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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
+5.14%
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
$14.1B
AUM Growth
-$591M
Cap. Flow
-$1.14B
Cap. Flow %
-8.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
20.02%
Holding
1,654
New
292
Increased
437
Reduced
658
Closed
147

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
P
Everpure Inc
P
+$31.8M
2
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$24.9M
3
TYL icon
Tyler Technologies
TYL
+$24.4M
4
NTNX icon
Nutanix
NTNX
+$15.6M
5
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$15.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$70.7M
2
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$47.1M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$43.1M
4
EXEL icon
Exelixis
EXEL
+$33M
5
V icon
Visa
V
+$31.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 18.97%
2 Healthcare 17.83%
3 Financials 14.24%
4 Industrials 10.29%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$5.01T
$423M 2.99%
10,095,044
-1,001,656
-9% -$43.1M
AMZN icon
2
Amazon
AMZN
$2.46T
$366M 2.59%
5,057,340
-658,320
-12% -$47.1M
MSFT icon
3
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.94T
$333M 2.35%
3,646,145
+55,481
+2% +$5.07M
V icon
4
Visa
V
$708B
$321M 2.27%
2,679,483
-257,689
-9% -$31.2M
IDXX icon
5
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$45.1B
$310M 2.19%
1,619,939
-161,215
-9% -$29.8M
SBUX icon
6
Starbucks
SBUX
$119B
$241M 1.71%
4,168,337
-133,752
-3% -$7.73M
GOOG icon
7
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.09T
$213M 1.51%
4,131,820
-210,120
-5% -$11.6M
RHT
8
DELISTED
Red Hat Inc
RHT
$212M 1.5%
1,419,442
+23,279
+2% +$3.23M
ZTS icon
9
Zoetis
ZTS
$33B
$210M 1.48%
2,512,299
-231,464
-8% -$18.2M
MA icon
10
Mastercard
MA
$503B
$202M 1.43%
1,150,439
-117,966
-9% -$20.2M
ADBE icon
11
Adobe
ADBE
$105B
$191M 1.35%
882,350
-27,187
-3% -$5.53M
DHR icon
12
Danaher
DHR
$141B
$158M 1.11%
1,814,722
-124,744
-6% -$10.9M
VEEV icon
13
Veeva Systems
VEEV
$33.8B
$153M 1.08%
2,096,263
-180,637
-8% -$11.7M
JPM icon
14
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$927B
$152M 1.07%
1,378,663
+1,260
+0.1% +$143K
WSO icon
15
Watsco Inc
WSO
$12.7B
$149M 1.05%
822,860
-100,082
-11% -$17.3M
GOOGL icon
16
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.1T
$144M 1.02%
2,783,300
-359,080
-11% -$19.9M
SPY icon
17
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$775B
$142M 1%
539,971
-11,196
-2% -$3.06M
FAST icon
18
Fastenal
FAST
$54.4B
$138M 0.98%
10,105,068
-2,060,148
-17% -$28.4M
ULTI
19
DELISTED
Ultimate Software Group Inc
ULTI
$133M 0.94%
547,298
-77,469
-12% -$18.3M
ICE icon
20
Intercontinental Exchange
ICE
$87.5B
$132M 0.94%
1,826,882
-371,053
-17% -$27.1M
VUG icon
21
Vanguard Growth ETF
VUG
$213B
$130M 0.92%
5,510,394
+459,288
+9% +$11.2M
GS icon
22
Goldman Sachs
GS
$292B
$129M 0.91%
513,238
+32,685
+7% +$8.51M
META icon
23
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.5T
$127M 0.9%
797,068
-393,870
-33% -$70.7M
WDAY icon
24
Workday
WDAY
$41.9B
$126M 0.89%
993,654
-120,758
-11% -$14.8M
ECL icon
25
Ecolab
ECL
$79.1B
$122M 0.86%
891,739
-3,377
-0.4% -$454K

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William Blair & Company's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, William Blair & Company held 1,654 positions worth $14.1B, down 4% from $14.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 20% of the portfolio.

William Blair & Company withdrew a net $1.14B in Q1 2018, closing 147 positions and reducing 658 holdings. Its most notable exit was Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, an estimated $6.64M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 19% of assets, up from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

Against the trend, William Blair & Company opened a new position in Worldpay, Inc. worth $6.54M.

  • William Blair & Company's largest Q1 2018 buy was Worldpay, Inc.: 79,468 shares worth $6.54M.
  • William Blair & Company added most to Everpure Inc in Q1 2018, an estimated $31.8M increase.
  • William Blair & Company's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was Meta Platforms (Facebook), cutting an estimated $70.7M.
  • William Blair & Company fully exited Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $6.64M.
  • William Blair & Company's ten largest holdings make up 20% of its $14.1B portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • William Blair & Company opened 292 new positions and closed 147 in Q1 2018.
  • William Blair & Company's portfolio value fell 4% quarter-over-quarter to $14.1B.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 15 May 2018.