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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
+3.55%
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
$3.28B
AUM Growth
+$70.4M
Cap. Flow
-$20.4M
Cap. Flow %
-0.62%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.93%
Holding
360
New
17
Increased
105
Reduced
134
Closed
23

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
CHTR icon
Charter Communications
CHTR
+$5.24M
2
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$2.36M
3
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
+$2.23M
4
EMLP icon
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
+$2.15M
5
FISV
Fiserv Inc
FISV
+$1.8M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$14.2M
2
TWC
TIME WARNER CABLE INC NEW COM STK
TWC
+$12M
3
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$9.87M
4
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$7.85M
5
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$3.72M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 21.56%
2 Technology 14.01%
3 Industrials 11.9%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.54%
5 Consumer Staples 9.32%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
PFE icon
26
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$36.7M 1.12%
1,100,012
-310
-0% -$9.89K
GOOG icon
27
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.08T
$36M 1.1%
1,040,340
+65,600
+7% +$2.36M
EMLP icon
28
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$35.4M 1.08%
1,433,211
+93,107
+7% +$2.15M
JPM icon
29
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$933B
$33.1M 1.01%
532,442
+16,737
+3% +$1.05M
AFL icon
30
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$32.5M 0.99%
900,032
-108,828
-11% -$3.72M
MRK icon
31
Merck
MRK
$321B
$31.8M 0.97%
578,622
-2,777
-0.5% -$148K
ABBV icon
32
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$31.3M 0.95%
505,801
-3,085
-0.6% -$188K
INTC icon
33
Intel
INTC
$460B
$30.3M 0.92%
924,257
+21,903
+2% +$686K
CVX icon
34
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$30M 0.91%
285,991
+2,977
+1% +$299K
JCI icon
35
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$87.8B
$29.8M 0.91%
642,287
+5,334
+0.8% +$235K
GSK icon
36
GSK
GSK
$104B
$28.9M 0.88%
533,114
-3,372
-0.6% -$178K
BUD icon
37
AB InBev
BUD
$166B
$27.7M 0.84%
210,240
+11
+0% +$1.39K
TJX icon
38
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$27.5M 0.84%
712,286
+32,134
+5% +$1.23M
IBM icon
39
IBM
IBM
$209B
$27.3M 0.83%
188,397
-11,840
-6% -$1.69M
MTD icon
40
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$27.9B
$26.9M 0.82%
73,679
+864
+1% +$316K
VZ icon
41
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$26.6M 0.81%
476,281
+2,662
+0.6% +$138K
ADP icon
42
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$25.7M 0.78%
279,629
-77
-0% -$6.8K
ABT icon
43
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$25.6M 0.78%
652,227
+2,438
+0.4% +$97K
KYN icon
44
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund
KYN
$2.45B
$25.6M 0.78%
1,258,848
+13,621
+1% +$246K
PX
45
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$25.6M 0.78%
227,470
-2,525
-1% -$286K
RTN
46
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$25M 0.76%
183,805
+2,318
+1% +$302K
GILD icon
47
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$163B
$24.2M 0.74%
290,486
+2,738
+1% +$243K
LLTC
48
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
$23M 0.7%
494,333
-810
-0.2% -$37K
CELG
49
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$22.8M 0.69%
230,725
+6,704
+3% +$693K
SVC
50
Service Properties Trust
SVC
$1.04B
$22.4M 0.68%
155,797
+5,707
+4% +$752K
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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2016, Welch & Forbes held 360 positions worth $3.28B, up 2.2% from $3.21B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2016 filing shows 17 new, 105 increased, 134 reduced and 23 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Charter Communications: 24,369 shares worth $5.57M. The largest sale was Chubb, an estimated $14.2M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 22% of assets, up from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2016 buy was Charter Communications: 24,369 shares worth $5.57M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Alphabet (Google) Class C in Q2 2016, an estimated $2.36M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2016 reduction was Aflac, cutting an estimated $3.72M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Chubb in Q2 2016, selling an estimated $14.2M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $3.28B portfolio in Q2 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 17 new positions and closed 23 in Q2 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 2.2% quarter-over-quarter to $3.28B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2016, filed 2 Aug 2016.