Donald Yacktman (Trades, Portfolio) is founder of the Yacktman Funds, which has net assets of $13.9 billion. Fund managers have the following focus, according to the website:
“The Yacktman Fund (Trades, Portfolio) seeks long-term capital appreciation, and, to a lesser extent, current income. The Fund mainly invests in common stocks of United States companies of any size, some, but not all of which, pay dividends. Yacktman employs a disciplined investment strategy, buying growth companies at what it believes to be low prices. Yacktman believes this approach combines the best features of 'growth' and 'value' investing. When they purchase stocks they generally search for companies they believe to possess one or more of the following three attributes: (1) good business; (2) shareholder-oriented management; or (3) low purchase price.”
In the third quarter, the Yacktman Fund (Trades, Portfolio) purchased no new stocks, and their cash position went up slightly, as the market appreciated. Yacktman's fourth quarter portfolio, released today, shows two new stocks purchased during the quarter, both foreign-traded companies: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (XKRX:005935, Financial) and Aggreko PLC (LSE:AGK, Financial).
The New Stocks
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (XKRX:005935, Financial)
The Yacktman Fund (Trades, Portfolio)s purchased 13,100 shares of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., whose fourth quarter share price averaged 995,774 South Korean won. The holding occupies 0.12% of the Yacktman Focused Fund (Trades, Portfolio) portfolio.
Samsung is a diverse South Korean electronics company composed of around 78 companies and affiliates, whose flagship company is Samsung Electronics. The company operates according to a guiding strategy called “Vision 2020” by which it plans to achieve $400 billion in revenue and become one of the top five brands in the world by 2020, and branch out into health, medicine and technology fields.
Samsung has a market cap of 170.28 trillion won, with a P/E ratio of 14.19. The dividend yield of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd stocks is 0.74%. Shares of Samsung trade on Thursday at 1,301,000 won a share, down 15% over the previous 12 months.
Samsung has a return on equity of 22.4%, and return on assets of 15.2%. In the past 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2013, Samsung reported the following per-share growth rates: 30.7% for revenue, 866.9% for EBITDA, 225.8% for free cash flow and 17.8% for book value.
The company’s 10-year revenue and earnings history:
The P/E ratio is 14.19 for Samsung.
Aggreko PLC (LSE:AGK, Financial)
Yacktman Fund (Trades, Portfolio)s also purchased 1,962,000 shares of Aggreko PLC, whose shares cost $16 on average for the fourth quarter. The holding occupies 0.51% of the portfolio.
UK-based Aggreko offers temporary power and temperature control utility services. The company has a 4.58 billion pound market cap, and trades for 1,700.94 pence a share on Thursday, down 4.4% over the past year.
Aggreko has a P/E ratio of 16.80 and P/S ratio of 2.84. The dividend yield of Aggreko PLC stocks is 1.44%. Aggreko PLC had an annual average earnings growth of 26.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Aggreko PLCĂ‚ the business predictability rank of 5-star.Ă‚
Aggreko also has a return on equity of 18.4 and return on assets of 9.6% as of June 2013. Growth rates for the company for the past five years on a per-share basis are 13.7% for revenue, 16.8% for EBITDA and 21.6% for book value.
The company’s 10-year revenue and earnings history:
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