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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
IPGP icon
101
IPG Photonics
IPGP
$3.61B
$96.3M 0.16%
1,285,402
+101,988
+9% +$7.26M
DHR icon
102
Danaher
DHR
$137B
$96.3M 0.16%
1,671,353
-143,836
-8% -$7.8M
TSCO icon
103
Tractor Supply
TSCO
$16.1B
$94.8M 0.15%
6,013,955
+164,350
+3% +$2.35M
HDB icon
104
HDFC Bank
HDB
$123B
$93.7M 0.15%
7,388,916
+182,824
+3% +$2.31M
MAN icon
105
ManpowerGroup
MAN
$2.44B
$93.4M 0.15%
1,370,245
+8,768
+0.6% +$583K
AXP icon
106
American Express
AXP
$227B
$93.2M 0.15%
1,001,343
+195
+0% +$17.5K
WEX icon
107
WEX
WEX
$6.37B
$92.3M 0.15%
933,221
-459,919
-33% -$49M
CBOE icon
108
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$32.5B
$91.7M 0.15%
1,446,254
+80,891
+6% +$4.83M
GLBR
109
DELISTED
Global Brokerage, Inc. Class A Common Stock
GLBR
$91.3M 0.15%
551,123
+112,158
+26% +$18.3M
ICFI icon
110
ICF International
ICFI
$1.46B
$89.2M 0.14%
2,176,959
+129,645
+6% +$4.81M
PXD
111
DELISTED
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
PXD
$88.5M 0.14%
594,721
+441,261
+288% +$72.8M
HCSG icon
112
Healthcare Services Group
HCSG
$1.6B
$87.9M 0.14%
2,842,986
-152,540
-5% -$4.52M
TRS icon
113
TriMas Corp
TRS
$1.43B
$87.4M 0.14%
3,505,381
+32,735
+0.9% +$773K
ECL icon
114
Ecolab
ECL
$78.1B
$85.7M 0.14%
819,894
-331,797
-29% -$36.3M
CNI icon
115
Canadian National Railway
CNI
$76.9B
$79.4M 0.13%
1,151,658
-1,066,229
-48% -$73M
JPM icon
116
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$935B
$79.2M 0.13%
1,266,301
-333,014
-21% -$20M
TTC icon
117
Toro Company
TTC
$8.75B
$78M 0.13%
2,443,266
+264,576
+12% +$8.16M
BKD icon
118
Brookdale Senior Living
BKD
$3.49B
$76.4M 0.12%
2,084,274
+109,898
+6% +$3.73M
MSFT icon
119
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.45T
$76.2M 0.12%
1,639,512
+37,949
+2% +$1.78M
ICE icon
120
Intercontinental Exchange
ICE
$85.6B
$76M 0.12%
1,733,855
+189,170
+12% +$8.11M
NUS icon
121
Nu Skin
NUS
$252M
$75.5M 0.12%
1,726,819
+571,739
+49% +$25.2M
JNJ icon
122
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$618B
$75.2M 0.12%
718,683
-1,601
-0.2% -$169K
JAH
123
DELISTED
JARDEN CORPORATION
JAH
$73.7M 0.12%
1,538,321
+105,096
+7% +$4.57M
HOG icon
124
Harley-Davidson
HOG
$2.58B
$72.6M 0.12%
1,100,888
-200,722
-15% -$13M
TD icon
125
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$72.4M 0.12%
1,512,331
-1,797,505
-54% -$86.7M
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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.