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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
SRCL
1
DELISTED
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
$588M 0.95%
4,487,499
+162,702
+4% +$20.5M
AMG icon
2
Affiliated Managers Group
AMG
$9.64B
$506M 0.82%
2,386,281
+278,608
+13% +$55.3M
GILD icon
3
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$167B
$444M 0.72%
4,708,945
-148,459
-3% -$15.4M
IDXX icon
4
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$45B
$415M 0.67%
5,603,652
+17,584
+0.3% +$1.23M
WSM icon
5
Williams-Sonoma
WSM
$27.4B
$371M 0.6%
9,807,850
+99,980
+1% +$3.47M
AAPL icon
6
Apple
AAPL
$5.03T
$367M 0.59%
13,298,608
+66,292
+0.5% +$1.8M
MA icon
7
Mastercard
MA
$500B
$349M 0.56%
4,053,170
+445,063
+12% +$36.3M
SU icon
8
Suncor Energy
SU
$77.5B
$344M 0.56%
10,805,955
-1,488,444
-12% -$49.2M
BIDU icon
9
Baidu
BIDU
$35.8B
$330M 0.53%
1,447,701
-121,123
-8% -$27.8M
AKAM icon
10
Akamai
AKAM
$15.9B
$330M 0.53%
5,237,169
+574,064
+12% +$34.6M
TSM icon
11
TSMC
TSM
$1.97T
$316M 0.51%
14,141,101
+2,914,156
+26% +$63.5M
GOOG icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.11T
$310M 0.5%
11,767,539
+1,084,349
+10% +$29.1M
PRAA icon
13
PRA Group
PRAA
$680M
$308M 0.5%
5,312,587
+259,296
+5% +$15.3M
MJN
14
DELISTED
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
MJN
$306M 0.49%
3,043,708
+31,813
+1% +$3.17M
RHT
15
DELISTED
Red Hat Inc
RHT
$305M 0.49%
4,416,993
-274,509
-6% -$16.6M
ORLY icon
16
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$75.2B
$298M 0.48%
23,237,145
-2,219,490
-9% -$26M
WP
17
DELISTED
Worldpay, Inc.
WP
$288M 0.46%
8,476,250
+1,396,599
+20% +$45.2M
TEVA icon
18
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA
$39.8B
$283M 0.46%
4,915,999
+18,366
+0.4% +$1.02M
CHKP icon
19
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$14.1B
$270M 0.44%
3,438,837
+1,296,854
+61% +$96.4M
CSGP icon
20
CoStar Group
CSGP
$12.2B
$268M 0.43%
14,583,160
+1,880,460
+15% +$30.4M
PCP
21
DELISTED
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
PCP
$263M 0.43%
1,093,476
+140,396
+15% +$32.4M
GWRE icon
22
Guidewire Software
GWRE
$13.8B
$262M 0.42%
5,169,204
+541,960
+12% +$26.7M
EFX icon
23
Equifax
EFX
$22.1B
$261M 0.42%
3,229,573
-43,614
-1% -$3.37M
SBAC icon
24
SBA Communications
SBAC
$18.9B
$258M 0.42%
2,332,882
+196,455
+9% +$22.1M
BMRN icon
25
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
BMRN
$11.9B
$244M 0.39%
2,702,589
+612,635
+29% +$50.9M
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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.