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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
+2.91%
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
$3.58B
AUM Growth
+$84.3M
Cap. Flow
+$8.29M
Cap. Flow %
0.23%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.29%
Holding
356
New
9
Increased
110
Reduced
176
Closed
12

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$4.36M
2
HD icon
Home Depot
HD
+$4.14M
3
MIDD icon
Middleby
MIDD
+$2.17M
4
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$2.12M
5
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.02M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ORLY icon
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
+$7.96M
2
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.93M
3
TSCO icon
Tractor Supply
TSCO
+$2.6M
4
VZ icon
Verizon
VZ
+$2.24M
5
IBM icon
IBM
IBM
+$2.21M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 20.31%
2 Technology 15.31%
3 Financials 11.26%
4 Industrials 11.02%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.17%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BAC icon
76
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$16.2M 0.45%
666,767
+16,604
+3% +$387K
BDX icon
77
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$45.6B
$15.4M 0.43%
80,710
+722
+0.9% +$132K
BRK.B icon
78
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$15.3M 0.43%
90,479
-26
-0% -$4.33K
PFF icon
79
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
$13.3B
$14.5M 0.41%
371,424
+37,000
+11% +$1.44M
EW icon
80
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$50B
$13.3M 0.37%
336,696
-4,935
-1% -$180K
FTSL icon
81
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.32B
$13.3M 0.37%
274,270
+41,630
+18% +$2.02M
BMY icon
82
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$132B
$13.1M 0.37%
235,469
-6,051
-3% -$329K
MZTI
83
The Marzetti Company
MZTI
$2.95B
$12.9M 0.36%
105,379
+1,040
+1% +$130K
CSCO icon
84
Cisco
CSCO
$448B
$12.3M 0.34%
392,019
-1,426
-0.4% -$46.5K
BEN icon
85
Franklin Resources
BEN
$17.2B
$12.1M 0.34%
270,575
+21,436
+9% +$916K
LLY icon
86
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.03T
$11.9M 0.33%
145,120
+460
+0.3% +$37.5K
QCOM icon
87
Qualcomm
QCOM
$160B
$11.7M 0.33%
211,382
-7,751
-4% -$433K
GILD icon
88
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$163B
$11.6M 0.32%
164,114
-5,124
-3% -$341K
BSX icon
89
Boston Scientific
BSX
$68.4B
$11.1M 0.31%
401,670
-1,061
-0.3% -$28.2K
CMI icon
90
Cummins
CMI
$87.3B
$11.1M 0.31%
68,515
+5,693
+9% +$883K
HAIN icon
91
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$44.4M
$10.8M 0.3%
278,560
+34,210
+14% +$1.24M
EMR icon
92
Emerson Electric
EMR
$83.3B
$10.4M 0.29%
174,404
-2,667
-2% -$158K
SU icon
93
Suncor Energy
SU
$78.8B
$10.4M 0.29%
355,888
+8,614
+2% +$265K
VEA icon
94
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$230B
$10.3M 0.29%
248,467
+18,190
+8% +$742K
SYY icon
95
Sysco
SYY
$40.6B
$10.1M 0.28%
200,455
-4,671
-2% -$249K
BIV icon
96
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
BIV
$28.9B
$9.3M 0.26%
110,019
-940
-0.8% -$79.4K
NVS icon
97
Novartis
NVS
$301B
$8.96M 0.25%
119,819
+3,515
+3% +$249K
MDT icon
98
Medtronic
MDT
$110B
$8.94M 0.25%
100,770
+3,235
+3% +$273K
UPS icon
99
United Parcel Service
UPS
$89.5B
$8.94M 0.25%
80,871
-3,120
-4% -$334K
WMT icon
100
Walmart Inc
WMT
$884B
$8.88M 0.25%
352,083
+408
+0.1% +$10.4K
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Welch & Forbes's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, Welch & Forbes held 356 positions worth $3.58B, up 2.4% from $3.49B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q2 2017 filing shows 9 new, 110 increased, 176 reduced and 12 closed positions. Its largest new stake was iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF: 29,265 shares worth $1.43M. The largest sale was O'Reilly Automotive, an estimated $7.96M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q2 2017 buy was iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF: 29,265 shares worth $1.43M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to JPMorgan Chase in Q2 2017, an estimated $4.36M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was O'Reilly Automotive, cutting an estimated $7.96M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Adient in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $554K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.58B portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 9 new positions and closed 12 in Q2 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 2.4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.58B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 31 Jul 2017.