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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
+2.92%
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
$4.19B
AUM Growth
+$82.5M
Cap. Flow
-$16M
Cap. Flow %
-0.38%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.27%
Holding
357
New
12
Increased
103
Reduced
137
Closed
9

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$5.5M
2
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$4.23M
3
IWM icon
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
+$2.72M
4
DD icon
DuPont de Nemours
DD
+$1.81M
5
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$1.4M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MIDD icon
Middleby
MIDD
+$5.77M
2
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$4.37M
3
STT icon
State Street
STT
+$3.95M
4
VSS icon
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund
VSS
+$2.54M
5
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$2.38M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.8%
2 Technology 19.23%
3 Financials 12.25%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.23%
5 Consumer Staples 8.8%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
RTN
26
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$43.8M 1.04%
223,082
-7,186
-3% -$1.33M
MDY icon
27
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$43.4M 1.03%
123,032
+62
+0.1% +$21.7K
ADP icon
28
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$43M 1.03%
266,443
+291
+0.1% +$48.1K
RMD icon
29
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$40.8M 0.97%
301,717
-879
-0.3% -$115K
EMLP icon
30
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$40.6M 0.97%
1,585,785
-7,925
-0.5% -$200K
INTC icon
31
Intel
INTC
$460B
$38.9M 0.93%
754,369
-88,872
-11% -$4.37M
CMCSA icon
32
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$38.5M 0.92%
853,041
+31,544
+4% +$1.4M
MRK icon
33
Merck
MRK
$321B
$38M 0.91%
472,516
-2,821
-0.6% -$226K
CVX icon
34
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$37.7M 0.9%
317,636
+3,084
+1% +$375K
META icon
35
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$35.6M 0.85%
199,766
-2,359
-1% -$448K
AFL icon
36
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$35.2M 0.84%
672,049
-3,178
-0.5% -$168K
TJX icon
37
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$34.9M 0.83%
625,428
+4,433
+0.7% +$241K
NVDA icon
38
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.72T
$34.8M 0.83%
7,999,520
-8,480
-0.1% -$35.7K
WFC icon
39
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
$33.2M 0.79%
658,424
-50,607
-7% -$2.38M
COST icon
40
Costco
COST
$423B
$32.4M 0.77%
112,364
+297
+0.3% +$83.6K
MMM icon
41
3M
MMM
$90.8B
$32.1M 0.77%
233,533
-5,162
-2% -$722K
ABBV icon
42
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$32M 0.76%
422,465
-16,183
-4% -$1.11M
PFE icon
43
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$31.8M 0.76%
933,823
-14,314
-2% -$521K
AMP icon
44
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$31.6M 0.75%
214,886
+194
+0.1% +$27.2K
IRM icon
45
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$30.7M 0.73%
946,712
-61
-0% -$1.92K
CHD icon
46
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$30M 0.72%
399,186
+6,650
+2% +$504K
VRTX icon
47
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$29.9M 0.71%
176,514
+587
+0.3% +$104K
GOOGL icon
48
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$29M 0.69%
475,240
-10,740
-2% -$636K
GSK icon
49
GSK
GSK
$104B
$27.9M 0.66%
522,027
-721
-0.1% -$37.1K
SWK icon
50
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$27.5M 0.66%
190,211
-2,291
-1% -$324K
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2019, Welch & Forbes held 357 positions worth $4.19B, up 2% from $4.11B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 26% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2019 filing shows 12 new, 103 increased, 137 reduced and 9 closed positions. Its largest new stake was DuPont de Nemours: 20,585 shares worth $1.84M. The largest sale was Middleby, an estimated $5.77M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2019 buy was DuPont de Nemours: 20,585 shares worth $1.84M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Microsoft in Q3 2019, an estimated $5.5M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2019 reduction was Middleby, cutting an estimated $5.77M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Anadarko Petroleum in Q3 2019, selling an estimated $2.09M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 26% of its $4.19B portfolio in Q3 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 12 new positions and closed 9 in Q3 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 2% quarter-over-quarter to $4.19B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2019, filed 11 Oct 2019.