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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
-4.79%
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
$5.12B
AUM Growth
-$345M
Cap. Flow
-$36.9M
Cap. Flow %
-0.72%
Top 10 Hldgs %
29.77%
Holding
386
New
7
Increased
134
Reduced
131
Closed
16

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AOS icon
A.O. Smith
AOS
+$3.37M
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$1.98M
3
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$1.74M
4
NEE icon
NextEra Energy
NEE
+$1.7M
5
VEA icon
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
+$1.56M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
GSK icon
GSK
GSK
+$28.4M
2
BALL icon
Ball Corp
BALL
+$4.2M
3
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$3.17M
4
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$2.2M
5
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$2.04M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 21.09%
2 Healthcare 20.53%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.15%
4 Financials 11.63%
5 Consumer Staples 8.26%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AFL icon
51
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$27.8M 0.54%
494,836
-5,012
-1% -$295K
BALL icon
52
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$25.5M 0.5%
528,457
-68,352
-11% -$4.2M
PFE icon
53
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$25.4M 0.5%
579,675
-3,994
-0.7% -$194K
FTSL icon
54
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.32B
$25.3M 0.49%
574,325
+25,130
+5% +$1.13M
ADBE icon
55
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$25.1M 0.49%
91,129
+371
+0.4% +$140K
AOS icon
56
A.O. Smith
AOS
$8.24B
$24.9M 0.49%
513,127
+58,611
+13% +$3.37M
ACN icon
57
Accenture
ACN
$99.9B
$24.6M 0.48%
95,571
+3,577
+4% +$1.03M
CSCO icon
58
Cisco
CSCO
$448B
$24.1M 0.47%
603,158
+12,867
+2% +$571K
META icon
59
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$23.9M 0.47%
176,453
-19,565
-10% -$3.17M
EW icon
60
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$50B
$22.9M 0.45%
277,461
+1,428
+0.5% +$137K
LIN icon
61
Linde
LIN
$235B
$22.5M 0.44%
83,492
+2,558
+3% +$735K
TD icon
62
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$22M 0.43%
358,343
-2,919
-0.8% -$189K
NEE icon
63
NextEra Energy
NEE
$183B
$21.9M 0.43%
278,780
+20,025
+8% +$1.7M
SBUX icon
64
Starbucks
SBUX
$121B
$21.7M 0.42%
256,974
+1,562
+0.6% +$133K
WMT icon
65
Walmart Inc
WMT
$884B
$20.9M 0.41%
483,021
+8,625
+2% +$378K
VEA icon
66
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$230B
$20.5M 0.4%
563,081
+38,369
+7% +$1.56M
DOV icon
67
Dover
DOV
$27.5B
$20.1M 0.39%
172,324
-133
-0.1% -$17K
OTIS icon
68
Otis Worldwide
OTIS
$27.3B
$20M 0.39%
313,672
-1,302
-0.4% -$95.3K
BDX icon
69
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$45.6B
$20M 0.39%
89,759
+106
+0.1% +$26.4K
AWK icon
70
American Water Works
AWK
$26.7B
$19.9M 0.39%
152,564
-2,066
-1% -$311K
KO icon
71
Coca-Cola
KO
$381B
$19.8M 0.39%
352,685
+4,605
+1% +$286K
LHX icon
72
L3Harris
LHX
$50.7B
$19.7M 0.39%
94,858
+3,268
+4% +$754K
MMM icon
73
3M
MMM
$90.8B
$18.5M 0.36%
199,948
-7,005
-3% -$768K
QCOM icon
74
Qualcomm
QCOM
$160B
$18.2M 0.36%
160,970
+308
+0.2% +$42.3K
OMC icon
75
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.8B
$17.7M 0.35%
280,143
+826
+0.3% +$56K
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Welch & Forbes's Q3 2022 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2022, Welch & Forbes held 386 positions worth $5.12B, down 6.3% from $5.47B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q3 2022 filing shows 7 new, 134 increased, 131 reduced and 16 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF: 6,616 shares worth $628K. The largest sale was GSK, an estimated $28.4M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q3 2022 buy was Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF: 6,616 shares worth $628K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to A.O. Smith in Q3 2022, an estimated $3.37M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q3 2022 reduction was Ball Corp, cutting an estimated $4.2M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited GSK in Q3 2022, selling an estimated $28.4M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $5.12B portfolio in Q3 2022.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 7 new positions and closed 16 in Q3 2022.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 6.3% quarter-over-quarter to $5.12B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q3 2022, filed 31 Oct 2022.