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WELCH & FORBES LLC
WELCH & FORBES LLC (CIK: 0000105495) incorporated in Delaware, located at 45 School Street, Boston, MA. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2015Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 329 holdings with a total value of $3,116,575,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 342,871 86,891,000 2.79%
2 PROCTER AND GAMBLE CO 996,687 79,147,000 2.54%
3 JOHNSON & JOHNSON 728,836 74,866,000 2.40%
4 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 771,636 74,131,000 2.38%
5 EXXON MOBIL CORP 942,637 73,480,000 2.36%
6 DANAHER CORP DEL 715,205 66,428,000 2.13%
7 APPLE INC 607,765 63,974,000 2.05%
8 PEPSICO INC 620,037 61,954,000 1.99%
9 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 1,904,196 59,316,000 1.90%
10 CARMAX 1,069,496 57,721,000 1.85%
11 VISA INC 731,311 56,713,000 1.82%
12 HOME DEPOT INC 422,082 55,820,000 1.79%
13 STRYKER CORP 584,218 54,298,000 1.74%
14 MICROSOFT CORP 972,867 53,975,000 1.73%
15 STERICYCLE 440,194 53,088,000 1.70%
16 ANSYS 569,065 52,639,000 1.69%
17 CVS HEALTH CORP 520,619 50,900,000 1.63%
18 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW 931,497 50,636,000 1.62%
19 ECOLAB INC 361,944 41,399,000 1.33%
20 SCHLUMBERGER LTD 591,259 41,240,000 1.32%
21 MCDONALDS CORP 346,690 40,958,000 1.31%
22 PAYCHEX INC 768,868 40,665,000 1.30%
23 3M CO 265,418 39,983,000 1.28%
24 FISERV INC 388,865 35,565,000 1.14%
25 IRON MTN INC NEW 1,275,826 34,460,000 1.11%
26 PFIZER INC 1,064,786 34,371,000 1.10%
27 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 518,014 34,205,000 1.10%
28 ALPHABET INC 44,216 33,554,000 1.08%
29 AFLAC INC 512,472 30,697,000 0.98%
30 ABBVIE INC 515,599 30,544,000 0.98%
31 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 300,545 30,412,000 0.98%
32 INTEL CORP 869,270 29,946,000 0.96%
33 MERCK & CO INC 554,950 29,312,000 0.94%
34 ABBOTT LABS 652,590 29,309,000 0.94%
35 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 719,965 28,432,000 0.91%
36 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 205,051 28,220,000 0.91%
37 STATE STR CORP 400,790 26,597,000 0.85%
38 ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 211,289 26,411,000 0.85%
39 CHEVRON CORP NEW 290,319 26,118,000 0.84%
40 FIRST TR EXCHANGE TRADED FD 1,283,380 25,899,000 0.83%
41 METTLER-TOLEDO 72,520 24,594,000 0.79%
42 CELGENE CORP 204,227 24,459,000 0.78%
43 ALPHABET INC 31,376 24,410,000 0.78%
44 VERTEX PHARMACEUT 193,605 24,362,000 0.78%
45 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING IN 280,531 23,766,000 0.76%
46 PRAXAIR INC 231,682 23,723,000 0.76%
47 RAYTHEON CO 178,949 22,285,000 0.72%
48 ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 113,949 21,626,000 0.69%
49 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 467,096 21,589,000 0.69%
50 TJX COS INC NEW 304,267 21,576,000 0.69%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001085146-16-002682, filed 2016.01.27).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.