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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
+11.97%
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
$6.68B
AUM Growth
+$663M
Cap. Flow
+$9.29M
Cap. Flow %
0.14%
Top 10 Hldgs %
30.47%
Holding
400
New
14
Increased
127
Reduced
135
Closed
14

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$2.56M
2
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$2.49M
3
MDY icon
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
+$2.45M
4
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.2M
5
IWM icon
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
+$2.13M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$4.61M
2
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$3.2M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$2.81M
4
VRTX icon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
+$2.35M
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$2.15M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.64%
2 Healthcare 20.02%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.58%
4 Financials 10.72%
5 Industrials 7.65%
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
$79.8M 1.2%
154,219
+4,820
+3% +$2.45M
CB icon
27
Chubb
CB
$135B
$76.5M 1.15%
395,734
+6,045
+2% +$1.14M
META icon
28
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$66.8M 1%
198,629
-9,637
-5% -$3.2M
GOOGL icon
29
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$65.3M 0.98%
451,060
-6,800
-1% -$979K
AMZN icon
30
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$64.5M 0.97%
387,080
+14,940
+4% +$2.56M
WSO icon
31
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$64.4M 0.96%
205,742
+5,104
+3% +$1.51M
AMP icon
32
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$63.6M 0.95%
210,856
-580
-0.3% -$172K
ADP icon
33
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$63.2M 0.95%
256,163
-3,603
-1% -$816K
PAYX icon
34
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$62.4M 0.93%
457,166
-3,739
-0.8% -$462K
CMCSA icon
35
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$61.7M 0.92%
1,225,546
+47,833
+4% +$2.49M
TJX icon
36
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$58M 0.87%
763,342
+17,851
+2% +$1.24M
ABBV icon
37
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$55.2M 0.83%
407,979
-2,705
-0.7% -$320K
BALL icon
38
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$54.3M 0.81%
564,508
+14,062
+3% +$1.3M
TMO icon
39
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$50.8M 0.76%
76,127
+302
+0.4% +$189K
AJG icon
40
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$48.5M 0.73%
286,095
-596
-0.2% -$97.4K
BAC icon
41
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$46.8M 0.7%
1,051,157
+42,292
+4% +$1.93M
ADBE icon
42
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$46.6M 0.7%
82,260
+3,210
+4% +$2.01M
CHD icon
43
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$45.5M 0.68%
443,492
+1,832
+0.4% +$166K
PFF icon
44
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$44.2M 0.66%
1,121,445
+34,482
+3% +$1.34M
VRTX icon
45
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$41.7M 0.62%
189,930
-12,107
-6% -$2.35M
CVX icon
46
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$41.1M 0.61%
349,840
+13,885
+4% +$1.58M
SWK icon
47
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.9B
$40.5M 0.61%
214,921
+9,810
+5% +$1.81M
PFE icon
48
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$37.7M 0.56%
638,608
-1,388
-0.2% -$68.8K
IRM icon
49
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$37.7M 0.56%
719,809
-2,517
-0.3% -$119K
VZ icon
50
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$35.9M 0.54%
691,592
+17,623
+3% +$919K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2021, Welch & Forbes held 400 positions worth $6.68B, up 11% from $6.02B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2021 filing shows 14 new, 127 increased, 135 reduced and 14 closed positions. Its largest new stake was iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF: 8,820 shares worth $659K. The largest sale was NVIDIA, an estimated $4.61M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2021 buy was iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF: 8,820 shares worth $659K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Amazon in Q4 2021, an estimated $2.56M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2021 reduction was NVIDIA, cutting an estimated $4.61M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Alibaba in Q4 2021, selling an estimated $640K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $6.68B portfolio in Q4 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 14 new positions and closed 14 in Q4 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $6.68B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2021, filed 19 Jan 2022.