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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
+3.18%
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
$3.34B
AUM Growth
+$450M
Cap. Flow
+$378M
Cap. Flow %
11.31%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.43%
Holding
361
New
58
Increased
102
Reduced
107
Closed
18

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$67.9M
2
ANSS
Ansys
ANSS
+$46M
3
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$42.6M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$31M
5
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$30.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$24.1M
2
JCI icon
Johnson Controls International
JCI
+$18.5M
3
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$8.59M
4
SRCL
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
+$8.41M
5
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$6.74M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.26%
2 Technology 15.17%
3 Industrials 10.96%
4 Financials 10.64%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.97%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
STT icon
51
State Street
STT
$50.6B
$23.5M 0.7%
302,663
+5,435
+2% +$409K
SRCL
52
DELISTED
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
$23.5M 0.7%
304,580
-111,395
-27% -$8.41M
IDXX icon
53
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$22.9M 0.69%
195,244
+80
+0% +$9.13K
META icon
54
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.42T
$21.7M 0.65%
188,356
+14,370
+8% +$1.76M
CMCSA icon
55
Comcast
CMCSA
$85B
$21.5M 0.64%
623,980
+12,102
+2% +$404K
IGSB icon
56
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
IGSB
$23B
$21.5M 0.64%
410,590
+14,904
+4% +$784K
MDY icon
57
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$21.1M 0.63%
69,777
+1,222
+2% +$353K
T icon
58
AT&T
T
$159B
$20.9M 0.62%
+650,043
New +$19.2M
LQD icon
59
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
LQD
$34.3B
$20.4M 0.61%
174,205
-2,749
-2% -$327K
KO icon
60
Coca-Cola
KO
$377B
$20.1M 0.6%
485,787
+4,804
+1% +$200K
EXPD icon
61
Expeditors International
EXPD
$22B
$19.9M 0.6%
375,985
-6,063
-2% -$317K
COST icon
62
Costco
COST
$422B
$19.2M 0.58%
120,083
+1,969
+2% +$301K
TD icon
63
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$18.5M 0.55%
374,705
+510
+0.1% +$23.8K
OMC icon
64
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.6B
$18.3M 0.55%
215,435
+5,845
+3% +$490K
MIDD icon
65
Middleby
MIDD
$6.04B
$17.9M 0.54%
139,337
+11,945
+9% +$1.5M
USB icon
66
US Bancorp
USB
$98.2B
$17.8M 0.53%
346,355
+1,586
+0.5% +$75.4K
GILD icon
67
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$162B
$17.7M 0.53%
246,640
-28,581
-10% -$2.12M
CGNX icon
68
Cognex
CGNX
$10.9B
$17.4M 0.52%
548,370
-10,430
-2% -$299K
BKNG icon
69
Booking.com
BKNG
$149B
$17.1M 0.51%
290,800
+11,425
+4% +$682K
RMD icon
70
ResMed
RMD
$30.6B
$17M 0.51%
273,425
+3,741
+1% +$229K
QCOM icon
71
Qualcomm
QCOM
$155B
$16.8M 0.5%
256,914
-3,635
-1% -$244K
BMY icon
72
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$133B
$16.6M 0.5%
284,816
-2,348
-0.8% -$128K
AMP icon
73
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$48.3B
$16.2M 0.48%
+145,885
New +$15.4M
DOV icon
74
Dover
DOV
$27.6B
$15.8M 0.47%
260,629
+28
+0% +$1.62K
FTV icon
75
Fortive
FTV
$17.9B
$15.7M 0.47%
463,640
+22,277
+5% +$737K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, Welch & Forbes held 361 positions worth $3.34B, up 16% from $2.89B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes deployed $378M of net new capital in Q4 2016, opening 58 new positions and adding to 102 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, down from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Stericycle Inc, an estimated $8.41M trimmed.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2016 buy was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Hain Celestial in Q4 2016, an estimated $8.53M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was Stericycle Inc, cutting an estimated $8.41M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Chubb in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $24.1M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.34B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 58 new positions and closed 18 in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 16% quarter-over-quarter to $3.34B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 7 Feb 2017.