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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
-0.37%
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
$58.5B
AUM Growth
-$2.78B
Cap. Flow
-$639M
Cap. Flow %
-1.09%
Top 10 Hldgs %
6.82%
Holding
2,314
New
217
Increased
799
Reduced
860
Closed
188

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TEVA icon
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA
+$246M
2
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$169M
3
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$103M
4
VRSK icon
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
+$100M
5
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$86.1M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TSM icon
TSMC
TSM
+$196M
2
CYT
CYTEC INDS INC
CYT
+$169M
3
HOG icon
Harley-Davidson
HOG
+$144M
4
FOSL icon
Fossil Group
FOSL
+$138M
5
COV
COVIDIEN PLC COM SHS NEW (IRELAND)
COV
+$109M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 8.42%
2 Healthcare 6.73%
3 Technology 6.16%
4 Financials 5.99%
5 Consumer Discretionary 5.49%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
GILD icon
1
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$167B
$517M 0.88%
4,857,404
-462,804
-9% -$45.3M
SRCL
2
DELISTED
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
$504M 0.86%
4,324,797
+138,093
+3% +$16.3M
SU icon
3
Suncor Energy
SU
$77.7B
$445M 0.76%
12,294,399
+972,229
+9% +$39M
AMG icon
4
Affiliated Managers Group
AMG
$9.7B
$422M 0.72%
2,107,673
-27,088
-1% -$5.53M
FAST icon
5
Fastenal
FAST
$54.8B
$350M 0.6%
31,222,676
-2,392,908
-7% -$27.4M
BIDU icon
6
Baidu
BIDU
$36.3B
$342M 0.59%
1,568,824
+407,457
+35% +$86.1M
AAPL icon
7
Apple
AAPL
$5.05T
$333M 0.57%
13,232,316
+810,504
+7% +$19.9M
IDXX icon
8
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$44.9B
$329M 0.56%
5,586,068
-57,524
-1% -$3.64M
WSM icon
9
Williams-Sonoma
WSM
$27.6B
$323M 0.55%
9,707,870
+237,554
+3% +$8.23M
GOOG icon
10
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.16T
$310M 0.53%
10,683,190
-90,448
-0.8% -$2.62M
MJN
11
DELISTED
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
MJN
$290M 0.5%
3,011,895
-149,806
-5% -$14.2M
SLB icon
12
SLB Ltd
SLB
$73.7B
$287M 0.49%
2,819,706
-157,028
-5% -$17.1M
AKAM icon
13
Akamai
AKAM
$16B
$279M 0.48%
4,663,105
-590,478
-11% -$35.5M
MA icon
14
Mastercard
MA
$500B
$267M 0.46%
3,608,107
+89,888
+3% +$6.85M
GMCR
15
DELISTED
KEURIG GREEN MTN INC
GMCR
$266M 0.45%
2,042,369
-257,434
-11% -$32.2M
PRAA icon
16
PRA Group
PRAA
$681M
$264M 0.45%
5,053,291
+480,765
+11% +$27.7M
RHT
17
DELISTED
Red Hat Inc
RHT
$263M 0.45%
4,691,502
-28,439
-0.6% -$1.66M
TEVA icon
18
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA
$40.6B
$263M 0.45%
4,897,633
+4,634,189
+1,759% +$246M
ORLY icon
19
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.3B
$255M 0.44%
25,456,635
-879,405
-3% -$8.98M
EFX icon
20
Equifax
EFX
$22B
$245M 0.42%
3,273,187
+23,926
+0.7% +$1.82M
ABEV icon
21
Ambev
ABEV
$47.4B
$241M 0.41%
36,812,640
-6,269,906
-15% -$44.2M
SBAC icon
22
SBA Communications
SBAC
$18.9B
$237M 0.41%
2,136,427
-368,291
-15% -$39.8M
MDVN
23
DELISTED
MEDIVATION, INC.
MDVN
$232M 0.4%
4,684,598
-232,798
-5% -$9.89M
TSM icon
24
TSMC
TSM
$2.01T
$227M 0.39%
11,226,945
-9,415,164
-46% -$196M
PCP
25
DELISTED
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
PCP
$226M 0.39%
953,080
+125,281
+15% +$30.4M
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William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, William Blair & Company held 2,314 positions worth $58.5B, down 4.5% from $61.2B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 6.8% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company's Q3 2014 filing shows 217 new, 799 increased, 860 reduced and 188 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M. The largest sale was TSMC, an estimated $196M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 8.4% of assets, up from 8.2% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Technology.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q3 2014 buy was Alibaba: 1,144,057 shares worth $102M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Teva Pharmaceuticals in Q3 2014, an estimated $246M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was TSMC, cutting an estimated $196M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited ROCKWOOD HLDGS INC in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $59.6M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 6.8% of its $58.5B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company opened 217 new positions and closed 188 in Q3 2014.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 4.5% quarter-over-quarter to $58.5B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 4 Nov 2014.