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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
FAST icon
26
Fastenal
FAST
$53.5B
$235M 0.38%
19,792,148
-11,430,528
-37% -$128M
IT icon
27
Gartner
IT
$10.2B
$234M 0.38%
2,781,500
-110,143
-4% -$8.95M
ABEV icon
28
Ambev
ABEV
$48.2B
$228M 0.37%
36,703,863
-108,777
-0.3% -$687K
SPY icon
29
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$784B
$228M 0.37%
1,108,043
+343,283
+45% +$69M
SLB icon
30
SLB Ltd
SLB
$72.6B
$226M 0.37%
2,650,079
-169,627
-6% -$15.6M
SIRO
31
DELISTED
SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS INC COM STK
SIRO
$225M 0.36%
2,570,358
+94,906
+4% +$7.84M
BABA icon
32
Alibaba
BABA
$279B
$223M 0.36%
2,143,991
+999,934
+87% +$103M
BN icon
33
Brookfield
BN
$103B
$222M 0.36%
18,930,428
-100,309
-0.5% -$1.13M
GMCR
34
DELISTED
KEURIG GREEN MTN INC
GMCR
$221M 0.36%
1,672,170
-370,199
-18% -$52.5M
MD icon
35
Pediatrix Medical
MD
$2.17B
$215M 0.35%
3,247,735
+814,852
+33% +$49.7M
ODFL icon
36
Old Dominion Freight Line
ODFL
$44.2B
$211M 0.34%
8,151,222
-1,400,013
-15% -$34.7M
CL icon
37
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$73.3B
$210M 0.34%
3,030,150
+123,122
+4% +$8.32M
BMY icon
38
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$132B
$209M 0.34%
3,537,600
+1,910,466
+117% +$108M
TDG icon
39
TransDigm Group
TDG
$69.9B
$205M 0.33%
1,044,196
-154,216
-13% -$29.1M
SIX
40
DELISTED
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
SIX
$197M 0.32%
4,573,310
+224,883
+5% +$8.85M
VRSK icon
41
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$26.1B
$192M 0.31%
3,000,942
+1,141,505
+61% +$71.1M
BKNG icon
42
Booking.com
BKNG
$150B
$191M 0.31%
4,177,250
+1,129,600
+37% +$51M
LPLA icon
43
LPL Financial
LPLA
$27.1B
$189M 0.31%
4,245,065
+394,576
+10% +$17M
TW
44
DELISTED
TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE)
TW
$185M 0.3%
1,638,288
+1,485,699
+974% +$164M
PII icon
45
Polaris
PII
$3.88B
$185M 0.3%
1,223,196
+347,082
+40% +$52.1M
ZD icon
46
Ziff Davis
ZD
$1.94B
$184M 0.3%
3,419,319
+202,417
+6% +$9.79M
SBNY
47
DELISTED
Signature Bank
SBNY
$184M 0.3%
1,460,828
+227,001
+18% +$27.1M
AMZN icon
48
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$183M 0.3%
11,795,660
+114,200
+1% +$1.78M
BWA icon
49
BorgWarner
BWA
$13.2B
$182M 0.29%
3,758,014
+1,048,674
+39% +$51.1M
MNST icon
50
Monster Beverage
MNST
$95.5B
$177M 0.29%
19,178,064
+6,053,664
+46% +$104M
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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.