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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
IJR icon
276
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR
$109B
$341K 0.01%
4,966
+404
+9% +$26.1K
VLO icon
277
Valero Energy
VLO
$90.1B
$326K 0.01%
4,765
– –
CSX icon
278
CSX Corp
CSX
$93.4B
$325K 0.01%
27,144
– –
HP icon
279
Helmerich & Payne
HP
$3.45B
$325K 0.01%
4,200
– –
BNY
280
Bank of New York Mellon
BNY
$106B
$318K 0.01%
+6,714
New +$303K
VOD icon
281
Vodafone
VOD
$36.3B
$318K 0.01%
13,037
-34
-0.3% -$895
FLOT icon
282
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF
FLOT
$10.2B
$317K 0.01%
6,250
– –
DMLP icon
283
Dorchester Minerals
DMLP
$1.33B
$316K 0.01%
18,000
-1,100
-6% -$18K
CTRA
284
DELISTED
Coterra Energy
CTRA
$315K 0.01%
13,504
+4,504
+50% +$101K
FUN icon
285
Cedar Fair
FUN
$1.77B
$314K 0.01%
+4,890
New +$293K
SLF icon
286
Sun Life Financial
SLF
$46B
$310K 0.01%
8,060
– –
ACN icon
287
Accenture
ACN
$102B
$306K 0.01%
2,610
+115
+5% +$13.7K
SLY
288
DELISTED
SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (based on S&P SmallCap 600 Index--symbol SML)
SLY
$296K 0.01%
4,900
– –
CW icon
289
Curtiss-Wright
CW
$26.7B
$295K 0.01%
3,000
– –
HIFS icon
290
Hingham Institution for Saving
HIFS
$627M
$295K 0.01%
1,500
– –
AIG icon
291
American International
AIG
$41.7B
$292K 0.01%
+4,469
New +$281K
A icon
292
Agilent Technologies
A
$39.1B
$290K 0.01%
+6,371
New +$289K
ATO icon
293
Atmos Energy
ATO
$28.8B
$287K 0.01%
+3,874
New +$280K
VOO icon
294
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
VOO
$979B
$287K 0.01%
1,400
-100
-7% -$20.1K
UNH icon
295
UnitedHealth
UNH
$376B
$275K 0.01%
1,720
-220
-11% -$32.9K
WCN
296
Waste Connections
WCN
$42.2B
$275K 0.01%
5,250
– –
BX icon
297
Blackstone
BX
$102B
$274K 0.01%
+10,140
New +$263K
MAN icon
298
ManpowerGroup
MAN
$2.44B
$273K 0.01%
3,070
– –
ISRG icon
299
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$127B
$269K 0.01%
3,825
– –
CEF icon
300
Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust
CEF
$7.4B
$268K 0.01%
23,734
– –
10 11
12
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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.