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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
+2.92%
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
$4.19B
AUM Growth
+$82.5M
Cap. Flow
-$16M
Cap. Flow %
-0.38%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.27%
Holding
357
New
12
Increased
103
Reduced
137
Closed
9

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$5.5M
2
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$4.23M
3
IWM icon
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
+$2.72M
4
DD icon
DuPont de Nemours
DD
+$1.81M
5
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$1.4M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MIDD icon
Middleby
MIDD
+$5.77M
2
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$4.37M
3
STT icon
State Street
STT
+$3.95M
4
VSS icon
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund
VSS
+$2.54M
5
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$2.38M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.8%
2 Technology 19.23%
3 Financials 12.25%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.23%
5 Consumer Staples 8.8%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BKNG icon
51
Booking.com
BKNG
$150B
$27.4M 0.65%
348,650
-1,725
-0.5% -$134K
BAC icon
52
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$25.1M 0.6%
859,205
+28,720
+3% +$826K
VZ icon
53
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$24.9M 0.59%
412,121
+8,829
+2% +$508K
KO icon
54
Coca-Cola
KO
$381B
$23M 0.55%
422,821
+6,807
+2% +$365K
FTV icon
55
Fortive
FTV
$17.7B
$22.5M 0.54%
519,804
+1,292
+0.2% +$59.5K
PFF icon
56
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$22.4M 0.53%
597,013
+113,634
+24% +$4.23M
TD icon
57
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$21.3M 0.51%
365,382
+1,201
+0.3% +$68.3K
CSCO icon
58
Cisco
CSCO
$448B
$20.7M 0.49%
418,122
+4,666
+1% +$242K
EW icon
59
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$50B
$19.9M 0.47%
271,179
-1,236
-0.5% -$86.8K
LQD icon
60
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
LQD
$34.3B
$19.6M 0.47%
153,490
+1,536
+1% +$193K
EXPD icon
61
Expeditors International
EXPD
$21.8B
$19.4M 0.46%
261,224
-2,687
-1% -$197K
BDX icon
62
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$45.6B
$19M 0.45%
76,871
-1,935
-2% -$478K
AMZN icon
63
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$18.5M 0.44%
213,700
+13,920
+7% +$1.29M
FTSL icon
64
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.32B
$18.3M 0.44%
386,798
+19,461
+5% +$921K
T icon
65
AT&T
T
$159B
$18.1M 0.43%
631,568
-5,737
-0.9% -$152K
DOV icon
66
Dover
DOV
$27.5B
$17.9M 0.43%
179,296
-561
-0.3% -$53.8K
USB icon
67
US Bancorp
USB
$98B
$17.7M 0.42%
318,980
+6,752
+2% +$365K
OMC icon
68
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.8B
$17.6M 0.42%
224,620
+12,048
+6% +$957K
CGNX icon
69
Cognex
CGNX
$10.4B
$17.5M 0.42%
356,978
-6,391
-2% -$288K
TMO icon
70
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$214B
$17.3M 0.41%
59,399
+1,755
+3% +$503K
SVC
71
Service Properties Trust
SVC
$1.04B
$16.7M 0.4%
129,515
-3,508
-3% -$434K
MDT icon
72
Medtronic
MDT
$110B
$16.5M 0.39%
152,315
+6,658
+5% +$695K
BSX icon
73
Boston Scientific
BSX
$68.4B
$16.2M 0.39%
397,595
+2,375
+0.6% +$101K
VLO icon
74
Valero Energy
VLO
$92.6B
$15.8M 0.38%
184,838
+3,910
+2% +$316K
LIN icon
75
Linde
LIN
$235B
$15.6M 0.37%
80,726
-396
-0.5% -$76.7K
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2019, Welch & Forbes held 357 positions worth $4.19B, up 2% from $4.11B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 26% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2019 filing shows 12 new, 103 increased, 137 reduced and 9 closed positions. Its largest new stake was DuPont de Nemours: 20,585 shares worth $1.84M. The largest sale was Middleby, an estimated $5.77M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 20% of assets, down from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2019 buy was DuPont de Nemours: 20,585 shares worth $1.84M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Microsoft in Q3 2019, an estimated $5.5M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2019 reduction was Middleby, cutting an estimated $5.77M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Anadarko Petroleum in Q3 2019, selling an estimated $2.09M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 26% of its $4.19B portfolio in Q3 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 12 new positions and closed 9 in Q3 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 2% quarter-over-quarter to $4.19B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2019, filed 11 Oct 2019.