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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
-0.37%
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
$58.5B
AUM Growth
-$2.78B
Cap. Flow
-$639M
Cap. Flow %
-1.09%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.82%
Holding
2,314
New
217
Increased
799
Reduced
860
Closed
188

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TEVA icon
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA
+$246M
2
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$169M
3
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$103M
4
VRSK icon
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
+$100M
5
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$86.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TSM icon
TSMC
TSM
+$196M
2
CYT
CYTEC INDS INC
CYT
+$169M
3
HOG icon
Harley-Davidson
HOG
+$144M
4
FOSL icon
Fossil Group
FOSL
+$138M
5
COV
COVIDIEN PLC COM SHS NEW (IRELAND)
COV
+$109M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 8.42%
2 Healthcare 6.73%
3 Technology 6.16%
4 Financials 5.99%
5 Consumer Discretionary 5.49%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AX icon
976
Axos Financial
AX
$5.89B
$649K ﹤0.01%
35,740
– –
EQT icon
977
EQT Corp
EQT
$32B
$649K ﹤0.01%
13,024
– –
SVU
978
DELISTED
SUPERVALU Inc.
SVU
$648K ﹤0.01%
+10,350
New +$665K
FFIV icon
979
F5
FFIV
$23.4B
$644K ﹤0.01%
5,431
-225
-4% -$26.4K
N
980
DELISTED
Netsuite Inc
N
$644K ﹤0.01%
7,198
-51,879
-88% -$4.4M
WAT icon
981
Waters Corp
WAT
$39.3B
$643K ﹤0.01%
6,496
+2,594
+66% +$267K
FIZZ icon
982
National Beverage
FIZZ
$3.02B
$642K ﹤0.01%
65,982
-604
-0.9% -$5.63K
NTG
983
DELISTED
Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc. Common Stock
NTG
$642K ﹤0.01%
2,213
-25
-1% -$7.29K
BMS
984
DELISTED
Bemis
BMS
$642K ﹤0.01%
16,899
-881
-5% -$35.1K
CRS icon
985
Carpenter Technology
CRS
$28.3B
$640K ﹤0.01%
14,164
+29
+0.2% +$1.6K
WMB icon
986
Williams Companies
WMB
$87.8B
$639K ﹤0.01%
11,547
+4,575
+66% +$263K
IEX icon
987
IDEX
IEX
$17.5B
$636K ﹤0.01%
8,795
+118
+1% +$9.11K
VB icon
988
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
VB
$81.6B
$630K ﹤0.01%
5,704
+55
+1% +$6.3K
HALO icon
989
Halozyme
HALO
$9.91B
$628K ﹤0.01%
69,001
– –
SLF icon
990
Sun Life Financial
SLF
$45.3B
$628K ﹤0.01%
17,310
– –
NMRX
991
DELISTED
Numerex Corp
NMRX
$624K ﹤0.01%
59,600
– –
STWD icon
992
Starwood Property Trust
STWD
$6.01B
$623K ﹤0.01%
28,401
-5,048
-15% -$118K
DOV icon
993
Dover
DOV
$28.3B
$619K ﹤0.01%
9,546
-124
-1% -$8.72K
SNI
994
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$618K ﹤0.01%
7,920
+1,206
+18% +$97.1K
PVTB
995
DELISTED
PrivateBancorp Inc
PVTB
$615K ﹤0.01%
20,569
-2,450
-11% -$72K
FLOT icon
996
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF
FLOT
$10.3B
$604K ﹤0.01%
11,885
-283
-2% -$14.4K
MTW icon
997
Manitowoc
MTW
$512M
$604K ﹤0.01%
28,474
+289
+1% +$7.53K
BMRC icon
998
Bank of Marin Bancorp
BMRC
$472M
$596K ﹤0.01%
26,000
– –
ABCB icon
999
Ameris Bancorp
ABCB
$5.97B
$593K ﹤0.01%
27,036
– –
HWCC
1000
DELISTED
Houston Wire & Cable Company
HWCC
$592K ﹤0.01%
49,441
-3,864
-7% -$48.5K
38 39
40
41 42

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William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, William Blair & Company held 2,314 positions worth $58.5B, down 4.5% from $61.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.8% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 filing shows 217 new, 799 increased, 860 reduced and 188 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M. The largest sale was TSMC, an estimated $196M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 8.4% of assets, up from 8.2% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Technology.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q3 2014 buy was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Teva Pharmaceuticals in Q3 2014, an estimated $246M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was TSMC, cutting an estimated $196M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited ROCKWOOD HLDGS INC in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $59.6M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 6.8% of its $58.5B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company opened 217 new positions and closed 188 in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 4.5% quarter-over-quarter to $58.5B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 4 Nov 2014.