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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
BB icon
1326
BlackBerry
BB
$5.2B
$120K ﹤0.01%
10,975
– –
MRO
1327
CALL
DELISTED
Marathon Oil Corporation
MRO
$113K ﹤0.01%
+4,000
New +$127K
IMGN
1328
DELISTED
Immunogen Inc
IMGN
$106K ﹤0.01%
17,571
-6,013
-25% -$55K
KODK.WS.A
1329
DELISTED
Eastman Kodak Company
KODK.WS.A
$104K ﹤0.01%
16,834
+1,994
+13% +$11.1K
SMFG icon
1330
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
SMFG
$158B
$99K ﹤0.01%
13,764
-31
-0.2% -$235
AVP
1331
DELISTED
Avon Products, Inc.
AVP
$98K ﹤0.01%
10,445
-2,650
-20% -$27.4K
UEC icon
1332
Uranium Energy
UEC
$5.3B
$97K ﹤0.01%
+55,555
New +$83.4K
LYG icon
1333
Lloyds Banking Group
LYG
$91.3B
$96K ﹤0.01%
20,613
-368,456
-95% -$1.78M
PGNX
1334
DELISTED
Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc
PGNX
$90K ﹤0.01%
12,000
– –
KODK.WS
1335
DELISTED
Eastman Kodak Company
KODK.WS
$90K ﹤0.01%
11,845
+1,845
+18% +$12.4K
KMI icon
1336
CALL
Kinder Morgan
KMI
$69.6B
$85K ﹤0.01%
+2,000
New +$78.8K
VPCO
1337
DELISTED
VAPOR CORP DEL COM STK
VPCO
$81K ﹤0.01%
13,397
– –
MWW
1338
DELISTED
Monster Worldwide Inc
MWW
$78K ﹤0.01%
16,925
-2,350
-12% -$10.3K
ACHN
1339
PUT
DELISTED
Achillion Pharmaceuticals
ACHN
$61K ﹤0.01%
5,000
– –
CORT icon
1340
Corcept Therapeutics
CORT
$11.8B
$60K ﹤0.01%
20,000
– –
MACK
1341
CALL
DELISTED
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
MACK
$56K ﹤0.01%
636
– –
CRC
1342
DELISTED
California Resources Corporation
CRC
$56K ﹤0.01%
+1,013
New +$61K
VTSS
1343
DELISTED
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION COMMON STOCK
VTSS
$56K ﹤0.01%
15,000
– –
LIME
1344
DELISTED
LIME ENERGY CO.NEW COMMON STOCK
LIME
$55K ﹤0.01%
18,991
-1,113
-6% -$3.16K
VG
1345
DELISTED
Vonage Holdings Corporation
VG
$54K ﹤0.01%
14,200
– –
DVAX
1346
CALL
DELISTED
Dynavax Technologies
DVAX
$50K ﹤0.01%
+3,000
New +$45.7K
KERX
1347
CALL
DELISTED
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc
KERX
$42K ﹤0.01%
+3,000
New +$46.5K
AMD icon
1348
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
$849B
$41K ﹤0.01%
15,575
-850
-5% -$2.33K
ALU
1349
DELISTED
Alcatel-Lucent
ALU
$41K ﹤0.01%
+11,764
New +$36.7K
DSU icon
1350
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
DSU
$595M
$40K ﹤0.01%
3,584
– –
52 53
54
55 56

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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.