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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
BBY icon
926
Best Buy
BBY
$17.8B
$813K ﹤0.01%
20,879
+5,700
+38% +$200K
TRP icon
927
TC Energy
TRP
$66.5B
$810K ﹤0.01%
16,516
+1,000
+6% +$48.5K
ECON icon
928
Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF
ECON
$338M
$802K ﹤0.01%
31,635
-638
-2% -$16.7K
APU
929
DELISTED
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
APU
$800K ﹤0.01%
16,707
+1,356
+9% +$62.7K
KBH icon
930
KB Home
KBH
$3.61B
$799K ﹤0.01%
48,300
– –
NGLS
931
DELISTED
TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP COM UTS REPTG LTD PARTERSHIP INT
NGLS
$797K ﹤0.01%
16,665
+12,645
+315% +$713K
LHX icon
932
L3Harris
LHX
$53.3B
$795K ﹤0.01%
11,074
-35
-0.3% -$2.42K
RBA icon
933
RB Global
RBA
$17.8B
$794K ﹤0.01%
29,568
-2,162
-7% -$53.6K
BMS
934
DELISTED
Bemis
BMS
$793K ﹤0.01%
17,547
+648
+4% +$26.1K
MSFT icon
935
CALL
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.62T
$790K ﹤0.01%
+17,000
New +$798K
N
936
DELISTED
Netsuite Inc
N
$790K ﹤0.01%
7,237
+39
+0.5% +$3.98K
EA icon
937
Electronic Arts
EA
$52.9B
$788K ﹤0.01%
16,765
+850
+5% +$35.1K
TCP
938
DELISTED
TC Pipelines LP
TCP
$779K ﹤0.01%
10,950
– –
EQR icon
939
Equity Residential
EQR
$25.4B
$774K ﹤0.01%
10,782
– –
TNDM icon
940
Tandem Diabetes Care
TNDM
$1.34B
$773K ﹤0.01%
6,087
-791
-12% -$110K
ATVI
941
DELISTED
Activision Blizzard
ATVI
$769K ﹤0.01%
38,171
-9,791
-20% -$198K
SIAL
942
DELISTED
SIGMA - ALDRICH CORP
SIAL
$767K ﹤0.01%
5,591
-1,438
-20% -$195K
OHI icon
943
Omega Healthcare
OHI
$14.6B
$766K ﹤0.01%
19,625
+500
+3% +$18.9K
SPH icon
944
Suburban Propane Partners
SPH
$1.18B
$761K ﹤0.01%
17,617
+2,925
+20% +$130K
VAW icon
945
Vanguard Materials ETF
VAW
$3.11B
$759K ﹤0.01%
7,070
+70
+1% +$7.54K
GAP
946
The Gap Inc
GAP
$7.4B
$757K ﹤0.01%
17,973
-200
-1% -$7.84K
WAT icon
947
Waters Corp
WAT
$39.3B
$755K ﹤0.01%
6,706
+210
+3% +$23K
ACET
948
DELISTED
Aceto Corp
ACET
$755K ﹤0.01%
34,800
– –
VB icon
949
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
VB
$81.6B
$745K ﹤0.01%
6,383
+679
+12% +$77.3K
FIZZ icon
950
National Beverage
FIZZ
$3.02B
$740K ﹤0.01%
65,444
-538
-0.8% -$6.45K
36 37
38
39 40

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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.