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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
+8.91%
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
$5.91B
AUM Growth
+$326M
Cap. Flow
-$37.6M
Cap. Flow %
-0.64%
Top 10 Hldgs %
30.4%
Holding
379
New
11
Increased
77
Reduced
181
Closed
14

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
LHX icon
L3Harris
LHX
+$3.27M
2
NEE icon
NextEra Energy
NEE
+$3M
3
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.36M
4
LECO icon
Lincoln Electric
LECO
+$2.06M
5
ACN icon
Accenture
ACN
+$1.48M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MMM icon
3M
MMM
+$8.97M
2
ORLY icon
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
+$5M
3
SPY icon
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
+$4.87M
4
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$3.74M
5
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$3.13M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.2%
2 Healthcare 20.23%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.59%
4 Financials 11.47%
5 Industrials 8.23%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CSCO icon
51
Cisco
CSCO
$448B
$32M 0.54%
611,709
+1,945
+0.3% +$95K
VZ icon
52
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$31.2M 0.53%
803,318
+34,519
+4% +$1.36M
EMLP icon
53
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
$4.09B
$31M 0.52%
1,162,767
-7,806
-0.7% -$210K
LIN icon
54
Linde
LIN
$235B
$30.5M 0.52%
85,902
+2,553
+3% +$855K
AFL icon
55
Aflac
AFL
$64.8B
$30M 0.51%
464,461
-17,312
-4% -$1.19M
ACN icon
56
Accenture
ACN
$99.9B
$29.1M 0.49%
101,727
+5,444
+6% +$1.48M
LECO icon
57
Lincoln Electric
LECO
$13.7B
$28.2M 0.48%
166,745
+12,498
+8% +$2.06M
SBUX icon
58
Starbucks
SBUX
$121B
$27.5M 0.46%
263,671
+2,954
+1% +$307K
OMC icon
59
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.8B
$26.2M 0.44%
278,197
-900
-0.3% -$79.7K
PFF icon
60
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$26M 0.44%
831,965
-53,733
-6% -$1.73M
OTIS icon
61
Otis Worldwide
OTIS
$27.3B
$25.8M 0.44%
305,500
-4,717
-2% -$390K
DOV icon
62
Dover
DOV
$27.5B
$25.7M 0.43%
168,954
-283
-0.2% -$41.5K
NEE icon
63
NextEra Energy
NEE
$183B
$25.4M 0.43%
329,778
+39,073
+13% +$3M
WMT icon
64
Walmart Inc
WMT
$884B
$24.2M 0.41%
492,162
+5,325
+1% +$253K
PFE icon
65
Pfizer
PFE
$142B
$23.7M 0.4%
580,511
-3,615
-0.6% -$156K
BALL icon
66
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$23M 0.39%
417,060
+11,890
+3% +$661K
BKNG icon
67
Booking.com
BKNG
$150B
$23M 0.39%
216,375
-2,150
-1% -$209K
FTSL icon
68
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.32B
$22.9M 0.39%
506,233
+52,032
+11% +$2.36M
EW icon
69
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$50B
$22.6M 0.38%
272,897
+228
+0.1% +$17.9K
LHX icon
70
L3Harris
LHX
$50.7B
$22.4M 0.38%
114,313
+16,011
+16% +$3.27M
BDX icon
71
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$45.6B
$22M 0.37%
89,043
-608
-0.7% -$149K
KO icon
72
Coca-Cola
KO
$381B
$21.9M 0.37%
352,716
-51
-0% -$3.09K
META icon
73
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.37T
$21.6M 0.37%
101,771
-3,179
-3% -$541K
AWK icon
74
American Water Works
AWK
$26.7B
$21.5M 0.36%
146,797
-1,133
-0.8% -$168K
TD icon
75
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$21.2M 0.36%
353,304
-2,689
-0.8% -$174K
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2023 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2023, Welch & Forbes held 379 positions worth $5.91B, up 5.8% from $5.58B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2023 filing shows 11 new, 77 increased, 181 reduced and 14 closed positions. Its largest new stake was GE HealthCare: 12,855 shares worth $1.05M. The largest sale was 3M, an estimated $8.97M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 23% of assets, up from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2023 buy was GE HealthCare: 12,855 shares worth $1.05M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to L3Harris in Q1 2023, an estimated $3.27M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2023 reduction was 3M, cutting an estimated $8.97M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited First Republic Bank in Q1 2023, selling an estimated $967K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $5.91B portfolio in Q1 2023.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 11 new positions and closed 14 in Q1 2023.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 5.8% quarter-over-quarter to $5.91B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2023, filed 14 Apr 2023.