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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
CPB icon
176
Campbell Soup
CPB
$6.55B
$1.49M 0.04%
24,559
– –
CAH icon
177
Cardinal Health
CAH
$53.9B
$1.47M 0.04%
20,456
+3,305
+19% +$239K
WTS icon
178
Watts Water Technologies
WTS
$11.5B
$1.42M 0.04%
21,758
– –
IWO icon
179
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF
IWO
$14.3B
$1.4M 0.04%
9,080
-25
-0.3% -$3.73K
PAGP icon
180
Plains GP Holdings
PAGP
$5.21B
$1.33M 0.04%
38,452
-6,433
-14% -$221K
MPC icon
181
Marathon Petroleum
MPC
$92.4B
$1.32M 0.04%
26,137
-537
-2% -$24.4K
MRSH
182
Marsh
MRSH
$90.5B
$1.25M 0.04%
18,500
+200
+1% +$13.4K
PSX icon
183
Phillips 66
PSX
$84.9B
$1.23M 0.04%
14,215
+1,570
+12% +$131K
LMT icon
184
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$134B
$1.19M 0.04%
4,748
+63
+1% +$15.7K
AKAM icon
185
Akamai
AKAM
$16.7B
$1.15M 0.03%
+17,305
New +$1.1M
RDS.A
186
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$1.14M 0.03%
21,002
– –
OEF icon
187
iShares S&P 100 ETF
OEF
$20.1B
$1.11M 0.03%
11,149
-189
-2% -$18.3K
PNC icon
188
PNC Financial Services
PNC
$99.7B
$1.07M 0.03%
9,162
+115
+1% +$12K
BMS
189
DELISTED
Bemis
BMS
$1.06M 0.03%
22,154
+700
+3% +$34.5K
WEC icon
190
WEC Energy
WEC
$35.7B
$1.05M 0.03%
17,837
-115
-0.6% -$6.6K
HON icon
191
Honeywell
HON
$77B
$1.03M 0.03%
9,811
+411
+4% +$41.8K
VGK icon
192
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
VGK
$30.7B
$1.02M 0.03%
21,260
-305
-1% -$14.4K
ADBE icon
193
Adobe
ADBE
$99.5B
$1M 0.03%
+9,730
New +$1.03M
MDLZ icon
194
Mondelez International
MDLZ
$79.5B
$953K 0.03%
21,493
-416
-2% -$17.9K
B
195
Barrick Mining
B
$61.5B
$944K 0.03%
59,004
-1,368
-2% -$21.7K
QQQ icon
196
Invesco QQQ Trust
QQQ
$453B
$912K 0.03%
7,701
-153
-2% -$18.1K
MJN
197
DELISTED
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
MJN
$853K 0.03%
12,055
-17,891
-60% -$1.33M
IT icon
198
Gartner
IT
$10.1B
$819K 0.02%
8,100
– –
KHC icon
199
Kraft Heinz
KHC
$30.7B
$812K 0.02%
9,303
+1,673
+22% +$143K
ESRX
200
DELISTED
Express Scripts Holding Company
ESRX
$803K 0.02%
11,661
-378
-3% -$27.1K
6 7
8
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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.