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Welch & Forbes Portfolio holdings

AUM $7.73B
1-Year Est. Return 14.94%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
-3.05%
1 Year Est. Return
+14.94%
3 Year Est. Return
+71.58%
5 Year Est. Return
+102.98%
10 Year Est. Return
+355.22%
AUM
$7.73B
AUM Growth
-$519M
Cap. Flow
-$140M
Cap. Flow %
-1.8%
Top 10 Hldgs %
36.71%
Holding
383
New
9
Increased
73
Reduced
191
Closed
15

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$11.1M
2
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$10.1M
3
NOW icon
ServiceNow
NOW
+$6.9M
4
AVGO icon
Broadcom
AVGO
+$3.9M
5
CSL icon
Carlisle Companies
CSL
+$3.25M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$44.2M
2
ADBE icon
Adobe
ADBE
+$17.5M
3
BSX icon
Boston Scientific
BSX
+$10.7M
4
SPY icon
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
+$7.16M
5
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$5.8M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.87%
2 Healthcare 16.45%
3 Financials 11.78%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.95%
5 Industrials 9.84%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
NVDA icon
1
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.02T
$540M 6.98%
3,096,403
-240,909
-7% -$44.2M
AAPL icon
2
Apple
AAPL
$4.81T
$426M 5.51%
1,679,909
-22,288
-1% -$5.8M
GOOG icon
3
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.22T
$336M 4.35%
1,172,363
-14,503
-1% -$4.56M
MSFT icon
4
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.95T
$326M 4.22%
881,583
-5,877
-0.7% -$2.46M
ORLY icon
5
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$72.9B
$261M 3.38%
2,832,170
-37,617
-1% -$3.53M
V icon
6
Visa
V
$677B
$217M 2.81%
719,551
-6,171
-0.9% -$1.98M
RTX icon
7
RTX Corp
RTX
$261B
$211M 2.73%
1,094,594
-28,646
-3% -$5.7M
JPM icon
8
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$918B
$192M 2.48%
652,907
-13,050
-2% -$3.96M
SYK icon
9
Stryker
SYK
$121B
$167M 2.16%
509,055
-3,424
-0.7% -$1.23M
COST icon
10
Costco
COST
$412B
$161M 2.08%
161,366
-979
-0.6% -$954K
JNJ icon
11
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$603B
$161M 2.08%
657,528
-12,566
-2% -$2.93M
LLY icon
12
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.05T
$155M 2%
168,235
+417
+0.2% +$423K
HD icon
13
Home Depot
HD
$331B
$141M 1.82%
428,694
+214
+0% +$78K
CB icon
14
Chubb
CB
$138B
$126M 1.63%
386,756
-7,199
-2% -$2.31M
ECL icon
15
Ecolab
ECL
$74.4B
$125M 1.62%
470,443
-1,721
-0.4% -$486K
TJX icon
16
TJX Companies
TJX
$171B
$123M 1.59%
771,975
-5,992
-0.8% -$933K
AMZN icon
17
Amazon
AMZN
$2.66T
$118M 1.53%
567,966
+4,800
+0.9% +$1.06M
GOOGL icon
18
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.24T
$118M 1.52%
409,445
-11,680
-3% -$3.67M
DHR icon
19
Danaher
DHR
$127B
$116M 1.5%
612,657
-6,338
-1% -$1.35M
PG icon
20
Procter & Gamble
PG
$345B
$110M 1.43%
763,852
-4,376
-0.6% -$663K
MDY icon
21
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$27B
$99.6M 1.29%
161,554
-5,199
-3% -$3.29M
VRTX icon
22
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$98.1M 1.27%
219,669
+1,471
+0.7% +$686K
IDXX icon
23
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$43.6B
$94.5M 1.22%
168,181
-101
-0.1% -$64.8K
MCD icon
24
McDonald's
MCD
$188B
$94.5M 1.22%
303,989
-2,417
-0.8% -$770K
CVX icon
25
Chevron
CVX
$381B
$82.9M 1.07%
400,536
-7,159
-2% -$1.31M
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2026 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2026, Welch & Forbes held 383 positions worth $7.73B, down 6.3% from $8.25B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 37% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2026 filing shows 9 new, 73 increased, 191 reduced and 15 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Enterprise Products Partners: 29,295 shares worth $1.11M. The largest sale was NVIDIA, an estimated $44.2M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2026 buy was Enterprise Products Partners: 29,295 shares worth $1.11M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Palo Alto Networks in Q1 2026, an estimated $11.1M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2026 reduction was NVIDIA, cutting an estimated $44.2M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Boston Scientific in Q1 2026, selling an estimated $10.7M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 37% of its $7.73B portfolio in Q1 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 9 new positions and closed 15 in Q1 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 6.3% quarter-over-quarter to $7.73B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2026, filed 1 May 2026.