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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
-13.08%
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
$5.47B
AUM Growth
-$882M
Cap. Flow
+$30.3M
Cap. Flow %
0.55%
Top 10 Hldgs %
28.96%
Holding
400
New
11
Increased
137
Reduced
138
Closed
21

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
NEE icon
NextEra Energy
NEE
+$9.68M
2
AOS icon
A.O. Smith
AOS
+$7.7M
3
VUSB icon
Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
VUSB
+$5.25M
4
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$3.64M
5
IAU icon
iShares Gold Trust
IAU
+$3.43M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
KO icon
Coca-Cola
KO
+$8.07M
2
SWK icon
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
+$4.39M
3
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.87M
4
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$2.37M
5
ORLY icon
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
+$2.25M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 21.05%
2 Healthcare 20.73%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.78%
4 Financials 11.4%
5 Consumer Staples 8.35%
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
$65.7M 1.2%
158,924
+1,626
+1% +$734K
ABBV icon
27
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$63.6M 1.16%
415,020
-7,638
-2% -$1.17M
IDXX icon
28
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$62.8M 1.15%
179,002
+199
+0.1% +$81.1K
ADP icon
29
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$54.7M 1%
260,591
-1,409
-0.5% -$309K
VRTX icon
30
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$54.2M 0.99%
192,233
-3,325
-2% -$890K
CVX icon
31
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$53.4M 0.98%
369,013
+5,033
+1% +$832K
WSO icon
32
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.8B
$51.5M 0.94%
215,661
+4,030
+2% +$1.06M
CMCSA icon
33
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$51.5M 0.94%
1,311,956
+24,840
+2% +$1.07M
GOOGL icon
34
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$51.3M 0.94%
470,480
+7,120
+2% +$838K
PAYX icon
35
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$50.5M 0.92%
443,309
-8,509
-2% -$1.07M
AMP icon
36
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.1B
$49.9M 0.91%
209,756
-949
-0.5% -$254K
AJG icon
37
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$48.3M 0.88%
296,240
+1,777
+0.6% +$295K
AMZN icon
38
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$45.7M 0.84%
430,257
+11,437
+3% +$1.43M
TJX icon
39
TJX Companies
TJX
$176B
$44.8M 0.82%
803,038
+9,005
+1% +$545K
TMO icon
40
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$43.8M 0.8%
80,618
+2,099
+3% +$1.16M
CHD icon
41
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$41.2M 0.75%
444,773
+1,087
+0.2% +$103K
BALL icon
42
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$41M 0.75%
596,809
+25,883
+5% +$1.96M
LLY icon
43
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.03T
$40.3M 0.74%
124,190
-4,250
-3% -$1.28M
VZ icon
44
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$37.5M 0.69%
739,159
+12,890
+2% +$652K
MRK icon
45
Merck
MRK
$321B
$36.7M 0.67%
402,271
-613
-0.2% -$54.3K
BRK.B icon
46
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$36.2M 0.66%
132,456
+6,024
+5% +$1.89M
IRM icon
47
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$36M 0.66%
739,049
-7,997
-1% -$421K
BAC icon
48
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$35.7M 0.65%
1,145,233
+35,411
+3% +$1.27M
PFF icon
49
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$33.6M 0.62%
1,022,357
-69,945
-6% -$2.37M
ADBE icon
50
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$33.2M 0.61%
90,758
+2,593
+3% +$1.06M
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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2022 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2022, Welch & Forbes held 400 positions worth $5.47B, down 14% from $6.35B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 29% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2022 filing shows 11 new, 137 increased, 138 reduced and 21 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF: 106,517 shares worth $5.24M. The largest sale was Coca-Cola, an estimated $8.07M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 21% of assets, down from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2022 buy was Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF: 106,517 shares worth $5.24M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to NextEra Energy in Q2 2022, an estimated $9.68M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2022 reduction was Coca-Cola, cutting an estimated $8.07M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Advanced Micro Devices in Q2 2022, selling an estimated $442K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 29% of its $5.47B portfolio in Q2 2022.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 11 new positions and closed 21 in Q2 2022.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 14% quarter-over-quarter to $5.47B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2022, filed 22 Jul 2022.