, as travel and leisure would reside here, but so does Amazon and others with e-retail operations. Utilities, financials, and real estate hovered around flat returns for the year. Energy was the clear loser, with a negative 33% return.
2020 also saw a stark contrast between the value style and growth style, with the S&P 500 Value Index returning a measly positive 1.36% and the S&P 500 Growth Index returning a grand positive 33.49%. This pattern did not exist for the whole year, as the recent fourth quarter saw value (up 14.49%) outpace growth (up 10.66%).
In this environment, the Praxis Value Index Fund Class I Shares returned positive 4.07%, outperforming by 271 basis points the positive 1.36% return of the benchmark (S&P 500 Value Index). The Praxis Value Index Fund Class A Shares (without load) returned a positive 3.58%. Our Values + ESG screening framework plus ESG data integration causes differences in returns from our index. Stock-specific factors (versus industry and fundamental factors) were the leading contributors to positive relative performance. As an example, not owning Exxon Mobil (social screen) was a positive contributor, as Exxon Mobil was down 36.2% for the year.
Around mid-year, we started to utilize Sustainalytics ESG scores to enhance our optimization process. Our Morningstar Sustainability ESG Percent Rank-current (as of Dec. 31, 2020) is the 8th percentile (out of 1,455 funds) within the Morningstar US Equity Large Cap Value category. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ is intended to measure how well the issuing companies of the securities within a fund’s portfolio holdings are managing their financially material environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks relative to the Fund’s Morningstar Global Category peers. We continue to be pleased with the performance of the fund, being able to incorporate our Values + ESG screens, and now Sustainalytics ESG scores, to deliver returns that closely track benchmark returns, whether it is a year of small or large returns.
The annual mid-December reconstitution of the benchmark index and our routine updating of our Values + ESG screening list again caused some realignment of portfolio holdings near year end. There were no large crossovers on the scale of Apple’s moves over the last two years, but Tesla caused a stir with its addition to the S&P 500, though it is not part of the S&P 500 Value Index. This reconstitution process is always a good opportunity for us to fine-tune our efforts to track benchmark returns and to optimize our ESG score.
Dale Snyder, CFA®
Praxis Value Index Fund Manager
Praxis Mutual Funds®
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
The S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted index of 500 large companies that is widely used as a barometer of U.S. stock market performance.
The S&P 500 Value Index represents the value companies (defined by book value to price ratio earnings to price ratio and sales to price ratio) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
The S&P 500 Growth Index represents the growth companies (defined by sales growth, earnings to price, and momentum) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
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Praxis Value Index Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary (unaudited), continued
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole.
The Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ is intended to measure how well the issuing companies of the securities within a fund’s portfolio holdings are managing their financially material environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks relative to the fund’s Morningstar Global Category peers. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating calculation is a five -step process. First, each fund with at least 67% of assets covered by a company-level ESG Risk Score from Sustainalytics receives a Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score. The Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score is an asset-weighted average of company level ESG Risk Scores. The Portfolio Sustainability Score ranges between 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating that a fund has, on average, more of its assets invested in companies with high ESG Risk. Second, the Historical Sustainability Score is an exponential weighted moving average of the Portfolio Sustainability Scores over the past 12 months. The process rescales the current Portfolio Sustainability Score to reflect the consistency of the scores. The Historical Sustainability Score ranges between 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating that a fund has, on average, more of its assets invested in companies with high ESG Risk, on a consistent historical basis. Third, the Morningstar Sustainability Rating is then assigned to all scored funds within Morningstar Global Categories in which at least thirty (30) funds receive a Historical Sustainability Score and is determined by each fund’s Morningstar Sustainability Rating Score rank within the following distribution: High (highest 10%), Above Average (next 22.5%), Average (next 35%), Below Average (next 22.5%), and Low (lowest 10%). Fourth, then Morningstar applies a 1% rating buffer from the previous month to increase rating stability. This means a fund must move 1% beyond the rating breakpoint to change ratings. Fifth, they adjust downward positive Sustainability Ratings to funds with high ESG Risk scores. The logic is as follows: If Portfolio Sustainability score is above 40, then the fund receives a Low Sustainability Rating. If Portfolio Sustainability score is above 35 and preliminary rating is Average or better, then the fund is downgraded to Below Average. If the Portfolio Sustainability score is above 30 and preliminary rating is Above Average, then the fund is downgraded to Average. If the Portfolio Sustainability score is below 30, then no adjustment is made. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating is depicted by globe icons where High equals 5 globes and Low equals 1 globe. Since a Sustainability Rating is assigned to all funds that meet the above criteria, the rating it is not limited to funds with explicit sustainable or responsible investment mandates. Morningstar updates its Sustainability Ratings monthly. The Portfolio Sustainability Score is calculated when Morningstar receives a new portfolio. Then, the Historical Sustainability Score and the Sustainability Rating is calculated one month and six business days after the reported as-of date of the most recent portfolio. As part of the evaluation process, Morningstar uses Sustainalytics’ ESG scores from the same month as the portfolio as-of date. Please click on http://corporate1.morningstar.com/SustainableInvesting/ for more detailed information about the Morningstar Sustainability Rating methodology and calculation frequency. Sustainalytics is an independent ESG and corporate governance research, ratings, and analysis firm. Morningstar, Inc. holds a non-controlling ownership interest in Sustainalytics. © 2021 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Basis point refers to a common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance. One basis point is equal to 1/100th of 1%, or 0.01%, or 0.0001, and is used to denote the percentage change in a financial instrument.
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Praxis Value Index Fund
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis Value Index Fund | |||||||
Class A * | 5/1/01 | (1.87%) | 5.89% | 9.91% | 9.53% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
Class A (Without Load) | 5/1/01 | 3.58% | 7.82% | 11.10% | 10.12% | ||
Class I | 5/1/06 | 4.07% | 8.29% | 11.63% | 10.72% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
S&P 500 Value Index 1 |
| 1.36% | 6.78% | 10.52% | 10.74% |
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated January 1, 2021.
1 The S&P 500 Value Index represents the value companies (defined by book value to price ratio earnings to price ratio and sales to price ratio) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Investments
Praxis Value Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.6% | ||||||||
ADVERTISING & MARKETING — 0.2% | ||||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 10,229 | $ | 637,983 | |||||
APPAREL & TEXTILE PRODUCTS — 0.8% | ||||||||
NIKE, Inc. - Class B | 9,970 | 1,410,456 | ||||||
PVH Corp. | 3,270 | 307,020 | ||||||
VF Corp. | 7,520 | 642,283 | ||||||
2,359,759 | ||||||||
ASSET MANAGEMENT — 0.7% | ||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 762 | 549,813 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | 30,770 | 1,632,041 | ||||||
2,181,854 | ||||||||
AUTOMOTIVE — 0.4% | ||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 14,870 | 574,577 | ||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 65,763 | 578,057 | ||||||
1,152,634 | ||||||||
BANKING — 8.5% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 169,070 | 5,124,512 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 47,726 | 2,942,785 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 10,900 | 389,784 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 9,200 | 513,912 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 19,490 | 537,339 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 33,170 | 418,937 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 69,925 | 8,885,370 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 21,488 | 352,618 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 4,696 | 597,801 | ||||||
People’s United Financial, Inc. | 32,700 | 422,811 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 11,631 | 1,733,019 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 24,860 | 400,743 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 32,700 | 1,567,311 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 44,707 | 2,082,899 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp., N.A. | 9,670 | 420,065 | ||||||
26,389,906 | ||||||||
BEVERAGES — 2.5% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 73,340 | 4,021,965 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 25,859 | 3,834,890 | ||||||
7,856,855 | ||||||||
BIOTECH & PHARMA — 6.2% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 11,026 | 1,181,436 | ||||||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 2,380 | 371,851 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 7,744 | 1,780,501 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc. (a) | 2,300 | 563,178 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 28,879 | 1,791,364 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 5,310 | 896,540 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 32,650 | 1,902,189 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 40,071 | 6,306,374 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 34,740 | 2,841,732 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. (a) | 39,840 | 746,602 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 3,990 | 660,345 | ||||||
19,042,112 | ||||||||
CABLE & SATELLITE — 1.0% | ||||||||
Comcast Corp. - Class A | 60,520 | 3,171,248 | ||||||
CHEMICALS — 4.2% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 6,347 | 1,734,127 | ||||||
Celanese Corp. | 4,040 | 524,958 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.6%, continued | ||||||||
CHEMICALS — 4.2%, continued | ||||||||
Dow, Inc. | 8,860 | $ | 491,730 | |||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 14,721 | 1,046,810 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 8,360 | 838,341 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 5,080 | 1,099,109 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 2,880 | 313,459 | ||||||
Linde plc | 11,936 | 3,145,255 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. - Class A | 20,130 | 1,845,116 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 8,830 | 1,273,462 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 960 | 705,514 | ||||||
13,017,881 | ||||||||
COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES — 1.7% | ||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 22,390 | 2,156,157 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 8,160 | 509,837 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 20,790 | 2,451,764 | ||||||
5,117,758 | ||||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.5% | ||||||||
Ball Corp. | 5,768 | 537,462 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 12,160 | 604,595 | ||||||
WestRock Co. | 10,430 | 454,018 | ||||||
1,596,075 | ||||||||
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIALS — 1.1% | ||||||||
Dover Corp. | 5,253 | 663,191 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 5,624 | 452,001 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 11,135 | 2,270,204 | ||||||
3,385,396 | ||||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 4.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. (The) | 27,234 | 639,999 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 11,030 | 918,468 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 6,220 | 379,482 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 16,641 | 1,202,645 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 4,170 | 506,280 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 18,704 | 1,712,538 | ||||||
Edison International | 11,827 | 742,972 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 10,350 | 895,379 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 32,340 | 2,495,031 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 8,983 | 1,144,524 | ||||||
Southern Co. (The) | 25,121 | 1,543,183 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 9,094 | 606,297 | ||||||
12,786,798 | ||||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 2.7% | ||||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 9,550 | 360,226 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International plc | 119,847 | 5,583,672 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 5,570 | 376,254 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 3,650 | 915,456 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 2,520 | 1,086,347 | ||||||
8,321,955 | ||||||||
ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT — 3.2% | ||||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 6,620 | 614,667 | ||||||
Discovery, Inc. (a) | 19,010 | 572,011 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2,910 | 417,876 | ||||||
Fox Corp. - Class A | 15,020 | 437,382 | ||||||
ViacomCBS, Inc. - Class B | 14,746 | 549,436 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) (a) | 40,279 | 7,297,749 | ||||||
9,889,121 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.6%, continued | ||||||||
FOOD — 2.2% | ||||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 7,050 | $ | 340,868 | |||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 16,070 | 582,698 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 16,104 | 946,915 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) | 2,830 | 431,094 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 8,250 | 384,532 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. | 6,820 | 424,409 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) | 15,130 | 524,406 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc. | 4,900 | 468,440 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A | 34,022 | 1,989,266 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc. - Class A | 9,110 | 587,048 | ||||||
6,679,676 | ||||||||
GAS & WATER UTILITIES — 0.5% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 4,630 | 710,566 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 29,770 | 682,924 | ||||||
1,393,490 | ||||||||
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 4.6% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 8,740 | 854,422 | ||||||
Anthem, Inc. | 6,020 | 1,932,962 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 12,620 | 675,927 | ||||||
Centene Corp. (a) | 10,170 | 610,505 | ||||||
Cigna Corp. | 6,662 | 1,386,895 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 29,554 | 2,018,538 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 4,100 | 674,286 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 1,420 | 582,584 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a) | 2,920 | 523,177 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a) | 2,120 | 431,526 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 5,714 | 993,779 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 9,750 | 3,419,130 | ||||||
14,103,731 | ||||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 1.9% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 6,650 | 580,080 | ||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) - Class A | 2,230 | 593,604 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 3,750 | 505,612 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 30,256 | 4,209,820 | ||||||
5,889,116 | ||||||||
INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES — 0.1% | ||||||||
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 1,090 | 445,091 | ||||||
INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES — 2.6% | ||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 25,784 | 1,094,273 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc. | 9,190 | 1,673,039 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | 6,197 | 1,634,211 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 5,470 | 630,636 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 29,931 | 2,051,171 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 6,297 | 586,503 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 6,610 | 481,076 | ||||||
8,150,909 | ||||||||
INSURANCE — 5.1% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 20,270 | 901,407 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. (The) | 10,919 | 1,200,326 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 29,507 | 1,117,135 | ||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 2,930 | 362,470 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 4,170 | 568,037 | ||||||
Berkley (W.R.) Corp. | 11,170 | 741,911 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 7,712 | 673,797 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 6,860 | 651,426 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.6%, continued | ||||||||
INSURANCE — 5.1%, continued | ||||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 23,910 | $ | 1,171,112 | |||||
Lincoln National Corp. | 15,840 | 796,910 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 16,890 | 760,388 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 7,150 | 836,550 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 35,413 | 1,662,640 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 11,170 | 554,144 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. (The) | 4,060 | 401,453 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 23,410 | 1,827,619 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 11,383 | 1,597,832 | ||||||
15,825,157 | ||||||||
INTERNET MEDIA & SERVICES — 0.6% | ||||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) | 660 | 1,469,998 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc. | 3,040 | 402,496 | ||||||
1,872,494 | ||||||||
LEISURE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 2.5% | ||||||||
Carnival Corp. | 28,663 | 620,841 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 4,210 | 501,495 | ||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 6,420 | 714,289 | ||||||
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a) | 6,190 | 454,841 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc. - Class A | 8,550 | 1,127,916 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 9,980 | 2,141,509 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 13,490 | 1,443,160 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 5,400 | 586,224 | ||||||
7,590,275 | ||||||||
LEISURE PRODUCTS — 0.1% | ||||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 3,230 | 302,134 | ||||||
MACHINERY — 1.0% | ||||||||
Deere & Co. | 2,897 | 779,438 | ||||||
Ingersoll-Rand, Inc. (a) | 10,810 | 492,504 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 5,070 | 905,299 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 10,290 | 1,047,419 | ||||||
3,224,660 | ||||||||
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & DEVICES — 4.6% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 20,890 | 2,287,246 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 17,182 | 1,378,684 | ||||||
Becton, Dickinson and Co. | 7,110 | 1,779,064 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) | 38,100 | 1,369,695 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,170 | 425,084 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 6,410 | 1,423,917 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 8,810 | 461,292 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a) | 5,460 | 498,116 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc. (a) | 2,520 | 932,400 | ||||||
Medtronic plc | 11,300 | 1,323,682 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 2,240 | 548,890 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 1,370 | 563,851 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 1,954 | 910,134 | ||||||
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a) | 1,980 | 346,520 | ||||||
14,248,575 | ||||||||
METALS & MINING — 0.3% | ||||||||
Newmont Corp. | 15,870 | 950,454 | ||||||
OIL & GAS PRODUCERS — 2.0% | ||||||||
ConocoPhillips | 58,797 | 2,351,292 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 13,460 | 710,553 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 122,660 | 818,142 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
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December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.6%, continued | ||||||||
OIL & GAS PRODUCERS — 2.0%, continued | ||||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 17,125 | $ | 657,258 | |||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 27,850 | 1,575,475 | ||||||
6,112,720 | ||||||||
OIL & GAS SERVICES & EQUIPMENT — 0.8% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 35,970 | 749,974 | ||||||
Schlumberger Ltd. | 78,036 | 1,703,526 | ||||||
2,453,500 | ||||||||
REAL ESTATE SERVICES — 0.6% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A (a) | 29,380 | 1,842,714 | ||||||
REITS — 4.8% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 4,760 | 1,068,430 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 5,900 | 946,537 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 2,990 | 282,645 | ||||||
Crown Castle International Corp. | 4,160 | 662,230 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 5,980 | 834,270 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 910 | 649,904 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 17,370 | 1,029,693 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 5,670 | 482,630 | ||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 20,530 | 620,622 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 23,100 | 337,953 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 22,570 | 665,364 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 22,420 | 336,524 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 22,180 | 2,210,459 | ||||||
Public Storage | 1,920 | 443,386 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 9,490 | 589,993 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 14,960 | 682,026 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 9,489 | 809,222 | ||||||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 8,860 | 527,879 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 10,570 | 518,353 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 15,980 | 596,693 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 9,100 | 588,042 | ||||||
14,882,855 | ||||||||
RETAIL - CONSUMER STAPLES — 2.5% | ||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 3,160 | 1,190,625 | ||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a) | 4,230 | 457,009 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) | 11,374 | 361,238 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 3,350 | 591,376 | ||||||
Walgreen Boots Alliance, Inc. | 23,650 | 943,162 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 27,890 | 4,020,343 | ||||||
7,563,753 | ||||||||
RETAIL - DISCRETIONARY — 1.9% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 4,570 | 458,965 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 6,312 | 1,676,593 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 3,930 | 630,804 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 9,950 | 1,221,960 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 29,130 | 1,989,288 | ||||||
5,977,610 | ||||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS — 3.2% | ||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 4,430 | 654,444 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 3,100 | 1,357,335 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 90,228 | 4,495,159 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) | 22,810 | 1,714,856 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 10,140 | 1,664,278 | ||||||
9,886,072 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.6%, continued | ||||||||
SOFTWARE — 1.0% | ||||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 4,950 | $ | 1,100,979 | |||||
Oracle Corp. | 20,392 | 1,319,159 | ||||||
salesforce.com, inc. (a) | 1,770 | 393,878 | ||||||
Synopsys, Inc. (a) | 860 | 222,946 | ||||||
3,036,962 | ||||||||
SPECIALTY FINANCE — 1.5% | ||||||||
American Express Co. | 17,094 | 2,066,835 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 12,040 | 1,190,154 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 7,820 | 707,945 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 15,070 | 523,080 | ||||||
4,488,014 | ||||||||
STEEL — 0.1% | ||||||||
Nucor Corp. | 6,590 | 350,522 | ||||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE — 2.1% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 98,170 | 4,393,108 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 14,610 | 525,960 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 36,560 | 899,010 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 21,720 | 488,917 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp. | 5,865 | 324,862 | ||||||
6,631,857 | ||||||||
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES — 7.2% | ||||||||
Accenture plc - Class A | 17,800 | 4,649,538 | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 5,210 | 918,002 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A | 6,500 | 532,675 | ||||||
DXC Technology Co. | 15,380 | 396,035 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 16,860 | 2,385,015 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | 8,970 | 1,021,324 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a) | 2,190 | 597,498 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 7,040 | 1,516,557 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 21,862 | 2,751,988 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc. - Class A | 6,940 | 2,477,164 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 10,194 | 949,877 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 1,620 | 532,543 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. - Class A | 15,730 | 3,440,623 | ||||||
22,168,839 | ||||||||
TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 3.7% | ||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 172,856 | 4,971,339 | ||||||
CenturyLink, Inc. | 30,728 | 299,598 | ||||||
T-Mobile US, Inc. (a) | 3,980 | 536,703 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 96,820 | 5,688,175 | ||||||
11,495,815 | ||||||||
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS — 2.0% | ||||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc. | 23,560 | 371,541 | ||||||
CSX Corp. | 6,000 | 544,500 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 15,560 | 625,668 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 1,790 | 464,720 | ||||||
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 4,690 | 640,888 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 2,680 | 636,795 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 8,960 | 417,626 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 6,650 | 1,384,663 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a) | 12,530 | 541,922 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B | 4,000 | 673,600 | ||||||
6,301,923 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Value Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.6%, continued | ||||||||
WHOLESALE - CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.3% | ||||||||
Sysco Corp. | 13,680 | $ | 1,015,877 | |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $244,840,719) | 301,792,130 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE NOTES — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 2.000 | % | 06/15/22 | $ | 280,000 | $ | 280,000 | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 06/15/23 | 450,000 | 450,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 12/15/23 | 720,000 | 720,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 06/17/24 | 280,000 | 280,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 12/13/24 | 250,000 | 250,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 2.500 | % | 06/13/25 | 280,000 | 280,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 2.500 | % | 12/15/25 | 450,000 | 450,000 | |||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES (COST $2,710,000) | 2,710,000 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.6% | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (c) (COST $1,781,848) | 1,781,848 | $ | 1,781,848 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (COST $249,332,567) — 99.1% | $ | 306,283,978 | ||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.9% | 2,712,266 | |||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 308,996,244 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Restricted and illiquid securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 are as follows: |
| Acquisition | Current | Fair | % of Net | ||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.000%, 06/15/22 | 06/17/19 | $ | 280,000 | $ | 280,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/15/23 | 06/18/18 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/15/23 | 12/17/18 | 720,000 | 720,000 | 0.3 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/17/24 | 06/17/19 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/13/24 | 12/12/19 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 06/13/25 | 06/12/20 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 12/15/25 | 12/15/20 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
$ | 2,710,000 | $ | 2,710,000 | 0.9 | % |
(c) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Growth Index Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary (unaudited)
A year ago, (for 2019) I started my commentary with the phrase, “What a difference a year makes!” This certainly continued to ring true for 2020! The year was overwhelmingly dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the fall elections, and stark contrasts. Growth stocks as measured by the S&P 500 Growth Index had another banner year, ending 2020 with a large positive return of +33.49%, even besting the +31.13% return in 2019. For U.S. large cap stock returns, 2020 looked like a large checkmark, dipping low from mid-February through March before climbing steadily out of the valley – leading to an S&P 500 annual return of positive 18.39%. In terms of major asset classes, most asset classes showed positive returns by the end of the year, led by gold, followed by small cap stocks, emerging market stocks, U.S. large cap stocks, and mid cap stocks. Though further down the list, with continuing falling interest rates and a round trip on bond spreads, bond returns were once again stellar, with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index up 7.51%, coming close to the positive 8.72% achieved in 2019. The last time we saw back-to-back years with returns over 5% was 2010-2011. REITs and commodities were the asset classes with negative returns over 2020, hit hard by the pandemic-induced changes in the economy. Crude oil started the year at $60.99 per barrel and drifted down before falling off a cliff in April, dipping to $5.39 before recovering to $18.99 by month end. Crude oil ended the year at $48.60, averaging $39.44 over the year.
In a review of sector breakouts for large cap stocks, the uneven disparity of winners and losers is stark. Information technology was a clear winner, rising over 43% with consumer discretionary up over 33% and another five sectors (communication services, materials, health care, industrials, and consumer staples) with positive double-digit returns. The consumer discretionary result may seem odd as travel and leisure would reside here, but so does Amazon and others with e-retail operations. Utilities, financials, and real estate hovered around flat returns for the year. Energy was the clear loser, with a negative 33% return.
2020 also saw a stark contrast between the growth style and value style, with the S&P 500 Growth Index returning a grand positive 33.49% and the S&P 500 Value Index returning a measly positive 1.36%. This pattern did not exist for the whole year, as the recent fourth quarter saw growth (up 10.66%) bested by value (up 14.49%).
In this environment, the Praxis Growth Index Fund Class I Shares returned a positive 33.19%, underperforming by 30 basis points the positive 33.49% return of the benchmark (S&P 500 Growth Index). The Praxis Growth Index Fund Class A Shares (without load) returned a positive 32.81%. Our Values + ESG screening framework plus ESG data integration causes differences in returns from our index. Fundamental and other factors (versus industry and stock specific factors) were the leading contributors to negative relative performance. One stock example – being underweight, Amazon was a negative contributor as its stock was up 76.3% during the year. Current SEC diversification rules limit our ability to increase holdings in the highest weighted names in our benchmark index.
Around mid-year, we started to utilize Sustainalytics ESG scores to enhance our optimization process. Our Morningstar Sustainability ESG Percent Rank-current (as of Dec. 31, 2020) is the 9th percentile (out of 1,451 funds) within the Morningstar US Equity Large Cap Growth category. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ is intended to measure how well the issuing companies of the securities within a fund’s portfolio holdings are managing their financially material environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks relative to the Fund’s Morningstar Global Category peers. We continue to be pleased with the performance of the Fund, being able to incorporate our Values + ESG screens, and now Sustainalytics ESG scores to deliver returns that closely track benchmark returns, especially in years of large positive returns.
The annual mid-December reconstitution of the benchmark index and our routine updating of our Values + ESG screening list again caused some realignment of portfolio holdings near year end. There were no large crossovers on the scale of Apple’s moves over the last two years, but Tesla caused a stir with its addition to the S&P 500 and is now a member of the S&P 500 Growth Index and our Fund. This reconstitution process is always a good opportunity for us to fine-tune our efforts to track benchmark returns and to optimize our ESG score.
Dale Snyder, CFA®
Praxis Growth Index Fund Manager
Praxis Mutual Funds®
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
The S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted index of 500 large companies that is widely used as a barometer of U.S. stock market performance.
The S&P 500 Value Index represents the value companies (defined by book value to price ratio earnings to price ratio and sales to price ratio) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
The S&P 500 Growth Index represents the growth companies (defined by sales growth, earnings to price, and momentum) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
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Praxis Growth Index Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary (unaudited), continued
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole.
The Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ is intended to measure how well the issuing companies of the securities within a fund’s portfolio holdings are managing their financially material environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks relative to the fund’s Morningstar Global Category peers. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating calculation is a five -step process. First, each fund with at least 67% of assets covered by a company-level ESG Risk Score from Sustainalytics receives a Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score. The Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score is an asset-weighted average of company level ESG Risk Scores. The Portfolio Sustainability Score ranges between 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating that a fund has, on average, more of its assets invested in companies with high ESG Risk. Second, the Historical Sustainability Score is an exponential weighted moving average of the Portfolio Sustainability Scores over the past 12 months. The process rescales the current Portfolio Sustainability Score to reflect the consistency of the scores. The Historical Sustainability Score ranges between 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating that a fund has, on average, more of its assets invested in companies with high ESG Risk, on a consistent historical basis. Third, the Morningstar Sustainability Rating is then assigned to all scored funds within Morningstar Global Categories in which at least thirty (30) funds receive a Historical Sustainability Score and is determined by each fund’s Morningstar Sustainability Rating Score rank within the following distribution: High (highest 10%), Above Average (next 22.5%), Average (next 35%), Below Average (next 22.5%), and Low (lowest 10%). Fourth, then Morningstar applies a 1% rating buffer from the previous month to increase rating stability. This means a fund must move 1% beyond the rating breakpoint to change ratings. Fifth, they adjust downward positive Sustainability Ratings to funds with high ESG Risk scores. The logic is as follows: If Portfolio Sustainability score is above 40, then the fund receives a Low Sustainability Rating. If Portfolio Sustainability score is above 35 and preliminary rating is Average or better, then the fund is downgraded to Below Average. If the Portfolio Sustainability score is above 30 and preliminary rating is Above Average, then the fund is downgraded to Average. If the Portfolio Sustainability score is below 30, then no adjustment is made. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating is depicted by globe icons where High equals 5 globes and Low equals 1 globe. Since a Sustainability Rating is assigned to all funds that meet the above criteria, the rating it is not limited to funds with explicit sustainable or responsible investment mandates. Morningstar updates its Sustainability Ratings monthly. The Portfolio Sustainability Score is calculated when Morningstar receives a new portfolio. Then, the Historical Sustainability Score and the Sustainability Rating is calculated one month and six business days after the reported as-of date of the most recent portfolio. As part of the evaluation process, Morningstar uses Sustainalytics’ ESG scores from the same month as the portfolio as-of date. Please click on http://corporate1.morningstar.com/SustainableInvesting/ for more detailed information about the Morningstar Sustainability Rating methodology and calculation frequency. Sustainalytics is an independent ESG and corporate governance research, ratings, and analysis firm. Morningstar, Inc. holds a non-controlling ownership interest in Sustainalytics. © 2021 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Basis point refers to a common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance. One basis point is equal to 1/100th of 1%, or 0.01%, or 0.0001, and is used to denote the percentage change in a financial instrument.
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Praxis Growth Index Fund
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis Growth Index Fund | |||||||
Class A * | 5/1/07 | 25.83% | 18.24% | 17.47% | 15.25% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
Class A (Without Load) | 5/1/07 | 32.81% | 20.39% | 18.75% | 15.88% | ||
Class I | 5/1/07 | 33.19% | 20.82% | 19.20% | 16.39% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
S&P 500 Growth Index 1 |
| 33.49% | 20.51% | 18.98% | 16.49% |
|
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated January 1, 2021.
1 The S&P 500 Growth Index represents the growth companies (defined by sales growth, earnings change to price, and momentum) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Investments
Praxis Growth Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.1% | ||||||||
APPAREL & TEXTILE PRODUCTS — 0.8% | ||||||||
NIKE, Inc. - Class B | 21,587 | $ | 3,053,913 | |||||
VF Corp. | 1,470 | 125,553 | ||||||
3,179,466 | ||||||||
ASSET MANAGEMENT — 0.5% | ||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 2,233 | 1,611,199 | ||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 1,940 | 293,697 | ||||||
1,904,896 | ||||||||
AUTOMOTIVE — 3.2% | ||||||||
Tesla, Inc. (a) | 17,970 | 12,680,890 | ||||||
BANKING — 0.1% | ||||||||
SVB Financial Group (a) | 800 | 310,264 | ||||||
BEVERAGES — 1.1% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 24,140 | 1,323,838 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 19,670 | 2,917,061 | ||||||
4,240,899 | ||||||||
BIOTECH & PHARMA — 4.6% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 28,751 | 3,080,670 | ||||||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 4,711 | 736,046 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 6,134 | 1,410,329 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc. (a) | 1,280 | 313,421 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 28,376 | 1,760,163 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 8,820 | 1,489,169 | ||||||
Incyte Corp. (a) | 4,067 | 353,748 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 20,108 | 3,164,597 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 24,871 | 2,034,448 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 2,501 | 1,208,258 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 5,704 | 1,348,083 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 8,600 | 1,423,300 | ||||||
18,322,232 | ||||||||
CABLE & SATELLITE — 1.3% | ||||||||
Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A (a) | 3,722 | 2,462,289 | ||||||
Comcast Corp. - Class A | 53,294 | 2,792,606 | ||||||
5,254,895 | ||||||||
CHEMICALS — 1.4% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 4,148 | 1,133,316 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 8,087 | 448,828 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 2,074 | 448,731 | ||||||
Linde plc | 11,878 | 3,129,972 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 737 | 541,629 | ||||||
5,702,476 | ||||||||
COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES — 0.2% | ||||||||
Cintas Corp. | 840 | 296,906 | ||||||
Rollins, Inc. | 7,280 | 284,430 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 3,384 | 399,075 | ||||||
980,411 | ||||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.2% | ||||||||
Ball Corp. | 8,283 | 771,810 | ||||||
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIALS — 0.3% | ||||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 5,784 | 1,179,242 | ||||||
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.1%, continued | ||||||||
E-COMMERCE DISCRETIONARY — 7.4% | ||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 8,700 | $ | 28,335,291 | |||||
eBay, Inc. | 10,335 | 519,334 | ||||||
Etsy, Inc. (a) | 3,530 | 628,022 | ||||||
29,482,647 | ||||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.4% | ||||||||
Eversource Energy | 6,420 | 555,394 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 11,334 | 874,418 | ||||||
1,429,812 | ||||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 0.9% | ||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 2,489 | 301,019 | ||||||
Amphenol Corp. - Class A | 3,936 | 514,711 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 9,910 | 373,805 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a) | 4,941 | 652,657 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 5,220 | 352,611 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 2,298 | 576,361 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 1,699 | 732,422 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 2,510 | 303,886 | ||||||
3,807,472 | ||||||||
ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT — 0.6% | ||||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 11,130 | 1,033,420 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 5,055 | 725,898 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) (a) | 2,553 | 462,553 | ||||||
2,221,871 | ||||||||
FOOD — 0.1% | ||||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 8,970 | 527,436 | ||||||
GAS & WATER UTILITIES — 0.1% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 3,780 | 580,117 | ||||||
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 2.1% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 2,960 | 289,370 | ||||||
Anthem, Inc. | 930 | 298,614 | ||||||
Catalent, Inc. (a) | 2,980 | 310,129 | ||||||
Cigna Corp. | 1,440 | 299,779 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc. (a) | 2,520 | 295,848 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 2,590 | 425,951 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc. (a) | 8,130 | 543,572 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 1,060 | 434,886 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a) | 2,768 | 495,943 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a) | 1,440 | 293,112 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 3,370 | 586,110 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 11,450 | 4,015,286 | ||||||
8,288,600 | ||||||||
HOME CONSTRUCTION — 0.2% | ||||||||
D.R. Horton, Inc. | 6,078 | 418,896 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 8,006 | 439,769 | ||||||
858,665 | ||||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 1.6% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 6,461 | 563,593 | ||||||
Clorox Co. (The) | 1,450 | 292,784 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 9,857 | 842,872 | ||||||
Estée Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) - Class A | 2,359 | 627,942 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 2,331 | 314,289 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 26,417 | 3,675,661 | ||||||
6,317,141 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Growth Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.1%, continued | ||||||||
INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES — 0.3% | ||||||||
Fastenal Co. | 8,024 | $ | 391,812 | |||||
United Rentals, Inc. (a) | 1,490 | 345,546 | ||||||
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 1,230 | 502,258 | ||||||
1,239,616 | ||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.3% | ||||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 8,731 | 1,006,597 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 2,270 | 301,320 | ||||||
1,307,917 | ||||||||
INSURANCE — 0.4% | ||||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 8,240 | 964,080 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. (The) | 7,258 | 717,671 | ||||||
1,681,751 | ||||||||
INTERNET MEDIA & SERVICES — 11.3% | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (a) | 5,155 | 9,034,859 | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (a) | 7,156 | 12,536,453 | ||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) | 445 | 991,135 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc. | 2,340 | 309,816 | ||||||
Facebook, Inc. - Class A (a) | 56,555 | 15,448,564 | ||||||
Netflix, Inc. (a) | 10,752 | 5,813,929 | ||||||
Twitter, Inc. (a) | 19,770 | 1,070,546 | ||||||
45,205,302 | ||||||||
LEISURE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 1.1% | ||||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a) | 617 | 855,600 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 1,410 | 540,679 | ||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 2,799 | 311,417 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 4,737 | 1,016,465 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 14,692 | 1,571,750 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 2,684 | 291,375 | ||||||
4,587,286 | ||||||||
MACHINERY — 0.5% | ||||||||
Deere & Co. | 6,786 | 1,825,773 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 3,320 | 337,943 | ||||||
2,163,716 | ||||||||
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & DEVICES — 5.2% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 23,826 | 2,608,709 | ||||||
ABIOMED, Inc. (a) | 1,040 | 337,168 | ||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 8,185 | 969,841 | ||||||
Align Technology, Inc. (a) | 1,711 | 914,324 | ||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - Class A (a) | 1,000 | 582,940 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,161 | 421,815 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 9,774 | 2,171,196 | ||||||
DexCom, Inc. (a) | 2,750 | 1,016,730 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a) | 7,610 | 694,260 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc. (a) | 6,559 | 477,692 | ||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a) | 2,060 | 1,029,732 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc. (a) | 2,758 | 1,020,460 | ||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a) | 960 | 1,094,093 | ||||||
PerkinElmer, Inc. | 4,400 | 631,400 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 3,458 | 735,033 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 200 | 49,008 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 10,795 | 5,028,095 | ||||||
Waters Corp. (a) | 1,646 | 407,253 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 2,490 | 705,442 | ||||||
20,895,191 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.1%, continued | ||||||||
METALS & MINING — 0.1% | ||||||||
Newmont Corp. | 6,860 | $ | 410,845 | |||||
REAL ESTATE SERVICES — 0.1% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A (a) | 4,533 | 284,310 | ||||||
REITS — 1.3% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 5,412 | 1,214,778 | ||||||
Crown Castle International Corp. | 6,699 | 1,066,414 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 1,687 | 1,204,822 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 2,720 | 315,139 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 2,897 | 288,715 | ||||||
Public Storage | 1,250 | 288,662 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. | 1,668 | 470,593 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 4,110 | 265,588 | ||||||
5,114,711 | ||||||||
RETAIL - CONSUMER STAPLES — 1.3% | ||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 5,743 | 2,163,847 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 7,323 | 1,540,027 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 8,164 | 1,441,191 | ||||||
5,145,065 | ||||||||
RETAIL - DISCRETIONARY — 2.7% | ||||||||
AutoZone, Inc. (a) | 469 | 555,971 | ||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 2,850 | 284,402 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 20,526 | 5,452,116 | ||||||
L Brands, Inc. | 2,720 | 101,157 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 14,179 | 2,275,871 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a) | 1,750 | 791,997 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 2,765 | 339,570 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 6,093 | 416,091 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 2,070 | 291,001 | ||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a) | 1,070 | 307,261 | ||||||
10,815,437 | ||||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS — 6.9% | ||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | 29,581 | 2,712,873 | ||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 2,034 | 300,483 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 22,796 | 1,967,295 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 6,519 | 2,854,344 | ||||||
IPG Photonics Corp. (a) | 1,340 | 299,879 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 4,142 | 1,072,405 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 3,673 | 1,734,648 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 2,040 | 281,744 | ||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 15,209 | 7,942,140 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc. (a) | 1,840 | 305,937 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 28,060 | 4,274,660 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 4,540 | 544,301 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 15,207 | 2,495,925 | ||||||
Xilinx, Inc. | 6,539 | 927,034 | ||||||
27,713,668 | ||||||||
SOFTWARE — 16.4% | ||||||||
Adobe, Inc. (a) | 14,127 | 7,065,195 | ||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) | 4,310 | 452,507 | ||||||
ANSYS, Inc. (a) | 2,628 | 956,066 | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | 5,946 | 1,815,552 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) | 9,394 | 1,281,623 | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc. | 2,932 | 381,453 | ||||||
Fortinet, Inc. (a) | 4,150 | 616,400 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Growth Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.1%, continued | ||||||||
SOFTWARE — 16.4%, continued | ||||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 7,190 | $ | 2,731,122 | |||||
Microsoft Corp. | 168,288 | 37,430,617 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 28,780 | 1,861,778 | ||||||
Paycom Software, Inc. (a) | 1,270 | 574,357 | ||||||
salesforce.com, inc. (a) | 24,017 | 5,344,503 | ||||||
ServiceNow, Inc. (a) | 5,223 | 2,874,896 | ||||||
Synopsys, Inc. (a) | 6,470 | 1,677,283 | ||||||
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a) | 1,360 | 593,667 | ||||||
65,657,019 | ||||||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE — 12.1% | ||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 351,448 | 46,633,635 | ||||||
Arista Networks, Inc. (a) | 1,860 | 540,460 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6,520 | 291,770 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 8,980 | 323,280 | ||||||
F5 Networks, Inc. (a) | 1,670 | 293,820 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp. - Class A (a) | 1,267 | 486,946 | ||||||
48,569,911 | ||||||||
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES — 8.6% | ||||||||
Accenture plc - Class A | 18,389 | 4,803,391 | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 5,950 | 1,048,390 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 2,596 | 397,707 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A | 4,970 | 407,292 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 1,920 | 271,603 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | 9,656 | 1,099,432 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a) | 1,044 | 284,835 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 1,700 | 366,214 | ||||||
IHS Markit Ltd. | 6,627 | 595,303 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 1,790 | 289,962 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 960 | 547,738 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc. - Class A | 16,976 | 6,059,413 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 3,375 | 979,560 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc. | 1,797 | 802,414 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 3,065 | 285,597 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a) | 31,727 | 7,430,463 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 6,654 | 2,187,369 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 3,035 | 630,036 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. - Class A | 27,913 | 6,105,411 | ||||||
34,592,130 | ||||||||
TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 0.3% | ||||||||
T-Mobile US, Inc. (a) | 8,780 | 1,183,983 | ||||||
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS — 1.8% | ||||||||
CSX Corp. | 9,637 | 874,558 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 3,100 | 294,841 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 4,000 | 1,038,480 | ||||||
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 2,270 | 310,195 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 2,169 | 515,376 | ||||||
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 3,310 | 646,046 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 7,201 | 1,499,392 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B | 11,875 | 1,999,750 | ||||||
7,178,638 | ||||||||
WHOLESALE - DISCRETIONARY — 0.3% | ||||||||
Copart, Inc. (a) | 5,108 | 649,993 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 1,190 | 443,275 | ||||||
1,093,268 | ||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $182,899,314) | 392,881,006 |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE NOTES — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 2.000 | % | 06/15/22 | $ | 550,000 | $ | 550,000 | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 06/15/23 | 900,000 | 900,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 12/15/23 | 200,000 | 200,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 06/17/24 | 550,000 | 550,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 3.000 | % | 12/13/24 | 150,000 | 150,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 2.500 | % | 06/13/25 | 670,000 | 670,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (b) | 2.500 | % | 12/15/25 | 500,000 | 500,000 | |||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES (COST $3,520,000) | 3,520,000 | |||||||||||||||
Shares | Fair | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.4% | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (c) (COST $1,450,873) | 1,450,873 | 1,450,873 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (COST $187,870,187) — 99.4% | $ | 397,851,879 | ||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.6% | 2,435,591 | |||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 400,287,470 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Restricted and illiquid securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 are as follows: |
| Acquisition | Current | Fair | % of Net | ||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.000%, 06/15/22 | 06/17/19 | $ | 550,000 | $ | 550,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/15/23 | 06/18/18 | 900,000 | 900,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/15/23 | 12/17/18 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/17/24 | 06/17/19 | 550,000 | 550,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/13/24 | 12/12/19 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 06/13/25 | 06/12/20 | 670,000 | 670,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 12/15/25 | 12/15/20 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
$ | 3,520,000 | $ | 3,520,000 | 0.9 | % |
(c) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Small Cap Index Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary (unaudited)
A year ago, (for 2019) I started my commentary with the phrase, “What a difference a year makes!” This certainly continued to ring true for 2020! The year was overwhelmingly dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the fall elections, and stark contrasts. For U.S. small cap stock returns, 2020 looked like a large checkmark, dipping low from mid-February through March before climbing steadily out of the valley leading to an S&P Small Cap 600 annual return of positive 11.29%. The fourth quarter was especially strong, showing a positive 33.31% return. In terms of major asset classes, most asset classes showed positive returns by the end of the year, led by gold, followed by small cap stocks, emerging market stocks, U.S. large cap stocks, and mid cap stocks. Though further down the list, with continuing falling interest rates and a round trip on bond spreads, bond returns were once again stellar with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index up positive 7.51%, coming close to the positive 8.72% achieved in 2019. The last time we saw back-to-back years with returns over 5% was 2010-2011. REITs and commodities were the asset classes with negative returns over 2020, hit hard by the pandemic induced changes in the economy. Crude oil started the year at $60.99 per barrel and drifted down before falling off a cliff in April, dipping to $5.39 before recovering to $18.99 by month end. Crude oil ended the year at $48.60, averaging $39.44 over the year.
In a review of sector breakouts for U.S. small cap stocks, the uneven disparity of winners and losers is stark. Health care was a clear winner, rising over 31%, with information technology up over 27% and another five sectors (materials, communication services, consumer discretionary, industrials, and consumer staples) with positive double-digit returns. On the other hand, financials, real estate, utilities, and energy showed large negative returns for the year. Energy was the clear loser, with a negative 40%% return.
In this environment, the Praxis Small Cap Index Fund Class I Shares returned positive 11.04%, underperforming by 24 basis points the positive 11.29% return of the benchmark (S&P SmallCap 600 Index). The Praxis Small Cap Index Fund Class A Shares (without load) returned positive 10.39%. Our Values + ESG screening framework plus ESG data integration causes differences in returns from our index. Industries and fundamental factors were the leading positive contributors to relative performance, while other factors were the main negative contributors to relative performance. The nature of the small cap benchmark sees successful companies being acquired or “graduating” up and out of the small cap universe, leading to some natural churn in our portfolio. In terms of industries, a positive contributor was our exposure to information technology, while a negative contributor was our exposure to consumer discretionary.
Around mid-year, we started to utilize Sustainalytics ESG scores to enhance our optimization process. Our Morningstar Sustainability ESG Percent Rank-current (as of December 31, 2020) is the 13th percentile (out of 1,590 funds) within the Morningstar US Equity Small Cap category. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ is intended to measure how well the issuing companies of the securities within a fund’s portfolio holdings are managing their financially material environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks relative to the Fund’s Morningstar Global Category peers.
2020 was our third full calendar year of running the small cap fund as an optimized index fund, utilizing the same methodology and processes we use to manage our Growth Index and Value Index funds. As a reminder, the transition took place at the beginning of 2017, but the first few days of 2017 were used to adjust the portfolio. This involved moving to a fund with about 450 holdings from one with about 70 holdings, and a change of benchmarks to the S&P SmallCap 600 from the Russell 2000. We are pleased with the performance in 2020 and since making the transition. We look forward to continuing to be able to incorporate our Values + ESG screens, and now Sustainalytics ESG scores, to deliver returns that closely track benchmark returns in the small cap space, whether it is a year of small or large returns.
Dale Snyder, CFA®
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund Manager
Praxis Mutual Funds
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole.
The S&P SmallCap 600 Index measures the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. The Index is designed to track companies that meet specific inclusion criteria to ensure they are liquid and financially viable.
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Praxis Small Cap Index Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s Commentary (unaudited), continued
The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities in the Russell 3000 Index based on a combination of their market capitalization and current index membership.
Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ is intended to measure how well the issuing companies of the securities within a fund’s portfolio holdings are managing their financially material environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks relative to the fund’s Morningstar Global Category peers. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating calculation is a five -step process. First, each fund with at least 67% of assets covered by a company-level ESG Risk Score from Sustainalytics receives a Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score. The Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score is an asset-weighted average of company level ESG Risk Scores. The Portfolio Sustainability Score ranges between 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating that a fund has, on average, more of its assets invested in companies with high ESG Risk. Second, the Historical Sustainability Score is an exponential weighted moving average of the Portfolio Sustainability Scores over the past 12 months. The process rescales the current Portfolio Sustainability Score to reflect the consistency of the scores. The Historical Sustainability Score ranges between 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating that a fund has, on average, more of its assets invested in companies with high ESG Risk, on a consistent historical basis. Third, the Morningstar Sustainability Rating is then assigned to all scored funds within Morningstar Global Categories in which at least thirty (30) funds receive a Historical Sustainability Score and is determined by each fund’s Morningstar Sustainability Rating Score rank within the following distribution: High (highest 10%), Above Average (next 22.5%), Average (next 35%), Below Average (next 22.5%), and Low (lowest 10%). Fourth, then Morningstar applies a 1% rating buffer from the previous month to increase rating stability. This means a fund must move 1% beyond the rating breakpoint to change ratings. Fifth, they adjust downward positive Sustainability Ratings to funds with high ESG Risk scores. The logic is as follows: If Portfolio Sustainability score is above 40, then the fund receives a Low Sustainability Rating. If Portfolio Sustainability score is above 35 and preliminary rating is Average or better, then the fund is downgraded to Below Average. If the Portfolio Sustainability score is above 30 and preliminary rating is Above Average, then the fund is downgraded to Average. If the Portfolio Sustainability score is below 30, then no adjustment is made. The Morningstar Sustainability Rating is depicted by globe icons where High equals 5 globes and Low equals 1 globe. Since a Sustainability Rating is assigned to all funds that meet the above criteria, the rating it is not limited to funds with explicit sustainable or responsible investment mandates. Morningstar updates its Sustainability Ratings monthly. The Portfolio Sustainability Score is calculated when Morningstar receives a new portfolio. Then, the Historical Sustainability Score and the Sustainability Rating is calculated one month and six business days after the reported as-of date of the most recent portfolio. As part of the evaluation process, Morningstar uses Sustainalytics’ ESG scores from the same month as the portfolio as-of date. Please click on http://corporate1.morningstar.com/SustainableInvesting/ for more detailed information about the Morningstar Sustainability Rating methodology and calculation frequency. Sustainalytics is an independent ESG and corporate governance research, ratings, and analysis firm. Morningstar, Inc. holds a non-controlling ownership interest in Sustainalytics. © 2021 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Basis point refers to a common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance. One basis point is equal to 1/100th of 1%, or 0.01%, or 0.0001, and is used to denote the percentage change in a financial instrument.
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Praxis Small Cap Index Fund
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund | |||||||
Class A * | 5/1/07 | 4.60% | 5.09% | 6.82% | 7.06% | 1.42% | 1.12% |
Class A (Without Load) | 5/1/07 | 10.39% | 7.00% | 7.97% | 7.63% | ||
Class I | 5/1/07 | 11.04% | 7.72% | 8.65% | 8.30% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
S&P SmallCap 600 Index 1 |
| 11.29% | 7.74% | 12.37% | 11.92% |
|
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
The returns include the Fund’s performance when the Fund’s portfolio was managed by a sub-adviser and pursued a different investment strategy prior to January 1, 2017.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated January 1, 2021. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021 for Class A.
1 S&P SmallCap 600 Index measures the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. The index is designed to track companies that meet specific inclusion criteria to ensure they are liquid and financially viable.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Investments
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7% | ||||||||
ADVERTISING & MARKETING — 0.1% | ||||||||
QuinStreet, Inc. (a) | 7,790 | $ | 167,018 | |||||
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 0.3% | ||||||||
Barnes Group, Inc. | 5,820 | 295,016 | ||||||
Park Aerospace Corp. | 10,790 | 144,694 | ||||||
439,710 | ||||||||
APPAREL & TEXTILE PRODUCTS — 2.3% | ||||||||
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a) | 22,770 | 956,340 | ||||||
Crocs, Inc. (a) | 11,550 | 723,723 | ||||||
Fossil Group, Inc. (a) | 3,800 | 32,946 | ||||||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 5,060 | 205,233 | ||||||
Movado Group, Inc. (a) | 11,930 | 198,277 | ||||||
Oxford Industries, Inc. | 3,465 | 226,992 | ||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 11,935 | 421,544 | ||||||
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. | 13,500 | 421,875 | ||||||
3,186,930 | ||||||||
ASSET MANAGEMENT — 0.7% | ||||||||
Blucora, Inc. (a) | 13,850 | 220,353 | ||||||
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. | 25,630 | 216,574 | ||||||
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc. | 7,030 | 135,538 | ||||||
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | 920 | 199,640 | ||||||
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. - Class A | 10,140 | 258,266 | ||||||
1,030,371 | ||||||||
AUTOMOTIVE — 1.2% | ||||||||
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a) | 24,060 | 200,660 | ||||||
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | 6,440 | 260,820 | ||||||
Dorman Products, Inc. (a) | 4,390 | 381,140 | ||||||
Gentherm, Inc. (a) | 4,820 | 314,360 | ||||||
Methode Electronics, Inc. | 8,170 | 312,748 | ||||||
Standard Motor Products, Inc. | 3,290 | 133,114 | ||||||
1,602,842 | ||||||||
BANKING — 9.5% | ||||||||
Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. | 6,260 | 213,654 | ||||||
Ameris Bancorp | 10,274 | 391,131 | ||||||
Axos Financial, Inc. (a) | 8,590 | 322,383 | ||||||
Banc of California, Inc. | 10,340 | 152,101 | ||||||
Banner Corp. | 6,070 | 282,801 | ||||||
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | 14,650 | 250,808 | ||||||
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | 12,520 | 150,741 | ||||||
Cadence BanCorp. | 22,220 | 364,852 | ||||||
Central Pacific Financial Corp. | 11,560 | 219,756 | ||||||
City Holding Co. | 2,910 | 202,391 | ||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 10,590 | 380,181 | ||||||
Community Bank System, Inc. | 10,650 | 663,602 | ||||||
Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a) | 6,950 | 126,351 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. | 17,620 | 343,590 | ||||||
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. | 7,730 | 121,902 | ||||||
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. | 5,790 | 239,127 | ||||||
FB Financial Corp. | 3,776 | 131,140 | ||||||
First BanCorp. | 38,970 | 359,303 | ||||||
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. | 17,510 | 191,559 | ||||||
First Financial Bancorp | 15,720 | 275,572 | ||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 10,410 | 245,468 | ||||||
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. | 18,900 | 300,888 | ||||||
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. | 6,160 | 251,082 | ||||||
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. | 11,480 | 239,932 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
BANKING — 9.5%, continued | ||||||||
Hanmi Financial Corp. | 16,730 | $ | 189,718 | |||||
Heritage Financial Corp. | 6,310 | 147,591 | ||||||
HomeStreet, Inc. | 5,810 | 196,087 | ||||||
Hope Bancorp, Inc. | 22,210 | 242,311 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 5,580 | 407,563 | ||||||
Independent Bank Group, Inc. | 4,980 | 311,350 | ||||||
Meta Financial Group, Inc. | 6,750 | 246,780 | ||||||
National Bank Holdings Corp. - Class A | 6,570 | 215,233 | ||||||
NBT Bancorp, Inc. | 7,000 | 224,700 | ||||||
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | 23,090 | 294,167 | ||||||
OFG Bancorp | 7,240 | 134,230 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 37,700 | 624,312 | ||||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 15,026 | 470,765 | ||||||
Park National Corp. | 2,050 | 215,270 | ||||||
Preferred Bank | 2,910 | 146,868 | ||||||
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 9,430 | 169,363 | ||||||
S&T Bancorp, Inc. | 5,970 | 148,295 | ||||||
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a) | 8,510 | 250,619 | ||||||
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | 10,670 | 429,894 | ||||||
Simmons First National Corp. - Class A | 19,010 | 410,426 | ||||||
Southside Bancshares, Inc. | 4,987 | 154,747 | ||||||
Tompkins Financial Corp. | 2,100 | 148,260 | ||||||
Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a) | 5,040 | 244,692 | ||||||
TrustCo Bank Corp. | 23,830 | 158,946 | ||||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 12,060 | 342,986 | ||||||
Veritex Holdings, Inc. | 13,050 | 334,863 | ||||||
13,280,351 | ||||||||
BEVERAGES — 0.5% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Inc. | 830 | 221,004 | ||||||
National Beverage Corp. | 5,760 | 489,024 | ||||||
710,028 | ||||||||
BIOTECH & PHARMA — 1.6% | ||||||||
Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a) | 11,690 | 203,172 | ||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc. (a) | 14,910 | 309,830 | ||||||
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 3,150 | 146,695 | ||||||
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 4,780 | 201,238 | ||||||
Heska Corp. (a) | 2,880 | 419,472 | ||||||
Innoviva, Inc. (a) | 11,970 | 148,308 | ||||||
Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a) | 3,120 | 186,701 | ||||||
REGENXBIO, Inc. (a) | 5,140 | 233,150 | ||||||
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 10,380 | 261,161 | ||||||
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 10,890 | 143,095 | ||||||
2,252,822 | ||||||||
CHEMICALS — 3.7% | ||||||||
Balchem Corp. | 6,510 | 750,082 | ||||||
FutureFuel Corp. | 11,220 | 142,494 | ||||||
GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a) | 6,470 | 153,016 | ||||||
H.B. Fuller Co. | 10,240 | 531,251 | ||||||
Innospec, Inc. | 5,910 | 536,214 | ||||||
Quaker Chemical Corp. | 2,730 | 691,755 | ||||||
Rogers Corp. (a) | 3,610 | 560,597 | ||||||
Stepan Co. | 3,960 | 472,507 | ||||||
Trinseo S.A. | 7,990 | 409,168 | ||||||
WD-40 Co. | 3,260 | 866,117 | ||||||
5,113,201 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments, continued
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES — 3.9% | ||||||||
ABM Industries, Inc. | 13,350 | $ | 505,164 | |||||
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a) | 10,790 | 736,417 | ||||||
Brady Corp. - Class A | 17,110 | 903,750 | ||||||
CorVel Corp. (a) | 3,800 | 402,800 | ||||||
Harsco Corp. (a) | 14,500 | 260,710 | ||||||
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | 6,300 | 185,094 | ||||||
HMS Holdings Corp. (a) | 17,620 | 647,535 | ||||||
Kelly Services, Inc. - Class A | 6,880 | 141,522 | ||||||
Korn Ferry | 12,990 | 565,065 | ||||||
TrueBlue, Inc. (a) | 7,400 | 138,306 | ||||||
UniFirst Corp. | 3,470 | 734,564 | ||||||
US Ecology, Inc. | 5,630 | 204,538 | ||||||
5,425,465 | ||||||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.1% | ||||||||
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | 4,720 | 149,530 | ||||||
CONSUMER SERVICES — 0.7% | ||||||||
American Public Education, Inc. (a) | 5,580 | 170,078 | ||||||
Medifast, Inc. | 2,310 | 453,546 | ||||||
Perdoceo Education Corp. (a) | 16,740 | 211,426 | ||||||
Regis Corp. (a) | 18,070 | 166,063 | ||||||
1,001,113 | ||||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.2% | ||||||||
Myers Industries, Inc. | 10,200 | 211,956 | ||||||
E-COMMERCE DISCRETIONARY — 0.2% | ||||||||
PetMed Express, Inc. | 8,210 | 263,213 | ||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.3% | ||||||||
Avista Corp. | 10,420 | 418,259 | ||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 4.6% | ||||||||
AAON, Inc. | 9,750 | 649,642 | ||||||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a) | 6,290 | 609,941 | ||||||
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a) | 7,330 | 758,289 | ||||||
Badger Meter, Inc. | 9,160 | 861,590 | ||||||
FARO Technologies, Inc. (a) | 7,110 | 502,179 | ||||||
Itron, Inc. (a) | 9,440 | 905,296 | ||||||
Mesa Laboratories, Inc. | 1,900 | 544,616 | ||||||
OSI Systems, Inc. (a) | 2,550 | 237,711 | ||||||
SPX Corp. (a) | 7,870 | 429,230 | ||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. - Class A | 7,090 | 862,853 | ||||||
6,361,347 | ||||||||
ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION — 1.6% | ||||||||
Aegion Corp. (a) | 7,920 | 150,401 | ||||||
Arcosa, Inc. | 5,970 | 327,932 | ||||||
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | 7,610 | 400,743 | ||||||
Exponent, Inc. | 8,210 | 739,146 | ||||||
Granite Construction, Inc. | 7,530 | 201,126 | ||||||
Installed Building Products, Inc. (a) | 3,410 | 347,581 | ||||||
2,166,929 | ||||||||
FOOD — 0.4% | ||||||||
B&G Foods, Inc. | 13,360 | 370,473 | ||||||
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a) | 2,410 | 185,811 | ||||||
556,284 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
FORESTRY, PAPER & WOOD PRODUCTS — 1.3% | ||||||||
Boise Cascade Co. | 8,960 | $ | 428,288 | |||||
Glatfelter Corp. | 11,660 | 190,991 | ||||||
Neenah, Inc. | 6,890 | 381,155 | ||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. | 13,990 | 777,144 | ||||||
1,777,578 | ||||||||
GAS & WATER UTILITIES — 1.6% | ||||||||
American States Water Co. | 10,540 | 838,036 | ||||||
California Water Service Group | 11,940 | 645,118 | ||||||
South Jersey Industries, Inc. | 31,420 | 677,101 | ||||||
2,160,255 | ||||||||
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 4.0% | ||||||||
Addus HomeCare Corp. (a) | 2,750 | 321,998 | ||||||
Covetrus, Inc. (a) | 18,340 | 527,092 | ||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. (The) | 9,660 | 704,407 | ||||||
Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a) | 4,150 | 216,215 | ||||||
Magellan Health, Inc. (a) | 5,580 | 462,247 | ||||||
NeoGenomics, Inc. (a) | 20,270 | 1,091,337 | ||||||
Owens & Minor, Inc. | 12,410 | 335,691 | ||||||
Pennant Group, Inc. (The) (a) | 4,650 | 269,979 | ||||||
R1 RCM, Inc. (a) | 15,400 | 369,908 | ||||||
RadNet, Inc. (a) | 11,320 | 221,532 | ||||||
Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a) | 24,600 | 680,436 | ||||||
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | 3,070 | 369,167 | ||||||
5,570,009 | ||||||||
HOME & OFFICE PRODUCTS — 0.6% | ||||||||
iRobot Corp. (a) | 4,940 | 396,633 | ||||||
Tupperware Brands Corp. (a) | 12,090 | 391,595 | ||||||
788,228 | ||||||||
HOME CONSTRUCTION — 2.5% | ||||||||
American Woodmark Corp. (a) | 2,505 | 235,094 | ||||||
Cavco Industries, Inc. (a) | 1,410 | 247,385 | ||||||
Century Communities, Inc. (a) | 2,590 | 113,390 | ||||||
Interface, Inc. | 71,690 | 752,745 | ||||||
LGI Homes, Inc. (a) | 3,980 | 421,283 | ||||||
M/I Homes, Inc. (a) | 3,510 | 155,458 | ||||||
MDC Holdings, Inc. | 9,774 | 475,017 | ||||||
Meritage Homes Corp. (a) | 7,470 | 618,665 | ||||||
Patrick Industries, Inc. | 4,460 | 304,841 | ||||||
PGT Innovations, Inc. (a) | 9,950 | 202,383 | ||||||
3,526,261 | ||||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 0.4% | ||||||||
Inter Parfums, Inc. | 5,930 | 358,706 | ||||||
Quanex Building Products Corp. | 11,930 | 264,488 | ||||||
623,194 | ||||||||
INDUSTRIAL INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS — 2.2% | ||||||||
AZZ, Inc. | 7,130 | 338,247 | ||||||
Chart Industries, Inc. (a) | 2,250 | 265,027 | ||||||
EnPro Industries, Inc. | 5,550 | 419,136 | ||||||
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a) | 10,440 | 751,054 | ||||||
Insteel Industries, Inc. | 5,610 | 124,935 | ||||||
Proto Labs, Inc. (a) | 4,900 | 751,660 | ||||||
Raven Industries, Inc. | 9,680 | 320,311 | ||||||
Standex International Corp. | 2,030 | 157,366 | ||||||
3,127,736 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES — 0.9% | ||||||||
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 8,380 | $ | 653,556 | |||||
DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a) | 5,460 | 121,376 | ||||||
Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a) | 20,870 | 443,696 | ||||||
1,218,628 | ||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.4% | ||||||||
Piper Sandler Cos. | 3,730 | 376,357 | ||||||
StoneX Group, Inc. (a) | 4,090 | 236,811 | ||||||
613,168 | ||||||||
INSURANCE — 2.3% | ||||||||
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (a) | 8,260 | 127,039 | ||||||
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | 18,710 | 517,519 | ||||||
AMERISAFE, Inc. | 3,030 | 174,013 | ||||||
eHealth, Inc. (a) | 4,420 | 312,096 | ||||||
Employers Holdings, Inc. | 9,010 | 290,032 | ||||||
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | 5,440 | 228,697 | ||||||
NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a) | 14,580 | 330,237 | ||||||
Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a) | 4,010 | 356,248 | ||||||
ProAssurance Corp. | 9,820 | 174,698 | ||||||
Trupanion, Inc. (a) | 4,810 | 575,805 | ||||||
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. | 8,320 | 125,715 | ||||||
3,212,099 | ||||||||
INTERNET MEDIA & SERVICES — 0.8% | ||||||||
HealthStream, Inc. (a) | 5,690 | 124,270 | ||||||
Shutterstock, Inc. | 4,940 | 354,198 | ||||||
Stamps.com, Inc. (a) | 2,760 | 541,484 | ||||||
TechTarget, Inc. (a) | 2,580 | 152,504 | ||||||
1,172,456 | ||||||||
LEISURE FACILITIES & SERVICES — 1.3% | ||||||||
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. | 12,830 | 249,159 | ||||||
Brinker International, Inc. | 5,280 | 298,690 | ||||||
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The) | 3,850 | 142,681 | ||||||
Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. (a) | 6,790 | 179,867 | ||||||
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. | 11,830 | 355,136 | ||||||
Dine Brands Global, Inc. | 1,590 | 92,220 | ||||||
Shake Shack, Inc. - Class A (a) | 5,830 | 494,267 | ||||||
1,812,020 | ||||||||
LEISURE PRODUCTS — 1.4% | ||||||||
Callaway Golf Co. | 14,230 | 341,662 | ||||||
LCI Industries | 4,750 | 615,980 | ||||||
Winnebago Industries, Inc. | 3,720 | 222,977 | ||||||
YETI Holdings, Inc. (a) | 12,240 | 838,073 | ||||||
2,018,692 | ||||||||
MACHINERY — 3.1% | ||||||||
Alamo Group, Inc. | 1,800 | 248,310 | ||||||
Astec Industries, Inc. | 4,300 | 248,884 | ||||||
Enerpac Tool Group Corp. | 7,300 | 165,053 | ||||||
ESCO Technologies, Inc. | 3,760 | 388,107 | ||||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 6,300 | 436,023 | ||||||
Hillenbrand, Inc. | 17,660 | 702,868 | ||||||
John Bean Technologies Corp. | 6,135 | 698,592 | ||||||
Lindsay Corp. | 3,140 | 403,364 | ||||||
MTS Systems Corp. | 5,460 | 317,554 | ||||||
SPX FLOW, Inc. (a) | 7,180 | 416,153 | ||||||
Tennant Co. | 3,800 | 266,646 | ||||||
4,291,554 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & DEVICES — 2.6% | ||||||||
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a) | 8,070 | $ | 353,143 | |||||
Glaukos Corp. (a) | 8,640 | 650,246 | ||||||
Integer Holdings Corp. (a) | 4,160 | 337,751 | ||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a) | 10,653 | 143,709 | ||||||
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | 5,160 | 208,980 | ||||||
Luminex Corp. | 12,920 | 298,711 | ||||||
Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (a) | 12,960 | 242,222 | ||||||
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a) | 11,920 | 661,679 | ||||||
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a) | 13,280 | 262,612 | ||||||
OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a) | 14,440 | 152,847 | ||||||
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a) | 3,830 | 172,120 | ||||||
Varex Imaging Corp. (a) | 8,210 | 136,943 | ||||||
3,620,963 | ||||||||
METALS & MINING — 1.2% | ||||||||
Arconic Corp. (a) | 19,090 | 568,882 | ||||||
Century Aluminum Co. (a) | 10,980 | 121,109 | ||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. | 47,990 | 698,735 | ||||||
Encore Wire Corp. | 3,690 | 223,503 | ||||||
1,612,229 | ||||||||
OIL & GAS SERVICES & EQUIPMENT — 1.7% | ||||||||
Core Laboratories N.V. | 51,530 | 1,366,060 | ||||||
DMC Global, Inc. | 3,490 | 150,942 | ||||||
Matrix Service Co. (a) | 29,780 | 328,176 | ||||||
Nabors Industries Ltd. | 5,721 | 333,134 | ||||||
NOW, Inc. (a) | 19,710 | 141,518 | ||||||
2,319,830 | ||||||||
PUBLISHING & BROADCASTING — 0.4% | ||||||||
E.W. Scripps Co. (The) - Class A | 9,180 | 140,362 | ||||||
Gannett Co., Inc. (a) | 68,457 | 230,016 | ||||||
Scholastic Corp. | 8,410 | 210,250 | ||||||
580,628 | ||||||||
REAL ESTATE SERVICES — 1.1% | ||||||||
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a) | 9,260 | 344,750 | ||||||
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. - Class A | 8,960 | 325,517 | ||||||
Realogy Holdings Corp. (a) | 32,650 | 428,368 | ||||||
Retail Properties of America, Inc. - Class A | 45,460 | 389,137 | ||||||
1,487,772 | ||||||||
REITS — 7.9% | ||||||||
Acadia Realty Trust | 17,540 | 248,893 | ||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 9,030 | 601,217 | ||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 14,570 | 250,313 | ||||||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 6,220 | 179,634 | ||||||
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 17,570 | 197,135 | ||||||
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. | 16,350 | 176,417 | ||||||
Brandywine Realty Trust | 38,600 | 459,726 | ||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 16,990 | 376,838 | ||||||
Chatham Lodging Trust | 22,880 | 247,104 | ||||||
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | 5,180 | 244,030 | ||||||
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (a) | 41,780 | 344,685 | ||||||
Diversified Healthcare Trust | 40,550 | 167,066 | ||||||
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | 4,770 | 108,041 | ||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 14,970 | 317,364 | ||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 12,660 | 376,888 | ||||||
Franklin Street Properties Corp. | 32,340 | 141,326 | ||||||
Getty Realty Corp. | 3,980 | 109,609 | ||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. (a) | 16,180 | 277,325 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
REITS — 7.9%, continued | ||||||||
Hersha Hospitality Trust | 40,330 | $ | 318,204 | |||||
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | 16,080 | 215,954 | ||||||
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust | 5,000 | 116,450 | ||||||
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | 3,480 | 637,292 | ||||||
iStar, Inc. | 14,210 | 211,018 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 10,900 | 163,064 | ||||||
Lexington Realty Trust | 32,120 | 341,114 | ||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 7,200 | 280,152 | ||||||
Matson, Inc. | 8,190 | 466,584 | ||||||
National Storage Affiliates Trust | 10,520 | 379,036 | ||||||
Office Properties Income Trust | 8,140 | 184,941 | ||||||
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | 22,870 | 306,229 | ||||||
RPT Realty | 28,780 | 248,947 | ||||||
Safehold, Inc. | 3,430 | 248,641 | ||||||
Saul Centers, Inc. | 6,620 | 209,722 | ||||||
SITE Centers Corp. | 26,930 | 272,532 | ||||||
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | 24,240 | 218,402 | ||||||
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | 16,520 | 164,539 | ||||||
Uniti Group, Inc. | 35,680 | 418,526 | ||||||
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 1,650 | 106,045 | ||||||
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust | 15,790 | 341,538 | ||||||
Xenia Hotel & Resorts, Inc. | 23,860 | 362,672 | ||||||
11,035,213 | ||||||||
RETAIL - CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.6% | ||||||||
Big Lots, Inc. | 7,800 | 334,854 | ||||||
PriceSmart, Inc. | 2,690 | 245,032 | ||||||
SpartanNash Co. | 17,520 | 305,023 | ||||||
884,909 | ||||||||
RETAIL - DISCRETIONARY — 5.0% | ||||||||
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. - Class A | 13,550 | 275,878 | ||||||
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a) | 3,100 | 451,794 | ||||||
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | 11,190 | 198,734 | ||||||
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a) | 4,560 | 197,722 | ||||||
Buckle, Inc. (The) | 5,380 | 157,096 | ||||||
Caleres, Inc. | 16,560 | 259,164 | ||||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | 82,620 | 131,366 | ||||||
Children’s Place, Inc. (The) (a) | 6,350 | 318,135 | ||||||
Designer Brands, Inc. - Class A | 22,480 | 171,972 | ||||||
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | 16,450 | 332,455 | ||||||
GameStop Corp. - Class A (a) | 17,110 | 322,352 | ||||||
Genesco, Inc. (a) | 8,480 | 255,163 | ||||||
GMS, Inc. (a) | 7,050 | 214,884 | ||||||
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 3,050 | 399,977 | ||||||
Guess?, Inc. | 9,260 | 209,461 | ||||||
Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a) | 5,140 | 237,365 | ||||||
La-Z-Boy, Inc. | 6,970 | 277,685 | ||||||
Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a) | 8,400 | 258,216 | ||||||
Macy’s, Inc. | 66,210 | 744,863 | ||||||
MarineMax, Inc. (a) | 3,780 | 132,413 | ||||||
Michaels Cos., Inc. (The) (a) | 13,040 | 169,650 | ||||||
Monro, Inc. | 6,250 | 333,125 | ||||||
ODP Corp. (The) | 7,677 | 224,936 | ||||||
Sleep Number Corp. (a) | 5,300 | 433,858 | ||||||
Sonic Automotive, Inc. - Class A | 4,410 | 170,094 | ||||||
Zumiez, Inc. (a) | 4,180 | 153,740 | ||||||
7,032,098 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS — 3.7% | ||||||||
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a) | 7,890 | $ | 229,757 | |||||
Brooks Automation, Inc. | 12,780 | 867,123 | ||||||
CEVA, Inc. (a) | 4,260 | 193,830 | ||||||
Cohu, Inc. | 7,270 | 277,569 | ||||||
CTS Corp. | 6,010 | 206,323 | ||||||
Diodes, Inc. (a) | 6,230 | 439,215 | ||||||
FormFactor, Inc. (a) | 13,950 | 600,129 | ||||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 9,850 | 313,329 | ||||||
MaxLinear, Inc. (a) | 8,600 | 328,434 | ||||||
Onto Innovation, Inc. (a) | 10,847 | 515,775 | ||||||
Photronics, Inc. (a) | 16,690 | 186,260 | ||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 6,080 | 497,709 | ||||||
Rambus, Inc. (a) | 13,445 | 234,750 | ||||||
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a) | 5,050 | 157,307 | ||||||
Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a) | 8,620 | 149,643 | ||||||
5,197,153 | ||||||||
SOFTWARE — 3.9% | ||||||||
Agilysys, Inc. (a) | 6,190 | 237,572 | ||||||
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a) | 16,430 | 237,249 | ||||||
Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. (a) | 8,780 | 463,057 | ||||||
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (a) | 10,660 | 180,900 | ||||||
Ebix, Inc. | 7,800 | 296,166 | ||||||
Glu Mobile, Inc. (a) | 22,080 | 198,941 | ||||||
LivePerson, Inc. (a) | 9,500 | 591,185 | ||||||
MicroStrategy, Inc. - Class A (a) | 1,390 | 540,085 | ||||||
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a) | 9,550 | 174,192 | ||||||
Omnicell, Inc. (a) | 7,100 | 852,142 | ||||||
PDF Solutions, Inc. (a) | 9,190 | 198,504 | ||||||
Progress Software Corp. | 6,410 | 289,668 | ||||||
Simulations Plus, Inc. | 2,170 | 156,066 | ||||||
SPS Commerce, Inc. (a) | 5,620 | 610,276 | ||||||
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a) | 4,720 | 202,205 | ||||||
Xperi Holding Corp. | 13,121 | 274,229 | ||||||
5,502,437 | ||||||||
SPECIALTY FINANCE — 2.4% | ||||||||
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. | 22,000 | 245,740 | ||||||
Capstead Mortgage Corp. | 27,500 | 159,775 | ||||||
Deluxe Corp. | 8,680 | 253,456 | ||||||
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a) | 4,100 | 159,695 | ||||||
Enova International, Inc. (a) | 7,260 | 179,830 | ||||||
Granite Point Mortgage Trust | 24,170 | 241,458 | ||||||
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 43,621 | 147,439 | ||||||
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. | 6,670 | 119,526 | ||||||
Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a) | 10,090 | 313,093 | ||||||
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 75,880 | 279,997 | ||||||
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 15,630 | 274,932 | ||||||
PRA Group, Inc. (a) | 6,920 | 274,447 | ||||||
Redwood Trust, Inc. | 19,810 | 173,932 | ||||||
Stewart Information Services Corp. | 3,830 | 185,219 | ||||||
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | 4,340 | 399,367 | ||||||
3,407,906 | ||||||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE — 3.1% | ||||||||
3D Systems Corp. (a) | 23,680 | 248,167 | ||||||
ADTRAN, Inc. | 14,390 | 212,540 | ||||||
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. | 8,020 | 216,620 | ||||||
CalAmp Corp. (a) | 20,810 | 206,435 | ||||||
Daktronics, Inc. | 43,290 | 202,597 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE — 3.1%, continued | ||||||||
Fabrinet (a) | 4,770 | $ | 370,104 | |||||
Harmonic, Inc. (a) | 17,410 | 128,660 | ||||||
Knowles Corp. (a) | 18,120 | 333,952 | ||||||
NETGEAR, Inc. (a) | 4,710 | 191,367 | ||||||
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | 38,270 | 235,743 | ||||||
Plantronics, Inc. | 8,330 | 225,160 | ||||||
Plexus Corp. (a) | 4,900 | 383,229 | ||||||
Sanmina Corp. (a) | 13,090 | 417,440 | ||||||
TTM Technologies, Inc. (a) | 16,420 | 226,514 | ||||||
Universal Electronics, Inc. (a) | 2,770 | 145,314 | ||||||
Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a) | 37,780 | 565,756 | ||||||
4,309,598 | ||||||||
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES — 3.1% | ||||||||
Cardtronics plc - Class A (a) | 6,690 | 236,157 | ||||||
CSG Systems International, Inc. | 7,610 | 342,983 | ||||||
EVERTEC, Inc. | 10,810 | 425,049 | ||||||
ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a) | 5,430 | 462,256 | ||||||
Green Dot Corp. - Class A (a) | 7,600 | 424,080 | ||||||
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a) | 8,860 | 674,157 | ||||||
NIC, Inc. | 11,920 | 307,894 | ||||||
Perficient, Inc. (a) | 7,030 | 334,979 | ||||||
Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a) | 8,000 | 301,360 | ||||||
TTEC Holdings, Inc. | 5,360 | 390,905 | ||||||
Unisys Corp. (a) | 10,560 | 207,821 | ||||||
Virtusa Corp. (a) | 4,690 | 239,800 | ||||||
4,347,441 | ||||||||
TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 2.0% | ||||||||
8x8, Inc. (a) | 16,250 | 560,137 | ||||||
ATN International, Inc. | 3,340 | 139,478 | ||||||
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a) | �� | 7,720 | 117,962 | |||||
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | 7,110 | 425,676 | ||||||
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (a) | 29,970 | 146,553 | ||||||
Iridium Communications, Inc. (a) | 16,070 | 631,953 | ||||||
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. | 3,390 | 146,617 | ||||||
Spok Holdings, Inc. | 14,760 | 164,279 | ||||||
Vonage Holdings Corp. (a) | 39,210 | 504,829 | ||||||
2,837,484 | ||||||||
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS — 2.9% | ||||||||
Allegiant Travel Co. | 1,900 | 359,556 | ||||||
ArcBest Corp. | 4,550 | 194,149 | ||||||
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a) | 4,200 | 229,068 | ||||||
Bristow Group, Inc. (a) | 8,623 | 226,957 | ||||||
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (a) | 6,670 | 178,889 | ||||||
Forward Air Corp. | 4,620 | 355,001 | ||||||
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. | 10,110 | 178,947 | ||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 19,510 | 353,131 | ||||||
Hub Group, Inc. - Class A (a) | 5,380 | 306,660 | ||||||
Marten Transport Ltd. | 18,180 | 313,241 | ||||||
Saia, Inc. (a) | 5,490 | 992,592 | ||||||
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a) | 3,470 | 143,832 | ||||||
SkyWest, Inc. | 5,770 | 232,589 | ||||||
4,064,612 | ||||||||
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT — 0.4% | ||||||||
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The) | 6,020 | 219,008 | ||||||
Meritor, Inc. (a) | 12,840 | 358,364 | ||||||
577,372 |
Shares | Fair | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%, continued | ||||||||
WHOLESALE - CONSUMER STAPLES — 1.1% | ||||||||
Andersons, Inc. (The) | 29,050 | $ | 712,016 | |||||
Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The) (a) | 19,440 | 499,414 | ||||||
United Natural Foods, Inc. (a) | 18,350 | 293,049 | ||||||
1,504,479 | ||||||||
WHOLESALE - DISCRETIONARY — 0.9% | ||||||||
ePlus, Inc. (a) | 2,280 | 200,526 | ||||||
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a) | 12,730 | 302,210 | ||||||
PC Connection, Inc. (a) | 2,570 | 121,535 | ||||||
ScanSource, Inc. (a) | 23,700 | 625,206 | ||||||
1,249,477 | ||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $104,282,875) | 137,820,848 | |||||||
RIGHTS — 0.0% (b) | ||||||||
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & DEVICES — 0.0% (b) | ||||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc., CVR (a) (c) (Cost $0) | 28,980 | 2,608 | ||||||
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | Fair | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE NOTES — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 2.000 | % | 06/15/22 | $ | 70,000 | $ | 70,000 | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 06/15/23 | 330,000 | 330,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 12/15/23 | 330,000 | 330,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 06/17/24 | 60,000 | 60,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 3.000 | % | 12/13/24 | 90,000 | 90,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 2.500 | % | 06/13/25 | 150,000 | 150,000 | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. (d) | 2.500 | % | 12/15/25 | 280,000 | 280,000 | |||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES (COST $1,310,000) | 1,310,000 | |||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Shares | Fair | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.2% | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (e) (COST $256,982) | 256,982 | $ | 256,982 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (COST $105,849,857) — 99.8% | $ | 139,390,438 | ||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.2% | 272,428 | |||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 139,662,866 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
(c) | Security value has been determined in good faith pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The total value of such securities was $2,608 as of December 31, 2020, representing 0.0% (b) of net assets. |
(d) | Restricted and illiquid securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 are as follows: |
| Acquisition | Current | Fair | % of Net | ||||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.000%, 06/15/22 | 06/17/19 | $ | 70,000 | $ | 70,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/15/23 | 06/18/18 | 330,000 | 330,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/15/23 | 12/17/18 | 330,000 | 330,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 06/17/24 | 06/17/19 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 0.0 | %(b) | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 3.000%, 12/13/24 | 12/12/19 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 06/13/25 | 06/12/20 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||
Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. 2.500%, 12/15/25 | 12/15/20 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
$ | 1,310,000 | $ | 1,310,000 | 0.9 | % |
(e) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
CVR | — Contingent Value Right |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
REIT | — Real Estate Investment Trust |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Portfolios
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary (unaudited)
In 2020, the global pandemic caused a dramatic economic slowdown and a market correction in March. The Federal Reserve, along with the executive and legislative branches, came to the rescue with monetary and fiscal policies that boosted the economy. These drastic measures made a dramatic effect, and all major stock and bond indices ended the year in positive territory. The S&P 500 was up 18.39% in 2020. The small cap market – as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 – was up 11.24%.
This was a year where equity style mattered a lot. In fact, the performance difference between the large cap growth and large cap value styles was as large as it has been in at least the last two decades. The S&P 500 Growth Index was up 33.49%, while the S&P 500 Value Index was only up 1.36%.
International emerging markets did much better than developed markets in 2020. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index was up 18.31%, while the MSCI EAFE Index was up 7.82%. The MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. includes both indexes in a proportion of about 70% developed and 30% emerging – its return for the year was 10.65%. Over the last five years, emerging markets have easily outperformed developed markets, with a 12.79% annualized return versus a 7.44% annualized return, but over the last 10 years, developed markets have outperformed emerging markets.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate index returned 7.51% for 2020. The interest rate curve fell dramatically and steepened, with the 6-month Treasury bill yield decreasing 1.50% and the yield on the 30-year Treasury note decreasing by 0.75%. The level of negative yielding debt across the world increased to $17.8 trillion by the end of 2020 versus $11.3 trillion to start the year.
The asset allocation strategies pursued by the Genesis Portfolios do not lend themselves to easy benchmarking with a public multi-asset class index, but we have found that the S&P Target Risk indexes are the best available option.
The Genesis Conservative Portfolio’s Class A Shares (without load) returned 10.28%, which outperformed the S&P Target Risk Conservative Index return of 9.67%.
The Genesis Balanced Portfolio’s Class A Shares (without load) return was 12.97%, which outperformed the S&P Target Risk Growth Index’s return of 11.83%.
The Genesis Growth Portfolio’s Class A Shares (without load) return was 14.08%, which outperformed the S&P Target Risk Aggressive Index’s return of 13.08%.
The allocation to large cap growth was the largest positive contributor on an absolute basis for each portfolio. The biggest detractor on an absolute basis was large cap value with its low single-digit return in 2020.
The underlying investments in the Genesis Portfolios are the Praxis Impact Bond Fund, the Praxis Growth Index Fund, the Praxis Value Index Fund, Praxis Small Cap Index Fund, and the Praxis International Index Fund. These funds are held in proportions matching the risk profile of each of the Genesis Portfolios. We take a long-term approach in assigning weights to the various underlying funds, relying on the premise that the higher risk equity funds are expected to generate higher long-term returns than the lower risk fixed income investments. 2020 was a year when the higher risk of stocks helped the performance for portfolios that had a higher stock allocation.
Each of the portfolios benefited from the relative outperformance of the Praxis Impact Bond Fund, Praxis International Index Fund and the Praxis Value Index Fund versus their respective benchmarks. The Praxis Growth Index Fund and the Praxis Small Cap Index Fund both slightly underperformed their benchmarks for 2020.
Benjamin Bailey, CFA®
Praxis Genesis Portfolios Co-Manager
Praxis Mutual Funds
Dale Snyder, CFA®
Praxis Genesis Portfolios Co-Manager
Praxis Mutual Funds
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of Dec. 31, 2020, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or Everence Capital Management as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
The S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted index of 500 large companies that is widely used as a barometer of U.S. stock market performance.
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Praxis Genesis Portfolios
Annual Report to Shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ Commentary (unaudited) (continued)
The S&P SmallCap 600 Index measures the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. The Index is designed to track companies that meet specific inclusion criteria to ensure they are liquid and financially viable.
The S&P 500 Growth Index represents the growth companies (defined by sales growth, earnings to price, and momentum) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
The S&P 500 Value Index represents the value companies (defined by book value to price ratio earnings to price ratio and sales to price ratio) of the S&P 500 Index, a universe of large capitalization companies in the U.S. equity market.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index captures large and mid cap representation across 27 emerging markets: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
The MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) Index is a free float-adjusted weighted capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The Index consists of 21 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ex-U.S. is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S. based companies. The Index includes both developed and emerging markets.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole.
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Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio | |||||||
Class A * | 12/31/09 | 4.45% | 4.80% | 5.38% | 4.80% | 1.15% | 1.13% |
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/09 | 10.28% | 6.70% | 6.53% | 5.37% | ||
S&P Target Risk Conservative Index 1 |
| 9.67% | 6.74% | 7.02% | 5.54% |
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021 for Class A.
1 S&P Target Risk Conservative Index seeks to emphasize exposure to fixed income, in order to produce a current income stream and avoid excessive volatility of returns. Equities are included to protect long-term purchasing power. The series is comprised of four multi-asset class indices. The index is comprised exclusively of exchange-traded funds.
The above indices are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Investments
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0% | ||||||||
DEBT FUND — 69.5% | ||||||||
Praxis Impact Bond Fund - Class I | 1,732,025 | $ | 19,294,760 | |||||
EQUITY FUND — 30.5% | ||||||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund - Class I | 76,681 | 2,626,337 | ||||||
Praxis International Index Fund - Class I | 198,193 | 2,548,767 | ||||||
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund - Class I | 66,769 | 707,753 | ||||||
Praxis Value Index Fund - Class I | 180,882 | 2,586,609 | ||||||
8,469,466 | ||||||||
TOTAL AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS (COST $22,751,813) | 27,764,226 | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.0% (a) | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (b) (COST $5,470) | 5,470 | 5,470 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (COST $22,757,283) — 100.0% | $ | 27,769,696 | ||||||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.0%) (a) | (6,866 | ) | ||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 27,762,830 |
(a) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
(b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio | |||||||
Class A * | 12/31/09 | 7.06% | 6.47% | 7.84% | 6.68% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/09 | 12.97% | 8.40% | 9.01% | 7.26% | ||
S&P Target Risk Growth Index 1 |
| 11.83% | 7.93% | 9.25% | 7.94% |
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021 for Class A.
1 S&P Target Risk Growth Index seeks to provide increased exposure to equities, while using fixed income to dampen risk. The series is comprised of four multi-asset class indices.The index is comprised exclusively of exchange-trade funds.
The above indices are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Investments
Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0% | ||||||||
DEBT FUND — 39.4% | ||||||||
Praxis Impact Bond Fund - Class I | 3,098,560 | $ | 34,517,954 | |||||
EQUITY FUND — 60.6% | ||||||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund - Class I | 415,021 | 14,214,473 | ||||||
Praxis International Index Fund - Class I | 1,242,349 | 15,976,613 | ||||||
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund - Class I | 835,772 | 8,859,181 | ||||||
Praxis Value Index Fund - Class I | 978,991 | 13,999,566 | ||||||
53,049,833 | ||||||||
TOTAL AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS (COST $64,080,504) | 87,567,787 | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.0% (a) | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (b) (COST $264) | 264 | 264 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (COST $64,080,768) — 100.0% | $ | 87,568,051 | ||||||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.0%) (a) | (41,060 | ) | ||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 87,526,991 |
(a) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
(b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio
Performance Review (unaudited)
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20 and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Average Annual | |||||||
| Inception | One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | |
Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio | |||||||
Class A * | 12/31/09 | 8.12% | 7.26% | 9.20% | 7.74% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/09 | 14.08% | 9.22% | 10.39% | 8.33% | ||
S&P Target Risk Aggressive Index 1 |
| 13.08% | 8.64% | 10.65% | 9.26% |
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com. Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur fees, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A Shares for the Fund. Class A Shares have a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25%.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021 for Class A.
1 S&P Target Risk Aggressive Index seeks to emphasize exposure to equities, maximizing opportunities for long-term capital accumulation. It may include small allocations in fixed income to enhance portfolio efficiency. The series is comprised of four multi-asset class indices. The index is comprised exclusively of exchange-traded funds.
The above indices are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although an investor can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Investments
Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Shares | Fair | |||||||
AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0% | ||||||||
DEBT FUND — 19.6% | ||||||||
Praxis Impact Bond Fund - Class I | 1,508,545 | $ | 16,805,189 | |||||
EQUITY FUND — 80.4% | ||||||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund - Class I | 517,920 | 17,738,747 | ||||||
Praxis International Index Fund - Class I | 1,611,635 | 20,725,626 | ||||||
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund - Class I | 1,220,700 | 12,939,421 | ||||||
Praxis Value Index Fund - Class I | 1,222,185 | 17,477,250 | ||||||
68,881,044 | ||||||||
TOTAL AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS (COST $59,215,816) | 85,686,233 | |||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.0% (a) | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 0.04% (b) (COST $539) | 539 | 539 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (COST $59,216,355) — 100.0% | $ | 85,686,772 | ||||||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.0%) (a) | (37,914 | ) | ||||||
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 85,648,858 |
(a) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
(b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Assets & Liabilities
December 31, 2020
| Praxis | Praxis | Praxis | Praxis | Praxis | |||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at cost | $ | 685,836,949 | $ | 200,496,716 | $ | 249,332,567 | $ | 187,870,187 | $ | 105,849,857 | ||||||||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at fair value | $ | 734,327,644 | $ | 318,780,859 | $ | 306,283,978 | $ | 397,851,879 | $ | 139,390,438 | ||||||||||
Cash | — | 48,600 | 3,368 | 5,274 | 1,848 | |||||||||||||||
Cash denominated in foreign currency (Cost $150) | — | 150 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 1,237,642 | 959,019 | 2,457,051 | 2,752,981 | 157,208 | |||||||||||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 602 | 6,217,003 | — | — | 10,296 | |||||||||||||||
Receivable for dividends and interest | 3,889,405 | 442,198 | 463,234 | 171,948 | 193,177 | |||||||||||||||
Receivable for tax reclaims | — | 281,179 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses | 26,423 | 22,922 | 20,077 | 24,125 | 14,982 | |||||||||||||||
Total Assets | 739,481,716 | 326,751,930 | 309,227,708 | 400,806,207 | 139,767,949 | |||||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 932,879 | 507,085 | 73,527 | 306,822 | 26,903 | |||||||||||||||
Payable for investments purchased | 9,038,626 | 6,014,703 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses and other payables: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 240,651 | 123,731 | 76,563 | 99,561 | 41,246 | |||||||||||||||
Administration fees | 56,834 | 25,900 | 23,535 | 31,181 | 11,160 | |||||||||||||||
Distribution fees | 10,284 | 2,429 | 4,110 | 19,277 | 1,061 | |||||||||||||||
Other | 116,694 | 62,586 | 53,729 | 61,896 | 24,713 | |||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 10,395,968 | 6,736,434 | 231,464 | 518,737 | 105,083 | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 729,085,748 | $ | 320,015,496 | $ | 308,996,244 | $ | 400,287,470 | $ | 139,662,866 | ||||||||||
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Components of Net Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 680,858,305 | $ | 230,650,282 | $ | 242,467,471 | $ | 169,457,190 | $ | 105,505,078 | ||||||||||
Distributable earnings | 48,227,443 | 89,365,214 | 66,528,773 | 230,830,280 | 34,157,788 | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 729,085,748 | $ | 320,015,496 | $ | 308,996,244 | $ | 400,287,470 | $ | 139,662,866 | ||||||||||
Pricing of Class A Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class A shares | $ | 48,146,058 | $ | 11,251,072 | $ | 18,863,209 | $ | 90,515,835 | $ | 5,172,743 | ||||||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.0001 par value) | 4,301,113 | 877,277 | 1,307,826 | 2,665,101 | 534,069 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share* | $ | 11.19 | $ | 12.82 | $ | 14.42 | $ | 33.96 | $ | 9.69 | ||||||||||
Maximum sales charge | 3.75 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | ||||||||||
Maximum offering price per share [(100%/(100%-Maximum Sales Charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent] | $ | 11.63 | $ | 13.53 | $ | 15.22 | $ | 35.84 | $ | 10.23 | ||||||||||
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Pricing of Class I Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class I shares | $ | 680,939,690 | $ | 308,764,424 | $ | 290,133,035 | $ | 309,771,635 | $ | 134,490,123 | ||||||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 61,145,012 | 24,007,194 | 20,283,896 | 9,043,322 | 12,689,871 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share* | $ | 11.14 | $ | 12.86 | $ | 14.30 | $ | 34.25 | $ | 10.60 |
* | A redemption fee of 2.00% may be charged on shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Assets & Liabilities, continued
December 31, 2020
| Praxis Genesis | Praxis Genesis | Praxis Genesis | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Investments in affiliated securities, at cost | $ | 22,751,813 | $ | 64,080,504 | $ | 59,215,816 | ||||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at cost | 5,470 | 264 | 539 | |||||||||
Investments in affiliated securities, at fair value | $ | 27,764,226 | $ | 87,567,787 | $ | 85,686,233 | ||||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at fair value | 5,470 | 264 | 539 | |||||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 15,520 | 10,655 | 33,647 | |||||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 367 | — | — | |||||||||
Prepaid expenses | 6,667 | 8,563 | 10,393 | |||||||||
Total Assets | 27,792,250 | 87,587,269 | 85,730,812 | |||||||||
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Liabilities | ||||||||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 452 | — | 37 | |||||||||
Payable for investments purchased | — | 10,655 | 33,586 | |||||||||
Accrued expenses and other payables: | ||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 10,350 | 3,680 | 3,576 | |||||||||
Administration fees | 1,447 | 4,498 | 4,314 | |||||||||
Distribution fees | 5,841 | 18,401 | 17,879 | |||||||||
Other | 11,330 | 23,044 | 22,562 | |||||||||
Total Liabilities | 29,420 | 60,278 | 81,954 | |||||||||
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Net Assets | $ | 27,762,830 | $ | 87,526,991 | $ | 85,648,858 | ||||||
Components of Net Assets | ||||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 22,601,100 | $ | 63,123,917 | $ | 58,571,026 | ||||||
Distributable earnings | 5,161,730 | 24,403,074 | 27,077,832 | |||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 27,762,830 | $ | 87,526,991 | $ | 85,648,858 | ||||||
Pricing of Class A Shares | ||||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class A shares | $ | 27,762,830 | $ | 87,526,991 | $ | 85,648,858 | ||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.0001 par value) | 2,136,432 | 5,684,554 | 4,987,944 | |||||||||
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share* | $ | 12.99 | $ | 15.40 | $ | 17.17 | ||||||
Maximum sales charge | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | ||||||
Maximum offering price per share [(100%/(100%-Maximum Sales Charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent] | $ | 13.71 | $ | 16.25 | $ | 18.12 |
* | A redemption fee of 2.00% may be charged on shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Operations
For the year ended December 31, 2020
| Praxis | Praxis | Praxis | Praxis | Praxis | |||||||||||||||
Investment income | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends | $ | 269,249 | $ | 7,485,976 | $ | 7,013,467 | $ | 3,815,842 | $ | 1,608,326 | ||||||||||
Non-cash dividend income | — | 14,444 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Foreign tax withholding | — | (1,105,092 | ) | (173 | ) | (178 | ) | (2,574 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest | 16,700,840 | 69,079 | 62,467 | 77,677 | 29,159 | |||||||||||||||
Total Investment Income | 16,970,089 | 6,464,407 | 7,075,761 | 3,893,341 | 1,634,911 | |||||||||||||||
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Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 2,602,244 | 1,290,176 | 766,788 | 1,038,546 | 354,263 | |||||||||||||||
Administration fees | 313,416 | 137,278 | 123,111 | 166,451 | 57,574 | |||||||||||||||
Distribution fees - Class A | 135,072 | 25,956 | 56,064 | 213,688 | 9,699 | |||||||||||||||
Transfer agent fees - Class A | 57,337 | 27,024 | 34,586 | 63,384 | 7,618 | |||||||||||||||
Transfer agent fees - Class I | 84,040 | 15,459 | 53,271 | 62,945 | 6,877 | |||||||||||||||
Registration fees - Class A | 22,844 | 17,056 | 15,835 | 22,960 | 19,879 | |||||||||||||||
Registration fees - Class I | 32,931 | 19,139 | 26,652 | 23,310 | 16,253 | |||||||||||||||
Custodian fees | 40,868 | 77,607 | 14,789 | 20,561 | 10,037 | |||||||||||||||
Legal fees | 61,467 | 29,666 | 26,674 | 33,323 | �� | 12,404 | ||||||||||||||
Trustee fees and expenses | 57,048 | 27,356 | 23,788 | 30,778 | 11,191 | |||||||||||||||
Pricing fees | 73,727 | 56,782 | 5,349 | 4,737 | 8,668 | |||||||||||||||
Audit and tax services fees | 40,722 | 41,293 | 21,965 | 26,001 | 14,135 | |||||||||||||||
Shareholder report printing fees - Class A | 8,676 | 3,341 | 7,006 | 6,206 | — | |||||||||||||||
Shareholder report printing fees - Class I | 25,159 | 8,854 | 13,548 | 20,257 | 7,523 | |||||||||||||||
Other expenses | 70,740 | 37,622 | 39,932 | 38,214 | 25,584 | |||||||||||||||
Total Expenses | 3,626,291 | 1,814,609 | 1,229,358 | 1,771,361 | 561,705 | |||||||||||||||
Class A expenses contractually reduced by Investment Adviser | — | — | — | — | (9,564 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net Expenses | 3,626,291 | 1,814,609 | 1,229,358 | 1,771,361 | 552,141 | |||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 13,343,798 | 4,649,798 | 5,846,403 | 2,121,980 | 1,082,770 | |||||||||||||||
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Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments | 7,395,437 | (6,906,231 | ) | 6,986,971 | 28,402,948 | 868,654 | ||||||||||||||
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions | — | (96,900 | ) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments | 25,492,894 | 46,743,771 | 5,910,699 | 71,609,153 | 19,520,809 | |||||||||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of foreign currency translations | — | 22,187 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions | 32,888,331 | 39,762,827 | 12,897,670 | 100,012,101 | 20,389,463 | |||||||||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | $ | 46,232,129 | $ | 44,412,625 | $ | 18,744,073 | $ | 102,134,081 | $ | 21,472,233 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Operations, continued
For the year ended December 31, 2020
| Praxis Genesis | Praxis Genesis | Praxis Genesis | |||||||||
Investment income | ||||||||||||
Dividends from affiliates | $ | 714,270 | $ | 2,321,140 | $ | 2,337,707 | ||||||
Dividends from non-affiliates | 23 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
Total Investment Income | 714,293 | 2,321,143 | 2,337,709 | |||||||||
Expenses | ||||||||||||
Distribution fees - Class A | 67,404 | 201,630 | 186,505 | |||||||||
Transfer agent fees | 27,534 | 82,408 | 107,480 | |||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 13,481 | 40,326 | 37,300 | |||||||||
Registration and filing fees | 23,843 | 26,709 | 24,054 | |||||||||
Administration fees | 8,123 | 24,229 | 22,365 | |||||||||
Audit and tax services fees | 8,411 | 11,220 | 11,103 | |||||||||
Shareholder report printing fees | 1,433 | 5,018 | 6,385 | |||||||||
Trustee fees and expenses | 791 | 2,081 | 2,170 | |||||||||
Custodian fees | 825 | 810 | 885 | |||||||||
Insurance expense | 134 | 415 | 371 | |||||||||
Other expenses | 5,467 | 4,197 | 3,001 | |||||||||
Total Expenses | 157,446 | 399,043 | 401,619 | |||||||||
Recoupment of prior expenses contractually reduced by Investment Adviser | 5,045 | — | — | |||||||||
Net Expenses | 162,491 | 399,043 | 401,619 | |||||||||
Net Investment Income | 551,802 | 1,922,100 | 1,936,090 | |||||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments in affiliates | 428,014 | 1,824,949 | 1,171,428 | |||||||||
Long-term capital gain distributions from investments in affiliates | 247,691 | 1,011,583 | 1,131,669 | |||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments in affiliates | 1,476,761 | 5,314,128 | 6,762,991 | |||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments | 2,152,466 | 8,150,660 | 9,066,088 | |||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | $ | 2,704,268 | $ | 10,072,760 | $ | 11,002,178 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| Praxis | Praxis | ||||||||||||||
| For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | ||||||||||||
From Operations | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 13,343,798 | $ | 13,874,311 | $ | 4,649,798 | $ | 6,727,585 | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) from investments and foreign currency transactions | 7,395,437 | 1,111,491 | (7,003,131 | ) | (2,821,063 | ) | ||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translation | 25,492,894 | 27,161,042 | 46,765,958 | 46,656,384 | ||||||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | 46,232,129 | 42,146,844 | 44,412,625 | 50,562,906 | ||||||||||||
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Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | (1,268,035 | ) | (1,296,712 | ) | (89,909 | ) | (171,182 | ) | ||||||||
Class I | (17,482,526 | ) | (12,834,733 | ) | (4,530,504 | ) | (6,510,309 | ) | ||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Distributions to Shareholders | (18,750,561 | ) | (14,131,445 | ) | (4,620,413 | ) | (6,681,491 | ) | ||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions (Note 6) | 112,971,574 | 50,779,583 | (8,254,781 | ) | (5,238,803 | ) | ||||||||||
Change in Net Assets | 140,453,142 | 78,794,982 | 31,537,431 | 38,642,612 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 588,632,606 | 509,837,624 | 288,478,065 | 249,835,453 | ||||||||||||
End of year | $ | 729,085,748 | $ | 588,632,606 | $ | 320,015,496 | $ | 288,478,065 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets, continued
| Praxis | Praxis | Praxis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | ||||||||||||||||||
From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 5,846,403 | $ | 4,695,653 | $ | 2,121,980 | $ | 3,072,980 | $ | 1,082,770 | $ | 1,098,144 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains from investments | 6,986,971 | 23,796,038 | 28,402,948 | 22,851,797 | 868,654 | 2,652,060 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | 5,910,699 | 33,521,790 | 71,609,153 | 53,775,059 | 19,520,809 | 17,890,343 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | 18,744,073 | 62,013,481 | 102,134,081 | 79,699,836 | 21,472,233 | 21,640,547 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (1,487,424 | ) | (957,865 | ) | (5,472,414 | ) | (5,093,963 | ) | (42,138 | ) | (91,206 | ) | ||||||||||||
Class I | (24,288,798 | ) | (7,797,986 | ) | (19,356,007 | ) | (15,196,455 | ) | (1,620,501 | ) | (3,128,818 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Distributions to Shareholders | (25,776,222 | ) | (8,755,851 | ) | (24,828,421 | ) | (20,290,418 | ) | (1,662,639 | ) | (3,220,024 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions (Note 6) | 62,328,677 | 19,533,075 | (2,662,269 | ) | 14,894,348 | (373,613 | ) | 11,842,183 | ||||||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets | 55,296,528 | 72,790,705 | 74,643,391 | 74,303,766 | 19,435,981 | 30,262,706 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 253,699,716 | 180,909,011 | 325,644,079 | 251,340,313 | 120,226,885 | 89,964,179 | ||||||||||||||||||
End of year | $ | 308,996,244 | $ | 253,699,716 | $ | 400,287,470 | $ | 325,644,079 | $ | 139,662,866 | $ | 120,226,885 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets, continued
| Praxis Genesis | Praxis Genesis | Praxis Genesis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | ||||||||||||||||||
From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 551,802 | $ | 443,198 | $ | 1,922,100 | $ | 1,263,330 | $ | 1,936,090 | $ | 967,789 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments in affiliates | 428,014 | (19,705 | ) | 1,824,949 | 5,798 | 1,171,428 | 5,261 | |||||||||||||||||
Long-term capital gain distributions from investments in affiliates | 247,691 | 185,624 | 1,011,583 | 1,049,733 | 1,131,669 | 1,217,718 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments in affiliates | 1,476,761 | 2,351,108 | 5,314,128 | 10,650,551 | 6,762,991 | 11,266,808 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | 2,704,268 | 2,960,225 | 10,072,760 | 12,969,412 | 11,002,178 | 13,457,576 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Distributions to Class A Shareholders | (955,627 | ) | (552,811 | ) | (4,096,729 | ) | (2,168,966 | ) | (4,024,475 | ) | (2,092,107 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions (Note 6) | (747,030 | ) | 2,205,375 | (1,688,758 | ) | 2,070,994 | 4,450,894 | 2,170,204 | ||||||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets | 1,001,611 | 4,612,789 | 4,287,273 | 12,871,440 | 11,428,597 | 13,535,673 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 26,761,219 | 22,148,430 | 83,239,718 | 70,368,278 | 74,220,261 | 60,684,588 | ||||||||||||||||||
End of year | $ | 27,762,830 | $ | 26,761,219 | $ | 87,526,991 | $ | 83,239,718 | $ | 85,648,858 | $ | 74,220,261 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis Impact Bond Fund - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 10.67 | $ | 10.12 | $ | 10.39 | $ | 10.30 | $ | 10.32 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.20 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.60 | 0.55 | (0.26 | ) | 0.11 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.79 | 0.78 | (0.04 | ) | 0.32 | 0.22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.20 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.23 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (0.07 | ) | — | — | — | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.27 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.24 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 11.19 | $ | 10.67 | $ | 10.12 | $ | 10.39 | $ | 10.30 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 7.45 | % | 7.75 | % | (0.36 | %) | 3.11 | % | 2.13 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 48,146 | $ | 58,383 | $ | 60,692 | $ | 91,048 | $ | 83,211 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.92 | % | 0.95 | % | 0.97 | % | 0.93 | % | 0.94 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.72 | % | 2.16 | % | 2.15 | % | 2.02 | % | 1.87 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets | 0.92 | % | 0.95 | % | 0.98 | %* | 0.98 | %* | 0.99 | %* | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 31.27 | % | 17.58 | % | 27.27 | % | 17.36 | % | 16.05 | % |
Praxis Impact Bond Fund - Class I
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 10.62 | $ | 10.08 | $ | 10.35 | $ | 10.25 | $ | 10.27 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.26 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.61 | 0.54 | (0.26 | ) | 0.11 | 0.00 | (b) | |||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.00 | (b) | 0.36 | 0.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.25 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (0.07 | ) | — | — | — | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.32 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.28 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 11.14 | $ | 10.62 | $ | 10.08 | $ | 10.35 | $ | 10.25 | ||||||||||||||
Total return | 7.94 | % | 8.15 | % | 0.08 | % | 3.58 | % | 2.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 680,940 | $ | 530,250 | $ | 449,146 | $ | 432,654 | $ | 381,697 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.52 | % | 0.53 | % | 0.53 | % | 0.54 | % | 0.54 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 2.08 | % | 2.58 | % | 2.60 | % | 2.41 | % | 2.41 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 31.27 | % | 17.58 | % | 27.27 | % | 17.36 | % | 16.05 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such expense reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | Net investment income per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights, continued
For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis International Index Fund - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 11.50 | $ | 9.77 | $ | 11.69 | $ | 9.47 | $ | 9.15 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and foreign currencies | 1.32 | 1.73 | (1.94 | ) | 2.23 | 0.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.42 | 1.91 | (1.77 | ) | 2.36 | 0.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.10 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.15 | ) | (0.14 | ) | (0.13 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | — | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 12.82 | $ | 11.50 | $ | 9.77 | $ | 11.69 | $ | 9.47 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 12.37 | % | 19.55 | % | (15.13 | %) | 24.97 | % | 4.97 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 11,251 | $ | 11,074 | $ | 11,853 | $ | 26,344 | $ | 18,877 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 1.30 | % | 1.40 | % | 1.31 | % | 1.26 | % | 1.32 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.92 | % | 1.70 | % | 1.52 | % | 1.22 | % | 1.45 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 86.12 | % | 20.61 | % | 21.08 | % | 5.22 | % | 10.26 | % |
Praxis International Index Fund - Class I
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 11.53 | $ | 9.80 | $ | 11.75 | $ | 9.51 | $ | 9.19 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and foreign currencies | 1.34 | 1.73 | (1.96 | ) | 2.25 | 0.31 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.52 | 2.00 | (1.71 | ) | 2.44 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.19 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.20 | ) | (0.18 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 12.86 | $ | 11.53 | $ | 9.80 | $ | 11.75 | $ | 9.51 | ||||||||||||||
Total return | 13.18 | % | 20.45 | % | (14.52 | %) | 25.67 | % | 5.48 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 308,764 | $ | 277,404 | $ | 237,982 | $ | 257,538 | $ | 173,598 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.61 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.72 | % | 0.77 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.62 | % | 2.48 | % | 2.21 | % | 1.75 | % | 2.01 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 86.12 | % | 20.61 | % | 21.08 | % | 5.22 | % | 10.26 | % |
(a) | Net investment income per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights, continued
For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis Value Index Fund - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 15.13 | $ | 11.81 | $ | 13.82 | $ | 12.64 | $ | 11.17 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.26 | (b) | 3.56 | (1.38 | ) | 1.85 | 1.61 | |||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.52 | 3.80 | (1.15 | ) | 2.06 | 1.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | — | (0.23 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.13 | ) | (0.23 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (1.23 | ) | (0.25 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.75 | ) | (0.10 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (1.23 | ) | (0.48 | ) | (0.86 | ) | (0.88 | ) | (0.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 14.42 | $ | 15.13 | $ | 11.81 | $ | 13.82 | $ | 12.64 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 3.58 | % | 32.21 | % | (8.47 | %) | 16.31 | % | 16.13 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 18,863 | $ | 30,603 | $ | 18,124 | $ | 25,057 | $ | 21,676 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.91 | % | 0.86 | % | 0.89 | % | 0.94 | % | 0.94 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.90 | % | 1.72 | % | 1.69 | % | 1.58 | % | 1.68 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 44.98 | % | 39.06 | % | 32.38 | % | 31.87 | % | 48.26 | % |
Praxis Value Index Fund - Class I
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 15.02 | $ | 11.72 | $ | 13.74 | $ | 12.56 | $ | 11.09 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.26 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.27 | (b) | 3.53 | (1.38 | ) | 1.85 | 1.60 | |||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.59 | 3.83 | (1.08 | ) | 2.13 | 1.86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.08 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.20 | ) | (0.29 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (1.23 | ) | (0.25 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.75 | ) | (0.10 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (1.31 | ) | (0.53 | ) | (0.94 | ) | (0.95 | ) | (0.39 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 14.30 | $ | 15.02 | $ | 11.72 | $ | 13.74 | $ | 12.56 | ||||||||||||||
Total return | 4.07 | % | 32.74 | % | (8.06 | %) | 16.91 | % | 16.75 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 290,133 | $ | 223,097 | $ | 162,785 | $ | 165,591 | $ | 137,191 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.44 | % | 0.44 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.45 | % | 0.44 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 2.32 | % | 2.16 | % | 2.18 | % | 2.07 | % | 2.25 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 44.98 | % | 39.06 | % | 32.38 | % | 31.87 | % | 48.26 | % |
(a) | Net investment income per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Represents a balancing figure derived from other amounts in the financial highlights table that captures all other changes affecting net asset value per share. |
(c) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights, continued
For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis Growth Index Fund - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 27.23 | $ | 22.05 | $ | 23.05 | $ | 18.82 | $ | 17.68 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 8.80 | 6.71 | (0.13 | ) | 4.78 | 1.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 8.91 | 6.91 | 0.02 | 4.95 | 1.26 | |||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.10 | ) | (0.20 | ) | (0.21 | ) | (0.08 | ) | (0.12 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (2.08 | ) | (1.53 | ) | (0.81 | ) | (0.64 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (2.18 | ) | (1.73 | ) | (1.02 | ) | (0.72 | ) | (0.12 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 33.96 | $ | 27.23 | $ | 22.05 | $ | 23.05 | $ | 18.82 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 32.81 | % | 31.45 | % | (0.05 | %) | 26.28 | % | 7.15 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 90,516 | $ | 84,526 | $ | 72,735 | $ | 87,613 | $ | 67,007 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.75 | % | 0.79 | % | 0.82 | % | 0.85 | % | 0.86 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.38 | % | 0.78 | % | 0.59 | % | 0.78 | % | 0.86 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 28.05 | % | 32.33 | % | 27.24 | % | 27.49 | % | 43.09 | % |
Praxis Growth Index Fund - Class I
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 27.45 | $ | 22.21 | $ | 23.21 | $ | 18.93 | $ | 17.79 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.21 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.23 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 8.87 | 6.76 | (0.13 | ) | 4.82 | 1.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 9.08 | 7.06 | 0.12 | 5.08 | 1.34 | |||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.20 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.16 | ) | (0.20 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (2.08 | ) | (1.53 | ) | (0.81 | ) | (0.64 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (2.28 | ) | (1.82 | ) | (1.12 | ) | (0.80 | ) | (0.20 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 34.25 | $ | 27.45 | $ | 22.21 | $ | 23.21 | $ | 18.93 | ||||||||||||||
Total return | 33.19 | % | 31.91 | % | 0.39 | % | 26.78 | % | 7.62 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 309,772 | $ | 241,118 | $ | 178,605 | $ | 171,884 | $ | 136,862 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.43 | % | 0.43 | % | 0.43 | % | 0.44 | % | 0.44 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.69 | % | 1.13 | % | 0.99 | % | 1.18 | % | 1.26 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 28.05 | % | 32.33 | % | 27.24 | % | 27.49 | % | 43.09 | % |
(a) | Net investment income per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 8.85 | $ | 7.44 | $ | 8.63 | $ | 9.67 | $ | 9.45 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a) | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | (0.08 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.90 | 1.56 | (0.73 | ) | 1.03 | 0.85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.92 | 1.59 | (0.72 | ) | 1.05 | 0.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.04 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (0.04 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (2.09 | ) | (0.55 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.08 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (2.09 | ) | (0.55 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 9.69 | $ | 8.85 | $ | 7.44 | $ | 8.63 | $ | 9.67 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 10.39 | % | 21.36 | % | (8.56 | %) | 10.70 | % | 8.18 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 5,173 | $ | 4,665 | $ | 4,284 | $ | 5,449 | $ | 5,771 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.12 | % | 1.12 | % | 1.11 | % | 1.13 | % | 1.67 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 0.25 | % | 0.33 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.21 | % | (1.45 | %) | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 1.37 | % | 1.42 | % | 1.49 | % | 1.66 | % | 1.76 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 39.21 | % | 21.59 | % | 25.17 | % | 103.54 | % | 60.49 | % |
Praxis Small Cap Index Fund - Class I
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 9.66 | $ | 8.13 | $ | 9.36 | $ | 10.35 | $ | 10.01 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a) | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.09 | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.98 | 1.71 | (0.79 | ) | 1.09 | 0.91 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.06 | 1.80 | (0.71 | ) | 1.18 | 0.89 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.08 | ) | (0.09 | ) | (0.05 | ) | (0.08 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (0.04 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (2.09 | ) | (0.55 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.12 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (2.17 | ) | (0.55 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 10.60 | $ | 9.66 | $ | 8.13 | $ | 9.36 | $ | 10.35 | ||||||||||||||
Total return | 11.04 | % | 22.12 | % | (7.83 | %) | 11.22 | % | 8.93 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 134,490 | $ | 115,562 | $ | 85,680 | $ | 48,015 | $ | 42,139 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.45 | % | 0.45 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.50 | % | 1.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 0.94 | % | 1.02 | % | 0.83 | % | 0.85 | % | (0.13 | %) | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 39.21 | % | 21.59 | % | 25.17 | % | 103.54 | % | 60.49 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such expense reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | Net investment income (loss) per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 12.20 | $ | 11.02 | $ | 11.75 | $ | 11.18 | $ | 10.97 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.99 | 1.23 | (0.55 | ) | 0.72 | 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.25 | 1.44 | (0.31 | ) | 0.93 | 0.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.27 | ) | (0.20 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.21 | ) | (0.21 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (0.19 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.15 | ) | (0.06 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.46 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.42 | ) | (0.36 | ) | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 12.99 | $ | 12.20 | $ | 11.02 | $ | 11.75 | $ | 11.18 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 10.28 | % | 13.14 | % | (2.64 | %) | 8.36 | % | 4.23 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 27,763 | $ | 26,761 | $ | 22,148 | $ | 22,881 | $ | 21,596 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets† | 0.60 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.58 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets†* | 2.05 | % | 1.81 | % | 2.08 | % | 1.83 | % | 1.72 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets†** | 0.58 | % | 0.63 | % | 0.63 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.58 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 28.90 | % | 10.10 | % | 15.49 | % | 15.88 | % | 11.42 | % |
† | The ratios presented only reflect the direct income and expenses for the Fund, not the underlying funds in which it invests. |
* | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying companies in which the Fund invests. |
** | During the period, certain expenses were reduced and/or recouped by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such expense reductions/recoupments had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | Net investment income per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 14.30 | $ | 12.39 | $ | 13.71 | $ | 12.55 | $ | 12.13 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.17 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 1.50 | 2.07 | (0.93 | ) | 1.40 | 0.64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.84 | 2.29 | (0.66 | ) | 1.68 | 0.81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.34 | ) | (0.22 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.19 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (0.40 | ) | (0.16 | ) | (0.39 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.20 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.74 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (0.66 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (0.39 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 15.40 | $ | 14.30 | $ | 12.39 | $ | 13.71 | $ | 12.55 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 12.97 | % | 18.54 | % | (4.89 | %) | 13.38 | % | 6.58 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 87,527 | $ | 83,240 | $ | 70,368 | $ | 73,193 | $ | 63,565 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets† | 0.49 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.53 | % | 0.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets†* | 2.38 | % | 1.64 | % | 2.04 | % | 2.15 | % | 1.39 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 21.52 | % | 9.43 | % | 12.90 | % | 11.91 | % | 10.29 | % |
† | The ratios presented only reflect the direct income and expenses for the Fund, not the underlying funds in which it invests. |
* | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying companies in which the Fund invests. |
(a) | Net investment income per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated
Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio - Class A
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 15.79 | $ | 13.30 | $ | 15.09 | $ | 13.47 | $ | 12.93 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income (a) | 0.40 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 1.81 | 2.73 | (1.24 | ) | 1.93 | 0.87 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.21 | 2.94 | (0.97 | ) | 2.25 | 1.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.39 | ) | (0.21 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.33 | ) | (0.14 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gains | (0.44 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.30 | ) | (0.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.83 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.82 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 17.17 | $ | 15.79 | $ | 13.30 | $ | 15.09 | $ | 13.47 | ||||||||||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 14.08 | % | 22.16 | % | (6.52 | %) | 16.71 | % | 7.82 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in 000s) | $ | 85,649 | $ | 74,220 | $ | 60,685 | $ | 64,935 | $ | 53,925 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets† | 0.54 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.61 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets†* | 2.59 | % | 1.42 | % | 1.91 | % | 2.29 | % | 1.09 | % | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 18.36 | % | 7.72 | % | 12.72 | % | 11.05 | % | 9.32 | % |
† | The ratios presented only reflect the direct income and expenses for the Fund, not the underlying funds in which it invests. |
* | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying companies in which the Fund invests. |
(a) | Net investment income per share has been calculated using the average daily shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements | December 31, 2020 |
1. Organization:
The Praxis Mutual Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company established as a Delaware statuatory trust under a Declaration of Trust dated September 27, 1993, as amended and restated April 28, 2016, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of December 31, 2020, the Trust consists of the Praxis Impact Bond Fund, the Praxis International Index Fund, the Praxis Value Index Fund, the Praxis Growth Index Fund, and the Praxis Small Cap Index Fund, (individually a “Fund”, collectively “the Funds”), the Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio, the Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio, and the Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio, (individually a “Portfolio”, collectively “the Portfolios”). The Funds and Portfolios are also referred to individually as the Impact Bond Fund, International Index Fund, Value Index Fund, Growth Index Fund, Small Cap Index Fund, Conservative Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio and Growth Portfolio in the financial statements. Each Fund and Portfolio is a diversified series of the Trust. Each Fund and Portfolio follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, “Financial Services – Investment Companies.”
As of December 31, 2020, the Funds offer Class A and Class I Shares and the Portfolios offer Class A Shares. Each class of shares in a Fund or Portfolio has identical rights and privileges except with respect to fees paid under the distribution and shareholder servicing agreement, certain other class specific expenses, voting rights on matters affecting a single class of shares and the exchange privileges of each class of shares. Class A has a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25 percent as a percentage of the original purchase price, except for the Impact Bond Fund which has a maximum sales charge of 3.75 percent.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements 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 net change in net assets from operations for the reporting year. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
New Accounting Pronouncement:
In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04 (“ASU 2020-04”), “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”. ASU 2020-04 provides entities with optional guidance to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates (e.g., LIBOR) that are expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 allows, among other things, certain contract modifications to be accounted as a continuation of the existing contract. This ASU was effective upon the issuance and its optional relief can be applied through December 31, 2022. The Funds will consider this optional guidance prospectively, if applicable.
Securities Valuation:
The Funds and Portfolios record their investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques used to determine fair value are further described below.
Securities generally are valued at fair values determined on the basis of the latest available bid prices in the principal market (closing sales prices if the principal market is an exchange) in which such securities are normally traded. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their respective net asset values (“NAVs”) as reported by such companies. The differences between the cost and fair values of investments are reflected as either unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
The Funds use various independent pricing services to value most of their debt investments. A pricing service would normally consider such factors as yield, risk, quality, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, special circumstances and other factors it deems relevant in determining valuations of normal institutional trading units of debt securities and would not rely exclusively on quoted prices. When valuing foreign securities held by the Funds, certain pricing services might use computerized pricing models to systematically calculate adjustments to foreign security closing prices based on the latest market movements. Such pricing models utilize market data that has been obtained between the local market close and the NYSE close to compute adjustments to foreign security close prices. The methods used by the pricing service and the valuations so established are reviewed by the Pricing Committee of the Funds and Portfolios (“Pricing Committee”) under general supervision of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (e.g. an approved pricing service does not provide a price, certain stale prices or an event occurs that materially affects the furnished price) are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. Short-term debt securities of sufficient credit quality maturing in less than 61 days may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The Portfolios’ investments in the Funds (the “Underlying Funds”) are valued at the closing NAV per share.
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In certain circumstances, the Praxis Mutual Funds Valuation Procedures (“Valuation Procedures”) contemplate the Board’s delegation of the implementation of the Valuation Procedures to the Pricing Committee. In valuing restricted securities under the Valuation Procedures, the Pricing Committee will consider (but is not limited to) certain specific and general factors enumerated in the Valuation Procedures. The Valuation Procedures require that the Pricing Committee report to the Board at each of its regular quarterly meetings regarding valuation of restricted securities and actions taken in connection with the Valuation Procedures.
The valuation techniques described maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. 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.) |
● | Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ and Portfolios’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For example, short-term debt securities of sufficient credit quality maturing in less than 61 days may be valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the 1940 Act. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.
The aggregate value by each Fund’s and Portfolio’s investments and the input level, as of December 31, 2020, for the investments are as follows:
Impact Bond Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Municipal Bonds | $ | — | $ | 8,484,376 | $ | — | $ | 8,484,376 | ||||||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 286,101,685 | — | 286,101,685 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | 7,010,000 | — | 7,010,000 | ||||||||||||
Foreign Governments | — | 65,900,697 | — | 65,900,697 | ||||||||||||
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 1,979,255 | — | 1,979,255 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Government Agencies | — | 312,546,864 | — | 312,546,864 | ||||||||||||
Asset Backed Securities | — | 13,083,118 | — | 13,083,118 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 35,536,622 | — | — | 35,536,622 | ||||||||||||
Investment Companies | 3,685,027 | — | — | 3,685,027 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 39,221,649 | $ | 695,105,995 | $ | — | $ | 734,327,644 |
International Index Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 162,312,507 | $ | 152,071,691 | $ | — | $ | 314,384,198 | ||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | 2,950,000 | — | 2,950,000 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 1,446,661 | — | — | 1,446,661 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 163,759,168 | $ | 155,021,691 | $ | — | $ | 318,780,859 |
Value Index Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 301,792,130 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 301,792,130 | ||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | 2,710,000 | — | 2,710,000 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 1,781,848 | — | — | 1,781,848 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 303,573,978 | $ | 2,710,000 | $ | — | $ | 306,283,978 |
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Growth Index Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 392,881,006 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 392,881,006 | ||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | 3,520,000 | — | 3,520,000 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 1,450,873 | — | — | 1,450,873 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 394,331,879 | $ | 3,520,000 | $ | — | $ | 397,851,879 |
Small Cap Index Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 137,820,848 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 137,820,848 | ||||||||
Rights | — | — | 2,608 | 2,608 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | 1,310,000 | — | 1,310,000 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 256,982 | — | — | 256,982 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 138,077,830 | $ | 1,310,000 | $ | 2,608 | $ | 139,390,438 |
Conservative Portfolio Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Affiliated Mutual Funds | $ | 27,764,226 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 27,764,226 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds | 5,470 | — | — | 5,470 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 27,769,696 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 27,769,696 |
Balanced Portfolio Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Affiliated Mutual Funds | $ | 87,567,787 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 87,567,787 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds | 264 | — | — | 264 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 87,568,051 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 87,568,051 |
Growth Portfolio Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Investments at Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Affiliated Mutual Funds | $ | 85,686,233 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 85,686,233 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds | 539 | — | — | 539 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 85,686,772 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 85,686,772 |
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 instruments held in the Small Cap Index Fund for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value for the year ended December 31, 2020:
| Small Cap | |||
Balance as of December 31, 2019 | $ | — | ||
Receipt of Rights from corporate action | 2,608 | |||
Balance as of December 31, 2020 | $ | 2,608 |
The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included on the Statements of Operations attributable to Level 3 investments still held at December 31, 2020, is $2,608.
The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs developed by the Trust’s Pricing Committee in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review by the Board to determine the fair value of the Level 3 instruments:
Small Cap Index Fund | ||||||||
| 12/31/2020 | Valuation Technique | Unobservable Input | Range | Impact to Valuation from a | |||
Rights | $ | 2,608 | Discount on Future Cash Flows | Estimate of Future Cash Flows | 100% | Increase |
* | This column represents the directional change in fair value of the Level 3 investments that would result in an increase from the corresponding input. A decrease to the unobservable input would have the opposite effect. Significant increases and decreases in these inputs in isolation could result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurements. |
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Investment Transactions and Related Income:
Changes in holdings of portfolio investments are reflected in the calculation of each Fund’s and Portfolio’s NAV no later than the first business day following trade date. For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date on the last business day of the reporting period. Realized gains or losses realized on sales of investments are determined by comparing the identified cost of the security lot sold with the net sales proceeds. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the pro-rata amortization of premium or accretion of discount calculated using constant yield to maturity or effective yield.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been recorded in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in REITs may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gains or return of capital. The proper characterization of REIT distributions is generally not known until after the end of each calendar year. As such, the Funds may use estimates in reporting the character of their income and distributions for financial statement purposes; otherwise, these amounts are recorded once the issuers provide the information about the actual composition of the distributions. The actual character of distributions to the Funds’ shareholders will be reflected on the Form 1099 received by shareholders after the end of the calendar year. Due to the nature of REIT investments, a portion of the distributions received by the Funds’ shareholders may represent a return of capital.
Allocations:
Investment income earned, realized capital gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation for the Funds are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Class specific expenses are charged directly to the class incurring the expense. Common expenses, which are not attributable to a specific class, are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Expenses not directly billed to a Fund or Portfolio are allocated proportionally among all Funds and Portfolios daily in relation to the net assets of each Fund or Portfolio or another reasonable measure.
The Portfolios invest in other Praxis equity and fixed income funds (the “Underlying Funds”) and, as a result, the Portfolios indirectly pay a portion of the operating expenses, including management fees, of the Underlying Funds. These expenses are accrued by the Underlying Funds before their share prices are calculated and are reflected as Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (“AFFE”) in the Portfolios’ prospectus fee tables. Actual indirect expenses vary depending on how a Portfolio’s assets are allocated among the Underlying Funds.
Risks Associated with Foreign Securities and Currencies:
Investments in securities of foreign issuers carry certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in securities of domestic issuers. Such risks include adverse future political and economic developments and the possible imposition of exchange controls or other foreign governmental laws and restrictions. In addition, with respect to certain countries, there is the possibility of expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments which could adversely affect investments in those countries.
Certain countries may also impose substantial restrictions on investments on their capital markets by foreign entities, including restriction on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to the relevant nation’s interests. These factors may limit the investment opportunities available or result in lack of liquidity and high price volatility with respect to securities of issuers from developing countries.
Foreign Currency Translation:
The fair value of investment securities and other assets and liabilities of the International Index Fund denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate at the close of each business day. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars based at the exchange rate on the date of the transaction.
The International Index Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from the changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from the changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
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Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from the changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at the reporting period, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.
Dividends and Distributions:
Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid monthly for the Impact Bond Fund and for each of the Portfolios. Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually for the International Index Fund, the Value Index Fund, the Growth Index Fund and the Small Cap Index Fund. To the extent the Portfolios invest in the Impact Bond Fund and receive dividends, they will be paid monthly. Distributions of net realized capital gains from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date or when the Portfolios are first notified of the dividend. Distributable net realized capital gains of the Funds, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually.
The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.
Uninvested Cash:
The Funds may maintain cash at their custodian which, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. The Funds maintain these balances with a high-quality financial institution. The Funds may incur charges on cash overdrafts.
Federal Income Taxes:
It is each Fund’s and Portfolio’s policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to distribute timely all of its net investment company taxable income and net capital gains to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Under the applicable foreign tax law, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains earned on foreign investments at various rates. Where available, the Funds will file for claims on foreign taxes withheld. The Funds and Portfolios recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense on the Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Funds and Portfolios did not incur any interest or penalties.
Redemption Fees:
The Funds and Portfolios will charge a redemption fee of two percent of the total redemption amount if a shareholder sells or exchanges shares after holding them for less than 30 days subject to certain exceptions and limitations described in the Prospectus. Amounts charged are included in Paid-in Capital Share Transactions as disclosed in Note 6 to the Financial Statements.
3. Purchases and Sales of Securities:
Purchases, sales and maturities of securities (excluding short-term debt securities having maturities one year or less and U.S. Government Securities) for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:
| Purchases | Sales | ||||||
Impact Bond Fund | $ | 210,452,229 | $ | 98,644,660 | ||||
International Index Fund | 242,832,272 | 252,424,180 | ||||||
Value Index Fund | 153,551,430 | 114,267,671 | ||||||
Growth Index Fund | 96,506,805 | 124,501,383 | ||||||
Small Cap Index Fund | 46,116,858 | 47,117,181 | ||||||
Conservative Portfolio | 7,790,086 | 8,706,120 | ||||||
Balanced Portfolio | 17,391,229 | 20,253,222 | ||||||
Growth Portfolio | 17,193,354 | 13,719,059 |
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Value Index Fund sold securities to the Growth Index Fund and the Growth Index Fund sold securities to the Value Index Fund. These transactions, which were effected at the then current market prices as provided by an independent pricing service used by the Trust, complied with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. The transactions were as follows:
Selling Fund | Purchasing Fund | Net Proceeds | Net Gain | ||||||
Value Index Fund | Growth Index Fund | $ | 19,118,579 | $ | 5,166,266 | ||||
Growth Index Fund | Value Index Fund | 38,391,688 | 12,228,029 |
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4. Investment Transactions with Affiliates:
The Portfolios invest in the Underlying Funds, which are also advised by Everence Capital Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”). The Underlying Funds are deemed affiliates of the Portfolios, and the related activities in those investments were as follows:
For the year ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliate | Fair Value at | Purchase | Sales | Realized | Change in | Fair Value at | Dividend | Long-Term | Shares at | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth Index - Class I | $ | 2,585,866 | $ | 764,558 | $ | (1,344,266 | ) | $ | 280,796 | $ | 339,383 | $ | 2,626,337 | $ | 63,646 | $ | 100,447 | 76,681 | ||||||||||||||||||
Impact Bond - Class I | 18,352,757 | 5,039,320 | (4,972,980 | ) | 77,411 | 798,252 | 19,294,760 | 440,238 | 94,698 | 1,732,025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Index - Class I | 2,513,942 | 721,545 | (1,032,198 | ) | 46,176 | 299,302 | 2,548,767 | 37,197 | — | 198,193 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small Cap Index - Class I | 694,249 | 271,462 | (374,066 | ) | (27,028 | ) | 143,136 | 707,753 | 7,446 | 901 | 66,769 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value Index - Class I | 2,628,671 | 993,201 | (982,610 | ) | 50,659 | (103,312 | ) | 2,586,609 | 165,743 | 51,645 | 180,882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 26,775,485 | $ | 7,790,086 | $ | (8,706,120 | ) | $ | 428,014 | $ | 1,476,761 | $ | 27,764,226 | $ | 714,270 | $ | 247,691 | 2,254,550 |
For the year ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliate | Fair Value at | Purchase | Sales | Realized | Change in | Fair Value at | Dividend | Long-Term | Shares at | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balanced Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth Index - Class I | $ | 13,627,086 | $ | 1,814,901 | $ | (4,215,658 | ) | $ | 1,523,818 | $ | 1,464,326 | $ | 14,214,473 | $ | 346,457 | $ | 547,861 | 415,021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Impact Bond - Class I | 31,965,929 | 8,738,962 | (7,599,485 | ) | 130,306 | 1,282,242 | 34,517,954 | 744,724 | 170,639 | 3,098,560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Index - Class I | 15,373,510 | 1,894,978 | (3,217,091 | ) | 162,292 | 1,762,924 | 15,976,613 | 233,096 | — | 1,242,349 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small Cap Index - Class I | 8,464,008 | 1,878,047 | (2,761,814 | ) | (109,963 | ) | 1,388,903 | 8,859,181 | 93,352 | 11,353 | 835,772 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value Index - Class I | 13,860,170 | 3,064,341 | (2,459,174 | ) | 118,496 | (584,267 | ) | 13,999,566 | 903,511 | 281,730 | 978,991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 83,290,703 | $ | 17,391,229 | $ | (20,253,222 | ) | $ | 1,824,949 | $ | 5,314,128 | $ | 87,567,787 | $ | 2,321,140 | $ | 1,011,583 | 6,570,693 |
For the year ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliate | Fair Value at | Purchase | Sales | Realized | Change in | Fair Value at | Dividend | Long-Term | Shares at | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth Index - Class I | $ | 15,356,571 | $ | 2,930,221 | $ | (4,055,121 | ) | $ | 1,168,534 | $ | 2,338,542 | $ | 17,738,747 | $ | 431,339 | $ | 681,654 | 517,920 | ||||||||||||||||||
Impact Bond - Class I | 14,064,436 | 5,733,942 | (3,624,011 | ) | 66,976 | 563,846 | 16,805,189 | 343,105 | 82,842 | 1,508,545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Index - Class I | 18,064,120 | 2,139,531 | (1,926,253 | ) | 59,871 | 2,388,357 | 20,725,626 | 302,295 | — | 1,611,635 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small Cap Index - Class I | 11,174,179 | 2,617,359 | (2,723,869 | ) | (90,295 | ) | 1,962,047 | 12,939,421 | 136,216 | 16,536 | 1,220,700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value Index - Class I | 15,618,213 | 3,772,301 | (1,389,805 | ) | (33,658 | ) | (489,801 | ) | 17,477,250 | 1,124,752 | 350,637 | 1,222,185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 74,277,519 | $ | 17,193,354 | $ | (13,719,059 | ) | $ | 1,171,428 | $ | 6,762,991 | $ | 85,686,233 | $ | 2,337,707 | $ | 1,131,669 | 6,080,985 |
5. Related Party Transactions:
The Adviser provides investment advisory services to the Funds and Portfolios. In 2020, under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Adviser was entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each of the Funds and Portfolios as follows:
|
| |||
Impact Bond Fund | 0.40 | % | ||
International Index Fund* | 0.45 | % | ||
Value Index Fund | 0.30 | % | ||
Growth Index Fund | 0.30 | % | ||
Small Cap Index Fund | 0.30 | % | ||
Conservative Portfolio | 0.05 | % | ||
Balanced Portfolio | 0.05 | % | ||
Growth Portfolio | 0.05 | % |
* | The International Index Fund’s fee is subject to a tier schedule as follows: 0.53% on net assets up to $100 million, and 0.41% on net assets over $100 million, and 0.38% on net assets over $500 million. |
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The Adviser has retained Aperio Group LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) to perform the daily investment of the assets of the International Index Fund under the terms of a Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Adviser (not the Fund) pays the Sub-Adviser a fee for these services.
The Adviser has entered into an expense limitation agreement effective until April 30, 2022. Pursuant to this agreement, the Adviser has agreed to reduce its fees (but not below zero) and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary in order to limit the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding AFFE, brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, Trustees fees and expenses, legal fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of certain Funds and the Portfolios. Those Funds and Portfolios have agreed to repay the Adviser for the amount of fee reduction and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser pursuant to this expense limitation agreement provided that such repayment does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding AFFE, brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, Trustees fees and expenses, legal fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to exceed the contractual expense limit in place at the time of the fee reduction and/or reimbursement and at the time of repayment, and the repayment is made within three years after the time in which the Adviser reduced and/or reimbursed the expense.
The contractual expense limits in place as of December 31, 2020 were:
|
| |||
Small Cap Index Fund (Class A) | 1.10 | % | ||
Conservative Portfolio (Class A) | 0.60 | % | ||
Balanced Portfolio (Class A) | 0.60 | % | ||
Growth Portfolio (Class A) | 0.60 | % |
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Adviser contractually reduced investment advisory fees and/or reimbursed other operating expenses of the Funds and Portfolios as follows:
|
| |||
Small Cap Index Fund | $ | 9,564 |
As of December 31, 2020, the Funds and Portfolios had the following amounts (and year of expiration) subject to repayment to the Adviser:
| Year Waived | Year Repayment Expires | Balance | |||||||||
Impact Bond Fund | 2018 | 2021 | $ | 6,169 | ||||||||
| $ | 6,169 | ||||||||||
Small Cap Index Fund | 2018 | 2021 | $ | 19,950 | ||||||||
2019 | 2022 | 13,812 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 2023 | 9,564 | |||||||||
| $ | 43,326 | ||||||||||
Conservative Portfolio | 2018 | 2021 | $ | 7,745 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 2022 | 6,167 | |||||||||
| $ | 13,912 |
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Adviser recouped prior year fee reductions from the Conservative Portfolio in the amount of $5,045.
U.S. Bank Global Fund Services provides transfer agent, shareholder servicing and dividend disbursing services on behalf of the Trust. For these services, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services receives an annual fee, paid monthly, from each Fund and Portfolio.
Foreside Financial Services, LLC (“Distributor” and “Underwriter”) serves as the Funds’ and Portfolios’ principal Distributor and Underwriter and, as such, acts as exclusive agent for distribution of the Funds’ and Portfolios’ shares. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreements between the Trust and the Underwriter, the Underwriter earned sales charges from underwriting and broker commissions on the sale of shares during the year ended December 31, 2020 as follows:
|
| |||
Impact Bond Fund | $ | 5,960 | ||
International Index Fund | 1,342 | |||
Value Index Fund | 2,486 | |||
Growth Index Fund | 15,015 | |||
Small Cap Index Fund | 867 | |||
Conservative Portfolio | 5,772 | |||
Balanced Portfolio | 15,641 | |||
Growth Portfolio | 26,823 |
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The Trust has adopted a Plan of Distribution (“Rule 12b-1 Plan”) under which each Fund and Portfolio may directly incur or reimburse the Adviser or the Underwriter for expenses related to the distribution and promotion of shares. The Rule 12b-1 Plan permits Class A Shares of the Funds and Portfolios to pay a 12b-1 fee of up to 0.50% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class A Shares of the applicable Fund and Portfolio, although the Board has currently authorized the Funds and Portfolios to charge no more than 0.25%. The Distributor may use the 12b-1 fee for shareholder servicing or distribution.
The Trust has entered into a Management and Administration Agreement with Foreside Management Services, LLC (“Foreside”) to serve as business manager and administrator for the Trust on behalf of the Funds and Portfolios. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Foreside, as business manager and administrator for the Trust, performs and coordinates all management and administration services for the Trust either directly or through working with the Trust’s service providers. Services provided under the Agreement by Foreside include, but are not limited to, coordinating and monitoring activities of the third party service providers to the Funds; serving as officers of the Trust, including but not limited to Assistant Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Treasurer and others as are deemed necessary and appropriate; performing compliance services for the Trust, including maintaining the Trust compliance program as required under the 1940 Act; managing the process of filing amendments to the Trust’s registration statement and other reports to shareholders; coordinating the Board meeting preparation process; reviewing financial filings and filing with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”); and maintaining books and records in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. For these services, Foreside receives a monthly fee from each Fund and Portfolio. These fees are reflected as in Administration Fees on the Statements of Operations.
6. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in shares of the Funds and Portfolios are summarized below:
Impact Bond Fund | International Index Fund | |||||||||||||||
| Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||
Capital Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 17,642,403 | $ | 14,866,497 | $ | 1,545,624 | $ | 1,448,327 | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 1,070,163 | 955,524 | 83,585 | 164,389 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (31,716,783 | ) | (21,285,006 | ) | (2,776,552 | ) | (4,252,595 | ) | ||||||||
Redemption fees | 5,867 | 2,805 | — | 201 | ||||||||||||
Class A Share Transactions | $ | (12,998,350 | ) | $ | (5,460,180 | ) | $ | (1,147,343 | ) | $ | (2,639,678 | ) | ||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 274,129,349 | $ | 115,309,095 | $ | 60,452,474 | $ | 38,159,663 | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 10,595,572 | 6,588,116 | 2,338,383 | 3,122,541 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (158,757,650 | ) | (65,660,681 | ) | (69,898,420 | ) | (43,881,419 | ) | ||||||||
Redemption fees | 2,653 | 3,233 | 125 | 90 | ||||||||||||
Class I Share Transactions | $ | 125,969,924 | $ | 56,239,763 | $ | (7,107,438 | ) | $ | (2,599,125 | ) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions | $ | 112,971,574 | $ | 50,779,583 | $ | (8,254,781 | ) | $ | (5,238,803 | ) | ||||||
Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | 1,592,344 | 1,418,215 | 148,816 | 134,583 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested | 96,115 | 90,887 | 6,500 | 14,332 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,857,889 | ) | (2,036,312 | ) | (241,026 | ) | (399,289 | ) | ||||||||
Change in Class A Shares: | (1,169,430 | ) | (527,210 | ) | (85,710 | ) | (250,374 | ) | ||||||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | 24,749,773 | 10,999,021 | 5,881,481 | 3,545,191 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested | 955,537 | 628,469 | 181,270 | 271,289 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (14,471,143 | ) | (6,295,387 | ) | (6,115,796 | ) | (4,045,332 | ) | ||||||||
Change in Class I Shares: | 11,234,167 | 5,332,103 | (53,045 | ) | (228,852 | ) | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from share transactions | 10,064,737 | 4,804,893 | (138,755 | ) | (479,226 | ) |
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Value Index Fund | Growth Index Fund | Small Cap Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 3,766,932 | $ | 10,407,287 | $ | 9,098,644 | $ | 6,292,439 | $ | 962,933 | $ | 707,745 | ||||||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 1,456,977 | 862,839 | 5,370,563 | 4,998,534 | 40,965 | 90,460 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (15,029,386 | ) | (4,718,130 | ) | (27,466,369 | ) | (16,243,394 | ) | (940,667 | ) | (1,203,400 | ) | ||||||||||||
Redemption fees | 712 | 241 | 3,701 | 914 | 326 | 1,342 | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A Share Transactions | $ | (9,804,765 | ) | $ | 6,552,237 | $ | (12,993,461 | ) | $ | (4,951,507 | ) | $ | 63,557 | $ | (403,853 | ) | ||||||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 99,096,474 | $ | 40,609,677 | $ | 74,380,687 | $ | 43,137,380 | $ | 32,332,755 | $ | 22,689,215 | ||||||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 22,671,090 | 5,664,326 | 18,056,074 | 13,953,964 | 1,066,732 | 2,566,521 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (49,639,775 | ) | (33,294,693 | ) | (82,108,546 | ) | (37,248,921 | ) | (33,836,970 | ) | (13,009,707 | ) | ||||||||||||
Redemption fees | 5,653 | 1,528 | 2,977 | 3,432 | 313 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Class I Share Transactions | $ | 72,133,442 | $ | 12,980,838 | $ | 10,331,192 | $ | 19,845,855 | $ | (437,170 | ) | $ | 12,246,036 | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions | $ | 62,328,677 | $ | 19,533,075 | $ | (2,662,269 | ) | $ | 14,894,348 | $ | (373,613 | ) | $ | 11,842,183 | ||||||||||
Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 283,657 | 766,766 | 314,035 | 244,041 | 120,126 | 85,259 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reinvested | 102,604 | 56,931 | 159,976 | 184,945 | 4,249 | 10,374 | ||||||||||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,101,175 | ) | (335,771 | ) | (912,615 | ) | (623,275 | ) | (117,213 | ) | (144,375 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in Class A Shares: | (714,914 | ) | 487,926 | (438,604 | ) | (194,289 | ) | 7,162 | (48,742 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 7,466,977 | 2,991,092 | 2,456,009 | 1,645,773 | 4,375,386 | 2,568,615 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reinvested | 1,601,021 | 375,754 | 531,528 | 510,778 | 100,881 | 267,186 | ||||||||||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,635,891 | ) | (2,408,096 | ) | (2,728,489 | ) | (1,414,517 | ) | (3,748,999 | ) | (1,415,431 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in Class I Shares: | 5,432,107 | 958,750 | 259,048 | 742,034 | 727,268 | 1,420,370 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from share transactions | 4,717,193 | 1,446,676 | (179,556 | ) | 547,745 | 734,430 | 1,371,628 |
Conservative Portfolio | Balanced Portfolio | Growth Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 4,755,834 | $ | 4,624,452 | $ | 5,580,204 | $ | 8,312,439 | $ | 7,586,545 | $ | 6,417,190 | ||||||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 941,783 | 536,853 | 4,084,344 | 2,151,545 | 4,013,698 | 2,078,357 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (6,444,962 | ) | (2,956,002 | ) | (11,353,364 | ) | (8,393,037 | ) | (7,149,602 | ) | (6,325,378 | ) | ||||||||||||
Redemption fees | 315 | 72 | 58 | 47 | 253 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A Share Transactions | $ | (747,030 | ) | $ | 2,205,375 | $ | (1,688,758 | ) | $ | 2,070,994 | $ | 4,450,894 | $ | 2,170,204 | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions | $ | (747,030 | ) | $ | 2,205,375 | $ | (1,688,758 | ) | $ | 2,070,994 | $ | 4,450,894 | $ | 2,170,204 | ||||||||||
Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 390,035 | 391,394 | 395,424 | 605,609 | 501,528 | 431,093 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reinvested | 73,304 | 44,742 | 266,145 | 151,525 | 232,824 | 131,477 | ||||||||||||||||||
Redeemed | (520,769 | ) | (251,853 | ) | (796,878 | ) | (617,470 | ) | (447,569 | ) | (425,773 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in Class A Shares: | (57,430 | ) | 184,283 | (135,309 | ) | 139,664 | 286,783 | 136,797 | ||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from share transactions | (57,430 | ) | 184,283 | (135,309 | ) | 139,664 | 286,783 | 136,797 |
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7. Federal Income Tax Information:
The character of dividends paid to shareholders of the Funds and Portfolios for federal income tax purposes during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:
Impact | International | Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
From ordinary income | $ | 15,229,973 | $ | 14,131,445 | $ | 4,620,413 | $ | 6,681,491 | $ | 19,626,980 | $ | 4,670,875 | ||||||||||||
From long-term capital gains | 3,520,588 | — | — | — | 6,149,242 | 4,084,976 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | $ | 18,750,561 | $ | 14,131,445 | $ | 4,620,413 | $ | 6,681,491 | $ | 25,776,222 | $ | 8,755,851 |
Growth Index Fund | Small Cap Index Fund | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
From ordinary income | $ | 9,443,299 | $ | 3,131,391 | $ | 1,474,194 | $ | 1,436,189 | ||||||||
From long-term capital gains | 15,385,122 | 17,159,027 | 188,445 | 1,783,835 | ||||||||||||
Total distributions | $ | 24,828,421 | $ | 20,290,418 | $ | 1,662,639 | $ | 3,220,024 |
Conservative Portfolio | Balanced Portfolio | Growth Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
From ordinary income | $ | 625,594 | $ | 446,932 | $ | 1,966,662 | $ | 1,323,985 | $ | 1,954,533 | $ | 1,035,425 | ||||||||||||
From long-term capital gains | 330,033 | 105,879 | 2,130,067 | 844,981 | 2,069,942 | 1,056,682 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | $ | 955,627 | $ | 552,811 | $ | 4,096,729 | $ | 2,168,966 | $ | 4,024,475 | $ | 2,092,107 |
The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of December 31, 2020:
| Impact | International Index | Value | |||||||||
Tax cost of portfolio investments | $ | 686,094,974 | $ | 201,649,730 | $ | 250,418,483 | ||||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | 49,135,938 | 118,935,882 | 64,388,340 | |||||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (903,268 | ) | (1,804,753 | ) | (8,522,845 | ) | ||||||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | $ | 48,232,670 | $ | 117,131,129 | $ | 55,865,495 | ||||||
Net unrealized appreciation on foreign currency transactions | — | 23,359 | — | |||||||||
Undistributed ordinary income | — | 830,619 | 8,336,954 | |||||||||
Undistributed long-term capital gains | — | — | 2,326,324 | |||||||||
Post-October capital losses | (5,227 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Accumulated capital and other losses | — | (28,619,893 | ) | — | ||||||||
Distributable earnings | $ | 48,227,443 | $ | 89,365,214 | $ | 66,528,773 |
| Growth | Small Cap | ||||||
Tax cost of portfolio investments | $ | 187,978,976 | $ | 106,181,411 | ||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | 210,694,638 | 41,978,387 | ||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (821,735 | ) | (8,769,360 | ) | ||||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | $ | 209,872,903 | $ | 33,209,027 | ||||
Undistributed ordinary income | 3,900,261 | 380,836 | ||||||
Undistributed long-term capital gains | 17,057,116 | 567,925 | ||||||
Distributable earnings | $ | 230,830,280 | $ | 34,157,788 |
| Conservative Portfolio | Balanced Portfolio | Growth Portfolio | |||||||||
Tax cost of portfolio investments | $ | 23,041,740 | $ | 64,928,969 | $ | 60,050,624 | ||||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | 4,739,958 | 22,776,373 | 25,869,098 | |||||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (12,002 | ) | (137,291 | ) | (232,950 | ) | ||||||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | $ | 4,727,956 | $ | 22,639,082 | $ | 25,636,148 | ||||||
Undistributed ordinary income | 43,865 | 20,096 | 15,108 | |||||||||
Undistributed long-term capital gains | 389,909 | 1,743,896 | 1,426,576 | |||||||||
Distributable earnings | $ | 5,161,730 | $ | 24,403,074 | $ | 27,077,832 |
Post-October capital losses listed about incurred after October 31, 2020 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first day of the Fund’s next taxable year.
The difference between book basis and tax basis net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral on wash sales loss and nontaxable distributions, as well as investments in Passive Foreign Investment Companies (“PFICs”).
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For the latest tax year ended December 31, 2020, the following Fund has capital loss carry forwards (“CLCFs”) as summarized below.
CLCFs not subject to expiration:
International Index | ||||
No expiration - short-term | $ | 20,814,150 | ||
No expiration - long-term | 7,805,743 | |||
$ | 28,619,893 |
During the latest tax year ended December 31, 2020, the Impact Bond Fund utilized $1,510,093 of CLCFs of which $424,466 was short-term and $1,058,627 was long-term and the International Index Fund utilized $757,628 of long-term CLCFs.
Certain reclassifications, the result of permanent differences between financial statement and income tax requirements, have been made to the components of net assets. Reclassifications result primarily from the differences in distribution redesignations, PFICs, equalization and net investment losses. These reclassifications have no impact on the net assets or the NAV per share of the Funds and Portfolios and are designed to present each Fund’s or Portfolio’s capital accounts on a tax basis. The following reclassifications have been made to the following Funds and Portfolios for the year ended December 31, 2020:
| Paid-In | Distributable | ||||||
Impact Bond Fund | $ | 504,131 | $ | (504,131 | ) | |||
International Index Fund | — | — | ||||||
Value Index Fund | 1 | (1 | ) | |||||
Growth Index Fund | 5,302,861 | (5,302,861 | ) | |||||
Small Cap Index Fund | — | — | ||||||
Conservative Portfolio | 34,097 | (34,097 | ) | |||||
Balanced Portfolio | 120,199 | (120,199 | ) | |||||
Growth Portfolio | 80,311 | (80,311 | ) |
The Funds and Portfolios have analyzed their tax positions taken on Federal income tax returns for the current and all open tax years (generally, three years) and have concluded that no provisions for income tax is required in their financial statements. The Funds and Portfolios recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained, assuming examination by tax authorities.
8. Commitments and Contingencies
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnification. Each Fund’s and Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund or Portfolio. However, based on experience, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Trustee Compensation
Each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust (“Independent Trustee”) receives an annual retainer and meeting fees, plus reimbursement for travel and other meeting related expenses. Collectively, the Independent Trustees were paid $112,000 in retainers and meeting fees during the year ended December 31, 2020.
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10. Other Recent Developments
The recent spread of an infectious respiratory illness caused by a novel strain of coronavirus (known as COVID-19) has caused volatility, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints in many markets, including markets for the securities the Funds hold, and may adversely affect the Funds’ investments and operations. The transmission of COVID-19 and efforts to contain its spread have resulted in, among other things: quarantines and travel restrictions, including border closings, strained healthcare systems, event cancellations, disruptions to business operations and supply chains, and a reduction in consumer and business spending, as well as general concern and uncertainty that has negatively affected the economy. These disruptions have led to instability in the market place, including equity and debt market losses and overall volatility, and the jobs market. The impact of COVID-19, and other infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics that may arise in the future, could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy, the financial well-being and performance of individual issuers, borrowers and sectors and the health of the markets generally in potentially significant and unforeseen ways. In addition, the impact of infectious illnesses, such as COVID-19, in emerging market countries may be greater due to generally less established healthcare systems. This crisis or other public health crises may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks in certain countries or globally.
11. Subsequent Events
The Funds and Portfolios evaluated subsequent events December 31, 2020 through the date these financial statements were issued. There were no significant events that would have a material impact on the Funds’ and Portfolios’ financial statements, other than discussed below:
Effective January 1, 2021, the Impact Bond Fund changed the investment advisory fee from 0.40% of the average daily net assets of the Fund to a new tier schedule of 0.40% of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to and including $500 million, and 0.30% of the average daily net assets over $500 million.
Effective January 1, 2021, the Value Index Fund, Growth Index Fund and Small Cap Index Fund each changed the investment advisory fee from 0.30% of the average daily net assets of each Fund to a new tier schedule of 0.30% of the average daily net assets of each Fund up to and including $200 million, and 0.20% of the average daily net assets of each Fund over $200 million.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Praxis Mutual Funds
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Praxis Mutual Funds comprising Praxis Impact Bond Fund, Praxis International Index Fund, Praxis Value Index Fund, Praxis Growth Index Fund, Praxis Small Cap Index Fund, Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio, Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio, and Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio (the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2020, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2020, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The Funds’ financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2016, were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 24, 2017, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers, and transfer agents. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Funds’ auditor since 2017.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Cleveland, Ohio
February 25, 2021
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Impact Bond Fund
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Asset Backed Securities | 1.8 | % | ||
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | 0.3 | % | ||
Corporate Bonds | 39.2 | % | ||
Corporate Notes | 0.9 | % | ||
Development Finance Corporation | 0.8 | % | ||
Federal Home Loan Bank | 5.7 | % | ||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | 7.7 | % | ||
Federal National Mortgage Association | 27.8 | % | ||
Foreign Governments | 9.0 | % | ||
Government National Mortgage Association ** | 0.0 | % | ||
Investment Companies | 0.5 | % | ||
Municipal Bonds | 1.2 | % | ||
Small Business Administration ** | 0.0 | % | ||
United States Agency of International Development | 0.7 | % | ||
United States Deparment of Housing and Urban Development | 0.2 | % | ||
Money Market Funds | 4.9 | % | ||
Total | 100.7 | % |
** Amount rounds to less than 0.1%
International Index Fund
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Australia | 4.2 | % | ||
Austria | 0.2 | % | ||
Belgium | 0.3 | % | ||
Bermuda | 0.4 | % | ||
Brazil | 1.6 | % | ||
Canada | 6.3 | % | ||
Cayman Islands | 8.4 | % | ||
Chile | 0.3 | % | ||
China | 3.4 | % | ||
Colombia | 0.3 | % | ||
Denmark | 1.9 | % | ||
Finland | 0.5 | % | ||
France | 6.2 | % | ||
Germany | 5.0 | % | ||
Hong Kong | 2.9 | % | ||
Hungary ** | 0.0 | % | ||
India | 2.8 | % | ||
Indonesia | 0.6 | % | ||
Ireland | 0.3 | % | ||
Israel | 0.6 | % | ||
Italy | 1.4 | % | ||
Japan | 16.0 | % | ||
Jersey | 0.7 | % | ||
Luxembourg | 0.6 | % | ||
Mexico | 0.9 | % | ||
Netherlands | 2.9 | % | ||
Norway | 1.1 | % | ||
Papua New Guinea | 0.2 | % | ||
Philippines | 0.2 | % | ||
Portugal | 0.2 | % | ||
Russia | 0.2 | % | ||
Singapore | 1.1 | % | ||
South Africa | 1.0 | % | ||
South Korea | 3.1 | % | ||
Spain | 1.9 | % | ||
Sweden | 2.0 | % | ||
Switzerland | 5.9 | % | ||
Taiwan | 4.7 | % | ||
Turkey | 0.2 | % | ||
United Kingdom | 7.3 | % | ||
United States | 0.4 | % |
International Index Fund
Security Allocation (continued) | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Corporate Notes | 0.9 | % | ||
Money Market Funds | 0.5 | % | ||
Total | 99.6 | % |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1% |
International Index Fund
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Advertising & Marketing | 0.3 | % | ||
Apparel & Textile Products | 1.7 | % | ||
Asset Management | 1.5 | % | ||
Automotive | 2.9 | % | ||
Banking | 10.0 | % | ||
Beverages | 0.7 | % | ||
Biotech & Pharma | 5.3 | % | ||
Cable & Satellite | 0.3 | % | ||
Chemicals | 2.8 | % | ||
Commercial Support Services | 1.4 | % | ||
Community Development | 0.9 | % | ||
Construction Materials | 0.5 | % | ||
Consumer Services | 0.5 | % | ||
Containers & Packaging | 0.3 | % | ||
Diversified Industrials | 0.7 | % | ||
E-Commerce Discretionary | 2.5 | % | ||
Electric & Gas Marketing & Trading | 0.4 | % | ||
Electric Utilities | 2.0 | % | ||
Electrical Equipment | 1.7 | % | ||
Engineering & Construction | 0.3 | % | ||
Entertainment Content | 0.6 | % | ||
Food | 1.8 | % | ||
Forestry, Paper & Wood Products | 0.6 | % | ||
Gas & Water Utilities | 0.1 | % | ||
Health Care Facilities & Services | 1.3 | % | ||
Home Construction | 0.8 | % | ||
Household Products | 2.5 | % | ||
Industrial Support Services | 0.7 | % | ||
Institutional Financial Services | 1.4 | % | ||
Insurance | 4.9 | % | ||
Internet Media & Services | 4.1 | % | ||
Leisure Facilities & Services | 0.9 | % | ||
Leisure Products | 0.2 | % | ||
Machinery | 2.1 | % | ||
Medical Equipment & Devices | 2.0 | % | ||
Metals & Mining | 2.9 | % | ||
Oil & Gas Producers | 2.2 | % | ||
Oil & Gas Services & Equipment | 0.2 | % | ||
Publishing & Broadcasting | 0.5 | % | ||
Real Estate Owners & Development | 1.4 | % | ||
Real Estate Services | 0.1 | % | ||
REITs | 2.1 | % | ||
Renewable Energy | 0.3 | % | ||
Retail - Consumer Staples | 1.7 | % | ||
Retail - Discretionary | 2.2 | % | ||
Semiconductors | 5.4 | % | ||
Software | 1.2 | % | ||
Specialty Finance | 0.1 | % | ||
Steel | 1.4 | % | ||
Technology Hardware | 4.2 | % | ||
Technology Services | 3.8 | % | ||
Telecommunications | 5.0 | % |
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International Index Fund
Security Allocation (continued) | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Transportation & Logistics | 3.0 | % | ||
Wholesale - Consumer Staples | 0.4 | % | ||
Wholesale - Discretionary | 0.3 | % | ||
Money Market Funds | 0.5 | % | ||
Total | 99.6 | % |
Value Index Fund
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Common Stocks | 97.6 | % | ||
Corporate Notes | 0.9 | % | ||
Money Market Funds | 0.6 | % | ||
Total | 99.1 | % |
Growth Index Fund
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Common Stocks | 98.1 | % | ||
Corporate Notes | 0.9 | % | ||
Money Market Funds | 0.4 | % | ||
Total | 99.4 | % |
Small Cap Index Fund
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Common Stocks | 98.7 | % | ||
Rights ** | 0.0 | % | ||
Corporate Notes | 0.9 | % | ||
Money Market Funds | 0.2 | % | ||
Total | 99.8 | % |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1% |
Conservative Portfolio
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Affiliated Mutual Funds | 100.0 | % | ||
Money Market Funds ** | 0.0 | % | ||
Total | 100.0 | % |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1% |
Balanced Portfolio
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Affiliated Mutual Funds | 100.0 | % | ||
Money Market Funds ** | 0.0 | % | ||
Total | 100.0 | % |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1% |
Growth Portfolio
Security Allocation | Percentage of Net Assets | |||
Affiliated Mutual Funds | 100.0 | % | ||
Money Market Funds ** | 0.0 | % | ||
Total | 100.0 | % |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1% |
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Dividends Received Deduction
For corporate shareholders, the following percentages of ordinary dividends paid during the year ended December 31, 2020 qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction:
International Index Fund | 1.85 | % | ||
Value Index Fund | 24.57 | % | ||
Growth Index Fund | 42.11 | % | ||
Small Cap Index | 79.86 | % | ||
Genesis Conservative Portfolio | 12.55 | % | ||
Genesis Balanced Portfolio | 22.98 | % | ||
Genesis Growth Portfolio | 28.49 | % |
Qualified Dividend Income
The Funds and Portfolios have designated the maximum amount allowable of their taxable income as qualified dividend income as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. This amount was reflected on form 1099-DIV for the calendar year 2020.
Capital Gain Distribution
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the following Funds designated long-term capital gain distributions:
Impact Bond Fund | $ | 4,024,719 | ||
Value Index Fund | 6,149,242 | |||
Growth Index Fund | 20,632,120 | |||
Small Cap Index Fund | 188,445 | |||
Genesis Conservative Portfolio | 364,130 | |||
Genesis Balanced Portfolio | 2,250,266 | |||
Genesis Growth Portfolio | 2,150,253 |
International Index Fund, Genesis Conservative Portfolio, Genesis Balanced Portfolio, and Genesis Growth Portfolio intend to elect to pass through to shareholders the income tax credit for taxes paid to foreign countries. The Funds’ foreign source income per share was $0.304, $0.017, $0.041, and $0.061, respectively, and the foreign tax expense per share was $0.037, $0.003, $0.008, and $0.012, respectively. The pass-through of the foreign tax credit will only affect those persons who are shareholders on the dividend record date. These shareholders will receive more detailed information with their 2020 Form 1099-DIV.
BOARD CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS
At its November 19-20, 2020 meeting, which was conducted virtually in light of COVID-19, the Funds’ Board of Trustees, which consists of a majority of Independent Trustees, unanimously approved a one-year renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, and a one-year renewal of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement for the International Index Fund.
The Board considered information furnished throughout the year at regular Board meetings, as well as information prepared specifically in connection with the annual contract review process. The Trustees reviewed and evaluated all of this information and considered factors they believed, in light of legal advice furnished to them by independent legal counsel and through the exercise of their own business judgment, to be relevant and appropriate. The Board considered each Fund and each Agreement separately. The Board’s conclusions with respect to the approvals were based in part on the Board’s evaluation of the Agreements in prior years and their experience with the nature and quality of services provided under the Agreements in prior years. The Board’s determinations were not based on any single factor, and individual Trustees may have weighed certain factors differently.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH EVERENCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
In approving the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between each Fund and Everence Capital Management, Inc. (“Everence” or the “Adviser”), the Board gave weight to the following factors, among others.
Nature, Quality and Extent of Services
The Board examined the nature, quality and extent of services the Adviser provides to the Funds. Among other things, the Board considered the Adviser’s experience in serving as investment adviser to the Funds, including the experience of the investment professionals and other senior personnel at the Adviser providing services to the Funds. The Board also considered the Adviser’s performance in fulfilling its responsibilities for overseeing the Funds’ legal and compliance environment, and the Adviser’s responsiveness in implementing Board directives and addressing Board requests relating to the Funds. In addition, the Board considered the Adviser’s track record and experience providing portfolio management services to the Funds that the Adviser manages directly, the qualifications of the portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of each Fund that is managed
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directly, and the Adviser’s infrastructure and resources available to the portfolio managers. For the International Index Fund, the Board also considered the Adviser’s effectiveness in overseeing the Sub-Adviser. The Board also considered that the Adviser is responsible for developing and integrating key elements of the Funds’ socially responsible investing, including the Stewardship Investing screening process for the Funds, shareholder advocacy on behalf of the Funds, and proxy voting for the Funds. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the Funds by the Adviser.
Investment Performance
In evaluating each Fund’s investment performance, the Board considered investment performance in light of the Fund’s investment objectives, strategies, and risks, as disclosed in the Fund’s prospectus. The Board also considered each Fund’s historical investment performance relative to its benchmark and peer group. The Board evaluated Fund performance gross of fees and net of fees. The Board also considered the impact of the Funds’ Stewardship Investing screens on Fund performance. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board reached the following conclusions with regard to each Fund’s investment performance, for the periods ended September 30, 2020:
Impact Bond Fund: performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that the Fund’s gross performance exceeded its benchmark index for the one-, three- and five-year periods, and measured against its peer group, Class I ranked between the 27th and 39th percentiles and Class A ranked between the 52nd and 68th percentiles over those periods;
Value Index Fund: performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that the Fund’s gross performance exceeded its benchmark index for the one-, three- and five-year periods, variation from the index was reasonable, and measured against its peer group, Class I ranked between the 14th and 24th percentiles and Class A ranked between the 19th and 25th percentiles over those periods;
Growth Index Fund: performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that the Fund’s gross performance exceeded its benchmark index for the one-, three- and five-year periods, variation from the index was reasonable, and measured against its peer group, Class I ranked between the 35th and 50th percentiles and Class A ranked between the 39th and 52nd percentiles over those periods;
Small Cap Index Fund: performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that Fund’s gross performance exceed its benchmark index for the one- and three-year periods and trailed its benchmark index for the five-year period, the variation from the index was reasonable, and measured against its peer group, Class I ranked in the 58th, 43rd and 89th percentiles and Class A ranked in the 65th, 54th and 93rd percentiles over those respective periods. The Board noted that prior to January 1, 2017, the Fund’s portfolio was managed by a sub-adviser, not the Adviser, and used a different small-cap investment strategy;
Conservative Portfolio: performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that the Fund’s gross performance exceeded its benchmark index for the one-, three- and five-year periods, and measured against its peer group, ranked between the 17th and 48th percentiles over those periods;
Balanced Portfolio: performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that the Fund’s gross performance exceeded its benchmark index for the one- and three-year periods and trailed its benchmark index for five-year period, and measured against its peer group, ranked between the 47th and 53rd percentiles over those periods; and
Growth Portfolio: performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that although the Fund’s gross performance trailed its benchmark index for the for one- three- and five-year periods, measured against its peer group, the Genesis Portfolio ranked between the 37th and 44th percentiles over those periods.
Costs of Services and Profitability
The Board then reviewed information regarding the costs of providing the advisory services to the Funds and the profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds. Representatives of the Adviser addressed the Board’s questions regarding fund-related expenses, expense allocations and expense waivers and reimbursements. In its review of the Funds’ total and net expenses, the Board considered the Adviser’s fees, as well as other Fund expenses, such as transfer agent, custodial, legal, compliance and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any current expense waivers and reimbursements on fees and expense levels, as well as any proposed changes to the current expense limitations and the duration of those waivers and reimbursements. As part of its review, the Board considered the expense ratios and profitability information by Fund compared with peer group fund expense ratios. In addition, the Board reviewed the fee structures and other information provided by the Adviser regarding its services to other clients. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the costs to each Fund of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser were fair.
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Economies of Scale
The Board considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow and whether the investment advisory fee rates reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders. The Board considered that the Adviser has represented to the Board that it would consider breakpoints as the Funds grow in size. The Board noted that the Adviser had agreed to implement breakpoints, effective January 1, 2021, for the Impact Bond, Value Index, Growth Index and Small Cap Index Funds. The Board also considered the information provided regarding the expense levels of peer group funds. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board acknowledged the Adviser’s statement that current asset levels for the non-index-based Funds did not warrant breakpoints at this time.
Other Benefits
The Board discussed the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates might derive other benefits, including soft dollar credits or other similar benefits from the Adviser’s relationship with the Funds. The Board noted that the Adviser does not generate soft dollar credits on Fund brokerage transactions. The Board also considered other potential benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that such benefits were not material or were reasonable in relation to the services provided. In addition, the Board noted that the Funds benefit from their association with the Adviser and its affiliates, particularly in light of the Adviser’s commitment to socially responsible investing and shareholder advocacy.
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH APERIO GROUP, LLC
In approving the continuation of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement between Everence Capital Management, Inc. and Aperio Group, LLC (“Aperio”) with respect to portfolio management of Praxis International Index Fund, the Board gave weight to the following factors, among others.
Nature, Quality and Extent of Services
The Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services Aperio provides to the Fund. Among other things, the Board considered Aperio’s experience in providing the investment strategy used by the Fund and in serving as Sub-Adviser to the Fund, including the experience its investment professionals and other senior personnel at Aperio providing services to the Fund. The Board considered Aperio’s compliance capabilities, its compliance record with respect to the Fund, and the quality of communication among the Adviser, Aperio and the Board. The Board considered Aperio’s compliance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies, as well as its implementation of the Fund’s principal investment strategy. The Board considered Aperio’s track record and experience providing portfolio management services to the Fund. The Board considered Aperio’s responsiveness in implementing Board directives and addressing Board questions and requests relating to the Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the International Index Fund by Aperio.
Investment Performance
The Board reviewed historical performance data for the International Index Fund, and considered the Fund’s historical performance relative to its benchmark and peer groups. The Board also considered the impact of the Fund’s Stewardship Investing screens on Fund performance. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that, for the periods ended September 30, 2020, the Fund’s performance was in line with expectations. The Board noted that the Fund’s gross performance exceeded its benchmark index for the one-, three- and five-year periods, variation from the index was reasonable, and measured against its peer group, Class I ranked between the 25th and 36th percentiles and Class A ranked between the 28th and 55th percentiles over those periods.
Costs of Services and Profitability
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by Aperio to the International Index Fund and the profits to be realized by Aperio and its affiliates from their relationship with the International Index Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the costs to the International Index Fund of the services provided by Aperio were fair.
Economies of Scale
The Board considered that Aperio had agreed to a reduced sub-advisory fee schedule, effective January 1, 2020, that applied the then-lowest breakpoint rate to all asset levels.
Other Benefits
The Board considered the extent to which Aperio or its affiliates would derive other benefits, including soft dollar credits or other similar benefits, from Aperio’s relationship with the International Index Fund. Within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that Aperio did not derive material benefits from its relationship with the International Index Fund other than receipt of sub-advisory fees and potential benefits from its association with the Praxis Mutual Funds.
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Expense Comparison:
As a shareholder of the Praxis Mutual Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads); redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service 12b-1 fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Praxis Mutual 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 July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
The Actual Expense example below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, 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 the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
The Hypothetical Expense example 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 the ongoing costs of investing in this Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Account Value at | Account Value at | Expenses Paid | Expense Ratio | ||||
| Actual | Hypothetical | Actual | Hypothetical | Actual | Hypothetical | Actual |
Impact Bond Fund | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,013.60 | 1,020.56 | 4.61 | 4.62 | 0.91% |
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,015.80 | 1,022.52 | 2.63 | 2.64 | 0.52% |
International Index Fund | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,252.20 | 1,018.75 | 7.19 | 6.44 | 1.27% |
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,256.00 | 1,022.07 | 3.46 | 3.10 | 0.61% |
Value Index Fund | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,197.20 | 1,020.56 | 5.03 | 4.62 | 0.91% |
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,199.70 | 1,022.92 | 2.43 | 2.24 | 0.44% |
Growth Index Fund | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,225.00 | 1,021.47 | 4.08 | 3.71 | 0.73% |
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,226.90 | 1,022.97 | 2.41 | 2.19 | 0.43% |
Small Cap Index Fund | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,345.70 | 1,019.51 | 6.60 | 5.69 | 1.12% |
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,349.30 | 1,022.97 | 2.54 | 2.19 | 0.43% |
Conservative Portfolio | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,075.30 | 1,022.07 | 3.18 | 3.10 | 0.61% |
Balanced Portfolio | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,149.60 | 1,022.77 | 2.54 | 2.39 | 0.47% |
Growth Portfolio | |||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,199.30 | 1,022.57 | 2.82 | 2.59 | 0.51% |
* Expenses are equal to average account value times each Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year.
** Annualized.
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Management of the Trust (unaudited) |
Listed below is basic information regarding the Trustee and principal officers of the Trust. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (800) 977-2947.
Management of the Trust
Name, Year of Birth | Position with the | Principal | Number of | Other Trusteeships |
Interested Trustees1 | ||||
Kenneth D. Hochstetler 1110 North Main Street Goshen, IN 46528 Year of Birth: 1961 | Trustee, Indefinite, since 11/14/14 | President and CEO of Everence Financial (August 2014 - Present); President of Everence (August 2014 - Present); Senior Executive Vice President, Univest Corporation 1992 - July 2014 | 8 | N/A |
1 | Mr. Hochstetler is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust due to his senior leadership positions with the Funds’ investment adviser (Everence) and its parent (Everence Financial). |
Independent Trustees | ||||
Laura Berry 1110 North Main Street Goshen, IN 46528 Year of Birth: 1958 | Trustee, since 01/01/17 | Retired; Executive Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (2007 - 2016) | 8 | N/A |
Andy Dula 1110 North Main Street Goshen, IN 46528 Year of Birth: 1969 | Trustee, since 01/01/18 | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer at EGStoltzfus (2012 – present) | 8 | N/A |
Jeffrey K. Landis | Trustee, since 04/28/16 | Partner, Landis, Hunsberger, Gingrich & Weik, LLP (Law Firm) (1994 - present) | 8 | N/A |
Aimee Minnich | Trustee, since 01/01/20 | General Counsel & Chief Impact Officer, Impact Foundation (2015 - present); President & General Counsel, National Christian Foundation, Heartland (2009 – 2014) | 8 | N/A |
Candace L. Smith 1110 North Main Street Goshen, IN 46528 Year of Birth: 1958 | Trustee, since 11/16/07 | Retired; Managing Director of Risk, MicroVest Capital Management, LLC (2015 - 2018); COO, MicroVest Capital Management LLC (2011 - 2014); CFO, MicroVest Capital Management LLC (2005 - 2011) | 8 | N/A |
2 | Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term until retirement, resignation, removal or death. The Board has adopted a policy that fixes a mandatory retirement date for the Trustees (the end of the year upon turning 72) and limits the maximum length of service on the Board (15 years). |
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Name, Year of Birth and Address | Position with the Company, Term of | Principal Occupation During the Past |
Officers | ||
Chad Horning 1110 North Main Street Goshen, IN 46528 Year of Birth: 1968 | President, Indefinite, since 03/10/15 | Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President, Everence (2009 - present) |
Marlo J. Kauffman 1110 North Main Street Goshen, IN 46528 Year of Birth: 1956 | Vice President, Secretary, Indefinite, since 12/02/93 | Vice President of Financial Services Operations, Everence Financial (1981 - present); OSJ Principal, ProEquities, Inc., a broker-dealer (1994 - Present); Assistant Secretary, Everence Financial (1990 - Present) |
Trent M. Statczar 690 Taylor Rd. Gahanna, OH 43230 Year of Birth: 1971 | Treasurer, Indefinite, since 01/01/09 | Director, Foreside Financial Group, LLC, 2008 to present: Senior Vice President, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. from 2004 to 2007. |
Rodney L. Ruehle 690 Taylor Rd. Gahanna, OH 43230 Year of Birth: 1968 | Chief Compliance Officer, Indefinite, since 05/15/15 | Director, Foreside Financial Group, LLC, 2008 to present: Vice President, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. from 2004 to 2007. |
1 | Each Trust officer serves for an indefinite term until retirement, resignation, removal or death. |
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For more information about the Praxis Mutual Funds, the following documents are available free upon request:
Proxy Voting:
The Adviser is responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and held by the Funds and Portfolios. A description of the policies and procedures that the Adviser uses in fulfilling this responsibility and information regarding how those proxies were voted during the twelve month period ended June 30 are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 977-2947; and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission’s”) Web site at www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure:
The Trust files a complete listing of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments for each Fund and Portfolio as of the end of the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit on Form N-PORT. The complete listing (i) is available on the Commission’s Web site and (ii) will be made available to shareholders upon request by calling (800) 977-2947. The Statement of Additional Information contains more information about the Funds and Portfolios and can be obtained free of charge by calling (800) 977-2947.
Annual/Semi-Annual Reports:
The Praxis Mutual Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders contain additional information on each Fund’s or Portfolio’s investments. In the annual report you find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s or Portfolio’s performance during the year.
Statement of Additional Information (SAI):
The SAI provides more detailed information about the Praxis Mutual Funds, including their operations and investment policies. It is incorporated by reference and is legally considered a part of this prospectus.
You can get free copies of reports and the SAI, or request other information and discuss your questions about the Funds or Portfolios, by contacting the broker that sells the Praxis Mutual Funds, or by contacting the Praxis Mutual Funds at:
Praxis Mutual Funds
c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701
Telephone: 1-800-977-2947
Internet: http://www.praxismutualfunds.com(1)
You can review and get copies of the Praxis Mutual Fund’s reports and SAI at the Public Reference Room of the Securities and Exchange Commission. You can get text only copies:
● | For a duplicating fee, by writing the Public Reference Section of the Commission, Washington, DC 20549-1520 or calling (202) 551-8090, or by electronic request, by emailing the SEC at the following address: publicinfo@sec.gov. |
● | Free from the Commission’s Web site at www.sec.gov. |
(1) | The Funds’ site is not a part of this prospectus. |
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c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701
2210097
(b) | Not applicable. |
Item 2. | Code of Ethics. |
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The code of ethics is included as Exhibit 12(a)(1).
During the period covered by the report, with respect to the registrant’s code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions; there have been no amendments to, nor any waivers granted from, a provision that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of this Item 2.
Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. Ms. Candace Smith is the registrant’s “audit committee financial expert” and is “independent” (as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR).
Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
(a) | Audit Fees. Audit fees totaled $123,500 for the December 31, 2020 fiscal year and $119,500 for the December 31, 2019 fiscal year. |
(b) | Audit-Related Fees. There were no audit-related fees for the December 31, 2020 fiscal year and the December 31, 2019 fiscal year. |
(c) | Tax Fees. Tax fees totaled $37,300 for the December 31, 2020 fiscal year and $31,500 for the December 31, 2019 fiscal year and consisted of fees for tax compliance services during both years. |
(d) | All Other Fees. There were no other fees for the December 31, 2020 or December 31, 2019 fiscal years. |
(e) | (1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies. |
(A) Audit Services
Before an auditor is engaged by the funds to render audit services, the committee shall review and approve the engagement (see also “delegation” below).
(B) Permissible Non-Audit Services
The committee shall review and approve in advance any proposal (except as set forth in (1) through (3) below) that the funds employ their auditor to render “permissible non-audit services” to the funds. (a “permissible non-audit service” is defined as a non-audit service that is not prohibited by rule 2-01(c)(4) of regulation s-x or other applicable law or regulation.) The committee shall also review and approve in advance any proposal (except as set forth in (1) through (3) below) that the adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the funds (an “adviser-affiliated service provider”), employ the funds’ auditor to render non-audit services, if such engagement would relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the funds. As a part of its review, the committee shall consider whether the provision of such services is consistent with the auditor’s independence (see also “delegation” below). Pre-approval by the committee of non-audit services is not required so Long as:
(1) (a) with respect to the funds, the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the funds constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the auditor by the funds during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (b) with respect to the adviser and any adviser-affiliated service provider, the aggregate amount of all such non-audit services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues (of the type that would have to be pre-approved by the committee) paid to the auditor by the funds, the adviser and any adviser-affiliated service provider during the fiscal year in which the services are provided;
(2) such services were not recognized by the funds at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and
(3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the committee or its delegate(s) (as defined below).
(C) Delegation
The committee may delegate to one or more of its members (“delegates”) authority to pre-approve the auditor’s provision of audit services or permissible non-audit services to the funds, or the provision of non- audit services to the adviser or any adviser-affiliated service provider. Any pre-approval determination made by a delegate shall be presented to the full committee at its next meeting. The committee shall communicate any pre-approval made by it or a delegate to the fund administrator/fund accounting agent, who will ensure that the appropriate disclosure is made in the funds’ periodic reports and other documents as required under the federal securities laws.
(e) | (2) All of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of Item 4 were approved by the Audit Committee. |
(f) | Not applicable |
(g) | The aggregate non-audit fees for services to the registrant, its investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant were $37,300 for the December 31, 2020 fiscal year and $31,500 for December 31, 2019 fiscal year. |
(h) | The audit committee considered the non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser, and believes the services are compatible with the principal accountant’s independence. |
Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. | Investments |
(a) | Schedule I – Investments in Securities of Unaffiliated Issuers |
The complete schedule of investments is included in the report to shareholders in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
(b) | The Registrant made no divestments of securities in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
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. | Purchase 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. |
Not applicable.
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 those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on this report 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 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has 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) | Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is filed herewith. |
(a)(2) | Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto. |
(a)(3) | Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act – Not applicable. |
(b) | Certification required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is furnished herewith. |
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.
Praxis Mutual Funds
By: | /s/ Trent Statczar | |
Trent Statczar | ||
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
March 5, 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/ Chad Horning | |
Chad Horning | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
March 5, 2021 |
By: | /s/ Trent Statczar | |
Trent Statczar | ||
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
March 5, 2021 |