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100 Most Bought Stocks By Investment Gurus

100 most bought stocks by investment professionals originally published on Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. I love it to see how the big investors act on the market. Some of them have a really interesting and creative investing strategy which works only with huge amounts of capital.

Some hedge funds play with money and try to boost its return by ignoring a good diversification. But if they know the business and management team the risk might be lower as for desk research investors like us.

However, each month I publish a little list about the largest stock buys from 49 super investors. I analyze how often a stock was bought over the recent six months and ranked them in my 100 best guru buy list. All super gurus combined bought 655 stocks within the recent half year.

In my view, it’s a good tool to look at the activities of guru investors in the market because they have big money in their pockets and if they invest combined, they could change the market very easily.

Their attitude to stocks is also lightning the way to return, not always but sometimes because the media notices the portfolio changes of the hedge fund managers and create additional publicity.

Technology is still the place to be for the investment guru’s. I think that they have noticed the huge cash reserves of Apple and the other stocks. Not enough, most of them are very profitable and grow further despite they don’t have new technologies developed.

Here are my favorites:
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Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has a market capitalization of $156.48 billion. The company employs 120,000 people, generates revenue of $37.180 billion and has a net income of $10.925 billion. Oracle’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $17.363 billion. The EBITDA margin is 46.70 percent (the operating margin is 39.49 percent and the net profit margin 29.38 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.61 percent of Oracle’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 41.42 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.74 percent was realized by Oracle. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.32. Last fiscal year, Oracle paid $0.30 in the form of dividends to shareholders. ORCL was bought by 19 investment guru's.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.52, the P/S ratio is 4.12 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.49. The dividend yield amounts to 1.43 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.19.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Oracle (ORCL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Oracle (ORCL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Oracle (ORCL)

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $444.76 billion. The company employs 72,800 people, generates revenue of $156.508 billion and has a net income of $41.733 billion. Apple’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 Apple’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 by Apple. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $40.04. Last fiscal year, Apple paid $2.65 in the form of dividends to shareholders. AAPL was bought by 13 investment guru's.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.23, the P/S ratio is 2.83 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.88. The dividend yield amounts to 2.50 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.90.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Apple (AAPL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Apple (AAPL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Apple (AAPL)

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $282.55 billion. The company employs 99,000 people, generates revenue of $77.849 billion and has a net income of $21.863 billion. Microsoft’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $30.519 billion. The EBITDA margin is 39.20 percent (the operating margin is 34.11 percent and the net profit margin 28.08 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.95 percent of Microsoft’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 19.76 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.09 percent was realized by Microsoft. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.59. Last fiscal year, Microsoft paid $0.92 in the form of dividends to shareholders. MSFT was bought by 11 investment guru's.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.12, the P/S ratio is 3.59 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.54. The dividend yield amounts to 3.34 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.98.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microsoft (MSFT)

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 20.61. Exactly 81 companies pay dividend; one High-Yield is below the results. The average dividend yield amounts to 1.67 percent. P/S ratio is 2.46 and P/B ratio 4.50.

Here are the top 100 buys:

Symbol
Stock
%
Buys
Hold Price*
ORCL
Oracle Corp.
0.402
19
$30.81
AAPL
Apple Inc.
0.397
13
$396.43
DTV
DIRECTV Group Inc.
0.38
12
$61.63
MSFT
Microsoft Corp.
0.464
11
$34.43
QCOM
QUALCOMM Inc.
0.159
11
$61.09
NOV
National Oilwell Varco Inc.
0.146
11
$68.91
KO
Coca Cola Co.
0.087
10
$40.11
HSP
Hospira Inc.
0.153
9
$38.31
WFC
Wells Fargo
0.143
9
$41.24
SLB
Schlumberger Ltd.
0.113
9
$71.66
COH
Coach Inc.
0.183
8
$57.09
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway CL B
0.055
8
$111.99
ESRX
Express Scripts
0.284
7
$61.72
BP
BP plc
0.248
7
$41.74
EMC
EMC Corp.
0.163
7
$23.62
WU
Western Union Co.
0.096
7
$17.11
XOM
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.088
7
$90.35
SCHW
Charles Schwab
0.068
7
$21.23
APA
Apache Corp.
0.05
7
$83.52
V
Visa Inc.
0.049
7
$182.43
GOOG
Google Inc.
0.039
7
$880.47
AIG
American Int'l. Group
0.194
6
$44.57
UPS
United Parcel Service
0.161
6
$86.48
MRK
Merck & Co.
0.148
6
$46.45
VRX
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l
0.135
6
$86.08
LH
Laboratory Corp. of America Holding
0.133
6
$100.10
APOL
Apollo Group
0.133
6
$17.72
IBM
International Bus. Machines
0.071
6
$191.10
UNH
United Health Group Inc.
0.065
6
$65.48
RDS.A
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
0.046
6
$48.04
BBT
BB&T Corp.
0.009
6
$34.30
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0.172
5
$62.63
USB
U.S. Bancorp
0.076
5
$36.27
PM
Philip Morris Intl.
0.072
5
$86.62
ZTS
Zoetis Inc.
0.066
5
$30.89
COF
Capital One Financial
0.058
5
$62.81
KSS
Kohl's Corp.
0.057
5
$50.51
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
0.056
5
$56.31
WMT
Wal-Mart Stores
0.051
5
$74.61
BEN
Franklin Resources
0.051
5
$45.34
INTC
Intel Corp.
0.047
5
$24.11
MA
Mastercard Inc.
0.04
5
$575.19
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
0.035
5
$85.95
DD
Du Pont (E.I.)
0.034
5
$52.51
UTX
United Technologies
0.031
5
$92.94
EMR
Emerson Electric
0.026
5
$54.99
CVX
Chevron Corp.
0.022
5
$118.33
GE
General Electric
0.007
5
$23.19
BHI
Baker Hughes
0.378
4
$46.13
HES
Hess Corp.
0.155
4
$66.49
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
0.132
4
$77.31
MCO
Moody's Corp.
0.126
4
$60.93
WSH
Willis Group Holdings Plc
0.119
4
$40.97
MCRS
MICROS Systems
0.089
4
$43.15
GM
General Motors
0.076
4
$33.31
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
0.068
4
$36.00
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
0.068
4
$89.23
KBR
KBR Inc.
0.064
4
$32.50
ADP
Automatic Data Processing Inc.
0.061
4
$69.30
ABT
Abbott Labs
0.061
4
$34.88
ECL
Ecolab Inc.
0.058
4
$85.19
MET
MetLife Inc.
0.054
4
$45.76
FLR
Fluor Corp.
0.05
4
$59.31
MDT
Medtronic Inc.
0.049
4
$51.43
EBAY
eBay Inc.
0.046
4
$51.72
PCLN
Priceline.com Inc.
0.036
4
$826.87
VAR
Varian Medical Systems
0.034
4
$67.45
AXP
American Express
0.033
4
$74.76
AET
Aetna Inc.
0.029
4
$63.54
DVN
Devon Energy Corp.
0.018
4
$52.37
NYT
New York Times Cl. A
0.018
4
$11.06
STJ
St Jude Medical
0.017
4
$45.63
XYL
Xylem Inc.
0.016
4
$26.94
WLP
WellPoint Inc.
0.016
4
$82.48
GLW
Corning Inc.
0.014
4
$14.59
MMM
3M Co.
0.013
4
$110.75
HAL
Halliburton Co.
0.178
3
$41.73
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
0.149
3
$42.84
HTZ
Hertz Global Hldgs Inc.
0.13
3
$24.80
FRX
Forest Laboratories
0.123
3
$41.00
CMP
Compass Minerals International Inc.
0.086
3
$84.51
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
0.077
3
$69.18
NEM
Newmont Mining Corp. (Hldg. Co.)
0.073
3
$33.73
GT
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
0.071
3
$15.29
CAH
Cardinal Health Inc.
0.066
3
$47.20
TDC
Teradata Corp.
0.063
3
$50.23
FDX
FedEx Corp.
0.056
3
$98.59
FAF
First Amer'n Corp.
0.054
3
$22.04
HUM
Humana Inc.
0.051
3
$84.38
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
0.05
3
$57.49
CBI
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
0.048
3
$59.66
BCR
Bard (C.R.) Inc.
0.048
3
$108.68
OCN
Ocwen Financial Corp.
0.045
3
$42.01
HPQ
Hewlett-Packard
0.042
3
$24.80
NSC
Norfolk Southern Corp.
0.041
3
$72.66
CCL
Carnival Corp.
0.04
3
$34.29
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
0.04
3
$28.56
TW
Towers Watson & Co.
0.038
3
$81.94
PANL
Universal Display Corp.
0.036
3
$28.10
CHK
Chesapeake Energy
0.036
3
$20.42


These are the market price ratios:

Ticker
Company
P/E
P/S
P/B
Dividend Yield
BP
BP plc
5.22
0.34
1.03
5.13%
PM
Philip Morris International, Inc.
17.00
1.83
N/A
4.29%
INTC
Intel Corporation
12.37
2.18
2.12
3.93%
NEM
Newmont Mining Corp.
N/A
1.50
1.22
3.63%
MRK
Merck & Co. Inc.
28.79
3.24
3.07
3.56%
GT
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
20.06
0.29
26.75
3.44%
CVX
Chevron Corporation
9.79
1.00
1.63
3.31%
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
13.10
3.64
3.59
3.30%
GE
General Electric Company
17.38
1.71
2.04
3.12%
CCL
Carnival Corporation
22.77
1.63
1.03
3.09%
DD
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
23.22
1.54
4.17
3.05%
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
19.40
3.50
3.52
3.02%
KO
The Coca-Cola Company
19.80
3.50
5.16
2.99%
XOM
Exxon Mobil Corporation
10.84
0.88
2.30
2.93%
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
11.18
4.63
1.47
2.91%
CMP
Compass Minerals International Inc.
26.91
2.56
5.08
2.82%
GLW
Corning Inc.
11.18
2.67
1.00
2.75%
BBT
BB&T Corporation
13.86
3.52
1.23
2.72%
UPS
United Parcel Service, Inc.
N/A
1.58
23.77
2.72%
HPQ
Hewlett-Packard Company
N/A
0.36
1.68
2.71%
OXY
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
17.30
3.15
1.83
2.70%
WU
Western Union Co.
11.83
1.87
11.19
2.68%
KSS
Kohl's Corp.
12.30
0.60
1.91
2.66%
NSC
Norfolk Southern Corp.
14.49
2.26
2.42
2.65%
WMT
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
14.40
0.51
3.37
2.55%
EMR
Emerson Electric Co.
31.43
1.88
4.57
2.55%
WSH
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company
N/A
2.17
3.90
2.54%
USB
U.S. Bancorp
12.38
5.33
1.92
2.53%
AAPL
Apple Inc.
12.23
2.65
3.65
2.49%
COH
Coach, Inc.
15.04
3.01
6.34
2.49%
ADP
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
25.72
3.07
5.61
2.42%
CHRW
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.
16.20
0.78
6.30
2.37%
MET
MetLife, Inc.
N/A
0.77
0.86
2.34%
CL
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
24.87
3.21
36.24
2.29%
CAH
Cardinal Health, Inc.
55.43
0.18
3.04
2.27%
ITW
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
14.36
2.00
3.32
2.22%
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
30.04
1.34
2.13
2.19%
MMM
3M Co.
18.68
2.71
4.59
2.13%
MDT
Medtronic, Inc.
15.38
3.24
2.92
2.09%
QCOM
QUALCOMM Incorporated
18.00
5.03
3.11
2.07%
IBM
International Business Machines Corp.
13.16
1.99
11.47
2.05%
UTX
United Technologies Corp.
19.12
1.53
3.51
2.04%
FAF
First American Financial Corporation
10.04
0.54
1.13
1.96%
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
26.28
2.30
2.07
1.87%
STJ
St. Jude Medical Inc.
25.86
2.86
4.06
1.82%
WLP
WellPoint Inc.
9.42
0.39
1.06
1.73%
COF
Capital One Financial Corp.
9.35
1.98
0.99
1.73%
XYL
Xylem Inc.
22.50
1.39
2.54
1.67%
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
63.96
2.44
2.37
1.65%
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
18.87
1.15
1.40
1.58%
EMC
EMC Corporation
20.41
2.41
2.38
1.56%
UNH
Unitedhealth Group, Inc.
13.80
0.63
2.33
1.54%
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
25.17
2.37
1.43
1.54%
DVN
Devon Energy Corporation
N/A
2.46
1.17
1.51%
ORCL
Oracle Corporation
14.52
4.15
3.56
1.43%
MCO
Moody's Corp.
21.26
5.39
35.32
1.41%
SLB
Schlumberger Limited
19.24
2.66
3.23
1.39%
CHK
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
N/A
1.17
1.32
1.34%
NOV
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
14.70
1.54
1.62
1.31%
NYT
The New York Times Company
13.97
0.93
2.60
1.30%
HES
Hess Corporation
7.76
1.00
1.15
1.25%
AET
Aetna Inc.
12.93
0.58
1.72
1.24%
AXP
American Express Company
18.32
2.37
4.27
1.23%
BHI
Baker Hughes Incorporated
21.96
1.02
1.26
1.21%
HUM
Humana Inc.
10.09
0.37
1.61
1.14%
SCHW
The Charles Schwab Corporation
31.78
5.44
3.10
1.13%
HAL
Halliburton Company
25.05
1.58
2.96
1.02%
KBR
KBR, Inc.
40.48
0.65
1.86
0.94%
APA
Apache Corp.
13.66
1.98
1.07
0.93%
ECL
Ecolab Inc.
35.67
2.44
4.50
0.92%
FLR
Fluor Corporation
25.87
0.42
3.31
0.87%
AIG
American International Group, Inc.
11.06
1.15
0.75
0.81%
ZTS
Zoetis Inc.
38.10
3.64
20.00
0.81%
BEN
Franklin Resources Inc.
15.29
4.13
3.30
0.79%
BCR
CR Bard Inc.
55.49
3.11
5.95
0.72%
V
Visa, Inc.
33.07
13.10
5.60
0.69%
FDX
FedEx Corporation
23.01
0.82
2.06
0.52%
TW
Towers Watson & Co.
25.36
2.22
2.93
0.41%
MA
Mastercard Incorporated
27.96
10.47
11.66
0.35%
CBI
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
23.36
0.94
3.77
0.28%
BRK-B
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00%
APOL
Apollo Group Inc.
8.54
0.61
2.11
0.00%
ESRX
Express Scripts Inc.
N/A
0.48
2.13
0.00%
EBAY
eBay Inc.
27.54
4.8
3.33
0.00%
DTV
DIRECTV, Inc.
12.43
1.08
N/A
0.00%
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
22.34
3.15
4.75
0.00%
MCRS
MICROS Systems, Inc.
23.61
3.07
3.5
0.00%
LH
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
16.72
1.6
3.45
0.00%
FRX
Forest Laboratories Inc.
N/A
3.67
1.99
0.00%
GM
General Motors Company
12.88
0.32
1.77
0.00%
GOOG
Google Inc.
27.26
5.29
3.74
0.00%
HSP
Hospira Inc.
N/A
1.63
2.25
0.00%
HTZ
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
29.09
0.89
4.09
0.00%
TDC
Teradata Corporation
24.50
3.42
5.06
0.00%
VAR
Varian Medical Systems Inc.
18.84
2.77
4.82
0.00%
VRX
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
N/A
8.39
5.93
0.00%
OCN
Ocwen Financial Corp.
33.26
5.34
4.34
0.00%
PCLN
priceline.com Incorporated
35.11
9.22
9.25
0.00%






Average
20.61
2.46
4.50
1.67%


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