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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
-1.2%
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
$3.88B
AUM Growth
+$134M
Cap. Flow
+$219M
Cap. Flow %
5.65%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.53%
Holding
368
New
30
Increased
108
Reduced
154
Closed
12

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$51M
2
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$44M
3
ABT icon
Abbott
ABT
+$37.6M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$31M
5
T icon
AT&T
T
+$16.9M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
EACQ
Easterly Acquisition Corp
EACQ
+$10M
2
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$6.32M
3
SRCL
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
+$4.84M
4
HEDJ icon
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
HEDJ
+$4.74M
5
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$4.59M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.2%
2 Technology 17.48%
3 Financials 12.88%
4 Industrials 9.97%
5 Consumer Discretionary 8.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$4.99T
$101M 2.59%
2,398,516
+26,424
+1% +$1.14M
V icon
2
Visa
V
$697B
$100M 2.59%
838,970
+5,097
+0.6% +$618K
JNJ icon
3
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$643B
$97.9M 2.52%
764,216
+65,853
+9% +$8.9M
RTX icon
4
RTX Corp
RTX
$295B
$96.3M 2.48%
1,216,545
+5,547
+0.5% +$458K
SYK icon
5
Stryker
SYK
$133B
$91.1M 2.35%
566,059
+6,624
+1% +$1.07M
MSFT icon
6
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.92T
$83.8M 2.16%
918,220
-10,354
-1% -$947K
HD icon
7
Home Depot
HD
$343B
$82.3M 2.12%
461,512
-4,020
-0.9% -$754K
ANSS
8
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$77.4M 2%
494,144
+6,392
+1% +$1.02M
DHR icon
9
Danaher
DHR
$140B
$73.5M 1.89%
846,920
+5,844
+0.7% +$511K
PG icon
10
Procter & Gamble
PG
$347B
$71M 1.83%
895,109
-20,834
-2% -$1.74M
PEP icon
11
PepsiCo
PEP
$195B
$67.2M 1.73%
615,502
+3,725
+0.6% +$424K
KMX icon
12
CarMax
KMX
$8.36B
$66.6M 1.72%
1,075,019
-3,831
-0.4% -$250K
JPM icon
13
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$950B
$65.4M 1.69%
595,065
+1,372
+0.2% +$155K
ORLY icon
14
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.6B
$64.6M 1.66%
3,915,840
-42,690
-1% -$722K
GOOG icon
15
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.07T
$62.1M 1.6%
1,204,080
+15,540
+1% +$858K
NVDA icon
16
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.77T
$61.9M 1.6%
10,694,960
-64,520
-0.6% -$379K
FISV
17
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$28.9B
$61.4M 1.58%
861,386
+8,712
+1% +$613K
XOM icon
18
ExxonMobil
XOM
$634B
$59.4M 1.53%
795,917
-57,459
-7% -$4.59M
ECL icon
19
Ecolab
ECL
$79.6B
$54.8M 1.41%
399,909
+8,019
+2% +$1.08M
MCD icon
20
McDonald's
MCD
$194B
$52.4M 1.35%
334,820
+1,064
+0.3% +$175K
MMM icon
21
3M
MMM
$94.1B
$50M 1.29%
272,509
-9,528
-3% -$1.89M
WFC icon
22
Wells Fargo
WFC
$263B
$48.2M 1.24%
920,286
-9,911
-1% -$589K
RTN
23
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$48.1M 1.24%
222,845
+3,327
+2% +$688K
INTC icon
24
Intel
INTC
$435B
$47.5M 1.22%
912,432
-19,918
-2% -$947K
ABBV icon
25
AbbVie
ABBV
$465B
$44M 1.13%
+464,710
New +$51M
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, Welch & Forbes held 368 positions worth $3.88B, up 3.6% from $3.75B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes deployed $219M of net new capital in Q1 2018, opening 30 new positions and adding to 108 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was AbbVie: 464,710 shares worth $44M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was CVS Health, an estimated $6.32M trimmed.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2018 buy was AbbVie: 464,710 shares worth $44M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Johnson & Johnson in Q1 2018, an estimated $8.9M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was CVS Health, cutting an estimated $6.32M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Easterly Acquisition Corp in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $10M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $3.88B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 30 new positions and closed 12 in Q1 2018.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 3.6% quarter-over-quarter to $3.88B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 12 Apr 2018.