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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
CYBX
176
DELISTED
CYBERONICS INC
CYBX
$48.8M 0.08%
877,126
-86,494
-9% -$4.53M
XOM icon
177
ExxonMobil
XOM
$644B
$47.8M 0.08%
517,343
-6,618
-1% -$617K
NXTM
178
DELISTED
NxStage Medical Inc.
NXTM
$47.5M 0.08%
2,650,064
-982,137
-27% -$15.8M
BFH icon
179
Bread Financial
BFH
$4.37B
$46.5M 0.08%
203,872
+74,250
+57% +$16.2M
LKQ icon
180
LKQ Corp
LKQ
$5.68B
$46.4M 0.08%
1,651,101
+84,860
+5% +$2.37M
VUG icon
181
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
VUG
$220B
$46.1M 0.07%
2,651,160
+177,372
+7% +$3.02M
PG icon
182
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
$45.5M 0.07%
499,866
-8,671
-2% -$763K
DIS icon
183
Walt Disney
DIS
$167B
$44.8M 0.07%
475,606
-271
-0.1% -$24.4K
ALOG
184
DELISTED
Analogic Corp
ALOG
$44.6M 0.07%
526,672
+144,522
+38% +$10.8M
LCII icon
185
LCI Industries
LCII
$2.49B
$43.7M 0.07%
855,745
+59,152
+7% +$2.77M
JNK icon
186
State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
JNK
$7.07B
$43.1M 0.07%
372,013
+226,033
+155% +$26.8M
OEF icon
187
CALL
iShares S&P 100 ETF
OEF
$20.1B
$43.1M 0.07%
+1,095,800
New +$98M
RRC icon
188
Range Resources
RRC
$9.38B
$42.2M 0.07%
789,097
+54,798
+7% +$3.54M
LL
189
DELISTED
LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.
LL
$41.5M 0.07%
626,218
+520,841
+494% +$30.2M
HOLI
190
DELISTED
Hollsys Automation Technologies INTERNATIONAL, LTD. COMMON (British Virgin Island)
HOLI
$40.6M 0.07%
1,662,370
+119,446
+8% +$2.84M
NBL
191
DELISTED
Noble Energy, Inc.
NBL
$40.1M 0.06%
845,019
-153,994
-15% -$8.35M
SCHW
192
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$183B
$40M 0.06%
1,324,100
+59,006
+5% +$1.68M
J icon
193
Jacobs Solutions
J
$15.9B
$39.7M 0.06%
1,072,691
+116,346
+12% +$4.44M
FISV
194
Fiserv Inc
FISV
$28.8B
$39.6M 0.06%
1,116,508
+12,676
+1% +$434K
VIG icon
195
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
VIG
$111B
$39.2M 0.06%
483,549
-1,505
-0.3% -$119K
BEAV
196
DELISTED
B/E Aerospace Inc
BEAV
$39.1M 0.06%
673,116
-220,722
-25% -$12.3M
CVX icon
197
Chevron
CVX
$392B
$39M 0.06%
347,959
-113,085
-25% -$12.8M
BFAM icon
198
Bright Horizons
BFAM
$3.92B
$39M 0.06%
829,978
+7,681
+0.9% +$339K
SPNC
199
DELISTED
Spectranetics Corp
SPNC
$38.9M 0.06%
1,126,012
+93,790
+9% +$2.92M
SLH
200
DELISTED
SOLERA HOLDINGS, INC. COM
SLH
$38.9M 0.06%
760,411
+724,511
+2,018% +$38M
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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.