Arnold Van Den Berg Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current update of Arnold Van Den Berg’s best dividend stock buys. Last quarter, he bought twenty stocks of which nine have a positive dividend yield. None of his recent buys has a yield over three percent. The best stocks are mixed from the consumer, services, industrial and technology sector.
A full update of the fund portfolio from Century Management Advisers is linked. In total, Van Den Berg held 77 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 101,996,000.
Here are the best yielding buys as of Q4/2011:
Steelcase (SCS) is acting within the “Business Equipment” industry and has a market capitalization of $1.18 Billion. The company has 126.61 Million shares outstanding of which 0.69% were owned by insiders and 86.26% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 2.34% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -4.80%.
Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 23.97
- Price/Sales: 0.44
- Price/Book: 1.71
- Dividend yield: 2.57%.
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| 6-Month Chart of Steelcase Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Steelcase Inc. (SCS) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Steelcase Inc. (SCS) (Click to enlarge) |
Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII) is acting within the “Staffing & Outsourcing Services” industry and has a market capitalization of $390.38 Million. The company has 17.85 Million shares outstanding of which 0.06% were owned by insiders and 82.11% by institutional financial institutions. Institutional investors modified their positions by -2.20%.
Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: -
- Price/Sales: 0.71
- Price/Book: 1.52
- Dividend yield: 2.38%.
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| 6-Month Chart of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (HSII) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (HSII) (Click to enlarge) |
Apogee Enterprises (APOG) is acting within the “General Building Materials” industry and has a market capitalization of $392.98 Million. The company has 28.03 Million shares outstanding of which 1.67% were owned by insiders and 80.87% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 74.60% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -0.31%.
Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: -
- Price/Sales: 0.61
- Price/Book: 1.23
- Dividend yield: 2.33%.
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| 6-Month Chart of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) (Click to enlarge) |
Corning Inc. (GLW) is acting within the “Diversified Electronics” industry and has a market capitalization of $20.91 Billion. The company has 1.52 Billion shares outstanding of which 0.23% were owned by insiders and 73.60% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 32.67% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -7.67%.
Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 7.78
- Price/Sales: 2.65
- Price/Book: 0.99
- Dividend yield: 2.18%.
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| 6-Month Chart of Corning Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Corning Inc. (GLW) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Corning Inc. (GLW) (Click to enlarge) |
Servotronics (SVT) is acting within the “Industrial Electrical Equipment” industry and has a market capitalization of $21.97 Million. The company has 2.24 Million shares outstanding of which 18.25% were owned by insiders and 15.38% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 20.66% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 16.98%.
Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 8.04
- Price/Sales: 0.65
- Price/Book: 0.97
- Dividend yield: 1.53%.
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| 6-Month Chart of Servotronics Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Servotronics Inc. (SVT) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Servotronics Inc. (SVT) (Click to enlarge) |