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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
TXN icon
151
Texas Instruments
TXN
$252B
$2.28M 0.07%
31,224
-136
-0.4% -$9.71K
LOW icon
152
Lowe's Companies
LOW
$117B
$2.27M 0.07%
31,842
– –
DD icon
153
DuPont de Nemours
DD
$18.5B
$2.24M 0.07%
15,463
+138
+0.9% +$19.2K
VWO icon
154
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
$121B
$2.21M 0.07%
61,750
+17,875
+41% +$655K
CI icon
155
Cigna
CI
$73.7B
$2.19M 0.07%
16,436
– –
NEE icon
156
NextEra Energy
NEE
$181B
$2.17M 0.07%
72,776
+360
+0.5% +$10.8K
EEM icon
157
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
EEM
$28.8B
$2.13M 0.06%
60,851
-8,478
-12% -$306K
PM icon
158
Philip Morris
PM
$297B
$2.11M 0.06%
23,027
-789
-3% -$73.1K
BNS icon
159
Scotiabank
BNS
$107B
$2.08M 0.06%
+37,432
New +$2.04M
EV
160
DELISTED
Eaton Vance Corp.
EV
$2.06M 0.06%
49,102
– –
VNO icon
161
Vornado Realty Trust
VNO
$7.41B
$2.02M 0.06%
24,002
-247
-1% -$19.4K
EFA icon
162
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
EFA
$78B
$2.01M 0.06%
34,803
-230
-0.7% -$13.3K
MO icon
163
Altria Group
MO
$114B
$1.99M 0.06%
+29,397
New +$1.89M
PGR icon
164
Progressive
PGR
$123B
$1.95M 0.06%
54,930
– –
ICLR icon
165
Icon
ICLR
$12.6B
$1.88M 0.06%
+24,945
New +$1.94M
AMZN icon
166
Amazon
AMZN
$2.92T
$1.83M 0.05%
+48,940
New +$1.92M
BA icon
167
Boeing
BA
$171B
$1.81M 0.05%
11,656
– –
VAR
168
DELISTED
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
VAR
$1.81M 0.05%
23,031
– –
APA icon
169
APA Corp
APA
$13.2B
$1.77M 0.05%
+27,847
New +$1.75M
TMO icon
170
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$213B
$1.76M 0.05%
12,448
+1,310
+12% +$193K
ADI icon
171
Analog Devices
ADI
$179B
$1.75M 0.05%
+24,125
New +$1.64M
STI
172
DELISTED
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
STI
$1.74M 0.05%
31,638
+3,726
+13% +$186K
MCO icon
173
Moody's
MCO
$82.8B
$1.73M 0.05%
18,328
-88
-0.5% -$8.88K
DVY icon
174
iShares Select Dividend ETF
DVY
$23.5B
$1.58M 0.05%
17,885
-685
-4% -$59K
DNB
175
DELISTED
Dun & Bradstreet
DNB
$1.5M 0.04%
12,321
– –
5 6
7
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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.