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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
+4.98%
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
$60.5B
AUM Growth
+$4.27B
Cap. Flow
-$6.02M
Cap. Flow %
-0.01%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.14%
Holding
2,280
New
233
Increased
803
Reduced
822
Closed
265

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ABEV icon
Ambev
ABEV
+$275M
2
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$202M
3
AKAM icon
Akamai
AKAM
+$127M
4
IPGP icon
IPG Photonics
IPGP
+$107M
5
WP
Worldpay, Inc.
WP
+$106M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ABV
COMPANHIA BEBIDA ADS EACH REPSTG 1 PFD SH
ABV
+$237M
2
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$186M
3
SWI
SOLARWINDS INC COM STK (DE)
SWI
+$104M
4
CLH icon
Clean Harbors
CLH
+$104M
5
FMX icon
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
+$101M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 8.87%
2 Technology 6.81%
3 Consumer Discretionary 6.54%
4 Healthcare 5.75%
5 Financials 5.4%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
WNS
101
DELISTED
WNS Holdings
WNS
$90M 0.15%
4,105,506
+52,046
+1% +$1.08M
SPY icon
102
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$790B
$90M 0.15%
487,029
+116,617
+31% +$20.6M
MAN icon
103
ManpowerGroup
MAN
$2.44B
$89.7M 0.15%
1,044,469
+98,112
+10% +$7.85M
WBD icon
104
Warner Bros
WBD
$65.9B
$89.2M 0.15%
1,930,424
-1,261,463
-40% -$54.6M
COV
105
DELISTED
COVIDIEN PLC COM SHS NEW (IRELAND)
COV
$89M 0.15%
1,307,494
+116,439
+10% +$7.58M
VRSN icon
106
VeriSign
VRSN
$26.2B
$88.4M 0.15%
1,479,411
-37,863
-2% -$2.08M
ICFI icon
107
ICF International
ICFI
$1.46B
$88.3M 0.15%
2,545,286
-144,351
-5% -$4.96M
RHI icon
108
Robert Half
RHI
$3.87B
$86.3M 0.14%
2,056,099
+19,071
+0.9% +$751K
GGG icon
109
Graco
GGG
$12.9B
$86.3M 0.14%
3,313,686
-2,517,336
-43% -$64.4M
TD icon
110
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$85.8M 0.14%
1,820,774
+1,761,164
+2,954% +$80.1M
ULTI
111
DELISTED
Ultimate Software Group Inc
ULTI
$84.6M 0.14%
552,378
-13,529
-2% -$2.04M
TMH
112
DELISTED
Team Health Holdings Inc
TMH
$82.5M 0.14%
1,810,171
+455,933
+34% +$20.3M
CBOE icon
113
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$32.5B
$82.4M 0.14%
1,585,541
+23,258
+1% +$1.17M
EOG icon
114
EOG Resources
EOG
$79.2B
$81.9M 0.14%
975,946
-52,682
-5% -$4.51M
WBA
115
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$80.6M 0.13%
1,404,014
-38,492
-3% -$2.24M
SFUN
116
DELISTED
Fang Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares (each representing ten Class A Ordinary Shares)
SFUN
$80.2M 0.13%
+97,338
New +$61.1M
FCFS icon
117
FirstCash
FCFS
$8.85B
$78.8M 0.13%
1,274,450
+18,158
+1% +$1.1M
VEU icon
118
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF
VEU
$66.6B
$74.8M 0.12%
1,474,593
+334,835
+29% +$16.7M
SLXP
119
DELISTED
SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD DEL
SLXP
$74.8M 0.12%
831,327
+826,713
+17,917% +$65.9M
BKNG icon
120
Booking.com
BKNG
$149B
$73.1M 0.12%
1,572,550
-361,475
-19% -$16.1M
RRC icon
121
Range Resources
RRC
$9.38B
$73M 0.12%
865,775
-85,661
-9% -$6.66M
CMG icon
122
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$47.2B
$72.5M 0.12%
6,801,600
-1,055,750
-13% -$10.7M
ALGN icon
123
Align Technology
ALGN
$12.1B
$71.8M 0.12%
1,256,601
-315,567
-20% -$17M
ABMD
124
DELISTED
Abiomed Inc
ABMD
$71.5M 0.12%
2,673,409
+181,635
+7% +$4.49M
HURN icon
125
Huron Consulting
HURN
$2.41B
$71.2M 0.12%
1,136,094
+18,955
+2% +$1.11M
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5
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William Blair & Company's Q4 2013 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2013, William Blair & Company held 2,280 positions worth $60.5B, up 7.6% from $56.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 8.1% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q4 2013 filing shows 233 new, 803 increased, 822 reduced and 265 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Ambev: 37,612,682 shares worth $276M. The largest sale was COMPANHIA BEBIDA ADS EACH REPSTG 1 PFD SH, an estimated $237M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 8.9% of assets, down from 9% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q4 2013 buy was Ambev: 37,612,682 shares worth $276M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Baidu in Q4 2013, an estimated $202M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q4 2013 reduction was Perrigo, cutting an estimated $186M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited COMPANHIA BEBIDA ADS EACH REPSTG 1 PFD SH in Q4 2013, selling an estimated $237M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 8.1% of its $60.5B portfolio in Q4 2013.
  • William Blair & Company opened 233 new positions and closed 265 in Q4 2013.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 7.6% quarter-over-quarter to $60.5B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q4 2013, filed 11 Feb 2014.