The following are stocks that outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 Index over the last 12 months and were bought by gurus during the last quarter.
Agilent Technologies Inc. (A, Financial), with a market cap of $15.47 billion, during the last 12 months has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 17.7%. Currently, two hedge funds are holding the company that has returned 14.2%-plus year to date and is now trading with a price-earnings (P/E(ttm)) ratio of 32.89. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 207% at the price of $47.69. The stock is 39.65% above its 52-week low and 1.93% below its 52-week high.
Agilent Technologies has a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. Its return on equity (ROE) of 11.48% and return on assets (ROA) of 6.39% are overperforming 75% of other companies in the Global Diagnostics & Research industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10 with a cash to debt ratio of 1.17 that is below the industry median of 1.83.
The company provides application focused solutions that include instruments, software, services and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow for life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.55% of outstanding shares, followed by Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 1%.
Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE, Financial), with a market cap of $54.32 billion, during the last 12 months has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 12.9%. Currently, two hedge funds are holding the company that has returned 15.7%-plus year to date and is now trading with a P/E ratio of 55.73. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 421% at the price of $109.24. It is 53.28% above its 52-week low and 0.81% below its 52-week high.
Adobe Systems has a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. Its ROE of 13.99% and ROA of 8.30% are outperforming 73% of other companies in the Global Software – Application industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10 with a cash to debt ratio of 2.32 that is below the industry median of 11.20.
The company offers a line of software and services used by creative professionals, marketers, developers, enterprises and consumers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing and engaging with compelling operating systems.
PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 6.37% of outstanding shares, followed by Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.21%, Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.19%, Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.01%, Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.52%, Eric Mindich (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.35%, Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07% and Dodge & Cox with 0.04%.
Align Technology Inc. (ALGN, Financial), with a market cap of $7.29 billion, during the last 12 months has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 36.2%. Currently, two hedge funds are holding the company that has returned 20.8%-plus year to date and is now trading with a P/E(ttm) ratio of 44.21. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 313% at the price of $91.08. It is 64.64% above its 52-week low and 6.01% below its 52-week high.
Align Technology has a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. Its ROE of 19.82% and ROA of 14.60% are overperforming 88% of other companies in the Global Medical Devices industry. Financial strength has a rating of 9 out of 10, with no debt.
The company designs, manufactures and markets a system of clear aligner therapy, intra-oral scanners and CAD/CAM digital services used in dentistry, orthodontics and dental records storage.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Columbia Wanger (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.99% of outstanding shares, followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.05%, RS Investment Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.75%, Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.4%, Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.15%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06% and Ruane Cunniff (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06%.
Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT, Financial), with a market cap of $31.76 billion, during the last 12 months has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 41.1%. Currently, two hedge funds are holding the company that has returned 61%-plus year to date and is now trading with a P/E ratio of 22.95. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 114% at the price of $29.38. It is 94.96% above its 52-week low and 5.44% below its 52-week high.
Applied Materials has a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. Its ROE of 20.02% and ROA of 10.55% are outperforming 87% of other companies in the Global Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10 with a cash to debt ratio of 0.98 that is below the industry median of 1.65.
The company provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic and related industries.
T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 1.04% of outstanding shares, followed by Bill Nygren (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.84% and PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.56%.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, Financial), with a market cap of $399.03 billion, during the last 12 months has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 39%. Currently, five hedge funds are holding the company that has returned 24.2%-plus year to date and is now trading with a P/E(ttm) ratio of 208.86. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 1,852% at the price of $841.71. It is 77.58% above its 52-week low and 0.65% below its 52-week high.
Amazon has a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. Its ROE of 14.02% and ROA of 3.21% are outperforming 58% of other companies in the Global Specialty Retail industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10 with a cash to debt ratio of 2.01 that is below the industry median of 0.94.
The company is an online retailer. It sells its products through the website, which provides services such as advertising services and co-branded credit card agreements. It also offers electronic devices like Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.69% of outstanding shares, followed by Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.5%, Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.47%, Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44% and Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.42%.
Arista Networks Inc. (ANET, Financial), with a market cap of $6.03 billion, during the last 12 months has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 29.9%. Currently, two hedge funds are holding the company that has returned 9.4%-plus year to date and is now trading with a P/E ratio of 42.36. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 304% at the price of $86.53. It is 1.24% above its 52-week low and 64.79% below its 52-week high.
Arista Networks has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10 with ROE of 18.40% and ROA of 12.72% that are outperforming 89% of other companies in the Global Computer Systems industry. Financial strength has a rating of 8 out of 10 with a cash to debt ratio of 20.37 that is above the industry median of 1.49.
The company, with its subsidiaries, is a supplier of cloud networking solutions that use software innovations to address the needs of large-scale internet companies, cloud service providers and next-generation enterprises.
Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 2.69% of outstanding shares, followed by Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.19%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
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