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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
+7.91%
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
$4.49B
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
VFC icon
251
VF Corp
VFC
$5.87B
$554K 0.01%
5,565
– –
A icon
252
Agilent Technologies
A
$39.2B
$544K 0.01%
6,371
– –
NVO
253
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$228B
$530K 0.01%
18,330
-80
-0.4% -$2.21K
WEX icon
254
WEX
WEX
$6.35B
$529K 0.01%
2,525
– –
CTVA icon
255
Corteva
CTVA
$59.8B
$516K 0.01%
17,449
-983
-5% -$26K
BAX icon
256
Baxter International
BAX
$13.8B
$498K 0.01%
5,960
+1,460
+32% +$121K
WCN
257
Waste Connections
WCN
$41.9B
$496K 0.01%
5,460
– –
PANW icon
258
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$265B
$492K 0.01%
12,768
– –
GD icon
259
General Dynamics
GD
$103B
$490K 0.01%
2,780
– –
ILMN icon
260
Illumina
ILMN
$31B
$484K 0.01%
1,499
+26
+2% +$7.88K
MOO icon
261
VanEck Agribusiness ETF
MOO
$994M
$483K 0.01%
7,025
– –
TAN icon
262
Invesco Solar ETF
TAN
$1.43B
$460K 0.01%
14,950
– –
AMCR icon
263
Amcor
AMCR
$20.9B
$453K 0.01%
8,363
– –
EWJ icon
264
iShares MSCI Japan ETF
EWJ
$22.1B
$453K 0.01%
7,650
-3,750
-33% -$221K
TRV icon
265
Travelers Companies
TRV
$78.4B
$449K 0.01%
3,282
– –
HIG icon
266
Hartford Financial Services
HIG
$39.2B
$444K 0.01%
7,300
– –
WTM icon
267
White Mountains Insurance
WTM
$5.25B
$443K 0.01%
397
-46
-10% -$50.2K
SLY
268
DELISTED
SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (based on S&P SmallCap 600 Index--symbol SML)
SLY
$440K 0.01%
6,075
+450
+8% +$31.3K
PHO icon
269
Invesco Water Resources ETF
PHO
$2B
$435K 0.01%
11,260
+800
+8% +$29.7K
UN
270
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$434K 0.01%
7,562
– –
CW icon
271
Curtiss-Wright
CW
$26.5B
$423K 0.01%
3,000
– –
D icon
272
Dominion Energy
D
$61.3B
$421K 0.01%
5,084
– –
ENB icon
273
Enbridge
ENB
$121B
$419K 0.01%
10,536
– –
AEP icon
274
American Electric Power
AEP
$69.5B
$413K 0.01%
4,372
+714
+20% +$66K
CSX icon
275
CSX Corp
CSX
$93B
$412K 0.01%
17,100
– –
9 10
11
12 13

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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.