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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
+1.3%
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
$6.02B
AUM Growth
+$98.8M
Cap. Flow
+$42.2M
Cap. Flow %
0.7%
Top 10 Hldgs %
29.4%
Holding
395
New
7
Increased
124
Reduced
123
Closed
9

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
VUSB icon
Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
VUSB
+$5.24M
2
KMB icon
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
+$4.3M
3
PYPL icon
PayPal
PYPL
+$3.77M
4
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$3.66M
5
VEA icon
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
+$3.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MZTI
The Marzetti Company
MZTI
+$3.57M
2
DHR icon
Danaher
DHR
+$2.57M
3
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$2.51M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$2.42M
5
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$1.81M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 22.4%
2 Healthcare 20.36%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.39%
4 Financials 11.41%
5 Industrials 7.78%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
IRM icon
51
Iron Mountain
IRM
$36.2B
$31.4M 0.52%
722,326
+2,843
+0.4% +$128K
MMM icon
52
3M
MMM
$93.9B
$30.8M 0.51%
209,915
-60
-0% -$9.72K
MRK icon
53
Merck
MRK
$323B
$30.6M 0.51%
406,830
-10,091
-2% -$767K
EMLP icon
54
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.1B
$30.2M 0.5%
1,274,238
-40,568
-3% -$987K
LLY icon
55
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.09T
$29.9M 0.5%
129,300
+100
+0.1% +$24.7K
CSCO icon
56
Cisco
CSCO
$485B
$29.1M 0.48%
535,289
+12,874
+2% +$722K
OTIS icon
57
Otis Worldwide
OTIS
$27.6B
$27.9M 0.46%
338,795
-6,724
-2% -$591K
EW icon
58
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$53.1B
$27.8M 0.46%
245,426
+315
+0.1% +$36K
PFE icon
59
Pfizer
PFE
$154B
$27.5M 0.46%
639,996
-2,575
-0.4% -$114K
AFL icon
60
Aflac
AFL
$61.1B
$27.1M 0.45%
520,229
-896
-0.2% -$49K
DOV icon
61
Dover
DOV
$28.4B
$26.4M 0.44%
169,507
-274
-0.2% -$45.4K
AWK icon
62
American Water Works
AWK
$27B
$25.4M 0.42%
150,366
+1,081
+0.7% +$189K
FTSL icon
63
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.33B
$25.2M 0.42%
526,868
+62,777
+14% +$3.01M
GSK icon
64
GSK
GSK
$104B
$24.9M 0.41%
521,103
– –
SBUX icon
65
Starbucks
SBUX
$119B
$24.7M 0.41%
223,891
+8,900
+4% +$1.04M
CGNX icon
66
Cognex
CGNX
$10.8B
$24.6M 0.41%
306,876
-931
-0.3% -$80.1K
KO icon
67
Coca-Cola
KO
$374B
$24.3M 0.4%
463,999
+12,898
+3% +$719K
TD icon
68
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$200B
$23.8M 0.4%
360,303
-3,068
-0.8% -$205K
VEA icon
69
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$236B
$22.1M 0.37%
437,486
+59,676
+16% +$3.1M
BDX icon
70
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$48.8B
$21.9M 0.36%
91,212
-202
-0.2% -$49.5K
BKNG icon
71
Booking.com
BKNG
$159B
$21.7M 0.36%
228,400
-4,625
-2% -$415K
LIN icon
72
Linde
LIN
$226B
$21.7M 0.36%
73,899
-277
-0.4% -$84.2K
LQD icon
73
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
LQD
$32.6B
$20.7M 0.34%
155,947
-6
-0% -$811
QCOM icon
74
Qualcomm
QCOM
$172B
$20.3M 0.34%
157,505
-459
-0.3% -$65.1K
XOM icon
75
ExxonMobil
XOM
$661B
$20.1M 0.33%
341,759
-16,407
-5% -$935K
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2021, Welch & Forbes held 395 positions worth $6.02B, up 1.7% from $5.92B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 29% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q3 2021: portfolio turnover was 4.1%. Welch & Forbes opened 7 new positions and exited 9, leaving the 395-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 22% of assets, down from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2021 buy was Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF: 104,517 shares worth $5.24M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Kimberly-Clark in Q3 2021, an estimated $4.3M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2021 reduction was The Marzetti Company, cutting an estimated $3.57M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Snowflake in Q3 2021, selling an estimated $1.13M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 29% of its $6.02B portfolio in Q3 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 7 new positions and closed 9 in Q3 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 1.7% quarter-over-quarter to $6.02B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2021, filed 13 Oct 2021.