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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
NBL
201
DELISTED
Noble Energy, Inc.
NBL
$794K 0.02%
20,880
+3,850
+23% +$143K
EPD icon
202
Enterprise Products Partners
EPD
$82.3B
$789K 0.02%
29,186
+1,336
+5% +$34.8K
WLY icon
203
John Wiley & Sons Class A
WLY
$2.65B
$787K 0.02%
14,432
– –
WAT icon
204
Waters Corp
WAT
$37B
$777K 0.02%
5,780
-100
-2% -$14.3K
NE
205
DELISTED
Noble Corporation
NE
$776K 0.02%
+131,000
New +$771K
IWB icon
206
iShares Russell 1000 ETF
IWB
$48.2B
$771K 0.02%
6,200
– –
BABA icon
207
Alibaba
BABA
$293B
$755K 0.02%
+8,605
New +$828K
IVV icon
208
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV
$878B
$730K 0.02%
3,245
+1,942
+149% +$427K
SPLS
209
DELISTED
Staples Inc
SPLS
$729K 0.02%
80,619
-1,480
-2% -$12.9K
HAL icon
210
Halliburton
HAL
$26.9B
$726K 0.02%
13,425
– –
ADNT icon
211
Adient
ADNT
$1.65B
$718K 0.02%
+12,253
New +$647K
ALL icon
212
Allstate
ALL
$68B
$718K 0.02%
+9,690
New +$682K
IWR icon
213
iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF
IWR
$56B
$716K 0.02%
16,000
-1,416
-8% -$61.9K
DE icon
214
Deere & Co
DE
$160B
$714K 0.02%
6,928
– –
IAU icon
215
iShares Gold Trust
IAU
$62.9B
$714K 0.02%
32,196
-3,645
-10% -$85.5K
AET
216
DELISTED
Aetna Inc
AET
$701K 0.02%
+5,650
New +$676K
AGG icon
217
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF
AGG
$137B
$663K 0.02%
6,125
– –
ENOV icon
218
Enovis
ENOV
$1.68B
$657K 0.02%
10,632
-407
-4% -$24.1K
MTB icon
219
M&T Bank
MTB
$35.7B
$641K 0.02%
4,100
– –
NTRS icon
220
Northern Trust
NTRS
$33.3B
$641K 0.02%
7,196
– –
WY icon
221
Weyerhaeuser
WY
$18B
$628K 0.02%
20,877
-1,126
-5% -$34.7K
AWK icon
222
American Water Works
AWK
$26.7B
$595K 0.02%
+8,231
New +$596K
AMG icon
223
Affiliated Managers Group
AMG
$9.69B
$592K 0.02%
+4,074
New +$592K
SPGI icon
224
S&P Global
SPGI
$121B
$591K 0.02%
5,500
– –
TGT icon
225
Target
TGT
$65.6B
$587K 0.02%
8,126
+101
+1% +$7.31K
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9
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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.