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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
+2.33%
1 Year Est. Return
+33.75%
3 Year Est. Return
+108.55%
5 Year Est. Return
+126.9%
10 Year Est. Return
+771.69%
AUM
$25B
AUM Growth
-$1.38B
Cap. Flow
-$1.45B
Cap. Flow %
-5.78%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.64%
Holding
486
New
45
Increased
126
Reduced
256
Closed
52

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
WAB icon
Wabtec
WAB
+$151M
2
SU icon
Suncor Energy
SU
+$120M
3
TSCO icon
Tractor Supply
TSCO
+$115M
4
TD icon
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
+$110M
5
CPRT icon
Copart
CPRT
+$109M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 14.32%
2 Industrials 12.78%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.31%
4 Healthcare 11.79%
5 Technology 11.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
TSM icon
1
TSMC
TSM
$2.1T
$574M 2.29%
19,953,068
-1,149,507
-5% -$34.6M
SPY icon
2
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$790B
$488M 1.95%
2,184,824
+284,000
+15% +$62M
BABA icon
3
Alibaba
BABA
$293B
$395M 1.58%
4,493,540
-93,085
-2% -$8.96M
TD icon
4
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$198B
$349M 1.39%
7,063,759
+2,349,462
+50% +$110M
WP
5
DELISTED
Worldpay, Inc.
WP
$334M 1.33%
5,598,565
-82,626
-1% -$4.78M
IWD icon
6
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
IWD
$82.2B
$313M 1.25%
2,798,100
-254,600
-8% -$27.5M
AKAM icon
7
Akamai
AKAM
$16.7B
$307M 1.23%
4,603,548
-504,320
-10% -$32.1M
GOOGL icon
8
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.36T
$307M 1.23%
7,746,700
-36,600
-0.5% -$1.46M
CSGP icon
9
CoStar Group
CSGP
$11.7B
$304M 1.21%
16,114,030
+952,750
+6% +$18.7M
RHT
10
DELISTED
Red Hat Inc
RHT
$297M 1.19%
4,260,498
+942,852
+28% +$72.8M
SBNY
11
DELISTED
Signature Bank
SBNY
$290M 1.16%
1,930,812
+143,617
+8% +$19.6M
AMZN icon
12
Amazon
AMZN
$2.92T
$289M 1.16%
7,717,600
-62,580
-0.8% -$2.45M
SIX
13
DELISTED
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
SIX
$289M 1.15%
4,818,670
+405,074
+9% +$22.7M
CSRA
14
DELISTED
CSRA Inc.
CSRA
$289M 1.15%
9,070,389
+810,442
+10% +$23.7M
MSFT icon
15
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.45T
$287M 1.15%
4,623,708
-45,401
-1% -$2.73M
TSCO icon
16
Tractor Supply
TSCO
$16.1B
$286M 1.14%
18,860,965
+8,078,825
+75% +$115M
TDG icon
17
TransDigm Group
TDG
$70.2B
$272M 1.09%
1,091,745
-62,558
-5% -$16.4M
ODFL icon
18
Old Dominion Freight Line
ODFL
$44.1B
$271M 1.08%
9,464,172
-3,682,509
-28% -$98.7M
BAH icon
19
Booz Allen Hamilton
BAH
$8.39B
$256M 1.02%
7,090,330
-486,225
-6% -$16.5M
ZTS icon
20
Zoetis
ZTS
$32.4B
$249M 0.99%
4,649,848
-124,371
-3% -$6.32M
AMG icon
21
Affiliated Managers Group
AMG
$9.69B
$247M 0.99%
1,697,928
-143,872
-8% -$20.9M
SBAC icon
22
SBA Communications
SBAC
$19.2B
$244M 0.98%
2,365,226
-304,904
-11% -$32.1M
CPRT icon
23
Copart
CPRT
$27B
$231M 0.92%
33,407,800
+15,986,840
+92% +$109M
ORLY icon
24
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$72.9B
$227M 0.9%
12,206,220
+2,954,070
+32% +$54M
SU icon
25
Suncor Energy
SU
$79.4B
$226M 0.9%
6,916,344
+3,925,757
+131% +$120M

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William Blair Investment Management's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, William Blair Investment Management held 486 positions worth $25B, down 5.2% from $26.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 15% of the portfolio.

William Blair Investment Management withdrew a net $1.45B in Q4 2016, closing 52 positions and reducing 256 holdings. Its most notable exit was iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, an estimated $166M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 14% of assets, up from 12% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Consumer Discretionary.

Against the trend, William Blair Investment Management opened a new position in Yum China worth $91.9M.

  • William Blair Investment Management's largest Q4 2016 buy was Yum China: 3,628,174 shares worth $91.9M.
  • William Blair Investment Management added most to Wabtec in Q4 2016, an estimated $151M increase.
  • William Blair Investment Management's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was NXP Semiconductors, cutting an estimated $295M.
  • William Blair Investment Management fully exited iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $166M.
  • William Blair Investment Management's ten largest holdings make up 15% of its $25B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • William Blair Investment Management opened 45 new positions and closed 52 in Q4 2016.
  • William Blair Investment Management's portfolio value fell 5.2% quarter-over-quarter to $25B.

Based on William Blair Investment Management's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 14 Feb 2017.