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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
-5.41%
1 Year Est. Return
+18.88%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.84%
5 Year Est. Return
+90.13%
10 Year Est. Return
+563.35%
AUM
$11.6B
AUM Growth
-$55.3B
Cap. Flow
-$52.2B
Cap. Flow %
-451.81%
Top 10 Hldgs %
17.24%
Holding
2,286
New
72
Increased
349
Reduced
842
Closed
862

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PYPL icon
PayPal
PYPL
+$23.1M
2
WDAY icon
Workday
WDAY
+$23M
3
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$16.6M
4
BIIB icon
Biogen
BIIB
+$16.4M
5
DHR icon
Danaher
DHR
+$16.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 18.68%
2 Technology 13.63%
3 Industrials 12.35%
4 Financials 11.99%
5 Consumer Discretionary 11.58%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
NGVC icon
1051
Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers
NGVC
$748M
$212K ﹤0.01%
9,360
-1,925
-17% -$46.2K
SREV
1052
DELISTED
ServiceSource International, Inc.
SREV
$211K ﹤0.01%
52,800
-9,650
-15% -$48.4K
DAKT icon
1053
Daktronics
DAKT
$1.05B
$210K ﹤0.01%
24,260
+360
+2% +$3.69K
TE
1054
DELISTED
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
$210K ﹤0.01%
+8,000
New +$179K
CDW icon
1055
CDW
CDW
$18.1B
$208K ﹤0.01%
5,100
-1,050
-17% -$39.8K
DLTR icon
1056
Dollar Tree
DLTR
$24.9B
$208K ﹤0.01%
+3,141
New +$236K
ICLR icon
1057
Icon
ICLR
$12.4B
$207K ﹤0.01%
2,918
-1,216,786
-100% -$91.6M
SGOL icon
1058
abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF
SGOL
$7.25B
$207K ﹤0.01%
19,000
CHL
1059
DELISTED
China Mobile Limited
CHL
$207K ﹤0.01%
+3,486
New +$215K
HEES
1060
DELISTED
H&E Equipment Services
HEES
$206K ﹤0.01%
+12,300
New +$216K
PIZ icon
1061
Invesco Dorsey Wright Developed Markets Momentum ETF
PIZ
$752M
$206K ﹤0.01%
9,200
-7,000
-43% -$165K
EGN
1062
DELISTED
Energen
EGN
$206K ﹤0.01%
+4,141
New +$223K
CRI icon
1063
Carter's
CRI
$1.48B
$205K ﹤0.01%
2,261
BKH icon
1064
Black Hills Corp
BKH
$5.54B
$203K ﹤0.01%
4,909
-1,000
-17% -$41.1K
FLS icon
1065
Flowserve
FLS
$10B
$203K ﹤0.01%
4,955
-961
-16% -$44K
KBR icon
1066
KBR
KBR
$4.74B
$202K ﹤0.01%
12,105
+245
+2% +$4.31K
VCRA
1067
DELISTED
VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
VCRA
$202K ﹤0.01%
17,735
-61,625
-78% -$722K
FTR
1068
DELISTED
Frontier Communications Corp.
FTR
$202K ﹤0.01%
2,837
+876
+45% +$66.3K
LBRDK icon
1069
Liberty Broadband Class C
LBRDK
$5.32B
$201K ﹤0.01%
+3,948
New +$211K
STE icon
1070
Steris
STE
$22.6B
$200K ﹤0.01%
+3,095
New +$204K
WEB
1071
DELISTED
Web.com Group, Inc.
WEB
$200K ﹤0.01%
9,500
EPAC icon
1072
Enerpac Tool Group
EPAC
$1.92B
$196K ﹤0.01%
10,677
+517
+5% +$11K
NEM icon
1073
CALL
Newmont
NEM
$111B
$194K ﹤0.01%
+12,100
New +$217K
AKAO
1074
DELISTED
Achaogen Inc
AKAO
$194K ﹤0.01%
+33,728
New +$230K
SODA
1075
DELISTED
SodaStream International Ltd
SODA
$192K ﹤0.01%
13,982
-900
-6% -$15K

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William Blair & Company's Q3 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2015, William Blair & Company held 2,286 positions worth $11.6B, down 83% from $66.9B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 17% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company withdrew a net $52.2B in Q3 2015, closing 862 positions and reducing 842 holdings. Its most notable exit was Enbridge, an estimated $154M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 19% of assets, up from 7.4% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

Against the trend, William Blair & Company opened a new position in PayPal worth $20M.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q3 2015 buy was PayPal: 644,428 shares worth $20M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Workday in Q3 2015, an estimated $23M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q3 2015 reduction was Teva Pharmaceuticals, cutting an estimated $348M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Enbridge in Q3 2015, selling an estimated $154M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 17% of its $11.6B portfolio in Q3 2015.
  • William Blair & Company opened 72 new positions and closed 862 in Q3 2015.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 83% quarter-over-quarter to $11.6B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 12 Nov 2015.