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Welch & Forbes Portfolio holdings

AUM $8.23B
1-Year Est. Return 17.62%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+10.31%
1 Year Est. Return
+17.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.71%
5 Year Est. Return
+105.59%
10 Year Est. Return
+384.93%
AUM
$8.23B
AUM Growth
+$494M
Cap. Flow
-$86.9M
Cap. Flow %
-1.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
37.88%
Holding
396
New
28
Increased
117
Reduced
170
Closed
8

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$9.01M
2
AVGO icon
Broadcom
AVGO
+$8.65M
3
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$5.2M
4
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$5M
5
LLY icon
Eli Lilly
LLY
+$4.57M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 25.54%
2 Healthcare 16.05%
3 Financials 12%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.33%
5 Industrials 9.6%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
BND icon
251
Vanguard Total Bond Market
BND
$161B
$771K 0.01%
10,504
-252
-2% -$18.5K
PLD icon
252
Prologis
PLD
$134B
$769K 0.01%
5,673
+1,956
+53% +$277K
COF icon
253
Capital One
COF
$132B
$761K 0.01%
3,793
-1,149
-23% -$220K
BRK.A icon
254
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.08T
$749K 0.01%
1
AEP icon
255
American Electric Power
AEP
$66.6B
$742K 0.01%
5,420
+1,015
+23% +$134K
HWM icon
256
Howmet Aerospace
HWM
$106B
$741K 0.01%
2,757
SHEL icon
257
Shell
SHEL
$250B
$741K 0.01%
9,557
+1,804
+23% +$156K
FLEX icon
258
Flex
FLEX
$40.8B
$731K 0.01%
4,508
VGK icon
259
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
VGK
$30.9B
$718K 0.01%
8,104
+4,304
+113% +$377K
VLTO icon
260
Veralto
VLTO
$24B
$709K 0.01%
7,998
-380
-5% -$33K
NTAP icon
261
NetApp
NTAP
$36.7B
$680K 0.01%
4,395
+51
+1% +$6.67K
VHT icon
262
Vanguard Health Care ETF
VHT
$19.3B
$667K 0.01%
2,231
DGRO icon
263
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
DGRO
$43.6B
$664K 0.01%
8,764
+3,797
+76% +$280K
VGT icon
264
Vanguard Information Technology ETF
VGT
$147B
$641K 0.01%
5,360
HIG icon
265
Hartford Financial Services
HIG
$37.5B
$632K 0.01%
4,766
NEM icon
266
Newmont
NEM
$135B
$614K 0.01%
6,577
-213
-3% -$23.2K
HSY icon
267
Hershey
HSY
$36B
$614K 0.01%
3,500
GEHC icon
268
GE HealthCare
GEHC
$32.4B
$609K 0.01%
9,517
-969
-9% -$63.7K
SO icon
269
Southern Company
SO
$102B
$595K 0.01%
6,216
-100
-2% -$9.41K
IVE icon
270
iShares S&P 500 Value ETF
IVE
$50.2B
$590K 0.01%
2,600
PHYS icon
271
Sprott Physical Gold
PHYS
$16B
$590K 0.01%
19,550
GWW icon
272
W.W. Grainger
GWW
$61.5B
$588K 0.01%
432
-5
-1% -$6.16K
ENB icon
273
Enbridge
ENB
$110B
$580K 0.01%
10,702
-36
-0.3% -$1.97K
JKHY icon
274
Jack Henry & Associates
JKHY
$12.1B
$574K 0.01%
4,164
PHO icon
275
Invesco Water Resources ETF
PHO
$2.05B
$573K 0.01%
8,300
-800
-9% -$54K

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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2026, Welch & Forbes held 396 positions worth $8.23B, up 6.4% from $7.73B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 38% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 filing shows 28 new, 117 increased, 170 reduced and 8 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M. The largest sale was Roper Technologies, an estimated $13.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 26% of assets, up from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2026 buy was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q2 2026, an estimated $9.01M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2026 reduction was Roper Technologies, cutting an estimated $13.5M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited BHP in Q2 2026, selling an estimated $263K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 38% of its $8.23B portfolio in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 28 new positions and closed 8 in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 6.4% quarter-over-quarter to $8.23B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026.