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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
+0.61%
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
$66.9B
AUM Growth
+$1.9B
Cap. Flow
+$1.98B
Cap. Flow %
2.96%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.71%
Holding
2,412
New
252
Increased
857
Reduced
879
Closed
200

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BC icon
Brunswick
BC
+$132M
2
ANSS
Ansys
ANSS
+$129M
3
UNP icon
Union Pacific
UNP
+$129M
4
CERN
Cerner Corp
CERN
+$108M
5
IWD icon
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
IWD
+$83.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CTSH icon
Cognizant
CTSH
+$154M
2
SRCL
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
+$140M
3
PXD
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
PXD
+$99.4M
4
SFM icon
Sprouts Farmers Market
SFM
+$84M
5
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$83.7M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 7.37%
2 Industrials 7.1%
3 Financials 6.37%
4 Consumer Discretionary 6.33%
5 Technology 6.14%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
RWO icon
476
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF
RWO
$1.31B
$7.35M 0.01%
160,364
+6,432
+4% +$311K
CPLA
477
DELISTED
Capella Education Company
CPLA
$7.3M 0.01%
136,000
-311
-0.2% -$18K
PGR icon
478
Progressive
PGR
$124B
$7.29M 0.01%
262,066
+35,961
+16% +$981K
CG icon
479
Carlyle Group
CG
$17.9B
$7.28M 0.01%
258,450
+91,850
+55% +$2.69M
HW
480
DELISTED
Headwaters Inc
HW
$7.17M 0.01%
393,580
-890
-0.2% -$16.8K
WES
481
DELISTED
Western Gas Partners Lp
WES
$7.13M 0.01%
112,495
-1,360
-1% -$92.3K
ET icon
482
Energy Transfer Partners
ET
$70B
$7.12M 0.01%
222,078
+18,094
+9% +$606K
AGG icon
483
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF
AGG
$138B
$7.01M 0.01%
64,455
+5,200
+9% +$572K
BP icon
484
BP
BP
$106B
$7M 0.01%
208,125
-12,111
-5% -$424K
PCTY icon
485
Paylocity
PCTY
$7.91B
$6.82M 0.01%
190,260
+3,907
+2% +$126K
EXC icon
486
Exelon
EXC
$47.1B
$6.76M 0.01%
301,514
+14,340
+5% +$344K
UN
487
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$6.68M 0.01%
159,731
+16,571
+12% +$715K
ECHO
488
DELISTED
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
ECHO
$6.6M 0.01%
+202,019
New +$6.13M
LLY icon
489
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.04T
$6.59M 0.01%
78,957
-6,617
-8% -$504K
VOO icon
490
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
VOO
$1.01T
$6.58M 0.01%
34,827
+790
+2% +$152K
EVOL
491
DELISTED
Evolving Systems, Inc.
EVOL
$6.57M 0.01%
732,685
+434,334
+146% +$3.96M
DD
492
DELISTED
Du Pont De Nemours E I
DD
$6.41M 0.01%
105,550
-663
-0.6% -$44.7K
XEC
493
DELISTED
CIMAREX ENERGY CO
XEC
$6.38M 0.01%
57,876
-1,253
-2% -$150K
VPL icon
494
Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF
VPL
$8.37B
$6.34M 0.01%
103,873
+11,185
+12% +$707K
AMT icon
495
American Tower
AMT
$78.3B
$6.26M 0.01%
67,141
-240
-0.4% -$22.7K
HON icon
496
Honeywell
HON
$78.6B
$6.22M 0.01%
67,928
-24,820
-27% -$2.31M
VTR icon
497
Ventas
VTR
$47.5B
$6.16M 0.01%
86,865
-1,857
-2% -$145K
QUOT
498
DELISTED
Quotient Technology Inc
QUOT
$6.15M 0.01%
570,124
-1,270
-0.2% -$15.9K
IWS icon
499
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
IWS
$15.9B
$6.14M 0.01%
83,297
-3,180
-4% -$240K
SNA icon
500
Snap-on
SNA
$21.7B
$6.09M 0.01%
38,235
-900
-2% -$139K
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William Blair & Company's Q2 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2015, William Blair & Company held 2,412 positions worth $66.9B, up 2.9% from $65B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.7% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q2 2015 filing shows 252 new, 857 increased, 879 reduced and 200 closed positions. Its largest new stake was FirstService: 2,731,551 shares worth $75.9M. The largest sale was Cognizant, an estimated $154M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 7.4% of assets, down from 7.5% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Financials.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q2 2015 buy was FirstService: 2,731,551 shares worth $75.9M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Brunswick in Q2 2015, an estimated $132M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q2 2015 reduction was Cognizant, cutting an estimated $154M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Sprouts Farmers Market in Q2 2015, selling an estimated $84M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 6.7% of its $66.9B portfolio in Q2 2015.
  • William Blair & Company opened 252 new positions and closed 200 in Q2 2015.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 2.9% quarter-over-quarter to $66.9B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q2 2015, filed 3 Aug 2015.