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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
-5.41%
1 Year Est. Return
+18.88%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.84%
5 Year Est. Return
+90.13%
10 Year Est. Return
+563.35%
AUM
$11.6B
AUM Growth
-$55.3B
Cap. Flow
-$52.2B
Cap. Flow %
-451.81%
Top 10 Hldgs %
17.24%
Holding
2,286
New
72
Increased
349
Reduced
842
Closed
862

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PYPL icon
PayPal
PYPL
+$23.1M
2
WDAY icon
Workday
WDAY
+$23M
3
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$16.6M
4
BIIB icon
Biogen
BIIB
+$16.4M
5
DHR icon
Danaher
DHR
+$16.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 18.68%
2 Technology 13.63%
3 Industrials 12.35%
4 Financials 11.99%
5 Consumer Discretionary 11.58%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
EXEL icon
401
Exelixis
EXEL
$13.7B
$2.96M 0.03%
528,615
+508,215
+2,491% +$2.77M
PETX
402
DELISTED
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.
PETX
$2.95M 0.03%
348,581
+11,381
+3% +$193K
RTN
403
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
$2.95M 0.03%
26,991
-1,447
-5% -$151K
GRUB
404
DELISTED
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. American Depositary Shares
GRUB
$2.93M 0.03%
60,277
-10,205
-14% -$594K
BNY
405
Bank of New York Mellon
BNY
$108B
$2.93M 0.03%
74,737
-146,828
-66% -$6.1M
VB icon
406
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
VB
$81.9B
$2.89M 0.03%
26,738
-254
-0.9% -$29.7K
IDV icon
407
iShares International Select Dividend ETF
IDV
$8.5B
$2.87M 0.02%
102,198
-5,840
-5% -$178K
LYG icon
408
Lloyds Banking Group
LYG
$90.8B
$2.87M 0.02%
622,995
-115,808
-16% -$580K
IFX
409
DELISTED
INFINEON TECH AG ADS(REP1 ORD)
IFX
$2.86M 0.02%
253,182
-52,511
-17% -$594K
HMSY
410
DELISTED
HMS Holdings Corp.
HMSY
$2.85M 0.02%
325,021
-6,283,704
-95% -$70.1M
TTE icon
411
TotalEnergies
TTE
$191B
$2.84M 0.02%
39,689,939,057
-4,811,733,702
-11% -$481K
VXF icon
412
Vanguard Extended Market ETF
VXF
$31.4B
$2.83M 0.02%
34,666
LEG icon
413
Leggett & Platt
LEG
$1.33B
$2.81M 0.02%
68,234
-2,280
-3% -$106K
THS
414
DELISTED
Treehouse Foods
THS
$2.81M 0.02%
36,161
-4,306
-11% -$345K
UBS icon
415
UBS Group
UBS
$174B
$2.8M 0.02%
151,190
+6,066
+4% +$129K
JBTM
416
JBT Marel
JBTM
$6.37B
$2.8M 0.02%
73,140
-206,646
-74% -$7.49M
WU icon
417
Western Union
WU
$2.24B
$2.79M 0.02%
151,917
-6,027
-4% -$115K
BDX icon
418
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$48.9B
$2.79M 0.02%
21,535
-555
-3% -$77.5K
ROP icon
419
Roper Technologies
ROP
$38.7B
$2.79M 0.02%
17,781
-16,397
-48% -$2.71M
BXLT
420
DELISTED
BAXALTA INC COM STK (DE)
BXLT
$2.76M 0.02%
+87,612
New +$3.02M
NEE icon
421
NextEra Energy
NEE
$179B
$2.74M 0.02%
112,396
-12,520
-10% -$318K
WPP icon
422
WPP
WPP
$5.72B
$2.72M 0.02%
26,185
-3,868
-13% -$423K
FANG icon
423
Diamondback Energy
FANG
$52.5B
$2.72M 0.02%
42,100
-612,345
-94% -$41.6M
SLAB icon
424
Silicon Laboratories
SLAB
$7.23B
$2.72M 0.02%
65,395
-1,224
-2% -$55.9K
HSY icon
425
Hershey
HSY
$36.2B
$2.71M 0.02%
29,457
+7,105
+32% +$647K

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William Blair & Company's Q3 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2015, William Blair & Company held 2,286 positions worth $11.6B, down 83% from $66.9B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 17% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company withdrew a net $52.2B in Q3 2015, closing 862 positions and reducing 842 holdings. Its most notable exit was Enbridge, an estimated $154M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 7.4% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

Against the trend, William Blair & Company opened a new position in PayPal worth $20M.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q3 2015 buy was PayPal: 644,428 shares worth $20M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Workday in Q3 2015, an estimated $23M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q3 2015 reduction was Teva Pharmaceuticals, cutting an estimated $348M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Enbridge in Q3 2015, selling an estimated $154M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 17% of its $11.6B portfolio in Q3 2015.
  • William Blair & Company opened 72 new positions and closed 862 in Q3 2015.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 83% quarter-over-quarter to $11.6B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 12 Nov 2015.