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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
+7.91%
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
$4.49B
AUM Growth
+$304M
Cap. Flow
+$3.28M
Cap. Flow %
0.07%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.84%
Holding
361
New
13
Increased
108
Reduced
132
Closed
10

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BALL icon
Ball Corp
BALL
+$12.3M
2
WSO icon
Watsco Inc
WSO
+$8.32M
3
PFF icon
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
+$4.06M
4
AJG icon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
+$3.06M
5
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$3.04M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
KYN icon
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund
KYN
+$3.74M
2
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$3.04M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$2.64M
4
RTN
Raytheon Company
RTN
+$2.46M
5
TIF
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
+$2.45M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 20.32%
2 Healthcare 19.93%
3 Financials 12.45%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.9%
5 Industrials 8.54%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
VLO icon
76
Valero Energy
VLO
$92.6B
$17.3M 0.38%
184,523
-315
-0.2% -$29.8K
LIN icon
77
Linde
LIN
$235B
$17.3M 0.38%
81,128
+402
+0.5% +$81K
LLY icon
78
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.03T
$17.1M 0.38%
130,104
-665
-0.5% -$77.1K
SVC
79
Service Properties Trust
SVC
$1.04B
$16.8M 0.37%
137,794
+8,279
+6% +$1.01M
BRK.B icon
80
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$16.5M 0.37%
72,806
-849
-1% -$184K
COF icon
81
Capital One
COF
$129B
$16M 0.36%
155,268
+1,536
+1% +$148K
SYY icon
82
Sysco
SYY
$40.6B
$15.5M 0.34%
181,255
+2,368
+1% +$192K
MZTI
83
The Marzetti Company
MZTI
$2.95B
$15.1M 0.34%
94,269
-56
-0.1% -$8.43K
WMT icon
84
Walmart Inc
WMT
$884B
$14.7M 0.33%
369,822
-1,413
-0.4% -$56.1K
BMY icon
85
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$132B
$14M 0.31%
218,664
+6,610
+3% +$379K
QCOM icon
86
Qualcomm
QCOM
$160B
$13.8M 0.31%
156,019
-9,615
-6% -$804K
AXP icon
87
American Express
AXP
$228B
$13.5M 0.3%
108,214
+9,321
+9% +$1.11M
EMR icon
88
Emerson Electric
EMR
$83.3B
$13M 0.29%
170,386
+1,259
+0.7% +$90.7K
CMI icon
89
Cummins
CMI
$87.3B
$12.6M 0.28%
70,515
+501
+0.7% +$88.2K
AJG icon
90
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$65.9B
$11.8M 0.26%
123,938
+33,464
+37% +$3.06M
IBM icon
91
IBM
IBM
$209B
$11.5M 0.26%
89,560
-1,680
-2% -$218K
DIS icon
92
Walt Disney
DIS
$167B
$11.4M 0.25%
79,015
+3,790
+5% +$529K
SPY icon
93
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$784B
$11.3M 0.25%
35,121
+749
+2% +$231K
CTAS icon
94
Cintas
CTAS
$82.7B
$11.1M 0.25%
164,696
-4,876
-3% -$321K
APD icon
95
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$66.8B
$11.1M 0.25%
47,050
-273
-0.6% -$61.6K
SU icon
96
Suncor Energy
SU
$78.8B
$11M 0.24%
334,566
-572
-0.2% -$17.9K
STT icon
97
State Street
STT
$50.2B
$10.3M 0.23%
130,476
-16,944
-11% -$1.19M
VEA icon
98
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$230B
$10.3M 0.23%
233,507
-13,203
-5% -$563K
CHKP icon
99
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$13.1B
$10.2M 0.23%
91,969
-544
-0.6% -$61.1K
IWM icon
100
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
$80.2B
$10.1M 0.23%
61,202
+4,032
+7% +$637K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2019, Welch & Forbes held 361 positions worth $4.49B, up 7.3% from $4.19B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 27% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2019 filing shows 13 new, 108 increased, 132 reduced and 10 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Goldman Sachs: 1,619 shares worth $372K. The largest sale was Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, an estimated $3.74M.

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

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2019 buy was Goldman Sachs: 1,619 shares worth $372K.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Ball Corp in Q4 2019, an estimated $12.3M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2019 reduction was Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, cutting an estimated $3.74M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited SunTrust Banks, Inc. in Q4 2019, selling an estimated $1.6M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 27% of its $4.49B portfolio in Q4 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 13 new positions and closed 10 in Q4 2019.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 7.3% quarter-over-quarter to $4.49B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2019, filed 17 Jan 2020.