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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
ESI icon
1526
CALL
Element Solutions
ESI
$9.04B
– –
-2,000
Closed -$26K
EVH icon
1527
CALL
Evolent Health
EVH
$335M
– –
-800
Closed -$18K
EW icon
1528
CALL
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$49.6B
– –
-2,400
Closed -$75K
FLR icon
1529
Fluor
FLR
$7.04B
– –
-12,242
Closed -$678K
GDOT icon
1530
CALL
Green Dot
GDOT
$744M
– –
-800
Closed -$27K
GDX icon
1531
CALL
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
GDX
$22.8B
– –
-6,000
Closed -$216K
GLRE icon
1532
Greenlight Captial
GLRE
$551M
– –
-9,305
Closed -$208K
HDSN
1533
Hudson Technologies
HDSN
$252M
– –
-42,470
Closed -$283K
HLIO icon
1534
Helios Technologies
HLIO
$2.6B
– –
-5,859
Closed -$212K
HTH icon
1535
Hilltop Holdings
HTH
$2.25B
– –
-10,147
Closed -$288K
IMAX icon
1536
IMAX
IMAX
$2.62B
– –
-94,231
Closed -$3.2M
IMMR icon
1537
Immersion
IMMR
$252M
– –
-10,000
Closed -$109K
KR icon
1538
Kroger
KR
$35.4B
– –
-95,049
Closed -$2.81M
MAT icon
1539
Mattel
MAT
$4.4B
– –
-15,516
Closed -$399K
MIDD icon
1540
CALL
Middleby
MIDD
$6.06B
– –
-100
Closed -$14K
MOS icon
1541
The Mosaic Company
MOS
$7.05B
– –
-9,104
Closed -$284K
MPC icon
1542
CALL
Marathon Petroleum
MPC
$92B
– –
-1,000
Closed -$51K
MTCH icon
1543
Match Group
MTCH
$9.17B
– –
-26,235
Closed -$424K
NCMI icon
1544
National CineMedia
NCMI
$371M
– –
-2,315
Closed -$292K
NFLX icon
1545
PUT
Netflix
NFLX
$299B
– –
-10,000
Closed -$148K
OIH icon
1546
VanEck Oil Services ETF
OIH
$2.05B
– –
-372
Closed -$234K
OMER icon
1547
Omeros
OMER
$859M
– –
-11,000
Closed -$166K
OSBC icon
1548
Old Second Bancorp
OSBC
$1.28B
– –
-60,916
Closed -$684K
PRO
1549
DELISTED
PROS Holdings
PRO
– –
-32,640
Closed -$758K
QCOM icon
1550
CALL
Qualcomm
QCOM
$156B
– –
-500
Closed -$29K
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62
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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.