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Baird Financial Group

Baird Financial Group Portfolio holdings

AUM $64B
1-Year Est. Return 22.64%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+5.03%
1 Year Est. Return
+22.64%
3 Year Est. Return
+71.5%
5 Year Est. Return
+89.73%
10 Year Est. Return
+347.75%
AUM
$25.7B
AUM Growth
+$8.62B
Cap. Flow
+$7.74B
Cap. Flow %
30.08%
Top 10 Hldgs %
18.87%
Holding
1,578
New
296
Increased
894
Reduced
291
Closed
57

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BF.A icon
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
+$399M
2
BF.B icon
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
+$351M
3
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$342M
4
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$329M
5
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$315M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NOW icon
ServiceNow
NOW
+$83.8M
2
EW icon
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
+$52.8M
3
ULTI
Ultimate Software Group Inc
ULTI
+$44.1M
4
TD icon
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
+$29.7M
5
DD icon
DuPont de Nemours
DD
+$25.1M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 16.29%
2 Financials 11.41%
3 Healthcare 11.28%
4 Industrials 10.12%
5 Consumer Discretionary 8.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ICLR icon
76
Icon
ICLR
$12.8B
$74.2M 0.29%
481,877
+9,514
+2% +$1.33M
VNQ icon
77
Vanguard Real Estate ETF
VNQ
$39.9B
$73.8M 0.29%
844,021
+467,163
+124% +$40.9M
BLK icon
78
Blackrock
BLK
$164B
$73.6M 0.29%
156,826
+21,174
+16% +$9.58M
NTRS icon
79
Northern Trust
NTRS
$22.2B
$73.3M 0.29%
814,439
+759,691
+1,388% +$70M
AMGN icon
80
Amgen
AMGN
$203B
$72.5M 0.28%
393,311
+72,999
+23% +$13.1M
UPS icon
81
United Parcel Service
UPS
$97.6B
$72.3M 0.28%
700,519
+121,912
+21% +$12.7M
CTAS icon
82
Cintas
CTAS
$82.4B
$72.2M 0.28%
1,216,412
+32,596
+3% +$1.8M
VCSH icon
83
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF
VCSH
$44.7B
$71.4M 0.28%
884,491
-4,135
-0.5% -$330K
AGG icon
84
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF
AGG
$138B
$70.3M 0.27%
631,127
+145,095
+30% +$15.9M
AOS icon
85
A.O. Smith
AOS
$8.38B
$69.2M 0.27%
1,466,804
+60,543
+4% +$2.97M
CABO icon
86
Cable One
CABO
$213M
$68.7M 0.27%
58,661
+989
+2% +$1.08M
NOC icon
87
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$77B
$67.2M 0.26%
208,042
+11,752
+6% +$3.5M
TYL icon
88
Tyler Technologies
TYL
$12.2B
$66.4M 0.26%
307,398
+33,245
+12% +$7.21M
VB icon
89
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF
VB
$79.5B
$66.1M 0.26%
421,829
+155,376
+58% +$24M
PAYX icon
90
Paychex
PAYX
$40.4B
$66M 0.26%
802,195
+105,477
+15% +$8.89M
MPWR icon
91
Monolithic Power Systems
MPWR
$65.5B
$65.8M 0.26%
484,600
+83,973
+21% +$11.4M
LW icon
92
Lamb Weston
LW
$6.82B
$65.4M 0.25%
1,031,566
+25,276
+3% +$1.67M
IEX icon
93
IDEX
IEX
$16.5B
$64.9M 0.25%
377,278
+10,506
+3% +$1.65M
TGT icon
94
Target
TGT
$62.1B
$64.6M 0.25%
745,663
-17,529
-2% -$1.42M
RTX icon
95
RTX Corp
RTX
$287B
$64.1M 0.25%
782,857
+167,604
+27% +$14M
BURL icon
96
Burlington
BURL
$22B
$62.4M 0.24%
366,478
+11,308
+3% +$1.85M
TTWO icon
97
Take-Two Interactive
TTWO
$43B
$62.1M 0.24%
+547,277
New +$56.3M
HAS icon
98
Hasbro
HAS
$12.6B
$62.1M 0.24%
587,872
+21,712
+4% +$2.14M
COO icon
99
Cooper Companies
COO
$13.7B
$61.6M 0.24%
731,472
+24,608
+3% +$1.85M
FANG icon
100
Diamondback Energy
FANG
$57.6B
$61.1M 0.24%
560,726
+15,884
+3% +$1.66M
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Baird Financial Group's Q2 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2019, Baird Financial Group held 1,578 positions worth $25.7B, up 50% from $17.1B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 19% of the portfolio.

Baird Financial Group deployed $7.74B of net new capital in Q2 2019, opening 296 new positions and adding to 894 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Take-Two Interactive: 547,277 shares worth $62.1M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 16% of assets, down from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was ServiceNow, an estimated $83.8M trimmed.

  • Baird Financial Group's largest Q2 2019 buy was Take-Two Interactive: 547,277 shares worth $62.1M.
  • Baird Financial Group added most to Brown-Forman Class A in Q2 2019, an estimated $399M increase.
  • Baird Financial Group's biggest Q2 2019 reduction was ServiceNow, cutting an estimated $83.8M.
  • Baird Financial Group fully exited Ultimate Software Group Inc in Q2 2019, selling an estimated $44.1M.
  • Baird Financial Group's ten largest holdings make up 19% of its $25.7B portfolio in Q2 2019.
  • Baird Financial Group opened 296 new positions and closed 57 in Q2 2019.
  • Baird Financial Group's portfolio value rose 50% quarter-over-quarter to $25.7B.

Based on Baird Financial Group's 13F filing for Q2 2019, filed 14 Aug 2019.