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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
SYY icon
151
Sysco
SYY
$39.7B
$43.4M 0.17%
613,567
+203,309
+50% +$14.5M
CAT icon
152
Caterpillar
CAT
$409B
$42.9M 0.17%
314,787
+107,274
+52% +$14.2M
EMR icon
153
Emerson Electric
EMR
$82.9B
$42.8M 0.17%
641,956
+276,998
+76% +$18.6M
GE icon
154
GE Aerospace
GE
$367B
$42.7M 0.17%
816,717
+633,144
+345% +$31.2M
ALGN icon
155
Align Technology
ALGN
$12B
$42.2M 0.16%
154,113
+5,235
+4% +$1.58M
MKTX icon
156
MarketAxess Holdings
MKTX
$4.15B
$42.1M 0.16%
131,127
-44,538
-25% -$12.9M
BWXT icon
157
BWX Technologies
BWXT
$16B
$41.9M 0.16%
804,938
+19,433
+2% +$970K
FVD icon
158
First Trust Value Line Dividend Fund
FVD
$8.29B
$41.8M 0.16%
1,238,684
+414,578
+50% +$13.7M
QQQ icon
159
Invesco QQQ Trust
QQQ
$455B
$41M 0.16%
219,654
+73,197
+50% +$13.5M
FDX icon
160
FedEx
FDX
$74.5B
$40.6M 0.16%
247,465
-11,237
-4% -$1.97M
PODD icon
161
Insulet
PODD
$11.3B
$40.5M 0.16%
339,300
+9,962
+3% +$1.02M
LOPE icon
162
Grand Canyon Education
LOPE
$3.71B
$40.5M 0.16%
+346,095
New +$41.3M
CMCSA icon
163
Comcast
CMCSA
$79.1B
$40.4M 0.16%
954,536
+284,910
+43% +$12M
SPGI icon
164
S&P Global
SPGI
$126B
$40.2M 0.16%
176,548
+3,089
+2% +$675K
IR icon
165
Ingersoll Rand
IR
$33B
$40.1M 0.16%
+1,157,667
New +$37.4M
EWBC icon
166
East-West Bancorp
EWBC
$17.9B
$39.9M 0.16%
852,341
+21,041
+3% +$1.01M
ATR icon
167
AptarGroup
ATR
$8.45B
$39.6M 0.15%
318,652
+269,673
+551% +$30.8M
VCIT icon
168
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
VCIT
$66.1B
$39.3M 0.15%
437,760
+393,476
+889% +$34.4M
AVGO icon
169
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.82T
$39.2M 0.15%
1,362,820
+214,340
+19% +$6.25M
PYPL icon
170
PayPal
PYPL
$49.5B
$39M 0.15%
340,314
+21,049
+7% +$2.33M
BSV icon
171
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
BSV
$44.6B
$38.3M 0.15%
475,511
-40,802
-8% -$3.25M
DEO icon
172
Diageo
DEO
$46.2B
$38.2M 0.15%
221,590
+20,334
+10% +$3.42M
KMB icon
173
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$36.4B
$38.2M 0.15%
286,487
+27,448
+11% +$3.54M
IBM icon
174
IBM
IBM
$202B
$38M 0.15%
288,438
+112,170
+64% +$14.7M
IWP icon
175
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF
IWP
$20B
$37.7M 0.15%
528,238
+311,118
+143% +$21.6M
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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.