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William Blair Investment Management

William Blair Investment Management Portfolio holdings

AUM $30.3B
1-Year Est. Return 33.75%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+5.57%
1 Year Est. Return
+33.75%
3 Year Est. Return
+108.55%
5 Year Est. Return
+126.9%
10 Year Est. Return
+788.31%
AUM
$23.8B
AUM Growth
+$71.3M
Cap. Flow
-$999M
Cap. Flow %
-4.19%
Top 10 Hldgs %
19.3%
Holding
434
New
28
Increased
138
Reduced
201
Closed
62

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ABMD
Abiomed Inc
ABMD
+$167M
2
BJ icon
BJs Wholesale Club
BJ
+$145M
3
AVLR
Avalara, Inc.
AVLR
+$122M
4
AMED
Amedisys
AMED
+$106M
5
SBNY
Signature Bank
SBNY
+$105M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
BALL icon
Ball Corp
BALL
+$267M
2
VEEV icon
Veeva Systems
VEEV
+$257M
3
CSGP icon
CoStar Group
CSGP
+$209M
4
BAH icon
Booz Allen Hamilton
BAH
+$146M
5
CE icon
Celanese
CE
+$141M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 18.31%
2 Healthcare 14.87%
3 Industrials 14.19%
4 Financials 13.92%
5 Consumer Discretionary 13.16%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
W icon
76
Wayfair
W
$14.1B
$107M 0.45%
730,161
-20,807
-3% -$3.13M
SBNY
77
DELISTED
Signature Bank
SBNY
$107M 0.45%
881,975
+847,751
+2,477% +$105M
ICE icon
78
Intercontinental Exchange
ICE
$84.5B
$103M 0.43%
1,200,803
+629
+0.1% +$51.4K
ZTS icon
79
Zoetis
ZTS
$30.9B
$103M 0.43%
904,544
+811
+0.1% +$84.9K
LGND icon
80
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
LGND
$5.89B
$102M 0.43%
1,438,484
+15,594
+1% +$1.15M
PYPL icon
81
PayPal
PYPL
$50.5B
$99.5M 0.42%
869,410
+2,436
+0.3% +$270K
TME icon
82
Tencent Music
TME
$16.2B
$96.9M 0.41%
6,464,965
+936,341
+17% +$14.8M
NATI
83
DELISTED
National Instruments Corp
NATI
$95.7M 0.4%
2,278,426
+691,317
+44% +$29.5M
EL icon
84
Estee Lauder
EL
$31.5B
$94.5M 0.4%
516,252
-101,710
-16% -$17.4M
CCK icon
85
Crown Holdings
CCK
$13.1B
$93.1M 0.39%
1,523,046
+1,457,718
+2,231% +$85M
SITE icon
86
SiteOne Landscape Supply
SITE
$4.34B
$91.6M 0.38%
1,322,401
-18,240
-1% -$1.18M
QGEN icon
87
Qiagen
QGEN
$9.05B
$86.7M 0.36%
2,015,232
-333,493
-14% -$13.8M
AXTA icon
88
Axalta
AXTA
$8.01B
$85.8M 0.36%
2,883,171
-34,491
-1% -$914K
WP
89
DELISTED
Worldpay, Inc.
WP
$85.5M 0.36%
698,005
-55,214
-7% -$6.55M
NOVT icon
90
Novanta
NOVT
$6.2B
$82.9M 0.35%
879,010
-12,011
-1% -$1.03M
ICLR icon
91
Icon
ICLR
$12.8B
$80.9M 0.34%
525,713
-29,574
-5% -$4.15M
ULTA icon
92
Ulta Beauty
ULTA
$23.6B
$78.7M 0.33%
226,973
-14,133
-6% -$4.88M
VEEV icon
93
Veeva Systems
VEEV
$38.1B
$76.1M 0.32%
469,290
-1,766,335
-79% -$257M
JLL icon
94
Jones Lang LaSalle
JLL
$16.4B
$73.6M 0.31%
523,125
+721
+0.1% +$102K
MXL icon
95
MaxLinear
MXL
$6.21B
$71.9M 0.3%
3,066,873
-44,403
-1% -$1.08M
CIGI icon
96
Colliers International
CIGI
$5.11B
$71.6M 0.3%
1,000,049
-41,445
-4% -$2.74M
PE
97
DELISTED
PARSLEY ENERGY INC
PE
$71.4M 0.3%
3,757,437
-35,663
-0.9% -$682K
INSP icon
98
Inspire Medical Systems
INSP
$1.73B
$70.4M 0.3%
1,160,880
+64,785
+6% +$3.49M
DXCM icon
99
DexCom
DXCM
$33.1B
$69.8M 0.29%
1,862,512
-1,896,116
-50% -$59.6M
META icon
100
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.52T
$69.7M 0.29%
361,317
+43,755
+14% +$7.99M
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William Blair Investment Management's Q2 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2019, William Blair Investment Management held 434 positions worth $23.8B, up 0.3% from $23.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 19% of the portfolio.

William Blair Investment Management withdrew a net $999M in Q2 2019, closing 62 positions and reducing 201 holdings. Its most notable exit was Inogen, an estimated $100M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 18% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Industrials.

Against the trend, William Blair Investment Management opened a new position in BJs Wholesale Club worth $144M.

  • William Blair Investment Management's largest Q2 2019 buy was BJs Wholesale Club: 5,465,561 shares worth $144M.
  • William Blair Investment Management added most to Abiomed Inc in Q2 2019, an estimated $167M increase.
  • William Blair Investment Management's biggest Q2 2019 reduction was Ball Corp, cutting an estimated $267M.
  • William Blair Investment Management fully exited Inogen in Q2 2019, selling an estimated $100M.
  • William Blair Investment Management's ten largest holdings make up 19% of its $23.8B portfolio in Q2 2019.
  • William Blair Investment Management opened 28 new positions and closed 62 in Q2 2019.
  • William Blair Investment Management's portfolio value rose 0.3% quarter-over-quarter to $23.8B.

Based on William Blair Investment Management's 13F filing for Q2 2019, filed 9 Aug 2019.