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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
EDR
326
DELISTED
Education Realty Trust Inc
EDR
$17.4M 0.03%
475,314
+28,509
+6% +$976K
HEI icon
327
HEICO Corp
HEI
$51.3B
$17.3M 0.03%
700,852
-9,841
-1% -$213K
BA icon
328
Boeing
BA
$187B
$17.2M 0.03%
131,970
-11,558
-8% -$1.47M
ABCO
329
DELISTED
Advisory Board Co
ABCO
$17.1M 0.03%
348,591
-106,356
-23% -$5.01M
IHS
330
DELISTED
IHS INC CL-A COM STK
IHS
$17.1M 0.03%
149,729
-13,971
-9% -$1.73M
TAL icon
331
TAL Education Group
TAL
$6.68B
$16.9M 0.03%
3,608,904
-855,036
-19% -$4.48M
MRK icon
332
Merck
MRK
$319B
$16.8M 0.03%
309,819
+24,745
+9% +$1.38M
WWW icon
333
Wolverine World Wide
WWW
$1.59B
$16.6M 0.03%
562,270
+546,619
+3,493% +$15.1M
B
334
DELISTED
Barnes Group Inc.
B
$16.5M 0.03%
446,597
+21,756
+5% +$764K
TNGO
335
DELISTED
Tangoe, Inc.
TNGO
$16.4M 0.03%
1,259,091
+302,110
+32% +$4.05M
MDP
336
DELISTED
Meredith Corporation
MDP
$16.4M 0.03%
301,552
+12,328
+4% +$618K
CNMD icon
337
CONMED
CNMD
$1.52B
$16.2M 0.03%
360,891
+18,236
+5% +$764K
CIR
338
DELISTED
CIRCOR International, Inc
CIR
$16.2M 0.03%
268,989
+11,916
+5% +$784K
INGN icon
339
Inogen
INGN
$185M
$16.2M 0.03%
515,522
+361,544
+235% +$8.76M
EVTC icon
340
Evertec
EVTC
$1.93B
$16.1M 0.03%
729,531
+20,278
+3% +$445K
EL icon
341
Estee Lauder
EL
$31.1B
$16M 0.03%
210,561
-3,719
-2% -$275K
TVTY
342
DELISTED
Tivity Health, Inc. Common Stock
TVTY
$16M 0.03%
804,443
-77,066
-9% -$1.26M
GCO icon
343
Genesco
GCO
$442M
$15.9M 0.03%
207,856
+9,888
+5% +$751K
SDY icon
344
State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
SDY
$23.7B
$15.9M 0.03%
201,696
+1,200
+0.6% +$93.8K
ATML
345
DELISTED
ATMEL CORP
ATML
$15.9M 0.03%
1,889,146
+136,696
+8% +$1.05M
HIW icon
346
Highwoods Properties
HIW
$3.66B
$15.8M 0.03%
357,077
+92,464
+35% +$3.92M
MOG.A icon
347
Moog Inc Class A
MOG.A
$13B
$15.8M 0.03%
213,213
+9,239
+5% +$668K
MTN icon
348
Vail Resorts
MTN
$5.31B
$15.8M 0.03%
172,919
+10,920
+7% +$947K
DEI icon
349
Douglas Emmett
DEI
$2.01B
$15.7M 0.03%
+551,386
New +$15.2M
ACC
350
DELISTED
American Campus Communities, Inc.
ACC
$15.6M 0.03%
378,019
+15,194
+4% +$598K
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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.