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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
+4.18%
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
$598M
AUM Growth
-$1.42M
Cap. Flow
-$20.7M
Cap. Flow %
-3.47%
Top 10 Hldgs %
32.22%
Holding
162
New
4
Increased
19
Reduced
76
Closed
33

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$15.3M
2
DD icon
DuPont de Nemours
DD
+$1.46M
3
GIS icon
General Mills
GIS
+$764K
4
VZ icon
Verizon
VZ
+$641K
5
IBM icon
IBM
IBM
+$554K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Staples 17.55%
2 Industrials 12.74%
3 Technology 12.4%
4 Healthcare 10.45%
5 Energy 9.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
UL icon
26
Unilever
UL
$142B
$16.1M 2.7%
247,541
-8,478
-3% -$545K
KMB icon
27
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$37.6B
$15.6M 2.6%
132,175
+3,340
+3% +$408K
IBM icon
28
IBM
IBM
$213B
$15.2M 2.55%
109,929
+3,978
+4% +$554K
GIS icon
29
General Mills
GIS
$20.2B
$14.5M 2.43%
280,438
+13,940
+5% +$764K
RDS.B
30
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class B
RDS.B
$12.5M 2.09%
199,844
-5,403
-3% -$310K
SPY icon
31
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$771B
$8.06M 1.35%
32,078
-6
-0% -$1.48K
SFBS
32
ServisFirst Bancshares
SFBS
$4.9B
$5.79M 0.97%
148,902
-58,869
-28% -$2.09M
RDS.A
33
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$5.48M 0.92%
90,532
-2,172
-2% -$121K
KO icon
34
Coca-Cola
KO
$383B
$3.56M 0.59%
79,012
-1,436
-2% -$65.3K
AAPL icon
35
Apple
AAPL
$4.97T
$3.17M 0.53%
82,240
-4,744
-5% -$184K
UN
36
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$2.86M 0.48%
48,407
-3,308
-6% -$193K
GL icon
37
Globe Life
GL
$14B
$2.17M 0.36%
27,132
-318
-1% -$24.8K
PRA
38
DELISTED
ProAssurance
PRA
$1.96M 0.33%
35,788
-685
-2% -$38.7K
EGN
39
DELISTED
Energen
EGN
$1.96M 0.33%
35,774
CSCO icon
40
Cisco
CSCO
$443B
$1.72M 0.29%
51,070
-2,283
-4% -$72.7K
SNV
41
DELISTED
Synovus
SNV
$1.63M 0.27%
35,367
BAC icon
42
Bank of America
BAC
$429B
$1.57M 0.26%
61,912
-85
-0.1% -$2.06K
DD icon
43
DuPont de Nemours
DD
$18.6B
$1.54M 0.26%
+8,776
New +$1.46M
BRK.B icon
44
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$1.4M 0.23%
7,643
-382
-5% -$67.5K
JPM icon
45
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$916B
$1.26M 0.21%
13,207
-494
-4% -$45.6K
PRF icon
46
Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF
PRF
$9.72B
$1.06M 0.18%
58,905
-295
-0.5% -$6.17K
CAT icon
47
Caterpillar
CAT
$361B
$1.05M 0.18%
8,418
-291
-3% -$33.5K
VMC icon
48
Vulcan Materials
VMC
$36.8B
$1.03M 0.17%
8,592
+225
+3% +$27K
WFC icon
49
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$1M 0.17%
18,173
-92
-0.5% -$4.89K
ABT icon
50
Abbott
ABT
$188B
$869K 0.15%
16,282
-531
-3% -$26.6K

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Welch Group's Q3 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2017, Welch Group held 162 positions worth $598M, down 0.24% from $600M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 32% of the portfolio.

Welch Group withdrew a net $20.7M in Q3 2017, closing 33 positions and reducing 76 holdings. Its most notable exit was Du Pont De Nemours E I, an estimated $18M position sold in full.

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

Against the trend, Welch Group opened a new position in DuPont de Nemours worth $1.54M.

  • Welch Group's largest Q3 2017 buy was DuPont de Nemours: 8,776 shares worth $1.54M.
  • Welch Group added most to Microsoft in Q3 2017, an estimated $15.3M increase.
  • Welch Group's biggest Q3 2017 reduction was ServisFirst Bancshares, cutting an estimated $2.09M.
  • Welch Group fully exited Du Pont De Nemours E I in Q3 2017, selling an estimated $18M.
  • Welch Group's ten largest holdings make up 32% of its $598M portfolio in Q3 2017.
  • Welch Group opened 4 new positions and closed 33 in Q3 2017.
  • Welch Group's portfolio value fell 0.24% quarter-over-quarter to $598M.

Based on Welch Group's 13F filing for Q3 2017, filed 7 Nov 2017.