formnq.htm
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: 811-05807
Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
205 E. Wisconsin Ave, Suite 120, Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Luke E. Sims, President
Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.
205 E. Wisconsin Ave
Suite 120
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 765-1107
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(414) 765-1107

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2011

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2011

 
 
 
 
ITEM 1.   SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.
Portfolio of Investments (as of September 30, 2011) (unaudited)

Common Stock (98.8%% of total investments)
                        
Industry
                        
Consumer
  
Shares
    
Cost
    
Market Value
    
% Total Inv.
  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
     6,000     $ 72,938       532,080        
PepsiCo Inc.
     10,000       168,296       619,000        
Procter & Gamble Co.
     12,000       718,280       758,160        
                    $ 1,909,240       (8.5 %)
Data Processing
                                
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
     34,000       1,278,025       1,603,100          
Paychex Inc.
     46,000       1,230,305       1,213,020          
                    $ 2,816,120       (12.6 %)
Drug/Medical Device
                                
Abbott Laboratories Inc.
     20,000       999,647       1,022,800          
Baxter International
     8,000       402,596       449,120          
Johnson & Johnson
     12,500       484,536       796,125          
Medtronic, Inc.
     17,000       567,183       565,080          
Pfizer Inc.
     38,737       522,042       684,870          
Stryker Corp.
     22,000       180,012       1,036,860          
                    $ 4,554,855       (20.4 %)
Industrial
                                
General Electric Co.
     35,000       401,458       532,700          
Hillenbrand, Inc.
     47,000       913,456       864,800          
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
     17,000       786,916       707,200          
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
     16,000       498,184       988,640          
Waters Corp*
     6,000       302,341       452,940          
                    $ 3,546,280       (15.9 %)
Mutual Fund Managers
                                
Eaton Vance Corp.
     34,000       801,121       757,180          
Federated Investors, Inc.
     46,000       1,036,715       806,380          
Franklin Resources, Inc.
     7,500       712,331       717,300          
                    $ 2,280,860       (10.2 %)
Insurance
                                
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.*
     17,000       1,303,475       1,207,680          
The Chubb Corporation
     16,000       819,772       959,840          
                    $ 2,167,520       (9.7 %)
Retail/Distribution
                                
Best Buy Co. Inc.
     31,000       1,057,843       722,300          
The Home Depot, Inc.
     28,000       758,910       920,360          
Lowe's Companies Inc.
     45,000       924,671       870,300          
Sysco Corp.
     27,000       309,199       699,300          
                    $ 3,212,260       (14.4 %)
Closed-End Funds
                                
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Strategy Fund
     83,000       1,133,654       1,181,090          
Diamond Hill Financial Trends Fund, Inc.
     55,182       527,969       416,072          
                    $ 1,597,162       (7.1 %)
                                 
Total common stock investments
                   $ 22,084,297          
                                 
Cash and cash equivalents (1.2% of total investments)
                     261,093          
                                 
Total investments
                   $ 22,345,390          
                                 
All other assets less liabilities
                     (206,609 )        
                                 
Total net assets
                   $ 22,138,781          
                                 
*Non-dividend paying security
                                

 
 
 
 
Footnote:

The following information is based upon federal income tax cost of portfolio investments as of September 30, 2011:

Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
4,306,113
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
 
 
(1,133,688
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
3,172,425
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal income tax basis
 
$
18,911,872
 
 
ITEM 2.  Controls and Procedures
 
 
(a)
As of October 1, 2011, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) was performed by management with the participation of the registrant's President and Chief Executive Officer (who is the principal executive officer of the registrant) and the registrant’s Chief Financial Officer (who is the principal financial officer of the registrant).  Based on that evaluation, the registrant's President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Commission's rules and forms, and that information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
 
(b)
Fair Value Accounting—Accounting standards require certain assets and liabilities be reported at fair value in the financial statements and provides a framework for establishing that fair value.  The framework for determining fair value is based on a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value.
 
In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
 
Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs use other inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly.  These Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.
 
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, including inputs that are available in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the related asset.  These level 3 fair value measurements are based primarily on management’s own estimates using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques taking into account the characteristics of the asset.