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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
+3.18%
1 Year Est. Return
+17.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.71%
5 Year Est. Return
+105.59%
10 Year Est. Return
+384.92%
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
BR icon
251
Broadridge
BR
$17.8B
$458K 0.01%
6,912
+110
+2% +$7.15K
FRC
252
DELISTED
First Republic Bank
FRC
$456K 0.01%
+4,951
New +$404K
GD icon
253
General Dynamics
GD
$104B
$446K 0.01%
2,584
+49
+2% +$8.02K
STJ
254
DELISTED
St Jude Medical
STJ
$446K 0.01%
5,565
+300
+6% +$23.8K
OIH icon
255
VanEck Oil Services ETF
OIH
$2.06B
$444K 0.01%
665
– –
MRO
256
DELISTED
Marathon Oil Corporation
MRO
$438K 0.01%
25,275
– –
UN
257
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$434K 0.01%
10,580
– –
JKHY icon
258
Jack Henry & Associates
JKHY
$10.9B
$427K 0.01%
4,810
-90
-2% -$7.68K
D icon
259
Dominion Energy
D
$60.8B
$426K 0.01%
5,567
+85
+2% +$6.26K
HSY icon
260
Hershey
HSY
$35.2B
$424K 0.01%
4,100
– –
FXI icon
261
iShares China Large-Cap ETF
FXI
$4.37B
$423K 0.01%
12,190
– –
INGR icon
262
Ingredion
INGR
$6.27B
$422K 0.01%
3,375
– –
HES
263
DELISTED
Hess
HES
$420K 0.01%
6,745
+2,245
+50% +$123K
NWN icon
264
Northwest Natural Holdings
NWN
$2.06B
$419K 0.01%
7,006
– –
WFM
265
DELISTED
Whole Foods Market Inc
WFM
$416K 0.01%
13,532
-2,200
-14% -$66.2K
BAX icon
266
Baxter International
BAX
$13.5B
$415K 0.01%
9,348
+124
+1% +$5.73K
ROST icon
267
Ross Stores
ROST
$80.5B
$410K 0.01%
6,243
– –
MTSC
268
DELISTED
MTS Systems Corp
MTSC
$391K 0.01%
6,900
– –
PPG icon
269
PPG Industries
PPG
$24.6B
$379K 0.01%
4,000
– –
AMT icon
270
American Tower
AMT
$80.8B
$377K 0.01%
+3,561
New +$387K
BLK icon
271
Blackrock
BLK
$169B
$375K 0.01%
985
-7
-0.7% -$2.57K
ES icon
272
Eversource Energy
ES
$26.9B
$373K 0.01%
6,756
– –
PNRA
273
DELISTED
Panera Bread Co
PNRA
$371K 0.01%
1,805
– –
WM icon
274
Waste Management
WM
$90.6B
$370K 0.01%
5,215
– –
WAB icon
275
Wabtec
WAB
$49.1B
$360K 0.01%
4,334
-100
-2% -$8.24K
9 10
11
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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.