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Boston Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $1.91B
1-Year Est. Return 6.26%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+7.31%
1 Year Est. Return
+6.26%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.82%
5 Year Est. Return
+112.87%
10 Year Est. Return
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AUM
$2.31B
AUM Growth
-$1.69B
Cap. Flow
-$1.92B
Cap. Flow %
-83.22%
Top 10 Hldgs %
16.63%
Holding
694
New
51
Increased
253
Reduced
282
Closed
59

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
QUAL icon
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
QUAL
+$9.89M
2
VEA icon
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
+$9.64M
3
MA icon
Mastercard
MA
+$9.58M
4
OFG icon
OFG Bancorp
OFG
+$6.48M
5
HWC icon
Hancock Whitney
HWC
+$6.24M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$155M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$148M
3
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$144M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$85.9M
5
V icon
Visa
V
+$83M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 15.2%
2 Financials 14.89%
3 Healthcare 13.03%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.56%
5 Industrials 10.25%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CVX icon
26
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$13.4M 0.58%
109,746
-238
-0.2% -$28.9K
CTAS icon
27
Cintas
CTAS
$82.8B
$13.2M 0.57%
266,108
-424,604
-61% -$21.9M
VWO icon
28
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
$119B
$12.8M 0.56%
312,602
+7,844
+3% +$330K
META icon
29
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$12.8M 0.56%
77,850
-89,152
-53% -$16.1M
ICLR icon
30
Icon
ICLR
$12.8B
$12.5M 0.54%
81,498
-89,974
-52% -$12.9M
WBA
31
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$12.5M 0.54%
170,861
-343,518
-67% -$23.3M
GWW icon
32
W.W. Grainger
GWW
$64B
$12.4M 0.54%
34,729
-67,055
-66% -$23.1M
NSC icon
33
Norfolk Southern
NSC
$75B
$11.9M 0.51%
65,678
+23,573
+56% +$4.03M
VEU icon
34
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
$66.8B
$11.7M 0.51%
225,246
+5,487
+2% +$286K
LLL
35
DELISTED
L3 Technologies, Inc.
LLL
$11.5M 0.5%
54,210
+2,925
+6% +$609K
NTAP icon
36
NetApp
NTAP
$34.1B
$11.3M 0.49%
131,424
-279,006
-68% -$23.1M
MUB icon
37
iShares National Muni Bond ETF
MUB
$45.2B
$11.3M 0.49%
104,312
+1,784
+2% +$194K
AMGN icon
38
Amgen
AMGN
$209B
$11.2M 0.49%
54,255
-9,829
-15% -$1.94M
XOM icon
39
ExxonMobil
XOM
$651B
$11.1M 0.48%
130,334
-6,591
-5% -$539K
CHD icon
40
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$10.9M 0.47%
183,065
-439,878
-71% -$24.9M
FIS icon
41
Fidelity National Information Services
FIS
$23.8B
$10.6M 0.46%
97,129
-208,946
-68% -$22.5M
URI icon
42
United Rentals
URI
$66.5B
$10.5M 0.46%
64,450
-87,660
-58% -$13.6M
JNJ icon
43
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$617B
$10.5M 0.46%
75,986
+1,227
+2% +$163K
SPIB icon
44
State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF
SPIB
$11.5B
$10.5M 0.45%
313,862
+14,809
+5% +$493K
MPC icon
45
Marathon Petroleum
MPC
$91.7B
$10.3M 0.45%
129,348
+7,101
+6% +$562K
LLY icon
46
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.03T
$10.3M 0.45%
96,373
+11,550
+14% +$1.15M
QUAL icon
47
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
QUAL
$46.3B
$10.2M 0.44%
+112,555
New +$9.89M
MRK icon
48
Merck
MRK
$321B
$9.93M 0.43%
146,631
-303,742
-67% -$19.4M
ETR icon
49
Entergy
ETR
$50.4B
$9.55M 0.41%
235,408
+8,990
+4% +$372K
HSY icon
50
Hershey
HSY
$35.9B
$9.44M 0.41%
92,547
+49,891
+117% +$4.93M
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Boston Advisors's Q3 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2018, Boston Advisors held 694 positions worth $2.31B, down 42% from $4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 17% of the portfolio.

Boston Advisors withdrew a net $1.92B in Q3 2018, closing 59 positions and reducing 282 holdings. Its most notable exit was Electronic Arts, an estimated $29.7M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 15% of assets, down from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

Against the trend, Boston Advisors opened a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $10.2M.

  • Boston Advisors's largest Q3 2018 buy was iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF: 112,555 shares worth $10.2M.
  • Boston Advisors added most to Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF in Q3 2018, an estimated $9.64M increase.
  • Boston Advisors's biggest Q3 2018 reduction was Amazon, cutting an estimated $155M.
  • Boston Advisors fully exited Electronic Arts in Q3 2018, selling an estimated $29.7M.
  • Boston Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 17% of its $2.31B portfolio in Q3 2018.
  • Boston Advisors opened 51 new positions and closed 59 in Q3 2018.
  • Boston Advisors's portfolio value fell 42% quarter-over-quarter to $2.31B.

Based on Boston Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2018, filed 9 Nov 2018.