7 Stocks That Are Beating the Market

These stocks had great 12-month performances

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Feb 21, 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.

ONEOK Partners LPĂ‚ (OKS, Financial) with a market cap of $14.88 billion has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 88.5% over the last 12 months.

ONEOK is engaged in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the United States.

Its shares are trading with a price-book (P/B) ratio of 2.48. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 280% at $52.06 per share; that is 113.19% above its 52-week low and 9.32% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. Its return on equity (ROE) of -6.06% and return on assets (ROA) of 5.28% are outperforming 54% of other companies in the Global Oil & Gas Midstream industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio is 0.39.

The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.21% of outstanding shares, followed by T Boone Pickens (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX, Financial) with a market cap of $21.47 billion has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 87.5% over the last 12 months.

Freeport-McMoRan, formerly Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, deals in the mining of copper, gold and molybdenum.

Its shares are trading with a P/B ratio of 3.55. The price is 127.63% above its 52-week low and 12.60% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. While its ROE of -79.01% is underperforming the sector, its ROA of -10.36% is outperforming 50% of other companies in the Global Copper industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.27 is below the industry median of 25.29.

Carl Icahn (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 6.34% of outstanding shares, followed by Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.33%, Simons with 0.28%, Stanley Druckenmiller (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.2%, Ray Dalio (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06%, John Burbank (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03% and Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03%.

Seattle Genetics Inc. (SGEN, Financial) with a market cap of $9.27 billion has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 86.5% over the last 12 months.

Seattle Genetics is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes monoclonal antibody-based therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease.

Its shares are trading with a P/B ratio of 14.62. The price is 131.29% above its 52-week low and 13.08% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. Its ROE of -21.01% and ROA of -16.19% are outperforming 61% of other companies in the Global Biotechnology industry. Financial strength has a rating of 8 out of 10.

PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 9.35% of outstanding shares, followed by Columbia Wanger (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.54%, Simons with 0.18% and Dalio with 0.12%.

Micron Technology Inc. (MU, Financial) with a market cap of $25.75 billion has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 83.6% over the last 12 months.

Micron Technology and its subsidiaries manufacture semiconductor systems. The company's products include DRAM, NAND Flash and NOR Flash, which are the basis for solid-state drives, modules, multi-chip packages and other system solutions.

Its shares are trading with a P/B ratio of 2. The price is 149.73% above its 52-week low and 7.74% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. While its ROE of -2.47% is outperforming the sector, its ROA of -1.15% is underperforming 71% of other companies in the Global Semiconductor Memory industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.43 is below the industry median of 1.66.

The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is PRIMECAP Management with 5.63% of outstanding shares, followed by Donald Smith (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.34%, Cohen with 0.46%, David Tepper (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.29%, Ken Heebner (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.28%, Jerome Dodson (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.21% and Simons with 0.08%.

Packaging Corp. of America (PKG, Financial) with a market cap of $8.98 billion has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 82.8% over the last 12 months.

The company produces container board and corrugated products in the United States. The company also produces multicolor boxes and displays as well as meat boxes and wax-coated boxes for the agricultural industry.

Its shares are trading with a P/B ratio of 5.18. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks fairly priced at $95.26 per share; that is 114.94% above its 52-week low and 1.66% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. Its ROE of 27.10% and ROA of 8.33% are out performing 79% of other companies in the Global Packaging & Containers industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10.

The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.55% of outstanding shares, followed by Hotchkis & Wiley with 0.67% and Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.28%.

MercadoLibre Inc.Ă‚ (MELI, Financial) with a market cap of $8.76 billion has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 81.9% over the last 12 months.

MercadoLibre, together with its subsidiaries, hosts the online commerce platform in Latin America, which is focused on enabling e-commerce and its related services.

Its shares are trading with a P/B ratio of 22.19. According to the DCF calculator, the company looks overpriced by 148% at $198.43 per share; that is 109.85% above its 52-week low and 1.36% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 34.14% and ROA of 11.17% are outperforming 88% of other companies in the Global Specialty Retail industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.54 is above the industry median of 0.80.

Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest shareholder among the gurus with 1.23% of outstanding shares, followed by Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.91%, Manning & Napier Advisors Inc. with 0.13% and John Paulson (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.09%.

Steel Dynamics Inc.Ă‚ (STLD, Financial) with a market cap of $9.06 billion has outperformed the S&P500 Index by 81.3% over the last 12 months.

Steel Dynamics manufactures and sells steel products. The company is also engaged in processing and selling recycled ferrous and nonferrous metals, and the fabrication and sale of steel joist and decking products.

Its shares are trading with a P/B ratio of 3.10. According to the DCF calculator, the company is overpriced by 123% at $37.16per share; that is 120.01% above its 52-week low and 7.49% below its 52-week high.

The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. Its ROE of 13.53% and ROA of 5.89% are outperforming 83% of other companies in the Global Steel industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.36 is above the industry median of 0.35.

The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 0.95% of outstanding shares, followed by Cohen with 0.23%, Burbank with 0.07% and George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.02%.

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

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