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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
HAR
1101
DELISTED
Harman International Industries
HAR
$410K ﹤0.01%
3,850
+1,200
+45% +$124K
MRO
1102
DELISTED
Marathon Oil Corporation
MRO
$409K ﹤0.01%
14,451
+448
+3% +$14.3K
STWD icon
1103
Starwood Property Trust
STWD
$5.97B
$407K ﹤0.01%
17,540
-10,861
-38% -$250K
TFCFA
1104
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A
TFCFA
$406K ﹤0.01%
10,569
-2,018
-16% -$71.4K
RAI
1105
DELISTED
Reynolds American Inc
RAI
$406K ﹤0.01%
12,636
-3,816
-23% -$121K
CSGS
1106
DELISTED
CSG Systems International
CSGS
$405K ﹤0.01%
16,154
-236
-1% -$6.04K
IVE icon
1107
iShares S&P 500 Value ETF
IVE
$49.6B
$403K ﹤0.01%
4,304
+794
+23% +$72.7K
AIVL icon
1108
WisdomTree US AI Enhanced Value Fund
AIVL
$435M
$400K ﹤0.01%
+5,220
New +$391K
LFUS icon
1109
Littelfuse
LFUS
$11.9B
$397K ﹤0.01%
4,117
– –
RICE
1110
DELISTED
Rice Energy Inc.
RICE
$394K ﹤0.01%
18,800
-242,646
-93% -$6.03M
IHE icon
1111
iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF
IHE
$1.63B
$393K ﹤0.01%
7,800
– –
ACWV icon
1112
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF
ACWV
$3.34B
$390K ﹤0.01%
+5,678
New +$388K
CPAY icon
1113
Corpay
CPAY
$25.5B
$389K ﹤0.01%
2,615
-6,590
-72% -$950K
FFNM
1114
DELISTED
FIRST FEDERAL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN BANCORP, INC.
FFNM
$389K ﹤0.01%
71,292
-5,000
-7% -$25.9K
APTS
1115
DELISTED
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
APTS
$386K ﹤0.01%
42,475
– –
CHK
1116
DELISTED
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
CHK
$386K ﹤0.01%
99
+3
+3% +$12.5K
SYT
1117
DELISTED
Syngenta Ag
SYT
$386K ﹤0.01%
6,022
– –
DCP
1118
DELISTED
DCP Midstream, LP
DCP
$385K ﹤0.01%
8,490
-7,100
-46% -$355K
KTWO
1119
DELISTED
K2M Group Holdings, Inc
KTWO
$385K ﹤0.01%
18,490
+7,525
+69% +$130K
MGEE icon
1120
MGE Energy Inc
MGEE
$3B
$384K ﹤0.01%
8,450
– –
NEOG icon
1121
Neogen
NEOG
$2.53B
$384K ﹤0.01%
20,675
-16,504
-44% -$271K
SAP icon
1122
SAP
SAP
$226B
$384K ﹤0.01%
5,528
-2,598
-32% -$178K
PPL
1123
PPL Corp
PPL
$26.2B
$379K ﹤0.01%
11,223
-462
-4% -$15.1K
TXRH icon
1124
Texas Roadhouse
TXRH
$13.7B
$379K ﹤0.01%
11,233
-1,332
-11% -$40.9K
XLY icon
1125
State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLY
$23B
$378K ﹤0.01%
+10,472
New +$359K
43 44
45
46 47

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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.