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Welch Group Portfolio holdings

AUM $2.93B
1-Year Est. Return 27.62%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+6.17%
1 Year Est. Return
+27.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.24%
5 Year Est. Return
+98.29%
10 Year Est. Return
+258.15%
AUM
$491M
AUM Growth
-$108M
Cap. Flow
-$137M
Cap. Flow %
-27.94%
Top 10 Hldgs %
33.19%
Holding
150
New
2
Increased
3
Reduced
97
Closed
27

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SPY icon
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
+$6.66M
2
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$166K
3
MCK icon
McKesson
MCK
+$118K
4
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$92.5K
5
D icon
Dominion Energy
D
+$5.08K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Staples 18.7%
2 Industrials 12.34%
3 Utilities 10.08%
4 Energy 10%
5 Healthcare 9.4%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
EMR icon
26
Emerson Electric
EMR
$81.6B
$13.2M 2.7%
253,779
-57,706
-19% -$3.07M
NVS icon
27
Novartis
NVS
$302B
$13.1M 2.66%
176,705
-31,268
-15% -$2.16M
UL icon
28
Unilever
UL
$142B
$11.8M 2.4%
218,559
-66,196
-23% -$3.4M
IBM icon
29
IBM
IBM
$213B
$11.7M 2.38%
80,564
-9,410
-10% -$1.35M
RDS.A
30
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$7.01M 1.43%
126,921
-30,151
-19% -$1.53M
SPY icon
31
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$771B
$6.9M 1.4%
32,921
+32,107
+3,944% +$6.66M
RDS.B
32
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class B
RDS.B
$6.78M 1.38%
121,005
-26,624
-18% -$1.37M
SFBS
33
ServisFirst Bancshares
SFBS
$4.9B
$3.66M 0.74%
148,142
-233,564
-61% -$5.74M
UN
34
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$2.55M 0.52%
54,242
-1,880
-3% -$84.2K
KO icon
35
Coca-Cola
KO
$383B
$2.06M 0.42%
45,400
-19,541
-30% -$883K
EGN
36
DELISTED
Energen
EGN
$1.73M 0.35%
35,774
-7,190
-17% -$313K
GL icon
37
Globe Life
GL
$14B
$1.7M 0.35%
27,416
-21,598
-44% -$1.26M
PRA
38
DELISTED
ProAssurance
PRA
$1.37M 0.28%
25,534
-20,955
-45% -$1.05M
AAPL icon
39
Apple
AAPL
$4.97T
$1.3M 0.27%
54,532
-11,592
-18% -$288K
BRK.B icon
40
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$1.13M 0.23%
7,793
-1,514
-16% -$216K
SNV
41
DELISTED
Synovus
SNV
$1M 0.2%
34,661
-187
-0.5% -$5.68K
VMC icon
42
Vulcan Materials
VMC
$36.8B
$985K 0.2%
8,186
-19,312
-70% -$2.19M
PRF icon
43
Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF
PRF
$9.72B
$955K 0.19%
61,730
-1,225
-2% -$22K
SCG
44
DELISTED
Scana
SCG
$807K 0.16%
10,661
WFC icon
45
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$735K 0.15%
15,523
-1,572
-9% -$76.6K
GLD icon
46
SPDR Gold Trust
GLD
$131B
$687K 0.14%
5,434
-3,287
-38% -$396K
PM icon
47
Philip Morris
PM
$309B
$678K 0.14%
6,667
-12,636
-65% -$1.26M
KHC icon
48
Kraft Heinz
KHC
$32.8B
$670K 0.14%
7,573
-2,833
-27% -$233K
CAT icon
49
Caterpillar
CAT
$361B
$643K 0.13%
8,485
-1,121
-12% -$84K
NOC icon
50
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$76B
$571K 0.12%
2,570
-200
-7% -$42.1K

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Welch Group's Q2 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2016, Welch Group held 150 positions worth $491M, down 18% from $599M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 33% of the portfolio.

Welch Group withdrew a net $137M in Q2 2016, closing 27 positions and reducing 97 holdings. Its most notable exit was iShares Russell 2000 ETF, an estimated $2.1M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Consumer Staples at 19% of assets, down from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Utilities.

Against the trend, Welch Group opened a new position in Amazon worth $176K.

  • Welch Group's largest Q2 2016 buy was Amazon: 4,920 shares worth $176K.
  • Welch Group added most to State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust in Q2 2016, an estimated $6.66M increase.
  • Welch Group's biggest Q2 2016 reduction was ServisFirst Bancshares, cutting an estimated $5.74M.
  • Welch Group fully exited iShares Russell 2000 ETF in Q2 2016, selling an estimated $2.1M.
  • Welch Group's ten largest holdings make up 33% of its $491M portfolio in Q2 2016.
  • Welch Group opened 2 new positions and closed 27 in Q2 2016.
  • Welch Group's portfolio value fell 18% quarter-over-quarter to $491M.

Based on Welch Group's 13F filing for Q2 2016, filed 28 Jul 2016.