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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
+5.27%
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
$5.42B
AUM Growth
+$303M
Cap. Flow
+$82.5M
Cap. Flow %
1.52%
Top 10 Hldgs %
28.76%
Holding
400
New
14
Increased
130
Reduced
145
Closed
14

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AWK icon
American Water Works
AWK
+$16.6M
2
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$13.7M
3
VZ icon
Verizon
VZ
+$5.83M
4
APTV icon
Aptiv
APTV
+$5.19M
5
VRTX icon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
+$4.02M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.86M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$1.99M
3
EXPD icon
Expeditors International
EXPD
+$1.77M
4
EMLP icon
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
EMLP
+$1.55M
5
VNT icon
Vontier
VNT
+$1.46M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 22.23%
2 Healthcare 19.98%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.46%
4 Financials 11.25%
5 Industrials 8.21%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$4.9T
$227M 4.19%
1,858,235
-8,156
-0.4% -$1.05M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.35T
$214M 3.95%
906,393
-8,575
-0.9% -$1.99M
V icon
3
Visa
V
$673B
$161M 2.98%
760,902
+16,873
+2% +$3.55M
DHR icon
4
Danaher
DHR
$138B
$158M 2.92%
793,513
-1,419
-0.2% -$288K
ANSS
5
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$150M 2.77%
441,698
-2,627
-0.6% -$933K
KMX icon
6
CarMax
KMX
$8.33B
$137M 2.53%
1,031,429
-2,013
-0.2% -$245K
HD icon
7
Home Depot
HD
$332B
$134M 2.47%
437,571
+4,289
+1% +$1.18M
SYK icon
8
Stryker
SYK
$133B
$129M 2.38%
528,874
-340
-0.1% -$81.5K
JNJ icon
9
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$617B
$125M 2.3%
759,110
+9,552
+1% +$1.55M
GOOG icon
10
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.08T
$123M 2.27%
1,189,800
+5,460
+0.5% +$542K
ORLY icon
11
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$72.4B
$118M 2.17%
3,482,145
+270
+0% +$8.36K
PG icon
12
Procter & Gamble
PG
$335B
$108M 1.99%
794,416
-9,535
-1% -$1.24M
JPM icon
13
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$933B
$107M 1.98%
705,194
+5,106
+0.7% +$735K
FISV
14
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$28.8B
$103M 1.9%
862,846
+16,372
+2% +$1.88M
ECL icon
15
Ecolab
ECL
$78.6B
$87.8M 1.62%
410,273
+13,127
+3% +$2.79M
IDXX icon
16
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.1B
$87M 1.61%
177,758
-1,928
-1% -$966K
RTX icon
17
RTX Corp
RTX
$289B
$85.6M 1.58%
1,107,485
+894
+0.1% +$65.2K
NVDA icon
18
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.72T
$84.9M 1.57%
6,357,960
-212,680
-3% -$2.86M
PEP icon
19
PepsiCo
PEP
$191B
$84M 1.55%
593,887
-821
-0.1% -$113K
MTD icon
20
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$27.9B
$82.7M 1.53%
71,536
-496
-0.7% -$575K
ABT icon
21
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$77.8M 1.44%
648,879
+4,950
+0.8% +$586K
ROP icon
22
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.5B
$75.3M 1.39%
186,703
+4,901
+3% +$1.97M
MCD icon
23
McDonald's
MCD
$191B
$68.6M 1.27%
306,140
+4,277
+1% +$915K
MDY icon
24
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$26.6B
$68.2M 1.26%
143,168
+5,219
+4% +$2.38M
CMCSA icon
25
Comcast
CMCSA
$84B
$60.8M 1.12%
1,124,290
+38,997
+4% +$2.06M
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Welch & Forbes's Q1 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2021, Welch & Forbes held 400 positions worth $5.42B, up 5.9% from $5.11B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 29% of the portfolio.

Welch & Forbes's Q1 2021 filing shows 14 new, 130 increased, 145 reduced and 14 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Aptiv: 35,705 shares worth $4.92M. The largest sale was NVIDIA, an estimated $2.86M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 22% of assets, down from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Welch & Forbes's largest Q1 2021 buy was Aptiv: 35,705 shares worth $4.92M.
  • Welch & Forbes added most to American Water Works in Q1 2021, an estimated $16.6M increase.
  • Welch & Forbes's biggest Q1 2021 reduction was NVIDIA, cutting an estimated $2.86M.
  • Welch & Forbes fully exited Service Corp International in Q1 2021, selling an estimated $997K.
  • Welch & Forbes's ten largest holdings make up 29% of its $5.42B portfolio in Q1 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes opened 14 new positions and closed 14 in Q1 2021.
  • Welch & Forbes's portfolio value rose 5.9% quarter-over-quarter to $5.42B.

Based on Welch & Forbes's 13F filing for Q1 2021, filed 14 Apr 2021.