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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
+0.53%
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
$7.78B
AUM Growth
-$79.7M
Cap. Flow
-$36.7M
Cap. Flow %
-0.47%
Top 10 Hldgs %
35.49%
Holding
388
New
15
Increased
116
Reduced
169
Closed
9

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MDY icon
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
+$18.5M
2
LLY icon
Eli Lilly
LLY
+$10M
3
AVGO icon
Broadcom
AVGO
+$5.17M
4
NOW icon
ServiceNow
NOW
+$5.03M
5
SPY icon
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
+$3.14M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$21.6M
2
FISV
Fiserv Inc
FISV
+$4.46M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$3.39M
4
ORLY icon
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
+$2.73M
5
BALL icon
Ball Corp
BALL
+$2.67M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 28.59%
2 Healthcare 15.55%
3 Financials 12.03%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.38%
5 Industrials 8.32%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
MCD icon
26
McDonald's
MCD
$191B
$90.6M 1.16%
312,504
-1,801
-0.6% -$537K
PEP icon
27
PepsiCo
PEP
$191B
$85.7M 1.1%
563,452
-5,476
-1% -$897K
AJG icon
28
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$85.2M 1.1%
300,141
-2,617
-0.9% -$762K
GOOGL icon
29
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$83.3M 1.07%
440,006
-9,139
-2% -$1.6M
VRTX icon
30
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$122B
$79.6M 1.02%
197,781
+1,162
+0.6% +$539K
MTD icon
31
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$27.9B
$75M 0.96%
61,309
-425
-0.7% -$555K
RMD icon
32
ResMed
RMD
$30.3B
$75M 0.96%
327,770
+818
+0.3% +$197K
ABT icon
33
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$72M 0.93%
636,194
-2,915
-0.5% -$337K
IRM icon
34
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$71.4M 0.92%
679,762
-7,707
-1% -$906K
KMX icon
35
CarMax
KMX
$8.33B
$71.2M 0.91%
870,343
-19,746
-2% -$1.55M
ADP icon
36
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$105B
$71M 0.91%
242,564
-173
-0.1% -$51.1K
IDXX icon
37
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$70M 0.9%
169,319
+82
+0% +$36K
META icon
38
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$66.1M 0.85%
112,877
+42
+0% +$24.7K
ABBV icon
39
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$64.6M 0.83%
363,548
-1,021
-0.3% -$188K
CVX icon
40
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$59.8M 0.77%
412,855
-6,673
-2% -$1.02M
BRK.B icon
41
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$56.4M 0.73%
124,428
-4,665
-4% -$2.15M
PAYX icon
42
Paychex
PAYX
$41.4B
$53.9M 0.69%
384,634
-2,524
-0.7% -$358K
ADBE icon
43
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$52M 0.67%
116,912
-343
-0.3% -$170K
TMO icon
44
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$47.4M 0.61%
91,031
-3,246
-3% -$1.78M
CHD icon
45
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$47M 0.6%
449,275
-968
-0.2% -$102K
WMT icon
46
Walmart Inc
WMT
$884B
$46.3M 0.6%
512,547
+3,074
+0.6% +$267K
BAC icon
47
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$44.9M 0.58%
1,020,575
-26,893
-3% -$1.18M
VEA icon
48
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$230B
$43.8M 0.56%
915,824
+18,874
+2% +$948K
CMCSA icon
49
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$43.1M 0.55%
1,149,128
-29,227
-2% -$1.21M
ACN icon
50
Accenture
ACN
$99.9B
$42.7M 0.55%
121,429
+370
+0.3% +$133K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2024 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2024, Welch & Forbes held 388 positions worth $7.78B, down 1% from $7.86B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 35% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2024 filing shows 15 new, 116 increased, 169 reduced and 9 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Telefonica: 67,720 shares worth $272K. The largest sale was NVIDIA, an estimated $21.6M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 29% of assets, up from 27% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2024 buy was Telefonica: 67,720 shares worth $272K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust in Q4 2024, an estimated $18.5M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2024 reduction was NVIDIA, cutting an estimated $21.6M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Aptiv in Q4 2024, selling an estimated $704K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 35% of its $7.78B portfolio in Q4 2024.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 15 new positions and closed 9 in Q4 2024.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 1% quarter-over-quarter to $7.78B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2024, filed 7 Feb 2025.