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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
+2%
1 Year Est. Return
+27.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.24%
5 Year Est. Return
+98.29%
10 Year Est. Return
+258.33%
AUM
$600M
AUM Growth
+$68.2M
Cap. Flow
+$57.9M
Cap. Flow %
9.66%
Top 10 Hldgs %
31.21%
Holding
162
New
34
Increased
82
Reduced
14
Closed
4

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
SFBS
+$2.1M
2
SO icon
Southern Company
SO
+$2.05M
3
T icon
AT&T
T
+$2.01M
4
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$1.98M
5
GIS icon
General Mills
GIS
+$1.73M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Staples 18.37%
2 Industrials 13.01%
3 Healthcare 10.28%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.06%
5 Financials 9.53%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
UL icon
26
Unilever
UL
$137B
$15.6M 2.6%
256,019
+13,549
+6% +$808K
IBM icon
27
IBM
IBM
$237B
$15.6M 2.6%
105,951
+10,241
+11% +$1.54M
VZ icon
28
Verizon
VZ
$213B
$14.9M 2.49%
334,735
+36,071
+12% +$1.68M
GIS icon
29
General Mills
GIS
$19.6B
$14.8M 2.46%
266,498
+30,246
+13% +$1.73M
RDS.B
30
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class B
RDS.B
$11.2M 1.86%
205,247
+26,791
+15% +$1.49M
SPY icon
31
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$804B
$7.76M 1.29%
32,084
+508
+2% +$122K
SFBS
32
ServisFirst Bancshares
SFBS
$4.64B
$7.67M 1.28%
415,542
+115,258
+38% +$2.1M
RDS.A
33
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$4.93M 0.82%
92,704
+2,318
+3% +$123K
KO icon
34
Coca-Cola
KO
$383B
$3.61M 0.6%
80,448
+17,727
+28% +$783K
AAPL icon
35
Apple
AAPL
$4.88T
$3.13M 0.52%
86,984
+28,036
+48% +$1.04M
UN
36
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$2.86M 0.48%
51,715
-2,380
-4% -$129K
PRA
37
DELISTED
ProAssurance
PRA
$2.22M 0.37%
36,473
GL icon
38
Globe Life
GL
$13.2B
$2.1M 0.35%
27,450
-72
-0.3% -$5.48K
EGN
39
DELISTED
Energen
EGN
$1.77M 0.29%
35,774
MSFT icon
40
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.75T
$1.74M 0.29%
25,187
+9,436
+60% +$648K
CSCO icon
41
Cisco
CSCO
$437B
$1.67M 0.28%
53,353
+17,993
+51% +$586K
SNV
42
DELISTED
Synovus
SNV
$1.56M 0.26%
35,367
+719
+2% +$30.2K
BAC icon
43
Bank of America
BAC
$432B
$1.5M 0.25%
61,997
+51,962
+518% +$1.21M
BRK.B icon
44
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$1.36M 0.23%
8,025
+410
+5% +$68.2K
JPM icon
45
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$935B
$1.25M 0.21%
13,701
+6,830
+99% +$589K
VMC icon
46
Vulcan Materials
VMC
$32.6B
$1.06M 0.18%
8,367
GLD icon
47
SPDR Gold Trust
GLD
$145B
$1.06M 0.18%
8,961
+1,698
+23% +$203K
PRF icon
48
Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF
PRF
$10.1B
$1.02M 0.17%
59,200
+295
+0.5% +$6.07K
WFC icon
49
Wells Fargo
WFC
$267B
$1.01M 0.17%
18,265
+2,400
+15% +$129K
CAT icon
50
Caterpillar
CAT
$361B
$936K 0.16%
8,709
+474
+6% +$48.2K

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Welch Group's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, Welch Group held 162 positions worth $600M, up 13% from $531M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 31% of the portfolio.

Welch Group deployed $57.9M of net new capital in Q2 2017, opening 34 new positions and adding to 82 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Franklin Street Properties: 60,975 shares worth $676K.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Consumer Staples at 18% of assets, down from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Healthcare.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Unilever NV New York Registry Shares, an estimated $129K trimmed.

  • Welch Group's largest Q2 2017 buy was Franklin Street Properties: 60,975 shares worth $676K.
  • Welch Group added most to ServisFirst Bancshares in Q2 2017, an estimated $2.1M increase.
  • Welch Group's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was Unilever NV New York Registry Shares, cutting an estimated $129K.
  • Welch Group fully exited ConocoPhillips in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $200K.
  • Welch Group's ten largest holdings make up 31% of its $600M portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • Welch Group opened 34 new positions and closed 4 in Q2 2017.
  • Welch Group's portfolio value rose 13% quarter-over-quarter to $600M.

Based on Welch Group's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 7 Aug 2017.