Carl Icahn’s recent stock buys and largest stock
holdings as of Q1/2013 originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Carl Icahn is a well
known investor. He serves around USD 16.9 billion in his asset management company
Icahn Capital Management LP. His asset allocation is very focused on single stocks.
In total he has only 19 stock holdings of which four are new. Within the recent
quarter, Icahn bought only five companies. He’s a guy who wants control and he wants
to change something. In of his portfolio holdings he has a significant influence
with an ownership of more than 10 percent of the outstanding capital.
From his 13 latest stock buys pay only seven dividends. Eight of them have a current buy or better rating by brokerage analysts.
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Transocean (NYSE:RIG) has a market capitalization of $17.89 billion. The company employs 18,400 people, generates revenue of $9.196 billion and has a net income of $816.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.592 billion. The EBITDA margin is 39.06 percent (the operating margin is 17.21 percent and the net profit margin 8.87 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 36.37 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 79.13 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.15 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.69. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.44, the P/S ratio is 1.93 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.13. The dividend yield amounts to 4.54 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.27.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Transocean (RIG) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Transocean (RIG) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Transocean (RIG) |
Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) has a market capitalization of $5.03 billion. The company employs 6,200 people, generates revenue of $4.072 billion and has a net income of $477.19 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $735.83 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.07 percent (the operating margin is 16.24 percent and the net profit margin 11.72 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 28.62 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 115.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 97.29 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.28. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.20 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.41, the P/S ratio is 1.22 and the P/B ratio is finally 12.28. The dividend yield amounts to 2.48 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.85.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Herbalife (HLF) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Herbalife (HLF) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Herbalife (HLF) |
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) has a market capitalization of $23.43 billion. The company employs 108,800 people, generates revenue of $56.940 billion and has a net income of $2.372 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4.504 billion. The EBITDA margin is 7.91 percent (the operating margin is 5.29 percent and the net profit margin 4.17 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 19.11 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 85.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.21 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.06. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.16 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.60, the P/S ratio is 0.41 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.18. The dividend yield amounts to 2.39 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.46.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Dell (DELL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Dell (DELL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Dell (DELL) |
Take a closer look at the full list of Carl Icahn's latest Portfolio. The average P/E ratio amounts to 16.62
and forward P/E ratio is 17.51. The dividend yield has a value of 3.59 percent.
Price to book ratio is 2.18 and price to sales ratio 1.37. The operating margin
amounts to 7.78 percent and the beta ratio is 1.47. Stocks from the list have an
average debt to equity ratio of 1.01.
These are the latest stock holding transactions from Carl Icahn:
Ticker
|
Company
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Date
|
Action
|
Impact
|
Comment
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RIG
|
Transocean Ltd
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Q1/03
|
Add
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4.40%
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Add 245.2%
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HLF
|
Herbalife, Ltd.
|
Q1/03
|
Buy
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3.60%
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New holding, 16355131 sh.
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CVRR
|
CVR Refining LP
|
Q1/03
|
Buy
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0.82%
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New holding, 4000000 sh.
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DELL
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Dell Inc
|
Q1/03
|
Buy
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0.59%
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New holding, 7000000 sh.
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NUAN
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Nuance Communication...
|
Q1/03
|
Buy
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0.45%
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New holding, 3812000 sh.
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NFLX
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Netflix, Inc.
|
Q4/02
|
Add
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3.10%
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Add 343.29%
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RIG
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Transocean Ltd
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Q4/02
|
Buy
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2.00%
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New holding, 5838386 sh.
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CHK
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Chesapeake Energy Co...
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Q4/02
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Add
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1.24%
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Add 19.19%
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TTWO
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Take-Two Interactive...
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Q4/02
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Add
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0.32%
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Add 46.84%
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NAV
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Navistar Internation...
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Q4/02
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Add
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0.27%
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Add 15.56%
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OSK
|
Oshkosh Corporation
|
Q4/02
|
Sold Out
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-2.10%
|
Sold Out
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CMC
|
Commercial Metals Co...
|
Q4/02
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Sold Out
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-0.94%
|
Sold Out
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IEP
|
Icahn Enterprises LP
|
Q3/02
|
Add
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1.40%
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Add 4.12%
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FRX
|
Forest Laboratories,...
|
Q3/02
|
Add
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1.37%
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Add 16.31%
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NFLX
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Netflix, Inc.
|
Q3/02
|
Buy
|
0.61%
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New holding, 1250000 sh.
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NAV
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Navistar Internation...
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Q3/02
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Add
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0.39%
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Add 25.5%
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CVI
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Cvr Energy, Inc.
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Q2/02
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Add
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14.90%
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Add 465.78%
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CHK
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Chesapeake Energy Co...
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Q2/02
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Buy
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8.90%
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New holding, 50085202 sh.
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NAV
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Navistar Internation...
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Q2/02
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Add
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0.25%
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Add 12.64%
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IEP
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Icahn Enterprises, L...
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Q2/02
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Add
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0.19%
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Add 0.54%
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Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| Carl Icahn's latest Dividend Stock Buys (Click to enlarge) |
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Here are Carl Icahn's Portfolio Stock Holdings:
Ticker
|
Company
|
Value in 1,000
|
Weighting
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% of outstanding shares
|
IEP
|
Icahn Enterprises LP
|
5,329,130
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31.40%
|
90.5
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CVI
|
CVR Energy, Inc.
|
3,675,280
|
21.70%
|
82
|
CHK
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp
|
1,218,450
|
7.20%
|
8.94
|
FRX
|
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
|
1,166,380
|
6.90%
|
11.51
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RIG
|
Transocean Ltd
|
1,047,200
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6.20%
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5.61
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NFLX
|
Netflix, Inc.
|
1,049,530
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6.20%
|
9.9
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HLF
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Herbalife, Ltd.
|
612,500
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3.60%
|
15.87
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ARII
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American Railcar Industries
|
554,863
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3.30%
|
55.6
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FDML
|
Federal-Mogul Corp
|
462,488
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2.70%
|
77.55
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HAIN
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Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
|
442,217
|
2.60%
|
15.58
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NAV
|
Navistar International Corp
|
409,487
|
2.40%
|
14.79
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MENT
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Mentor Graphics Corporation
|
290,971
|
1.70%
|
14.29
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TTWO
|
Take-Two
Interactive Software
|
194,135
|
1.10%
|
13.12
|
WBMD
|
WebMD Health Corporation
|
162,956
|
0.96%
|
13.43
|
CVRR
|
CVR Refining LP
|
138,760
|
0.82%
|
2.71
|
DELL
|
Dell Inc
|
100,310
|
0.59%
|
0.4
|
NUAN
|
Nuance Communications, Inc.
|
76,926
|
0.45%
|
1.21
|
ENZN
|
Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|
22,439
|
0.13%
|
13.51
|
VLTC
|
Voltari Corp
|
2,475
|
0.02%
|
14.5
|
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