14 High Yield Telecom Service Stocks

Here is a current sheet of 14 domestic telecom service stocks with highest dividend yield. The whole industry has a total market capitalization of USD 362 billion and offers investors a dividend yield of 5.9 percent.

The average dividend-yield of my list amounts to 5.94 percent while the average P/E ratio is 35.75. Price to book ratio is 5.46 and price to sales ratio 2.07. Total debt to assets ratio is 40.79 whence an average return on equity of 24.26 percent is realized. The companies are working with an operating margin of 18.81 percent. Stocks are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ as well as being part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite.

Here is the table of 14 telecom service stocks with some fundamentals:

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Carl Icahn’s Current Investment Portfolio As Of September 2010

Carl Icahn is an American financier, corporate raider and private equity investor. He is with an estimated net worth of USD 10.5 billion one of the wealthiest persons in America. His business model follows a simple strategy: He buys huge positions of stock listed companies and starts to build up pressure on management to impose his interests. Mostly he wants to force companies to sell, merge or dissolve or sell unprofitable divisions. Latest successful investment speculation position was Genzyme for that a take-over offer by Sanofi-Aventis was available. Funds run by Icahn Capital LP were valued at USD 5.02 billion.

Here is a top 30 list of his investment positions as of September 30, 2010 according to the most recent form 13F-HR filed with the SEC.

During the third quarter Carl Icahn had 22 total positions. The sector allocations of Carl Icahn's portfolio went as follows:

Technology: 39.4%
Health Care: 38.6%
Oil & Gas: 7.5%
Consumer Goods: 5.5%
Consumer Services: 5.2%
Industrials: 1.1%
Utilities: 1%
Basic Materials: 0.7%

These are the details of Carl Icahn's top stock initiations, closings, buys, and sells:

Top positions closed out by Carl Icahn: APC, ESV, WEN, YHOO, BBI, SWHC, MCRS
Top positions initiated by Carl Icahn: MAT, MAS, DYN, CMC, CDNS
Top positions decreased by Carl Icahn: None
Top positions increased by Carl Icahn: MENT, HAIN, LWSN, CHK, MOT

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14 Restaurant Concepts That Give You A Lunch

Here is a current sheet of 14 listed restaurant stocks that can give you a lunch in economic difficult times. The average dividend-yield amounts to 0.97 percent while the average P/E ratio is 23.03. Price to book ratio is 6.95 and price to sales ratio 1.38. The whole industry offer investors a dividend yield of 2.6 percent. Price to earnings ratio is 19.0 and price to book ratio 8.2. Total debt to assets ratio is 55.3 whence an average return on equity of 56.0 percent is realized. The companies are working with an operating margin of 9.85 percent. Stocks are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ as well as being part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite.

Here is the table of 14 restaurant stocks with some fundamentals:

14 Restaurants (Click to enlarge)

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Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of December 2010

Here is a current dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of 30 stocks that have interesting performance and valuation figures. Stocks from that list are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double digit long term earnings growth rates. Companies traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 as well as Nasdaq Composite. Date is 2010-12-01. The list is selected by the following criteria’s and sorted by dividend yield:


Market capitalization: > 1 Billion

Price/Earnings Ratio: > 0 < 100

Dividend Yield: > 2 < 20

Return on equity: > 10 < 100

Operating Margin: > 10 < 100

10 Year Revenue Growth: > 8 < 200

10 Year EPS Growth: > 10 < 100

The average dividend yield amounts to 4.61 percent while the average price to earnings ratio is 14.77. Stocks grew with 17.93 percent in revenues and 23.35 percent in earnings per share over the past decade. The average operating margin is 32.91 percent; net profit margin amounts to 24.42 percent.


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America’s Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of November 2010

Here is a current sheet of America’s cheapest Large Caps that have the highest expected growth for fiscal 2011. Stocks from the sheet have a market capitalization of more than USD 5 billion and an expected earnings growth of at least 20 percent for the next year but have a price to earnings ratio of less than 20 and a price to sales ratios of less than 1.5.

The average current P/E ratio amounts to 13.01. Price to sales ratio is 0.87. The expected earnings growth for next year amounts to 316 percent. Stocks are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ as well as being part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite.

Here is the table of America’s cheapest large capitalized stocks with highest earnings growth:

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Ken Fisher’s Current Investment Portfolio

Kenneth Fisher is an American businessman, founder and chairman as well as CEO of Fisher Investments, a money management firm headquartered in California. Fisher writes the monthly “Portfolio Strategy” column in Forbes magazine. Ken Fisher is one of the richest Americans and part of the Forbes 400 list of world billionaires. As of 2009, his worth was estimated at USD 1.4 billion. Funds run by Ken Fisher at Fisher Asset Management were valued at USD 31.58 billion.

Here is a top 30 list of his investment positions as of September 30, 2010 according to the most recent form 13F-HR filed with the SEC. During the quarter Ken Fisher had 524 total positions. The sector allocations of Ken Fisher's portfolio went as follows:

Industrials: 18%
Technology: 15.5%
Basic Materials: 10.3%
Oil & Gas: 10.2%
Financials: 10.2%
Consumer Goods: 9.3%
Consumer Services: 7%
Health Care: 3.8%
Telecommunications: 1.1%
Utilities: 0.4%

Ken Fisher's top stock initiations, closings, buys, and sells:

Top positions closed out by Ken Fisher: TEX, PGF, LVLT, UNH, GIS
Top positions initiated by Ken Fisher: TMK, CINF, SIRI
Top positions decreased by Ken Fisher: IEF, NFLX, NNN, RDC, AZN
Top positions increased by Ken Fisher: WFC, LQD, SPIL, MT, PL

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11 Best Retail Stocks You Should Know

Here is a current sheet of 11 retail stocks you should know due to its interesting industry success. The companies acting within the discount variety store segment, electronic retail segment as well as home improvement store segment.

The average dividend-yield amounts to 1.17 percent while the average P/E ratio is 17.20. Price to book ratio is 3.42 and price to sales ratio 0.69. Total debt to assets ratio is 16.38 whence an average return on equity of 21.06 percent is realized. The companies are working with a net profit margin of 3.74 percent. Stocks are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ as well as being part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite.

Here is the table of 11 best retail stocks with some fundamentals:

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