Nearly half of my investments were made in consumer related product companies. I really love this sector due to the fact that there are so many well diversified companies with low risks.
Stocks from the sector raise dividends like clockwork and sharing their business success with shareholders.
In addition, I believe that the end-consumer spending will grow steadily because it’s a desire of humans to attain wealth and supply. People also want to represent something special. All ends in rising consumer demand.
The consumer goods sector has nearly 400 companies listed and most of them are of low growth. Smart investors should take a closer look at the buy opportunities in order to find the best share to invest in.
Let's go! I made a screen of the best consumer growth picks.
These are my criteria:
- Forward P/E under 15
- Past 5Y Sales growth over 10 percent
- Earnings per share growth for the next five
years over 10 percent
- Operating Margin over 10 percent
Twelve stocks fulfilled these criteria of which six
pay dividends and all twelve are currently recommended to buy. The results are
dominated by textile, apparel, footwear and accessories stocks.
Here are my favorite stocks:
Coach (NYSE:COH) has a market capitalization of $16.07 billion. The company employs 18,000 people, generates revenue of $4.763 billion and has a net income of $1.038 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.644 billion. The EBITDA margin is 34.53 percent (the operating margin is 31.74 percent and the net profit margin 21.81 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.75 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.17 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 57.63 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.57. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.98 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.86, the P/S ratio is 3.36 and the P/B ratio is finally 8.07. The dividend yield amounts to 2.13 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.60.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Coach (COH) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Coach (COH) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Coach (COH) |
Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) has a market capitalization of $4.90 billion. The company employs 11,100 people, generates revenue of $6.219 billion and has a net income of $423.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $886.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.25 percent (the operating margin is 10.79 percent and the net profit margin 6.80 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 36.66 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 92.63 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.40 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.28. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.66 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.15, the P/S ratio is 0.79 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.32. The dividend yield amounts to 1.62 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.26.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Ingredion (INGR) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Ingredion (INGR) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Ingredion (INGR) |
PVH (NYSE:PVH) has a market capitalization of $7.68 billion. The company employs 10,900 people, generates revenue of $5.890 billion and has a net income of $317.88 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $690.30 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.72 percent (the operating margin is 9.50 percent and the net profit margin 5.40 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 28.37 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 70.56 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.52 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.81. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.15 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.73, the P/S ratio is 1.30 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.93. The dividend yield amounts to 0.14 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.93.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of PVH (PVH) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of PVH (PVH) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of PVH (PVH) |
Take a closer look at the full list of consumer growth picks for 2013. The average P/E ratio amounts to 14.72
and forward P/E ratio is 10.88. The dividend yield has a value of 1.11 percent.
Price to book ratio is 2.94 and price to sales ratio 1.34. The operating margin
amounts to 16.30 percent. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 0.44.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| Best Consumer Stock Picks For 2013 (Click to enlarge) |
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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
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