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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

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
TCF.WS
1326
DELISTED
TCF Financial Corporation
TCF.WS
$36K ﹤0.01%
+10,915
New +$30.2K
EGIO
1327
DELISTED
Edgio, Inc. Common Stock
EGIO
$32K ﹤0.01%
399
TWER
1328
DELISTED
Towerstream Corporation Common Stock
TWER
$32K ﹤0.01%
+550
New +$27.7K
XWG
1329
DELISTED
WIRELESS XCESSORIES GR INC
XWG
$26K ﹤0.01%
25,000
RBY
1330
DELISTED
RUBICON MENERALS CORP (F)
RBY
$18K ﹤0.01%
22,000
MVIS icon
1331
Microvision
MVIS
$85.2M
$16K ﹤0.01%
825
YTEN
1332
DELISTED
Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. Common Stock
YTEN
0
FBN
1333
DELISTED
FURNITURE BRANDS INT'L INC
FBN
$2K ﹤0.01%
30,348
-38,282
-56% -$2.52K
AVCS
1334
DELISTED
AMERICAN VANTAGE CO'S
AVCS
$1K ﹤0.01%
21,865
ABG icon
1335
Asbury Automotive
ABG
$4.01B
-4,969
Closed -$264K
ACTG icon
1336
Acacia Research
ACTG
$451M
-459,755
Closed -$10.6M
ASMB icon
1337
Assembly Biosciences
ASMB
$515M
-208
Closed -$36K
BB icon
1338
BlackBerry
BB
$5.21B
-17,800
Closed -$140K
BIP icon
1339
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
BIP
$18.4B
-67,528
Closed -$1.02M
BRO icon
1340
Brown & Brown
BRO
$23.7B
-23,002
Closed -$368K
BSAC icon
1341
Banco Santander Chile
BSAC
$16.4B
-107,905
Closed -$2.84M
EEMV icon
1342
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF
EEMV
$3.54B
-26,100
Closed -$1.53M
EFV icon
1343
iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF
EFV
$29.1B
-87,430
Closed -$4.76M
EMBJ
1344
Embraer S.A. ADS
EMBJ
$12.5B
-2,300,008
Closed -$74.7M
FFIV icon
1345
F5
FFIV
$23.6B
-4,040
Closed -$346K
FLTR icon
1346
VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF
FLTR
$2.97B
-23,100
Closed -$576K
FMX icon
1347
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$42.7B
-1,041,338
Closed -$101M
HY icon
1348
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
HY
$648M
-4,633
Closed -$414K
IEP icon
1349
Icahn Enterprises
IEP
$5.22B
-4,840
Closed -$403K
JEF icon
1350
Jefferies Financial Group
JEF
$12.9B
-47,146
Closed -$1.15M

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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.