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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
DIS icon
201
Walt Disney
DIS
$167B
$29.6M 0.05%
387,154
-826,656
-68% -$57.3M
ABCO
202
DELISTED
Advisory Board Co
ABCO
$29.5M 0.05%
463,695
+46,919
+11% +$2.98M
THRM icon
203
Gentherm
THRM
$1.25B
$29.4M 0.05%
1,098,472
-174,410
-14% -$4M
EFA icon
204
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
EFA
$78B
$29.4M 0.05%
438,025
+66,127
+18% +$4.32M
C icon
205
Citigroup
C
$222B
$29.2M 0.05%
560,973
-78,774
-12% -$3.99M
NVDQ
206
DELISTED
Novadaq Technologies Inc.
NVDQ
$29.1M 0.05%
1,767,485
+119,423
+7% +$1.98M
EXAM
207
DELISTED
EXAMWORKS GROUP INC COM STK (DE)
EXAM
$28.5M 0.05%
954,503
-30,658
-3% -$851K
SLAB icon
208
Silicon Laboratories
SLAB
$7.17B
$28.5M 0.05%
657,556
+3,636
+0.6% +$149K
IVZ icon
209
Invesco
IVZ
$13.1B
$28.1M 0.05%
772,722
-1,145,401
-60% -$38.9M
DNKN
210
DELISTED
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.
DNKN
$27.6M 0.05%
571,616
+66,455
+13% +$3.15M
DXCM icon
211
DexCom
DXCM
$31.5B
$27.3M 0.05%
3,080,272
-233,340
-7% -$1.85M
MELI icon
212
Mercado Libre
MELI
$95.2B
$27.1M 0.04%
251,370
+13,223
+6% +$1.58M
WMT icon
213
Walmart Inc
WMT
$885B
$26.4M 0.04%
1,007,877
-48,831
-5% -$1.26M
HDB icon
214
HDFC Bank
HDB
$123B
$25.9M 0.04%
3,004,000
+2,297,700
+325% +$19.5M
MMM icon
215
3M
MMM
$90.9B
$25.6M 0.04%
218,550
-20,888
-9% -$2.23M
WFC icon
216
Wells Fargo
WFC
$261B
$25.6M 0.04%
562,869
-1,843
-0.3% -$79.6K
SMG icon
217
ScottsMiracle-Gro
SMG
$3.82B
$25.4M 0.04%
408,230
-8,992
-2% -$526K
EWX icon
218
State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF
EWX
$652M
$25.3M 0.04%
545,620
-1,700
-0.3% -$79.5K
N
219
DELISTED
Netsuite Inc
N
$25.2M 0.04%
244,572
+5,563
+2% +$558K
FC icon
220
Franklin Covey
FC
$242M
$25.1M 0.04%
1,261,243
+31,145
+3% +$607K
KMX icon
221
CarMax
KMX
$8.13B
$25M 0.04%
531,417
-22,182
-4% -$1.09M
SSTK icon
222
Shutterstock
SSTK
$198M
$25M 0.04%
298,670
-819
-0.3% -$60.7K
BMY icon
223
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$133B
$24.8M 0.04%
466,104
+82,618
+22% +$4.21M
RPXC
224
DELISTED
RPX Corporation
RPXC
$24.7M 0.04%
+1,463,637
New +$24.9M
DCI icon
225
Donaldson
DCI
$10.9B
$23.6M 0.04%
543,761
-203,703
-27% -$8.3M
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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.