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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
+10.88%
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
$5.11B
AUM Growth
+$478M
Cap. Flow
+$17.8M
Cap. Flow %
0.35%
Top 10 Hldgs %
29.57%
Holding
387
New
34
Increased
114
Reduced
131
Closed
1

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AOS icon
A.O. Smith
AOS
+$7.24M
2
LHX icon
L3Harris
LHX
+$5.66M
3
VNT icon
Vontier
VNT
+$3.91M
4
FPEI icon
First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF
FPEI
+$3.3M
5
ROP icon
Roper Technologies
ROP
+$2.9M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
+$6.63M
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$6.43M
3
FTV icon
Fortive
FTV
+$3.34M
4
RTX icon
RTX Corp
RTX
+$2.76M
5
VLO icon
Valero Energy
VLO
+$2.51M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.56%
2 Healthcare 21.04%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.65%
4 Financials 10.76%
5 Consumer Staples 7.88%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CMCSA icon
26
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$56.9M 1.11%
1,085,293
+22,300
+2% +$1.07M
CB icon
27
Chubb
CB
$135B
$55.4M 1.08%
359,903
-1,133
-0.3% -$159K
META icon
28
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$53.7M 1.05%
196,744
+560
+0.3% +$154K
AMZN icon
29
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$48.3M 0.95%
296,840
-1,460
-0.5% -$233K
TJX icon
30
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$48.1M 0.94%
704,112
+5,783
+0.8% +$352K
ADP icon
31
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$46.7M 0.91%
264,987
-209
-0.1% -$34.3K
BALL icon
32
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$45.3M 0.89%
486,364
-2,099
-0.4% -$194K
PAYX icon
33
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$45.2M 0.89%
485,539
-12,150
-2% -$1.08M
VRTX icon
34
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$45.2M 0.88%
191,368
+6,686
+4% +$1.53M
COST icon
35
Costco
COST
$423B
$44.4M 0.87%
117,842
+1,236
+1% +$462K
WSO icon
36
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$43.7M 0.86%
193,018
+2,756
+1% +$633K
ABBV icon
37
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$42.7M 0.84%
398,375
-4,718
-1% -$453K
GOOGL icon
38
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$40.3M 0.79%
459,480
+6,000
+1% +$505K
AMP icon
39
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$40.3M 0.79%
207,163
-3,803
-2% -$681K
CHD icon
40
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$37.8M 0.74%
433,671
+3,668
+0.9% +$325K
INTC icon
41
Intel
INTC
$460B
$36.6M 0.72%
734,246
-17,002
-2% -$830K
PFF icon
42
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$36M 0.7%
933,941
+15,130
+2% +$565K
MRK icon
43
Merck
MRK
$321B
$35.3M 0.69%
451,749
-7,881
-2% -$603K
ADBE icon
44
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$34.1M 0.67%
68,104
+2,393
+4% +$1.16M
SWK icon
45
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$33.6M 0.66%
187,964
-4,588
-2% -$814K
TMO icon
46
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$31.6M 0.62%
67,923
+482
+0.7% +$226K
MMM icon
47
3M
MMM
$90.8B
$31.1M 0.61%
212,530
-2,493
-1% -$354K
AJG icon
48
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$30.5M 0.6%
246,786
+18,256
+8% +$2.08M
EMLP icon
49
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$29.8M 0.58%
1,419,608
-8,810
-0.6% -$183K
VZ icon
50
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$29.4M 0.57%
499,752
+24,431
+5% +$1.45M
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2020 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2020, Welch & Forbes held 387 positions worth $5.11B, up 10% from $4.63B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2020 filing shows 34 new, 114 increased, 131 reduced and 1 closed positions. Its largest new stake was L3Harris: 30,929 shares worth $5.85M. The largest sale was Pfizer, an estimated $6.63M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2020 buy was L3Harris: 30,929 shares worth $5.85M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to A.O. Smith in Q4 2020, an estimated $7.24M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2020 reduction was Pfizer, cutting an estimated $6.63M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Unilever NV New York Registry Shares in Q4 2020, selling an estimated $457K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $5.11B portfolio in Q4 2020.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 34 new positions and closed 1 in Q4 2020.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 10% quarter-over-quarter to $5.11B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2020, filed 20 Jan 2021.