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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
-4.9%
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
$6.35B
AUM Growth
-$332M
Cap. Flow
+$89.2M
Cap. Flow %
1.41%
Top 10 Hldgs %
29.74%
Holding
422
New
36
Increased
150
Reduced
117
Closed
33

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ACN icon
Accenture
ACN
+$8.56M
2
LHX icon
L3Harris
LHX
+$7.85M
3
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$4.9M
4
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$3.52M
5
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$3.37M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CMI icon
Cummins
CMI
+$8.44M
2
VMW
VMware, Inc
VMW
+$5.97M
3
VUSB icon
Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
VUSB
+$5.32M
4
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$5.32M
5
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$4.96M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.08%
2 Healthcare 20.12%
3 Financials 11.53%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.47%
5 Industrials 7.82%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ABT icon
26
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$76.7M 1.21%
647,714
+1,464
+0.2% +$181K
RMD icon
27
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$76.1M 1.2%
313,764
+2,378
+0.8% +$575K
ABBV icon
28
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$68.5M 1.08%
422,658
+14,679
+4% +$2.13M
AMZN icon
29
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$68.3M 1.08%
418,820
+31,740
+8% +$4.9M
WSO icon
30
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$64.5M 1.02%
211,631
+5,889
+3% +$1.68M
GOOGL icon
31
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$64.4M 1.02%
463,360
+12,300
+3% +$1.67M
AMP icon
32
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$63.3M 1%
210,705
-151
-0.1% -$45.7K
PAYX icon
33
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$61.7M 0.97%
451,818
-5,348
-1% -$656K
CMCSA icon
34
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$60.3M 0.95%
1,287,116
+61,570
+5% +$2.97M
ADP icon
35
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$59.6M 0.94%
262,000
+5,837
+2% +$1.25M
CVX icon
36
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$59.3M 0.93%
363,980
+14,140
+4% +$2.03M
AJG icon
37
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$51.4M 0.81%
294,463
+8,368
+3% +$1.33M
BALL icon
38
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$51.4M 0.81%
570,926
+6,418
+1% +$584K
VRTX icon
39
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$51M 0.8%
195,558
+5,628
+3% +$1.34M
TJX icon
40
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$48.1M 0.76%
794,033
+30,691
+4% +$2.06M
TMO icon
41
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$46.4M 0.73%
78,519
+2,392
+3% +$1.37M
BAC icon
42
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$45.7M 0.72%
1,109,822
+58,665
+6% +$2.65M
META icon
43
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$45M 0.71%
202,330
+3,701
+2% +$925K
BRK.B icon
44
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$44.6M 0.7%
126,432
+8,126
+7% +$2.63M
CHD icon
45
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$44.1M 0.69%
443,686
+194
+0% +$19.3K
IRM icon
46
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$41.4M 0.65%
747,046
+27,237
+4% +$1.3M
ADBE icon
47
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$40.2M 0.63%
88,165
+5,905
+7% +$2.84M
PFF icon
48
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$39.8M 0.63%
1,092,302
-29,143
-3% -$1.07M
VZ icon
49
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$37M 0.58%
726,269
+34,677
+5% +$1.84M
LLY icon
50
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.03T
$36.8M 0.58%
128,440
-1,085
-0.8% -$279K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2022 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2022, Welch & Forbes held 422 positions worth $6.35B, down 5% from $6.68B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2022 filing shows 36 new, 150 increased, 117 reduced and 33 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund: 191,610 shares worth $2.83M. The largest sale was Cummins, an estimated $8.44M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2022 buy was Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund: 191,610 shares worth $2.83M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Accenture in Q1 2022, an estimated $8.56M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2022 reduction was Cummins, cutting an estimated $8.44M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF in Q1 2022, selling an estimated $5.32M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $6.35B portfolio in Q1 2022.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 36 new positions and closed 33 in Q1 2022.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 5% quarter-over-quarter to $6.35B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2022, filed 25 Apr 2022.