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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
+5.27%
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
$5.42B
AUM Growth
+$303M
Cap. Flow
+$82.5M
Cap. Flow %
1.52%
Top 10 Hldgs %
28.76%
Holding
400
New
14
Increased
130
Reduced
145
Closed
14

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AWK icon
American Water Works
AWK
+$16.6M
2
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$13.7M
3
VZ icon
Verizon
VZ
+$5.83M
4
APTV icon
Aptiv
APTV
+$5.19M
5
VRTX icon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
+$4.02M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.86M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$1.99M
3
EXPD icon
Expeditors International
EXPD
+$1.77M
4
EMLP icon
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
+$1.55M
5
VNT icon
Vontier
VNT
+$1.46M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 22.23%
2 Healthcare 19.98%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.46%
4 Financials 11.25%
5 Industrials 8.21%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AJG icon
51
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$31.5M 0.58%
252,245
+5,459
+2% +$659K
EMLP icon
52
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$30.8M 0.57%
1,349,329
-70,279
-5% -$1.55M
BRK.B icon
53
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$27.3M 0.5%
106,919
+3,540
+3% +$860K
AFL icon
54
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$26.7M 0.49%
522,386
-3,944
-0.7% -$189K
IRM icon
55
Iron Mountain
IRM
$37.1B
$26.6M 0.49%
719,899
+307
+0% +$10.3K
CSCO icon
56
Cisco
CSCO
$448B
$26.3M 0.49%
508,312
+17,186
+3% +$807K
CGNX icon
57
Cognex
CGNX
$10.4B
$25.5M 0.47%
307,837
-12,375
-4% -$1.03M
OTIS icon
58
Otis Worldwide
OTIS
$27.3B
$24.1M 0.44%
351,612
-6,720
-2% -$439K
LLY icon
59
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.03T
$23.9M 0.44%
127,685
-834
-0.6% -$163K
TD icon
60
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$23.7M 0.44%
363,878
+1,862
+0.5% +$114K
KO icon
61
Coca-Cola
KO
$381B
$23.5M 0.43%
445,903
+8,598
+2% +$433K
DOV icon
62
Dover
DOV
$27.5B
$23.5M 0.43%
171,187
+3,090
+2% +$393K
PFE icon
63
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$23.3M 0.43%
642,908
-7,192
-1% -$255K
GSK icon
64
GSK
GSK
$104B
$23.3M 0.43%
521,423
-242
-0% -$11K
SBUX icon
65
Starbucks
SBUX
$121B
$21.9M 0.4%
200,378
+8,788
+5% +$923K
BKNG icon
66
Booking.com
BKNG
$150B
$21.8M 0.4%
233,925
+2,300
+1% +$204K
BDX icon
67
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$45.6B
$21.6M 0.4%
90,975
+1,047
+1% +$256K
AWK icon
68
American Water Works
AWK
$26.7B
$21.5M 0.4%
143,446
+109,221
+319% +$16.6M
LIN icon
69
Linde
LIN
$235B
$21.5M 0.4%
76,742
-24
-0% -$6.23K
EW icon
70
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$50B
$20.6M 0.38%
246,709
-4,967
-2% -$420K
XOM icon
71
ExxonMobil
XOM
$651B
$20.2M 0.37%
361,196
-8,957
-2% -$470K
LQD icon
72
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
LQD
$34.3B
$20.1M 0.37%
154,565
+251
+0.2% +$33.4K
QCOM icon
73
Qualcomm
QCOM
$160B
$20M 0.37%
150,978
-198
-0.1% -$28.6K
FTSL icon
74
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.32B
$20M 0.37%
416,720
+35,493
+9% +$1.7M
FTV icon
75
Fortive
FTV
$17.7B
$19.7M 0.36%
369,542
-8,636
-2% -$447K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2021, Welch & Forbes held 400 positions worth $5.42B, up 5.9% from $5.11B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 29% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2021 filing shows 14 new, 130 increased, 145 reduced and 14 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Aptiv: 35,705 shares worth $4.92M. The largest sale was NVIDIA, an estimated $2.86M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 22% of assets, down from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2021 buy was Aptiv: 35,705 shares worth $4.92M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to American Water Works in Q1 2021, an estimated $16.6M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2021 reduction was NVIDIA, cutting an estimated $2.86M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Service Corp International in Q1 2021, selling an estimated $997K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 29% of its $5.42B portfolio in Q1 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 14 new positions and closed 14 in Q1 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 5.9% quarter-over-quarter to $5.42B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2021, filed 14 Apr 2021.