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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
DRI icon
901
Darden Restaurants
DRI
$23.4B
$614K ﹤0.01%
6,789
-310
-4% -$27.1K
WFT
902
DELISTED
Weatherford International plc
WFT
$610K ﹤0.01%
157,524
+45,950
+41% +$234K
PRI icon
903
Primerica
PRI
$10.1B
$607K ﹤0.01%
8,018
-275
-3% -$21.6K
CWB icon
904
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF
CWB
$5.61B
$603K ﹤0.01%
12,144
-7,710
-39% -$378K
HXL icon
905
Hexcel
HXL
$7.8B
$602K ﹤0.01%
11,405
-4,954
-30% -$256K
SR icon
906
Spire
SR
$4.73B
$602K ﹤0.01%
8,625
+4,520
+110% +$316K
VSM
907
DELISTED
Versum Materials, Inc.
VSM
$589K ﹤0.01%
+18,124
New +$566K
FOR icon
908
Forestar Group
FOR
$1.44B
$587K ﹤0.01%
34,200
– –
MMSI icon
909
Merit Medical Systems
MMSI
$5.09B
$587K ﹤0.01%
15,399
– –
PRF icon
910
Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF
PRF
$9.79B
$585K ﹤0.01%
28,300
– –
FDS icon
911
Factset
FDS
$9.36B
$584K ﹤0.01%
3,516
-3,035
-46% -$496K
INCY icon
912
Incyte
INCY
$24.3B
$582K ﹤0.01%
+4,625
New +$589K
TTWO icon
913
Take-Two Interactive
TTWO
$45.2B
$582K ﹤0.01%
7,925
-1,998
-20% -$137K
RVTY icon
914
Revvity
RVTY
$12.6B
$577K ﹤0.01%
+8,461
New +$526K
NBEV
915
DELISTED
NewAge, Inc. Common Stock (Delaware)
NBEV
$577K ﹤0.01%
+112,500
New +$555K
EXG icon
916
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
EXG
$2.99B
$576K ﹤0.01%
62,824
+47,194
+302% +$422K
XCRA
917
DELISTED
Xcerra Corporation
XCRA
$576K ﹤0.01%
59,000
– –
SRPT icon
918
Sarepta Therapeutics
SRPT
$1.6B
$574K ﹤0.01%
+17,025
New +$554K
ORBC
919
DELISTED
ORBCOMM, Inc.
ORBC
$574K ﹤0.01%
50,804
– –
NUS icon
920
Nu Skin
NUS
$251M
$573K ﹤0.01%
9,111
-2,514
-22% -$143K
GG.WS.A
921
CALL
DELISTED
GOLDCORP INC SERIES A WARRANTS EXP 5/30/2007
GG.WS.A
$572K ﹤0.01%
44,300
+7,400
+20% +$95.5K
FFNM
922
DELISTED
FIRST FEDERAL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN BANCORP, INC.
FFNM
$570K ﹤0.01%
71,292
– –
HPQ icon
923
HP
HPQ
$24.9B
$567K ﹤0.01%
32,410
-846
-3% -$15.5K
XENT
924
DELISTED
Intersect ENT, Inc
XENT
$567K ﹤0.01%
20,300
-19,600
-49% -$444K
COTY icon
925
Coty
COTY
$2.4B
$566K ﹤0.01%
+30,172
New +$559K
35 36
37
38 39

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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.