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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
+7.4%
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
$14.7B
AUM Growth
+$1.4B
Cap. Flow
+$534M
Cap. Flow %
3.62%
Top 10 Hldgs %
19%
Holding
1,488
New
131
Increased
528
Reduced
556
Closed
127

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$138M
2
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$63.1M
3
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
DVAX
+$39.8M
4
VEU icon
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
+$27.3M
5
VEEV icon
Veeva Systems
VEEV
+$16.3M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ZD icon
Ziff Davis
ZD
+$22.1M
2
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$19.1M
3
EFX icon
Equifax
EFX
+$17.7M
4
NUVA
NuVasive, Inc.
NUVA
+$17.1M
5
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
+$13.6M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 17.74%
2 Technology 17.58%
3 Financials 14.76%
4 Industrials 10.83%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.09%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ADNT icon
1176
Adient
ADNT
$1.65B
$257K ﹤0.01%
3,265
-165
-5% -$13.3K
MWA icon
1177
Mueller Water Products
MWA
$3.95B
$257K ﹤0.01%
20,500
– –
SONY icon
1178
Sony
SONY
$137B
$257K ﹤0.01%
28,570
-4,485
-14% -$38.5K
AMAT icon
1179
PUT
Applied Materials
AMAT
$403B
$256K ﹤0.01%
5,000
– –
AJG icon
1180
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$64.1B
$255K ﹤0.01%
4,027
– –
MFA
1181
MFA Financial
MFA
$926M
$254K ﹤0.01%
8,028
– –
SPDW icon
1182
State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
SPDW
$40.2B
$254K ﹤0.01%
+8,013
New +$250K
TISI icon
1183
Team
TISI
$79.5M
$254K ﹤0.01%
1,706
– –
ONCE
1184
DELISTED
Spark Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock
ONCE
$254K ﹤0.01%
+4,940
New +$355K
CPRI icon
1185
Capri Holdings
CPRI
$1.83B
$253K ﹤0.01%
+4,016
New +$220K
HIG icon
1186
Hartford Financial Services
HIG
$38.9B
$253K ﹤0.01%
4,496
-162
-3% -$9.04K
VT icon
1187
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
VT
$77.1B
$253K ﹤0.01%
3,403
+305
+10% +$22.2K
PFG icon
1188
Principal Financial Group
PFG
$24.3B
$252K ﹤0.01%
3,571
+276
+8% +$19K
RSPH icon
1189
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF
RSPH
$764M
$251K ﹤0.01%
14,000
-540
-4% -$9.57K
BKH icon
1190
Black Hills Corp
BKH
$5.42B
$250K ﹤0.01%
4,158
– –
FMC icon
1191
FMC
FMC
$1.34B
$250K ﹤0.01%
3,045
– –
MOS icon
1192
The Mosaic Company
MOS
$7.03B
$249K ﹤0.01%
+9,707
New +$223K
LLL
1193
DELISTED
L3 Technologies, Inc.
LLL
$249K ﹤0.01%
+1,259
New +$240K
AA icon
1194
Alcoa
AA
$11.9B
$248K ﹤0.01%
+4,605
New +$211K
FPI
1195
Farmland Partners
FPI
$408M
$248K ﹤0.01%
28,625
– –
EV
1196
DELISTED
Eaton Vance Corp.
EV
$248K ﹤0.01%
4,393
-495
-10% -$26.2K
FDL icon
1197
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund
FDL
$7.74B
$247K ﹤0.01%
8,205
-1,028
-11% -$30.2K
L icon
1198
Loews
L
$23.9B
$247K ﹤0.01%
4,943
-183
-4% -$9.04K
WES icon
1199
Western Midstream Partners
WES
$19.2B
$245K ﹤0.01%
6,590
-830
-11% -$31.3K
OVV icon
1200
Ovintiv
OVV
$17.3B
$244K ﹤0.01%
3,659
-1,283
-26% -$75.7K
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48
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William Blair & Company's Q4 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2017, William Blair & Company held 1,488 positions worth $14.7B, up 10% from $13.3B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 19% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company deployed $534M of net new capital in Q4 2017, opening 131 new positions and adding to 528 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Dynavax Technologies: 1,980,526 shares worth $37M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, down from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Ziff Davis, an estimated $22.1M trimmed.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q4 2017 buy was Dynavax Technologies: 1,980,526 shares worth $37M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Alphabet (Google) Class C in Q4 2017, an estimated $138M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q4 2017 reduction was Ziff Davis, cutting an estimated $22.1M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Bob Evans Farms, Inc. in Q4 2017, selling an estimated $12.5M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 19% of its $14.7B portfolio in Q4 2017.
  • William Blair & Company opened 131 new positions and closed 127 in Q4 2017.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 10% quarter-over-quarter to $14.7B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q4 2017, filed 14 Feb 2018.