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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
+10.31%
1 Year Est. Return
+17.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.71%
5 Year Est. Return
+105.59%
10 Year Est. Return
+384.93%
AUM
$8.23B
AUM Growth
+$494M
Cap. Flow
-$86.9M
Cap. Flow %
-1.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
37.88%
Holding
396
New
28
Increased
117
Reduced
170
Closed
8

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$9.01M
2
AVGO icon
Broadcom
AVGO
+$8.65M
3
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$5.2M
4
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$5M
5
LLY icon
Eli Lilly
LLY
+$4.57M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 25.54%
2 Healthcare 16.05%
3 Financials 12%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.33%
5 Industrials 9.6%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
WSO icon
26
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$87.2M 1.06%
209,280
-525
-0.3% -$211K
ABBV icon
27
AbbVie
ABBV
$451B
$87.1M 1.06%
345,978
+2,363
+0.7% +$508K
META icon
28
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.47T
$83.8M 1.02%
148,710
+14,741
+11% +$9.01M
MCD icon
29
McDonald's
MCD
$188B
$80.8M 0.98%
298,932
-5,057
-2% -$1.45M
IRM icon
30
Iron Mountain
IRM
$35B
$80.8M 0.98%
639,322
-12,746
-2% -$1.56M
AMP icon
31
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$49.4B
$78.5M 0.95%
171,132
-2,329
-1% -$1.07M
CSCO icon
32
Cisco
CSCO
$433B
$73.9M 0.9%
629,560
-3,987
-0.6% -$417K
MTD icon
33
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$28B
$72.9M 0.89%
57,090
-1,717
-3% -$2.07M
VEA icon
34
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$238B
$67.7M 0.82%
950,233
-20,178
-2% -$1.41M
AJG icon
35
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$68.6B
$66.5M 0.81%
289,883
-3,405
-1% -$723K
CVX icon
36
Chevron
CVX
$396B
$66.1M 0.8%
398,635
-1,901
-0.5% -$354K
RMD icon
37
ResMed
RMD
$34.7B
$62.8M 0.76%
322,033
-4,374
-1% -$907K
NEE icon
38
NextEra Energy
NEE
$171B
$61.2M 0.74%
696,876
+21,488
+3% +$1.94M
WMT icon
39
Walmart Inc
WMT
$820B
$59.6M 0.72%
526,233
+3,135
+0.6% +$389K
BRK.B icon
40
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.08T
$57.9M 0.7%
115,656
-1,880
-2% -$904K
LECO icon
41
Lincoln Electric
LECO
$15.5B
$55.5M 0.67%
208,918
-970
-0.5% -$254K
BAC icon
42
Bank of America
BAC
$436B
$54.5M 0.66%
957,307
-19,288
-2% -$1.03M
PEP icon
43
PepsiCo
PEP
$193B
$54.5M 0.66%
402,525
-13,452
-3% -$2.01M
LIN icon
44
Linde
LIN
$226B
$54M 0.66%
104,115
-1,155
-1% -$585K
ABT icon
45
Abbott
ABT
$195B
$54M 0.66%
595,129
-34,707
-6% -$3.17M
CSL icon
46
Carlisle Companies
CSL
$14.2B
$51.8M 0.63%
142,765
+2,299
+2% +$805K
ADP icon
47
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$114B
$50M 0.61%
223,090
-870
-0.4% -$186K
ROP icon
48
Roper Technologies
ROP
$42.2B
$47.5M 0.58%
140,495
-39,625
-22% -$13.5M
BKNG icon
49
Booking.com
BKNG
$155B
$46.9M 0.57%
263,055
-8,695
-3% -$1.48M
XYL icon
50
Xylem
XYL
$26B
$46.8M 0.57%
395,967
-17,888
-4% -$2.06M

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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2026, Welch & Forbes held 396 positions worth $8.23B, up 6.4% from $7.73B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 38% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 filing shows 28 new, 117 increased, 170 reduced and 8 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M. The largest sale was Roper Technologies, an estimated $13.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 26% of assets, up from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2026 buy was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q2 2026, an estimated $9.01M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2026 reduction was Roper Technologies, cutting an estimated $13.5M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited BHP in Q2 2026, selling an estimated $263K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 38% of its $8.23B portfolio in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 28 new positions and closed 8 in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 6.4% quarter-over-quarter to $8.23B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026.