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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
SHOO icon
876
Steven Madden
SHOO
$3.59B
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
48,524
-593,232
-92% -$12.7M
FLR icon
877
Fluor
FLR
$7.04B
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
16,926
-10,311
-38% -$652K
HUB.B
878
DELISTED
HUBBELL INC CL-B
HUB.B
$1.02M ﹤0.01%
9,599
-3,219
-25% -$352K
WTFC icon
879
Wintrust Financial
WTFC
$10.9B
$1.02M ﹤0.01%
21,916
– –
TBRG
880
DELISTED
TruBridge
TBRG
$1.02M ﹤0.01%
16,840
-195
-1% -$11.8K
HDS
881
DELISTED
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.
HDS
$1.02M ﹤0.01%
+34,542
New +$969K
ESSX
882
DELISTED
ESSEX RENTAL CORP. COMMON STOCK
ESSX
$1.01M ﹤0.01%
765,300
+273,000
+55% +$383K
WWD icon
883
Woodward
WWD
$22B
$1.01M ﹤0.01%
20,500
– –
CF icon
884
CF Industries
CF
$17.9B
$1M ﹤0.01%
18,360
+1,550
+9% +$81.7K
NEM icon
885
Newmont
NEM
$110B
$998K ﹤0.01%
52,795
-93,385
-64% -$1.88M
ALSN icon
886
Allison Transmission
ALSN
$9.8B
$992K ﹤0.01%
+29,269
New +$932K
HAS icon
887
Hasbro
HAS
$12.9B
$991K ﹤0.01%
18,040
+1,429
+9% +$80.5K
VLO icon
888
Valero Energy
VLO
$87.1B
$991K ﹤0.01%
20,037
-97
-0.5% -$4.7K
NUE icon
889
Nucor
NUE
$62.6B
$990K ﹤0.01%
20,201
+1,868
+10% +$97.2K
FMER
890
DELISTED
FIRSTMERIT CORP
FMER
$974K ﹤0.01%
51,601
-3,471
-6% -$62.4K
WWAV
891
DELISTED
The WhiteWave Foods Company
WWAV
$961K ﹤0.01%
27,496
+8,895
+48% +$316K
FSP
892
Franklin Street Properties
FSP
$48M
$959K ﹤0.01%
78,193
– –
DKS icon
893
Dick's Sporting Goods
DKS
$17.9B
$947K ﹤0.01%
19,067
-36,500
-66% -$1.71M
RCL icon
894
Royal Caribbean
RCL
$87.6B
$933K ﹤0.01%
11,328
+1,383
+14% +$97.1K
WY icon
895
Weyerhaeuser
WY
$18.6B
$924K ﹤0.01%
25,746
-3,460
-12% -$119K
ALD
896
DELISTED
WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund
ALD
$924K ﹤0.01%
19,684
-644
-3% -$30.8K
VDE icon
897
Vanguard Energy ETF
VDE
$9.69B
$921K ﹤0.01%
8,260
-240
-3% -$28.6K
LH icon
898
Labcorp
LH
$25.4B
$916K ﹤0.01%
9,887
+1,261
+15% +$111K
BWXT icon
899
BWX Technologies
BWXT
$15.4B
$910K ﹤0.01%
42,015
-6,430
-13% -$135K
SJR
900
DELISTED
Shaw Communications Inc.
SJR
$904K ﹤0.01%
33,478
+1,583
+5% +$41.1K
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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.