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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
HALO icon
976
Halozyme
HALO
$9.91B
$665K ﹤0.01%
69,001
– –
JKHY icon
977
Jack Henry & Associates
JKHY
$11B
$665K ﹤0.01%
10,715
+856
+9% +$51.1K
IUSV icon
978
iShares Core S&P US Value ETF
IUSV
$27.6B
$659K ﹤0.01%
14,484
+2,274
+19% +$101K
NMRX
979
DELISTED
Numerex Corp
NMRX
$659K ﹤0.01%
59,600
– –
FMC icon
980
FMC
FMC
$1.35B
$654K ﹤0.01%
13,242
-2,305
-15% -$112K
SLF icon
981
Sun Life Financial
SLF
$45.3B
$652K ﹤0.01%
18,093
+783
+5% +$28K
BR icon
982
Broadridge
BR
$18.9B
$648K ﹤0.01%
14,040
+25
+0.2% +$1.09K
VBR icon
983
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
VBR
$37.9B
$648K ﹤0.01%
6,135
+261
+4% +$26.9K
PVTB
984
DELISTED
PrivateBancorp Inc
PVTB
$647K ﹤0.01%
19,369
-1,200
-6% -$37.5K
CIEN icon
985
Ciena
CIEN
$57.9B
$640K ﹤0.01%
33,009
+175
+0.5% +$2.92K
HEDJ icon
986
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
HEDJ
$1.86B
$639K ﹤0.01%
+22,980
New +$650K
RLI icon
987
RLI Corp
RLI
$5.77B
$632K ﹤0.01%
25,602
+2,222
+10% +$52.4K
OIH icon
988
VanEck Oil Services ETF
OIH
$1.91B
$629K ﹤0.01%
876
+315
+56% +$262K
DRI icon
989
Darden Restaurants
DRI
$23.9B
$624K ﹤0.01%
11,924
+323
+3% +$15.7K
TWTR
990
DELISTED
Twitter, Inc.
TWTR
$621K ﹤0.01%
17,326
+950
+6% +$40.4K
NTG
991
DELISTED
Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc. Common Stock
NTG
$617K ﹤0.01%
2,213
– –
KYE
992
DELISTED
Kayne Anderson Energy
KYE
$616K ﹤0.01%
22,125
+4,025
+22% +$118K
PIE icon
993
Invesco Dorsey Wright Emerging Markets Momentum ETF
PIE
$247M
$615K ﹤0.01%
35,050
-13,930
-28% -$253K
XLI icon
994
State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLI
$33.9B
$610K ﹤0.01%
10,805
+169
+2% +$9.29K
GBDC icon
995
Golub Capital BDC
GBDC
$3.34B
$607K ﹤0.01%
34,571
– –
ZGNX
996
DELISTED
Zogenix, Inc.
ZGNX
$607K ﹤0.01%
55,413
-6,375
-10% -$63.2K
SZYM
997
DELISTED
SOLAZYME INC COM STK (DE)
SZYM
$606K ﹤0.01%
235,205
-9,045
-4% -$39.6K
MTW icon
998
Manitowoc
MTW
$512M
$602K ﹤0.01%
30,067
+1,593
+6% +$28.9K
AMN icon
999
AMN Healthcare
AMN
$1.27B
$601K ﹤0.01%
30,702
-5,203
-14% -$89.3K
FLOT icon
1000
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF
FLOT
$10.3B
$601K ﹤0.01%
11,885
– –
38 39
40
41 42

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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.