52-Week High Companies: Apple Inc., Google Inc., The CocaCola Company, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and the Colgate Palm Olive Company

52-Week High Companies: AAPL, GOOG, KO, GS, CL

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Oct 03, 2009
According to GuruFocus updates, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-Week Highs: Apple Inc. (AAPL, Financial), Google Inc. (GOOG, Financial), The CocaCola Company (KO, Financial), The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS, Financial), and the Colgate Palm Olive Company (CL, Financial)

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Reached the 52-Week High of $184.9

Apple Computer Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal computing and communicating solutions for sale primarily, to education creative consumer and business customers. Apple Inc. has a market cap of $166.95 billion; its shares were traded at around $184.9 with a P/E ratio of 32.6 and P/S ratio of 5.2. Apple Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 90.5% over the past 5 years.

On July 21, Apple Inc. announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended June 27, 2009. The company posted revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.3 percent, up from 34.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple Inc. is in the portfolios of John Griffin of Blue Ridge Capital, Lee Ainslie of Maverick Capital, Daniel Loeb of Third Point, LLC, Bill Nygren of Oak Mark Fund, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Ron Baron of Baron Funds, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, PRIMECAP Management, and Ruane Cunniff of Ruane & Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc.Ă‚

In July, Sell: Senior Vice President Jonathan P Ive , Sell: Senior Vice President Ronald B Johnson , Sell: Director Millard S Drexler , Sell: Senior Vice President Robert J Mansfield and Sell: Senior Vice President Scott J Forstall sold shares of AAPL stock. The price has increased by more than 8% since

Google Inc. (GOOG) Reached the 52-Week High of $484.58

Google is a public and profitable company focused on search services. Named for the mathematical term `google`. Google is widely recognized as the `World's Best Search Engine` and is fast accurate and easy to use. Google Inc. has a market cap of $154.74 billion; its shares were traded at around $484.58 with a P/E ratio of 26.5 and P/S ratio of 7.2.Ă‚

Google Inc. is in the portfolios of Robert Karr of Joho Capital, Andreas Halvorsen of Viking Global Investors LP, Bill Miller of Legg Mason Value Trust, Ken Heebner of CAPITAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT LP, PRIMECAP Management, Steve Mandel of Lone Pine Capital, Chris Davis of Davis Selected Advisers, Ruane Cunniff of Ruane & Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc, Wallace Weitz of Weitz Wallace R & Co, Mark Hillman of Hillman Capital Management, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Ron Baron of Baron Funds, and Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC.Ă‚

In August, Sell: SVP & CFO Patrick Pichette sold 1,246 shares of GOOG stock; the price of the stock has increased by 4.18% since.Sell: SVP Prod. Mgmt. Jonathan J Rosenberg and Sell: SVP Engineering & Research Robert Alan Eustace sold shares last month.

The CocaCola Company (KO) Reached the 52-Week High of $53.87

The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company and is the leading producer and marketer of soft drinks. The Cocacola Company has a market cap of $123.36 billion; its shares were traded at around $53.87 with a P/E ratio of 17.5 and P/S ratio of 3.9. The dividend yield of The Cocacola Company stocks is 3.1%. The Cocacola Company had an annual average earning growth of 5.3% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated The Cocacola Company the business predictability rank of 2-star.

On July 21, The Coca-Cola Company reported healthy second quarter 2009 operating results with unit case volume increasing 4 percent, successfully cycling 3 percent growth in the prior year quarter. Internationally, the company achieved broad-based unit case volume growth of 5 percent, cycling 5 percent growth in the prior year quarter. In the quarter, unit case volume growth increased strongly in key emerging markets with 33 percent growth in India and 14 percent growth in China.

The Coca Cola Company is in the portfolios of Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, Donald Yacktman of Yacktman Asset Management Co., Arnold Van Den Berg of Century Management, Steve Mandel of Lone Pine Capital, Bill Gates of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, David Winters of Wintergreen Advisors, Robert Olstein of Olstein Financial Alert Fund, Chris Davis of Davis Selected Advisers, Ruane Cunniff of Ruane & Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc, HOTCHKIS & WILEY of HOTCHKIS & WILEY Capital Management LLC, Tom Gayner of Markel Gayner Asset Management Corp, Tweedy Browne of Tweedy Browne CO LLC, Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC, Richard Snow of Snow Capital Management, L.P., Richard Aster Jr of Meridian Fund, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, and Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme Capital Management, Dodge & Cox.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) Reached the 52-Week High of $179.61

Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking and securities firm, providing a full range of investing advisory and financing services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base which includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high net worth individuals. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has a market cap of $93.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $179.61 with a P/E ratio of 35.5 and P/S ratio of 1.7. The dividend yield of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. stocks is 0.7%. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 24.5% over the past 10 years.

On July 14, 2009, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2009. Net revenues were $13.76 billion, and net earnings were $3.44 billion.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in the portfolios of David Winters of Wintergreen Advisors, Mohnish Pabrai of Pabrai Mohnish, Ken Heebner of CAPITAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT LP, Mark Hillman of Hillman Capital Management, Andreas Halvorsen of Viking Global Investors LP, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, David Williams of Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund, John Paulson of Paulson & Co., Brian Rogers of T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund, David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, Robert Olstein of Olstein Financial Alert Fund, Bill Miller of Legg Mason Value Trust, Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC, Chris Davis of Davis Selected Advisers, Richard Snow of Snow Capital Management, L.P., Tom Gayner of Markel Gayner Asset Management Corp, Ron Baron of Baron Funds, John Keeley of Keeley Fund Management, and Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC.Ă‚

In May, Sell: EVP, Global Head of Compliance Alan M Cohensold 10,000 shares of GS stock; the price of the stock has increased by 27.69% since.

Colgate Palm Olive Company (CL) Reached the 52-Week High of $76.84

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company tightly focused on oral care, personal care, household surface care, fabric care, and pet nutrition. Colgate Palm Olive Company has a market cap of $38.24 billion; its shares were traded at around $76.84 with a P/E ratio of 19.1 and P/S ratio of 2.5. The dividend yield of Colgate Palm Olive Company stocks is 2.3%. Colgate Palm Olive Company had an annual average earning growth of 8.5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Colgate Palm Olive Company the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

On July 30, Colgate-Palmolive Company reported record net income and diluted earnings per share in second quarter 2009 of $561.6 million and $1.07, respectively. Second quarter 2008 reported net income and diluted earnings per share were $493.8 million and $.92, respectively.

CL is in the portfolios of Arnold Van Den Berg of Century Management, Donald Yacktman of Yacktman Asset Management Co., Andreas Halvorsen of Viking Global Investors LP, Dodge & Cox, and Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC.Ă‚

Sell: Pres&CEO Hill's Pet Nutrition Neil Thompson has been selling shares of CL since May, and Sell: CFO Stephen C Patrick sold 28,337 shares in August.Sell: Sr VP, Gen Counsel & Secretary Andrew D Hendry , Sell: Pres. Global Technology Derrick E Samuel , Sell: VP Global Soc. Responsibility Ronald T Martin , Sell: Sr.V.P. Global Human Resources Daniel B Marsili and Sell: Vice President John J Huston all soll shares in September.