The Latest Big Dividend Stock Buys From James Barrow

James Barrow’s latest dividend stock buys and his portfolio originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com.

James Barrow is a relatively unknown fund managers but he has big influence on Wall-Street. His assets under management exceeded the 55 billion mark in his investment firm Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss. This money was spread on 159 stocks of which 7 were completely new. James follows a value-oriented investment strategy.

James is a real dividend large cap lover. Nearly all of his latest 20 big stock acquisitions pay dividends. In addition, James is a much diversified guy. None of his stakes is extremely overweighed. The biggest position is the tobacco company Philip Morris and has a portfolio share of 3.5 percent while the 10th biggest stock holding weights only at 1.8 percent.

Compared to other fund managers, his performance is also weak in the short term. Over the past three years, the excess return was only 3.3 percent in total. His five-year advance is a bit better with 14 percent excess gain but over 10 years, his performance is 27.8 percent weaker than the S&P 500. Over a very long period of 15 years, he beat the market by 49.4 percent excess gain.

Here are the biggest dividend stock aqcuisitions from James Barrow:

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Merck (NYSE:MRK) has a market capitalization of $144.82 billion. The company employs 82,000 people, generates revenue of $47.267 billion and has a net income of $6.299 billion. The firm’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 the company’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. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.96. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.68 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The MRK stake purchase had an influence of 0.99 percent to his portfolio. The position is currently 12 percent in gain.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.44, the P/S ratio is 3.06 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.74. The dividend yield amounts to 3.59 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.58.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Merck (MRK)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Merck (MRK)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Merck (MRK)

BP (NYSE:BP) has a market capitalization of $133.86 billion. The company employs 85,700 people, generates revenue of $388.285 billion and has a net income of $11.816 billion. The firm’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 the company’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. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.99. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.98 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The BP stake purchase had an influence of 0.76 percent to his portfolio. The position is currently 1 percent in loss.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.03, the P/S ratio is 0.34 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.13. The dividend yield amounts to 4.99 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.23.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of BP (BP)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of BP (BP)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of BP (BP)

SYSCO (NYSE:SYY) has a market capitalization of $20.74 billion. The company employs 47,800 people, generates revenue of $42.380 billion and has a net income of $1.121 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.332 billion. The EBITDA margin is 5.50 percent (the operating margin is 4.46 percent and the net profit margin 2.65 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 24.96 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 64.43 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.89 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.73. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.07 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The SYY stake purchase had an influence of 0.34 percent to his portfolio. The position is currently 8 percent in gain.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.24, the P/S ratio is 0.49 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.37. The dividend yield amounts to 3.20 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.66.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of SYSCO (SYY)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of SYSCO (SYY)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of SYSCO (SYY)

E I Du Pont De Nemours (NYSE:DD) has a market capitalization of $49.62 billion. The company employs 70,000 people, generates revenue of $35.310 billion and has a net income of $2.493 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6.358 billion. The EBITDA margin is 18.01 percent (the operating margin is 8.82 percent and the net profit margin 7.06 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 23.60 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 116.38 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.00 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.60. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The DD stake purchase had an influence of 0.3 percent to his portfolio. The position is currently 13 percent in gain.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.76, the P/S ratio is 1.41 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.11. The dividend yield amounts to 3.34 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.55.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of E I Du Pont De Nemours (DD)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of E I Du Pont De Nemours (DD)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of E I Du Pont De Nemours (DD)

Take a closer look at the full list of the latest large dividend stock aqcuisitions from James Barrow and his biggest portfolio positions. The average P/E ratio amounts to 20.57 and forward P/E ratio is 12.82. The dividend yield has a value of 2.69 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.82 and price to sales ratio 1.72. The operating margin amounts to 18.05 percent and the beta ratio is 1.16. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.84.

These are the latest dividend stock buys from James Barrow, sorted by portfolio influence:

Ticker	Company	Date	Action	Impact	Comment
MRK	Merck & Co Inc	Q1/13	Add	0.99%	Add 38917.3%
BP	BP PLC	Q1/13	Add	0.76%	Add 73.78%
SYY	Sysco Corporation	Q1/13	Add	0.34%	Add 175.75%
DD	E.I. du Pont de Nemo...	Q1/13	Add	0.30%	Add 50.93%
DLPH	Delphi Automotive PL...	Q1/13	Buy	0.29%	New holding
SDRL	Seadrill Ltd	Q1/13	Add	0.28%	Add 26.99%
TEVA	Teva Pharmaceutical ...	Q1/13	Add	0.20%	Add 64.42%
LTD	L Brands Inc	Q1/13	Buy	0.17%	New holding
POL	PolyOne Corporation	Q1/13	Add	0.15%	Add 883.89%
TSS	Total System Service...	Q1/13	Buy	0.12%	New holding
MDT	Medtronic, Inc.	Q1/13	Add	0.12%	Add 4.9%
TGT	Target Corp	Q1/13	Add	0.11%	Add 7.01%
CYN	City National Corp	Q1/13	Buy	0.11%	New holding
CAH	Cardinal Health Inc	Q1/13	Add	0.08%	Add 25.05%
OKE	ONEOK, Inc.	Q1/13	Add	0.06%	Add 47.99%
STJ	St Jude Medical, Inc...	Q1/13	Add	0.06%	Add 41.47%
L	Loews Corporation	Q1/13	Add	0.04%	Add 1357.97%
DDAIY	Daimler AG	Q1/13	Buy	0.03%	New holding
LUV	Southwest Airlines C...	Q1/13	Buy	0.02%	New holding
GTE	Gran Tierra Energy, ...	Q1/13	Buy	N/A	New holding

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

James Barrow's Latest Big Dividend Stock Buys (Click to enlarge)

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Here are the biggest stock holdings from James Barrow:

Ticker	Company	Value ($1000)	% Weighting as of
			2013-03-31

PM	Philip Morris International, Inc.	1,919,400	3.50%
AXP	American Express Co	1,662,290	3.00%
PFE	Pfizer Inc	1,682,040	3.00%
WFC	Wells Fargo & Co	1,538,880	2.80%
MDT	Medtronic, Inc.	1,446,990	2.60%
JPM	JPMorgan Chase & Co	1,459,000	2.60%
BAX	Baxter International Inc.	1,311,080	2.40%
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	1,343,540	2.40%
PNC	PNC Financial Services Group Inc	1,358,530	2.40%
COP	ConocoPhillips	1,289,280	2.30%
HON	Honeywell International, Inc.	1,301,860	2.30%
PSX	Phillips 66	1,241,620	2.20%
RTN	Raytheon Company	1,169,160	2.10%
COF	Capital One Financial Corp	1,171,620	2.10%
WLP	WellPoint Inc	1,182,900	2.10%
GE	General Electric Co	1,190,410	2.10%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	1,191,040	2.10%
T	AT&T Inc	1,116,620	2.00%
OXY	Occidental Petroleum Corporation	1,131,640	2.00%
BP	BP PLC	977,613	1.80%

Related stock ticker symbols:

SDRL, BP, MRK, OKE, DD, SYY, TEVA, CAH, TGT, LTD, STJ, MDT, TSS, CYN, DLPH, LUV, POL, L, GTE

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*I am long SYY, MDT. I receive no compensation to write about these specific stocks, sector or theme. I don't plan to increase or decrease positions or obligations within the next 72 hours.

For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.

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The Latest Big Dividend Stock Buys From James Barrow