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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
+2.91%
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
$3.58B
AUM Growth
+$84.3M
Cap. Flow
+$8.29M
Cap. Flow %
0.23%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.29%
Holding
356
New
9
Increased
110
Reduced
176
Closed
12

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$4.36M
2
HD icon
Home Depot
HD
+$4.14M
3
MIDD icon
Middleby
MIDD
+$2.17M
4
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$2.12M
5
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.02M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ORLY icon
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
+$7.96M
2
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.93M
3
TSCO icon
Tractor Supply
TSCO
+$2.6M
4
VZ icon
Verizon
VZ
+$2.24M
5
IBM icon
IBM
IBM
+$2.21M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.31%
2 Technology 15.31%
3 Financials 11.26%
4 Industrials 11.02%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.17%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
PAYX icon
26
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$39.7M 1.11%
697,583
-22,193
-3% -$1.3M
EMLP icon
27
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$39.4M 1.1%
1,604,493
-349
-0% -$8.72K
CVS icon
28
CVS Health
CVS
$134B
$38.4M 1.07%
476,684
+4,557
+1% +$360K
IRM icon
29
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$37.9M 1.06%
1,102,953
-19,404
-2% -$679K
ABBV icon
30
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$35.1M 0.98%
483,418
-15,521
-3% -$1.04M
MRK icon
31
Merck
MRK
$321B
$34.8M 0.97%
568,779
-8,032
-1% -$489K
PFE icon
32
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$34M 0.95%
1,068,265
-16,423
-2% -$518K
CELG
33
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$33.6M 0.94%
258,473
+8,145
+3% +$998K
ROP icon
34
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.5B
$33M 0.92%
142,350
+2,546
+2% +$564K
INTC icon
35
Intel
INTC
$460B
$31.6M 0.88%
935,940
-1,969
-0.2% -$70.5K
IDXX icon
36
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$31.4M 0.88%
194,399
+3,701
+2% +$601K
CVX icon
37
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$31.2M 0.87%
299,051
-2,809
-0.9% -$298K
PX
38
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$30.7M 0.86%
231,701
+6,202
+3% +$795K
META icon
39
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$30.7M 0.86%
203,154
+11,376
+6% +$1.69M
ABT icon
40
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$30.6M 0.86%
630,101
-30,370
-5% -$1.37M
RTN
41
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$29.7M 0.83%
184,100
+7,038
+4% +$1.12M
ADP icon
42
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$28.6M 0.8%
278,782
+1,704
+0.6% +$172K
GSK icon
43
GSK
GSK
$104B
$28.3M 0.79%
525,536
-439
-0.1% -$23.4K
AFL icon
44
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$28.1M 0.79%
723,752
+2,002
+0.3% +$75.2K
GOOGL icon
45
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$27.6M 0.77%
594,800
-340
-0.1% -$15.9K
STT icon
46
State Street
STT
$50.2B
$27.3M 0.76%
304,355
-6,171
-2% -$513K
CMCSA icon
47
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$26.9M 0.75%
690,920
+53,724
+8% +$2.12M
TJX icon
48
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$26.9M 0.75%
744,926
-458
-0.1% -$17.3K
BUD icon
49
AB InBev
BUD
$166B
$24.7M 0.69%
223,970
+2,070
+0.9% +$237K
IBM icon
50
IBM
IBM
$209B
$24.3M 0.68%
164,947
-14,664
-8% -$2.21M
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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, Welch & Forbes held 356 positions worth $3.58B, up 2.4% from $3.49B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2017 filing shows 9 new, 110 increased, 176 reduced and 12 closed positions. Its largest new stake was iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF: 29,265 shares worth $1.43M. The largest sale was O'Reilly Automotive, an estimated $7.96M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2017 buy was iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF: 29,265 shares worth $1.43M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to JPMorgan Chase in Q2 2017, an estimated $4.36M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was O'Reilly Automotive, cutting an estimated $7.96M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Adient in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $554K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.58B portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 9 new positions and closed 12 in Q2 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 2.4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.58B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 31 Jul 2017.