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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
SSYS icon
726
Stratasys
SSYS
$778M
$1.82M ﹤0.01%
21,872
+5,202
+31% +$532K
SHW icon
727
Sherwin-Williams
SHW
$89.7B
$1.81M ﹤0.01%
20,688
+5,094
+33% +$401K
PAGP icon
728
Plains GP Holdings
PAGP
$4.96B
$1.81M ﹤0.01%
+26,440
New +$1.88M
TIVO
729
DELISTED
Tivo Inc
TIVO
$1.8M ﹤0.01%
79,769
-6,172
-7% -$130K
HCCI
730
DELISTED
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.
HCCI
$1.79M ﹤0.01%
145,324
+95,638
+192% +$1.47M
PNC icon
731
PNC Financial Services
PNC
$102B
$1.79M ﹤0.01%
19,592
+791
+4% +$68.6K
SO icon
732
Southern Company
SO
$107B
$1.78M ﹤0.01%
36,253
+398
+1% +$18.8K
NWL icon
733
Newell Brands
NWL
$2.63B
$1.78M ﹤0.01%
46,679
-7,812
-14% -$276K
NSLR
734
Neostellar Capital Corp
NSLR
$289M
$1.76M ﹤0.01%
313,895
-38,271
-11% -$236K
BF
735
DELISTED
BASF AKTIENGESELLT ADS(RP1 ORD
BF
$1.75M ﹤0.01%
20,979
+36
+0.2% +$3K
DGX icon
736
Quest Diagnostics
DGX
$26B
$1.75M ﹤0.01%
26,076
+3,573
+16% +$225K
CPB icon
737
Campbell Soup
CPB
$6.87B
$1.72M ﹤0.01%
38,979
+6,450
+20% +$282K
CATM
738
DELISTED
Cardtronics plc Class A Ordinary Shares (UK)
CATM
$1.72M ﹤0.01%
44,479
-40,050
-47% -$1.49M
CGEN icon
739
Compugen
CGEN
$216M
$1.71M ﹤0.01%
205,050
-1,100
-0.5% -$8.46K
SNN icon
740
Smith & Nephew
SNN
$12.7B
$1.69M ﹤0.01%
45,914
-34,656
-43% -$1.17M
VMI icon
741
Valmont Industries
VMI
$9.58B
$1.68M ﹤0.01%
13,254
+13
+0.1% +$1.74K
PL
742
DELISTED
PROTECTIVE LIFE CORP
PL
$1.67M ﹤0.01%
24,000
– –
TIVO
743
DELISTED
TIVO INC
TIVO
$1.67M ﹤0.01%
141,000
-3,485
-2% -$43.6K
NOC icon
744
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$79.2B
$1.67M ﹤0.01%
11,320
+216
+2% +$29.6K
AFSI
745
DELISTED
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
AFSI
$1.65M ﹤0.01%
58,844
-770
-1% -$19.4K
MKL icon
746
Markel Group
MKL
$23.3B
$1.65M ﹤0.01%
2,411
-1,340
-36% -$909K
ITUB icon
747
Itaú Unibanco
ITUB
$90.5B
$1.64M ﹤0.01%
315,096
-2,734,414
-90% -$15.4M
HSIC icon
748
Henry Schein
HSIC
$10.2B
$1.64M ﹤0.01%
30,725
+270
+0.9% +$13.4K
TPH
749
DELISTED
Tri Pointe Homes
TPH
$1.64M ﹤0.01%
107,588
+23,125
+27% +$329K
TUMI
750
DELISTED
TUMI HLDGS INC COM
TUMI
$1.64M ﹤0.01%
68,955
+1,500
+2% +$31.7K
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30
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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.