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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
DIS icon
101
Walt Disney
DIS
$167B
$7.82M 0.23%
75,033
+994
+1% +$96.9K
SPY icon
102
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$790B
$7.73M 0.23%
34,572
-550
-2% -$120K
WBA
103
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$7.65M 0.23%
92,429
-122
-0.1% -$10.1K
SBUX icon
104
Starbucks
SBUX
$120B
$7.57M 0.23%
136,334
+4,882
+4% +$270K
APD icon
105
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$65.7B
$7.57M 0.23%
+52,620
New +$7.36M
AGN
106
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
$7.3M 0.22%
34,766
-32,467
-48% -$6.73M
DUK icon
107
Duke Energy
DUK
$97.8B
$7.27M 0.22%
93,661
-500
-0.5% -$38.3K
SWK icon
108
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.3B
$7.19M 0.22%
62,692
+5,506
+10% +$656K
CHTR icon
109
Charter Communications
CHTR
$17.3B
$7.1M 0.21%
24,666
+313
+1% +$84.3K
CMI icon
110
Cummins
CMI
$87.5B
$7.03M 0.21%
51,453
+26,368
+105% +$3.53M
GIS icon
111
General Mills
GIS
$19.1B
$7.03M 0.21%
113,728
-1,475
-1% -$91.4K
NVS icon
112
Novartis
NVS
$297B
$6.98M 0.21%
106,917
+5,512
+5% +$358K
VEA icon
113
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$229B
$6.9M 0.21%
188,917
+41,326
+28% +$1.51M
MDT icon
114
Medtronic
MDT
$109B
$6.66M 0.2%
+93,540
New +$7.35M
CAT icon
115
Caterpillar
CAT
$375B
$6.45M 0.19%
69,587
-1,276
-2% -$116K
KMB icon
116
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$36.3B
$6.44M 0.19%
56,444
+2,900
+5% +$337K
CF icon
117
CF Industries
CF
$19.2B
$6.41M 0.19%
203,582
-12,900
-6% -$347K
CL icon
118
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$73.1B
$6.12M 0.18%
93,518
+2,696
+3% +$185K
AMGN icon
119
Amgen
AMGN
$208B
$6.03M 0.18%
+41,232
New +$6.21M
LECO icon
120
Lincoln Electric
LECO
$14.2B
$5.98M 0.18%
78,007
+1,311
+2% +$93.9K
COP icon
121
ConocoPhillips
COP
$147B
$5.76M 0.17%
114,926
+947
+0.8% +$43.7K
BP icon
122
BP
BP
$116B
$5.25M 0.16%
+164,106
New +$4.94M
VEU icon
123
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
$66.6B
$5.01M 0.15%
113,381
-8,650
-7% -$384K
CTAS icon
124
Cintas
CTAS
$81.9B
$4.98M 0.15%
172,488
+228
+0.1% +$6.4K
EOG icon
125
EOG Resources
EOG
$79.2B
$4.97M 0.15%
49,115
+8,336
+20% +$812K
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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.