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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
-14.81%
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
$20.1B
AUM Growth
-$8.75B
Cap. Flow
-$4.18B
Cap. Flow %
-20.77%
Top 10 Hldgs %
19.04%
Holding
450
New
31
Increased
192
Reduced
174
Closed
46

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
CNI icon
Canadian National Railway
CNI
+$128M
2
WW
WW International
WW
+$107M
3
INGN icon
Inogen
INGN
+$106M
4
TREX icon
Trex
TREX
+$106M
5
SABR icon
Sabre
SABR
+$95.3M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 16.34%
2 Healthcare 14.5%
3 Financials 13.62%
4 Consumer Discretionary 13.1%
5 Industrials 12.65%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
BABA icon
1
Alibaba
BABA
$307B
$704M 3.5%
5,135,751
-487,190
-9% -$72M
TSM icon
2
TSMC
TSM
$2.11T
$606M 3.01%
16,411,862
-817,046
-5% -$31.1M
SPY icon
3
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$807B
$564M 2.8%
2,257,850
-119,350
-5% -$32.2M
CPRT icon
4
Copart
CPRT
$27.2B
$321M 1.59%
26,845,980
-1,565,268
-6% -$19.3M
RCI icon
5
Rogers Communications
RCI
$18.4B
$320M 1.59%
6,232,666
+1,770,741
+40% +$91.8M
CSGP icon
6
CoStar Group
CSGP
$12.2B
$285M 1.41%
8,437,640
-1,499,420
-15% -$54.8M
BAH icon
7
Booz Allen Hamilton
BAH
$8.6B
$266M 1.32%
5,906,680
-1,397,995
-19% -$68.6M
BN icon
8
Brookfield
BN
$107B
$266M 1.32%
19,423,916
+4,240,223
+28% +$63.3M
BALL icon
9
Ball Corp
BALL
$17.4B
$257M 1.28%
5,584,534
-1,606,280
-22% -$75.1M
CNI icon
10
Canadian National Railway
CNI
$76B
$245M 1.22%
3,309,915
+1,543,501
+87% +$128M
TD icon
11
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$200B
$245M 1.22%
4,925,833
-2,075,761
-30% -$114M
CBOE icon
12
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$31.2B
$243M 1.21%
2,480,956
+175,948
+8% +$18.3M
BWXT icon
13
BWX Technologies
BWXT
$16B
$242M 1.2%
6,339,165
-308,010
-5% -$15.3M
LYV icon
14
Live Nation Entertainment
LYV
$42.2B
$238M 1.18%
4,840,275
-1,903,782
-28% -$101M
EEFT icon
15
Euronet Worldwide
EEFT
$2.79B
$229M 1.14%
2,236,609
-2,215
-0.1% -$245K
BAP icon
16
Credicorp
BAP
$31.4B
$228M 1.13%
1,027,174
+57,524
+6% +$12.7M
CVSA
17
Covista Inc
CVSA
$4.34B
$227M 1.13%
4,799,396
-81,198
-2% -$4.15M
EHC icon
18
Encompass Health
EHC
$11.2B
$221M 1.1%
4,498,431
-1,972,077
-30% -$112M
VEEV icon
19
Veeva Systems
VEEV
$33.7B
$212M 1.05%
2,368,288
-298,078
-11% -$27.2M
MTN icon
20
Vail Resorts
MTN
$5.33B
$205M 1.02%
973,998
+277,227
+40% +$68.6M
TFX icon
21
Teleflex
TFX
$6.18B
$203M 1.01%
786,128
-169,300
-18% -$42.8M
IWD icon
22
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
IWD
$82.6B
$188M 0.93%
1,692,000
+164,000
+11% +$19.7M
BURL icon
23
Burlington
BURL
$23.3B
$188M 0.93%
1,153,790
+161,053
+16% +$26M
DPZ icon
24
Domino's
DPZ
$11.9B
$186M 0.92%
750,602
-102,974
-12% -$27.1M
HDB icon
25
HDFC Bank
HDB
$124B
$175M 0.87%
6,775,520
-12,224
-0.2% -$289K

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William Blair Investment Management's Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2018, William Blair Investment Management held 450 positions worth $20.1B, down 30% from $28.9B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 19% of the portfolio.

William Blair Investment Management withdrew a net $4.18B in Q4 2018, closing 46 positions and reducing 174 holdings. Its most notable exit was Hexcel, an estimated $187M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 16% of assets, down from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

Against the trend, William Blair Investment Management opened a new position in Inogen worth $80.2M.

  • William Blair Investment Management's largest Q4 2018 buy was Inogen: 646,263 shares worth $80.2M.
  • William Blair Investment Management added most to Canadian National Railway in Q4 2018, an estimated $128M increase.
  • William Blair Investment Management's biggest Q4 2018 reduction was Suncor Energy, cutting an estimated $195M.
  • William Blair Investment Management fully exited Hexcel in Q4 2018, selling an estimated $187M.
  • William Blair Investment Management's ten largest holdings make up 19% of its $20.1B portfolio in Q4 2018.
  • William Blair Investment Management opened 31 new positions and closed 46 in Q4 2018.
  • William Blair Investment Management's portfolio value fell 30% quarter-over-quarter to $20.1B.

Based on William Blair Investment Management's 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 13 Feb 2019.