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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
ARMH
201
DELISTED
ARM HOLDINGS PLC ADS
ARMH
$38.6M 0.06%
833,551
+685,837
+464% +$29.3M
ADP icon
202
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$106B
$38.5M 0.06%
461,492
-157,347
-25% -$12.8M
VTV icon
203
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF
VTV
$188B
$37.6M 0.06%
444,683
+21,519
+5% +$1.78M
TWOU
204
DELISTED
2U Inc
TWOU
$36.7M 0.06%
62,285
+61,700
+10,547% +$32.9M
IPHI
205
DELISTED
INPHI CORPORATION
IPHI
$36.7M 0.06%
1,985,413
+1,093,212
+123% +$16M
KMI icon
206
Kinder Morgan
KMI
$71.7B
$36.5M 0.06%
862,739
+643,962
+294% +$25.4M
PLL
207
DELISTED
PALL CORP
PLL
$36.4M 0.06%
359,850
+42,270
+13% +$3.9M
CRZO
208
DELISTED
Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc
CRZO
$36.2M 0.06%
870,342
+702,074
+417% +$31.5M
BSAC icon
209
Banco Santander Chile
BSAC
$16.3B
$36.2M 0.06%
1,833,863
+339,965
+23% +$7.25M
EBAY icon
210
eBay
EBAY
$50.6B
$35.7M 0.06%
1,511,761
-252,849
-14% -$5.74M
VWO icon
211
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
$121B
$35.4M 0.06%
884,521
+40,948
+5% +$1.69M
GGG icon
212
Graco
GGG
$12.9B
$34.6M 0.06%
1,295,862
+90,585
+8% +$2.33M
VRNT
213
DELISTED
Verint Systems
VRNT
$34.5M 0.06%
+1,161,996
New +$33.9M
WFC icon
214
Wells Fargo
WFC
$261B
$33.9M 0.05%
617,968
+31,778
+5% +$1.68M
MKC icon
215
McCormick & Company Non-Voting
MKC
$13.7B
$33.9M 0.05%
911,842
-57,874
-6% -$2.07M
C icon
216
Citigroup
C
$222B
$33.2M 0.05%
614,251
+152,389
+33% +$8.09M
INFY icon
217
Infosys
INFY
$48.7B
$33.1M 0.05%
4,212,252
+1,060,764
+34% +$8.59M
IXC icon
218
iShares Global Energy ETF
IXC
$2.79B
$33.1M 0.05%
889,800
+224,700
+34% +$8.93M
RPXC
219
DELISTED
RPX Corporation
RPXC
$32.7M 0.05%
2,373,937
+455,639
+24% +$6.32M
AGN
220
DELISTED
Allergan Inc
AGN
$32.7M 0.05%
153,705
-3,573
-2% -$711K
MCD icon
221
McDonald's
MCD
$192B
$32.6M 0.05%
348,281
-32,128
-8% -$3.01M
IRM icon
222
Iron Mountain
IRM
$36.4B
$32.6M 0.05%
842,056
+101,909
+14% +$3.71M
ACN icon
223
Accenture
ACN
$102B
$31.8M 0.05%
355,912
-89,892
-20% -$7.46M
FOSL icon
224
Fossil Group
FOSL
$293M
$31.2M 0.05%
281,842
-19,601
-7% -$2.05M
XPRO icon
225
Expro Ltd
XPRO
$1.79B
$30.6M 0.05%
306,513
+103,152
+51% +$11M
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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.