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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
+3.18%
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
$3.34B
AUM Growth
+$450M
Cap. Flow
+$378M
Cap. Flow %
11.31%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.43%
Holding
361
New
58
Increased
102
Reduced
107
Closed
18

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$67.9M
2
ANSS
Ansys
ANSS
+$46M
3
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$42.6M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$31M
5
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$30.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$24.1M
2
JCI icon
Johnson Controls International
JCI
+$18.5M
3
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$8.59M
4
SRCL
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
+$8.41M
5
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$6.74M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.26%
2 Technology 15.17%
3 Industrials 10.96%
4 Financials 10.64%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.97%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
IRM icon
26
Iron Mountain
IRM
$36.4B
$37.8M 1.13%
1,162,589
-7,070
-0.6% -$235K
CVS icon
27
CVS Health
CVS
$133B
$37.6M 1.13%
476,980
-55,620
-10% -$4.5M
NVDA icon
28
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.86T
$35.8M 1.07%
13,430,520
-3,222,960
-19% -$6.74M
CVX icon
29
Chevron
CVX
$392B
$34.8M 1.04%
295,695
+7,985
+3% +$870K
INTC icon
30
Intel
INTC
$455B
$34M 1.02%
937,258
+18,000
+2% +$645K
PFE icon
31
Pfizer
PFE
$143B
$33.5M 1%
1,085,945
-879
-0.1% -$26.8K
MRK icon
32
Merck
MRK
$322B
$32.2M 0.96%
573,671
-1,856
-0.3% -$109K
ABBV icon
33
AbbVie
ABBV
$443B
$31.3M 0.94%
+500,199
New +$30.5M
MTD icon
34
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$28.6B
$30.7M 0.92%
73,445
-63
-0.1% -$26.2K
AFL icon
35
Aflac
AFL
$64.9B
$30.6M 0.92%
+880,390
New +$31M
IBM icon
36
IBM
IBM
$211B
$29.1M 0.87%
183,566
+1,299
+0.7% +$198K
ADP icon
37
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$106B
$28.6M 0.86%
+278,500
New +$26M
CELG
38
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$28M 0.84%
241,822
+13,584
+6% +$1.51M
TJX icon
39
TJX Companies
TJX
$174B
$27.9M 0.84%
743,324
+24,058
+3% +$909K
PX
40
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$26.6M 0.8%
226,938
-431
-0.2% -$51.2K
RTN
41
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$25.4M 0.76%
178,774
-2,207
-1% -$314K
GSK icon
42
GSK
GSK
$104B
$25.3M 0.76%
525,088
-8,026
-2% -$396K
VZ icon
43
Verizon
VZ
$195B
$25.2M 0.75%
472,549
+9,113
+2% +$455K
ABT icon
44
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$24.9M 0.74%
+647,023
New +$25.7M
SVC
45
Service Properties Trust
SVC
$1.04B
$24.6M 0.74%
155,218
+3,292
+2% +$477K
KYN icon
46
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund
KYN
$2.47B
$24.5M 0.73%
1,250,374
-72
-0% -$1.39K
ROP icon
47
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.8B
$24.5M 0.73%
133,697
+10,596
+9% +$1.9M
GOOGL icon
48
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.36T
$23.9M 0.71%
+602,320
New +$24.1M
BUD icon
49
AB InBev
BUD
$170B
$23.8M 0.71%
+225,285
New +$25.3M
COF icon
50
Capital One
COF
$128B
$23.6M 0.71%
270,696
+11,490
+4% +$926K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, Welch & Forbes held 361 positions worth $3.34B, up 16% from $2.89B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes deployed $378M of net new capital in Q4 2016, opening 58 new positions and adding to 102 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, down from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Stericycle Inc, an estimated $8.41M trimmed.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2016 buy was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Hain Celestial in Q4 2016, an estimated $8.53M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was Stericycle Inc, cutting an estimated $8.41M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Chubb in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $24.1M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.34B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 58 new positions and closed 18 in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 16% quarter-over-quarter to $3.34B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 7 Feb 2017.