Investment gurus are asset or fund managers with big amounts of cash under management. They became popular by big returns and spectacular investment strategies. I talk about investors like George Soros and Warren Buffett. They all have one thing in common: The average return beats the market and if they invest, the market follows.
I always screen picks from Warren Buffett. He has a solid investment decision process and selects stocks I also like. Sometimes he gives me new ideas about long-term investments or about growth opportunities which I haven’t considered for the time being.
In order to find the hottest stocks at the investment premier league, I made a screen of the biggest stock buys from 49 super investors over the recent six month and ranked them in my 100 best guru buy list. They all combined bought 449 stocks within the past half year.
The top stocks are now Microsoft and AIG International. Microsoft was purchased by 9 stock market professionals and AIG by 8. Exactly 60 percent of the top ten buys have a relationship to the technology sector. Investors still love this field because of the high growth potential and strong cash flows. But technology stocks are no big dividend payer.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $230.77 billion. The company employs 94,000 people, generates revenue of $73.723 billion and has a net income of $16.978 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $24.819 billion. The EBITDA margin is 33.67 percent (the operating margin is 29.92 percent and the net profit margin 23.03 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 9.85 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 18.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.51 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.82. Last fiscal year, the company 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 15.11, the P/S ratio is 3.13 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.48. The dividend yield amounts to 3.34 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.94.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Microsoft (MSFT) |
Long-Term Dividends History of Microsoft (MSFT) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microsoft (MSFT) |
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) has a market capitalization of $105.03 billion. The company employs 118,000 people, generates revenue of $42.321 billion and has a net income of $5.468 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $10.762 billion. The EBITDA margin is 25.43 percent (the operating margin is 16.99 percent and the net profit margin 12.92 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 18.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 33.47 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.48 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.06. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.10 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.49, the P/S ratio is 2.48 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.02. The dividend yield amounts to 1.58 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.42.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Schlumberger (SLB) |
Long-Term Dividends History of Schlumberger (SLB) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Schlumberger (SLB) |
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has a market capitalization of $104.50 billion. The company employs 104,700 people, generates revenue of $53.341 billion and has a net income of $11.005 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $22.160 billion. The EBITDA margin is 41.54 percent (the operating margin is 27.44 percent and the net profit margin 20.63 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 15.94 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 26.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.66 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.13. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.87 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.85, the P/S ratio is 1.96 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.04. The dividend yield amounts to 4.29 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.01.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Intel Corporation (INTC) |
Long-Term Dividends History of Intel Corporation (INTC) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Intel Corporation (INTC) |
Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with biggest guru buys
over the past six months. The average P/E ratio amounts to 18.56. Exactly 70
companies pay dividends of which three have a high yield. The average dividend
yield amounts to 1.60 percent. P/S ratio is 2.81 and P/B ratio 6.68.
Here is the full list:
Symbol
|
Stock
|
%
|
Buys
|
Hold Price*
|
MSFT
|
Microsoft Corp.
|
0.074
|
9
|
$27.89
|
AIG
|
American Int'l. Group
|
0.452
|
8
|
$33.36
|
BRK.B
|
Berkshire Hathaway CL B
|
0.311
|
8
|
$88.34
|
SLB
|
Schlumberger Ltd.
|
0.094
|
8
|
$70.95
|
INTC
|
Intel Corp.
|
0.089
|
8
|
$21.86
|
SCHW
|
Charles Schwab
|
0.124
|
7
|
$13.09
|
GOOG
|
Google Inc.
|
0.078
|
7
|
$736.87
|
DELL
|
Dell Inc.
|
0.058
|
7
|
$10.00
|
HPQ
|
Hewlett-Packard
|
0.093
|
6
|
$15.51
|
ORCL
|
Oracle Corp.
|
0.034
|
6
|
$32.23
|
C
|
Citigroup Inc.
|
0.124
|
5
|
$33.62
|
HAL
|
Halliburton Co.
|
0.115
|
5
|
$33.89
|
JPM
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
0.078
|
5
|
$42.93
|
GM
|
General Motors
|
0.068
|
5
|
$22.75
|
UPS
|
United Parcel Service
|
0.061
|
5
|
$73.26
|
GLW
|
Corning Inc.
|
0.056
|
5
|
$12.63
|
CSCO
|
Cisco Systems
|
0.026
|
5
|
$19.17
|
PG
|
Procter & Gamble
|
0.149
|
4
|
$68.77
|
WU
|
Western Union Co.
|
0.134
|
4
|
$15.18
|
AAPL
|
Apple Inc.
|
0.119
|
4
|
$640.88
|
BAC
|
Bank of America Corp.
|
0.108
|
4
|
$9.86
|
DTV
|
DIRECTV Group Inc.
|
0.099
|
4
|
$51.82
|
K
|
Kellogg Co.
|
0.085
|
4
|
$55.86
|
APOL
|
Apollo Group
|
0.047
|
4
|
$20.91
|
WFC
|
Wells Fargo
|
0.044
|
4
|
$34.32
|
BIG
|
Big Lots Inc.
|
0.033
|
4
|
$29.59
|
KO
|
Coca Cola Co.
|
0.032
|
4
|
$37.37
|
IPG
|
Interpublic Group
|
0.029
|
4
|
$11.02
|
V
|
Visa Inc.
|
0.009
|
4
|
$134.82
|
BBRY
|
BlackBerry
|
0.217
|
3
|
$7.69
|
VRX
|
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l
|
0.104
|
3
|
$55.77
|
EBAY
|
eBay Inc.
|
0.085
|
3
|
$49.80
|
FB
|
Facebook Inc.
|
0.081
|
3
|
$25.77
|
HIG
|
Hartford Financial Svc.Gp.
|
0.067
|
3
|
$20.04
|
ADI
|
Analog Devices
|
0.066
|
3
|
$41.50
|
DLPH
|
Delphi Automotive plc
|
0.058
|
3
|
$33.55
|
GSK
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
0.056
|
3
|
$43.52
|
SPLS
|
Staples Inc.
|
0.05
|
3
|
$11.43
|
NOV
|
National Oilwell Varco Inc.
|
0.05
|
3
|
$73.55
|
DVN
|
Devon Energy Corp.
|
0.045
|
3
|
$55.91
|
MRVL
|
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
|
0.038
|
3
|
$8.70
|
TMO
|
Thermo Fisher Scientific
|
0.034
|
3
|
$61.69
|
DLB
|
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
|
0.033
|
3
|
$32.75
|
OXY
|
Occidental Petroleum
|
0.032
|
3
|
$76.60
|
DV
|
DeVRY Inc.
|
0.028
|
3
|
$23.73
|
STJ
|
St Jude Medical
|
0.028
|
3
|
$38.37
|
TXN
|
Texas Instruments
|
0.028
|
3
|
$29.95
|
TEL
|
TE Connectivity
|
0.027
|
3
|
$35.74
|
WSH
|
Willis Group Holdings Plc
|
0.026
|
3
|
$36.59
|
IGT
|
International Game Technology
|
0.024
|
3
|
$13.70
|
BF.A
|
BROWN FORMAN Inc. A
|
0.024
|
3
|
$61.83
|
ADBE
|
Adobe Systems
|
0.023
|
3
|
$33.38
|
DE
|
Deere & Co.
|
0.02
|
3
|
$82.53
|
CHRW
|
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
|
0.02
|
3
|
$63.22
|
ADM
|
Archer-Daniels-Midland
|
0.017
|
3
|
$27.27
|
JNJ
|
Johnson & Johnson
|
0.013
|
3
|
$69.47
|
MA
|
Mastercard Inc.
|
0.012
|
3
|
$466.26
|
EMR
|
Emerson Electric
|
0.012
|
3
|
$52.42
|
CE
|
Celanese Corp.
|
0.011
|
3
|
$42.23
|
BRK.A
|
Berkshire Hathaway CL A
|
0.01
|
3
|
$132995.79
|
MS
|
Morgan Stanley
|
0.009
|
3
|
$19.07
|
LOW
|
Lowe's Cos.
|
0.006
|
3
|
$31.65
|
MCO
|
Moody's Corp.
|
0.006
|
3
|
$44.17
|
RDS.A
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
|
0.002
|
3
|
$54.69
|
BK
|
Bank of New York
|
0.002
|
3
|
$24.06
|
ACN
|
Accenture
|
0.122
|
2
|
$67.98
|
BIDU
|
Baidu Inc.
|
0.115
|
2
|
N/A
|
COH
|
Coach Inc.
|
0.107
|
2
|
$56.02
|
MDLZ
|
Mondelez International
|
0.1
|
2
|
$28.48
|
AET
|
Aetna Inc.
|
0.085
|
2
|
$42.97
|
LIFE
|
Life Technologies Corp.
|
0.083
|
2
|
$48.93
|
BBY
|
Best Buy Co. Inc.
|
0.08
|
2
|
N/A
|
WAG
|
Walgreen Co.
|
0.079
|
2
|
$36.72
|
VRSK
|
Verisk Analytics Inc.
|
0.076
|
2
|
$48.43
|
ESRX
|
Express Scripts
|
0.076
|
2
|
$60.23
|
GS
|
Goldman Sachs Group
|
0.073
|
2
|
$120.21
|
NFLX
|
Netflix Inc.
|
0.071
|
2
|
$54.44
|
CLX
|
Clorox Co.
|
0.067
|
2
|
$73.22
|
PANL
|
Universal Display Corp.
|
0.067
|
2
|
$26.28
|
MCD
|
McDonald's Corp.
|
0.061
|
2
|
$90.81
|
AMZN
|
Amazon Corp.
|
0.055
|
2
|
$251.53
|
ADSK
|
Autodesk Inc.
|
0.052
|
2
|
$34.38
|
YHOO
|
Yahoo Inc.
|
0.049
|
2
|
$15.98
|
ADT
|
ADT Corp.
|
0.049
|
2
|
$37.26
|
PCLN
|
Priceline.com Inc.
|
0.048
|
2
|
$620.19
|
MMM
|
3M Co.
|
0.048
|
2
|
$92.06
|
ISCA
|
International Speedway
|
0.048
|
2
|
$27.64
|
MATX
|
Matson Inc.
|
0.047
|
2
|
$20.91
|
SYK
|
Stryker Corp.
|
0.046
|
2
|
$55.04
|
UNT
|
Unit Corp.
|
0.045
|
2
|
N/A
|
VIA.B
|
Viacom Inc.
|
0.044
|
2
|
$52.79
|
TOT
|
Total SA
|
0.041
|
2
|
$50.64
|
APA
|
Apache Corp.
|
0.04
|
2
|
$82.25
|
TW
|
Towers Watson & Co.
|
0.04
|
2
|
N/A
|
WAT
|
Waters Corp.
|
0.038
|
2
|
$86.44
|
AON
|
Aon Corp.
|
0.037
|
2
|
$54.21
|
DD
|
Du Pont (E.I.)
|
0.033
|
2
|
$48.92
|
BX
|
The Blackstone Group
|
0.032
|
2
|
$15.59
|
LAYN
|
Layne Christensen Co.
|
0.031
|
2
|
N/A
|
CMI
|
Cummins Inc.
|
0.031
|
2
|
$92.21
|
Here are the market ratios:
Ticker
|
Company
|
P/E
|
P/S
|
P/B
|
Dividend Yield
|
BX
|
The Blackstone Group
|
45.05
|
5.11
|
1.76
|
9.32%
|
GSK
|
GlaxoSmithKline plc
|
15.90
|
2.67
|
12.16
|
5.10%
|
TOT
|
Total SA
|
8.23
|
0.51
|
1.19
|
5.04%
|
BBY
|
Best Buy Co. Inc.
|
N/A
|
0.10
|
1.47
|
4.45%
|
INTC
|
Intel Corporation
|
9.86
|
1.96
|
2.04
|
4.29%
|
DD
|
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
|
18.27
|
1.26
|
4.39
|
3.62%
|
WU
|
Western Union Co.
|
7.29
|
1.54
|
7.68
|
3.41%
|
SPLS
|
Staples, Inc.
|
N/A
|
0.36
|
1.42
|
3.39%
|
MSFT
|
Microsoft Corporation
|
15.14
|
3.16
|
3.18
|
3.34%
|
MCD
|
McDonald's Corp.
|
17.70
|
3.46
|
6.86
|
3.25%
|
JNJ
|
Johnson & Johnson
|
19.55
|
3.11
|
N/A
|
3.23%
|
CLX
|
The Clorox Company
|
18.86
|
1.89
|
192.21
|
3.17%
|
HPQ
|
Hewlett-Packard Company
|
N/A
|
0.27
|
1.48
|
3.14%
|
K
|
Kellogg Company
|
22.92
|
1.49
|
8.79
|
2.99%
|
PG
|
Procter & Gamble Co.
|
19.42
|
2.48
|
3.10
|
2.97%
|
WSH
|
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company
|
16.77
|
1.84
|
2.35
|
2.97%
|
GLW
|
Corning Inc.
|
10.68
|
2.27
|
0.84
|
2.93%
|
WFC
|
Wells Fargo & Company
|
10.38
|
3.80
|
1.17
|
2.87%
|
EMR
|
Emerson Electric Co.
|
20.54
|
1.68
|
3.97
|
2.85%
|
UPS
|
United Parcel Service, Inc.
|
N/A
|
1.45
|
10.44
|
2.77%
|
WAG
|
Walgreen Co.
|
18.57
|
0.55
|
2.13
|
2.66%
|
CSCO
|
Cisco Systems, Inc.
|
13.65
|
2.41
|
2.13
|
2.65%
|
KO
|
The Coca-Cola Company
|
20.19
|
3.65
|
5.24
|
2.63%
|
ADI
|
Analog Devices Inc.
|
21.46
|
5.16
|
3.31
|
2.63%
|
MRVL
|
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
|
16.31
|
1.61
|
1.08
|
2.54%
|
MMM
|
3M Co.
|
16.24
|
2.41
|
3.91
|
2.47%
|
JPM
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
9.35
|
3.30
|
0.91
|
2.47%
|
COH
|
Coach, Inc.
|
13.48
|
2.79
|
6.59
|
2.45%
|
TXN
|
Texas Instruments Inc.
|
22.70
|
3.00
|
3.47
|
2.45%
|
OXY
|
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
|
12.14
|
2.97
|
1.77
|
2.44%
|
DELL
|
Dell Inc.
|
9.27
|
0.40
|
2.33
|
2.35%
|
CHRW
|
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.
|
16.27
|
0.85
|
6.40
|
2.34%
|
ADM
|
Archer Daniels Midland Company
|
14.53
|
0.22
|
1.04
|
2.32%
|
MATX
|
Matson, Inc.
|
28.11
|
0.69
|
4.13
|
2.27%
|
AAPL
|
Apple Inc.
|
10.77
|
2.71
|
3.50
|
2.23%
|
ACN
|
Accenture plc
|
18.65
|
1.71
|
11.09
|
2.21%
|
STJ
|
St. Jude Medical Inc.
|
17.90
|
2.39
|
3.21
|
2.16%
|
TEL
|
TE Connectivity Ltd.
|
14.42
|
1.29
|
2.09
|
2.07%
|
DE
|
Deere & Company
|
12.16
|
1.00
|
5.26
|
1.98%
|
IPG
|
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
|
17.13
|
0.75
|
2.50
|
1.97%
|
MDLZ
|
Mondelez International, Inc.
|
14.92
|
0.91
|
1.34
|
1.87%
|
BK
|
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
|
13.68
|
9.26
|
0.89
|
1.86%
|
MCO
|
Moody's Corp.
|
14.27
|
3.54
|
30.98
|
1.84%
|
CMI
|
Cummins Inc.
|
13.68
|
1.31
|
3.43
|
1.67%
|
IGT
|
International Game Technology
|
17.67
|
1.99
|
3.56
|
1.67%
|
SYK
|
Stryker Corp.
|
18.81
|
2.80
|
2.82
|
1.66%
|
HIG
|
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
|
36.62
|
0.40
|
0.47
|
1.65%
|
LOW
|
Lowe's Companies Inc.
|
23.23
|
0.86
|
3.08
|
1.64%
|
AET
|
Aetna Inc.
|
10.56
|
0.46
|
1.55
|
1.58%
|
SLB
|
Schlumberger Limited
|
19.48
|
2.48
|
3.02
|
1.58%
|
SCHW
|
The Charles Schwab Corporation
|
24.48
|
4.41
|
2.50
|
1.42%
|
DVN
|
Devon Energy Corporation
|
34.92
|
2.57
|
1.12
|
1.32%
|
GS
|
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
10.71
|
1.71
|
1.08
|
1.32%
|
DV
|
DeVry, Inc.
|
17.20
|
0.92
|
1.36
|
1.14%
|
AON
|
Aon Corporation
|
18.91
|
1.56
|
2.32
|
1.11%
|
ADT
|
The ADT Corporation
|
27.88
|
3.41
|
2.11
|
1.05%
|
HAL
|
Halliburton Company
|
14.84
|
1.34
|
2.43
|
0.87%
|
MS
|
Morgan Stanley
|
N/A
|
1.43
|
0.76
|
0.86%
|
V
|
Visa, Inc.
|
72.05
|
11.83
|
3.79
|
0.84%
|
TMO
|
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
|
21.68
|
2.15
|
1.74
|
0.80%
|
APA
|
Apache Corp.
|
13.54
|
1.95
|
1.08
|
0.80%
|
NOV
|
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
|
11.85
|
1.47
|
1.46
|
0.75%
|
TW
|
Towers Watson & Co.
|
5.46
|
1.38
|
1.83
|
0.70%
|
ORCL
|
Oracle Corporation
|
16.46
|
4.44
|
3.86
|
0.69%
|
ISCA
|
International Speedway Corp.
|
24.86
|
2.22
|
1.08
|
0.68%
|
CE
|
Celanese Corporation
|
12.99
|
1.23
|
4.57
|
0.61%
|
MA
|
Mastercard Incorporated
|
23.90
|
8.82
|
9.35
|
0.46%
|
BAC
|
Bank of America Corporation
|
47.04
|
2.21
|
0.54
|
0.34%
|
C
|
Citigroup, Inc.
|
17.14
|
1.90
|
0.68
|
0.09%
|
BRK-A
|
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
|
18.15
|
1.55
|
1.31
|
0.00%
|
BRK-B
|
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
|
0.01
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00%
|
BBRY
|
Research In Motion Limited
|
N/A
|
0.69
|
0.91
|
0.00%
|
BIDU
|
Baidu, Inc.
|
20.18
|
9.46
|
8.11
|
0.00%
|
BIG
|
Big Lots Inc.
|
12.44
|
0.36
|
2.97
|
0.00%
|
APOL
|
Apollo Group Inc.
|
6.59
|
0.55
|
2.24
|
0.00%
|
AIG
|
American International Group, Inc.
|
2.69
|
0.81
|
0.56
|
0.00%
|
AMZN
|
Amazon.com Inc.
|
N/A
|
1.95
|
44.70
|
0.00%
|
ADBE
|
Adobe Systems Inc.
|
23.57
|
4.43
|
2.90
|
0.00%
|
ADSK
|
Autodesk, Inc.
|
37.04
|
3.80
|
4.33
|
0.00%
|
EBAY
|
eBay Inc.
|
28.45
|
5.22
|
3.51
|
0.00%
|
DLB
|
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
|
13.98
|
3.46
|
2.43
|
0.00%
|
DLPH
|
Delphi Automotive PLC
|
11.60
|
0.79
|
5.22
|
0.00%
|
DTV
|
DIRECTV, Inc.
|
13.04
|
1.10
|
N/A
|
0.00%
|
PANL
|
Universal Display Corp.
|
N/A
|
20.86
|
4.42
|
0.00%
|
PCLN
|
priceline.com Incorporated
|
26.46
|
6.91
|
9.77
|
0.00%
|
NFLX
|
Netflix, Inc.
|
N/A
|
2.81
|
13.52
|
0.00%
|
LAYN
|
Layne Christensen Co.
|
N/A
|
0.39
|
1.01
|
0.00%
|
LIFE
|
Life Technologies Corporation
|
26.20
|
2.85
|
2.33
|
0.00%
|
ESRX
|
Express Scripts Inc.
|
31.85
|
0.58
|
1.98
|
0.00%
|
FB
|
Facebook, Inc.
|
N/A
|
13.36
|
5.77
|
0.00%
|
GM
|
General Motors Company
|
10.74
|
0.30
|
1.07
|
0.00%
|
GOOG
|
Google Inc.
|
24.19
|
5.16
|
3.61
|
0.00%
|
UNT
|
Unit Corp.
|
17.80
|
1.78
|
1.16
|
0.00%
|
VRSK
|
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
|
30.16
|
6.23
|
64.59
|
0.00%
|
VRX
|
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
|
N/A
|
6.82
|
5.54
|
0.00%
|
WAT
|
Waters Corp.
|
17.79
|
4.36
|
5.61
|
0.00%
|
YHOO
|
Yahoo! Inc.
|
6.23
|
4.86
|
1.67
|
0.00%
|
Average
|
18.56
|
2.81
|
6.68
|
1.60%
|
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