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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
HDS
326
DELISTED
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.
HDS
$211K 0.01%
+4,975
New +$183K
COL
327
DELISTED
Rockwell Collins
COL
$209K 0.01%
+2,250
New +$198K
AMAT icon
328
Applied Materials
AMAT
$403B
$207K 0.01%
+6,400
New +$195K
IJK icon
329
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF
IJK
$10.7B
$207K 0.01%
4,560
– –
TTC icon
330
Toro Company
TTC
$8.75B
$207K 0.01%
+3,700
New +$189K
CME icon
331
CME Group
CME
$96.3B
$204K 0.01%
+1,772
New +$197K
WELL icon
332
Welltower
WELL
$169B
$204K 0.01%
3,055
– –
PHO icon
333
Invesco Water Resources ETF
PHO
$2.01B
$201K 0.01%
+8,150
New +$199K
GWW icon
334
W.W. Grainger
GWW
$65.3B
$200K 0.01%
+862
New +$192K
NPV icon
335
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund
NPV
$211M
$195K 0.01%
15,007
– –
NBN icon
336
Northeast Bank
NBN
$1.06B
$183K 0.01%
14,000
– –
PHYS icon
337
Sprott Physical Gold
PHYS
$14.6B
$164K ﹤0.01%
17,464
– –
NLY icon
338
Annaly Capital Management
NLY
$17.1B
$133K ﹤0.01%
+3,350
New +$136K
FORM icon
339
FormFactor
FORM
$8.28B
$112K ﹤0.01%
10,000
– –
EXG icon
340
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
EXG
$2.99B
$82K ﹤0.01%
10,227
– –
IBN icon
341
ICICI Bank
IBN
$108B
$82K ﹤0.01%
12,100
– –
PLUG icon
342
Plug Power
PLUG
$2.87B
$12K ﹤0.01%
10,250
– –
AVGO icon
343
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.85T
– –
-49,660
Closed -$857K
CB icon
344
Chubb
CB
$135B
– –
-191,500
Closed -$24.1M
CHKP icon
345
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$13B
– –
-110,696
Closed -$8.59M
ILMN icon
346
Illumina
ILMN
$31B
– –
-1,477
Closed -$261K
JCI icon
347
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$88.8B
– –
-397,743
Closed -$18.5M
MPB icon
348
Mid Penn Bancorp
MPB
$971M
– –
-10,000
Closed -$195K
NXPI icon
349
NXP Semiconductors
NXPI
$57.8B
– –
-3,255
Closed -$332K
OTEX icon
350
Open Text
OTEX
$6.15B
– –
-6,598
Closed -$214K
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CL
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WJWM
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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.