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William Blair & Company

William Blair & Company Portfolio holdings

AUM $34.9B
1-Year Est. Return 18.88%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+4.38%
1 Year Est. Return
+18.88%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.84%
5 Year Est. Return
+90.13%
10 Year Est. Return
+512.03%
AUM
$61.9B
AUM Growth
+$3.42B
Cap. Flow
+$1.81B
Cap. Flow %
2.93%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.58%
Holding
2,343
New
217
Increased
904
Reduced
850
Closed
216

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TW
TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE)
TW
+$164M
2
NTES icon
NetEase
NTES
+$140M
3
EPI icon
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
EPI
+$119M
4
BMY icon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
+$108M
5
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$104M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CP icon
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
CP
+$147M
2
ARG
Airgas Inc
ARG
+$130M
3
FAST icon
Fastenal
FAST
+$128M
4
FDS icon
Factset
FDS
+$98.5M
5
TD icon
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
+$86.7M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 8.07%
2 Healthcare 7.65%
3 Consumer Discretionary 6.48%
4 Technology 6.31%
5 Financials 6.3%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
TXN icon
226
Texas Instruments
TXN
$246B
$30.2M 0.05%
565,383
-4,313
-0.8% -$218K
WSO icon
227
Watsco Inc
WSO
$13.1B
$30M 0.05%
280,612
+23,533
+9% +$2.34M
KCG
228
DELISTED
KCG Holdings, Inc.
KCG
$28.8M 0.05%
2,476,282
– –
CMG icon
229
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$47.4B
$27.9M 0.05%
2,034,300
+57,550
+3% +$753K
PRLB icon
230
Protolabs
PRLB
$1.92B
$27.9M 0.05%
414,686
-40,911
-9% -$2.69M
PANW icon
231
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$283B
$27.8M 0.04%
1,361,346
+498,942
+58% +$9.2M
GK
232
DELISTED
G&K Services Inc
GK
$27.8M 0.04%
391,872
+15,484
+4% +$982K
BLK icon
233
Blackrock
BLK
$175B
$27.6M 0.04%
77,212
-516
-0.7% -$176K
TCBI icon
234
Texas Capital Bancshares
TCBI
$4.4B
$27.5M 0.04%
505,800
-73,571
-13% -$4.17M
WMT icon
235
Walmart Inc
WMT
$881B
$27.4M 0.04%
958,356
-2,184
-0.2% -$59K
INTU icon
236
Intuit
INTU
$87.1B
$27.3M 0.04%
296,459
+3,813
+1% +$339K
AIG icon
237
American International
AIG
$41.8B
$27M 0.04%
481,463
-12,958
-3% -$695K
DFS
238
DELISTED
Discover Financial Services
DFS
$26.9M 0.04%
411,260
-8,412
-2% -$540K
VYM icon
239
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
VYM
$81.4B
$26.9M 0.04%
391,297
+28,401
+8% +$1.93M
IVZ icon
240
Invesco
IVZ
$13.6B
$26.8M 0.04%
677,926
-151,842
-18% -$5.98M
HF
241
DELISTED
HFF Inc.
HF
$26.8M 0.04%
745,465
+6,377
+0.9% +$207K
PEP icon
242
PepsiCo
PEP
$191B
$26.5M 0.04%
280,606
+5,325
+2% +$511K
EWX icon
243
State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF
EWX
$663M
$26.2M 0.04%
591,930
+524,710
+781% +$24.2M
MMM icon
244
3M
MMM
$91.4B
$26.1M 0.04%
189,816
-6,051
-3% -$777K
COO icon
245
Cooper Companies
COO
$14.5B
$25.9M 0.04%
639,508
+8,724
+1% +$350K
AIRM
246
DELISTED
Air Methods Corp
AIRM
$25.8M 0.04%
585,837
-114,189
-16% -$5.34M
ILMN icon
247
Illumina
ILMN
$29.9B
$25.5M 0.04%
142,031
+3,431
+2% +$605K
WAL icon
248
Western Alliance Bancorporation
WAL
$9.04B
$25.4M 0.04%
912,926
+43,549
+5% +$1.12M
OII icon
249
Oceaneering
OII
$4.85B
$25.3M 0.04%
429,846
+27,634
+7% +$1.77M
KKD
250
DELISTED
KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC
KKD
$25M 0.04%
1,266,192
+57,860
+5% +$1.1M
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William Blair & Company's Q4 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2014, William Blair & Company held 2,343 positions worth $61.9B, up 5.8% from $58.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.6% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q4 2014 filing shows 217 new, 904 increased, 850 reduced and 216 closed positions. Its largest new stake was NetEase: 7,341,640 shares worth $146M. The largest sale was Canadian Pacific Kansas City, an estimated $147M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 8.1% of assets, down from 8.4% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q4 2014 buy was NetEase: 7,341,640 shares worth $146M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE) in Q4 2014, an estimated $164M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q4 2014 reduction was Canadian Pacific Kansas City, cutting an estimated $147M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Fang Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares (each representing ten Class A Ordinary Shares) in Q4 2014, selling an estimated $46.8M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 6.6% of its $61.9B portfolio in Q4 2014.
  • William Blair & Company opened 217 new positions and closed 216 in Q4 2014.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 5.8% quarter-over-quarter to $61.9B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q4 2014, filed 5 Feb 2015.