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WELCH & FORBES LLC

45 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 • 617-523-1635

Q1 2026 · Filed 2026-05-01
Market Value
$7.7B
-6.3%
Holdings
381
-8
New Purchases
9
Added To
73
Closed
14
Reduced
190
Top 10 Concentration
36.7%
Turnover
6.0%

Top Buys (by % of Portfolio)

SymbolCur %Prior %Chg %Value
JNJ 2.08% 1.68% +0.40% $161M
COST 2.08% 1.70% +0.38% $161M
CVX 1.07% 0.75% +0.32% $83M
RTX 2.73% 2.50% +0.23% $211M
ORLY 3.38% 3.17% +0.21% $261M
XOM 0.63% 0.42% +0.20% $48M
IRM 0.86% 0.66% +0.20% $67M
NEE 0.81% 0.66% +0.15% $63M
TJX 1.59% 1.45% +0.15% $123M
NFLX 0.15% 0.00% +0.14% $11M
CB 1.63% 1.49% +0.14% $126M
LIN 0.67% 0.54% +0.13% $52M
WSO 0.99% 0.86% +0.13% $76M
WMT 0.84% 0.72% +0.12% $65M
ECL 1.62% 1.50% +0.12% $125M

Top Sells (by % of Portfolio)

SymbolCur %Prior %Chg %Value
MSFT 4.22% 5.20% -0.98% $326M
NVDA 6.98% 7.54% -0.56% $540M
ADBE 0.04% 0.32% -0.28% $3M
V 2.81% 3.08% -0.27% $217M
ROP 0.82% 1.05% -0.22% $64M
DHR 1.50% 1.72% -0.21% $116M
LLY 2.00% 2.19% -0.18% $155M
GOOG 4.35% 4.51% -0.16% $336M
IDXX 1.22% 1.38% -0.16% $94M
BSX 0.00% 0.13% -0.13% $0
ABT 0.84% 0.96% -0.12% $65M
ADP 0.59% 0.71% -0.12% $46M
JPM 2.48% 2.60% -0.12% $192M
AJG 0.82% 0.92% -0.10% $64M
BKNG 0.59% 0.69% -0.10% $46M

Sector Allocation Over Time

Industry Breakdown

IndustryWeight
Technology 22.0%
Financial Services 17.7%
Healthcare 16.5%
Industrials 11.6%
Consumer Cyclical 11.0%

Market Cap Concentration

TierHoldingsValueWeight
Mega Cap 68 $4.4B 56.6%
Large Cap 270 $3.2B 41.3%
Mid Cap 27 $152M 2.0%
Small Cap 11 $11M 0.1%
Micro Cap 5 $496K 0.0%

Portfolio Analytics

Avg Market Cap
$205.5B
Median Market Cap
$69.9B
Avg P/E
33.0
Median P/E
24.0
Avg Dividend Yield
0.02%
Avg Beta
0.91
# Stocks
298
# ETFs / Funds
83

Top Holdings (381 total)

# Symbol % Port Shares Value Avg Price Q/Q Value Chg Share Chg Chg % Status
1 NVDA 6.98% 3,096,403 $540M $174.40 -$82M -240,909 -7.2%
2 AAPL 5.51% 1,679,909 $426M $253.79 -$36M -22,288 -1.3%
3 GOOG 4.35% 1,172,363 $336M $286.86 -$36M -14,503 -1.2%
4 MSFT 4.22% 881,583 $326M $370.17 -$103M -5,877 -0.7%
5 ORLY 3.38% 2,832,170 $261M $92.31 -$316K -37,617 -1.3%
6 V 2.81% 719,551 $217M $302.24 -$37M -6,171 -0.8%
7 RTX 2.73% 1,094,594 $211M $192.90 $5M -28,646 -2.5%
8 JPM 2.48% 652,907 $192M $294.16 -$23M -13,050 -2.0%
9 SYK 2.16% 509,055 $167M $328.59 -$13M -3,424 -0.7%
10 COST 2.08% 161,366 $161M $996.43 $21M -979 -0.6%
11 JNJ 2.08% 657,528 $161M $244.44 $22M -12,566 -1.9%
12 LLY 2.00% 168,235 $155M $919.77 -$26M +417 +0.2%
13 HD 1.82% 428,694 $141M $328.89 -$6M +214 +0.1%
14 CB 1.63% 386,756 $126M $325.93 $3M -7,199 -1.8%
15 ECL 1.62% 470,443 $125M $266.02 $1M -1,721 -0.4%
16 TJX 1.59% 771,975 $123M $159.70 $4M -5,992 -0.8%
17 AMZN 1.53% 567,966 $118M $208.27 -$12M +4,800 +0.8%
18 GOOGL 1.52% 409,445 $118M $287.56 -$14M -11,680 -2.8%
19 DHR 1.50% 612,657 $116M $189.60 -$26M -6,338 -1.0%
20 PG 1.43% 763,852 $110M $144.44 $236K -4,376 -0.6%
21 MDY 1.29% 161,554 $100M $616.76 -$959K -5,199 -3.1%
22 VRTX 1.27% 219,669 $98M $446.54 -$831K +1,471 +0.7%
23 IDXX 1.22% 168,181 $94M $561.89 -$19M -101 -0.1%
24 MCD 1.22% 303,989 $94M $310.79 $830K -2,417 -0.8%
25 CVX 1.07% 400,536 $83M $206.90 $21M -7,159 -1.8%
26 AMP 1.00% 173,461 $77M $444.40 -$8M -417 -0.2%
27 META 0.99% 133,969 $77M $572.13 -$9M +3,938 +3.0%
28 WSO 0.99% 209,805 $76M $363.79 $5M -913 -0.4%
29 ABBV 0.97% 343,615 $75M $217.49 -$4M -2,332 -0.7%
30 AVGO 0.97% 241,441 $75M $309.51 -$5M +11,865 +5.2%
31 MTD 0.96% 58,807 $74M $1,261.20 -$9M -541 -0.9%
32 RMD 0.95% 326,407 $73M $224.48 -$6M -1,964 -0.6%
33 IRM 0.86% 652,068 $67M $102.14 $12M -4,296 -0.7%
34 WMT 0.84% 523,098 $65M $124.28 $5M -12,131 -2.3%
35 ABT 0.84% 629,836 $65M $102.67 -$15M -2,075 -0.3%
36 PEP 0.84% 415,977 $65M $155.29 $3M -13,196 -3.1%
37 ROP 0.82% 180,120 $64M $353.86 -$23M -14,343 -7.4%
38 AJG 0.82% 293,288 $64M $216.58 -$13M -990 -0.3%
39 NEE 0.81% 675,388 $63M $92.88 $8M -639 -0.1%
40 VEA 0.80% 970,411 $62M $64.08 $2M +3,028 +0.3%
41 BRK-B 0.73% 117,536 $56M $479.20 -$3M -1,095 -0.9%
42 LECO 0.68% 209,888 $52M $249.08 $1M -2,752 -1.3%
43 LIN 0.67% 105,270 $52M $495.76 $8M +700 +0.7%
44 XYL 0.64% 413,855 $49M $119.50 -$5M +12,023 +3.0%
45 CSCO 0.64% 633,547 $49M $77.59 -$333K -8,929 -1.4%
46 XOM 0.63% 284,982 $48M $169.66 $14M -4,032 -1.4%
47 PANW 0.62% 300,564 $48M $160.32 $5M +66,141 +28.2%
48 LHX 0.62% 138,096 $48M $345.15 $6M -2,788 -2.0%
49 BAC 0.62% 976,595 $48M $48.75 -$7M -13,383 -1.4%
50 CSL 0.61% 140,466 $47M $333.62 $5M +8,940 +6.8%
51 BKNG 0.59% 10,870 $46M $4,210.32 -$11M +215 +2.0%
52 ADP 0.59% 223,960 $46M $203.18 -$13M -2,548 -1.1%
53 TMO 0.57% 88,934 $44M $491.53 -$8M -150 -0.2%
54 EMLP 0.56% 996,003 $43M $43.66 $4M -44,696 -4.3%
55 AOS 0.49% 579,780 $38M $65.94 -$949K -6,037 -1.0%
56 MRK 0.49% 317,368 $38M $120.29 $4M -4,861 -1.5%
57 CHD 0.46% 378,902 $35M $93.32 $1M -28,420 -7.0%
58 AFL 0.45% 317,011 $35M $109.71 -$645K -4,237 -1.3%
59 PAYX 0.43% 362,116 $33M $92.12 -$8M -6,357 -1.7%
60 VZ 0.42% 652,264 $33M $50.20 $6M -12,400 -1.9%
61 CTAS 0.42% 190,419 $32M $169.14 -$4M -88 -0.1%
62 DOV 0.39% 143,443 $30M $208.45 $2M -739 -0.5%
63 NOW 0.39% 284,864 $30M $104.55 -$5M +58,687 +25.9%
64 SPY 0.38% 45,628 $30M $650.34 -$9M -10,530 -18.8%
65 GSK 0.37% 518,597 $29M $55.19 $3M
66 FTSL 0.37% 631,873 $28M $44.80 -$4M -65,089 -9.3%
67 FI 0.37% 506,394 $28M $55.80 -$9M -50,990 -9.2%
68 EQIX 0.33% 25,794 $25M $980.24 $6M +615 +2.4%
69 AXP 0.32% 81,764 $25M $302.48 -$8M -5,482 -6.3%
70 CMI 0.30% 42,811 $23M $538.02 $384K -1,559 -3.5%
71 MCO 0.29% 50,795 $22M $436.25 -$3M +580 +1.2%
72 TSCO 0.28% 477,916 $22M $45.30 -$3M -9,931 -2.0%
73 KO 0.28% 281,117 $21M $76.05 $2M -2,470 -0.9%
74 OTIS 0.24% 245,678 $19M $77.08 -$3M -902 -0.4%
75 SHOP 0.24% 153,531 $18M $118.62 -$6M +597 +0.4%
76 OMC 0.23% 238,369 $18M $75.31 -$2M -14,131 -5.6%
77 QCOM 0.23% 138,251 $18M $128.78 -$6M -1,785 -1.3%
78 KMX 0.23% 426,833 $18M $41.58 $492K -19,740 -4.4%
79 PFF 0.23% 584,741 $18M $30.32 -$674K -9,686 -1.6%
80 IJR 0.23% 141,144 $18M $124.31 $964K +3,169 +2.3%
81 GDX 0.22% 187,249 $17M $91.77 -$1M -27,026 -12.6%
82 ORCL 0.22% 113,935 $17M $147.11 -$5M +1,280 +1.1%
83 ACN 0.22% 84,177 $17M $198.29 -$7M -3,877 -4.4%
84 UBER 0.21% 224,048 $16M $71.93 -$5M -30,703 -12.1%
85 CGNX 0.20% 322,893 $16M $48.99 $4M -7,745 -2.3%
86 EMR 0.19% 110,476 $14M $131.02 -$546K -2,698 -2.4%
87 EW 0.19% 179,504 $14M $80.08 -$1M -2,167 -1.2%
88 EXPD 0.19% 100,357 $14M $143.23 -$863K -1,902 -1.9%
89 CAT 0.17% 19,031 $13M $708.46 $2M -374 -1.9%
90 SNPS 0.17% 33,491 $13M $396.48 -$3M -2,065 -5.8%
91 GE 0.17% 45,782 $13M $283.77 -$957K +499 +1.1%
92 IBM 0.17% 53,445 $13M $242.39 -$3M -466 -0.9%
93 NFLX 0.15% 118,448 $11M $96.15 $11M +115,125 +3464.5%
94 IVV 0.14% 17,064 $11M $653.21 -$1M -1,276 -7.0%
95 LANC 0.13% 72,423 $10M $138.33 -$2M -120 -0.2%
96 PFE 0.13% 346,584 $10M $28.08 $876K -9,079 -2.5%
97 GEV 0.13% 11,124 $10M $872.90 $3M +124 +1.1%
98 APD 0.12% 33,262 $10M $290.49 $1M -250 -0.8%
99 NVS 0.11% 57,626 $9M $152.75 $380K -3,462 -5.7%
100 AMGN 0.11% 24,846 $9M $351.85 $582K -85 -0.3%

New Positions

SymbolValue% Port
EPD $1M 0.01%
DOW $243K —%
FDX $237K —%
EQT $207K —%
AME $206K —%
VDE $204K —%
TSM $204K —%
MIST $30K —%
DRMA $24K —%

Sold Out Positions

SymbolValue% Port
LYV —%
AON —%
TDG —%
SGI —%
MLM —%
SOLV —%
BSX —%
UBS —%
GRAL —%
MORN —%
ADSK —%
FDN —%
SPLG —%
LSEQ —%
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