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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
-0.37%
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
$58.5B
AUM Growth
-$2.78B
Cap. Flow
-$639M
Cap. Flow %
-1.09%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.82%
Holding
2,314
New
217
Increased
799
Reduced
860
Closed
188

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TEVA icon
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA
+$246M
2
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$169M
3
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$103M
4
VRSK icon
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
+$100M
5
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$86.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TSM icon
TSMC
TSM
+$196M
2
CYT
CYTEC INDS INC
CYT
+$169M
3
HOG icon
Harley-Davidson
HOG
+$144M
4
FOSL icon
Fossil Group
FOSL
+$138M
5
COV
COVIDIEN PLC COM SHS NEW (IRELAND)
COV
+$109M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 8.42%
2 Healthcare 6.73%
3 Technology 6.16%
4 Financials 5.99%
5 Consumer Discretionary 5.49%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ILMN icon
251
Illumina
ILMN
$30.7B
$22.1M 0.04%
138,600
+6,164
+5% +$1.03M
XLU icon
252
State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLU
$22.8B
$21.7M 0.04%
1,030,550
+115,762
+13% +$2.45M
CNO icon
253
CNO Financial Group
CNO
$5.14B
$21.7M 0.04%
1,278,617
+12,394
+1% +$213K
WDAY icon
254
Workday
WDAY
$42.3B
$21.6M 0.04%
261,659
+21,150
+9% +$1.81M
DISCK
255
DELISTED
Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock
DISCK
$21.6M 0.04%
578,214
+568,196
+5,672% +$23M
MTX icon
256
Minerals Technologies
MTX
$2.34B
$21.5M 0.04%
348,503
+2,846
+0.8% +$177K
WBD icon
257
Warner Bros
WBD
$64.7B
$21.5M 0.04%
568,823
-910,328
-62% -$37.9M
HF
258
DELISTED
HFF Inc.
HF
$21.4M 0.04%
739,088
+38,301
+5% +$1.25M
ESL
259
DELISTED
Esterline Technologies
ESL
$21.3M 0.04%
191,122
-2,267
-1% -$258K
ABCO
260
DELISTED
Advisory Board Co
ABCO
$21.2M 0.04%
454,947
+1,716
+0.4% +$84.6K
PEB icon
261
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
PEB
$2.15B
$21.1M 0.04%
563,877
+6,704
+1% +$253K
CW icon
262
Curtiss-Wright
CW
$28B
$21M 0.04%
318,860
-10,241
-3% -$689K
DNKN
263
DELISTED
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.
DNKN
$21M 0.04%
467,606
-76,516
-14% -$3.41M
GK
264
DELISTED
G&K Services Inc
GK
$20.8M 0.04%
376,388
+73,892
+24% +$3.93M
WAGE
265
DELISTED
WageWorks, Inc.
WAGE
$20.8M 0.04%
457,500
+55,506
+14% +$2.45M
WAL icon
266
Western Alliance Bancorporation
WAL
$9.2B
$20.8M 0.04%
869,377
+19,380
+2% +$458K
KKD
267
DELISTED
KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC
KKD
$20.7M 0.04%
1,208,332
+12,168
+1% +$200K
TIP icon
268
iShares TIPS Bond ETF
TIP
$14.5B
$20.6M 0.04%
183,367
-3,559
-2% -$407K
IHS
269
DELISTED
IHS INC CL-A COM STK
IHS
$20.5M 0.04%
163,700
-21,458
-12% -$2.91M
TMO icon
270
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$209B
$20.1M 0.03%
165,345
-9,516
-5% -$1.16M
UAA icon
271
Under Armour
UAA
$2.92B
$19.9M 0.03%
581,190
+55,648
+11% +$1.84M
PM icon
272
Philip Morris
PM
$291B
$19.9M 0.03%
238,936
-9,763
-4% -$826K
INTC icon
273
Intel
INTC
$509B
$19.6M 0.03%
562,920
-4,651
-0.8% -$157K
HOS
274
DELISTED
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.
HOS
$19.4M 0.03%
591,495
-484,670
-45% -$20.1M
NVS icon
275
Novartis
NVS
$291B
$19.3M 0.03%
229,118
+21,852
+11% +$1.77M
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William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, William Blair & Company held 2,314 positions worth $58.5B, down 4.5% from $61.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.8% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 filing shows 217 new, 799 increased, 860 reduced and 188 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M. The largest sale was TSMC, an estimated $196M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 8.4% of assets, up from 8.2% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Technology.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q3 2014 buy was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Teva Pharmaceuticals in Q3 2014, an estimated $246M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was TSMC, cutting an estimated $196M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited ROCKWOOD HLDGS INC in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $59.6M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 6.8% of its $58.5B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company opened 217 new positions and closed 188 in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 4.5% quarter-over-quarter to $58.5B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 4 Nov 2014.