Thomas S. Gayner - Markel Asset Management Q3-2011 Fund Portfolio

Thomas S. Gayner - Markel Asset Management Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Thomas S. Gayner’s - Markel Asset Management - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, he held 92 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 1,633,591,000.

Thomas S. Gayner - Markel Asset Management fund positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
KMX - CarMax Inc.	7.59	Reduce 0.10%	$23.85
BRK.B - Berkshire Hathaway CL B	6.86	Reduce 0.12%	$71.04
FFH - Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.	6.58	0	$384.68
BRK.A - Berkshire Hathaway CL A	6.26	Add 1.81%	$106799.58
DEO - Diageo plc	5.8	Reduce 0.26%	$75.93
BAM - Brookfield Asset Management Inc.	5.21	Reduce 0.22%	$27.55
WMT - Wal-Mart Stores	3.41	Add 1.53%	$51.90
XOM - Exxon Mobil Corp.	3.37	Add 4.63%	$72.63
UPS - United Parcel Service	2.87	Add 3.20%	$63.15
DIS - Walt Disney Co.	2.84	Add 3.77%	$30.16
RLI - RLI Corp.	2.39	Reduce 0.17%	$63.58
MAR - Marriott Int'l.	2.35	Reduce 0.53%	$27.24
UBSH - Union First Market Bankshares Corp.	2.3	0	$10.72
GE - General Electric	2.28	Reduce 0.41%	$15.22
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	2.21	Add 0.05%	$63.69
WPC - WP Carey	2.14	Reduce 0.41%	$36.43
HD - Home Depot	1.94	Add 0.00%	$32.87
FNF - Fidelity National Financial Inc.	1.58	Reduce 0.41%	$15.18
ADP - Automatic Data Processing Inc.	1.41	Add 4.05%	$47.15
NVO - Novo Nordisk A S	1.4	0	$99.52
GD - General Dynamics	1.35	Reduce 0.26%	$56.89
BUD - Anheuser-Busch InBev	1.32	Add 20.50%	$52.98
SYY - Sysco Corp.	1.27	Reduce 0.53%	$25.90
BF.A - BROWN FORMAN Inc. A	1.18	0	$67.96
CAT - Caterpillar Inc.	1.12	0	$73.84
AXP - American Express	1.07	Add 0.00%	$44.90
NSH - NuStar GP Holdings LLC	1.05	Reduce 4.28%	$30.66
MCD - McDonald's Corp.	1.03	Reduce 0.36%	$87.82
IGT - International Game Technology	1.01	Reduce 0.21%	$14.53
INTC - Intel Corp.	0.89	Add 46.14%	$21.33
LUK - Leucadia National Corp.	0.82	0	$22.68
ITC - ITC Holdings Corp.	0.82	0	$77.43
TEVA - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.	0.77	Add 34.15%	$37.22
PCL - Plum Creek Timber Co.	0.75	0	$34.71
MMM - 3M Co.	0.69	0	$71.79
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	0.69	Add 20.51%	$24.89
SCHW - Charles Schwab	0.66	Add 0.10%	$11.27
ITW - Illinois Tool Works	0.64	Reduce 0.99%	$41.60
ORCL - Oracle Corp.	0.58	Add 64.35%	$28.74
TROW - T. Rowe Price Group	0.57	0	$47.77
EPD - Enterprise Products Partners LP	0.54	Reduce 11.23%	$40.15
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	0.53	Add 27.49%	$19.34
FII - Federated Investors Inc.	0.52	Add 71.86%	$17.53
ITIC - Investors Title Co.	0.49	0	$35.29
WAG - Walgreen Co.	0.45	0	$32.89
PM - Philip Morris Intl.	0.45	0	$62.38
EMR - Emerson Electric	0.44	Add 0.11%	$41.31
ABT - Abbott Labs	0.41	0	$51.14
BRO - Brown & Brown Inc.	0.4	0	$17.80
PEP - PepsiCo Inc.	0.4	0	$61.90
ACN - Accenture	0.39	Reduce 0.82%	$52.68
EOG - EOG Resources	0.37	0	$71.01
BF.B - Brown-Forman Corp.	0.3	0	$70.14
NTRS - Northern Trust Corp.	0.3	0	$34.98
NOV - National Oilwell Varco Inc.	0.27	0	$51.22
BK - Bank of New York	0.27	0	$18.59
HCCI - Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc.	0.27	0	$18.16
SLB - Schlumberger Ltd.	0.26	Reduce 0.43%	$59.73
PDCO - Patterson Cos. Inc.	0.26	Add 7.32%	$28.63
NKE - NIKE Inc.	0.26	0	$85.52
KO - Coca Cola Co.	0.26	Reduce 1.54%	$67.56
PG - Procter & Gamble	0.25	0	$63.19
IBM - International Bus. Machines	0.22	0	$174.88
MCF - Contango Oil & Gas Co.	0.2	Add 19.80%	$54.71
WU - Western Union Co.	0.2	Add 82.20%	$15.29
COST - Costco Co.	0.2	0	$82.15
MO - Altria Group Inc.	0.19	Add 0.60%	$26.81
V - Visa Inc.	0.17	Add 707.32%	$85.71
LII - Lennox International	0.17	Buy	$25.78
POOL - Pool Corp.	0.15	0	$26.18
CPB - Campbell Soup	0.14	0	$32.37
WSO - Watsco Inc.	0.13	Add 700.00%	$51.10
WPO - Washington Post	0.11	0	$327.04
PAYX - Paychex Inc.	0.08	0	$26.37
DST - DST Systems Inc.	0.08	Add 12.00%	$43.82
UTX - United Technologies	0.08	Buy	$70.38
ECL - Ecolab Inc.	0.08	Buy	$48.90
Y - Alleghany Corp.	0.08	0	$288.59
STT - State Street Corp.	0.08	0	$32.15
XRAY - Dentsply International	0.07	0	$30.68
MA - Mastercard Inc.	0.06	Buy	$317.00
NICK - Nicholas Financial Inc.	0.05	Buy	$9.77
LEN - Lennar Corp.	0.05	Add 128.00%	$13.54
CLMT - Calumet Specialty Products	0.04	0	$16.92
EXPD - Expeditors Int'l	0.04	Buy	$40.53
COF - Capital One Financial	0.03	Buy	$39.64
ECA - EnCana Corp.	0.03	Buy	$19.21
BRP - Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.	0.03	Add 161.11%	$6.65
EXP - Eagle Materials Inc.	0.03	Buy	$16.64
LPX - Louisiana Pacific	0.02	Buy	$5.11
WRE - Washington REIT	0.02	Reduce 93.93%	$28.16
APD - Air Products & Chemicals	0.02	Reduce 7.55%	$76.33

Related Stock Ticker of Thomas S. Gayner - Markel Asset Management:

KMX, BRK.B, FFH, BRK.A, BAM, DEO, XOM, DIS, WMT, UPS, MAR, GE, UBSH, WPC, RLI, JNJ, HD, WTM, GD, NVO, FNF, CAT, SYY, ADP, NSH, BF.A, IGT, AXP, LUK, BUD, MCD, SCHW, MMM, ITW, PCL, ITC, TEVA, TROW, EPD, INTC, EMR, MSFT, WAG, BRO, ITIC, EOG, LOW, PM, ACN, PEP, WRE, ABT, FII, NOV, ORCL, NTRS, BK, SLB, BF.B, PDCO, HCCI, NKE, KO, PG, IBM, COST, MO, MCF, POOL, CPB, WU, WPO, STT, PAYX, Y, XRAY, DST, KMB, CLX, CLMT, APD, V, LEN, WSO, BRP

S&P 500 High Yield Stocks With Low Forward P/E Ratios

S&P 500 Dividend Shares With Cheap Forward P/E Ratios by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stocks from the S&P 500 Index that have a dividend yield of more than 5 percent (high yield) as well as a cheap forward price to earnings ratio – a figure of less than 10. Exactly 8 stocks remained of which 3 are large and 4 mid capitalized.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by dividend yield:

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Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) has a market capitalization of $3.47 billion. The company employs 30,700 people, generates revenues of $5,425.25 million and has a net income of $328.81 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $951.31 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.53 percent (operating margin 9.85 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.06 percent).


The total debt representing 50.84 percent of the company’s assets. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.84 of which $1.46 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.43, Price/Sales 0.68 and Price/Book ratio is not calculable. Dividend Yield: 8.01 percent. The beta ratio is 1.04.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Pitney Bowes Inc. (Click to enlarge)

R.R. Donnelley & Sons (NASDAQ:RRD) has a market capitalization of $2.55 billion. The company employs 58,700 people, generates revenues of $10,018.90 million and has a net income of $217.10 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,079.40 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 10.77 percent (operating margin 5.54 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.17 percent).


The total debt representing 38.86 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 158.70 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 10.17 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.18 of which $1.04 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.53, Price/Sales 0.28 and Price/Book ratio 1.38. Dividend Yield: 6.98 percent. The beta ratio is 1.96.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (Click to enlarge)

Hudson City Bancorp (NASDAQ:HCBK) has a market capitalization of $2.68 billion. The company employs 1,580 people, generates revenues of $2,784.50 million and has a net income of $537.21 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,109.76 million.


The total debt representing 24.20 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 268.59 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.90 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.52 of which $0.60 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 2.14 and Price/Book ratio 0.52. Dividend Yield: 5.84 percent. The beta ratio is 0.76.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

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

S&P 500 High Yield Stocks With Low Forward P/E Ratios (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 11.55 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 8.65. The dividend yield has a value of 6.30 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.07 and price to sales ratio 1.08. The operating margin amounts to 7.73 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:

PBI, RRD, FII, HCBK, AVP, LLY, LMT, MRK

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