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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
MKTX icon
201
MarketAxess Holdings
MKTX
$4.47B
$14.1M 0.11%
70,045
-10,460
-13% -$2M
BUD icon
202
AB InBev
BUD
$164B
$14M 0.1%
126,518
+12,914
+11% +$1.48M
EL icon
203
Estee Lauder
EL
$30.4B
$13.9M 0.1%
144,347
+92,559
+179% +$8.49M
CB icon
204
Chubb
CB
$140B
$13.8M 0.1%
95,211
+11,450
+14% +$1.61M
VGK icon
205
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
VGK
$30.1B
$13.8M 0.1%
250,643
+183,214
+272% +$9.99M
MXL icon
206
MaxLinear
MXL
$5.19B
$13.7M 0.1%
490,088
-9,496
-2% -$277K
COTV
207
DELISTED
Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.
COTV
$13.4M 0.1%
361,120
-12,383
-3% -$487K
TD icon
208
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$193B
$13.3M 0.1%
264,159
+15,963
+6% +$770K
BP icon
209
BP
BP
$112B
$13.2M 0.1%
429,220
+76,180
+22% +$2.37M
IUSV icon
210
iShares Core S&P US Value ETF
IUSV
$27.3B
$12.8M 0.1%
251,309
-9,867
-4% -$499K
PRLB icon
211
Protolabs
PRLB
$1.7B
$12.7M 0.1%
189,189
+14,621
+8% +$884K
TRMB icon
212
Trimble
TRMB
$13.6B
$12.7M 0.1%
355,925
-30,502
-8% -$1.06M
HON icon
213
Honeywell
HON
$76.4B
$12.5M 0.09%
103,566
-4,232
-4% -$499K
VOO icon
214
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
VOO
$956B
$12.2M 0.09%
55,032
-395
-0.7% -$86.9K
RTX icon
215
RTX Corp
RTX
$290B
$12.1M 0.09%
157,780
+18,634
+13% +$1.4M
USB icon
216
US Bancorp
USB
$97.9B
$12.1M 0.09%
233,094
-628
-0.3% -$32.3K
MRCC
217
DELISTED
Monroe Capital Corp
MRCC
$12.1M 0.09%
794,108
+4,136
+0.5% +$64.4K
ETP
218
DELISTED
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
ETP
$11.9M 0.09%
585,282
+351,852
+151% +$7.85M
EMR icon
219
Emerson Electric
EMR
$81.6B
$11.9M 0.09%
198,833
+12,677
+7% +$752K
IWD icon
220
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
IWD
$81.4B
$11.7M 0.09%
100,189
-2,258
-2% -$260K
CLX icon
221
Clorox
CLX
$12B
$11.3M 0.09%
85,090
+672
+0.8% +$90.7K
GSK icon
222
GSK
GSK
$107B
$11.3M 0.08%
209,171
+31,721
+18% +$1.69M
UNF icon
223
Unifirst Corp
UNF
$5.45B
$10.9M 0.08%
77,534
-6,250
-7% -$871K
HOG icon
224
Harley-Davidson
HOG
$2.61B
$10.8M 0.08%
200,759
+4,888
+2% +$272K
BIDU icon
225
Baidu
BIDU
$35.7B
$10.8M 0.08%
60,442
-2,768
-4% -$501K
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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.