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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
ADBE icon
251
Adobe
ADBE
$99.4B
$25M 0.04%
343,447
-4,463
-1% -$313K
SYK icon
252
Stryker
SYK
$129B
$24.8M 0.04%
263,216
+35,252
+15% +$3.13M
MMP
253
DELISTED
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
MMP
$24.7M 0.04%
299,279
-3,260
-1% -$266K
PEB icon
254
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
PEB
$2.18B
$24.5M 0.04%
537,830
-26,047
-5% -$1.09M
ZBRA icon
255
Zebra Technologies
ZBRA
$16.7B
$24.1M 0.04%
311,354
+108,476
+53% +$7.81M
CNO icon
256
CNO Financial Group
CNO
$5.1B
$24.1M 0.04%
1,398,795
+120,178
+9% +$2.07M
AMGN icon
257
Amgen
AMGN
$204B
$23.9M 0.04%
150,353
+20,721
+16% +$3.23M
PAYX icon
258
Paychex
PAYX
$41.1B
$23M 0.04%
498,657
-58,454
-10% -$2.7M
MDT icon
259
Medtronic
MDT
$109B
$23M 0.04%
318,421
+33,272
+12% +$2.31M
GPOR
260
DELISTED
Gulfport Energy Corp.
GPOR
$23M 0.04%
549,882
+34,001
+7% +$1.59M
MTX icon
261
Minerals Technologies
MTX
$2.33B
$22.7M 0.04%
326,852
-21,651
-6% -$1.51M
FET icon
262
Forum Energy Technologies
FET
$787M
$22.3M 0.04%
53,840
+3,382
+7% +$1.67M
SWX icon
263
Southwest Gas
SWX
$6.44B
$22.3M 0.04%
360,182
+14,566
+4% +$826K
CW icon
264
Curtiss-Wright
CW
$28B
$22.1M 0.04%
313,529
-5,331
-2% -$368K
ESL
265
DELISTED
Esterline Technologies
ESL
$21.8M 0.04%
198,913
+7,791
+4% +$876K
NKE icon
266
Nike
NKE
$60.8B
$21.8M 0.04%
453,214
+32,396
+8% +$1.52M
SIGI icon
267
Selective Insurance
SIGI
$5.66B
$21.8M 0.04%
801,540
+90,169
+13% +$2.3M
THG icon
268
Hanover Insurance
THG
$8.01B
$21.7M 0.04%
304,147
+13,136
+5% +$888K
PINC
269
DELISTED
Premier
PINC
$21.7M 0.04%
646,647
+80,972
+14% +$2.64M
PACW
270
DELISTED
PacWest Bancorp
PACW
$21.5M 0.03%
473,779
+21,959
+5% +$963K
CDNS icon
271
Cadence Design Systems
CDNS
$95.4B
$21.4M 0.03%
1,129,146
-197,476
-15% -$3.54M
APD icon
272
Air Products & Chemicals
APD
$64.5B
$21.4M 0.03%
160,129
+43,765
+38% +$5.54M
VZ icon
273
Verizon
VZ
$194B
$21.4M 0.03%
456,483
-4,493
-1% -$220K
OZK icon
274
Bank OZK
OZK
$5.63B
$21.4M 0.03%
563,059
+26,776
+5% +$935K
TXNM
275
TXNM Energy Inc
TXNM
$5.93B
$21.3M 0.03%
719,181
+29,178
+4% +$827K
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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.