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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
LHX icon
101
L3Harris
LHX
$54B
$11.1M 0.19%
50,615
+4,885
+11% +$1.11M
ORCL icon
102
Oracle
ORCL
$435B
$11.1M 0.18%
127,426
+160
+0.1% +$14.1K
BMY icon
103
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$132B
$11M 0.18%
185,228
-9,702
-5% -$639K
IBM icon
104
IBM
IBM
$223B
$10.5M 0.17%
79,050
+106
+0.1% +$14.2K
LECO icon
105
Lincoln Electric
LECO
$15.1B
$10.4M 0.17%
80,735
-1,237
-2% -$168K
APD icon
106
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$68.6B
$10.1M 0.17%
39,627
-960
-2% -$266K
CVS icon
107
CVS Health
CVS
$122B
$10.1M 0.17%
118,526
-4,995
-4% -$418K
NKE icon
108
Nike
NKE
$62.5B
$9.97M 0.17%
68,665
+708
+1% +$115K
COF icon
109
Capital One
COF
$134B
$9.8M 0.16%
60,495
-1,479
-2% -$241K
CSL icon
110
Carlisle Companies
CSL
$15.3B
$9.78M 0.16%
49,203
-384
-0.8% -$77.5K
T icon
111
AT&T
T
$165B
$9.43M 0.16%
462,300
-54,513
-11% -$1.15M
VMW
112
DELISTED
VMware, Inc
VMW
$9.12M 0.15%
61,314
+6,556
+12% +$994K
SHW icon
113
Sherwin-Williams
SHW
$88.1B
$8.96M 0.15%
32,034
+608
+2% +$178K
KMB icon
114
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$35.9B
$8.33M 0.14%
62,918
+31,650
+101% +$4.3M
DUK icon
115
Duke Energy
DUK
$94.5B
$8.03M 0.13%
82,261
-1,719
-2% -$178K
HAIN icon
116
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$53.4M
$7.92M 0.13%
185,025
+23,159
+14% +$917K
AMGN icon
117
Amgen
AMGN
$226B
$7.42M 0.12%
34,898
-1,421
-4% -$327K
APTV icon
118
Aptiv
APTV
$10.3B
$7.41M 0.12%
49,742
+12,157
+32% +$1.89M
NVS icon
119
Novartis
NVS
$298B
$7.3M 0.12%
89,296
-1,590
-2% -$143K
BSV icon
120
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
BSV
$45.6B
$7.21M 0.12%
87,946
+275
+0.3% +$22.6K
FPEI icon
121
First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF
FPEI
$1.94B
$7.2M 0.12%
348,576
+14,628
+4% +$303K
NEE icon
122
NextEra Energy
NEE
$177B
$7.03M 0.12%
89,496
+7,025
+9% +$567K
VEU icon
123
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
$69.9B
$6.66M 0.11%
109,212
+2,970
+3% +$187K
STT icon
124
State Street
STT
$51.3B
$6.63M 0.11%
78,288
-2,440
-3% -$212K
FTSM icon
125
First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF
FTSM
$6.54B
$6.6M 0.11%
110,121
+10,867
+11% +$651K
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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.