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This is the sector weightings of his portfolio:
| Financials | 47.5% |
| Consumer Services | 16.9% |
| Industrials | 15.9% |
| Consumer Goods | 10% |
| Oil & Gas | 5.7% |
| Technology | 2% |
| Basic Materials | 1.6% |
| Health Care | 0.2% |
These are the top 5 holdings of Bill Gates
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B) - 93,331,373 shares, 47.5% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 14.93%
- McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - 9,872,500 shares, 5.2% of the total portfolio.
- Coca-Cola Co (KO) - 23,364,000 shares, 5.1% of the total portfolio.
- Caterpillar Inc (CAT) - 10,260,857 shares, 5.1% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 1.69%
- Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. De C.V. (KOF) - 6,214,719 shares, 4.6% of the total portfolio.
New Purchase: Procter & Gamble Co (PG, Financial)
Bill Gates initiated holdings in Procter & Gamble Co. His purchase prices were between $61.01 and $69.59, with an estimated average price of $65.9. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.05%. His holdings were 113,435 shares as of 09/30/2012. The Procter & Gamble Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of a range of branded consumer packaged goods. Procter & Gamble Co has a market cap of $184.78 billion; its shares were traded at around $66.04 with a P/E ratio of 17.1 and P/S ratio of 2.2. The dividend yield of Procter & Gamble Co stocks is 3.3%. Procter & Gamble Co had an annual average earnings growth of 6.5% over the past 10 years.
Procter & Gamble has shown consistent revenue and earnings growth in its long history. At its current size, the consumer staples giant still grows it revenue per share by 10% a year. GuruFocus ranks the company the business predictability of 4.5 star. The company is now traded at its low end of the historical P/E ratio, as shown below:
PG data byGuruFocus.com
Reduced: Autonation Inc (AN, Financial)
Bill Gates reduced to his holdings in Autonation Inc by 20.84%. His sale prices were between $36.56 and $43.67, with an estimated average price of $40.18. The impact to his portfolio due to this sale was -0.11%. Bill Gates still held 1,898,716 shares as of 09/30/2012. AutoNation, Inc. is the one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States. Autonation Inc has a market cap of $4.93 billion; its shares were traded at around $39.73 with a P/E ratio of 17.1 and P/S ratio of 0.4. Autonation Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 4.9% over the past 10 years.
Contrary to PG, AutoNation is traded at the historical high valuations as measured by P/E ratio:
PG data byGuruFocus.com
and historical high P/B ratio:
PG data byGuruFocus.com
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