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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
+563.35%
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
PDCE
476
DELISTED
PDC Energy, Inc.
PDCE
$7.57M 0.01%
183,457
-153,681
-46% -$6.21M
CPHD
477
DELISTED
Cepheid Inc
CPHD
$7.57M 0.01%
139,809
+12,526
+10% +$633K
EEM icon
478
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
EEM
$29.2B
$7.56M 0.01%
192,423
-251,638
-57% -$10.2M
SJM icon
479
J.M. Smucker
SJM
$12.7B
$7.51M 0.01%
74,425
-6,992
-9% -$708K
CMCSA icon
480
Comcast
CMCSA
$89.3B
$7.44M 0.01%
256,514
+1,306
+0.5% +$35.8K
PGR icon
481
Progressive
PGR
$125B
$7.39M 0.01%
273,915
+67,341
+33% +$1.78M
HSTM icon
482
HealthStream
HSTM
$822M
$7.37M 0.01%
249,861
-5,210
-2% -$148K
VTR icon
483
Ventas
VTR
$47.3B
$7.32M 0.01%
89,440
+54,989
+160% +$4.34M
MON
484
DELISTED
Monsanto Co
MON
$7.32M 0.01%
61,233
-5,253
-8% -$610K
DISCK
485
DELISTED
Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock
DISCK
$7.3M 0.01%
216,557
-361,657
-63% -$12.3M
TXTR
486
DELISTED
TEXTURA CORPORATION COM
TXTR
$7.28M 0.01%
255,853
-37,062
-13% -$947K
SCZ icon
487
iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF
SCZ
$13.6B
$7.28M 0.01%
+155,942
New +$7.36M
XLV icon
488
State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLV
$42.4B
$7.21M 0.01%
105,460
+51,125
+94% +$3.42M
IGIB icon
489
iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
IGIB
$18.6B
$7.17M 0.01%
131,200
+6,000
+5% +$329K
ECOL
490
DELISTED
US Ecology, Inc.
ECOL
$7.17M 0.01%
178,672
+1,708
+1% +$73K
ARUN
491
DELISTED
ARUBA NETWORKS, INC.
ARUN
$7.12M 0.01%
391,714
+26,760
+7% +$534K
FSAM
492
DELISTED
Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. Class A
FSAM
$7.08M 0.01%
+507,422
New +$7.04M
RDS.A
493
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$7.07M 0.01%
113,098
+922
+0.8% +$59.6K
ZOES
494
DELISTED
Zoe's Kitchen, Inc.
ZOES
$7.02M 0.01%
+234,841
New +$7.6M
BP icon
495
BP
BP
$109B
$6.97M 0.01%
220,499
+15,191
+7% +$511K
RH icon
496
RH
RH
$3.56B
$6.97M 0.01%
72,621
+68,857
+1,829% +$5.77M
ADT
497
DELISTED
ADT Corp
ADT
$6.95M 0.01%
191,952
+12,452
+7% +$428K
EPAY
498
DELISTED
Bottomline Technologies Inc
EPAY
$6.9M 0.01%
272,808
-505
-0.2% -$13K
CTLT
499
DELISTED
CATALENT, INC.
CTLT
$6.85M 0.01%
245,665
+153,540
+167% +$4.04M
DUK icon
500
Duke Energy
DUK
$96.6B
$6.79M 0.01%
81,225
-751
-0.9% -$60.6K
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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.