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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
+5.66%
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
$3.75B
AUM Growth
-$52.5M
Cap. Flow
-$224M
Cap. Flow %
-5.98%
Top 10 Hldgs %
23.33%
Holding
360
New
28
Increased
96
Reduced
143
Closed
22

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
EACQ
Easterly Acquisition Corp
EACQ
+$9.98M
2
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
+$4.37M
3
PX
Praxair Inc
PX
+$3.81M
4
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$2.93M
5
FTSL icon
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
+$2.65M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$43M
2
CB icon
Chubb
CB
+$38.8M
3
ABT icon
Abbott
ABT
+$33.4M
4
AFL icon
Aflac
AFL
+$29.1M
5
T icon
AT&T
T
+$18.4M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 17.17%
2 Technology 16.95%
3 Financials 11.91%
4 Industrials 10.71%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
VNO icon
176
Vornado Realty Trust
VNO
$7.41B
$1.34M 0.04%
17,128
-802
-4% -$61.4K
RDS.A
177
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$1.3M 0.03%
19,449
-50
-0.3% -$3.15K
WTS icon
178
Watts Water Technologies
WTS
$11.5B
$1.29M 0.03%
17,057
-526
-3% -$37.5K
IWD icon
179
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
IWD
$82.2B
$1.28M 0.03%
10,310
+316
+3% +$38.3K
DE icon
180
Deere & Co
DE
$160B
$1.28M 0.03%
8,166
+488
+6% +$68.3K
OEF icon
181
iShares S&P 100 ETF
OEF
$20.1B
$1.25M 0.03%
10,569
-105
-1% -$12.1K
MPC icon
182
Marathon Petroleum
MPC
$92.4B
$1.21M 0.03%
18,403
-134
-0.7% -$8.2K
BNS icon
183
Scotiabank
BNS
$107B
$1.14M 0.03%
17,613
-257
-1% -$16.6K
WEC icon
184
WEC Energy
WEC
$35.7B
$1.13M 0.03%
16,966
+340
+2% +$22.8K
LMT icon
185
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$134B
$1.09M 0.03%
3,385
-700
-17% -$221K
ALL icon
186
Allstate
ALL
$68B
$1.02M 0.03%
9,776
+443
+5% +$43.6K
CAH icon
187
Cardinal Health
CAH
$53.9B
$1.02M 0.03%
16,567
-16,124
-49% -$997K
FAST icon
188
Fastenal
FAST
$54.7B
$1.01M 0.03%
74,220
-1,780
-2% -$22.1K
WAT icon
189
Waters Corp
WAT
$37B
$998K 0.03%
5,166
-564
-10% -$109K
BMS
190
DELISTED
Bemis
BMS
$981K 0.03%
20,533
-846
-4% -$39.1K
AET
191
DELISTED
Aetna Inc
AET
$972K 0.03%
5,389
-261
-5% -$44.8K
MDLZ icon
192
Mondelez International
MDLZ
$79.5B
$962K 0.03%
22,459
+768
+4% +$32.2K
EV
193
DELISTED
Eaton Vance Corp.
EV
$942K 0.03%
16,685
-853
-5% -$45.1K
IWB icon
194
iShares Russell 1000 ETF
IWB
$48.2B
$922K 0.02%
6,200
– –
PYPL icon
195
PayPal
PYPL
$48.9B
$898K 0.02%
12,198
+80
+0.7% +$5.79K
IT icon
196
Gartner
IT
$10.1B
$889K 0.02%
7,222
– –
STZ icon
197
Constellation Brands
STZ
$22.2B
$887K 0.02%
3,879
+2,166
+126% +$468K
AWK icon
198
American Water Works
AWK
$26.7B
$885K 0.02%
9,668
-12
-0.1% -$1.06K
VSS icon
199
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund
VSS
$11.2B
$878K 0.02%
+7,365
New +$858K
B
200
Barrick Mining
B
$61.5B
$813K 0.02%
56,123
-2,050
-4% -$30.2K
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8
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Welch & Forbes's Q4 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2017, Welch & Forbes held 360 positions worth $3.75B, down 1.4% from $3.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 23% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes withdrew a net $224M in Q4 2017, closing 22 positions and reducing 143 holdings. Its most notable exit was AbbVie, an estimated $43M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 17% of assets, down from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

Against the trend, Welch & Forbes opened a new position in Easterly Acquisition Corp worth $10M.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q4 2017 buy was Easterly Acquisition Corp: 994,036 shares worth $10M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Praxair Inc in Q4 2017, an estimated $3.81M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q4 2017 reduction was GE Aerospace, cutting an estimated $8.07M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited AbbVie in Q4 2017, selling an estimated $43M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 23% of its $3.75B portfolio in Q4 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 28 new positions and closed 22 in Q4 2017.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 1.4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.75B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q4 2017, filed 26 Jan 2018.