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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
ORLY icon
76
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.1B
$43.6M 0.33%
2,987,175
-616,965
-17% -$10.1M
BFH icon
77
Bread Financial
BFH
$4.32B
$43.4M 0.33%
211,954
-11,440
-5% -$2.27M
ALGN icon
78
Align Technology
ALGN
$12.9B
$43M 0.32%
286,211
-4,607
-2% -$625K
UPS icon
79
United Parcel Service
UPS
$88.9B
$42.6M 0.32%
385,326
-55,808
-13% -$5.97M
SYK icon
80
Stryker
SYK
$135B
$42.3M 0.32%
305,127
+10,439
+4% +$1.43M
BMY icon
81
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$129B
$42.1M 0.32%
754,745
-472,072
-38% -$25.7M
MKC icon
82
McCormick & Company Non-Voting
MKC
$14B
$41.8M 0.31%
857,052
-8,944
-1% -$453K
PGR icon
83
Progressive
PGR
$128B
$41.3M 0.31%
937,359
+227,523
+32% +$9.45M
MMM icon
84
3M
MMM
$91.8B
$40.9M 0.31%
235,108
+39,421
+20% +$6.59M
NFLX icon
85
Netflix
NFLX
$307B
$40.7M 0.31%
2,724,360
-63,850
-2% -$982K
KRNT icon
86
Kornit Digital
KRNT
$677M
$40.2M 0.3%
2,078,404
+1,099,305
+112% +$21.3M
PEP icon
87
PepsiCo
PEP
$196B
$40.2M 0.3%
347,758
+24,605
+8% +$2.82M
SBNY
88
DELISTED
Signature Bank
SBNY
$40M 0.3%
278,928
-8,712
-3% -$1.24M
XRAY icon
89
Dentsply Sirona
XRAY
$2.84B
$39.2M 0.29%
604,963
-182,321
-23% -$11.5M
WAGE
90
DELISTED
WageWorks, Inc.
WAGE
$38.9M 0.29%
578,508
+27,031
+5% +$1.92M
DIS icon
91
Walt Disney
DIS
$171B
$37.9M 0.28%
356,803
-126,437
-26% -$13.8M
WFC icon
92
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$37M 0.28%
667,972
+40,252
+6% +$2.16M
MCD icon
93
McDonald's
MCD
$193B
$36.8M 0.28%
240,270
+10,894
+5% +$1.57M
EXEL icon
94
Exelixis
EXEL
$13.9B
$36.6M 0.27%
1,486,094
+55,700
+4% +$1.18M
AXP icon
95
American Express
AXP
$224B
$36.5M 0.27%
433,298
+230,448
+114% +$18.2M
WEX icon
96
WEX
WEX
$6.42B
$36.4M 0.27%
349,140
+4,961
+1% +$510K
ABT icon
97
Abbott
ABT
$188B
$36.3M 0.27%
746,229
-43,632
-6% -$1.98M
VBK icon
98
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF
VBK
$22.7B
$36.2M 0.27%
248,299
+39
+0% +$5.59K
INTU icon
99
Intuit
INTU
$91.1B
$36.2M 0.27%
272,237
+10,609
+4% +$1.38M
CVX icon
100
Chevron
CVX
$382B
$35.9M 0.27%
344,315
+18,546
+6% +$1.96M
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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.