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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
+5.7%
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
$3.12B
AUM Growth
+$121M
Cap. Flow
-$17.6M
Cap. Flow %
-0.56%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.39%
Holding
354
New
27
Increased
151
Reduced
111
Closed
25

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$23.2M
2
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$6.79M
3
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$5.17M
4
CF icon
CF Industries
CF
+$5.12M
5
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$4.33M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$21.5M
2
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$8.21M
3
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$7.93M
4
ORLY icon
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
+$5.53M
5
MDT icon
Medtronic
MDT
+$4.83M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.89%
2 Technology 14.15%
3 Industrials 12.16%
4 Financials 10.78%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.74%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ORLY icon
1
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.1B
$86.9M 2.79%
5,143,065
-318,765
-6% -$5.53M
PG icon
2
Procter & Gamble
PG
$346B
$79.1M 2.54%
996,687
-14,558
-1% -$1.11M
JNJ icon
3
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$641B
$74.9M 2.4%
728,836
+8,725
+1% +$877K
RTX icon
4
RTX Corp
RTX
$294B
$74.1M 2.38%
1,226,130
+1,199
+0.1% +$72.6K
XOM icon
5
ExxonMobil
XOM
$642B
$73.5M 2.36%
942,637
+3,016
+0.3% +$241K
DHR icon
6
Danaher
DHR
$138B
$66.4M 2.13%
1,064,105
+3,937
+0.4% +$246K
AAPL icon
7
Apple
AAPL
$4.95T
$64M 2.05%
2,431,060
+48,524
+2% +$1.39M
PEP icon
8
PepsiCo
PEP
$191B
$62M 1.99%
620,037
+3,792
+0.6% +$378K
GE icon
9
GE Aerospace
GE
$375B
$59.3M 1.9%
397,334
+2,602
+0.7% +$370K
KMX icon
10
CarMax
KMX
$8.29B
$57.7M 1.85%
1,069,496
+11,971
+1% +$683K
V icon
11
Visa
V
$689B
$56.7M 1.82%
731,311
+7,722
+1% +$598K
HD icon
12
Home Depot
HD
$335B
$55.8M 1.79%
422,082
-3,017
-0.7% -$384K
SYK icon
13
Stryker
SYK
$129B
$54.3M 1.74%
584,218
+1,742
+0.3% +$167K
MSFT icon
14
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.89T
$54M 1.73%
972,867
+201
+0% +$10.6K
SRCL
15
DELISTED
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
$53.1M 1.7%
440,194
+3,024
+0.7% +$385K
ANSS
16
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$52.6M 1.69%
569,065
+1,778
+0.3% +$164K
CVS icon
17
CVS Health
CVS
$137B
$50.9M 1.63%
520,619
+44,233
+9% +$4.33M
WFC icon
18
Wells Fargo
WFC
$264B
$50.6M 1.62%
931,497
+18,785
+2% +$1.02M
ECL icon
19
Ecolab
ECL
$76.4B
$41.4M 1.33%
361,944
+3,027
+0.8% +$356K
SLB icon
20
SLB Ltd
SLB
$76.5B
$41.2M 1.32%
591,259
-5,493
-0.9% -$411K
MCD icon
21
McDonald's
MCD
$192B
$41M 1.31%
346,690
-15,934
-4% -$1.78M
PAYX icon
22
Paychex
PAYX
$41.1B
$40.7M 1.3%
768,868
-4,320
-0.6% -$226K
MMM icon
23
3M
MMM
$91.9B
$40M 1.28%
317,440
-3,526
-1% -$453K
FISV
24
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$27.9B
$35.6M 1.14%
777,730
+17,640
+2% +$828K
IRM icon
25
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.8B
$34.5M 1.11%
1,275,826
+5,481
+0.4% +$161K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2015, Welch & Forbes held 354 positions worth $3.12B, up 4% from $3B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2015 filing shows 27 new, 151 increased, 111 reduced and 25 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Alphabet (Google) Class A: 627,520 shares worth $24.4M. The largest sale was Alphabet (Google) Class C, an estimated $21.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 21% of assets, up from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2015 buy was Alphabet (Google) Class A: 627,520 shares worth $24.4M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to NVIDIA in Q4 2015, an estimated $6.79M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2015 reduction was Alphabet (Google) Class C, cutting an estimated $21.5M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Check Point Software Technologies in Q4 2015, selling an estimated $8.21M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.12B portfolio in Q4 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 27 new positions and closed 25 in Q4 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.12B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2015, filed 27 Jan 2016.