Harry Burn - Sound Shore Q3-2011 Portfolio

Harry Burn - Sound Shore Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Harry Burn’s - Sound Shore - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, he has 43 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 1,470,422,000.

Harry Burn’s - Sound Shore - positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

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Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	3.9	Reduce 13.20%	$24.89
TWX - Time Warner Inc.	3.35	Add 1.39%	$29.97
ABT - Abbott Labs	3.3	Reduce 15.71%	$51.14
EXC - Exelon Corp.	3.2	Reduce 26.63%	$42.61
TXN - Texas Instruments	3.09	Add 11.81%	$26.65
CVS - CVS Caremark Corp.	3.07	Add 2.98%	$33.58
C - Citigroup Inc.	3.02	Add 2.28%	$25.62
V - Visa Inc.	2.99	Reduce 13.99%	$85.72
EBAY - eBay Inc.	2.95	Reduce 17.40%	$29.49
CMCSA - Comcast Corp.	2.88	0	$20.90
SUN - Sunoco Inc.	2.84	Add 9.61%	$31.01
AES - AES Corp.	2.76	Add 1.55%	$9.76
WMT - Wal-Mart Stores	2.75	Reduce 26.37%	$51.90
PFE - Pfizer Inc.	2.71	Reduce 12.80%	$17.68
SYMC - Symantec Corp.	2.69	Reduce 22.73%	$16.30
GM - General Motors	2.66	Reduce 3.75%	$20.18
FLEX - Flextronics International Ltd.	2.6	Add 0.55%	$5.63
AMAT - Applied Materials	2.58	Reduce 4.15%	$10.35
MMC - Marsh & McLennan	2.58	Buy	$26.54
IVZ - Invesco Plc	2.54	Add 4.03%	$15.51
SNY - Sanofi Aventis	2.51	Buy	$32.80
BAX - Baxter International Inc.	2.47	0	$56.14
BAC - Bank of America Corp.	2.32	Add 16.08%	$6.12
CS - Credit Suisse Group	2.3	Add 3.03%	$26.24
MET - MetLife Inc.	2.27	Reduce 5.64%	$28.01
LUV - Southwest Airlines	2.23	Reduce 5.23%	$8.04
NVS - Novartis AG	2.23	Reduce 16.96%	$55.77
PEG - Public Serv. Enterprise Inc.	2.22	Buy	$33.37
LYB - LyondellBasell Industries	2.21	Add 28.78%	$24.43
SCHW - Charles Schwab	2.16	Add 4.62%	$11.27
STT - State Street Corp.	2.03	Reduce 7.13%	$32.16
DAL - Delta Air Lines Inc.	1.96	Add 2.97%	$7.50
OI - Owens-Illinois Inc.	1.86	Reduce 6.83%	$15.12
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	1.8	Buy	$19.34
NEM - Newmont Mining Corp. (Hldg. Co.)	1.7	Reduce 56.05%	$62.90
EQT - EQT Corp.	1.54	Reduce 43.29%	$53.36
DVN - Devon Energy Corp.	1.52	Buy	$55.44
WFT - Weatherford International Ltd.	1.22	Buy	$12.21
MPCWI - Marathon Petroleum Corp.	1.17	Buy	$27.06
COP - ConocoPhillips	1.05	Buy	$63.32
EP - El Paso Corp.	1.03	Reduce 54.30%	$17.48
DO - Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.	1.02	Reduce 61.13%	$54.74
WDC - Western Digital	0.71	Buy	$25.72

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Stock Earnings Surprises As Of Week 52/2011

Here is a current earnings surprise calendar from the recent trading day. In this sheet, the actual reported quarter earnings results are compared with analyst estimates. The difference is measured as earnings surprise. The higher the numbers of stocks with better as expected earnings, the bigger the possibility for an economic recovery. Last week, 4 major companies reported earnings of which 1 had a positive earnings surprise.

Here is the table:

Company Name/Symbol	Surprise Type	Actual	Estimate	Surprise %
Cal-Maine Foods Inc (CALM)	Positive	$0.970	$0.890	9.0%
Demandtec Inc (DMAN)	Negative	$0.010	$0.011	9.1%
Emcore Corp (EMKR)	Negative	-$0.04	-$0.03	33.3%
Cantronic Systems Inc (CTS)	Negative	-$0.01	$0.008	--

My Favorite Dividend Stock Picks For 2012

Best Dividend Growth Shares For 2012 by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Last year I made a list of companies with interesting equity stories I love to buy (Here is the link: 25 Top Dividend And Growth Stock Picks For 2011). One year later I reviewed these stocks. They have an impressive year to date performance. The average portfolio generated an average equal weighted return of 12.35 percent without dividend payments. At the beginning of the year, the yield of the portfolio was 3.15 percent. So, the total return of the picks should be around percent 15.5 percent. Not bad if we regard the return of the Dow Jones (5.53 percent), the Standard & Poor’s Index (0 percent) and the year performance from NASDAQ Composite (-1.8 percent).

Here is the performance review from my 2011 picks:

25 Top Dividend And Growth Stock Picks For 2011 In Review (Click to enlarge)

Now, I updated my favorite picks for 2012. I excluded some retailer and added more consumer products companies as well as food stocks.

Here are the 4 top dividend stocks by dividend yield:

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Altria Group (NYSE:MO) has a market capitalization of $60.97 billion. The company employs 10,000 people, generates revenues of $24,363.00 million and has a net income of $3,907.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,504.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 26.70 percent (operating margin 25.56 percent and the net profit margin finally 16.04 percent).


The total debt representing 32.60 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 234.86 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 84.01 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $1.67. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.46 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.75, Price/Sales 2.50 and Price/Book ratio 11.93. Dividend Yield: 5.53 percent. The beta ratio is 0.43.

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

Avon Products (NYSE:AVP) has a market capitalization of $7.53 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. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $1.70. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.88 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.29, Price/Sales 0.69 and Price/Book ratio 4.53. Dividend Yield: 5.27 percent. The beta ratio is 1.40.

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

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has a market capitalization of $22.07 billion. The company employs 57,900 people, generates revenues of $13,070.00 million and has a net income of $933.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,048.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 23.32 percent (operating margin 10.38 percent and the net profit margin finally 7.14 percent).


The total debt representing 21.16 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 38.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 4.72 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $1.67. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.16 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.97, Price/Sales 1.69 and Price/Book ratio 1.16. Dividend Yield: 4.65 percent. The beta ratio is 0.95.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Thomson Reuters Corp. ... (Click to enlarge)

NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) has a market capitalization of $6.84 billion. The company employs 3,074 people, generates revenues of $4,425.00 million and has a net income of $558.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,026.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 23.19 percent (operating margin 16.84 percent and the net profit margin finally 12.61 percent).


The total debt representing 18.24 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 35.90 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 8.44 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $2.45. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.64, Price/Sales 1.55 and Price/Book ratio 1.00. Dividend Yield: 4.60 percent. The beta ratio is 1.63.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of NYSE Euronext (Click to enlarge)

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

My Favorite Dividend Stock Picks For 2012 (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 15.49 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 13.42. The dividend yield has a value of 3.26 percent. Price to book ratio is 6.95 and price to sales ratio 1.70. The operating margin amounts to 16.34 percent.

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Michael Larson - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust Q3-2011 Portfolio

Michael Larson - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Michael Larson’s - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, they have 32 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 14,663,419,000.

Michael Larson’s - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
BRK.B - Berkshire Hathaway CL B	46.61	Add 17.52%	$71.04
MCD - McDonald's Corp.	5.91	0	$87.82
KO - Coca Cola Co.	5.38	0	$67.56
CAT - Caterpillar Inc.	5.08	Add 5.21%	$73.84
WM - Waste Management Inc.	4.14	0	$32.56
CNI - Canadian Natl Railway Co.	3.89	0	$66.58
XOM - Exxon Mobil Corp.	3.79	0	$72.63
KOF - Coca-Cola FEMSA S A CV	3.76	0	$88.73
WMT - Wal-Mart Stores	3.45	0	$51.90
COST - Costco Co.	3.43	0	$82.13
AN - AutoNation Inc.	2.41	0	$32.78
TV - Grupo Televisa SA	2.12	0	$18.39
BP - BP plc	1.75	0	$36.07
CCI - Crown Castle International Corp.	1.48	0	$40.67
ECL - Ecolab Inc.	1.46	0	$48.89
FDX - FedEx Corp.	1.4	0	$67.68
CSX - CSX Corp.	0.61	0	$18.67
AMX - America Movil SAB de CV	0.6	Add 100.00%	$22.08
LBTYA - Liberty Global Inc.	0.52	0	$36.18
EXPD - Expeditors Int'l	0.51	0	$40.55
RSG - Republic Services	0.26	0	$28.06
EXPE - Expedia Inc.	0.26	0	$25.75
MTB - M&T Bank Corp.	0.24	Buy	$69.90
MON - Monsanto Co.	0.2	0	$60.04
LBTYK - Liberty Global Inc. C	0.17	0	$34.61
CMCSA - Comcast Corp.	0.14	Add 1703.43%	$20.92
IACI - IAC/InterActive Corp.	0.14	0	$39.55
CX - Cemex	0.14	Add 8.60%	$3.16
FMX - Fomento Economico Mexicano	0.1	0	$64.82
EK - Eastman Kodak	0.03	0	$0.78
GCH - Greater China Fund Inc.	0.01	0	$9.76
SEMG - SemGroup Corp.	0	0	$19.95

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Bill Ackman - Pershing Square Capital Management Q3-2011 Portfolio

Bill Ackman - Pershing Square Capital Management Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Bill Ackman’s - Pershing Square Capital Management - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, he has 10 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 6,016,279,000.

Bill Ackman’s stock positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
FO - Fortune Brands Inc.	18.71	Add 21.25%	$54.08
JCP - Penney (J.C.)	17.23	0	$26.78
GGP - Genl Growth Properties	14.53	0	$12.10
KFT - Kraft Foods Inc.	14.06	Add 13.28%	$33.58
C - Citigroup Inc.	11.12	Add 11.07%	$25.62
FDO - Family Dollar Stores	9.63	Add 2.65%	$50.86
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	6.83	Buy	$19.34
CP - Canadian Pacific Railway	3.23	Buy	$48.09
HHC - Howard Hughes Corp.	2.5	0	$42.10
ALEX - Alexander & Baldwin	2.16	0	$36.53

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