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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
+4.87%
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
$13.3B
AUM Growth
+$909M
Cap. Flow
+$365M
Cap. Flow %
2.74%
Top 10 Hldgs %
18.02%
Holding
1,758
New
284
Increased
677
Reduced
459
Closed
116

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$28.4M
2
WAB icon
Wabtec
WAB
+$24.8M
3
KRNT icon
Kornit Digital
KRNT
+$21.3M
4
AXP icon
American Express
AXP
+$18.2M
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$18.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MBLY
Mobileye N.V.
MBLY
+$60.9M
2
BMY icon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
+$25.7M
3
GWW icon
W.W. Grainger
GWW
+$21.5M
4
NORD
Nord Anglia Education, Inc.
NORD
+$17.5M
5
PLAY icon
Dave & Buster's
PLAY
+$17.4M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 18.81%
2 Technology 16.26%
3 Financials 13.98%
4 Industrials 10.73%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.39%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BRK.B icon
51
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.1T
$67.9M 0.51%
400,792
+48,603
+14% +$8.08M
BKNG icon
52
Booking.com
BKNG
$156B
$66.2M 0.5%
884,550
-16,700
-2% -$1.22M
PX
53
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$64.9M 0.49%
489,397
-26,440
-5% -$3.39M
ACN icon
54
Accenture
ACN
$106B
$64.1M 0.48%
518,457
+32,251
+7% +$3.93M
WAB icon
55
Wabtec
WAB
$49.3B
$63.7M 0.48%
696,060
+297,509
+75% +$24.8M
PG icon
56
Procter & Gamble
PG
$340B
$61.8M 0.46%
708,879
+9,556
+1% +$842K
EW icon
57
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$49.4B
$60.4M 0.45%
1,532,106
+174,441
+13% +$6.37M
ABBV icon
58
AbbVie
ABBV
$465B
$57.8M 0.43%
796,612
+38,894
+5% +$2.61M
ABMD
59
DELISTED
Abiomed Inc
ABMD
$57.7M 0.43%
402,920
-10,090
-2% -$1.36M
VEU icon
60
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
$64.8B
$57.2M 0.43%
1,142,938
+240,044
+27% +$11.9M
AMT icon
61
American Tower
AMT
$83.5B
$56.5M 0.42%
427,140
+3,307
+0.8% +$424K
FISV
62
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$29.7B
$55.9M 0.42%
913,866
-13,268
-1% -$803K
EVH icon
63
Evolent Health
EVH
$371M
$55.4M 0.42%
2,185,695
+523,674
+32% +$12.6M
XOM icon
64
ExxonMobil
XOM
$650B
$52.2M 0.39%
646,542
+59,626
+10% +$4.88M
SCHW
65
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$182B
$51.6M 0.39%
1,200,552
+21,484
+2% +$860K
AME icon
66
Ametek
AME
$53.9B
$50.2M 0.38%
829,026
-1,655
-0.2% -$97.5K
VTV icon
67
Vanguard Value ETF
VTV
$188B
$48.6M 0.36%
503,240
-10,872
-2% -$1.04M
ESRX
68
DELISTED
Express Scripts Holding Company
ESRX
$48.3M 0.36%
756,084
-49,457
-6% -$3.11M
KMX icon
69
CarMax
KMX
$8.39B
$47.9M 0.36%
760,271
+109,245
+17% +$6.6M
BFAM icon
70
Bright Horizons
BFAM
$4.35B
$47.2M 0.35%
611,247
-4,206
-0.7% -$319K
ADP icon
71
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$109B
$46.9M 0.35%
458,076
+10,883
+2% +$1.1M
TDG icon
72
TransDigm Group
TDG
$70.7B
$46.8M 0.35%
174,041
-15,119
-8% -$3.84M
LOW icon
73
Lowe's Companies
LOW
$121B
$45.5M 0.34%
587,290
-104,844
-15% -$8.57M
VYM icon
74
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
VYM
$80.8B
$44.1M 0.33%
564,533
-2,753
-0.5% -$214K
EFA icon
75
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
EFA
$76.4B
$43.8M 0.33%
671,996
+95,167
+16% +$6.16M
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William Blair & Company's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, William Blair & Company held 1,758 positions worth $13.3B, up 7.3% from $12.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 18% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q2 2017 filing shows 284 new, 677 increased, 459 reduced and 116 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Bob Evans Farms, Inc.: 219,278 shares worth $15.8M. The largest sale was Mobileye N.V., an estimated $60.9M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q2 2017 buy was Bob Evans Farms, Inc.: 219,278 shares worth $15.8M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Alphabet (Google) Class A in Q2 2017, an estimated $28.4M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was Mobileye N.V., cutting an estimated $60.9M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Nord Anglia Education, Inc. in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $17.5M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 18% of its $13.3B portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • William Blair & Company opened 284 new positions and closed 116 in Q2 2017.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 7.3% quarter-over-quarter to $13.3B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 4 Aug 2017.