Welch & Forbes LLC

CIK 105495 · View on SEC EDGAR ↗

Portfolio value
$8.2B
#563 of 9,443 by 13F value · top 6.0%
Positions
388
As of
June 30, 2026

Portfolio value QoQ: +6.4% 13F does not disclose cash

Top 10 holdings weight
37.88%
Top 25 holdings weight
60.47%
Positions above 1%
28
Effective number of positions
44.1

Based on 13F long-equity holdings only (cash, bonds, shorts not disclosed)

Turnover Q2 2026: 1.66% Est. buys $132,524,972 · sells $162,150,419

Median holding: 7.0 quarters Tracked Q4 2024–Q2 2026 · 86.8% still held

New positions
30
Increased
120
Decreased
166
Closed
10
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Performance vs S&P 500

Tracked Q4 2024–Q2 2026
+13.9%
S&P 500 total return (same window)
+28.1%
Excess return
-14.2%

Annualized: +9.1% · S&P 500: +18.0%

Approximates a buy-and-hold portfolio built from quarterly SEC 13F snapshots. Excludes cash, short positions, options/derivatives, and non-13(f) securities — reflects the disclosed long-equity book only, not total fund AUM. SEC filing lag is up to 45 days; this is not a real-time-copyable timing.

Priceable coverage: 94.0% · Options excluded: 0.0%

Sector breakdown

Technology
22.8%
Healthcare
16.1%
Retail
11.2%
Industrials
10.9%
Communication Services
8.1%
Financials
6.5%
Financial Services
5.0%
Materials
2.6%
Consumer products
1.9%
Consumer Discretionary
1.7%
Energy
1.6%
Real Estate
1.3%
Consumer Staples
1.1%
Utilities
1.0%
Communications
0.9%
Telecommunication
0.4%
Logistics & Transportation
0.3%
Packaging
0.0%
Other/Unmapped
6.5%

Full portfolio 388 positions

Type Streak 8Q trend
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock $608,513,126 7.40% 3,041,196 $68,500,442 Down ×6
AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock $481,160,795 5.85% 1,662,845 $54,816,557 Down ×6
GOOG Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock $407,470,547 4.95% 1,153,229 $71,166,407 Down ×5
MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock $330,960,019 4.02% 887,243 $4,623,754 Up ×1
ORLY O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. - Common Stock $258,720,769 3.14% 2,809,432 $-2,717,046 Down ×4
V Visa Inc. $241,914,979 2.94% 705,106 $24,437,878 Down ×6
JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common Stock $211,289,632 2.57% 645,494 $19,230,591 Down ×6
LLY Eli Lilly and Company Common Stock $207,146,408 2.52% 172,704 $52,408,840 Up ×2
RTX RTX Corporation Common Stock $202,988,130 2.47% 1,069,878 $-8,159,327 Down ×6
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock $167,109,633 2.03% 657,989 $6,383,482 Up ×1
SYK Stryker Corporation Common Stock $163,558,119 1.99% 519,496 $-3,712,492 Up ×1
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation - Common Stock $151,805,278 1.84% 162,277 $-8,984,655 Up ×1
HD Home Depot, Inc. (The) Common Stock $151,126,206 1.84% 428,508 $10,132,866 Down ×1
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A Common Stock $143,561,998 1.74% 401,718 $25,822,000 Down ×6
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock $138,211,848 1.68% 579,893 $19,921,461 Up ×6
CB Chubb Limited Common Stock $131,117,901 1.59% 384,803 $5,062,339 Down ×6
ECL Ecolab Inc. Common Stock $130,590,766 1.59% 468,722 $5,443,398 Down ×4
TJX TJX Companies, Inc. (The) Common Stock $116,346,567 1.41% 767,963 $-6,937,954 Down ×4
DHR Danaher Corporation Common Stock $113,968,746 1.39% 598,324 $-2,191,029 Down ×4
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) Common Stock $110,658,207 1.34% 754,625 $327,413 Down ×5
PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. - Common Stock $109,942,220 1.34% 322,392 $61,755,758 Up ×4
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated - Common Stock $109,928,472 1.34% 221,304 $11,837,353 Up ×2
MDY $99,996,024 1.22% 142,173 $355,983 Down ×6
AVGO Broadcom Inc. - Common Stock $99,351,140 1.21% 263,007 $24,622,620 Up ×6
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. - Common Stock $88,266,093 1.07% 167,666 $-6,233,180 Down ×5
WSO Watsco, Inc. Common Stock $87,213,345 1.06% 209,280 $10,888,230 Down ×3
ABBV AbbVie Inc. Common Stock $87,061,903 1.06% 345,978 $12,329,032 Up ×1
META Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A Common Stock $83,766,950 1.02% 148,710 $7,119,171 Up ×6
MCD McDonald's Corporation Common Stock $80,804,404 0.98% 298,932 $-13,672,459 Down ×5
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated (Delaware)Common Stock REIT $80,752,693 0.98% 639,322 $14,150,514 Down ×6
AMP Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Stock $78,508,522 0.95% 171,132 $1,422,449 Down ×6
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Stock $73,948,215 0.90% 629,560 $24,791,194 Down ×5
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. Common Stock $72,933,103 0.89% 57,090 $-1,234,278 Down ×6
VEA $67,704,196 0.82% 950,233 $5,520,262 Down ×1
AJG Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Common Stock $66,548,641 0.81% 289,883 $3,028,172 Down ×2
CVX Chevron Corporation Common Stock $66,077,742 0.80% 398,635 $-16,793,353 Down ×4
RMD ResMed Inc. Common Stock $62,757,801 0.76% 322,033 $-10,514,051 Down ×4
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. Common Stock $61,164,929 0.74% 696,876 $-1,565,109 Up ×1
WMT Walmart Inc. - Common Stock $59,601,270 0.72% 526,233 $-5,409,340 Up ×1
BRKB $57,873,220 0.70% 115,656 $1,549,979 Down ×6
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. - Common Shares $55,469,886 0.67% 208,918 $3,190,985 Down ×4
BAC Bank of America Corporation Common Stock $54,547,435 0.66% 957,307 $6,938,272 Down ×4
PEP PepsiCo, Inc. - Common Stock $54,501,907 0.66% 402,525 $-10,095,281 Down ×6
LIN Linde plc - Ordinary Shares $54,028,995 0.66% 104,115 $1,840,814 Down ×1
ABT Abbott Laboratories Common Stock $54,002,037 0.66% 595,129 $-10,663,298 Down ×2
CSL Carlisle Companies Incorporated Common Stock $51,788,243 0.63% 142,765 $4,925,911 Up ×2
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. - Common Stock $49,960,944 0.61% 223,090 $4,456,827 Down ×6
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. - Common Stock $47,542,301 0.58% 140,495 $-16,195,086 Down ×4
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. - Common Stock $46,886,923 0.57% 263,055 $1,120,694 Up ×2
XYL Xylem Inc. Common Stock New $46,807,373 0.57% 395,967 $-2,648,643 Down ×1
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc Common Stock $41,774,298 0.51% 83,322 $-1,939,530 Down ×5
EMLP $40,782,732 0.50% 937,533 $-2,702,764 Down ×6
MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (new) $40,728,338 0.49% 316,952 $2,552,162 Down ×6
LHX L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Common Stock $40,421,445 0.49% 139,101 $-7,242,513 Up ×1
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation Common Stock $39,369,050 0.48% 287,954 $-8,980,972 Up ×1
AFL AFLAC Incorporated Common Stock $36,937,191 0.45% 315,029 $2,157,885 Down ×6
PAYX Paychex, Inc. - Common Stock $35,740,528 0.43% 363,475 $2,382,403 Up ×1
CHD Church & Dwight Company, Inc. Common Stock $34,592,567 0.42% 357,066 $-766,561 Down ×5
AOS A.O. Smith Corporation Common Stock $33,380,144 0.41% 532,209 $-4,850,669 Down ×4
SPY SPY $32,484,509 0.39% 43,500 $2,810,783 Down ×2
CTAS Cintas Corporation - Common Stock $32,351,919 0.39% 190,216 $144,435 Down ×4
DOV Dover Corporation Common Stock $32,048,046 0.39% 142,893 $2,147,332 Down ×6
CMI Cummins Inc. Common Stock $29,517,625 0.36% 41,387 $6,484,444 Down ×6
AXP American Express Company Common Stock $27,457,015 0.33% 81,174 $2,725,037 Down ×6
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. Common Stock $27,319,775 0.33% 275,179 $-2,462,965 Down ×1
GSK GSK plc American Depositary Shares (Each representing two Ordinary Shares) $27,184,855 0.33% 518,597 $-1,436,513
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Common Stock $27,175,624 0.33% 641,841 $-5,568,025 Down ×4
FTSL First Trust Senior Loan Fund $26,722,551 0.32% 597,151 $-1,585,352 Down ×2
EQIX Equinix, Inc. - Common Stock $26,674,813 0.32% 25,590 $1,390,525 Down ×1
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated - Common Stock $25,596,937 0.31% 138,519 $7,792,967 Up ×1
CGNX Cognex Corporation - Common Stock $23,946,408 0.29% 330,660 $8,127,860 Up ×1
MCO Moody's Corporation Common Stock $23,102,098 0.28% 51,007 $942,689 Up ×6
KO Coca-Cola Company (The) Common Stock $21,947,788 0.27% 270,059 $568,784 Down ×6
CAT Caterpillar, Inc. Common Stock $21,443,900 0.26% 20,137 $7,961,197 Up ×1
IJR $20,499,310 0.25% 138,219 $2,953,646 Down ×1
KMX CarMax Inc $20,478,506 0.25% 387,190 $2,730,757 Down ×5
IBM International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock $19,590,857 0.24% 69,666 $6,636,254 Up ×1
INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock $19,415,417 0.24% 139,049 $13,136,109 Down ×6
SHOP Shopify Inc. - Class A Subordinate Voting Shares $18,164,593 0.22% 159,087 $-47,281 Up ×6
ORCL Oracle Corporation Common Stock $17,848,059 0.22% 121,788 $1,087,068 Up ×2
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation Common Stock $17,045,512 0.21% 238,066 $-1,891,351 Down ×6
GE GE Aerospace Common Stock $16,495,810 0.20% 44,138 $3,504,162 Down ×1
EXPD Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. Common Stock $16,284,147 0.20% 99,915 $1,910,006 Down ×6
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Common Stock $16,180,413 0.20% 178,868 $1,805,734 Down ×6
OMC Omnicom Group Inc. Common Stock $16,042,455 0.19% 220,272 $-1,909,161 Down ×6
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. Common Stock $16,025,291 0.19% 222,080 $-90,529 Down ×2
EMR Emerson Electric Company Common Stock $15,975,695 0.19% 111,601 $1,501,124 Up ×1
PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF $15,911,750 0.19% 521,867 $-1,817,608 Down ×5
FISV Fiserv, Inc. - Common Stock $15,129,222 0.18% 308,444 $-13,127,570 Down ×3
SNPS Synopsys, Inc. - Common Stock $14,902,752 0.18% 33,409 $1,624,252 Down ×2
TSCO Tractor Supply Company - Common Stock $13,222,741 0.16% 418,308 $-8,426,966 Down ×2
GDX GDX $12,781,615 0.16% 169,404 $-4,402,297 Down ×5
NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock $12,674,711 0.15% 177,517 $1,285,882 Up ×3
IVV $12,555,146 0.15% 16,765 $1,408,771 Down ×2
GEV GE Vernova Inc. Common Stock $12,538,109 0.15% 10,672 $2,827,964 Down ×1
ADI Analog Devices, Inc. - Common Stock $10,837,980 0.13% 27,288 $2,548,203 Up ×1
CARR Carrier Global Corporation Common Stock $10,210,487 0.12% 139,202 $2,259,552 Down ×6
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Common Stock $9,842,344 0.12% 33,571 $180,062 Up ×1
VEU $9,806,628 0.12% 117,094 $1,351,938 Up ×5
SHW Sherwin-Williams Company (The) Common Stock $9,461,914 0.11% 27,480 $803,857 Up ×1

Conviction holdings

Positions increased for 3+ consecutive quarters.

Share counts are as reported in 13F filings (not split-adjusted)

Security Value % of portfolio Streak
AMZN $138,211,848 1.68% up ×6
PANW $109,942,220 1.34% up ×4
AVGO $99,351,140 1.21% up ×6
META $83,766,950 1.02% up ×6
MCO $23,102,098 0.28% up ×6
SHOP $18,164,593 0.22% up ×6
NFLX $12,674,711 0.15% up ×3
VEU $9,806,628 0.12% up ×5
MDB $8,221,888 0.10% up ×3
CHEF $6,271,006 0.08% up ×3
TIP $5,506,087 0.07% up ×6
IGSB $4,328,438 0.05% up ×3
AGG $4,194,482 0.05% up ×6
VWO $3,995,474 0.05% up ×3
VOO $3,758,224 0.05% up ×4

Biggest new bets

New positions opened this quarter, largest first.

Security Value Shares % of portfolio
Unknown issuer (CUSIP: 43849R105) $1,063,947 4,815 0.01%
Unknown issuer (CUSIP: 438516205) $1,010,463 4,516 0.01%
SNDK $552,517 243 0.01%
TT $507,859 1,034 0.01%
REET $417,808 15,127 0.01%
LRCX $354,031 817 0.00%
GLW $315,199 1,234 0.00%
WELL $313,218 1,380 0.00%
KN $299,900 7,230 0.00%
UAMY $282,051 38,850 0.00%
UBS $280,509 5,660 0.00%
ET $272,002 14,226 0.00%
IJS $270,352 1,978 0.00%
FFIV $256,647 617 0.00%
Unknown issuer (CUSIP: 26614N201) $256,135 1,890 0.00%

Top movers (QoQ)

Security Action Shares Δ Value Δ
GOOG Trimmed -19K +$71.2M
NVDA Trimmed -55K +$68.5M
PANW Bought more +22K +$61.8M
AAPL Trimmed -17K +$54.8M
LLY Bought more +4K +$52.4M
GOOGL Trimmed -8K +$25.8M
CSCO Trimmed -4K +$24.8M
AVGO Bought more +22K +$24.6M
V Trimmed -14K +$24.4M
AMZN Bought more +12K +$19.9M

Exited positions

Includes corporate events (mergers, delistings) — not all exits are sells

Closed positions reflect 13F reporting changes; for index managers these are often mechanical (delisting, M&A, index rebalancing), not active decisions.

SecurityQuarter Shares before Value before Price since exit
ANSS Sept. 30, 2025 380,883 $133,773,807 No longer tracked
BSX March 31, 2026 111,739 $10,654,314 -18.0%
HON June 30, 2026 9,800 $2,215,098 -1.2%
EPD Dec. 31, 2025 29,133 $910,990 19.7%
ULXXXX Dec. 31, 2025 15,136 $897,263 No longer tracked
APH March 31, 2025 10,944 $760,060 134.3%
QQQE June 30, 2025 6,975 $608,150
GOLD March 31, 2025 30,205 $468,178 77.0%
WEX March 31, 2025 2,525 $442,683 26.7%
IQV March 31, 2025 2,001 $393,217 44.4%
LSEQ March 31, 2026 14,016 $386,580 No longer tracked
STZ Dec. 31, 2025 2,806 $377,887 -4.1%
LH March 31, 2025 1,630 $373,793 43.4%
HES Sept. 30, 2025 2,650 $367,131 No longer tracked
DFS June 30, 2025 2,048 $349,594 No longer tracked
TELFY Dec. 31, 2025 67,720 $344,018 No longer tracked
ADSK March 31, 2026 1,159 $343,075 5.9%
VGSH June 30, 2025 5,612 $329,368
DD June 30, 2026 7,140 $327,012 3.0%
WTRG March 31, 2025 8,854 $321,577 4.1%
MUI March 31, 2025 26,500 $321,180 No longer tracked
F March 31, 2025 32,159 $318,374 39.4%
SGI March 31, 2026 3,540 $316,051 -11.9%
MORN March 31, 2026 1,359 $295,324 27.5%
LNN Dec. 31, 2025 2,100 $295,176 -3.9%
DOW Dec. 31, 2025 12,607 $289,079 39.8%
VDE June 30, 2025 2,178 $282,508 No longer tracked
GNTX March 31, 2025 9,800 $281,554 1.1%
ZTS Dec. 31, 2025 1,922 $281,228 -39.8%
SWK March 31, 2025 3,351 $269,051 28.3%
GRAL March 31, 2026 3,108 $266,014 44.6%
CIG Dec. 31, 2025 125,628 $265,076 -3.5%
BHP June 30, 2026 3,619 $263,246 10.5%
DEAXXXX June 30, 2025 24,776 $262,626 No longer tracked
ILMN March 31, 2025 1,956 $261,381 165.7%
LYV March 31, 2026 1,793 $255,503 21.7%
SOLV March 31, 2026 3,200 $253,568 35.5%
TXT June 30, 2026 2,880 $252,173 -6.8%
DOW June 30, 2026 5,839 $243,196 19.5%
DEO Sept. 30, 2025 2,394 $241,362 -2.0%
UBER March 31, 2025 3,936 $237,419 9.4%
UBS March 31, 2026 5,008 $231,921 36.6%
TDG March 31, 2026 174 $231,395 4.6%
ESGU Sept. 30, 2025 1,707 $230,957
MPLX June 30, 2026 4,029 $229,935 4.3%
PRU Sept. 30, 2025 2,133 $229,169 17.3%
VNT June 30, 2026 6,352 $225,307 13.7%
IBIT Dec. 31, 2025 3,455 $224,575
CCI Dec. 31, 2025 2,320 $223,856 -14.5%
TT March 31, 2025 606 $223,825 34.8%
SPYM March 31, 2026 2,786 $223,493 No longer tracked
CDNS Dec. 31, 2025 625 $219,538 0.9%
FDN March 31, 2026 805 $216,690 No longer tracked
AON March 31, 2026 613 $216,315 8.6%
SRRK March 31, 2025 5,000 $216,100 72.3%
PYPL Dec. 31, 2025 3,190 $213,921 5.7%
HUBS Dec. 31, 2025 456 $213,315 -40.1%
IWS March 31, 2025 1,631 $210,954 No longer tracked
A June 30, 2025 1,796 $210,097 32.0%
SCHK Dec. 31, 2025 6,502 $208,844 No longer tracked
BKLN June 30, 2026 10,214 $208,468 No longer tracked
LYB March 31, 2025 2,800 $207,956 -3.1%
EQT June 30, 2026 3,250 $206,830 2.6%
HAL March 31, 2025 7,600 $206,644 41.9%
TRMB Dec. 31, 2025 2,526 $206,248 -24.3%
MLM March 31, 2025 399 $206,084 10.2%
EFG March 31, 2025 2,127 $205,958 No longer tracked
HUM June 30, 2025 773 $204,536 56.6%
VDE June 30, 2026 1,178 $203,840 No longer tracked
CDNS June 30, 2025 801 $203,718 2.3%
IBN June 30, 2025 6,459 $203,587 -11.8%
VOOG Dec. 31, 2025 465 $202,489 No longer tracked
ATR Dec. 31, 2025 1,510 $201,827 8.2%
NOBL June 30, 2025 1,975 $201,806 No longer tracked
MLM March 31, 2026 324 $201,742 -10.5%
CBZ June 30, 2025 2,647 $200,801 -23.4%
KYN June 30, 2025 10,950 $140,489 16.4%
AMCR March 31, 2026 11,500 $95,910 20.2%