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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
+3.18%
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
$3.34B
AUM Growth
+$450M
Cap. Flow
+$378M
Cap. Flow %
11.31%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.43%
Holding
361
New
58
Increased
102
Reduced
107
Closed
18

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$67.9M
2
ANSS
Ansys
ANSS
+$46M
3
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$42.6M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$31M
5
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$30.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$24.1M
2
JCI icon
Johnson Controls International
JCI
+$18.5M
3
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$8.59M
4
SRCL
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
+$8.41M
5
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$6.74M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.26%
2 Technology 15.17%
3 Industrials 10.96%
4 Financials 10.64%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.97%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ORLY icon
1
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$72.4B
$89.2M 2.67%
4,806,120
-71,280
-1% -$1.3M
RTX icon
2
RTX Corp
RTX
$287B
$83.9M 2.51%
1,216,360
+8,903
+0.7% +$590K
XOM icon
3
ExxonMobil
XOM
$651B
$82.3M 2.46%
911,651
-8,881
-1% -$776K
JNJ icon
4
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$635B
$82.1M 2.46%
712,209
+3,774
+0.5% +$436K
PG icon
5
Procter & Gamble
PG
$343B
$79.3M 2.37%
942,621
+990
+0.1% +$84.4K
KMX icon
6
CarMax
KMX
$8.27B
$70.6M 2.11%
1,096,794
+24,734
+2% +$1.39M
AAPL icon
7
Apple
AAPL
$4.89T
$69.3M 2.08%
+2,394,764
New +$67.9M
SYK icon
8
Stryker
SYK
$127B
$68.2M 2.04%
568,853
+757
+0.1% +$87.1K
PEP icon
9
PepsiCo
PEP
$186B
$63.9M 1.91%
610,937
+3,507
+0.6% +$367K
GE icon
10
GE Aerospace
GE
$367B
$60.7M 1.82%
400,621
+3,653
+0.9% +$531K
V icon
11
Visa
V
$677B
$59.9M 1.79%
767,488
+13,690
+2% +$1.1M
HD icon
12
Home Depot
HD
$332B
$59.6M 1.78%
444,218
+2,757
+0.6% +$355K
MSFT icon
13
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.84T
$58.9M 1.76%
948,429
-7,287
-0.8% -$438K
DHR icon
14
Danaher
DHR
$135B
$56.4M 1.69%
817,111
+7,081
+0.9% +$492K
WFC icon
15
Wells Fargo
WFC
$261B
$52M 1.56%
944,353
-9,869
-1% -$496K
SLB icon
16
SLB Ltd
SLB
$77.8B
$51.7M 1.55%
616,163
+6,952
+1% +$570K
ANSS
17
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$46.2M 1.38%
+499,904
New +$46M
JPM icon
18
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$939B
$46.1M 1.38%
534,592
+13,670
+3% +$1.04M
FISV
19
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$27.2B
$46.1M 1.38%
867,770
-39,070
-4% -$2.01M
MMM icon
20
3M
MMM
$89B
$45.1M 1.35%
301,909
-3,829
-1% -$553K
ECL icon
21
Ecolab
ECL
$75.6B
$44.5M 1.33%
380,027
+5,171
+1% +$605K
PAYX icon
22
Paychex
PAYX
$40.4B
$44.5M 1.33%
731,285
-11,370
-2% -$655K
GOOG icon
23
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.9T
$42.2M 1.26%
+1,092,860
New +$42.6M
MCD icon
24
McDonald's
MCD
$188B
$41.2M 1.23%
338,303
-1,722
-0.5% -$202K
EMLP icon
25
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.18B
$39.1M 1.17%
1,547,846
+94,843
+7% +$2.34M
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, Welch & Forbes held 361 positions worth $3.34B, up 16% from $2.89B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes deployed $378M of net new capital in Q4 2016, opening 58 new positions and adding to 102 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, down from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Stericycle Inc, an estimated $8.41M trimmed.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2016 buy was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Hain Celestial in Q4 2016, an estimated $8.53M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was Stericycle Inc, cutting an estimated $8.41M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Chubb in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $24.1M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.34B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 58 new positions and closed 18 in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 16% quarter-over-quarter to $3.34B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 7 Feb 2017.