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Welch & Forbes Portfolio holdings

AUM $8.23B
1-Year Est. Return 17.62%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+10.31%
1 Year Est. Return
+17.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.71%
5 Year Est. Return
+105.59%
10 Year Est. Return
+384.93%
AUM
$8.23B
AUM Growth
+$494M
Cap. Flow
-$86.9M
Cap. Flow %
-1.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
37.88%
Holding
396
New
28
Increased
117
Reduced
170
Closed
8

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$9.01M
2
AVGO icon
Broadcom
AVGO
+$8.65M
3
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$5.2M
4
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$5M
5
LLY icon
Eli Lilly
LLY
+$4.57M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 25.54%
2 Healthcare 16.05%
3 Financials 12%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.33%
5 Industrials 9.6%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
NVDA icon
1
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.25T
$609M 7.4%
3,041,196
-55,207
-2% -$11.4M
AAPL icon
2
Apple
AAPL
$4.67T
$481M 5.85%
1,662,845
-17,064
-1% -$4.88M
GOOG icon
3
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.19T
$407M 4.95%
1,153,229
-19,134
-2% -$6.84M
MSFT icon
4
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.81T
$331M 4.02%
887,243
+5,660
+0.6% +$2.29M
ORLY icon
5
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$71.6B
$259M 3.14%
2,809,432
-22,738
-0.8% -$2.07M
V icon
6
Visa
V
$712B
$242M 2.94%
705,106
-14,445
-2% -$4.64M
JPM icon
7
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$951B
$211M 2.57%
645,494
-7,413
-1% -$2.3M
LLY icon
8
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.05T
$207M 2.52%
172,704
+4,469
+3% +$4.57M
RTX icon
9
RTX Corp
RTX
$285B
$203M 2.47%
1,069,878
-24,716
-2% -$4.53M
JNJ icon
10
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$646B
$167M 2.03%
657,989
+461
+0.1% +$107K
SYK icon
11
Stryker
SYK
$127B
$164M 1.99%
519,496
+10,441
+2% +$3.29M
COST icon
12
Costco
COST
$419B
$152M 1.84%
162,277
+911
+0.6% +$908K
HD icon
13
Home Depot
HD
$329B
$151M 1.84%
428,508
-186
-0% -$60.5K
GOOGL icon
14
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.24T
$144M 1.74%
401,718
-7,727
-2% -$2.78M
AMZN icon
15
Amazon
AMZN
$2.87T
$138M 1.68%
579,893
+11,927
+2% +$2.99M
CB icon
16
Chubb
CB
$131B
$131M 1.59%
384,803
-1,953
-0.5% -$637K
ECL icon
17
Ecolab
ECL
$80.4B
$131M 1.59%
468,722
-1,721
-0.4% -$453K
TJX icon
18
TJX Companies
TJX
$149B
$116M 1.41%
767,963
-4,012
-0.5% -$634K
DHR icon
19
Danaher
DHR
$152B
$114M 1.39%
598,324
-14,333
-2% -$2.6M
PG icon
20
Procter & Gamble
PG
$334B
$111M 1.34%
754,625
-9,227
-1% -$1.34M
PANW icon
21
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$303B
$110M 1.34%
322,392
+21,828
+7% +$5M
VRTX icon
22
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$137B
$110M 1.34%
221,304
+1,635
+0.7% +$725K
MDY icon
23
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.4B
$100M 1.22%
142,173
-19,381
-12% -$13M
AVGO icon
24
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.75T
$99.4M 1.21%
263,007
+21,566
+9% +$8.65M
IDXX icon
25
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$43.7B
$88.3M 1.07%
167,666
-515
-0.3% -$289K

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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2026, Welch & Forbes held 396 positions worth $8.23B, up 6.4% from $7.73B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 38% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 filing shows 28 new, 117 increased, 170 reduced and 8 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M. The largest sale was Roper Technologies, an estimated $13.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 26% of assets, up from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2026 buy was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q2 2026, an estimated $9.01M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2026 reduction was Roper Technologies, cutting an estimated $13.5M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited BHP in Q2 2026, selling an estimated $263K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 38% of its $8.23B portfolio in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 28 new positions and closed 8 in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 6.4% quarter-over-quarter to $8.23B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026.