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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
+1.31%
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
$3.33B
AUM Growth
-$76.4M
Cap. Flow
-$97.4M
Cap. Flow %
-2.93%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.35%
Holding
352
New
9
Increased
52
Reduced
208
Closed
22

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TWX
Time Warner Inc
TWX
+$5.51M
2
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
+$4.36M
3
AKAM icon
Akamai
AKAM
+$3.58M
4
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$3.42M
5
BIIB icon
Biogen
BIIB
+$3.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$11.7M
2
AGN
Allergan Inc
AGN
+$11.5M
3
TRMB icon
Trimble
TRMB
+$10.1M
4
CHKP icon
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
+$7.71M
5
TDC icon
Teradata
TDC
+$4.09M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 19.24%
2 Technology 14.54%
3 Industrials 12.62%
4 Financials 10.32%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.59%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
OEF icon
201
iShares S&P 100 ETF
OEF
$19.9B
$1.03M 0.03%
11,361
+5
+0% +$455
EWC icon
202
iShares MSCI Canada ETF
EWC
$6.17B
$1.02M 0.03%
37,560
-2,300
-6% -$63.1K
WEC icon
203
WEC Energy
WEC
$35.9B
$1.01M 0.03%
20,450
-500
-2% -$26.1K
MRSH
204
Marsh
MRSH
$91.4B
$1.01M 0.03%
18,028
-2,114
-10% -$119K
BMS
205
DELISTED
Bemis
BMS
$994K 0.03%
21,454
– –
EPD icon
206
Enterprise Products Partners
EPD
$82.5B
$981K 0.03%
29,772
– –
WFM
207
DELISTED
Whole Foods Market Inc
WFM
$971K 0.03%
18,632
-150
-0.8% -$8.04K
OVV icon
208
Ovintiv
OVV
$17B
$970K 0.03%
17,407
-1,745
-9% -$110K
NBL
209
DELISTED
Noble Energy, Inc.
NBL
$970K 0.03%
19,830
-870
-4% -$40.6K
QQQ icon
210
Invesco QQQ Trust
QQQ
$450B
$890K 0.03%
8,428
+1,471
+21% +$154K
JWN
211
DELISTED
Nordstrom
JWN
$885K 0.03%
11,021
-400
-4% -$31.7K
WLY icon
212
John Wiley & Sons Class A
WLY
$2.66B
$882K 0.03%
14,432
– –
BEN icon
213
Franklin Resources
BEN
$17.2B
$872K 0.03%
17,000
-1,725
-9% -$91.5K
BCS.PRC
214
DELISTED
BARCLAYS BK PLC SPONSORED ADS SER 4 PREF SHS (UK)
BCS.PRC
$846K 0.03%
32,498
-250
-0.8% -$6.53K
KMI icon
215
Kinder Morgan
KMI
$70.5B
$840K 0.03%
19,982
-9,271
-32% -$384K
MHFI
216
DELISTED
MCGRAW-HILL FINANCIAL INC COM
MHFI
$818K 0.02%
7,910
+610
+8% +$59.9K
RNET
217
DELISTED
RigNet, Inc.
RNET
$804K 0.02%
28,125
-9,763
-26% -$322K
AMG icon
218
Affiliated Managers Group
AMG
$9.65B
$801K 0.02%
3,730
– –
BAX icon
219
Baxter International
BAX
$13.8B
$791K 0.02%
21,264
– –
LNC icon
220
Lincoln National
LNC
$8.8B
$783K 0.02%
13,635
-1,500
-10% -$83.8K
TFCFA
221
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A
TFCFA
$780K 0.02%
23,064
-71,439
-76% -$2.48M
ALL icon
222
Allstate
ALL
$68.3B
$733K 0.02%
10,298
-1,550
-13% -$109K
HAIN icon
223
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$44.4M
$730K 0.02%
11,400
– –
MRO
224
DELISTED
Marathon Oil Corporation
MRO
$728K 0.02%
27,875
– –
TGT icon
225
Target
TGT
$65.6B
$724K 0.02%
8,811
-244
-3% -$18.8K
7 8
9
10 11

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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2015, Welch & Forbes held 352 positions worth $3.33B, down 2.2% from $3.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2015 filing shows 9 new, 52 increased, 208 reduced and 22 closed positions. Its largest new stake was WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund: 91,154 shares worth $3.01M. The largest sale was Perrigo, an estimated $11.7M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2015 buy was WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund: 91,154 shares worth $3.01M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to Time Warner Inc in Q1 2015, an estimated $5.51M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2015 reduction was Trimble, cutting an estimated $10.1M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Perrigo in Q1 2015, selling an estimated $11.7M.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $3.33B portfolio in Q1 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 9 new positions and closed 22 in Q1 2015.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value fell 2.2% quarter-over-quarter to $3.33B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2015, filed 30 Apr 2015.