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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
+14.79%
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
$3.99B
AUM Growth
+$439M
Cap. Flow
-$55.3M
Cap. Flow %
-1.39%
Top 10 Hldgs %
25.31%
Holding
354
New
15
Increased
69
Reduced
174
Closed
7

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
LIN icon
Linde
LIN
+$13.5M
2
BALL icon
Ball Corp
BALL
+$9.23M
3
WSO icon
Watsco Inc
WSO
+$4.23M
4
ADBE icon
Adobe
ADBE
+$3.68M
5
HAIN icon
Hain Celestial
HAIN
+$2.39M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CELG
Celgene Corp
CELG
+$8.28M
2
T icon
AT&T
T
+$3.9M
3
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$3.42M
4
V icon
Visa
V
+$3.05M
5
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$2.91M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.55%
2 Technology 18.81%
3 Financials 11.93%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.46%
5 Industrials 8.91%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
MMM icon
26
3M
MMM
$90.8B
$44.4M 1.11%
255,545
-10,059
-4% -$1.69M
RTN
27
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$44M 1.1%
241,400
-8,353
-3% -$1.46M
ADP icon
28
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$42.8M 1.07%
267,675
-1,452
-0.5% -$211K
MDY icon
29
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$42M 1.05%
121,563
-616
-0.5% -$207K
CVX icon
30
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$39.3M 0.99%
319,349
-3,985
-1% -$471K
EMLP icon
31
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$38.8M 0.97%
1,568,079
-12,384
-0.8% -$293K
PFE icon
32
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$38.6M 0.97%
958,168
-17,632
-2% -$706K
IDXX icon
33
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$38.3M 0.96%
171,192
-8,383
-5% -$1.73M
MRK icon
34
Merck
MRK
$321B
$38.2M 0.96%
481,824
-20,200
-4% -$1.51M
ABBV icon
35
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$36.8M 0.92%
456,743
-22
-0% -$1.8K
NVDA icon
36
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.72T
$36.4M 0.91%
8,109,520
-193,920
-2% -$753K
WFC icon
37
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
$36M 0.9%
745,231
-69,487
-9% -$3.42M
IRM icon
38
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$34.7M 0.87%
978,899
-3,864
-0.4% -$136K
META icon
39
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$34.2M 0.86%
204,929
-10,305
-5% -$1.64M
AFL icon
40
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$34.1M 0.85%
681,171
-22,906
-3% -$1.1M
TJX icon
41
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$33.4M 0.84%
628,626
-18,271
-3% -$911K
CMCSA icon
42
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$32.2M 0.81%
806,614
+44,060
+6% +$1.66M
VRTX icon
43
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$32.1M 0.81%
174,450
-1,600
-0.9% -$296K
RMD icon
44
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$31.6M 0.79%
304,235
+1,756
+0.6% +$181K
GOOGL icon
45
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$28.9M 0.73%
491,920
-51,540
-9% -$2.91M
COST icon
46
Costco
COST
$423B
$28M 0.7%
115,834
-3,043
-3% -$666K
CHD icon
47
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$27.5M 0.69%
386,528
-17,214
-4% -$1.13M
FTV icon
48
Fortive
FTV
$17.7B
$27.4M 0.69%
517,936
-3,367
-0.6% -$164K
GSK icon
49
GSK
GSK
$104B
$27.4M 0.69%
524,204
-83
-0% -$4.15K
AMP icon
50
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$27.4M 0.69%
213,659
+5,304
+3% +$658K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2019, Welch & Forbes held 354 positions worth $3.99B, up 12% from $3.55B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 25% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2019 filing shows 15 new, 69 increased, 174 reduced and 7 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Linde: 81,203 shares worth $14.3M. The largest sale was Celgene Corp, an estimated $8.28M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2019 buy was Linde: 81,203 shares worth $14.3M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Watsco Inc in Q1 2019, an estimated $4.23M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2019 reduction was Celgene Corp, cutting an estimated $8.28M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Dun & Bradstreet in Q1 2019, selling an estimated $1.42M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 25% of its $3.99B portfolio in Q1 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 15 new positions and closed 7 in Q1 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 12% quarter-over-quarter to $3.99B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2019, filed 29 Apr 2019.