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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
+4.87%
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
$13.3B
AUM Growth
+$909M
Cap. Flow
+$365M
Cap. Flow %
2.74%
Top 10 Hldgs %
18.02%
Holding
1,758
New
284
Increased
677
Reduced
459
Closed
116

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$28.4M
2
WAB icon
Wabtec
WAB
+$24.8M
3
KRNT icon
Kornit Digital
KRNT
+$21.3M
4
AXP icon
American Express
AXP
+$18.2M
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$18.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MBLY
Mobileye N.V.
MBLY
+$60.9M
2
BMY icon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
+$25.7M
3
GWW icon
W.W. Grainger
GWW
+$21.5M
4
NORD
Nord Anglia Education, Inc.
NORD
+$17.5M
5
PLAY icon
Dave & Buster's
PLAY
+$17.4M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 18.81%
2 Technology 16.26%
3 Financials 13.98%
4 Industrials 10.73%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.39%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
SNA icon
301
Snap-on
SNA
$21.2B
$6.1M 0.05%
38,580
+2,366
+7% +$387K
VOD icon
302
Vodafone
VOD
$37.2B
$6.04M 0.05%
210,152
+108,078
+106% +$3.01M
HYG icon
303
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
HYG
$15.9B
$6.02M 0.05%
68,121
-15,378
-18% -$1.35M
VXF icon
304
Vanguard Extended Market ETF
VXF
$30.4B
$5.87M 0.04%
57,354
+6,052
+12% +$610K
RF icon
305
Regions Financial
RF
$26.3B
$5.79M 0.04%
395,231
+69,765
+21% +$982K
AKAM icon
306
Akamai
AKAM
$16.5B
$5.71M 0.04%
114,647
-56,633
-33% -$2.99M
TTE icon
307
TotalEnergies
TTE
$193B
$5.68M 0.04%
114,485
+50,798
+80% +$2.61M
BPL
308
DELISTED
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
BPL
$5.66M 0.04%
88,571
+401
+0.5% +$26.4K
MIDD icon
309
Middleby
MIDD
$6.03B
$5.65M 0.04%
46,500
+10,137
+28% +$1.34M
ADM icon
310
Archer Daniels Midland
ADM
$38.9B
$5.64M 0.04%
136,206
+5,727
+4% +$246K
MGM icon
311
MGM Resorts International
MGM
$11.7B
$5.64M 0.04%
180,115
-8,610
-5% -$266K
AXTA icon
312
Axalta
AXTA
$7.71B
$5.59M 0.04%
174,484
+6,236
+4% +$199K
ROP icon
313
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.5B
$5.58M 0.04%
24,109
-363
-1% -$80.4K
DNKN
314
DELISTED
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.
DNKN
$5.55M 0.04%
100,692
-11,105
-10% -$621K
UL icon
315
Unilever
UL
$141B
$5.54M 0.04%
91,052
+9,150
+11% +$545K
DST
316
DELISTED
DST Systems Inc.
DST
$5.54M 0.04%
89,800
– –
EQIX icon
317
Equinix
EQIX
$103B
$5.52M 0.04%
12,858
+1,337
+12% +$567K
TECH icon
318
Bio-Techne
TECH
$11.2B
$5.5M 0.04%
187,232
+6,784
+4% +$185K
FITB
319
Fifth Third Bancorp
FITB
$51.3B
$5.47M 0.04%
210,803
+128,187
+155% +$3.17M
NOW icon
320
ServiceNow
NOW
$114B
$5.47M 0.04%
257,835
+240,515
+1,389% +$4.72M
III icon
321
Information Services Group
III
$197M
$5.45M 0.04%
1,326,944
+32,315
+2% +$116K
LFUS icon
322
Littelfuse
LFUS
$11.2B
$5.45M 0.04%
33,056
+7,364
+29% +$1.18M
PETX
323
DELISTED
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.
PETX
$5.43M 0.04%
751,220
+84,057
+13% +$517K
XLI icon
324
State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLI
$32.5B
$5.43M 0.04%
79,699
+8,354
+12% +$558K
AGG icon
325
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF
AGG
$138B
$5.37M 0.04%
49,057
+11,118
+29% +$1.22M
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William Blair & Company's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, William Blair & Company held 1,758 positions worth $13.3B, up 7.3% from $12.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 18% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q2 2017 filing shows 284 new, 677 increased, 459 reduced and 116 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Bob Evans Farms, Inc.: 219,278 shares worth $15.8M. The largest sale was Mobileye N.V., an estimated $60.9M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q2 2017 buy was Bob Evans Farms, Inc.: 219,278 shares worth $15.8M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Alphabet (Google) Class A in Q2 2017, an estimated $28.4M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was Mobileye N.V., cutting an estimated $60.9M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Nord Anglia Education, Inc. in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $17.5M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 18% of its $13.3B portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • William Blair & Company opened 284 new positions and closed 116 in Q2 2017.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 7.3% quarter-over-quarter to $13.3B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 4 Aug 2017.