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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
-0.87%
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
$3.21B
AUM Growth
-$114M
Cap. Flow
-$72.1M
Cap. Flow %
-2.24%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.3%
Holding
340
New
10
Increased
93
Reduced
152
Closed
8

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
NVIV
InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp
NVIV
+$10.8M
2
NOV icon
NOV
NOV
+$4.27M
3
MIDD icon
Middleby
MIDD
+$3.43M
4
ROP icon
Roper Technologies
ROP
+$2.52M
5
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$2.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
LTM
LIFE TIME FITNESS INC
LTM
+$20.7M
2
OTEX icon
Open Text
OTEX
+$8.51M
3
TDC icon
Teradata
TDC
+$8.44M
4
TRMB icon
Trimble
TRMB
+$8.4M
5
BRLI
BIO-REFERENCE LABS INC-NEW-
BRLI
+$7.81M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.32%
2 Technology 14.05%
3 Industrials 12.52%
4 Financials 10.9%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.08%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
NVIV
76
DELISTED
InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp
NVIV
$12.5M 0.39%
+41
New +$10.8M
BRK.B icon
77
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$12.4M 0.39%
90,906
-23,117
-20% -$3.3M
CMCSA icon
78
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$12.1M 0.38%
403,096
+9,810
+2% +$288K
BAC icon
79
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$11.9M 0.37%
696,620
+5,985
+0.9% +$98.6K
OMC icon
80
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.8B
$11.5M 0.36%
165,426
+3,685
+2% +$278K
NVS icon
81
Novartis
NVS
$301B
$11.4M 0.36%
129,573
-5,772
-4% -$530K
SVC
82
Service Properties Trust
SVC
$1.04B
$11.4M 0.35%
79,673
+2,614
+3% +$397K
CHD icon
83
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.1B
$11.2M 0.35%
275,510
+43,908
+19% +$1.84M
TWC
84
DELISTED
TIME WARNER CABLE INC NEW COM STK
TWC
$11.1M 0.35%
62,291
-640
-1% -$106K
BDX icon
85
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$45.6B
$10.9M 0.34%
79,171
-1,484
-2% -$205K
BIV icon
86
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
BIV
$28.9B
$10.5M 0.33%
124,735
-3,141
-2% -$267K
UPS icon
87
United Parcel Service
UPS
$89.5B
$10.4M 0.32%
107,356
-1,116
-1% -$111K
ORCL icon
88
Oracle
ORCL
$367B
$10.3M 0.32%
256,279
+6,240
+2% +$271K
COP icon
89
ConocoPhillips
COP
$145B
$10.3M 0.32%
167,739
+4,539
+3% +$296K
MZTI
90
The Marzetti Company
MZTI
$2.95B
$10.1M 0.32%
111,500
-507
-0.5% -$46.5K
WMT icon
91
Walmart Inc
WMT
$884B
$9.39M 0.29%
397,047
-1,614
-0.4% -$41.2K
CSCO icon
92
Cisco
CSCO
$448B
$8.76M 0.27%
319,082
-377
-0.1% -$10.8K
DIS icon
93
Walt Disney
DIS
$167B
$8.75M 0.27%
76,636
-1,984
-3% -$218K
EW icon
94
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$50B
$8.63M 0.27%
363,564
-9,840
-3% -$222K
VWO icon
95
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
$119B
$8.6M 0.27%
210,466
-9,635
-4% -$414K
SYY icon
96
Sysco
SYY
$40.6B
$7.65M 0.24%
211,889
-2,943
-1% -$110K
WBA
97
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$7.63M 0.24%
90,413
-238
-0.3% -$20.5K
AGN
98
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
$7.51M 0.23%
24,739
+6,993
+39% +$2.09M
CTCT
99
DELISTED
CONSTANT CONTACT, INC COM
CTCT
$7.3M 0.23%
253,831
-6,244
-2% -$198K
TWX
100
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$7.21M 0.22%
82,433
-1,275
-2% -$109K
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4
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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2015, Welch & Forbes held 340 positions worth $3.21B, down 3.4% from $3.33B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2015 filing shows 10 new, 93 increased, 152 reduced and 8 closed positions. Its largest new stake was InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp: 41 shares worth $12.5M. The largest sale was LIFE TIME FITNESS INC, an estimated $20.7M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 20% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2015 buy was InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp: 41 shares worth $12.5M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to NOV in Q2 2015, an estimated $4.27M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2015 reduction was Open Text, cutting an estimated $8.51M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited LIFE TIME FITNESS INC in Q2 2015, selling an estimated $20.7M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.21B portfolio in Q2 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 10 new positions and closed 8 in Q2 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 3.4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.21B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2015, filed 11 Aug 2015.