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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
+9.73%
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
$4.63B
AUM Growth
+$365M
Cap. Flow
-$86.7K
Cap. Flow %
-0%
Top 10 Hldgs %
30.8%
Holding
364
New
19
Increased
118
Reduced
144
Closed
11

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
IGSB icon
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
IGSB
+$4.59M
2
ECL icon
Ecolab
ECL
+$3.16M
3
AJG icon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
+$3.06M
4
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$2.9M
5
AOS icon
A.O. Smith
AOS
+$2.39M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$12M
2
CHTR icon
Charter Communications
CHTR
+$6.33M
3
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$4.78M
4
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$3.38M
5
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$2.43M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.75%
2 Healthcare 21.36%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.38%
4 Financials 9.86%
5 Consumer Staples 8.37%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
VRTX icon
26
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$50.3M 1.08%
184,682
-1,816
-1% -$501K
CMCSA icon
27
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$49.2M 1.06%
1,062,993
+23,033
+2% +$1M
AMZN icon
28
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$47M 1.01%
298,300
+420
+0.1% +$66.2K
MDY icon
29
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$45.6M 0.98%
134,529
+414
+0.3% +$141K
WSO icon
30
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$44.3M 0.96%
190,262
+3,549
+2% +$799K
CB icon
31
Chubb
CB
$135B
$41.9M 0.9%
361,036
+14,362
+4% +$1.8M
COST icon
32
Costco
COST
$423B
$41.4M 0.89%
116,606
-143
-0.1% -$48.1K
BALL icon
33
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$40.6M 0.88%
488,463
+27,372
+6% +$2.11M
CHD icon
34
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$40.3M 0.87%
430,003
+5,718
+1% +$519K
PAYX icon
35
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$39.7M 0.86%
497,689
-9,509
-2% -$714K
INTC icon
36
Intel
INTC
$460B
$38.9M 0.84%
751,248
+5,525
+0.7% +$287K
TJX icon
37
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$38.9M 0.84%
698,329
+3,372
+0.5% +$182K
ADP icon
38
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$37M 0.8%
265,196
+1,311
+0.5% +$184K
MRK icon
39
Merck
MRK
$321B
$36.4M 0.79%
459,630
-3,464
-0.7% -$271K
ABBV icon
40
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$35.3M 0.76%
403,093
+3,550
+0.9% +$334K
PFF icon
41
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$33.5M 0.72%
918,811
+14,843
+2% +$534K
GOOGL icon
42
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$33.2M 0.72%
453,480
-9,160
-2% -$698K
AMP icon
43
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$32.5M 0.7%
210,966
+1,613
+0.8% +$248K
ADBE icon
44
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$32.2M 0.7%
65,711
+1,564
+2% +$728K
SWK icon
45
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$31.2M 0.67%
192,552
+3,515
+2% +$547K
TMO icon
46
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$29.8M 0.64%
67,441
+1,347
+2% +$557K
PFE icon
47
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$28.9M 0.62%
830,750
-11,171
-1% -$392K
MMM icon
48
3M
MMM
$90.8B
$28.8M 0.62%
215,023
+2,557
+1% +$344K
VZ icon
49
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$28.3M 0.61%
475,321
+29,049
+7% +$1.69M
EMLP icon
50
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$27.2M 0.59%
1,428,418
-56,959
-4% -$1.15M
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2020 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2020, Welch & Forbes held 364 positions worth $4.63B, up 8.5% from $4.27B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 31% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2020 filing shows 19 new, 118 increased, 144 reduced and 11 closed positions. Its largest new stake was First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF: 49,561 shares worth $961K. The largest sale was Apple, an estimated $12M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2020 buy was First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF: 49,561 shares worth $961K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF in Q3 2020, an estimated $4.59M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2020 reduction was Apple, cutting an estimated $12M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited White Mountains Insurance in Q3 2020, selling an estimated $332K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 31% of its $4.63B portfolio in Q3 2020.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 19 new positions and closed 11 in Q3 2020.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 8.5% quarter-over-quarter to $4.63B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2020, filed 23 Oct 2020.