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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
+2.61%
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
$3.21B
AUM Growth
+$94.5M
Cap. Flow
+$32.9M
Cap. Flow %
1.02%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.62%
Holding
365
New
35
Increased
98
Reduced
165
Closed
22

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$13.7M
2
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$9.07M
3
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$8.39M
4
GSK icon
GSK
GSK
+$6.88M
5
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
+$6.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CTCT
CONSTANT CONTACT, INC COM
CTCT
+$5.6M
2
STT icon
State Street
STT
+$5.19M
3
NVS icon
Novartis
NVS
+$3.76M
4
CB
CHUBB CORPORATION
CB
+$3.58M
5
EMR icon
Emerson Electric
EMR
+$3.15M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.8%
2 Technology 14.57%
3 Industrials 12.06%
4 Financials 10.04%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.93%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
GOOG icon
26
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.36T
$36.3M 1.13%
974,740
+90,420
+10% +$3.24M
AFL icon
27
Aflac
AFL
$64.9B
$31.9M 0.99%
1,008,860
-16,084
-2% -$478K
PFE icon
28
Pfizer
PFE
$143B
$30.9M 0.96%
1,100,322
-21,962
-2% -$627K
JPM icon
29
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$935B
$30.5M 0.95%
515,705
-2,309
-0.4% -$135K
MRK icon
30
Merck
MRK
$322B
$29.4M 0.91%
581,399
-189
-0% -$9.26K
EMLP icon
31
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.11B
$29.3M 0.91%
1,340,104
+56,724
+4% +$1.15M
INTC icon
32
Intel
INTC
$455B
$29.2M 0.91%
902,354
+33,084
+4% +$1.02M
ABBV icon
33
AbbVie
ABBV
$443B
$29.1M 0.91%
508,886
-6,713
-1% -$374K
IBM icon
34
IBM
IBM
$211B
$29M 0.9%
200,237
-14,246
-7% -$1.82M
GSK icon
35
GSK
GSK
$104B
$27.2M 0.85%
536,486
+138,080
+35% +$6.88M
ABT icon
36
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$27.2M 0.85%
649,789
-2,801
-0.4% -$111K
CVX icon
37
Chevron
CVX
$392B
$27M 0.84%
283,014
-7,305
-3% -$639K
TJX icon
38
TJX Companies
TJX
$174B
$26.6M 0.83%
680,152
+71,618
+12% +$2.6M
GILD icon
39
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$162B
$26.4M 0.82%
287,748
-12,797
-4% -$1.15M
PX
40
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$26.3M 0.82%
229,995
-1,687
-0.7% -$176K
BUD icon
41
AB InBev
BUD
$170B
$26.2M 0.82%
210,229
-1,060
-0.5% -$126K
JCI icon
42
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$88.8B
$26M 0.81%
636,953
-50,614
-7% -$1.93M
VZ icon
43
Verizon
VZ
$195B
$25.6M 0.8%
473,619
+6,523
+1% +$326K
MTD icon
44
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$28.6B
$25.1M 0.78%
72,815
+295
+0.4% +$94.9K
ADP icon
45
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$106B
$25.1M 0.78%
279,706
-825
-0.3% -$69.1K
GOOGL icon
46
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.36T
$23.9M 0.74%
626,760
-760
-0.1% -$28K
KO icon
47
Coca-Cola
KO
$377B
$22.6M 0.7%
487,882
+79
+0% +$3.44K
CELG
48
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$22.4M 0.7%
224,021
+19,794
+10% +$2.04M
RTN
49
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$22.3M 0.69%
181,487
+2,538
+1% +$313K
LLTC
50
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
$22.1M 0.69%
495,143
-1,707
-0.3% -$72.2K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2016, Welch & Forbes held 365 positions worth $3.21B, up 3% from $3.12B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2016 filing shows 35 new, 98 increased, 165 reduced and 22 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Chubb: 119,456 shares worth $14.2M. The largest sale was CONSTANT CONTACT, INC COM, an estimated $5.6M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2016 buy was Chubb: 119,456 shares worth $14.2M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to GSK in Q1 2016, an estimated $6.88M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2016 reduction was State Street, cutting an estimated $5.19M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited CONSTANT CONTACT, INC COM in Q1 2016, selling an estimated $5.6M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $3.21B portfolio in Q1 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 35 new positions and closed 22 in Q1 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 3% quarter-over-quarter to $3.21B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2016, filed 5 May 2016.