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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
GARS
651
DELISTED
Garrison Capital Inc.
GARS
$2.59M ﹤0.01%
179,625
-19,600
-10% -$288K
MDY icon
652
State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
MDY
$27B
$2.59M ﹤0.01%
9,824
+1,015
+12% +$260K
BAX icon
653
Baxter International
BAX
$14.1B
$2.59M ﹤0.01%
65,019
+236
+0.4% +$9.19K
AMP icon
654
Ameriprise Financial
AMP
$49.6B
$2.58M ﹤0.01%
19,511
-459
-2% -$58.1K
RY icon
655
Royal Bank of Canada
RY
$294B
$2.56M ﹤0.01%
37,031
-2,216
-6% -$157K
DVAX
656
DELISTED
Dynavax Technologies
DVAX
$2.55M ﹤0.01%
151,206
-6,220
-4% -$94.7K
SRE icon
657
Sempra
SRE
$55.3B
$2.53M ﹤0.01%
45,498
+300
+0.7% +$16.3K
PODD icon
658
Insulet
PODD
$9.23B
$2.53M ﹤0.01%
54,880
-4,667
-8% -$200K
LMAT icon
659
LeMaitre Vascular
LMAT
$1.81B
$2.52M ﹤0.01%
+329,279
New +$2.36M
SYNT
660
DELISTED
Syntel Inc
SYNT
$2.51M ﹤0.01%
55,762
-9,244
-14% -$406K
EWG icon
661
iShares MSCI Germany ETF
EWG
$1.61B
$2.48M ﹤0.01%
90,499
+4,327
+5% +$118K
FCX icon
662
Freeport-McMoran
FCX
$99.8B
$2.47M ﹤0.01%
105,715
-48,124
-31% -$1.33M
OMC icon
663
Omnicom Group
OMC
$22.4B
$2.47M ﹤0.01%
31,834
+15,424
+94% +$1.13M
YHOO
664
DELISTED
Yahoo Inc
YHOO
$2.42M ﹤0.01%
47,834
+1,170
+3% +$55.1K
WELL icon
665
Welltower
WELL
$171B
$2.41M ﹤0.01%
31,890
-1,522
-5% -$109K
PCYC
666
DELISTED
PHARMACYCLICS INC
PCYC
$2.4M ﹤0.01%
19,619
-12,410
-39% -$1.59M
TMIC
667
DELISTED
TREND MICRO INC SPONS ADR-NEW
TMIC
$2.4M ﹤0.01%
86,984
+88
+0.1% +$2.42K
D icon
668
Dominion Energy
D
$60B
$2.38M ﹤0.01%
31,018
-143
-0.5% -$10.3K
CRTO icon
669
Criteo S.A. Ordinary Shares
CRTO
$857M
$2.38M ﹤0.01%
58,967
-12,225
-17% -$437K
POT
670
DELISTED
Potash Corp Of Saskatchewan
POT
$2.37M ﹤0.01%
67,228
+58,010
+629% +$1.98M
TPR icon
671
Tapestry
TPR
$32.2B
$2.36M ﹤0.01%
62,931
-40,975
-39% -$1.44M
WOOF
672
DELISTED
VCA Inc.
WOOF
$2.31M ﹤0.01%
47,469
– –
NSPH
673
DELISTED
NANOSPHERE INC. COM NEW
NSPH
$2.26M ﹤0.01%
287,788
+76,412
+36% +$713K
GPC icon
674
Genuine Parts
GPC
$18.1B
$2.24M ﹤0.01%
21,039
-865
-4% -$84.8K
FIS icon
675
Fidelity National Information Services
FIS
$22.1B
$2.22M ﹤0.01%
35,738
-214
-0.6% -$12.6K
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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.