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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
SSTK icon
701
Shutterstock
SSTK
$229M
$2.02M ﹤0.01%
29,278
-1,828
-6% -$133K
ATR icon
702
AptarGroup
ATR
$8.69B
$2.02M ﹤0.01%
30,207
-587
-2% -$37.2K
SEP
703
DELISTED
Spectra Engy Parters Lp
SEP
$2M ﹤0.01%
35,172
+650
+2% +$35.2K
GSK icon
704
GSK
GSK
$103B
$2M ﹤0.01%
37,422
+1,988
+6% +$111K
RALY
705
DELISTED
RALLY SOFTWARE DEV CORP
RALY
$2M ﹤0.01%
175,810
-417,056
-70% -$4.33M
XRAY icon
706
Dentsply Sirona
XRAY
$2.76B
$2M ﹤0.01%
37,500
+2,785
+8% +$142K
WAB icon
707
Wabtec
WAB
$50B
$1.99M ﹤0.01%
22,915
-123
-0.5% -$10.4K
ARLP icon
708
Alliance Resource Partners
ARLP
$3.27B
$1.99M ﹤0.01%
46,145
+1,245
+3% +$55.3K
STJ
709
DELISTED
St Jude Medical
STJ
$1.99M ﹤0.01%
30,546
-7,984
-21% -$514K
CMCSK
710
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$1.98M ﹤0.01%
34,414
-209
-0.6% -$12K
ALV icon
711
Autoliv
ALV
$9.02B
$1.97M ﹤0.01%
25,782
-2,750
-10% -$193K
MRSH
712
Marsh
MRSH
$91.4B
$1.97M ﹤0.01%
34,400
+207
+0.6% +$11.4K
IVV icon
713
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV
$898B
$1.96M ﹤0.01%
9,472
-155
-2% -$31.4K
TWX
714
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$1.96M ﹤0.01%
22,940
+127
+0.6% +$10.1K
FMI
715
DELISTED
Foundation Medicine, Inc.
FMI
$1.94M ﹤0.01%
+87,154
New +$2.01M
AMAT icon
716
Applied Materials
AMAT
$424B
$1.93M ﹤0.01%
77,462
-2,099
-3% -$47.4K
VMC icon
717
Vulcan Materials
VMC
$37.2B
$1.9M ﹤0.01%
28,922
– –
SE
718
DELISTED
Spectra Energy Corp Wi
SE
$1.89M ﹤0.01%
52,161
+1,168
+2% +$44K
GG
719
DELISTED
Goldcorp Inc
GG
$1.89M ﹤0.01%
101,800
+16,129
+19% +$331K
XLE icon
720
State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLE
$37.6B
$1.87M ﹤0.01%
47,346
+6,212
+15% +$258K
ENLC
721
DELISTED
ENLINK MIDSTREAM, LLC
ENLC
$1.87M ﹤0.01%
+52,585
New +$1.89M
JOY
722
DELISTED
Joy Global Inc
JOY
$1.87M ﹤0.01%
40,175
+1,665
+4% +$85.2K
TRV icon
723
Travelers Companies
TRV
$79.8B
$1.86M ﹤0.01%
17,550
-140
-0.8% -$14.1K
GEL icon
724
Genesis Energy
GEL
$1.82B
$1.85M ﹤0.01%
43,720
-2,755
-6% -$127K
PCAR icon
725
PACCAR
PCAR
$70.2B
$1.83M ﹤0.01%
40,278
-640
-2% -$27.6K
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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.