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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
+10.31%
1 Year Est. Return
+17.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.71%
5 Year Est. Return
+105.59%
10 Year Est. Return
+384.93%
AUM
$8.23B
AUM Growth
+$494M
Cap. Flow
-$86.9M
Cap. Flow %
-1.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
37.88%
Holding
396
New
28
Increased
117
Reduced
170
Closed
8

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$9.01M
2
AVGO icon
Broadcom
AVGO
+$8.65M
3
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$5.2M
4
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$5M
5
LLY icon
Eli Lilly
LLY
+$4.57M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ROP icon
Roper Technologies
ROP
+$13.5M
2
MDY icon
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
+$13M
3
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$11.4M
4
FISV
Fiserv Inc
FISV
+$11.1M
5
ACN icon
Accenture
ACN
+$10.8M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 25.54%
2 Healthcare 16.05%
3 Financials 12%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.33%
5 Industrials 9.6%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
TMO icon
51
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$230B
$41.8M 0.51%
83,322
-5,612
-6% -$2.69M
EMLP icon
52
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.15B
$40.8M 0.5%
937,533
-58,470
-6% -$2.55M
MRK icon
53
Merck
MRK
$366B
$40.7M 0.5%
316,952
-416
-0.1% -$48.7K
LHX icon
54
L3Harris
LHX
$48.9B
$40.4M 0.49%
139,101
+1,005
+0.7% +$319K
XOM icon
55
ExxonMobil
XOM
$644B
$39.4M 0.48%
287,954
+2,972
+1% +$445K
AFL icon
56
Aflac
AFL
$58.4B
$36.9M 0.45%
315,029
-1,982
-0.6% -$228K
PAYX icon
57
Paychex
PAYX
$45.2B
$35.7M 0.43%
363,475
+1,359
+0.4% +$129K
CHD icon
58
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$24B
$34.6M 0.42%
357,066
-21,836
-6% -$2.09M
AOS icon
59
A.O. Smith
AOS
$8.21B
$33.4M 0.41%
532,209
-47,571
-8% -$2.88M
SPY icon
60
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$825B
$32.5M 0.39%
43,500
-2,128
-5% -$1.54M
CTAS icon
61
Cintas
CTAS
$81.7B
$32.4M 0.39%
190,216
-203
-0.1% -$35.1K
DOV icon
62
Dover
DOV
$26.8B
$32M 0.39%
142,893
-550
-0.4% -$120K
CMI icon
63
Cummins
CMI
$77.8B
$29.5M 0.36%
41,387
-1,424
-3% -$938K
AXP icon
64
American Express
AXP
$225B
$27.5M 0.33%
81,174
-590
-0.7% -$189K
NOW icon
65
ServiceNow
NOW
$150B
$27.3M 0.33%
275,179
-9,685
-3% -$959K
GSK icon
66
GSK
GSK
$102B
$27.2M 0.33%
518,597
– –
VZ icon
67
Verizon
VZ
$208B
$27.2M 0.33%
641,841
-10,423
-2% -$489K
FTSL icon
68
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.35B
$26.7M 0.32%
597,151
-34,722
-5% -$1.56M
EQIX icon
69
Equinix
EQIX
$103B
$26.7M 0.32%
25,590
-204
-0.8% -$218K
QCOM icon
70
Qualcomm
QCOM
$175B
$25.6M 0.31%
138,519
+268
+0.2% +$50.1K
CGNX icon
71
Cognex
CGNX
$10.2B
$23.9M 0.29%
330,660
+7,767
+2% +$471K
MCO icon
72
Moody's
MCO
$89.2B
$23.1M 0.28%
51,007
+212
+0.4% +$95.2K
KO icon
73
Coca-Cola
KO
$386B
$21.9M 0.27%
270,059
-11,058
-4% -$873K
CAT icon
74
Caterpillar
CAT
$368B
$21.4M 0.26%
20,137
+1,106
+6% +$972K
IJR icon
75
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR
$110B
$20.5M 0.25%
138,219
-2,925
-2% -$401K
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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2026, Welch & Forbes held 396 positions worth $8.23B, up 6.4% from $7.73B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 38% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2026 filing shows 28 new, 117 increased, 170 reduced and 8 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M. The largest sale was Roper Technologies, an estimated $13.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 26% of assets, up from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2026 buy was Honeywell Aerospace: 4,815 shares worth $1.06M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q2 2026, an estimated $9.01M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2026 reduction was Roper Technologies, cutting an estimated $13.5M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited BHP in Q2 2026, selling an estimated $263K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 38% of its $8.23B portfolio in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 28 new positions and closed 8 in Q2 2026.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 6.4% quarter-over-quarter to $8.23B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2026, filed 30 Jul 2026.