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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
+1.31%
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
$3.33B
AUM Growth
-$76.4M
Cap. Flow
-$97.4M
Cap. Flow %
-2.93%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.35%
Holding
352
New
9
Increased
52
Reduced
208
Closed
22

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TWX
Time Warner Inc
TWX
+$5.51M
2
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
+$4.36M
3
AKAM icon
Akamai
AKAM
+$3.58M
4
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$3.42M
5
BIIB icon
Biogen
BIIB
+$3.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$11.7M
2
AGN
Allergan Inc
AGN
+$11.5M
3
TRMB icon
Trimble
TRMB
+$10.1M
4
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$7.71M
5
TDC icon
Teradata
TDC
+$4.09M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.24%
2 Technology 14.54%
3 Industrials 12.62%
4 Financials 10.32%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.59%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
RTX icon
1
RTX Corp
RTX
$294B
$92M 2.76%
1,246,928
-22,167
-2% -$1.66M
PG icon
2
Procter & Gamble
PG
$346B
$87.9M 2.64%
1,072,577
-28,484
-3% -$2.45M
XOM icon
3
ExxonMobil
XOM
$642B
$81.5M 2.45%
958,959
-17,017
-2% -$1.51M
ORLY icon
4
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.1B
$80.9M 2.43%
5,608,800
-217,635
-4% -$2.92M
KMX icon
5
CarMax
KMX
$8.29B
$75.6M 2.27%
1,095,633
-29,376
-3% -$1.92M
JNJ icon
6
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$641B
$73.5M 2.21%
730,391
-7,834
-1% -$797K
AAPL icon
7
Apple
AAPL
$4.95T
$72M 2.16%
2,314,120
-45,900
-2% -$1.39M
SRCL
8
DELISTED
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
$62.8M 1.89%
447,222
-9,815
-2% -$1.33M
PEP icon
9
PepsiCo
PEP
$191B
$59.5M 1.79%
622,599
-23,216
-4% -$2.25M
DHR icon
10
Danaher
DHR
$138B
$58.2M 1.75%
1,020,662
-14,888
-1% -$854K
SYK icon
11
Stryker
SYK
$129B
$53.6M 1.61%
581,316
-8,572
-1% -$798K
SLB icon
12
SLB Ltd
SLB
$76.5B
$51.9M 1.56%
622,152
-9,568
-2% -$797K
HD icon
13
Home Depot
HD
$335B
$50.7M 1.52%
446,224
-20,303
-4% -$2.24M
ANSS
14
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$50.4M 1.51%
571,176
-8,053
-1% -$681K
WFC icon
15
Wells Fargo
WFC
$264B
$49.4M 1.49%
908,588
+15,502
+2% +$838K
KYN icon
16
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund
KYN
$2.44B
$49M 1.47%
1,380,462
+16,448
+1% +$581K
IRM icon
17
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.8B
$48.6M 1.46%
1,332,755
-11,876
-0.9% -$459K
GE icon
18
GE Aerospace
GE
$375B
$47.8M 1.44%
401,814
-6,468
-2% -$770K
V icon
19
Visa
V
$689B
$45.9M 1.38%
702,046
-4,250
-0.6% -$281K
CVS icon
20
CVS Health
CVS
$137B
$45.5M 1.37%
440,756
+14,519
+3% +$1.47M
MMM icon
21
3M
MMM
$91.9B
$45.3M 1.36%
328,436
-8,997
-3% -$1.24M
ECL icon
22
Ecolab
ECL
$76.4B
$40.9M 1.23%
357,274
-1,439
-0.4% -$158K
QCOM icon
23
Qualcomm
QCOM
$179B
$40.4M 1.21%
582,205
-19,582
-3% -$1.38M
MSFT icon
24
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.89T
$40.2M 1.21%
989,723
-27,873
-3% -$1.21M
GOOG icon
25
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.99T
$39M 1.17%
1,418,323
-14,059
-1% -$377K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2015, Welch & Forbes held 352 positions worth $3.33B, down 2.2% from $3.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2015 filing shows 9 new, 52 increased, 208 reduced and 22 closed positions. Its largest new stake was WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund: 91,154 shares worth $3.01M. The largest sale was Perrigo, an estimated $11.7M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2015 buy was WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund: 91,154 shares worth $3.01M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Time Warner Inc in Q1 2015, an estimated $5.51M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2015 reduction was Trimble, cutting an estimated $10.1M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Perrigo in Q1 2015, selling an estimated $11.7M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.33B portfolio in Q1 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 9 new positions and closed 22 in Q1 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 2.2% quarter-over-quarter to $3.33B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2015, filed 30 Apr 2015.