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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
+4.87%
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
$13.3B
AUM Growth
+$909M
Cap. Flow
+$365M
Cap. Flow %
2.74%
Top 10 Hldgs %
18.02%
Holding
1,758
New
284
Increased
677
Reduced
459
Closed
116

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$28.4M
2
WAB icon
Wabtec
WAB
+$24.8M
3
KRNT icon
Kornit Digital
KRNT
+$21.3M
4
AXP icon
American Express
AXP
+$18.2M
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$18.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MBLY
Mobileye N.V.
MBLY
+$60.9M
2
BMY icon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
+$25.7M
3
GWW icon
W.W. Grainger
GWW
+$21.5M
4
NORD
Nord Anglia Education, Inc.
NORD
+$17.5M
5
PLAY icon
Dave & Buster's
PLAY
+$17.4M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 18.81%
2 Technology 16.26%
3 Financials 13.98%
4 Industrials 10.73%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.39%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
SDY icon
101
State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
SDY
$22.1B
$35.7M 0.27%
401,102
+13,923
+4% +$1.23M
VEA icon
102
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$223B
$34.8M 0.26%
843,369
+140,546
+20% +$5.73M
SGEN
103
DELISTED
Seagen Inc. Common Stock
SGEN
$34.6M 0.26%
668,546
+23,466
+4% +$1.49M
CSCO icon
104
Cisco
CSCO
$443B
$34.1M 0.26%
1,089,361
+105,968
+11% +$3.45M
GWW icon
105
W.W. Grainger
GWW
$64.2B
$33M 0.25%
182,937
-113,678
-38% -$21.5M
ZD icon
106
Ziff Davis
ZD
$2B
$31.7M 0.24%
428,543
+39,940
+10% +$2.98M
PFE icon
107
Pfizer
PFE
$143B
$31.4M 0.24%
984,938
+65,026
+7% +$2.05M
BA icon
108
Boeing
BA
$169B
$31.2M 0.23%
157,623
+6,141
+4% +$1.14M
LULU icon
109
lululemon athletica
LULU
$13.5B
$30.9M 0.23%
517,525
+14,804
+3% +$771K
MDT icon
110
Medtronic
MDT
$112B
$30.7M 0.23%
346,203
+10,181
+3% +$858K
SU icon
111
Suncor Energy
SU
$77.7B
$30.2M 0.23%
1,033,717
-41,873
-4% -$1.29M
BAC icon
112
Bank of America
BAC
$429B
$29.5M 0.22%
1,217,803
+525,520
+76% +$12.3M
BLK icon
113
Blackrock
BLK
$167B
$29.4M 0.22%
69,554
+1,940
+3% +$774K
ISRG icon
114
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$127B
$29.2M 0.22%
280,548
+6,678
+2% +$642K
KMI icon
115
Kinder Morgan
KMI
$70.9B
$29M 0.22%
1,511,959
+91,074
+6% +$1.81M
PRAA icon
116
PRA Group
PRAA
$672M
$28.9M 0.22%
762,014
-32,315
-4% -$1.13M
PAYX icon
117
Paychex
PAYX
$43.4B
$28.1M 0.21%
493,728
-84,440
-15% -$4.96M
CERN
118
DELISTED
Cerner Corp
CERN
$27.9M 0.21%
419,387
-95,718
-19% -$6.12M
VWO icon
119
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
$117B
$27.6M 0.21%
676,249
+66,746
+11% +$2.71M
JBHT icon
120
JB Hunt Transport Services
JBHT
$25.9B
$27.5M 0.21%
301,063
-7,785
-3% -$688K
CMCSA icon
121
Comcast
CMCSA
$87.3B
$27.3M 0.21%
701,584
+25,540
+4% +$1.01M
MRK icon
122
Merck
MRK
$322B
$26.9M 0.2%
439,668
+84,291
+24% +$5.13M
CTAS icon
123
Cintas
CTAS
$86.6B
$26.7M 0.2%
847,960
+21,628
+3% +$673K
EFX icon
124
Equifax
EFX
$22B
$26.5M 0.2%
192,915
-3,431
-2% -$471K
BWXT icon
125
BWX Technologies
BWXT
$14.4B
$26.4M 0.2%
540,562
+143,897
+36% +$6.97M
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William Blair & Company's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, William Blair & Company held 1,758 positions worth $13.3B, up 7.3% from $12.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 18% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q2 2017 filing shows 284 new, 677 increased, 459 reduced and 116 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Bob Evans Farms, Inc.: 219,278 shares worth $15.8M. The largest sale was Mobileye N.V., an estimated $60.9M.

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

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q2 2017 buy was Bob Evans Farms, Inc.: 219,278 shares worth $15.8M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Alphabet (Google) Class A in Q2 2017, an estimated $28.4M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was Mobileye N.V., cutting an estimated $60.9M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Nord Anglia Education, Inc. in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $17.5M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 18% of its $13.3B portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • William Blair & Company opened 284 new positions and closed 116 in Q2 2017.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value rose 7.3% quarter-over-quarter to $13.3B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 4 Aug 2017.