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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
+5.7%
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
$3.12B
AUM Growth
+$121M
Cap. Flow
-$17.6M
Cap. Flow %
-0.56%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.39%
Holding
354
New
27
Increased
151
Reduced
111
Closed
25

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$23.2M
2
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$6.79M
3
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$5.17M
4
CF icon
CF Industries
CF
+$5.12M
5
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$4.33M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$21.5M
2
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$8.21M
3
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$7.93M
4
ORLY icon
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
+$5.53M
5
MDT icon
Medtronic
MDT
+$4.83M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.89%
2 Technology 14.15%
3 Industrials 12.16%
4 Financials 10.78%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.74%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
PFE icon
26
Pfizer
PFE
$143B
$34.4M 1.1%
1,122,284
+6,023
+0.5% +$189K
JPM icon
27
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$935B
$34.2M 1.1%
518,014
+11,559
+2% +$753K
GOOG icon
28
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.36T
$33.6M 1.08%
884,320
-598,740
-40% -$21.5M
AFL icon
29
Aflac
AFL
$64.9B
$30.7M 0.99%
1,024,944
-17,550
-2% -$546K
ABBV icon
30
AbbVie
ABBV
$443B
$30.5M 0.98%
515,599
-4,568
-0.9% -$263K
GILD icon
31
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$162B
$30.4M 0.98%
300,545
-1,014
-0.3% -$106K
INTC icon
32
Intel
INTC
$455B
$29.9M 0.96%
869,270
-239
-0% -$8.08K
MRK icon
33
Merck
MRK
$322B
$29.3M 0.94%
581,588
+7,954
+1% +$401K
ABT icon
34
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$29.3M 0.94%
652,590
+9,095
+1% +$402K
JCI icon
35
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$88.8B
$28.4M 0.91%
687,567
-11,511
-2% -$521K
IBM icon
36
IBM
IBM
$211B
$28.2M 0.91%
214,483
-8,039
-4% -$1.08M
STT icon
37
State Street
STT
$50.6B
$26.6M 0.85%
400,790
-22,887
-5% -$1.59M
BUD icon
38
AB InBev
BUD
$170B
$26.4M 0.85%
211,289
+3,344
+2% +$405K
CVX icon
39
Chevron
CVX
$392B
$26.1M 0.84%
290,319
-1,546
-0.5% -$139K
EMLP icon
40
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.11B
$25.9M 0.83%
1,283,380
+129,607
+11% +$2.82M
MTD icon
41
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$28.6B
$24.6M 0.79%
72,520
+465
+0.6% +$149K
CELG
42
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$24.5M 0.78%
204,227
+3,986
+2% +$461K
GOOGL icon
43
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.36T
$24.4M 0.78%
+627,520
New +$23.2M
VRTX icon
44
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$121B
$24.4M 0.78%
193,605
+299
+0.2% +$36.1K
ADP icon
45
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$106B
$23.8M 0.76%
280,531
+834
+0.3% +$71.8K
PX
46
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$23.7M 0.76%
231,682
-1,120
-0.5% -$122K
RTN
47
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$22.3M 0.72%
178,949
-6,606
-4% -$794K
ROP icon
48
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.8B
$21.6M 0.69%
113,949
+5,081
+5% +$931K
VZ icon
49
Verizon
VZ
$195B
$21.6M 0.69%
467,096
+3,612
+0.8% +$164K
TJX icon
50
TJX Companies
TJX
$174B
$21.6M 0.69%
608,534
+21,868
+4% +$779K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2015, Welch & Forbes held 354 positions worth $3.12B, up 4% from $3B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2015 filing shows 27 new, 151 increased, 111 reduced and 25 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Alphabet (Google) Class A: 627,520 shares worth $24.4M. The largest sale was Alphabet (Google) Class C, an estimated $21.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 21% of assets, up from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2015 buy was Alphabet (Google) Class A: 627,520 shares worth $24.4M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to NVIDIA in Q4 2015, an estimated $6.79M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2015 reduction was Alphabet (Google) Class C, cutting an estimated $21.5M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Check Point Software Technologies in Q4 2015, selling an estimated $8.21M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.12B portfolio in Q4 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 27 new positions and closed 25 in Q4 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.12B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2015, filed 27 Jan 2016.