7 Stocks Outperforming the Market

Gurus bought these stocks in the 4th quarter

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Jan 24, 2017
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According to GuruFocus' All-in-One Guru Screener, the following are some of the stocks that have 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 $9.19 billion has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 370.1% over the last 12 months.

Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company with facilities around the world. It operates in two segments: Computing Solutions and Graphics and Visual Solutions.

Its shares are currently trading with a price-book (P/B) ratio of 23.81. The price is 447.51% above its 52-week low and 20.21% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. Its return 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 Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04% and John Burbank (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03%.

Sprint Corp.Ă‚ (S, Financial) with a market cap of $36.55 billion has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 199.4% over the last 12 months.

Sprint is a communications company offering wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers.

Its shares are currently trading with a P/B ratio of 1.89. The price is 276.23% above its 52-week low and 0.76% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. Its return on equity (ROE) of -9.15% and ROA of -2.29% are underperforming 78% of other companies in the Global Telecom Services industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.16 is below the industry median of 0.40.

Dodge & Cox is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 4.36% of outstanding shares followed by PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.91%, Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%, Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04% and Louis Moore Bacon (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.02%.

Weibo Corp. ADR Class AĂ‚ (WB, Financial) with a market cap of $10.08 billion has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 172.7% over the last 12 months.

Weibo is a social media platform for people to create, distribute and discover Chinese-language content.

Its shares are currently trading with a P/B ratio of 15.06. The price is 293.13% above its 52-week low and 15.02% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 4 out of 10. Its ROE of 13.04% and ROA of 9.68% are outperforming 67% of other companies in the Global Internet Content & Information industry. Financial strength has a rating of 10 out of 10, with no debt.

Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.29% of outstanding shares followed by Bacon with 0.1%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06%, Eric Mindich (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03% and Matthews China Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.01%.

ArcelorMittal SA ADRĂ‚ (MT, Financial) with a market cap of $25.16 billion has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 169.7% over the last 12 months.

ArcelorMittal SA is a steel and mining company. Its products include flat products such as sheet and plate and long steel products. It serves automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging markets.

Its shares are currently trading with a P/B ratio of 0.85. The price is 180.89% above its 52-week low and 6.80% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. Its ROE of -19% and ROA of -7.04% are underperforming 86% of other companies in the Global Steel industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.16 is below the industry median of 0.29.

The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 0.23% of outstanding shares.

Continental Resources Inc. (CLR, Financial) with a market cap of $19.02 billion has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 140.1% over the last 12 months.

Continental Resources is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company with properties across the United States.

Its shares are currently trading with a P/B ratio of 4.47. The price is 202.86% above its 52-week low and 15.77% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. Its ROE of -12.56% and ROA of –3.88% are underperforming 57% of other companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. Financial strength has a rating of 3 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.31 is below the industry median of 0.51.

The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Mindich with 0.18% of outstanding shares followed by Murray Stahl (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14%, Michael Price (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07%, Ken Heebner (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06 and Ray Dalio (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03%.

Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADRĂ‚ (ITUB, Financial) with a market cap of $82.18 billion has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 117.7% over the last 12 months.

Itau Unibanco provides financial products and services in Brazil. It provides investment banking, consumer credit cards, real estate financing, leasing, foreign exchange and foreign trade financing services.

Its shares are currently trading with a P/B ratio of 1.85. The price is 115.44% above its 52-week low and 3.15% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 17.33% and ROA of 1.57% are outperforming 80% of other companies in the Global Banks - Regional - Latin America industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.51 is below the industry median of 2.20.

Howard Marks (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.1% of outstanding shares followed by Dodge & Cox with 0.07%.

Enable Midstream Partners LPĂ‚ (ENBL, Financial) with a market cap of $6.72 billion has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 114.2% over the last 12 months.

Enable owns, operates and develops natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets in the United States. The company gathers, processes, transports and stores natural gas.

Its shares are currently trading with a P/B ratio of 22.42. The price is 195.72% above its 52-week low and 5.24% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. Its ROE of 3.97% and ROA of 2.30% are underperforming 55% of other companies in the Global Oil & Gas Midstream industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.01 is below the industry median of 0.05.

The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is T Boone Pickens (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05% of outstanding shares followed by Price with 0.03%.

Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.

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