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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
+7.91%
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
$4.49B
AUM Growth
+$304M
Cap. Flow
+$3.28M
Cap. Flow %
0.07%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.84%
Holding
361
New
13
Increased
108
Reduced
132
Closed
10

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BALL icon
Ball Corp
BALL
+$12.3M
2
WSO icon
Watsco Inc
WSO
+$8.32M
3
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$4.06M
4
AJG icon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
+$3.06M
5
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$3.04M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
KYN icon
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund
KYN
+$3.74M
2
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$3.04M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$2.64M
4
RTN
Raytheon Company
RTN
+$2.46M
5
TIF
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
+$2.45M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 20.32%
2 Healthcare 19.93%
3 Financials 12.45%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.9%
5 Industrials 8.54%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$4.99T
$158M 3.51%
2,145,852
-40,988
-2% -$2.64M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.95T
$149M 3.31%
942,913
+8,452
+0.9% +$1.24M
V icon
3
Visa
V
$703B
$143M 3.19%
762,487
-6,118
-0.8% -$1.1M
ANSS
4
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$119M 2.65%
463,292
-8,084
-2% -$1.91M
SYK icon
5
Stryker
SYK
$132B
$110M 2.45%
524,924
-1,853
-0.4% -$385K
DHR icon
6
Danaher
DHR
$140B
$110M 2.45%
807,979
+54
+0% +$6.82K
JNJ icon
7
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$645B
$108M 2.4%
739,276
+872
+0.1% +$118K
RTX icon
8
RTX Corp
RTX
$291B
$106M 2.37%
1,128,918
-8,444
-0.7% -$766K
ORLY icon
9
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.8B
$102M 2.28%
3,504,990
-44,235
-1% -$1.27M
PG icon
10
Procter & Gamble
PG
$352B
$101M 2.24%
807,683
-7,881
-1% -$964K
FISV
11
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$29B
$95.5M 2.12%
825,793
-9,409
-1% -$1.04M
HD icon
12
Home Depot
HD
$343B
$94.3M 2.1%
431,967
+942
+0.2% +$213K
KMX icon
13
CarMax
KMX
$8.25B
$90.3M 2.01%
1,030,090
-9,892
-1% -$931K
JPM icon
14
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$947B
$90.2M 2.01%
646,843
+2,990
+0.5% +$383K
PEP icon
15
PepsiCo
PEP
$194B
$81.3M 1.81%
594,811
-2,941
-0.5% -$400K
GOOG icon
16
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.08T
$78M 1.74%
1,166,960
+2,520
+0.2% +$163K
ECL icon
17
Ecolab
ECL
$79.7B
$73.6M 1.64%
381,438
+370
+0.1% +$70.2K
MCD icon
18
McDonald's
MCD
$194B
$59.5M 1.32%
301,203
-2,279
-0.8% -$452K
ROP icon
19
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.8B
$58.6M 1.3%
165,507
+1,860
+1% +$642K
MTD icon
20
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$27.9B
$57.9M 1.29%
72,928
-480
-0.7% -$347K
ABT icon
21
Abbott
ABT
$187B
$56M 1.25%
644,712
+13,447
+2% +$1.13M
CB icon
22
Chubb
CB
$141B
$52.4M 1.17%
336,677
+7,842
+2% +$1.2M
IDXX icon
23
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.9B
$47.2M 1.05%
180,707
-1,038
-0.6% -$274K
PAYX icon
24
Paychex
PAYX
$42.5B
$47.1M 1.05%
553,366
-8,866
-2% -$748K
NVDA icon
25
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.77T
$46.6M 1.04%
7,914,960
-84,560
-1% -$440K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2019, Welch & Forbes held 361 positions worth $4.49B, up 7.3% from $4.19B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 27% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2019 filing shows 13 new, 108 increased, 132 reduced and 10 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Goldman Sachs: 1,619 shares worth $372K. The largest sale was Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, an estimated $3.74M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 20% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2019 buy was Goldman Sachs: 1,619 shares worth $372K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Ball Corp in Q4 2019, an estimated $12.3M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2019 reduction was Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, cutting an estimated $3.74M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited SunTrust Banks, Inc. in Q4 2019, selling an estimated $1.6M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 27% of its $4.49B portfolio in Q4 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 13 new positions and closed 10 in Q4 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 7.3% quarter-over-quarter to $4.49B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2019, filed 17 Jan 2020.