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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
+11.97%
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
$6.68B
AUM Growth
+$663M
Cap. Flow
+$9.29M
Cap. Flow %
0.14%
Top 10 Hldgs %
30.47%
Holding
400
New
14
Increased
127
Reduced
135
Closed
14

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$2.56M
2
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$2.49M
3
MDY icon
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
+$2.45M
4
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.2M
5
IWM icon
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
+$2.13M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$4.61M
2
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$3.2M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$2.81M
4
VRTX icon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
+$2.35M
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$2.15M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.64%
2 Healthcare 20.02%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.58%
4 Financials 10.72%
5 Industrials 7.65%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
LLY icon
51
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.08T
$35.8M 0.54%
129,525
+225
+0.2% +$57K
INTC icon
52
Intel
INTC
$495B
$35.4M 0.53%
687,500
-16,081
-2% -$822K
BRK.B icon
53
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.15T
$35.4M 0.53%
118,306
+2,254
+2% +$646K
CSCO icon
54
Cisco
CSCO
$487B
$34.3M 0.51%
541,827
+6,538
+1% +$374K
EW icon
55
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$53.1B
$31.4M 0.47%
242,076
-3,350
-1% -$391K
MMM icon
56
3M
MMM
$93.8B
$30.8M 0.46%
207,697
-2,218
-1% -$330K
DOV icon
57
Dover
DOV
$28.3B
$30.8M 0.46%
169,626
+119
+0.1% +$20.2K
MRK icon
58
Merck
MRK
$322B
$30.8M 0.46%
401,444
-5,386
-1% -$429K
EMLP icon
59
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.08B
$30.8M 0.46%
1,232,619
-41,619
-3% -$1.03M
AFL icon
60
Aflac
AFL
$61.6B
$29.3M 0.44%
501,787
-18,442
-4% -$1.03M
QCOM icon
61
Qualcomm
QCOM
$172B
$29M 0.43%
158,802
+1,297
+0.8% +$208K
GSK icon
62
GSK
GSK
$104B
$28.7M 0.43%
521,103
– –
AWK icon
63
American Water Works
AWK
$26.4B
$28.4M 0.43%
150,617
+251
+0.2% +$43.8K
OTIS icon
64
Otis Worldwide
OTIS
$27.7B
$27.9M 0.42%
320,568
-18,227
-5% -$1.53M
TD icon
65
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$201B
$27.9M 0.42%
363,329
+3,026
+0.8% +$221K
KO icon
66
Coca-Cola
KO
$376B
$27.6M 0.41%
466,733
+2,734
+0.6% +$152K
FTSL icon
67
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.33B
$27.5M 0.41%
572,855
+45,987
+9% +$2.2M
SBUX icon
68
Starbucks
SBUX
$120B
$27.2M 0.41%
232,903
+9,012
+4% +$1.02M
LIN icon
69
Linde
LIN
$225B
$26.2M 0.39%
75,589
+1,690
+2% +$548K
AOS icon
70
A.O. Smith
AOS
$8.48B
$25.1M 0.38%
292,074
+15,698
+6% +$1.2M
ACN icon
71
Accenture
ACN
$109B
$24.9M 0.37%
60,034
+3,240
+6% +$1.18M
CGNX icon
72
Cognex
CGNX
$10.8B
$24.1M 0.36%
309,970
+3,094
+1% +$250K
VEA icon
73
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$236B
$23.8M 0.36%
466,734
+29,248
+7% +$1.5M
BDX icon
74
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$48.5B
$22.4M 0.34%
91,346
+134
+0.1% +$32.1K
BKNG icon
75
Booking.com
BKNG
$159B
$21.7M 0.32%
225,825
-2,575
-1% -$244K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2021, Welch & Forbes held 400 positions worth $6.68B, up 11% from $6.02B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2021 filing shows 14 new, 127 increased, 135 reduced and 14 closed positions. Its largest new stake was iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF: 8,820 shares worth $659K. The largest sale was NVIDIA, an estimated $4.61M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, up from 22% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2021 buy was iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF: 8,820 shares worth $659K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Amazon in Q4 2021, an estimated $2.56M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2021 reduction was NVIDIA, cutting an estimated $4.61M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Alibaba in Q4 2021, selling an estimated $640K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $6.68B portfolio in Q4 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 14 new positions and closed 14 in Q4 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $6.68B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2021, filed 19 Jan 2022.