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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
+7.91%
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
$4.49B
AUM Growth
+$304M
Cap. Flow
+$3.28M
Cap. Flow %
0.07%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.84%
Holding
361
New
13
Increased
108
Reduced
132
Closed
10

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BALL icon
Ball Corp
BALL
+$12.3M
2
WSO icon
Watsco Inc
WSO
+$8.32M
3
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$4.06M
4
AJG icon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
+$3.06M
5
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$3.04M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
KYN icon
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund
KYN
+$3.74M
2
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$3.04M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$2.64M
4
RTN
Raytheon Company
RTN
+$2.46M
5
TIF
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
+$2.45M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 20.32%
2 Healthcare 19.93%
3 Financials 12.45%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.9%
5 Industrials 8.54%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
RTN
26
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$46.5M 1.03%
211,422
-11,660
-5% -$2.46M
RMD icon
27
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$46.4M 1.03%
299,449
-2,268
-0.8% -$327K
MDY icon
28
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$45.7M 1.02%
121,794
-1,238
-1% -$447K
ADP icon
29
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$45.6M 1.02%
267,586
+1,143
+0.4% +$189K
INTC icon
30
Intel
INTC
$460B
$44.8M 1%
747,864
-6,505
-0.9% -$364K
MRK icon
31
Merck
MRK
$321B
$41.1M 0.92%
474,076
+1,560
+0.3% +$128K
META icon
32
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$41M 0.91%
199,713
-53
-0% -$10.3K
XOM icon
33
ExxonMobil
XOM
$651B
$40.9M 0.91%
585,887
-43,932
-7% -$3.04M
CMCSA icon
34
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$40.3M 0.9%
897,184
+44,143
+5% +$1.96M
EMLP icon
35
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$39.9M 0.89%
1,564,608
-21,177
-1% -$527K
TJX icon
36
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$39.4M 0.88%
645,342
+19,914
+3% +$1.18M
VRTX icon
37
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$38.3M 0.85%
174,868
-1,646
-0.9% -$333K
CVX icon
38
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$38M 0.85%
315,421
-2,215
-0.7% -$261K
ABBV icon
39
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$37.1M 0.83%
418,882
-3,583
-0.8% -$297K
AMP icon
40
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$35.7M 0.8%
214,563
-323
-0.2% -$50.1K
AFL icon
41
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$35.4M 0.79%
669,671
-2,378
-0.4% -$126K
PFE icon
42
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$34.3M 0.76%
921,698
-12,125
-1% -$432K
MMM icon
43
3M
MMM
$90.8B
$34.2M 0.76%
231,675
-1,858
-0.8% -$260K
WFC icon
44
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
$33.1M 0.74%
615,115
-43,309
-7% -$2.27M
COST icon
45
Costco
COST
$423B
$32.8M 0.73%
111,737
-627
-0.6% -$186K
SWK icon
46
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$31.8M 0.71%
192,155
+1,944
+1% +$301K
GOOGL icon
47
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$31.8M 0.71%
474,720
-520
-0.1% -$33.5K
IRM icon
48
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$30.9M 0.69%
970,465
+23,753
+3% +$779K
BAC icon
49
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$30.7M 0.68%
872,106
+12,901
+2% +$417K
GSK icon
50
GSK
GSK
$104B
$30.7M 0.68%
521,926
-101
-0% -$5.62K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2019, Welch & Forbes held 361 positions worth $4.49B, up 7.3% from $4.19B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 27% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2019 filing shows 13 new, 108 increased, 132 reduced and 10 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Goldman Sachs: 1,619 shares worth $372K. The largest sale was Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, an estimated $3.74M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2019 buy was Goldman Sachs: 1,619 shares worth $372K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Ball Corp in Q4 2019, an estimated $12.3M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2019 reduction was Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, cutting an estimated $3.74M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited SunTrust Banks, Inc. in Q4 2019, selling an estimated $1.6M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 27% of its $4.49B portfolio in Q4 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 13 new positions and closed 10 in Q4 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 7.3% quarter-over-quarter to $4.49B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2019, filed 17 Jan 2020.