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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
+4.98%
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
$60.5B
AUM Growth
+$4.27B
Cap. Flow
-$6.02M
Cap. Flow %
-0.01%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.14%
Holding
2,280
New
233
Increased
803
Reduced
822
Closed
265

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ABEV icon
Ambev
ABEV
+$275M
2
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$202M
3
AKAM icon
Akamai
AKAM
+$127M
4
IPGP icon
IPG Photonics
IPGP
+$107M
5
WP
Worldpay, Inc.
WP
+$106M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ABV
COMPANHIA BEBIDA ADS EACH REPSTG 1 PFD SH
ABV
+$237M
2
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$186M
3
SWI
SOLARWINDS INC COM STK (DE)
SWI
+$104M
4
CLH icon
Clean Harbors
CLH
+$104M
5
FMX icon
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
+$101M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 8.87%
2 Technology 6.81%
3 Consumer Discretionary 6.54%
4 Healthcare 5.75%
5 Financials 5.4%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
V icon
51
Visa
V
$684B
$165M 0.27%
2,967,572
+108,616
+4% +$5.48M
SBH icon
52
Sally Beauty Holdings
SBH
$1.43B
$162M 0.27%
5,350,267
-130,189
-2% -$3.57M
EBAY icon
53
eBay
EBAY
$50.6B
$158M 0.26%
6,857,236
-957,359
-12% -$21.2M
GWRE icon
54
Guidewire Software
GWRE
$12.6B
$158M 0.26%
3,209,960
+1,115,370
+53% +$52.6M
AMZN icon
55
Amazon
AMZN
$2.92T
$156M 0.26%
7,837,900
-171,180
-2% -$3.08M
DG icon
56
Dollar General
DG
$28B
$156M 0.26%
2,585,535
-77,241
-3% -$4.54M
CP icon
57
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
CP
$78.1B
$154M 0.26%
5,101,425
-413,685
-8% -$11.9M
CHKP icon
58
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$13B
$149M 0.25%
2,313,179
+58,722
+3% +$3.53M
CTSH icon
59
Cognizant
CTSH
$24.9B
$142M 0.23%
2,806,418
-199,918
-7% -$9.11M
SU icon
60
Suncor Energy
SU
$79.4B
$141M 0.23%
4,029,129
-192,988
-5% -$6.79M
FRC
61
DELISTED
First Republic Bank
FRC
$140M 0.23%
2,677,869
-648,460
-19% -$32.5M
FDS icon
62
Factset
FDS
$9.36B
$136M 0.22%
1,252,340
-34,940
-3% -$3.88M
SBAC icon
63
SBA Communications
SBAC
$19.2B
$136M 0.22%
1,511,805
-55,062
-4% -$4.73M
IPGP icon
64
IPG Photonics
IPGP
$3.61B
$129M 0.21%
1,656,045
+1,566,955
+1,759% +$107M
ECL icon
65
Ecolab
ECL
$78.1B
$128M 0.21%
1,229,397
-45,887
-4% -$4.77M
TRS icon
66
TriMas Corp
TRS
$1.43B
$127M 0.21%
3,995,774
-731,147
-15% -$22.2M
CL icon
67
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$73.1B
$126M 0.21%
1,932,936
+126,137
+7% +$8.07M
JPM icon
68
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$935B
$125M 0.21%
2,142,123
-295,633
-12% -$16.2M
ECPG icon
69
Encore Capital Group
ECPG
$2.02B
$125M 0.21%
2,491,595
-346,215
-12% -$16.5M
VFC icon
70
VF Corp
VFC
$5.63B
$124M 0.21%
2,120,322
+557,640
+36% +$29.1M
LULU icon
71
lululemon athletica
LULU
$13.5B
$124M 0.2%
2,098,913
+83,598
+4% +$5.74M
APH icon
72
Amphenol
APH
$198B
$123M 0.2%
11,057,176
-188,248
-2% -$1.95M
UNP icon
73
Union Pacific
UNP
$174B
$123M 0.2%
1,463,158
-18,384
-1% -$1.46M
EHC icon
74
Encompass Health
EHC
$11B
$123M 0.2%
4,634,378
-2,316,664
-33% -$64.5M
WP
75
DELISTED
Worldpay, Inc.
WP
$119M 0.2%
+3,656,052
New +$106M
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3
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William Blair & Company's Q4 2013 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2013, William Blair & Company held 2,280 positions worth $60.5B, up 7.6% from $56.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 8.1% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q4 2013 filing shows 233 new, 803 increased, 822 reduced and 265 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Ambev: 37,612,682 shares worth $276M. The largest sale was COMPANHIA BEBIDA ADS EACH REPSTG 1 PFD SH, an estimated $237M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 8.9% of assets, down from 9% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q4 2013 buy was Ambev: 37,612,682 shares worth $276M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Baidu in Q4 2013, an estimated $202M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q4 2013 reduction was Perrigo, cutting an estimated $186M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited COMPANHIA BEBIDA ADS EACH REPSTG 1 PFD SH in Q4 2013, selling an estimated $237M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 8.1% of its $60.5B portfolio in Q4 2013.
  • William Blair & Company opened 233 new positions and closed 265 in Q4 2013.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 7.6% quarter-over-quarter to $60.5B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q4 2013, filed 11 Feb 2014.