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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
+5.66%
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
$3.75B
AUM Growth
-$52.5M
Cap. Flow
-$224M
Cap. Flow %
-5.98%
Top 10 Hldgs %
23.33%
Holding
360
New
28
Increased
96
Reduced
143
Closed
22

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
EACQ
Easterly Acquisition Corp
EACQ
+$9.98M
2
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
+$4.37M
3
PX
Praxair Inc
PX
+$3.81M
4
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$2.93M
5
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.65M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$43M
2
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$38.8M
3
ABT icon
Abbott
ABT
+$33.4M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$29.1M
5
T icon
AT&T
T
+$18.4M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 17.17%
2 Technology 16.95%
3 Financials 11.91%
4 Industrials 10.71%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AKAM icon
326
Akamai
AKAM
$16.7B
$203K 0.01%
+3,100
New +$172K
GWW icon
327
W.W. Grainger
GWW
$65.3B
$203K 0.01%
+862
New +$178K
KN icon
328
Knowles
KN
$3.13B
$203K 0.01%
13,817
-239
-2% -$3.73K
SNI
329
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$203K 0.01%
2,375
– –
MMP
330
DELISTED
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
MMP
$202K 0.01%
2,850
– –
RSG icon
331
Republic Services
RSG
$64.8B
$201K 0.01%
+2,960
New +$191K
NPV icon
332
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund
NPV
$211M
$192K 0.01%
15,007
– –
PHYS icon
333
Sprott Physical Gold
PHYS
$14.6B
$183K ﹤0.01%
17,264
– –
FORM icon
334
FormFactor
FORM
$8.28B
$157K ﹤0.01%
10,000
– –
EXG icon
335
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
EXG
$2.99B
$115K ﹤0.01%
12,227
+727
+6% +$6.79K
IBN icon
336
ICICI Bank
IBN
$108B
$107K ﹤0.01%
11,000
-1,100
-9% -$10.1K
NVIV
337
DELISTED
InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp
NVIV
$78K ﹤0.01%
5
-14
-74% -$324K
PLUG icon
338
Plug Power
PLUG
$2.87B
$24K ﹤0.01%
10,250
– –
ABBV icon
339
AbbVie
ABBV
$443B
– –
-483,973
Closed -$43M
ABT icon
340
Abbott
ABT
$183B
– –
-625,928
Closed -$33.4M
ACN icon
341
Accenture
ACN
$102B
– –
-3,298
Closed -$446K
ADBE icon
342
Adobe
ADBE
$99.5B
– –
-9,794
Closed -$1.46M
AFL icon
343
Aflac
AFL
$64.9B
– –
-715,176
Closed -$29.1M
AVGO icon
344
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.85T
– –
-57,210
Closed -$1.39M
CB icon
345
Chubb
CB
$135B
– –
-272,408
Closed -$38.8M
CHKP icon
346
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$13B
– –
-116,717
Closed -$13.3M
ICLR icon
347
Icon
ICLR
$12.6B
– –
-24,345
Closed -$2.77M
JBGS
348
JBG SMITH
JBGS
$818M
– –
-6,065
Closed -$207K
JCI icon
349
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$88.8B
– –
-156,681
Closed -$6.31M
MDT icon
350
Medtronic
MDT
$109B
– –
-119,395
Closed -$9.29M
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2017, Welch & Forbes held 360 positions worth $3.75B, down 1.4% from $3.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes withdrew a net $224M in Q4 2017, closing 22 positions and reducing 143 holdings. Its most notable exit was AbbVie, an estimated $43M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 17% of assets, down from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

Against the trend, Welch & Forbes opened a new position in Easterly Acquisition Corp worth $10M.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2017 buy was Easterly Acquisition Corp: 994,036 shares worth $10M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Praxair Inc in Q4 2017, an estimated $3.81M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2017 reduction was GE Aerospace, cutting an estimated $8.07M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited AbbVie in Q4 2017, selling an estimated $43M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $3.75B portfolio in Q4 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 28 new positions and closed 22 in Q4 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 1.4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.75B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2017, filed 26 Jan 2018.