100 Mostly Acquired Corporate Stocks By Stock Market Pros

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100 most bought stocks by investment professionals originally published on Dividend Yield ? Stock, Capital, Investment. Big investors are sometimes better informed about the issues of a company. They know where to find low hanging fruits and to make profits. It could make sense for us normal investors to observe the activities from the big investors in order to get a feeling about the good and bad companies, stocks that investors love and hate.

Each month, I develop a little screen about the largest stock buys from 49 super investors. I analyze how often a stock was bought over the recent six months and ranked them in my 100 best guru buy list. All super gurus combined bought 631 stocks within the recent half year; they seem to be more bullish.

In my view, it’s a good tool to look at the activities of the guru investors in the market because they have huge amounts of capital and if they invest combined, they can change the market very easy. Their attitude to stocks is also lightning the way to return, not always but sometimes because the media notices the portfolio changes of the hedge fund managers and create additional publicity.

Technology is still the place to be for the investment guru’s. The top three results from the guru 100 best buy list are all tech stocks: Oracle, Apple and Microsoft.

…and investors bet more on dividends: Now, 80 percent of the equities they bought pay a dividend. But most of them are low yielding stocks, around 11 stocks yielding over 3 percent. Investment guru’s still look for growth and don’t seek for high cash compensation.


Here are the highest yielding results:

BP (BP) has a market capitalization of $130.11 billion. The company employs 85,700 people, generates revenue of $388.285 billion and has a net income of $11.816 billion. BP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $39.891 billion. The EBITDA margin is 10.27 percent (the operating margin is 5.08 percent and the net profit margin 3.04 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 16.26 percent of BP’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 41.21 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.07 percent was realized by BP. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $8.07. Last fiscal year, BP paid $1.98 in the form of dividends to shareholders. BP shares were bought by 6 guru investors.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.12, the P/S ratio is 0.34 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.11. The dividend yield amounts to 5.23 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.21.

Intel (INTC) has a market capitalization of $109.50 billion. The company employs 106,000 people, generates revenue of $53.341 billion and has a net income of $11.005 billion. Intel’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $22.160 billion. The EBITDA margin is 41.54 percent (the operating margin is 27.44 percent and the net profit margin 20.63 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 15.94 percent of Intel’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 26.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.66 percent was realized by Intel. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.85. Last fiscal year, Intel paid $0.87 in the form of dividends to shareholders. INTC shares were bought by 4 guru investors.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.88, the P/S ratio is 2.05 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.12. The dividend yield amounts to 4.09 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.02.

Philip Morris International (PM) has a market capitalization of $135.05 billion. The company employs 87,100 people, generates revenue of $77.393 billion and has a net income of $9.154 billion. Philip Morris International’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14.827 billion. The EBITDA margin is 19.16 percent (the operating margin is 17.89 percent and the net profit margin 11.83 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 60.63 percent of Philip Morris International’s assets. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.16. Last fiscal year, Philip Morris International paid $3.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders. PM shares were bought by 5 guru investors.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.19, the P/S ratio is 1.75 and the P/B ratio is finally not calulable. The dividend yield amounts to 4.07 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.87.

Merck (MRK) has a market capitalization of $138.39 billion. The company employs 81,000 people, generates revenue of $47.267 billion and has a net income of $6.299 billion. Merck’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $22.343 billion. The EBITDA margin is 47.27 percent (the operating margin is 18.49 percent and the net profit margin 13.33 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 19.38 percent of Merck’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 38.79 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.47 percent was realized by Merck. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.68. Last fiscal year, Merck paid $1.68 in the form of dividends to shareholders. MRK shares were bought by 6 guru investors.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.15, the P/S ratio is 2.93 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.70. The dividend yield amounts to 3.64 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.58.

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with biggest guru buys over the past six months. The average P/E ratio amounts to 18.90. Exactly 80 companies pay dividend; one High-Yield is below the results. The average dividend yield amounts to 1.73 percent. P/S ratio is 2.39 and P/B ratio 4.67.

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