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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
+1.3%
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
$6.02B
AUM Growth
+$98.8M
Cap. Flow
+$42.2M
Cap. Flow %
0.7%
Top 10 Hldgs %
29.4%
Holding
395
New
7
Increased
124
Reduced
123
Closed
9

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
VUSB icon
Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
VUSB
+$5.24M
2
KMB icon
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
+$4.3M
3
PYPL icon
PayPal
PYPL
+$3.77M
4
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$3.66M
5
VEA icon
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
+$3.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MZTI
The Marzetti Company
MZTI
+$3.57M
2
DHR icon
Danaher
DHR
+$2.57M
3
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$2.51M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$2.42M
5
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$1.81M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 22.4%
2 Healthcare 20.36%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.39%
4 Financials 11.41%
5 Industrials 7.78%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
MDY icon
26
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$71.8M 1.19%
149,399
+2,862
+2% +$1.41M
META icon
27
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$70.7M 1.17%
208,266
+2,241
+1% +$807K
CB icon
28
Chubb
CB
$135B
$67.6M 1.12%
389,689
+9,519
+3% +$1.67M
CMCSA icon
29
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$65.9M 1.09%
1,177,713
+43,337
+4% +$2.53M
GOOGL icon
30
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$61.2M 1.02%
457,860
-10,340
-2% -$1.41M
AMZN icon
31
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$61.1M 1.02%
372,140
+21,240
+6% +$3.66M
AMP icon
32
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$55.8M 0.93%
211,436
+736
+0.3% +$193K
WSO icon
33
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$53.1M 0.88%
200,638
+1,382
+0.7% +$388K
ADP icon
34
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$51.9M 0.86%
259,766
-1,068
-0.4% -$220K
PAYX icon
35
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$51.8M 0.86%
460,905
-4,108
-0.9% -$461K
BALL icon
36
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$49.5M 0.82%
550,446
+30,414
+6% +$2.7M
TJX icon
37
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$49.2M 0.82%
745,491
+8,721
+1% +$609K
ADBE icon
38
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$45.5M 0.76%
79,050
+2,505
+3% +$1.58M
ABBV icon
39
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$44.3M 0.74%
410,684
+2,137
+0.5% +$244K
TMO icon
40
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$43.3M 0.72%
75,825
+2,684
+4% +$1.47M
BAC icon
41
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$42.8M 0.71%
1,008,865
+23,839
+2% +$960K
AJG icon
42
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$42.6M 0.71%
286,691
+5,601
+2% +$801K
PFF icon
43
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$42.2M 0.7%
1,086,963
+57,666
+6% +$2.26M
INTC icon
44
Intel
INTC
$460B
$37.5M 0.62%
703,581
-1,990
-0.3% -$108K
VRTX icon
45
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$36.6M 0.61%
202,037
-4,332
-2% -$846K
CHD icon
46
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$36.5M 0.61%
441,660
+2,512
+0.6% +$213K
VZ icon
47
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$36.4M 0.6%
673,969
+33,108
+5% +$1.83M
SWK icon
48
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$36M 0.6%
205,111
+6,812
+3% +$1.33M
CVX icon
49
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$34.1M 0.57%
335,955
+7,762
+2% +$774K
BRK.B icon
50
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$31.7M 0.53%
116,052
+4,744
+4% +$1.33M
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2021, Welch & Forbes held 395 positions worth $6.02B, up 1.7% from $5.92B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 29% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q3 2021: portfolio turnover was 4.1%. Welch & Forbes opened 7 new positions and exited 9, leaving the 395-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 22% of assets, down from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2021 buy was Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF: 104,517 shares worth $5.24M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Kimberly-Clark in Q3 2021, an estimated $4.3M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2021 reduction was The Marzetti Company, cutting an estimated $3.57M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Snowflake in Q3 2021, selling an estimated $1.13M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 29% of its $6.02B portfolio in Q3 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 7 new positions and closed 9 in Q3 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 1.7% quarter-over-quarter to $6.02B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2021, filed 13 Oct 2021.