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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 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
NKE icon
101
Nike
NKE
$62.2B
$11.7M 0.17%
70,002
+1,337
+2% +$221K
LECO icon
102
Lincoln Electric
LECO
$15.2B
$11.7M 0.17%
83,545
+2,810
+3% +$391K
MZTI
103
The Marzetti Company
MZTI
$3.11B
$11.5M 0.17%
69,575
-2,978
-4% -$488K
LHX icon
104
L3Harris
LHX
$54.1B
$11.5M 0.17%
53,836
+3,221
+6% +$714K
SHW icon
105
Sherwin-Williams
SHW
$88.1B
$11.2M 0.17%
31,756
-278
-0.9% -$89.8K
SYY icon
106
Sysco
SYY
$40.2B
$11.1M 0.17%
141,719
-4,102
-3% -$316K
ORCL icon
107
Oracle
ORCL
$436B
$10.6M 0.16%
121,442
-5,984
-5% -$562K
BMY icon
108
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$133B
$10.5M 0.16%
167,844
-17,384
-9% -$1.02M
IBM icon
109
IBM
IBM
$223B
$10.1M 0.15%
75,382
-3,668
-5% -$460K
PYPL icon
110
PayPal
PYPL
$50.1B
$9.64M 0.14%
51,129
+4,319
+9% +$935K
COF icon
111
Capital One
COF
$134B
$9.13M 0.14%
62,919
+2,424
+4% +$374K
APTV icon
112
Aptiv
APTV
$10.3B
$9M 0.13%
54,553
+4,811
+10% +$803K
NEE icon
113
NextEra Energy
NEE
$176B
$8.98M 0.13%
96,229
+6,733
+8% +$582K
KMB icon
114
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$36B
$8.92M 0.13%
62,406
-512
-0.8% -$68.9K
DUK icon
115
Duke Energy
DUK
$94.2B
$8.66M 0.13%
82,561
+300
+0.4% +$30.4K
HAIN icon
116
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$53.7M
$8.46M 0.13%
198,478
+13,453
+7% +$574K
FTSM icon
117
First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF
FTSM
$6.54B
$8.21M 0.12%
137,336
+27,215
+25% +$1.63M
T icon
118
AT&T
T
$165B
$8.05M 0.12%
433,196
-29,104
-6% -$544K
RPM icon
119
RPM International
RPM
$14.7B
$8.02M 0.12%
79,425
+3,482
+5% +$317K
NVS icon
120
Novartis
NVS
$297B
$8M 0.12%
91,483
+2,187
+2% +$182K
VMW
121
DELISTED
VMware, Inc
VMW
$7.56M 0.11%
65,230
+3,916
+6% +$515K
STT icon
122
State Street
STT
$51.3B
$7.32M 0.11%
78,688
+400
+0.5% +$37.7K
BSV icon
123
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
BSV
$45.6B
$7.23M 0.11%
89,423
+1,477
+2% +$120K
UNP icon
124
Union Pacific
UNP
$174B
$7.13M 0.11%
28,315
-222
-0.8% -$52.6K
FPEI icon
125
First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF
FPEI
$1.95B
$7.1M 0.11%
347,845
-731
-0.2% -$15K

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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.