Latest WELCH & FORBES LLC Stock Portfolio

$8.23Billion | No. of Holdings #386

WELCH & FORBES LLC Performance

2026 Q2+7.24%
YTD+2.29%
2025+10.86%

About WELCH & FORBES LLC and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

On 2026-07-30, the fund reported it's updated stock portfolio. In the 13F Holdings report, Welch & Forbes LLC reported an equity portfolio of $8.2 Billions as of 30 Jun, 2026. <br><br> The top stock holdings of Welch & Forbes LLC are NVDA, AAPL, GOOG. The fund has invested 7.4% of it's portfolio in NVIDIA CORPORATION and 5.8% of portfolio in APPLE INC. <br><br> The fund managers got completely rid off HONEYWELL INTL INC (HON), DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC (DD) and BHP BILLITON LIMITED (BHP) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in BLACK STONE MINERALS L P (BSM), ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND (ACN) and VERISK ANALYTICS INC (VRSK). Welch & Forbes LLC opened new stock positions in HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC, HONEYWELL INTL INC (HON) and TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC (TT). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to VANGUARD WORLD FD (VAW), VANGUARD INDEX FDS (VB) and ISHARES TR (IJR).
WELCH & FORBES LLC Equity Portfolio Value
Last Reported on: 30 Jul, 2026
$8.23Billion
  as of Jul 30, 2026

WELCH & FORBES LLC Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that Welch & Forbes LLC made a return of 7.24% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 8.78%.
  • Performance
  • S&P 500

New Buys

Ticker$ Bought
honeywell aerospace inc1,063,950
honeywell intl inc1,010,460
sandisk corp552,517
trane technologies plc507,859
ishares tr417,808
lam research corp354,031
corning inc315,199
welltower inc313,218

New stocks bought by WELCH & FORBES LLC

Additions

Ticker% Inc.
vanguard world fd700
vanguard index fds515
ishares tr354
vanguard index fds295
vanguard intl equity index f113
proshares tr102
fedex corp90.69
ishares tr76.44

Additions to existing portfolio by WELCH & FORBES LLC

Reductions

Ticker% Reduced
black stone minerals l p-75.07
accenture plc ireland-73.74
verisk analytics inc-43.72
fiserv inc-39.09
formfactor inc-37.5
mondelez intl inc-34.39
target corp-32.23
advanced micro devices inc-28.53

WELCH & FORBES LLC reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker$ Sold
invesco exch traded fd tr ii-208,468
honeywell intl inc-2,215,100
vontier corporation-225,307
dow hldgs inc-243,196
mplx lp-229,935
bhp billiton limited-263,246
eqt corp-206,830
textron inc-252,173

WELCH & FORBES LLC got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Welch & Forbes LLC has about 24% of it's holdings in Technology sector.

  • Technology
  • Healthcare
  • Financial Services
  • Industrials
  • Consumer Cyclical
  • Communication Services
  • Others
  • Consumer Defensive
  • Basic Materials
  • Energy
  • Real Estate
Sector%
Technology24
Healthcare15.5
Financial Services11.2
Industrials10.5
Consumer Cyclical10.4
Communication Services8.5
Others7.7
Consumer Defensive5.7
Basic Materials2.6
Energy1.5
Real Estate1.3

Market Cap. Distribution

Welch & Forbes LLC has about 91% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

  • MEGA-CAP
  • LARGE-CAP
  • UNALLOCATED
  • MID-CAP
Category%
MEGA-CAP55.7
LARGE-CAP35.3
UNALLOCATED7.7
MID-CAP1.2

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 88.8% of the stocks held by Welch & Forbes LLC either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

  • S&P 500
  • Others
Index%
S&P 50088.8
Others10.9
Top 5 Winners (%)%
MU
micron technology inc
219.8 %
INTC
intel corp
213.9 %
AMD
advanced micro devices inc
159.1 %
FLEX
flex ltd
147.6 %
AMAT
applied matls inc
109.8 %
Top 5 Winners ($)$
NVDA
nvidia corporation
78.8 M
GOOG
alphabet inc
77.3 M
AAPL
apple inc
59.5 M
PANW
palo alto networks inc
56.3 M
LLY
eli lilly & co
47.7 M
Top 5 Losers (%)%
VAW
vanguard world fd
-73.1 %
VB
vanguard index fds
-70.3 %
VB
vanguard index fds
-61.6 %
IJR
ishares tr
-59.8 %
CMPX
compass therapeutics inc
-58.6 %
Top 5 Losers ($)$
CVX
chevron corporation
-16.4 M
MCD
mcdonalds corp
-12.2 M
COST
costco wholesale corporation
-9.9 M
RMD
resmed inc
-9.6 M
XOM
exxon mobil corp
-9.4 M

WELCH & FORBES LLC Holdings Map

This heatmap illustrates the top 50 positions within the fund's portfolio.

Current Stock Holdings of WELCH & FORBES LLC

Welch & Forbes LLC has 386 stocks in it's portfolio. About 37.9% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. CVX proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. NVDA was the most profitable stock for Welch & Forbes LLC last quarter.

$8.23BTotal Value
398Positions
30 Jul, 2026Last Reported
Current holdings of Current Stock Holdings of WELCH & FORBES LLC, last reported on 30 Jul, 2026. Select a row with a linked ticker to view its historical trend.
ExpandHoldingsorted ascending% PortfolioShares Held$ Value% Change
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.19%521,867
$15.91M
0.19%
decreased 10.75 percentreduced
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.05%82,588
$4.33M
0.05%
increased 37.06 percentadded
AAXJ
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AAXJ
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.01%4,574
$492.3K
0.01%
increased 10.14 percentadded
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0.01%8,764
$664.2K
0.01%
increased 76.44 percentadded
ACWF
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

ACWF
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0%15,127
$417.8K
0%
new position
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd

AEM
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd over time
0%2,111
$327.5K
0%
unchanged 0 percentunchanged
AFK
Vaneck Etf Trust

Vaneck Etf Trust

AFK
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Vaneck Etf Trust over time
0.16%169,404
$12.78M
0.16%
decreased 9.53 percentreduced
AFK
Vaneck Etf Trust

Vaneck Etf Trust

AFK
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Vaneck Etf Trust over time
0.01%1,200
$787.1K
0.01%
unchanged 0 percentunchanged
AFK
Vaneck Etf Trust

Vaneck Etf Trust

AFK
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Vaneck Etf Trust over time
0.01%4,464
$464.1K
0.01%
unchanged 0 percentunchanged
AGT
Ishares Tr

Ishares Tr

AGT
WELCH & FORBES LLC's holding in Ishares Tr over time
0%2,396
$246.3K
0%
decreased 5.59 percentreduced