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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
-1.2%
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
$3.88B
AUM Growth
+$134M
Cap. Flow
+$219M
Cap. Flow %
5.65%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.53%
Holding
368
New
30
Increased
108
Reduced
154
Closed
12

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$51M
2
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$44M
3
ABT icon
Abbott
ABT
+$37.6M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$31M
5
T icon
AT&T
T
+$16.9M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
EACQ
Easterly Acquisition Corp
EACQ
+$10M
2
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$6.32M
3
SRCL
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
+$4.84M
4
HEDJ icon
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
HEDJ
+$4.74M
5
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$4.59M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.2%
2 Technology 17.48%
3 Financials 12.88%
4 Industrials 9.97%
5 Consumer Discretionary 8.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ROP icon
26
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.5B
$43.2M 1.11%
153,755
+5,688
+4% +$1.57M
MDY icon
27
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$42.5M 1.09%
124,288
-711
-0.6% -$247K
CB icon
28
Chubb
CB
$135B
$41.6M 1.07%
+304,122
New +$44M
MTD icon
29
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$27.9B
$40.8M 1.05%
71,019
+1,048
+1% +$659K
PAYX icon
30
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$39.5M 1.02%
641,122
-22,853
-3% -$1.51M
SLB icon
31
SLB Ltd
SLB
$72.6B
$37.5M 0.97%
578,327
+2,410
+0.4% +$168K
ABT icon
32
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$37.4M 0.96%
+623,990
New +$37.6M
PX
33
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$37.3M 0.96%
258,595
-282
-0.1% -$43.9K
META icon
34
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$37.2M 0.96%
232,895
+4,029
+2% +$723K
CVX icon
35
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$36.3M 0.93%
318,151
+4,464
+1% +$534K
EMLP icon
36
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$35.7M 0.92%
1,628,642
-100,286
-6% -$2.35M
IDXX icon
37
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$35.7M 0.92%
186,358
-2,654
-1% -$490K
PFE icon
38
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$34.5M 0.89%
1,025,905
-3,047
-0.3% -$105K
IRM icon
39
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$33.9M 0.87%
1,030,496
-9,400
-0.9% -$317K
ADP icon
40
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$31.5M 0.81%
277,922
+3,608
+1% +$421K
AFL icon
41
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$30.6M 0.79%
+699,879
New +$31M
AMP icon
42
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$29.8M 0.77%
201,617
+10,011
+5% +$1.63M
GOOGL icon
43
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$29M 0.75%
560,040
-9,360
-2% -$519K
BKNG icon
44
Booking.com
BKNG
$150B
$28.9M 0.75%
347,400
+4,825
+1% +$379K
VRTX icon
45
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$28.9M 0.74%
177,041
-1,212
-0.7% -$198K
STT icon
46
State Street
STT
$50.2B
$28.6M 0.74%
287,139
-10,865
-4% -$1.14M
CMCSA icon
47
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$28.4M 0.73%
830,440
+28,843
+4% +$1.12M
MRK icon
48
Merck
MRK
$321B
$27.7M 0.71%
532,965
+1,784
+0.3% +$96.3K
TJX icon
49
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$26.4M 0.68%
647,184
+8,898
+1% +$352K
RMD icon
50
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$26.4M 0.68%
267,832
-2,454
-0.9% -$232K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, Welch & Forbes held 368 positions worth $3.88B, up 3.6% from $3.75B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes deployed $219M of net new capital in Q1 2018, opening 30 new positions and adding to 108 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was AbbVie: 464,710 shares worth $44M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was CVS Health, an estimated $6.32M trimmed.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2018 buy was AbbVie: 464,710 shares worth $44M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Johnson & Johnson in Q1 2018, an estimated $8.9M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was CVS Health, cutting an estimated $6.32M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Easterly Acquisition Corp in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $10M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $3.88B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 30 new positions and closed 12 in Q1 2018.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 3.6% quarter-over-quarter to $3.88B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 12 Apr 2018.