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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
+2.92%
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
$4.19B
AUM Growth
+$82.5M
Cap. Flow
-$16M
Cap. Flow %
-0.38%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.27%
Holding
357
New
12
Increased
103
Reduced
137
Closed
9

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$5.5M
2
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$4.23M
3
IWM icon
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
+$2.72M
4
DD icon
DuPont de Nemours
DD
+$1.81M
5
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$1.4M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MIDD icon
Middleby
MIDD
+$5.77M
2
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$4.37M
3
STT icon
State Street
STT
+$3.95M
4
VSS icon
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund
VSS
+$2.54M
5
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$2.38M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.8%
2 Technology 19.23%
3 Financials 12.25%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.23%
5 Consumer Staples 8.8%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BIIB icon
251
Biogen
BIIB
$30.7B
$540K 0.01%
2,321
-260
-10% -$60.5K
CTVA icon
252
Corteva
CTVA
$59.8B
$516K 0.01%
+18,432
New +$533K
WEX icon
253
WEX
WEX
$6.35B
$510K 0.01%
2,525
– –
GD icon
254
General Dynamics
GD
$103B
$508K 0.01%
2,780
+112
+4% +$20.8K
WCN
255
Waste Connections
WCN
$41.9B
$502K 0.01%
5,460
– –
VFC icon
256
VF Corp
VFC
$5.87B
$496K 0.01%
5,565
+1,404
+34% +$120K
BNS icon
257
Scotiabank
BNS
$107B
$493K 0.01%
8,675
-1,225
-12% -$65.8K
A icon
258
Agilent Technologies
A
$39.2B
$488K 0.01%
6,371
– –
TRV icon
259
Travelers Companies
TRV
$78.4B
$488K 0.01%
3,282
+143
+5% +$21.3K
WTM icon
260
White Mountains Insurance
WTM
$5.25B
$478K 0.01%
443
– –
NVO
261
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$228B
$476K 0.01%
18,410
– –
SHOP icon
262
Shopify
SHOP
$159B
$467K 0.01%
15,000
– –
MOO icon
263
VanEck Agribusiness ETF
MOO
$994M
$462K 0.01%
7,025
+75
+1% +$4.96K
PAYC icon
264
Paycom
PAYC
$7.53B
$461K 0.01%
2,200
-1,160
-35% -$271K
MIDD icon
265
Middleby
MIDD
$6.03B
$457K 0.01%
3,915
-47,019
-92% -$5.77M
UN
266
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$454K 0.01%
7,562
+69
+0.9% +$4.14K
HIG icon
267
Hartford Financial Services
HIG
$39.2B
$442K 0.01%
7,300
-99
-1% -$5.79K
TAN icon
268
Invesco Solar ETF
TAN
$1.43B
$439K 0.01%
14,950
+50
+0.3% +$1.49K
ILMN icon
269
Illumina
ILMN
$31B
$436K 0.01%
1,473
– –
PANW icon
270
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$265B
$434K 0.01%
12,768
– –
BEN icon
271
Franklin Resources
BEN
$17.2B
$433K 0.01%
15,000
– –
AGG icon
272
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF
AGG
$138B
$431K 0.01%
3,815
-176
-4% -$19.8K
BLK icon
273
Blackrock
BLK
$170B
$428K 0.01%
960
– –
OXY icon
274
Occidental Petroleum
OXY
$55.6B
$422K 0.01%
+9,473
New +$448K
D icon
275
Dominion Energy
D
$61.3B
$412K 0.01%
5,084
-200
-4% -$15.5K
9 10
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2019, Welch & Forbes held 357 positions worth $4.19B, up 2% from $4.11B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 26% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2019 filing shows 12 new, 103 increased, 137 reduced and 9 closed positions. Its largest new stake was DuPont de Nemours: 20,585 shares worth $1.84M. The largest sale was Middleby, an estimated $5.77M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2019 buy was DuPont de Nemours: 20,585 shares worth $1.84M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Microsoft in Q3 2019, an estimated $5.5M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2019 reduction was Middleby, cutting an estimated $5.77M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Anadarko Petroleum in Q3 2019, selling an estimated $2.09M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 26% of its $4.19B portfolio in Q3 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 12 new positions and closed 9 in Q3 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 2% quarter-over-quarter to $4.19B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2019, filed 11 Oct 2019.