Correct term to describe how many % a portfolio consists of a certain stock?

Question

I'm looking for a simple word used to describe how many % a portfolio consists of a certain stock.

I.e. "The GOOGL shares takes up a large ____ of my portfolio." Or "The ____ of the GOOGL shares in my portfolio is 30%"

What word should be filled in in those sentences? Ratio? Portion? Proportion? Part?

"portion" sounds good to me. But I would say "GOOGL shares", not "share", to make it clear you mean shares of stock. — Brian Hitchcock, Feb 14 '15 at 10:20
@bagheera I wasn't able to find much on "weightage" but it lead me to simply "weight" which seems to be a correct term for what I'm looking for. Thank you. — Clox, Feb 14 '15 at 10:41
"The GOOGL shares take up a large percentage of my portfolio." — pacoverflow, Feb 16 '15 at 19:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '15 at 13:06

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You can use part :

A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole.

Ngram: 'part of a portfolio' is quite a common expression in finance.

It fits your first sentence ' Google shares represent a large part of my portfolio'

Your second sentence I' d rephrase as ' Google shares weight is 30% of my total portfolio'.

answered Feb 14 '15 at 13:06

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Perfect! Thank you. Even rephrased and improved. +1 – Clox Feb 14 '15 at 15:39

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