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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
-0.37%
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
$58.5B
AUM Growth
-$2.78B
Cap. Flow
-$639M
Cap. Flow %
-1.09%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.82%
Holding
2,314
New
217
Increased
799
Reduced
860
Closed
188

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TEVA icon
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA
+$246M
2
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$169M
3
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$103M
4
VRSK icon
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
+$100M
5
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$86.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TSM icon
TSMC
TSM
+$196M
2
CYT
CYTEC INDS INC
CYT
+$169M
3
HOG icon
Harley-Davidson
HOG
+$144M
4
FOSL icon
Fossil Group
FOSL
+$138M
5
COV
COVIDIEN PLC COM SHS NEW (IRELAND)
COV
+$109M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 8.42%
2 Healthcare 6.73%
3 Technology 6.16%
4 Financials 5.99%
5 Consumer Discretionary 5.49%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
PACB icon
1326
Pacific Biosciences
PACB
$447M
$103K ﹤0.01%
+21,000
New +$110K
VPCO
1327
DELISTED
VAPOR CORP DEL COM STK
VPCO
$98K ﹤0.01%
13,397
-31,530
-70% -$499K
MPWR icon
1328
CALL
Monolithic Power Systems
MPWR
$65.6B
$88K ﹤0.01%
+2,000
New +$88K
GST
1329
DELISTED
Gastar Exploration Inc.
GST
$88K ﹤0.01%
15,000
– –
KODK.WS.A
1330
DELISTED
Eastman Kodak Company
KODK.WS.A
$87K ﹤0.01%
14,840
+3,000
+25% +$22.6K
DENN
1331
DELISTED
Denny's
DENN
$78K ﹤0.01%
11,157
– –
KODK.WS
1332
DELISTED
Eastman Kodak Company
KODK.WS
$75K ﹤0.01%
+10,000
New +$85.7K
PWE
1333
DELISTED
Penn West Energy Petroleum Ltd
PWE
$75K ﹤0.01%
11,107
-300
-3% -$2.37K
SPWH icon
1334
Sportsman's Warehouse
SPWH
$44.9M
$74K ﹤0.01%
+11,000
New +$70.4K
LIME
1335
DELISTED
LIME ENERGY CO.NEW COMMON STOCK
LIME
$65K ﹤0.01%
20,104
-1,713
-8% -$5.27K
PGNX
1336
DELISTED
Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc
PGNX
$62K ﹤0.01%
+12,000
New +$59.8K
EXTR icon
1337
Extreme Networks
EXTR
$4.23B
$59K ﹤0.01%
12,320
-1,090
-8% -$5.29K
YUMA
1338
DELISTED
Yuma Energy Inc
YUMA
$59K ﹤0.01%
+47
New +$64.8K
AMD icon
1339
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
$846B
$56K ﹤0.01%
16,425
– –
NYMX
1340
DELISTED
Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp
NYMX
$56K ﹤0.01%
13,000
– –
NAUH
1341
DELISTED
National American University Holdings, Inc.
NAUH
$55K ﹤0.01%
18,225
-5,250
-22% -$16.4K
TCF.WS
1342
DELISTED
TCF Financial Corporation
TCF.WS
$55K ﹤0.01%
20,600
-2,100
-9% -$5.93K
VTSS
1343
DELISTED
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION COMMON STOCK
VTSS
$54K ﹤0.01%
15,000
– –
CORT icon
1344
Corcept Therapeutics
CORT
$11.9B
$53K ﹤0.01%
20,000
+10,000
+100% +$26.5K
ACHN
1345
PUT
DELISTED
Achillion Pharmaceuticals
ACHN
$49K ﹤0.01%
+5,000
New +$46.4K
VG
1346
DELISTED
Vonage Holdings Corporation
VG
$46K ﹤0.01%
14,200
– –
DRRX
1347
DELISTED
DURECT Corp
DRRX
$44K ﹤0.01%
3,026
-265
-8% -$4.11K
MACK
1348
CALL
DELISTED
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
MACK
$43K ﹤0.01%
+636
New +$34K
DSU icon
1349
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
DSU
$593M
$41K ﹤0.01%
3,584
– –
YTEN
1350
DELISTED
Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. Common Stock
YTEN
$39K ﹤0.01%
+1
New +$43.2K
52 53
54
55 56

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William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, William Blair & Company held 2,314 positions worth $58.5B, down 4.5% from $61.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.8% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 filing shows 217 new, 799 increased, 860 reduced and 188 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M. The largest sale was TSMC, an estimated $196M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 8.4% of assets, up from 8.2% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Technology.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q3 2014 buy was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Teva Pharmaceuticals in Q3 2014, an estimated $246M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was TSMC, cutting an estimated $196M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited ROCKWOOD HLDGS INC in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $59.6M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 6.8% of its $58.5B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company opened 217 new positions and closed 188 in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 4.5% quarter-over-quarter to $58.5B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 4 Nov 2014.