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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
+563.35%
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
AMLP icon
826
Alerian MLP ETF
AMLP
$12.8B
$1.2M ﹤0.01%
13,720
+4,032
+42% +$366K
SILC icon
827
Silicom
SILC
$254M
$1.2M ﹤0.01%
34,113
-512
-1% -$17.1K
CODI icon
828
Compass Diversified
CODI
$816M
$1.2M ﹤0.01%
73,557
+13,490
+22% +$233K
STT icon
829
State Street
STT
$51.4B
$1.19M ﹤0.01%
15,113
-42
-0.3% -$3.15K
RNDY
830
DELISTED
ROUNDYS INC COM STK
RNDY
$1.19M ﹤0.01%
245,200
-63,000
-20% -$233K
SLG icon
831
SL Green Realty
SLG
$3.88B
$1.18M ﹤0.01%
10,254
-4,108
-29% -$455K
LEN icon
832
Lennar Class A
LEN
$21.2B
$1.18M ﹤0.01%
27,607
-5,299
-16% -$219K
TRW
833
DELISTED
TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP
TRW
$1.18M ﹤0.01%
11,440
-20
-0.2% -$2.04K
CBSH icon
834
Commerce Bancshares
CBSH
$8.58B
$1.17M ﹤0.01%
46,179
– –
DHS icon
835
WisdomTree US High Dividend Fund
DHS
$1.57B
$1.16M ﹤0.01%
18,850
-7,800
-29% -$473K
AGO icon
836
Assured Guaranty
AGO
$3.66B
$1.16M ﹤0.01%
44,582
-8,802
-16% -$212K
MASI
837
DELISTED
Masimo
MASI
$1.16M ﹤0.01%
44,025
-900
-2% -$22.2K
KATE
838
DELISTED
Kate Spade & Company
KATE
$1.16M ﹤0.01%
36,128
– –
EWT icon
839
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF
EWT
$10.6B
$1.15M ﹤0.01%
+38,192
New +$1.17M
HRB icon
840
H&R Block
HRB
$5.82B
$1.15M ﹤0.01%
34,062
-6,523
-16% -$209K
DLN icon
841
WisdomTree US LargeCap Dividend Fund
DLN
$6.37B
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
30,842
-2,550
-8% -$92.6K
EWP icon
842
iShares MSCI Spain ETF
EWP
$2.15B
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
33,000
+8,200
+33% +$304K
ORI icon
843
Old Republic International
ORI
$10.5B
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
77,907
+3,440
+5% +$50.2K
XEL icon
844
Xcel Energy
XEL
$48.2B
$1.14M ﹤0.01%
31,620
+1,255
+4% +$42.1K
AEP icon
845
American Electric Power
AEP
$68.8B
$1.13M ﹤0.01%
18,639
-941
-5% -$53.8K
ETFC
846
DELISTED
E*Trade Financial Corporation
ETFC
$1.13M ﹤0.01%
46,535
-9,220
-17% -$207K
GD icon
847
General Dynamics
GD
$104B
$1.13M ﹤0.01%
8,177
-1,050
-11% -$143K
ARGO
848
DELISTED
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
ARGO
$1.12M ﹤0.01%
28,086
-4,698
-14% -$183K
BOBE
849
DELISTED
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
BOBE
$1.11M ﹤0.01%
21,802
+1,088
+5% +$54.7K
HURN icon
850
Huron Consulting
HURN
$2.38B
$1.1M ﹤0.01%
16,152
-5,909
-27% -$395K
32 33
34
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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.