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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
+8.31%
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
$4.2B
AUM Growth
+$328M
Cap. Flow
+$33.7M
Cap. Flow %
0.8%
Top 10 Hldgs %
24.33%
Holding
372
New
13
Increased
69
Reduced
176
Closed
12

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$43.3M
2
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$11.3M
3
MDT icon
Medtronic
MDT
+$11.1M
4
T icon
AT&T
T
+$3.37M
5
RTN
Raytheon Company
RTN
+$2.85M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
BUD icon
AB InBev
BUD
+$6.48M
2
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$3.1M
3
PX
Praxair Inc
PX
+$2.81M
4
CF icon
CF Industries
CF
+$2.19M
5
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.07M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.65%
2 Technology 18.71%
3 Financials 12.26%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.7%
5 Industrials 9.16%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
IDXX icon
26
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$45.2M 1.08%
181,122
-3,458
-2% -$839K
PAYX icon
27
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$45.1M 1.07%
612,214
-5,654
-0.9% -$406K
WFC icon
28
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
$44.4M 1.06%
845,383
-54,371
-6% -$3.1M
ABBV icon
29
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$43.6M 1.04%
461,509
+1,299
+0.3% +$123K
CB icon
30
Chubb
CB
$135B
$42.8M 1.02%
+320,359
New +$43.3M
INTC icon
31
Intel
INTC
$460B
$42.1M 1%
890,873
+5,615
+0.6% +$273K
MTD icon
32
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$27.9B
$41.9M 1%
68,767
-290
-0.4% -$171K
PFE icon
33
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$41.4M 0.99%
989,174
-22,733
-2% -$875K
ADP icon
34
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$40.9M 0.97%
271,182
-1,322
-0.5% -$187K
META icon
35
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$40M 0.95%
243,501
-1,231
-0.5% -$223K
CVX icon
36
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$39.2M 0.94%
320,797
+2,264
+0.7% +$275K
EMLP icon
37
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$37.9M 0.9%
1,616,892
+15,698
+1% +$375K
PX
38
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$37.8M 0.9%
235,061
-17,492
-7% -$2.81M
TJX icon
39
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$36.2M 0.86%
645,436
-3,124
-0.5% -$160K
MRK icon
40
Merck
MRK
$321B
$34.8M 0.83%
514,552
-7,050
-1% -$449K
IRM icon
41
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$34.6M 0.83%
1,002,650
-5,754
-0.6% -$205K
VRTX icon
42
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$34M 0.81%
176,436
+3,845
+2% +$685K
AFL icon
43
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$33.3M 0.79%
707,225
-2,146
-0.3% -$98.2K
GOOGL icon
44
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$33M 0.79%
546,120
-7,080
-1% -$429K
SLB icon
45
SLB Ltd
SLB
$72.6B
$32.8M 0.78%
537,877
-2,833
-0.5% -$182K
AMP icon
46
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$30.9M 0.74%
209,448
+6,217
+3% +$890K
RMD icon
47
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$30.6M 0.73%
265,574
-2,570
-1% -$282K
SWK icon
48
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$29.4M 0.7%
201,005
+11,006
+6% +$1.57M
FTV icon
49
Fortive
FTV
$17.7B
$28.5M 0.68%
536,092
+1,757
+0.3% +$90.1K
COST icon
50
Costco
COST
$423B
$28M 0.67%
119,296
-356
-0.3% -$80.2K
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2018, Welch & Forbes held 372 positions worth $4.2B, up 8.5% from $3.87B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 24% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2018 filing shows 13 new, 69 increased, 176 reduced and 12 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Chubb: 320,359 shares worth $42.8M. The largest sale was AB InBev, an estimated $6.48M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 20% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2018 buy was Chubb: 320,359 shares worth $42.8M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to AT&T in Q3 2018, an estimated $3.37M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2018 reduction was AB InBev, cutting an estimated $6.48M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Johnson Controls International in Q3 2018, selling an estimated $981K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 24% of its $4.2B portfolio in Q3 2018.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 13 new positions and closed 12 in Q3 2018.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 8.5% quarter-over-quarter to $4.2B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2018, filed 17 Oct 2018.