According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Guru Screener, the following are some of the stocks that outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 Index over the last 12 months and were bought by gurus during the last quarter.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD, Financial) with a market cap of $10.51 billion outperformed the S&P500 Index by 416.7% in 2016.
Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company with facilities around the world. It operates in two segments: Computing Solutions and Graphics and Visual Solutions.
Three hedge funds are holding the company and it is currently trading with a price-book (P/B) ratio of 27.50. The price is 553.71% above its 52-week low and 7.89% below its 52-week high.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. Its retrurn on assets (ROA) of -16.86% and return on capital (ROC) of -68.21% are underperforming 91% of other companies in the Global Semiconductors industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.77 is below the industry median of 1.55.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.35% of outstanding shares followed by Ken Heebner (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11% and Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%.
United States Steel Corp. (X, Financial) with a market cap of $5.69 billion outperformed the S&P500 Index by 389.2% in 2016.
The company is an integrated steel producer of flat-rolled and tubular products with production operations in North America and Europe.
Six hedge funds are holding the company that is currently trading with a P/B ratio of 2.35. The price is 477.24% above its 52-week low and 9.30% below its 52-week high.
The company’s profitability and growth rating is 3 out of 10. Its return on equity (ROE) of -60.85% and ROA of -15.38% are underperforming 92% of other companies in the Global Steel industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.47 is above the industry median of 0.28.
Simons is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 1.94% of outstanding shares followed by David Einhorn (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.79%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.12% and Tudor Jones with 0.12%.
Gerdau SA ADR. (GGB, Financial) with a market cap of $6.35 billion outperformed the S&P500 Index by 294.4% in 2016.
Gerdau is engaged in the production and commercialization of steel products through its mills in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the U.S., Guatemala, India, Mexico, Peru and others.
Two hedge funds are holding the company that is currently trading with a P/B ratio of 0.77.
It has a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. Its ROE of -9.78% and ROA of -4.54% are underperforming 82% of other companies in the Global Steel industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.25 is below the industry median of 0.28.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 1.29% of outstanding shares followed by Howard Marks (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.46%.
Gol Intelligent Airlines Inc. ADRĂ‚ (GOL, Financial) with a market cap of $8.55 billion outperformed the S&P500 Index by 279.9% in 2016.
Gol provides regular and non-regular air transportation services to passengers, cargo and mailbags domestically and internationally.
One hedge fund is holding the company that is currently trading with a forward price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.91. The price is 580.42% above its 52-week low and 39.70% below its 52-week high.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. Its ROC of -44.16% is outperforming 86% of other companies in the Global Airlines industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.14 is below the industry median of 0.52.
Simons is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.06% of outstanding shares.
Exelixis Inc. (EXEL, Financial) with a market cap of $5.42 billion outperformed the S&P500 Index by 268.4% in Ă‚ 2016.
Exelixis is a biotechnology company that develops small molecule therapies for the treatment of cancer.
Four hedge funds are holding the company that is currently trading with a P/B ratio of 168.84. The price is 432.68% above its 52-week low and 0.05% below its 52-week high.
The company's profitability and growth rating is 3 out of 10. Its ROA of -35.96% is underperforming 75% of other companies in the Global Biotechnology industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.68 is below the industry median of 45.69.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Cohen with 1.44% of outstanding shares followed by Simons with 0.65%, Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05% and Tudor Jones with 0.02%.
Tesaro Inc. (TSRO, Financial) with a market cap of $7.86 billion outperformed the S&P500 Index by 245.7% in 2016.
Tesaro is an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company engaged in improving the lives of cancer patients. The company is developing three clinical-stage product candidates, including rolapitant, niraparib and TSR-011.
Five hedge funds are holding the company that is currenlty trading with a P/B ratio of 15.15. The price is 398.95% above its 52-week low and 1.77% below its 52-week high.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. The ROE of -152.48% and ROA of -83.20% are underperforming 88% of other companies in the Global Biotechnology industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 5.02 is below the industry median of 45.69.
Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.79% of outstanding shares followed by Simons with 0.38%, Cohen with 0.33%, Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.32% and Tudor Jones with 0.01%.
NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA, Financial) with a market cap of $57.39 billion outperformed the S&P500 Index by 243.1% in 2016.
NVIDIA is a visual computing company that connects people through the powerful medium of computer graphics. The company's reporting segments include GPU and Tegra Processor.
Ten hedge funds are holding the company that is currently trading with a P/B ratio of 10.76. It is 330.18% above its 52-week low and 11.22% below its 52-week high.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 26.14% and ROA of 15.48% are outperforming 94% of other companies in the Global Semiconductors industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 2.22 is above the industry median of 1.55.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 4.69% of outstanding shares followed by Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.08%, Simons with 0.59%, Heebner with 0.115, Meridian Funds (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.1%, Greenblatt with 0.08%, Stanley Druckenmiller (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04% and Pioneer Investments with 0.04%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
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