We are live on ! Find out more
WF

Welch & Forbes Portfolio holdings

AUM $7.73B
1-Year Est. Return 14.94%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
-5.91%
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
$3B
AUM Growth
-$218M
Cap. Flow
+$9.24M
Cap. Flow %
0.31%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.62%
Holding
351
New
19
Increased
96
Reduced
154
Closed
24

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$9.24M
2
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$8.26M
3
SVC
Service Properties Trust
SVC
+$7.01M
4
CF icon
CF Industries
CF
+$5.06M
5
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$3.89M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
QCOM icon
Qualcomm
QCOM
+$10.7M
2
PX
Praxair Inc
PX
+$8.06M
3
NOV icon
NOV
NOV
+$4.51M
4
VWO icon
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
+$3.79M
5
EMR icon
Emerson Electric
EMR
+$3.26M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.43%
2 Technology 14.22%
3 Industrials 12.16%
4 Financials 10.84%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.95%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ORLY icon
1
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.6B
$91M 3.04%
5,461,830
-52,845
-1% -$853K
PG icon
2
Procter & Gamble
PG
$346B
$72.7M 2.43%
1,011,245
-25,588
-2% -$1.92M
XOM icon
3
ExxonMobil
XOM
$640B
$69.9M 2.33%
939,621
-8,845
-0.9% -$682K
RTX icon
4
RTX Corp
RTX
$295B
$68.6M 2.29%
1,224,931
-8,360
-0.7% -$515K
JNJ icon
5
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$646B
$67.2M 2.24%
720,111
+105
+0% +$10.2K
AAPL icon
6
Apple
AAPL
$4.94T
$65.7M 2.19%
2,382,536
+48,260
+2% +$1.42M
KMX icon
7
CarMax
KMX
$8.36B
$62.7M 2.09%
1,057,525
+6,077
+0.6% +$381K
SRCL
8
DELISTED
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
$60.9M 2.03%
437,170
-336
-0.1% -$46.8K
DHR icon
9
Danaher
DHR
$137B
$60.7M 2.03%
1,060,168
+43,702
+4% +$2.58M
PEP icon
10
PepsiCo
PEP
$191B
$58.1M 1.94%
616,245
+440
+0.1% +$41.9K
SYK icon
11
Stryker
SYK
$129B
$54.8M 1.83%
582,476
+6,105
+1% +$605K
V icon
12
Visa
V
$691B
$50.4M 1.68%
723,589
+5,874
+0.8% +$419K
ANSS
13
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$50M 1.67%
567,287
-979
-0.2% -$89.9K
HD icon
14
Home Depot
HD
$337B
$49.1M 1.64%
425,099
-4,380
-1% -$507K
GE icon
15
GE Aerospace
GE
$373B
$47.7M 1.59%
394,732
-729
-0.2% -$89.3K
WFC icon
16
Wells Fargo
WFC
$264B
$46.9M 1.56%
912,712
+12,112
+1% +$666K
GOOG icon
17
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4T
$46.1M 1.54%
1,483,060
+64,260
+5% +$1.97M
CVS icon
18
CVS Health
CVS
$136B
$46M 1.53%
476,386
+30,639
+7% +$3.22M
MSFT icon
19
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.91T
$43.1M 1.44%
972,666
+743
+0.1% +$33.4K
SLB icon
20
SLB Ltd
SLB
$77.6B
$41.2M 1.37%
596,752
-2,981
-0.5% -$236K
IRM icon
21
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.2B
$39.4M 1.32%
1,270,345
-916
-0.1% -$27.3K
ECL icon
22
Ecolab
ECL
$76.5B
$39.4M 1.31%
358,917
+6,264
+2% +$701K
MMM icon
23
3M
MMM
$91.2B
$38M 1.27%
320,966
-3,095
-1% -$381K
PAYX icon
24
Paychex
PAYX
$41.5B
$36.8M 1.23%
773,188
-2,627
-0.3% -$123K
MCD icon
25
McDonald's
MCD
$192B
$35.7M 1.19%
362,624
-6,074
-2% -$592K
1
2 3 4 5

Similar funds

SIAU
SB Investment Advisers (UK) London, United Kingdom $7.73B AUM 2.35% 1-Year Est. Return
WRCM
Whale Rock Capital Management Boston, Massachusetts $7.74B AUM 180.85% 1-Year Est. Return
BFM
Boothbay Fund Management New York $7.71B AUM 106.31% 1-Year Est. Return
IMCOOI
Investment Management Corp of Ontario (IMCO) Toronto, Canada $7.76B AUM 99.29% 1-Year Est. Return
MAM
Magellan Asset Management Sydney, Australia $7.71B AUM 11.08% 1-Year Est. Return
EHC
Everett Harris & Co Los Angeles, California $7.77B AUM 9.43% 1-Year Est. Return
PA
Pinnacle Associates New York $7.78B AUM 45.07% 1-Year Est. Return
PGFC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp Bedminster, New Jersey $7.82B AUM 21.06% 1-Year Est. Return

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2015, Welch & Forbes held 351 positions worth $3B, down 6.8% from $3.21B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2015 filing shows 19 new, 96 increased, 154 reduced and 24 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Perrigo: 50,397 shares worth $7.93M. The largest sale was Qualcomm, an estimated $10.7M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 20% of assets, up from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2015 buy was Perrigo: 50,397 shares worth $7.93M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Service Properties Trust in Q3 2015, an estimated $7.01M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2015 reduction was Qualcomm, cutting an estimated $10.7M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited KRAFT FOODS GROUP INC COM STK (VA) in Q3 2015, selling an estimated $540K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $3B portfolio in Q3 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 19 new positions and closed 24 in Q3 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 6.8% quarter-over-quarter to $3B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 5 Nov 2015.