52-Week High Companies: Apple Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Google Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., and The CocaCola Company

52-Week High Companies:AAPL, IBM, GOOG, CSCO, KO

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Oct 21, 2009
According to GuruFocus updates, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-Week Highs: Apple Inc. (AAPL, Financial), International Business Machines Corp (IBM, Financial), Google Inc. (GOOG, Financial), Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO, Financial), and The CocaCola Company (KO, Financial)


Apple Inc. (AAPL) Reached the 52-Week High of $190.47


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 $165.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $190.47 with a P/E ratio of 32.33 and P/S ratio of 5.1. 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.[/b]


Apple Computer 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.


Two weeks ago, Sell:: Senior Vice President Bertrand Serlet sold 10,000 shares of AAPL stock and the price has increased by 1.09% since. Sell:: Senior Vice President Jonathan P Ive, Sell:: Senior Vice President Ronald B Johnson, Sell:: Director Millard S Drexler and Sell:: Senior Vice President on 07/24/2009 Robert J Mansfield shares in July.



International Business Machines Corp (IBM) Reached the 52-Week High of $125.93


International Business Machines Corp. uses advanced information technology to provide customer solutions. International Business Machines Corp has a market cap of $156.02 billion; its shares were traded at around $125.93 with a P/E ratio of 12.73 and P/S ratio of 1.51. The dividend yield of International Business Machines Corp stocks is 1.85%. International Business Machines Corp had an annual average earning growth of 4.9% over the past 10 years.


International Business Machines Corp. is in the portfolios of Ronald Muhlenkamp of Muhlenkamp Fund, Bill Miller of Legg Mason Value Trust, David Williams of Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund, David Williams of Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund, Ken Heebner of CAPITAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT LP, John Hussman of Hussman Economtrics Advisors, Inc., Robert Olstein of Olstein Financial Alert Fund, Irving Kahn of Kahn Brothers & Company Inc., Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC, Private Capital of Private Capital Management, Mark Hillman of Hillman Capital Management, John Rogers of ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, Tom Gayner of Markel Gayner Asset Management Corp, Ruane Cunniff of Ruane & Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc, Dodge & Cox, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Chris Davis of Davis Selected Advisers.


In August, Sell: Senior Vice President Steven A Mills, Sell: Senior Vice President Timothy S Shaughnessy[/url, Sell: Senior Vice President [url=http://www.gurufocus.com/InsiderBuy.php?insider=MOFFAT+ROBERT+W+JR]Robert W Jr Moffat, Sell: Senior Vice President Michael E Daniels sold shares of International Business Machines Corp.


Google Inc. (GOOG) Reached the 52-Week High of $516.25


Google Inc. is a public and profitable company focused on search services. Named for the mathematical term `googol` Google operates web sites at many international domains with the most trafficked being www.google.com. Google is widely recognized as the `World's Best Search Engine` and is fast accurate and easy to use. The company also serves corporate clients including advertisers content publishers and site managers with cost-effective advertising and a wide range of revenue generating search services. Google's breakthrough technology and continued innovation serve the company's mission of `organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful.` Google Inc. has a market cap of $153.4 billion; its shares were traded at around $516.25 with a P/E ratio of 26.25 and P/S ratio of 7.04.


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, Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC.


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 two months ago.


Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) Reached the 52-Week High of $24.03


Cisco Systems Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco provides the broadest line of solutions for transporting data voice and video within buildings across campuses or around the world. Cisco Systems Inc. has a market cap of $131.32 billion; its shares were traded at around $24.03 with a P/E ratio of 19.54 and P/S ratio of 3.64. Cisco Systems Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 17.1% over the past 10 years.


On August 5, Cisco reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the period ended July 25, 2009. The company reported fourth quarter net sales of $8.5 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.1 billion or $0.19 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $1.8 billion or $0.31 per share.


Cisco Systems Inc. is in the portfolios of Ronald Muhlenkamp of Muhlenkamp Fund, Bill Miller of Legg Mason Value Trust, John Hussman of Hussman Economtrics Advisors, Inc., Bill Nygren of Oak Mark Fund, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Robert Olstein of Olstein Financial Alert Fund, Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC, Charles Brandes of Brandes Investment, Richard Aster Jr of Meridian Fund, Chris Davis of Davis Selected Advisers, Sarah Ketterer of CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, Brian Rogers of T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund, Mark Hillman of Hillman Capital Management, PRIMECAP Management, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, and Richard Snow of Snow Capital Management, L.P..


In August, Sell:: Chairman and CEO John T Chambers sold 400,000 shares of CSCO stock, and the price increased by 6.8%. Sell:: EVP, Worldwide Operations Robert Wayne Lloyd, Sell:: VP, Corporate Controller & PAO on 09/15/2009 Prat Bhatt, and Sell:: Director Larry R Carter sold shares in September.


The CocaCola Company (KO) Reached the 52-Week High of $54.65


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 $124.84 billion; its shares were traded at around $54.65 with a P/E ratio of 17.72 and P/S ratio of 3.91. The dividend yield of The Cocacola Company stocks is 3.04%. 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 CocaCola 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, Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme Capital Management, and Dodge & Cox.