20 Best Stocks To Buy Or Sell On Black Friday

The best stocks to trade on Black Friday; originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Today is Black Friday. Yes, also for the financial markets is this calendar date a very meaningful event. It is the first day of the pre Christmas shopping season which indicates the strength of the full period. People searching for the best offers, the most attractive deals and spend as much money as their credit card allows. Some companies will benefit from Black Friday and the pre Christmas shopping season. Investors should be careful by buying Black Friday stocks.

I made a screen of well-known stocks which have an exposure to the current event. They are well diversified and should not have a higher downside risk if the sales numbers are weaker than expected. If you like the theme shopping and consumer goods and you like to buy stocks from several industries covering these ideas then you should take a look at the list of the 20 Black Friday stocks below.

The Black Friday shopping stock list consists of twenty stocks with consumer focus (apparel, jewelry, retail electronics and food). Most of them pay dividends and the average stocks is expected to grow in earnings by a double-digit amount. Below the results is one high-yield and sixteen have a current buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

Best Christmas Stocks 2011

Best Christmas Shares by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that produce gifts for your Christmas time and could benefit from better as expected yearend sales. Compared to the previous year, where 30 shares were part of the analysis, I decided to increase the number by service companies like apparel and electronic retailer. In addition, I scaled up stocks that produce consumer electronics and food.

These are the 6 top stocks by dividend yield:

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Koninklijke Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG) has a market capitalization of $18.94 billion. The company employs 124,218 people, generates revenues of $33,029.27 million and has a net income of $1,863.33 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,530.98 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 13.72 percent (operating margin 8.12 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.64 percent).


The total debt representing 14.43 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 30.96 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.76 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.58 of which $0.97 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.58 and Price/Book ratio 0.92. Dividend Yield: 5.89 percent. The beta ratio is 1.41.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Koninklijke Philips El... (Click to enlarge)

Avon Products (NYSE:AVP) has a market capitalization of $7.28 billion. The company employs 42,000 people, generates revenues of $10,862.80 million and has a net income of $595.20 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,267.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.67 percent (operating margin 9.88 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.48 percent).


The total debt representing 39.83 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 189.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 40.02 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.70 of which $0.88 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.96, Price/Sales 0.65 and Price/Book ratio 4.27. Dividend Yield: 5.59 percent. The beta ratio is 1.39.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Avon Products, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) has a market capitalization of $3.68 billion. The company employs 71,000 people, generates revenues of $18,366.00 million and has a net income of $650.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,563.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 8.51 percent (operating margin 5.49 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.54 percent).


The total debt representing 16.10 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 59.37 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 15.69 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $4.54 of which $1.72 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.61, Price/Sales 0.19 and Price/Book ratio 0.82. Dividend Yield: 4.41 percent. The beta ratio is 1.89.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Whirlpool Corporation (Click to enlarge)

Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) has a market capitalization of $4.23 billion. The company employs 5,800 people, generates revenues of $4,002.16 million and has a net income of $397.75 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $739.14 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.47 percent (operating margin 14.81 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.94 percent).


The total debt representing 34.50 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 87.42 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 24.78 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.91 of which $1.00 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.28, Price/Sales 1.06 and Price/Book ratio 2.79. Dividend Yield: 3.66 percent. The beta ratio is 0.96.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Hasbro, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) has a market capitalization of $52.99 billion. The company employs 199,820 people, generates revenues of $47,500.01 million and has a net income of $3,238.12 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,067.29 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 19.09 percent (operating margin 10.45 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.82 percent).


The total debt representing 0.63 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.95 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.25 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.53 of which $1.54 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.43, Price/Sales 1.23 and Price/Book ratio 1.57. Dividend Yield: 3.60 percent. The beta ratio is 1.00.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Canon Inc. (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) has a market capitalization of $9.42 billion. The company employs 31,000 people, generates revenues of $5,856.20 million and has a net income of $684.86 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,067.71 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.23 percent (operating margin 15.40 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.69 percent).


The total debt representing 22.15 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 45.65 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 26.24 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.02 of which $0.83 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.77, Price/Sales 1.57 and Price/Book ratio 3.61. Dividend Yield: 3.38 percent. The beta ratio is 0.91.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Mattel, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Ticker	Company	P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend Yield
AAPL	Apple Inc.	14.31	3.4	4.8	N/A
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	9.46	3.08	3.69	3.07%
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	13.33	0.46	3.03	2.47%
PG	Procter & Gamble Co.	16.7	2.15	2.77	3.19%
PEP	Pepsico, Inc.	16.42	1.59	4.36	3.14%
KFT	Kraft Foods Inc.	20.17	1.22	1.76	3.14%
DIS	Walt Disney Co.	14.35	1.59	1.71	1.66%
CAJ	Canon Inc.	17.36	1.25	1.63	3.51%
DEO	Diageo plc	17.98	3.44	6.47	3.06%
CL	Colgate-Palmolive Co.	18.42	2.68	16.62	2.53%
NKE	Nike Inc.	20.27	1.99	4.39	1.54%
EBAY	eBay Inc.	22.36	3.67	2.45	N/A
EL	Estee Lauder Companies Inc.	27.74	2.28	8.52	0.96%
PC	Panasonic Corporation	N/A	0.19	0.59	1.45%
PHG	Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV	N/A	0.67	1.13	5.52%
SNE	Sony Corporation	N/A	0.2	0.57	1.76%
COH	Coach, Inc.	19.42	4.04	9.41	1.53%
VFC	V.F. Corporation	20.9	1.64	3.19	2.23%
HSY	Hershey Co.	22.06	2.24	14.49	2.32%
M	Macy's, Inc.	11.75	0.52	2.29	1.26%
RL	Ralph Lauren Corporation	20.13	1.97	3.74	0.58%
LTD	Limited Brands, Inc.	13.44	1.12	22.28	2.05%
JWN	Nordstrom Inc.	15.87	0.97	5.42	1.88%
MAT	Mattel Inc.	13.78	1.51	3.89	3.31%
GPS	Gap Inc.	10.69	0.61	3.39	2.45%
BBY	Best Buy Co. Inc.	8.09	0.16	1.31	2.78%
TIF	Tiffany & Co.	18.46	2.25	3.47	1.84%
AVP	Avon Products Inc.	9.94	0.64	3.99	5.44%
LULU	Lululemon Athletica Inc.	41.03	7.66	12.81	N/A
ERTS	Electronic Arts Inc.	N/A	1.71	2.59	N/A
FOSL	Fossil, Inc.	19.71	2.13	4.94	N/A
PVH	PVH Corp.	17.11	0.81	1.67	0.22%
HAS	Hasbro Inc.	11.26	1	3.07	3.66%
ANF	Abercrombie & Fitch Co.	21.71	1.04	2.18	1.45%
URBN	Urban Outfitters Inc.	19.77	1.62	3.78	N/A
WHR	Whirlpool Corp.	10.61	0.2	0.86	4.15%
FL	Foot Locker, Inc.	14.23	0.64	1.69	2.83%
TUP	Tupperware Brands Corporation	16.38	1.22	5.8	2.19%
CZZ	Cosan Ltd.	4.28	0.27	1.06	2.46%
GES	Guess' Inc.	9.88	1.01	2.21	2.75%
BKE	Buckle Inc.	13.1	1.85	6.09	1.99%

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