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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
+3.18%
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
$3.34B
AUM Growth
+$450M
Cap. Flow
+$378M
Cap. Flow %
11.31%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.43%
Holding
361
New
58
Increased
102
Reduced
107
Closed
18

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$67.9M
2
ANSS
Ansys
ANSS
+$46M
3
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$42.6M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$31M
5
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$30.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$24.1M
2
JCI icon
Johnson Controls International
JCI
+$18.5M
3
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$8.59M
4
SRCL
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
+$8.41M
5
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$6.74M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.26%
2 Technology 15.17%
3 Industrials 10.96%
4 Financials 10.64%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.97%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CHD icon
76
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.4B
$15.6M 0.47%
352,698
+17,107
+5% +$780K
BRK.B icon
77
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$15M 0.45%
91,844
+1,124
+1% +$173K
MZTI
78
The Marzetti Company
MZTI
$2.93B
$14.8M 0.44%
104,875
-943
-0.9% -$128K
VRTX icon
79
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$121B
$14M 0.42%
189,893
-2,767
-1% -$225K
BAC icon
80
Bank of America
BAC
$435B
$14M 0.42%
+632,052
New +$12.2M
BDX icon
81
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$45.6B
$13M 0.39%
80,322
+492
+0.6% +$81.7K
SU icon
82
Suncor Energy
SU
$79.4B
$12.4M 0.37%
380,775
-1,812
-0.5% -$55.5K
PFF icon
83
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$11.5M 0.34%
308,139
+101,156
+49% +$3.84M
SYY icon
84
Sysco
SYY
$40.8B
$11.1M 0.33%
200,650
-666
-0.3% -$34.6K
CSCO icon
85
Cisco
CSCO
$457B
$11.1M 0.33%
367,041
+17,637
+5% +$538K
EW icon
86
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$49.6B
$11M 0.33%
353,310
-582
-0.2% -$18.9K
LLY icon
87
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.02T
$10.7M 0.32%
145,320
-353
-0.2% -$26.3K
ORCL icon
88
Oracle
ORCL
$374B
$9.91M 0.3%
257,792
+7,520
+3% +$294K
FTSL icon
89
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.32B
$9.78M 0.29%
201,480
+92,025
+84% +$4.45M
EMR icon
90
Emerson Electric
EMR
$83.9B
$9.64M 0.29%
172,895
-1,449
-0.8% -$77.9K
UPS icon
91
United Parcel Service
UPS
$88.6B
$9.55M 0.29%
83,276
-3,221
-4% -$363K
HAIN icon
92
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$45M
$9.43M 0.28%
241,640
+227,740
+1,638% +$8.53M
BIV icon
93
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
BIV
$28.8B
$9.21M 0.28%
110,832
-10,115
-8% -$859K
TSCO icon
94
Tractor Supply
TSCO
$16.1B
$9.19M 0.27%
605,965
-84,220
-12% -$1.2M
MET icon
95
MetLife
MET
$61.9B
$8.75M 0.26%
182,240
-13,058
-7% -$599K
LLTC
96
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
$8.75M 0.26%
140,348
-6,844
-5% -$417K
BSX icon
97
Boston Scientific
BSX
$69.5B
$8.71M 0.26%
402,670
+8,220
+2% +$179K
BKLN icon
98
Invesco Senior Loan ETF
BKLN
$6.97B
$8.4M 0.25%
359,672
-53,287
-13% -$1.24M
TWX
99
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$7.99M 0.24%
82,735
– –
WMT icon
100
Walmart Inc
WMT
$885B
$7.97M 0.24%
346,119
+8,463
+3% +$198K
2 3
4
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, Welch & Forbes held 361 positions worth $3.34B, up 16% from $2.89B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes deployed $378M of net new capital in Q4 2016, opening 58 new positions and adding to 102 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, down from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Stericycle Inc, an estimated $8.41M trimmed.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2016 buy was Apple: 2,394,764 shares worth $69.3M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Hain Celestial in Q4 2016, an estimated $8.53M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was Stericycle Inc, cutting an estimated $8.41M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Chubb in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $24.1M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.34B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 58 new positions and closed 18 in Q4 2016.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 16% quarter-over-quarter to $3.34B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 7 Feb 2017.