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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
CDK
526
DELISTED
CDK Global, Inc.
CDK
$5.8M 0.01%
+142,223
New +$5.04M
MCHP icon
527
Microchip Technology
MCHP
$42.5B
$5.78M 0.01%
256,254
-20,498
-7% -$446K
UN
528
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$5.76M 0.01%
147,687
-24,179
-14% -$946K
AGG icon
529
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF
AGG
$138B
$5.75M 0.01%
52,255
-630
-1% -$69.3K
PBPB
530
DELISTED
Potbelly
PBPB
$5.7M 0.01%
442,548
-77,262
-15% -$977K
ADM icon
531
Archer Daniels Midland
ADM
$37.8B
$5.69M 0.01%
109,471
-2,997
-3% -$149K
VOO icon
532
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
VOO
$1.01T
$5.58M 0.01%
29,617
+615
+2% +$113K
BITA
533
DELISTED
Bitauto Holdings Limited
BITA
$5.55M 0.01%
78,891
+24,674
+46% +$1.9M
CSX icon
534
CSX Corp
CSX
$94.5B
$5.52M 0.01%
456,918
+353,817
+343% +$4.14M
SLCA
535
DELISTED
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
SLCA
$5.47M 0.01%
213,034
-57,380
-21% -$2.27M
OXY icon
536
Occidental Petroleum
OXY
$53.8B
$5.42M 0.01%
67,394
-16,384
-20% -$1.36M
RAX
537
DELISTED
Rackspace Hosting Inc
RAX
$5.39M 0.01%
115,136
-45,755
-28% -$1.89M
SNA icon
538
Snap-on
SNA
$21.7B
$5.37M 0.01%
39,270
-649
-2% -$85.1K
EEP
539
DELISTED
Enbridge Energy Partners
EEP
$5.37M 0.01%
134,526
+2,620
+2% +$98.2K
III icon
540
Information Services Group
III
$205M
$5.34M 0.01%
1,266,271
+21,800
+2% +$87.2K
CBPO
541
DELISTED
China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc.
CBPO
$5.26M 0.01%
78,238
+404
+0.5% +$25K
VPL icon
542
Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF
VPL
$8.4B
$5.23M 0.01%
91,988
+7,100
+8% +$414K
BUD icon
543
AB InBev
BUD
$168B
$5.23M 0.01%
46,565
+11,773
+34% +$1.3M
RWX icon
544
State Street SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF
RWX
$269M
$5.22M 0.01%
125,587
+32,665
+35% +$1.37M
ET icon
545
Energy Transfer Partners
ET
$70.4B
$5.19M 0.01%
181,024
+61,300
+51% +$1.77M
DVY icon
546
iShares Select Dividend ETF
DVY
$23.6B
$5.09M 0.01%
64,113
-1,495
-2% -$115K
NKTR icon
547
Nektar Therapeutics
NKTR
$2.48B
$5M 0.01%
21,523
-4,401
-17% -$941K
CTXS
548
DELISTED
Citrix Systems Inc
CTXS
$5M 0.01%
98,399
-869
-0.9% -$44.9K
ZU
549
DELISTED
ZULILY INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK
ZU
$4.93M 0.01%
210,579
-482,794
-70% -$14.8M
PUK icon
550
Prudential
PUK
$34.8B
$4.91M 0.01%
109,577
+16,181
+17% +$721K
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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.