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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
SBUX icon
101
Starbucks
SBUX
$121B
$8.59M 0.24%
147,256
+15,558
+12% +$941K
CHTR icon
102
Charter Communications
CHTR
$16.9B
$8.31M 0.23%
24,663
-8
-0% -$2.67K
TWX
103
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$8.28M 0.23%
82,466
-290
-0.4% -$28.7K
SPY icon
104
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$784B
$8.18M 0.23%
33,831
-4,706
-12% -$1.13M
DUK icon
105
Duke Energy
DUK
$98.4B
$8.15M 0.23%
97,457
+4,573
+5% +$384K
BKLN icon
106
Invesco Senior Loan ETF
BKLN
$6.97B
$7.9M 0.22%
341,272
-18,425
-5% -$428K
ORCL icon
107
Oracle
ORCL
$367B
$7.83M 0.22%
156,089
+117
+0.1% +$5.33K
DIS icon
108
Walt Disney
DIS
$167B
$7.59M 0.21%
71,399
+1,399
+2% +$153K
WBA
109
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$7.52M 0.21%
96,076
-806
-0.8% -$66.3K
APD icon
110
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$66.8B
$7.52M 0.21%
52,555
-1,368
-3% -$194K
CL icon
111
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$73.3B
$7.45M 0.21%
100,463
+1,433
+1% +$106K
LECO icon
112
Lincoln Electric
LECO
$13.7B
$7.44M 0.21%
80,744
+1,637
+2% +$147K
AMGN icon
113
Amgen
AMGN
$209B
$7.26M 0.2%
42,130
+268
+0.6% +$43.6K
KMB icon
114
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$36.6B
$7.12M 0.2%
55,159
-1,499
-3% -$195K
GIS icon
115
General Mills
GIS
$19.4B
$6.26M 0.18%
113,072
-1,594
-1% -$91K
SHW icon
116
Sherwin-Williams
SHW
$83.7B
$6.16M 0.17%
52,638
+378
+0.7% +$42.2K
CAT icon
117
Caterpillar
CAT
$373B
$5.91M 0.17%
55,002
-263
-0.5% -$26.7K
CTAS icon
118
Cintas
CTAS
$82.7B
$5.88M 0.16%
186,592
+9,768
+6% +$304K
CF icon
119
CF Industries
CF
$19.3B
$5.61M 0.16%
200,781
-2,164
-1% -$59.6K
MET icon
120
MetLife
MET
$62.5B
$5.59M 0.16%
114,143
-8,541
-7% -$396K
TIF
121
DELISTED
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
$5.44M 0.15%
57,985
+20,595
+55% +$1.89M
ZBH icon
122
Zimmer Biomet
ZBH
$18.4B
$5.41M 0.15%
43,422
-1,899
-4% -$225K
VEU icon
123
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
$66.8B
$5.4M 0.15%
107,888
+445
+0.4% +$22K
COP icon
124
ConocoPhillips
COP
$145B
$5.37M 0.15%
122,254
-4,671
-4% -$218K
NWL icon
125
Newell Brands
NWL
$2.18B
$5.14M 0.14%
95,962
-236
-0.2% -$12K
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5
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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.