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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
+5.14%
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
$14.1B
AUM Growth
-$591M
Cap. Flow
-$1.14B
Cap. Flow %
-8.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
20.02%
Holding
1,654
New
292
Increased
437
Reduced
658
Closed
147

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
P
Everpure Inc
P
+$31.8M
2
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$24.9M
3
TYL icon
Tyler Technologies
TYL
+$24.4M
4
NTNX icon
Nutanix
NTNX
+$15.6M
5
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$15.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$70.7M
2
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$47.1M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$43.1M
4
EXEL icon
Exelixis
EXEL
+$33M
5
V icon
Visa
V
+$31.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 18.97%
2 Healthcare 17.83%
3 Financials 14.24%
4 Industrials 10.29%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
CRM icon
26
Salesforce
CRM
$155B
$114M 0.81%
982,393
-252,363
-20% -$29M
GILD icon
27
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$162B
$114M 0.8%
1,506,176
-46,971
-3% -$3.73M
EOG icon
28
EOG Resources
EOG
$77.8B
$113M 0.8%
1,069,359
+21,836
+2% +$2.35M
PYPL icon
29
PayPal
PYPL
$49.4B
$109M 0.77%
1,435,954
-149,229
-9% -$11.8M
VRSK icon
30
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$25.3B
$102M 0.72%
984,468
+2,089
+0.2% +$209K
FTV icon
31
Fortive
FTV
$18.1B
$101M 0.71%
2,058,310
-45,015
-2% -$2.14M
VEU icon
32
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
$66.7B
$100M 0.71%
1,844,843
+11,686
+0.6% +$651K
CSGP icon
33
CoStar Group
CSGP
$11.9B
$98.8M 0.7%
2,725,060
-702,700
-21% -$24.2M
GWRE icon
34
Guidewire Software
GWRE
$13.1B
$98.3M 0.7%
1,215,938
+27,247
+2% +$2.19M
BRK.B icon
35
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.11T
$98.1M 0.69%
491,612
+23,080
+5% +$4.74M
JNJ icon
36
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$609B
$92.7M 0.66%
723,640
-167,922
-19% -$22.7M
ITW icon
37
Illinois Tool Works
ITW
$83.6B
$88.3M 0.62%
563,527
-40,722
-7% -$6.76M
VIG icon
38
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
VIG
$112B
$87.4M 0.62%
864,749
+12,734
+1% +$1.32M
HD icon
39
Home Depot
HD
$337B
$87.2M 0.62%
489,215
-40,765
-8% -$7.65M
ABMD
40
DELISTED
Abiomed Inc
ABMD
$85.2M 0.6%
292,955
-86,931
-23% -$22M
AMG icon
41
Affiliated Managers Group
AMG
$9.94B
$85.2M 0.6%
449,597
-135,865
-23% -$26.5M
ACN icon
42
Accenture
ACN
$102B
$83.4M 0.59%
543,043
-6,244
-1% -$989K
NFLX icon
43
Netflix
NFLX
$305B
$79.4M 0.56%
2,689,010
+29,470
+1% +$802K
APH icon
44
Amphenol
APH
$196B
$79.2M 0.56%
3,676,696
-69,404
-2% -$1.56M
NTRS icon
45
Northern Trust
NTRS
$33.4B
$77.2M 0.55%
748,114
-14,502
-2% -$1.52M
UNP icon
46
Union Pacific
UNP
$174B
$76.5M 0.54%
569,075
-17,786
-3% -$2.39M
ABBV icon
47
AbbVie
ABBV
$436B
$75.7M 0.54%
799,613
-23,002
-3% -$2.53M
SYK icon
48
Stryker
SYK
$129B
$74.6M 0.53%
463,766
+51,211
+12% +$8.25M
BKNG icon
49
Booking.com
BKNG
$149B
$72.9M 0.52%
876,600
-675
-0.1% -$53.1K
DXCM icon
50
DexCom
DXCM
$32.6B
$71.1M 0.5%
3,836,264
-275,904
-7% -$4.08M

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William Blair & Company's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, William Blair & Company held 1,654 positions worth $14.1B, down 4% from $14.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 20% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company withdrew a net $1.14B in Q1 2018, closing 147 positions and reducing 658 holdings. Its most notable exit was Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, an estimated $6.64M position sold in full.

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

Against the trend, William Blair & Company opened a new position in Worldpay, Inc. worth $6.54M.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q1 2018 buy was Worldpay, Inc.: 79,468 shares worth $6.54M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Everpure Inc in Q1 2018, an estimated $31.8M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was Meta Platforms (Facebook), cutting an estimated $70.7M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $6.64M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 20% of its $14.1B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • William Blair & Company opened 292 new positions and closed 147 in Q1 2018.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 4% quarter-over-quarter to $14.1B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 15 May 2018.