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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
+5.14%
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
$14.1B
AUM Growth
-$591M
Cap. Flow
-$1.14B
Cap. Flow %
-8.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
20.02%
Holding
1,654
New
292
Increased
437
Reduced
658
Closed
147

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
P
Everpure Inc
P
+$31.8M
2
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$24.9M
3
TYL icon
Tyler Technologies
TYL
+$24.4M
4
NTNX icon
Nutanix
NTNX
+$15.6M
5
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$15.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$70.7M
2
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$47.1M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$43.1M
4
EXEL icon
Exelixis
EXEL
+$33M
5
V icon
Visa
V
+$31.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 18.97%
2 Healthcare 17.83%
3 Financials 14.24%
4 Industrials 10.29%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
INGN icon
51
Inogen
INGN
$186M
$69.8M 0.49%
567,854
-182,518
-24% -$22.3M
PX
52
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$68.8M 0.49%
476,904
-8,744
-2% -$1.36M
AMT icon
53
American Tower
AMT
$81.6B
$67.8M 0.48%
466,493
+12,883
+3% +$1.81M
CHKP icon
54
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$12.6B
$65.8M 0.47%
662,695
-9,597
-1% -$989K
CELG
55
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$64.8M 0.46%
726,155
+36,176
+5% +$3.47M
PGR icon
56
Progressive
PGR
$122B
$62.3M 0.44%
1,021,715
-446,520
-30% -$25.5M
FISV
57
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$29.4B
$61.1M 0.43%
856,578
-8,092
-0.9% -$569K
CL icon
58
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$73.7B
$60.5M 0.43%
844,097
-80,391
-9% -$5.79M
AME icon
59
Ametek
AME
$58.3B
$59.7M 0.42%
786,187
-32,541
-4% -$2.47M
COST icon
60
Costco
COST
$421B
$58.7M 0.41%
311,368
+8,020
+3% +$1.51M
ALGN icon
61
Align Technology
ALGN
$12.4B
$58.6M 0.41%
233,295
-10,649
-4% -$2.73M
WEX icon
62
WEX
WEX
$6.42B
$55.7M 0.39%
355,668
+586
+0.2% +$88.1K
WBA
63
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$55.4M 0.39%
846,886
-70,032
-8% -$5M
BABA icon
64
Alibaba
BABA
$309B
$55M 0.39%
299,897
+132,254
+79% +$24.9M
CSCO icon
65
Cisco
CSCO
$478B
$52.8M 0.37%
1,231,688
+78,669
+7% +$3.34M
UNH icon
66
UnitedHealth
UNH
$372B
$52.1M 0.37%
243,458
+66,606
+38% +$15.2M
ABT icon
67
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$51.9M 0.37%
866,488
+94,304
+12% +$5.68M
EFA icon
68
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
EFA
$79.4B
$51.8M 0.37%
743,060
+27,855
+4% +$1.99M
CVX icon
69
Chevron
CVX
$380B
$51.6M 0.36%
452,234
-56,777
-11% -$6.79M
BA icon
70
Boeing
BA
$187B
$51.2M 0.36%
156,252
-5,544
-3% -$1.87M
TDG icon
71
TransDigm Group
TDG
$71B
$50.9M 0.36%
165,791
-1,860
-1% -$548K
VYM icon
72
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
VYM
$82.7B
$49.6M 0.35%
601,558
+8,043
+1% +$692K
EW icon
73
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$51.5B
$48.5M 0.34%
1,041,786
-426,348
-29% -$18.5M
KMX icon
74
CarMax
KMX
$8.25B
$47.8M 0.34%
772,194
+22,741
+3% +$1.49M
PG icon
75
Procter & Gamble
PG
$344B
$47.8M 0.34%
602,374
-232,878
-28% -$19.4M

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William Blair & Company's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, William Blair & Company held 1,654 positions worth $14.1B, down 4% from $14.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 20% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company withdrew a net $1.14B in Q1 2018, closing 147 positions and reducing 658 holdings. Its most notable exit was Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, an estimated $6.64M position sold in full.

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

Against the trend, William Blair & Company opened a new position in Worldpay, Inc. worth $6.54M.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q1 2018 buy was Worldpay, Inc.: 79,468 shares worth $6.54M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Everpure Inc in Q1 2018, an estimated $31.8M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was Meta Platforms (Facebook), cutting an estimated $70.7M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $6.64M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 20% of its $14.1B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • William Blair & Company opened 292 new positions and closed 147 in Q1 2018.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 4% quarter-over-quarter to $14.1B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 15 May 2018.