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Warren Buffett's Latest Stock Buys And Sells By Dividend Yield - #Apple #Travelers #Oracle

Dear Reader, find below a list of Warren Buffett's Latest Stock Buys And Sells By Dividend Yield


Ticker Company P/E Fwd P/E P/S P/B Dividend Price Target Price
GM General Motors Company 5.98 6.11 0.35 1.31 4.3%     35.23        44.75  
SNY Sanofi 24.7 12.88 2.78 1.72 4.1%     45.08        48.67  
PSX Phillips 66 12.07 9.72 0.4 1.91 3.4%     95.60      129.81  
WFC Wells Fargo & Company 13.83 10.21 3.93 1.42 3.3%     52.15        61.86  
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 12.45 10.65 4.91 1.57 3.0%   107.33      121.82  
PNC The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 13.85 11.64 5.14 1.33 2.8%   134.13      150.09  
USB U.S. Bancorp 15.58 12.36 5.64 1.98 2.7%     54.00        58.04  
TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. 13.06 10.87 1.09 1.46 2.5%   123.04      137.00  
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. 10.92 8.92 0.88 2.82 2.5%     56.43        68.00  
BK The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 13.76 10.99 8.33 1.27 2.3%     48.23        55.50  
BAC Bank of America Corporation 11.84 9.46 4.22 1.14 2.2%     27.21        34.34  
WMT Walmart Inc. 60.87 21.69 0.58 4.2 2.1%   101.53      105.56  
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 8.1 7.90 1.54 1.03 1.6%   202.49      273.65  
AAPL Apple Inc. 15.38 12.54 3.4 8.37 1.6%   186.80      236.42  
ORCL Oracle Corporation 18.66 13.45 4.63 5.01 1.6%     48.84        52.93  
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. 13.32 11.28 1.38 2.94 1.2%     52.48        63.33  
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. 8.25 7.37 0.4 - 1.1%     38.11        47.56  
CHTR Charter Communications, Inc. 56.74 44.14 1.73 1.99 -   320.80      372.36  
UAL United Continental Holdings, Inc. 12.43 9.27 0.62 2.64 -     91.79      100.64  



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Stocks With Over $700 Bn Cash on Hands

In the second quarter of 2017, twenty-four of the largest American companies are holding on to a whopping $1.01 trillion in cash reserves, up 1.63% from the first quarter, according to analysis of second quarter earnings reports by Bank of America.

The biggest amount of money is created and kept by technology firms like Alphabet, Apple or Microsoft.

Here are the biggest cash companies compiled:


Source: Business Insider

20 Cheapest Large Cap Buyback Opportunities

It’s that time of year again — the time of year when companies ramp-up their stock buyback activity as they realize they’ll have enough cash to fund those efforts, and/or just to make sure they reach their internal buyback goals.

When corporations are profitable and established, they tend to return capital to shareholders. This can be achieved via stock buybacks to shrink the float and to support the stock, or it can be done via one-time dividends or by raising their annualized quarterly dividends. Both are activities I do cover on this blog on a regular basis.

Many investors love the cash flow from dividends. After all, dividends can contribute up to 50% of total returns through time. Other investors prefer for companies to buy back their common stock. But a good alternative is to combine both shareholder friendly activities.

When picking out companies that will be buying back the largest number of shares in 2016, several things have to be considered. First and foremost, a company had to be willing to spend billions of dollars to buy its shares. Such companies also have to have a history of conducting stock buybacks, or they had to have a solid reason why they would be so aggressive in buying back stock this year alone.

As for which stocks are particularly well-positioned to be the beneficiaries of corporate buyback efforts, investors may want to put the following names on their radar. Attached you will find a selection of the 20 cheapest large cap stocks with a buyback announcement during the past 12 month.

These are the results...

The Biggest Stock Buybacks With At Least One Billion Firepower

Stock buybacks, also known as share repurchases, occur when companies buy shares of their own stock to reduce the number of shares outstanding.

Stock buybacks can be used to offset stock issued to employees as compensation, or to improve earnings per share by reducing the number of shares by which earnings are divided. Sometimes, companies repurchase stock simply because they believe their shares are undervalued.

Buyback proponents say they reward these long-term shareholders by effectively increasing their ownership of the company, and they help boost the value of a stock by raising the company's earnings per share. And when there's no other compelling use for a company's cash, this is a better alternative than risky spending on takeovers or other big investments.

But the other view on buybacks is that — like the restaurant removing tables — their only impact is in making things look better than they seem. Yes, earnings per share rise, but that's not because earnings are growing. Even their fiercest proponents — somewhat hypocritically — say they're overused.

With that in mind, I've compiled all stocks with a billion dollar buyback announcement during the year 2016. In total, there are exactly 82 companies with such a big share buyback volume.

Here are the results...

8 Stocks To Own For The Next 30 Years

What makes it so hard to understand what investors should do for the next 50 years is that we have an extremely hard time imagining possibilities that far into the future.

Look back at the differences between 1966 and today. Technology and societal trends are changing so fast that anyone transported from that time to today would barely comprehend the things we have done in this relatively short time.

For investors, though, this is where some of the greatest gains can be made, by buying and holding companies with rock-solid competitive advantages that will stand the test of time.

So we put the challenge of finding stocks that look to be great investments over the next 50 years. Here's what we find...

20 Quality Buybacks At A Reasonable Price

On one hand, many would argue that the emphasis on share repurchases is merely a sign of the times – the US economy continues to grow (albeit slowly) while corporates enjoy ample balance sheet flexibility in an entirely unprecedented ultralow interest rate environment characterized by the Fed’s ongoing reluctance to raise rates as much of the world’s government debt has moved to negative yields… 

On the other hand, buyback activity near all-time highs could be considered a potential sign that the current Bull Market is approaching its peak. While there is a plausible argument supporting greater share repurchases – return of excess cash in the absence of viable alternative investments – firms have historically exhibited poor timing. 

Management tends to repurchase shares in bull markets when profits are high and balance sheets are flush with cash, while cutting back during recessions (precisely the time they should be buying over the long term).

Here are 20 high quality buyback kings at a reasonable price...

13 Potential Dividend Kings To Buy For The Next Decade

Long-term dividend growth has a big lack. It focuses only on stocks with a long-term dividend hike.

If a company pays no dividend but buys back tons of its own stock, it means not that the company is bad. The company has the same quality but will not see as a long-term dividend growth investment.

That's one reason why I'm trying to put some buyback kings into the screen. Another lack is that future dividend kings, who are only 3 years on the market and paid two years dividends to the public, will not be included into the search results. 

For sure those stocks with a short business age also offer higher risks, but sometimes the business runs for decades but was private.

Today I like to show you a few interesting stocks that have risen dividends over more than 5 consecutive years. Each of the stocks could become a dividend champion or dividend king one day. 

But the risk to fail is also higher than for stocks that are still playing the dividend champions league. Exactly 412 stocks managed to grow dividends over more than 5 years. 

Here are my personal favorites...

10 Stocks With The Highest Amount Of Cash In Bank Accounts

A lot of analysts have been suggesting that investors might want to consider moving to cash, but what if you’re the type of investor who likes to stay long no matter what, knowing that the market always eventually comes back? 

If that’s the case, instead of moving to cash yourself, you can invest in stocks that have large cash positions. Companies that have large cash positions have several advantages. 


That cash can be used for: 

1. Research and development, which then has the potential to lead to innovation and organic growth. 


2. Acquisitions, which has the potential to lead to inorganic growth. 


3. Increasing shareholder returns via share buybacks and dividends. 


This in turn has the potential to buoy stocks when the broader market is volatile, especially if it’s a new buyback announcement or a dividend increase. 


4. Pay off debt. 


With all that in mind, here are the companies in the S&P 500 Index that hold the most cash...

20 Stocks With The Biggest Share Buybacks

20 Stocks With The Biggest Share Buybacks;
Source: Factset (click to enlarge) 
20 Stocks With The Biggest Share Buybacks; 
Source: Factset (click to enlarge)

These 20 Stocks Serve The Most Cash Reserves

Stocks with a high level of cash are better positioned in my view. They have enough room to think about growth opportunities and don't need to manage their debt.

Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Cisco and Oracle had amassed $504bn of cash by the end of 2015, nearly a third of the total $1.7tn held on the balance sheets of US non-financial companies, according to a new report from rating agency Moody’s. The top 50 holders accounted for $1.1tn of that amount.

These are the 20 most cash-rich companies on the us stock market...

19 Dividend Growth Stocks With Potential To Double Payouts

Dividend stocks can be the foundation of a great retirement portfolio. Not only do the payments put money in your pocket, which can help hedge against any dips in the stock market, they're usually a sign of a financially sound company.

Dividends also give investors a painless opportunity to reinvest in a stock, thus compounding gains over time. 

 However, not all income stocks live up to their full potential. They give only a small part of their cash potential back to shareholder. This might have different reasons like growth opportunities, debt payback and many more.

Today I like to introduce a few dividend growth stocks with very low dividend payout ratios, low price multiples and small debt burden as well. Each of the stock has a potential to grow earnings for the next years.

Attached you will find 19 of stocks with payout ratios currently below 30% that could potentially double their dividends.

These are the results...

The Best Internet of Things Dividend Stock Portfolio

The various personal and household devices and hardware connected to the Internet are expected to reach nearly 30 million in the next five years, up from 10 million in 2014.

With that kind of massive growth on the horizon, investors have been looking for the best ways to play the Internet of Things boom.

There’s a plethora of stocks to buy that could produce good gains over the next several years, and many of the tech industry’s established leaders seem like obvious choices.

If you’ve got a longer time horizon and aren’t scared of a little volatility, read on to learn about three stocks to buy the play the Internet of Things.

Attached you will find my selection of the most promising internet of things stocks investors might get. It's only a small couple of stocks with a solid dividend payment history.

Here are the stocks...

10 Best S&P 500 Companies By Net Shareholder Distribution Yield

10 Best S&P 500 Companies By Net Shareholder Distribution Yield
(click to enlarge) - Source: FactSet

10 Stocks With The Highest Amount Of Cash And Long-Term Investments

Attached you will find a current snapshot of the best in cash swimming stocks on the market. 6 of 10 come from the technology sector. Tech is still a massive cash generating sector in which long-term engaged investors should keep an eye on.

Apple is still the king with over USD 215 billion in cash and short term investments. Compared to the recent year, the amount grew by 21.2 percent which is also the fastest growth momentum on the list.

Check the list here...

10 Companies With The Biggest Share Buybacks

Attached you will find a list of the stocks with the biggest share buybacks of the recent quarter. Apple is still the king of buybacks, also due to its large cash flow and big size. 

 The tech company bought 6 billion in own shares. Number two is United Technologies. 

The military stock purchased 5.1 billion in own shares back. You can also see the amount of dividends paid in the list. It's also good to see that shareholders received cash dividends. 

Here are the biggest share buyback stocks of the past quarter....

The Most Popular Buyback Champions Of The Year Compiled In 3 Charts

Stock Buybacks are essential for financial engineering. If a company has strong cash flows but only low abilities to grow while their business operates with strong competitor entry barriers, it makes definitely sense to create shareholder value by buying back own shares.

Paying out the whole net income of the company is also a good option but second choice if you compare the tax payments from both sides, the shareholder and corporate.

Today I would like to show you the most important buyback stocks. Apple is definitely the king of them. The smartphone maker bought back own stocks in an amount of nearly USD 40 billion over the past year.

In general, technology is the most represented sector on the list of the best buyback stocks of the past year.

Microsoft, Qualcom, Oracle and Intel also join the exclusive club of the buyback kings.

These are the Top 10 companies by dollar buyback volume of the latest quarter....

These 10 Stocks Gave Investors $50 Billion In Just One Quarter

Attached you will find an interesting list of stocks that gave investors the highest amount of money back. Dividends and buybacks were combined calculated.

Buybacks and dividends are two important issues in corporate finance to create shareholder value via financial engineering.

Apple is still the biggest fish on the list, paying nearly USD 16 billion to its shareholders within the recent quarter. Microsoft follows with USD 7 dividend payments and stock buybacks.


Here are the top yielding results in detail...


Undervalued Dividend Growth Stock Analysis: IBM

Intl. Business Machines -- Yield: 3.81%


Intl. Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) employs 379,592 people, generates revenue of $92,793.00 million and has a net income of $15,752.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $132.10 billion.



International Business Machines Corporation is a technology company. The Company operates in five business segments: Global Technology Services (GTS), which includes Strategic Outsourcing, Integrated Technology Services, Cloud and Technology Support Services, and also provides information technology (IT) infrastructure and business process services; Global Business Services (GBS), which offers its services across Consulting and Systems Integration, Global Process Services and Application Management Services; Software, which consists of middleware and operating systems software; Systems and Technology (STG), which provides infrastructure technologies, and Global Financing, which provides financing solutions for products or services that are critical to the end users' business operations. Its IBM Watson Health Cloud platform collects clinical, research and social data from a range of health sources and creates a cloud-based data sharing hub. More on Reuters.

Intl. Business Machines’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $25,350.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.32% (the operating margin is 21.54% and the net profit margin 16.98%).

Financials: The total debt represents 34.72% of Intl. Business Machines assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 343.82%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 90.89% was realized by Intl. Business Machines.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $14.57. Last fiscal year, Intl. Business Machines paid $4.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders.



Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.34, the P/S ratio is 1.43 and the P/B ratio is finally 11.40. The dividend yield amounts to 3.81%.


Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)

IBM increased dividends 38 out of the last 51 years. In 2014 the dividend yield was 2.3%. Dividend distributions were in February, May, August and November. The dividend payout ratio is 34%. In the last 10 years, the stock had an annual compounded return of 6.8% including dividends and stock price appreciation. This is 1.3% higher than the S&P 500 return of 5.4%. The company operates in the Technology sector.

These are the main competitors by yield...

HP -- Yield: 4.10%

HP (NYSE:HPQ) employs 302,000 people, generates revenue of $103,355.00 million and has a net income of $4,554.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $21.81 billion.

HP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,202.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.81% (the operating margin is 5.29% and the net profit margin 4.41%).

Financials: The total debt represents 23.08% of HP assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 88.83%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.71% was realized by HP.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.48. Last fiscal year, HP paid $0.67 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.92, the P/S ratio is 0.21 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.80. The dividend yield amounts to 4.10%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of HP (HPQ)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of HP (HPQ)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of HP (HPQ)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of HP (HPQ)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of HP (HPQ)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of HP (HPQ)


Cisco Systems -- Yield: 3.14%

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) employs 71,833 people, generates revenue of $49,161.00 million and has a net income of $8,981.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $136.45 billion.

Cisco Systems’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $13,696.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.86% (the operating margin is 21.91% and the net profit margin 18.27%).

Financials: The total debt represents 22.34% of Cisco Systems assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 42.47%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.44% was realized by Cisco Systems.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.87. Last fiscal year, Cisco Systems paid $0.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.41, the P/S ratio is 2.76 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.28. The dividend yield amounts to 3.14%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)


Microsoft -- Yield: 2.62%

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) employs 118,000 people, generates revenue of $93,580.00 million and has a net income of $12,193.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $442.13 billion.

Microsoft’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $34,129.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 36.47% (the operating margin is 19.21% and the net profit margin 13.03%).

Financials: The total debt represents 20.03% of Microsoft assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 44.07%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.36% was realized by Microsoft.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.49. Last fiscal year, Microsoft paid $1.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 37.19, the P/S ratio is 4.69 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.51. The dividend yield amounts to 2.62%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microsoft (MSFT)


SAP -- Yield: 1.56%

SAP (NYSE:SAP) employs 75,643 people, generates revenue of $19,359.89 million and has a net income of $3,616.20 million. The current market capitalization stands at $95.70 billion.

SAP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,368.04 million. The EBITDA margin is 32.89% (the operating margin is 24.66% and the net profit margin 18.68%).

Financials: The total debt represents 23.77% of SAP assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.87%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.46% was realized by SAP.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.85. Last fiscal year, SAP paid $1.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.61, the P/S ratio is 4.96 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.35. The dividend yield amounts to 1.56%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of SAP (SAP)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of SAP (SAP)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of SAP (SAP)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of SAP (SAP)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of SAP (SAP)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of SAP (SAP)


Oracle Corporation -- Yield: 1.56%

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) employs 132,000 people, generates revenue of $38,226.00 million and has a net income of $9,938.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $163.93 billion.

Oracle Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $17,150.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 44.86% (the operating margin is 36.29% and the net profit margin 26.00%).

Financials: The total debt represents 36.95% of Oracle Corporation assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 84.21%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.80% was realized by Oracle Corporation.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.13. Last fiscal year, Oracle Corporation paid $0.51 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.03, the P/S ratio is 4.30 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.44. The dividend yield amounts to 1.56%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Oracle Corporation (ORCL)

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