Ken Fisher is an investment analyst and founder, chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments. In his asset management company he serves around USD 37.63 billion. His portfolio invested money on 474 companies; 48 of his stock holdings are completely new.
Ken has big investments within the technology sector
but financial shares and consumer stocks are also very important for his asset allocation. His latest portfolio transactions show that he strengthen his technology and commodity side. He bought Cisco and Apple for the tech side and BASF, RIO Tinto, Vale and BP for his commodity bets.
Below is a list of his latest and biggest dividend stock buys as well as his most important portfolio positions.
Below is a list of his latest and biggest dividend stock buys as well as his most important portfolio positions.
16 of his 20 top buys from the recent quarter pay dividends and 13 are currently
recommended to buy. He's a real large cap investor but has also some smaller companies. Summarized: Fisher has a very diversified portfolio.
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $412.60 billion. The company employs 72,800 people, generates revenue of $156.508 billion and has a net income of $41.733 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $58.518 billion. The EBITDA margin is 37.39 percent (the operating margin is 35.30 percent and the net profit margin 26.67 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $41.89. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.65 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The AAPL stake was added by 58.12 percent and had an impact of 0.66 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.48, the P/S ratio is 2.65 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.51. The dividend yield amounts to 2.76 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.97.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Apple (AAPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Apple (AAPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Apple (AAPL) |
BASF (OTCMKTS:BASFY) has a market capitalization of $89.71 billion. The company employs 111,687 people, generates revenue of $104.094 billion and has a net income of $6.904 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16.459 billion. The EBITDA margin is 15.81 percent (the operating margin is 11.40 percent and the net profit margin 6.63 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 20.87 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 54.63 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.03 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.62. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.44 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The BASFY stake was added by 404.63 percent and had an impact to his portfolio of 0.59 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.75, the P/S ratio is 0.85 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.71. The dividend yield amounts to 3.54 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.73.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of BASF (BASFY) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of BASF (BASFY) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of BASF (BASFY) |
American Express (NYSE:AXP) has a market capitalization of $86.00 billion. The company employs 62,400 people, generates revenue of $33.808 billion and has a net income of $4.482 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7.442 billion. The EBITDA margin is 22.01 percent (the operating margin is 19.08 percent and the net profit margin 13.26 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.02 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 332.62 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.53 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.95. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The AXP stake was added by 19.94 percent and had an impact to his portfolio of 0.32 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.80, the P/S ratio is 2.54 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.57. The dividend yield amounts to 1.18 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.78.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of American Express (AXP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of American Express (AXP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of American Express (AXP) |
Take a closer look at the full list of Ken Fisher's latest dividend stock buys and his biggest portfolio stock holdings. The average P/E ratio amounts to 17.07
and forward P/E ratio is 11.20. The dividend yield has a value of 2.71 percent.
Price to book ratio is 2.32 and price to sales ratio 2.18. The operating margin
amounts to 16.38 percent and the beta ratio is 1.34. Stocks from the list have
an average debt to equity ratio of 1.35.
These are Ken Fishers 20 biggest stock buys as of Q1/2013:
Ticker
|
Company
|
Action
|
Impact
|
Increase
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AAPL
|
Apple Inc
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Add
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0.66%
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Add 58.12%
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BASFY
|
Basf SE
|
Add
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0.59%
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Add 404.63%
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AXP
|
American Express Co
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Add
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0.32%
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Add 19.94%
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RIO
|
Rio Tinto PLC
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Add
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0.30%
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Add 29.66%
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MCD
|
McDonald's Corporati...
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Add
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0.30%
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Add 27.85%
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BP
|
BP PLC
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Add
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0.17%
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Add 28478.2%
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CSCO
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Cisco Systems Inc
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Add
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0.17%
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Add 9.32%
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CSTR
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Coinstar, Inc.
|
Buy
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0.16%
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New holding, 1041008 sh.
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VSH
|
Vishay Intertechnolo...
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Buy
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0.15%
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New holding, 4156347 sh.
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VALE
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Vale SA
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Buy
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0.13%
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New holding, 2908756 sh.
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JPM
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JPMorgan Chase & Co
|
Add
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0.13%
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Add 8.61%
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RHHBY
|
Roche Holding AG
|
Add
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0.12%
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Add 634.57%
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LQD
|
iShares IBoxx $ Inve...
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Add
|
0.12%
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Add 4.98%
|
MTU
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Finan...
|
Add
|
0.12%
|
Add 797.63%
|
FBG
|
Fisher Enhanced Big ...
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Add
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0.09%
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Add 21.62%
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BAP
|
Credicorp Ltd
|
Add
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0.07%
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Add 102.91%
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RDEN
|
Elizabeth Arden, Inc...
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Add
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0.07%
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Add 118.21%
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BAC
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Bank of America Corp...
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Add
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0.05%
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Add 4846.54%
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C
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Citigroup Inc
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Add
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0.04%
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Add 5025.84%
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SYT
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Syngenta AG
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Add
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0.04%
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Add 24.94%
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Here is the full table of Ken Fisher's biggest bets with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| Latest Stock Purchases Of Ken Fisher (Click to enlarge) |
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Here are Ken Fisher's biggest stock holdings as of Q1/2013:
Ticker
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Asset Name
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Value in $1.000
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Weighting
|
Change from last Period
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LQD
|
iShares IBoxx $
Invest Grade
|
940,258
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2.50%
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4.98%
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PFE
|
Pfizer Inc
|
886,338
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2.40%
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-3.34%
|
JNJ
|
Johnson & Johnson
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826,182
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2.20%
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-2.51%
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CSCO
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Cisco Systems Inc
|
758,290
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2.00%
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9.32%
|
GE
|
General Electric Co
|
696,379
|
1.90%
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-0.65%
|
AXP
|
American Express Co
|
729,043
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1.90%
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19.94%
|
HBC
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HSBC Holdings PLC
|
660,601
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1.80%
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0.95%
|
AAPL
|
Apple Inc
|
664,337
|
1.80%
|
58.12%
|
IBM
|
International Business Machines Corp
|
671,845
|
1.80%
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-3.46%
|
WFC
|
Wells Fargo & Co
|
677,251
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1.80%
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-1.11%
|
ORCL
|
Oracle Corporation
|
622,352
|
1.70%
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-2.59%
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LVMUY
|
LVMH Moet
Hennessy Louis Vuitton
|
625,809
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1.70%
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-1.69%
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AMZN
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Amazon.com Inc
|
640,201
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1.70%
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-1.76%
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NSRGY
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Nestle SA
|
641,175
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1.70%
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-1.95%
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PEP
|
PepsiCo Inc
|
653,483
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1.70%
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-0.04%
|
SNY
|
Sanofi
|
656,780
|
1.70%
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-2.43%
|
V
|
Visa, Inc.
|
583,429
|
1.60%
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-29.23%
|
QCOM
|
Qualcomm, Inc.
|
598,023
|
1.60%
|
-1.79%
|
JPM
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co
|
616,658
|
1.60%
|
8.61%
|
GOOG
|
Google, Inc.
|
549,604
|
1.50%
|
-2.94%
|
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