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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
BWX icon
1251
State Street SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF
BWX
$1.33B
$233K ﹤0.01%
8,425
-1,789
-18% -$48.7K
FHN icon
1252
First Horizon
FHN
$12.2B
$232K ﹤0.01%
13,341
– –
TXT icon
1253
Textron
TXT
$14.8B
$232K ﹤0.01%
+4,930
New +$232K
BIP icon
1254
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
BIP
$19.3B
$231K ﹤0.01%
+9,500
New +$225K
GHII
1255
DELISTED
Invesco S&P High Income Infrastructure ETF
GHII
$231K ﹤0.01%
+8,252
New +$231K
MLM icon
1256
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.2B
$230K ﹤0.01%
+1,034
New +$234K
WDFC icon
1257
WD-40
WDFC
$3.04B
$230K ﹤0.01%
2,084
-17,001
-89% -$1.81M
DAKT icon
1258
Daktronics
DAKT
$953M
$229K ﹤0.01%
23,800
– –
XBI icon
1259
State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF
XBI
$9.92B
$227K ﹤0.01%
+2,936
New +$208K
RJF icon
1260
Raymond James Financial
RJF
$33.8B
$226K ﹤0.01%
4,229
-7
-0.2% -$352
AWK icon
1261
American Water Works
AWK
$27B
$225K ﹤0.01%
+2,889
New +$227K
SKYY icon
1262
First Trust Cloud Computing ETF
SKYY
$2.92B
$225K ﹤0.01%
+5,704
New +$225K
AJG icon
1263
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
$64.8B
$224K ﹤0.01%
+3,904
New +$221K
IFN
1264
Aberdeen India Fund
IFN
$500M
$224K ﹤0.01%
8,308
– –
VOX icon
1265
Vanguard Communication Services ETF
VOX
$5.55B
$224K ﹤0.01%
+2,443
New +$232K
BAC.PRL icon
1266
Bank of America Series L
BAC.PRL
$3.97B
$223K ﹤0.01%
+177
New +$219K
MSBI icon
1267
Midland States Bancorp
MSBI
$699M
$222K ﹤0.01%
6,629
+60
+0.9% +$2.05K
VIOO icon
1268
Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF
VIOO
$4.15B
$222K ﹤0.01%
3,472
– –
EV
1269
DELISTED
Eaton Vance Corp.
EV
$222K ﹤0.01%
+4,688
New +$213K
SIRI icon
1270
SiriusXM
SIRI
$10B
$221K ﹤0.01%
4,045
+224
+6% +$11.4K
ALSN icon
1271
Allison Transmission
ALSN
$9.57B
$219K ﹤0.01%
5,846
-1,006
-15% -$37.5K
MFA.PRB
1272
MFA Financial 7.50% Series B Preferred Stock
MFA.PRB
$164M
$216K ﹤0.01%
+8,500
New +$215K
NVRO
1273
CALL
DELISTED
NEVRO CORP.
NVRO
$216K ﹤0.01%
2,900
+1,300
+81% +$104K
YMLI
1274
DELISTED
VanEck Vectors High Income Infrastructure MLP ETF
YMLI
$216K ﹤0.01%
14,777
+2,602
+21% +$39.3K
ALB icon
1275
Albemarle
ALB
$13.8B
$215K ﹤0.01%
+2,038
New +$222K
49 50
51
52 53

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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.