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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
FWONK icon
1226
Liberty Media Series C
FWONK
$24.2B
$274K ﹤0.01%
11,048
-3,578
-24% -$88K
BTE icon
1227
Baytex Energy
BTE
$3B
$273K ﹤0.01%
16,500
+9,000
+120% +$230K
OMER icon
1228
Omeros
OMER
$937M
$273K ﹤0.01%
11,000
-2,000
-15% -$36.4K
W icon
1229
Wayfair
W
$15.3B
$273K ﹤0.01%
+13,729
New +$330K
KR icon
1230
Kroger
KR
$35.4B
$272K ﹤0.01%
+8,474
New +$245K
NLY icon
1231
Annaly Capital Management
NLY
$17.1B
$271K ﹤0.01%
6,269
+38
+0.6% +$1.72K
RNG icon
1232
RingCentral
RNG
$5.09B
$268K ﹤0.01%
+18,000
New +$226K
NS
1233
DELISTED
NuStar Energy L.P.
NS
$268K ﹤0.01%
4,650
-1,235
-21% -$73.4K
JMF
1234
DELISTED
NUVEEN ENERGY MLP TOTAL RETURN FUND
JMF
$268K ﹤0.01%
13,235
-5,150
-28% -$105K
MMSI icon
1235
Merit Medical Systems
MMSI
$5.12B
$266K ﹤0.01%
15,399
– –
TOL icon
1236
Toll Brothers
TOL
$14.3B
$266K ﹤0.01%
+7,789
New +$254K
VNR
1237
DELISTED
Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC
VNR
$265K ﹤0.01%
17,615
-3,670
-17% -$82.1K
VNCE icon
1238
Vince Holding Corp
VNCE
$86.3M
$264K ﹤0.01%
1,010
-40
-4% -$12.7K
RF icon
1239
Regions Financial
RF
$27.3B
$263K ﹤0.01%
25,026
+591
+2% +$5.9K
KSU
1240
DELISTED
Kansas City Southern
KSU
$261K ﹤0.01%
2,147
-919
-30% -$110K
FTEK icon
1241
Fuel Tech
FTEK
$47.7M
$260K ﹤0.01%
68,000
-10,000
-13% -$39.9K
HTH icon
1242
Hilltop Holdings
HTH
$2.29B
$260K ﹤0.01%
13,041
+516
+4% +$10.6K
PFPT
1243
DELISTED
Proofpoint, Inc.
PFPT
$256K ﹤0.01%
+5,320
New +$228K
TECU
1244
DELISTED
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY COMMON STOCK
TECU
$256K ﹤0.01%
83,000
-12,000
-13% -$40.2K
HLT icon
1245
Hilton Worldwide
HLT
$70.2B
$254K ﹤0.01%
3,253
+500
+18% +$37.5K
SONC
1246
DELISTED
Sonic Corp
SONC
$250K ﹤0.01%
+9,200
New +$233K
LXK
1247
DELISTED
Lexmark Intl Inc
LXK
$249K ﹤0.01%
6,056
– –
VXX
1248
DELISTED
iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN due 1/30/2019
VXX
$249K ﹤0.01%
494
+68
+16% +$33.4K
JCP
1249
DELISTED
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
JCP
$248K ﹤0.01%
38,400
+4,000
+12% +$29.4K
FTR
1250
DELISTED
Frontier Communications Corp.
FTR
$248K ﹤0.01%
2,484
-612
-20% -$60K
48 49
50
51 52

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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.