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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

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ABV
COMPANHIA BEBIDA ADS EACH REPSTG 1 PFD SH
ABV
+$237M
2
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$186M
3
SWI
SOLARWINDS INC COM STK (DE)
SWI
+$104M
4
CLH icon
Clean Harbors
CLH
+$104M
5
FMX icon
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
+$101M

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
MSFT icon
151
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.45T
$56.2M 0.09%
1,502,739
-8,550
-0.6% -$311K
MCD icon
152
McDonald's
MCD
$192B
$55.3M 0.09%
570,196
-161,394
-22% -$15.5M
LOCK
153
DELISTED
LifeLock, Inc.
LOCK
$54.8M 0.09%
3,338,447
+1,271,253
+61% +$20M
UPS icon
154
United Parcel Service
UPS
$88.6B
$54.5M 0.09%
518,369
-9,013
-2% -$888K
CVX icon
155
Chevron
CVX
$392B
$54M 0.09%
432,696
+5,499
+1% +$665K
WLL
156
DELISTED
Whiting Petroleum Corporation
WLL
$53.7M 0.09%
2,895
-2,516
-46% -$47.6M
KKD
157
DELISTED
KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC
KKD
$53.7M 0.09%
2,782,409
+2,049,040
+279% +$46.2M
CRM icon
158
Salesforce
CRM
$151B
$53.1M 0.09%
962,818
+72,989
+8% +$3.9M
RYAAY icon
159
Ryanair
RYAAY
$30.4B
$52.5M 0.09%
2,726,536
-536,158
-16% -$10.5M
XOM icon
160
ExxonMobil
XOM
$644B
$50.7M 0.08%
500,612
+337
+0.1% +$31.2K
MTD icon
161
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$28.6B
$49.9M 0.08%
205,548
-220,277
-52% -$53.8M
JLL icon
162
Jones Lang LaSalle
JLL
$16.3B
$49.8M 0.08%
486,329
-330,582
-40% -$31M
AIRM
163
DELISTED
Air Methods Corp
AIRM
$48M 0.08%
823,452
+8,405
+1% +$419K
QIWI
164
DELISTED
QIWI PLC
QIWI
$47.5M 0.08%
+848,647
New +$37.9M
ABT icon
165
Abbott
ABT
$183B
$47.3M 0.08%
1,234,858
-65,632
-5% -$2.42M
GPOR
166
DELISTED
Gulfport Energy Corp.
GPOR
$45.2M 0.07%
715,689
-20,148
-3% -$1.22M
GS icon
167
Goldman Sachs
GS
$300B
$43.8M 0.07%
247,050
+4,739
+2% +$782K
MKC icon
168
McCormick & Company Non-Voting
MKC
$13.7B
$43.5M 0.07%
1,261,328
-1,469,518
-54% -$50.1M
DOC
169
DELISTED
PHYSICIANS REALTY TRUST
DOC
$43.4M 0.07%
826,900
-2,031,900
-71% -$25.1M
SWI
170
DELISTED
SOLARWINDS INC COM STK (DE)
SWI
$41.5M 0.07%
1,096,728
-2,990,661
-73% -$104M
CERN
171
DELISTED
Cerner Corp
CERN
$41.4M 0.07%
742,725
+41,599
+6% +$2.33M
ABBV icon
172
AbbVie
ABBV
$443B
$41.3M 0.07%
781,748
-48,921
-6% -$2.4M
ADP icon
173
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$106B
$41.2M 0.07%
580,912
-16,974
-3% -$1.14M
PG icon
174
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
$40.9M 0.07%
502,587
-4,221
-0.8% -$344K
BWA icon
175
BorgWarner
BWA
$13.1B
$39.6M 0.07%
804,437
+758,190
+1,639% +$35.1M
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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.