UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
FORM N-Q
 
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
 


Investment Company Act file number: 811-22995


TrimTabs ETF Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


1345 Avenue of the Americas
2nd fl
New York, NY 10105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


Derin Cohen
1345 Avenue of the Americas
2nd fl
New York, NY 10105
 (Name and address of agent for service)


1-212-217-2597
Registrant's telephone number, including area code


Date of fiscal year end: July 31, 2020

Date of reporting period:  October 31, 2019
 

 
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
 
TrimTabs All Cap U.S. Free-Cash-Flow ETF
           
Schedule of Investments
           
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)
           
   
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS - 99.2%
           
Communication Services - 7.8%
           
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
1,018
   
$
1,281,458
 
AT&T, Inc.
   
32,870
     
1,265,166
 
Facebook, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
6,404
     
1,227,327
 
Match Group, Inc. - Class A
   
16,925
     
1,235,356
 
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)
   
11,330
     
1,363,565
 
The Walt Disney Co.
   
8,929
     
1,160,056
 
Twitter, Inc. (a)
   
32,312
     
968,391
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
19,670
     
1,189,445
 
             
9,690,764
 
Consumer Discretionary - 19.5%
               
Aaron's, Inc.
   
21,112
     
1,581,922
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
   
630
     
1,119,296
 
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
607
     
1,243,603
 
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)
   
8,501
     
1,299,803
 
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
   
4,752
     
1,290,738
 
DR Horton, Inc.
   
27,520
     
1,441,222
 
Gentex Corp.
   
48,616
     
1,363,679
 
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
   
13,225
     
1,282,296
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)
   
7,670
     
1,566,751
 
NIKE, Inc. - Class A
   
15,302
     
1,370,294
 
Pool Corp.
   
6,510
     
1,350,174
 
PulteGroup, Inc.
   
36,744
     
1,441,835
 
Starbucks Corp.
   
16,139
     
1,364,714
 
Steven Madden Ltd.
   
35,055
     
1,443,565
 
The Home Depot, Inc.
   
6,363
     
1,492,633
 
The TJX Companies, Inc.
   
22,598
     
1,302,775
 
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)
   
4,670
     
1,088,810
 
Yum China Holdings, Inc.
   
28,374
     
1,205,895
 
             
24,250,005
 
Consumer Staples - 8.6%
               
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
   
16,314
     
1,119,140
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.
   
5,828
     
1,731,557
 
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
   
19,175
     
1,076,293
 
Sysco Corp.
   
16,664
     
1,330,954
 
The Boston Beer Co., Inc. - Class A (a)
   
3,836
     
1,436,428
 
The Clorox Co.
   
8,517
     
1,257,876
 
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. - Class A
   
7,803
     
1,453,465
 
Walmart, Inc.
   
11,369
     
1,333,129
 
             
10,738,842
 
Energy - 1.8%
               
Chevron Corp.
   
9,542
     
1,108,208
 
ConocoPhillips
   
20,754
     
1,145,621
 
             
2,253,829
 



Financials - 18.0%
               
Aon PLC
   
6,747
     
1,303,251
 
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)
   
33,790
     
1,411,070
 
Assured Guaranty Ltd.
   
29,775
     
1,397,043
 
Evercore, Inc. - Class A
   
12,353
     
909,675
 
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. - Class A
   
2,511
     
1,235,211
 
First Horizon National Corp.
   
75,170
     
1,200,465
 
Hilltop Holdings, Inc.
   
50,400
     
1,177,344
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
9,797
     
1,223,841
 
KeyCorp
   
66,425
     
1,193,657
 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
   
16,702
     
1,350,190
 
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
   
4,096
     
1,509,745
 
MGIC Investment Corp.
   
98,145
     
1,345,568
 
Moody's Corp.
   
7,408
     
1,634,871
 
Morningstar, Inc.
   
8,328
     
1,347,804
 
MSCI, Inc.
   
7,138
     
1,674,289
 
SEI Investments Co.
   
20,915
     
1,253,227
 
The Progressive Corp.
   
16,693
     
1,163,502
 
             
22,330,753
 
Health Care - 10.6%
               
Abbott Laboratories
   
14,881
     
1,244,200
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
16,444
     
1,308,120
 
Align Technology, Inc. (a)
   
3,769
     
950,881
 
Chemed Corp.
   
2,951
     
1,162,428
 
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)
   
36,239
     
979,178
 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)
   
4,866
     
1,386,859
 
Illumina, Inc. (a)
   
5,020
     
1,483,510
 
Medtronic PLC
   
13,181
     
1,435,411
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
14,326
     
1,241,491
 
Zoetis, Inc.
   
15,480
     
1,980,202
 
             
13,172,280
 
Industrials - 8.6%
               
Albany International Corp. - Class A
   
13,866
     
1,164,467
 
Emerson Electric Co.
   
16,720
     
1,172,908
 
Insperity, Inc.
   
10,103
     
1,067,180
 
JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)
   
64,550
     
1,245,815
 
Lockheed Martin Corp.
   
3,222
     
1,213,663
 
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
   
7,120
     
1,296,410
 
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
   
5,546
     
953,856
 
Southwest Airlines Co.
   
22,854
     
1,282,795
 
Trex Co, Inc. (a)
   
14,000
     
1,230,460
 
             
10,627,554
 


Information Technology - 22.6%
               
Accenture PLC - Class A
   
7,428
     
1,377,300
 
ANSYS, Inc. (a)
   
6,782
     
1,493,057
 
Apple, Inc.
   
7,028
     
1,748,285
 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
   
9,758
     
1,221,897
 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)
   
20,373
     
1,331,376
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
21,426
     
1,017,949
 
FLIR Systems, Inc.
   
23,897
     
1,232,129
 
Fortinet, Inc. (a)
   
14,408
     
1,175,117
 
Global Payments, Inc.
   
8,317
     
1,407,070
 
HP, Inc.
   
53,499
     
929,278
 
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
   
9,402
     
1,330,947
 
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)
   
12,600
     
1,271,466
 
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
   
17,225
     
1,485,312
 
Mastercard, Inc. - Class A
   
4,525
     
1,252,565
 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
   
19,971
     
1,171,499
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
12,047
     
1,727,178
 
Nice Ltd. - ADR (a)
   
8,160
     
1,287,566
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
7,002
     
1,407,542
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
   
10,864
     
1,281,843
 
VeriSign, Inc. (a)
   
6,454
     
1,226,389
 
Visa, Inc. - Class A
   
9,397
     
1,680,748
 
             
28,056,513
 
Real Estate - 0.9%
               
Public Storage (b)
   
5,101
     
1,136,809
 
Utilities - 0.8%
               
NRG Energy, Inc.
   
26,247
     
1,053,029
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $109,731,000)
           
123,310,378
 
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.8%
               
Money Market Funds - 0.8%
               
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.730% (c)
   
982,261
     
982,261
 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $982,261)
           
982,261
 
                 
Total Investments (Cost $110,713,261) - 100.0%
           
124,292,639
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.0% (d)
           
43,994
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%
         
$
124,336,633
 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
     
ADR -
American Depositary Receipt.
     
(a)
Non-income producing security.
     
(b)
Real Estate Investment Trust.
     
(c)
Rate disclosed is the seven day yield as of October 31, 2019.
     
(d)
Less than 0.05%.
     
         
For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's industry classifications refers to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or they may be defined by Fund management. This definition does not apply for all purposes of this report, which may combine sub-classifications for reporting ease.
 


TrimTabs All Cap International Free-Cash-Flow ETF
           
Schedule of Investments
           
October 31, 2019 (Unaudited)
           
   
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS - 96.4%
           
Communication Services - 5.0%
           
Nintendo Co. Ltd.
   
334
   
$
119,447
 
REA Group Ltd.
   
2,115
     
158,322
 
Rightmove PLC
   
21,465
     
166,439
 
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
   
2,928
     
119,871
 
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (a)
   
1,201
     
70,912
 
             
634,991
 
Consumer Discretionary - 13.9%
               
adidas AG
   
570
     
175,999
 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. - ADR (a)
   
728
     
128,616
 
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.
   
270
     
167,640
 
Goldwin, Inc.
   
1,800
     
138,513
 
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
   
2,093
     
126,341
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)
   
907
     
185,273
 
Oriental Land Co. Ltd.
   
1,300
     
191,226
 
Puma SE
   
2,710
     
203,865
 
Subaru Corp.
   
5,000
     
144,597
 
Toyota Motor Corp.
   
2,244
     
156,720
 
Yum China Holdings, Inc.
   
3,166
     
134,555
 
             
1,753,345
 
Consumer Staples - 12.9%
               
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. - Class A
   
4,432
     
132,916
 
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.
   
2,985
     
150,093
 
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC
   
2,401
     
128,478
 
Diageo PLC
   
3,238
     
132,730
 
Ebro Foods SA
   
6,544
     
143,635
 
Kao Corp.
   
1,676
     
135,706
 
Nestle SA
   
1,676
     
178,932
 
Remy Cointreau SA
   
1,087
     
145,358
 
Shiseido Co. Ltd.
   
2,190
     
181,868
 
Strauss Group Ltd.
   
5,013
     
151,765
 
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.
   
11,400
     
138,076
 
             
1,619,557
 
Energy - 4.8%
               
Neste Oyj
   
4,239
     
152,990
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class A - ADR
   
2,005
     
116,871
 
SBM Offshore NV
   
7,432
     
127,774
 
Suncor Energy, Inc.
   
3,926
     
116,563
 
TGS NOPEC Geophysical Co. ASA
   
3,334
     
86,358
 
             
600,556
 



Financials - 10.7%
               
Bank of Montreal
   
1,725
     
127,633
 
BNP Paribas SA
   
2,620
     
136,783
 
DNB ASA
   
6,749
     
122,634
 
Hiscox Ltd.
   
5,451
     
105,138
 
National Bank of Canada
   
2,803
     
144,757
 
Partners Group Holding AG
   
220
     
171,540
 
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
   
2,723
     
147,963
 
Tryg A/S
   
4,725
     
131,971
 
UBS Group AG
   
10,373
     
122,090
 
United Overseas Bank Ltd.
   
6,785
     
133,810
 
             
1,344,319
 
Health Care - 9.5%
               
Cochlear Ltd.
   
939
     
136,930
 
CSL Ltd.
   
1,030
     
181,789
 
ICON PLC (a)
   
1,064
     
156,302
 
Indivior PLC (a)
   
30,520
     
15,458
 
Novartis AG
   
1,277
     
111,441
 
Novo Nordisk A/S - Class A
   
2,966
     
161,986
 
Roche Holding AG
   
490
     
147,422
 
Shionogi & Co. Ltd.
   
2,010
     
121,319
 
Sonova Holding AG
   
726
     
166,321
 
             
1,198,968
 
Industrials - 15.8%
               
Air Canada (a)
   
4,700
     
167,360
 
Ashtead Group PLC
   
4,902
     
149,094
 
CAE, Inc.
   
6,053
     
151,796
 
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
   
643
     
146,160
 
Daikin Industries Ltd.
   
1,116
     
157,391
 
FANUC Corp.
   
670
     
134,013
 
Howden Joinery Group PLC
   
19,238
     
143,888
 
Intertek Group PLC
   
2,020
     
140,041
 
Legrand SA
   
1,995
     
155,707
 
Nidec Corp.
   
1,106
     
164,738
 
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.
   
4,219
     
141,076
 
Safran SA
   
1,015
     
160,578
 
Wolters Kluwer NV
   
2,396
     
176,423
 
             
1,988,265
 
Information Technology - 12.7%
               
Amadeus IT Group SA
   
1,496
     
110,687
 
ASML Holding NV
   
633
     
165,906
 
Atlassian Corp PLC - Class A (a)
   
1,176
     
142,049
 
CGI, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
2,261
     
175,751
 
Dassault Systemes SE
   
1,102
     
167,214
 
Halma PLC
   
6,031
     
146,363
 
Nice Ltd. - ADR (a)
   
1,033
     
162,997
 
Nomura Research Institute Ltd.
   
7,500
     
160,501
 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (b)
   
101
     
107,868
 
Tokyo Electron Ltd.
   
631
     
128,987
 
Yaskawa Electric Corp.
   
3,356
     
129,902
 
             
1,598,225
 


                 
Materials - 4.7%
               
Air Liquide SA
   
1,223
     
162,454
 
Givaudan SA
   
52
     
152,705
 
Sika AG
   
985
     
169,242
 
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
   
2,340
     
108,197
 
             
592,598
 
Real Estate - 5.2%
               
Goodman Group (c)
   
14,144
     
140,305
 
Japan Excellent, Inc. (c)
   
105
     
180,753
 
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. (c)
   
211
     
175,263
 
Japan Logistics Fund, Inc. (c)
   
61
     
155,169
 
             
651,490
 
Utilities - 1.2%
               
Italgas SpA
   
24,114
     
155,127
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $10,838,050)
           
12,137,441
 
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 3.0%
               
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
   
6,520
     
384,224
 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $449,344)
           
384,224
 
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.4%
               
Money Market Funds - 0.4%
               
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.730% (d)
   
46,022
     
46,022
 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $46,022)
           
46,022
 
                 
Total Investments (Cost $11,333,416) - 99.8%
           
12,567,687
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.2%
           
30,223
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%
         
$
12,597,910
 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
     
ADR -
American Depositary Receipt.
     
(a)
Non-income producing security.
     
(b)
Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are treated as liquid securities according to the Fund's liquidity guidelines. At October 31, 2019, the value of this security amounted to $107,868 or 0.9% of net assets.
(c)
Real Estate Investment Trust.
     
(d)
Rate disclosed is the seven day yield as of October 31, 2019.
   
         
For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's industry classifications refers to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or they may be defined by Fund management. This definition does not apply for all purposes of this report, which may combine sub-classifications for reporting ease.


Fair Valuation Measurements
         
The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") established a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). Under FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The three Levels of inputs of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:
               
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
 
 
Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
 
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
 
A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each Fund's investments as of October 31, 2019:

TrimTabs All Cap U.S. Free-Cash-Flow ETF
                   
 
Description (a)
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
   
 
Common Stocks
  $
 123,310,378
  $
             -
  $
                 -
  $
  123,310,378
   
 
Short-Term Investments
   
             982,261
   
                   -
   
                   -
  $
         982,261
   
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $
    124,292,639
  $
                -
  $
                 -
  $
  124,292,639
   
                               
TrimTabs All Cap International Free-Cash-Flow ETF
   
 
Description (a)
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
   
 
Common Stocks
                           
 
 Australia
  $
 755,422
  $
                -
  $
              -
  $
         755,422
   
 
 Canada
   
          1,456,406
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
        1,456,406
   
 
 China
   
             263,171
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           263,171
   
 
 Denmark
   
             293,957
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           293,957
   
 
 Finland
   
             152,990
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           152,990
   
 
 France
   
             999,006
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           999,006
   
 
 Germany
   
             379,864
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           379,864
   
 
 Hong Kong
   
             119,871
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           119,871
   
 
 Israel
   
             314,762
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           314,762
   
 
 Italy
   
             155,127
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           155,127
   
 
 Japan
   
          3,182,885
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
        3,182,885
   
 
 Netherlands
   
             470,102
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           470,102
   
 
 Norway
   
             208,991
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           208,991
   
 
 Republic of Korea
   
             107,868
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           107,868
   
 
 Singapore
   
             133,810
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           133,810
   
 
 Spain
   
             254,322
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
           254,322
   
 
 Switzerland
   
          1,219,695
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
        1,219,695
   
 
 United Kingdom
   
          1,669,192
   
                   -
   
                   -
   
        1,669,192
   
 
Total Common Stocks
  $
     12,137,441
  $
              -
  $
            -
  $
    12,137,441
   
 
Exchange Traded Funds
  $
         384,224
   
                   -
   
                   -
  $
 384,224
   
 
Short-Term Investments
  $
 46,022
   
                   -
   
                   -
  $
        46,022
   
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $
 12,567,687
  $
 -
  $
               -
  $
   12,567,687
   
                               
(a) See Schedules of Investments for sector breakouts.
                   
                               
The Funds did not invest in any Level 3 securities during the period.
   




Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”)) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(d)).

(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 Registrant's last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 
Item 3. Exhibits.
 
Separate certifications for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).  Filed 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.


(Registrant)  TrimTabs ETF Trust                                                                                


By (Signature and Title)  /s/ Janet F. Johnston                                                             
                                         Janet F. Johnston, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date   December 20, 2019                                                                                            


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 (Signature and Title)*  /s/ Janet F. Johnston                                                             
                                           Janet F. Johnston, President (Principal Executive Officer)
 
Date    December 20, 2019                                                                                            


By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Vince Chen                                                                     
                                          Vince Chen, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date    December 20, 2019                                                                                            


* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.




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