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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
+10.88%
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
$5.11B
AUM Growth
+$478M
Cap. Flow
+$17.8M
Cap. Flow %
0.35%
Top 10 Hldgs %
29.57%
Holding
387
New
34
Increased
114
Reduced
131
Closed
1

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AOS icon
A.O. Smith
AOS
+$7.24M
2
LHX icon
L3Harris
LHX
+$5.66M
3
VNT icon
Vontier
VNT
+$3.91M
4
FPEI icon
First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF
FPEI
+$3.3M
5
ROP icon
Roper Technologies
ROP
+$2.9M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
+$6.63M
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$6.43M
3
FTV icon
Fortive
FTV
+$3.34M
4
RTX icon
RTX Corp
RTX
+$2.76M
5
VLO icon
Valero Energy
VLO
+$2.51M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.56%
2 Healthcare 21.04%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.65%
4 Financials 10.76%
5 Consumer Staples 7.88%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
WMT icon
76
Walmart Inc
WMT
$884B
$17.3M 0.34%
360,816
+1,719
+0.5% +$83.5K
CTAS icon
77
Cintas
CTAS
$82.7B
$16.9M 0.33%
191,752
+6,660
+4% +$578K
EXPD icon
78
Expeditors International
EXPD
$21.8B
$16.7M 0.33%
175,852
-4,075
-2% -$371K
OMC icon
79
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.8B
$16.3M 0.32%
261,213
+523
+0.2% +$29.9K
CMI icon
80
Cummins
CMI
$87.3B
$15.6M 0.3%
68,534
+247
+0.4% +$55.5K
XOM icon
81
ExxonMobil
XOM
$651B
$15.3M 0.3%
370,153
-27,514
-7% -$1.03M
VEA icon
82
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$230B
$15M 0.29%
318,484
+4,417
+1% +$194K
BSX icon
83
Boston Scientific
BSX
$68.4B
$14.3M 0.28%
398,995
-1,000
-0.3% -$36K
IGSB icon
84
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
IGSB
$23B
$14.1M 0.28%
256,357
+26,535
+12% +$1.46M
T icon
85
AT&T
T
$159B
$13.2M 0.26%
607,299
-9,214
-1% -$199K
DIS icon
86
Walt Disney
DIS
$167B
$13.1M 0.26%
72,155
-3,378
-4% -$485K
BMY icon
87
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$132B
$12.9M 0.25%
208,234
-5,925
-3% -$364K
EMR icon
88
Emerson Electric
EMR
$83.3B
$12.2M 0.24%
152,153
-3,446
-2% -$256K
APD icon
89
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$66.8B
$12.1M 0.24%
44,467
-96
-0.2% -$27K
SPY icon
90
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$784B
$12.1M 0.24%
32,493
+820
+3% +$291K
STZ icon
91
Constellation Brands
STZ
$22.3B
$12M 0.24%
54,894
-189
-0.3% -$37.2K
USB icon
92
US Bancorp
USB
$98B
$11.7M 0.23%
250,389
-12,868
-5% -$545K
UPS icon
93
United Parcel Service
UPS
$89.5B
$11.6M 0.23%
69,092
-185
-0.3% -$31.2K
SYY icon
94
Sysco
SYY
$40.6B
$11.5M 0.23%
155,206
-2,308
-1% -$159K
CARR icon
95
Carrier Global
CARR
$50.6B
$11.2M 0.22%
296,861
-13,601
-4% -$492K
AXP icon
96
American Express
AXP
$228B
$11.2M 0.22%
92,302
-2,091
-2% -$232K
CHKP icon
97
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$13.1B
$10.9M 0.21%
81,736
+388
+0.5% +$47.4K
AOS icon
98
A.O. Smith
AOS
$8.24B
$10.7M 0.21%
195,343
+131,270
+205% +$7.24M
ACN icon
99
Accenture
ACN
$99.9B
$10.4M 0.2%
39,974
+5,040
+14% +$1.21M
IBM icon
100
IBM
IBM
$209B
$9.76M 0.19%
81,133
-2,784
-3% -$322K
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2020 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2020, Welch & Forbes held 387 positions worth $5.11B, up 10% from $4.63B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q4 2020 filing shows 34 new, 114 increased, 131 reduced and 1 closed positions. Its largest new stake was L3Harris: 30,929 shares worth $5.85M. The largest sale was Pfizer, an estimated $6.63M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, down from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2020 buy was L3Harris: 30,929 shares worth $5.85M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to A.O. Smith in Q4 2020, an estimated $7.24M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2020 reduction was Pfizer, cutting an estimated $6.63M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Unilever NV New York Registry Shares in Q4 2020, selling an estimated $457K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $5.11B portfolio in Q4 2020.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 34 new positions and closed 1 in Q4 2020.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 10% quarter-over-quarter to $5.11B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2020, filed 20 Jan 2021.