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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
+5.27%
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
$5.42B
AUM Growth
+$303M
Cap. Flow
+$82.5M
Cap. Flow %
1.52%
Top 10 Hldgs %
28.76%
Holding
400
New
14
Increased
130
Reduced
145
Closed
14

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AWK icon
American Water Works
AWK
+$16.6M
2
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$13.7M
3
VZ icon
Verizon
VZ
+$5.83M
4
APTV icon
Aptiv
APTV
+$5.19M
5
VRTX icon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
+$4.02M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.86M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$1.99M
3
EXPD icon
Expeditors International
EXPD
+$1.77M
4
EMLP icon
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
+$1.55M
5
VNT icon
Vontier
VNT
+$1.46M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 22.23%
2 Healthcare 19.98%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.46%
4 Financials 11.25%
5 Industrials 8.21%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
RMD icon
26
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$60.3M 1.11%
310,720
+7,736
+3% +$1.55M
CB icon
27
Chubb
CB
$135B
$58.9M 1.09%
373,073
+13,170
+4% +$2.12M
META icon
28
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$58.4M 1.08%
198,165
+1,421
+0.7% +$383K
COST icon
29
Costco
COST
$423B
$55.4M 1.02%
157,084
+39,242
+33% +$13.7M
WSO icon
30
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$52.3M 0.97%
200,490
+7,472
+4% +$1.84M
ADP icon
31
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$49.9M 0.92%
264,717
-270
-0.1% -$46.9K
AMP icon
32
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$48.8M 0.9%
209,834
+2,671
+1% +$578K
AMZN icon
33
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$47.9M 0.88%
309,500
+12,660
+4% +$2.01M
GOOGL icon
34
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$46.8M 0.86%
453,380
-6,100
-1% -$602K
PAYX icon
35
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$46.5M 0.86%
474,656
-10,883
-2% -$1M
INTC icon
36
Intel
INTC
$460B
$45.8M 0.85%
715,834
-18,412
-3% -$1.1M
TJX icon
37
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$45.2M 0.83%
682,979
-21,133
-3% -$1.41M
VRTX icon
38
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$45.1M 0.83%
209,680
+18,312
+10% +$4.02M
ABBV icon
39
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$43.9M 0.81%
406,009
+7,634
+2% +$817K
BALL icon
40
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$43.3M 0.8%
510,638
+24,274
+5% +$2.12M
SWK icon
41
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$39.3M 0.72%
196,587
+8,623
+5% +$1.56M
PFF icon
42
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$38.3M 0.71%
996,279
+62,338
+7% +$2.36M
CHD icon
43
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$38.2M 0.7%
436,948
+3,277
+0.8% +$273K
BAC icon
44
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$37.1M 0.68%
958,041
+47,670
+5% +$1.64M
VZ icon
45
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$35.1M 0.65%
603,001
+103,249
+21% +$5.83M
ADBE icon
46
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$34.1M 0.63%
71,632
+3,528
+5% +$1.65M
MMM icon
47
3M
MMM
$90.8B
$33.9M 0.63%
210,386
-2,144
-1% -$321K
MRK icon
48
Merck
MRK
$321B
$33M 0.61%
448,149
-3,600
-0.8% -$266K
CVX icon
49
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$32.7M 0.6%
311,620
+11,941
+4% +$1.17M
TMO icon
50
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$31.9M 0.59%
69,931
+2,008
+3% +$958K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2021, Welch & Forbes held 400 positions worth $5.42B, up 5.9% from $5.11B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 29% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2021 filing shows 14 new, 130 increased, 145 reduced and 14 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Aptiv: 35,705 shares worth $4.92M. The largest sale was NVIDIA, an estimated $2.86M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 22% of assets, down from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2021 buy was Aptiv: 35,705 shares worth $4.92M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to American Water Works in Q1 2021, an estimated $16.6M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2021 reduction was NVIDIA, cutting an estimated $2.86M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Service Corp International in Q1 2021, selling an estimated $997K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 29% of its $5.42B portfolio in Q1 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 14 new positions and closed 14 in Q1 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 5.9% quarter-over-quarter to $5.42B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2021, filed 14 Apr 2021.