Top Guru Owned Large-Cap Stocks

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Jun 23, 2014
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Using the GuruFocus Aggregated Portfolio Screener you can filter results to see what companies maintain the highest amount of guru ownership. By using this screener, we filtered down to see large cap companies which are held by the most gurus. The following five large-capped companies are held by the largest number of gurus during the past quarter.

Citigroup (C)

As of the close of the first quarter there were 43 guru owners of Citigroup. During the past quarter there were 23 gurus buying shares of C and there were 20 gurus making sells of their stake in the company. These gurus maintain a combined weighting of 102.87%.

Top three guru shareholders of Citigroup:

1. James Barrow (Trades, Portfolio): 22,193,754 shares, representing 0.73% of the company’s shares outstanding and 1.5% of the fund’s total portfolio.

2. HOTCHKIS & WILEY: 16,793,560 shares, representing 0.55% of the company’s shares outstanding and 3% of his total portfolio

3. Chris Shumway (Trades, Portfolio): 14,114,299 shares, representing 0.46% of the company’s shares outstanding and 8.96% of his total portfolio.

Citigroup is a global financial services holding company, whose businesses provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a range of financial products and services, including consumer banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage and wealth management.

Citigroup’s historical revenue and net income:

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The analysis on Citigroup reports that the company’s revenue has been in decline over the past five years, the company’s Piotroski F-Score is high, and its P/E and P/B ratios are trading at near 1-year lows.

The Peter Lynch Chart suggests that the company is currently undervalued:

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Citigroup has a market cap of $146 billion. Its shares are currently trading at around $48.06 with a P/E ratio of 10.90, a P/S ratio of 1.90 and a P/B ratio of 0.70.

Oracle Corporation (ORCL)

As of the close of the first quarter there were 42 guru owners of Oracle. During the past quarter there were 18 gurus buying shares of ORCL and there were 22 gurus making sells of their stake in the company. These gurus maintain a combined weighting of 98.82%.

Top three guru shareholders of Oracle:

1. Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio): 42,349,429 shares, representing 0.91% of the company’s shares outstanding and 4.5% of the fund’s total portfolio.

2. Jean Marie-Eveillard: 33,215,399 shares, representing 0.72% of the company’s shares outstanding and 3.6% of his total portfolio

3. Donald Yacktman (Trades, Portfolio): 27,774,201 shares, representing 0.6% of the company’s shares outstanding and 4.7% of his total portfolio.

Oracle is a provider of enterprise software and a provider of computer hardware products and services. The company provides technologies of cloud computing, including database and middleware as well as web-based applications.

Oracle’s historical revenue and net income:

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The analysis on Oracle reports that the company has shown predictable revenue and earnings growth, its operating margin is expanding, its price is near a 10-year high, and its dividend yield is also near a 10-year high.

The Peter Lynch Chart suggests that the company is currently overvalued:

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Oracle has a market cap of $183.26 billion. Its shares are currently trading at around $41.10 with a P/E ratio of 17.20, a P/S ratio of 5.00 and a P/B ratio of 4.10. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 19.40% over the past ten years.

GuruFocus rated Oracle the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

Cisco Systems (CSCO)

As of the close of the first quarter there were 42 guru owners of Cisco Systems. During the past quarter there were 19 gurus buying shares of MDP and there were 17 gurus making sells of their stake in the company. These gurus maintain a combined weighting of 54.36%.

Top three guru shareholders of Cisco Systems:

1. Donald Yacktman (Trades, Portfolio): 62,292,307 shares, representing 1.17% of the company’s shares outstanding and 5.8% of the fund’s total portfolio.

2. Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio): 56,556,103 shares, representing 1.06% of the company’s shares outstanding and 3.3% of his total portfolio

3. Jean-Marie Eveillard (Trades, Portfolio): 42,824,825 shares, representing 0.8% of the company’s shares outstanding and 2.5% of his total portfolio.

Cisco sells networking and communications products and provides related services. The company's two main products are switches and routers, but Cisco essentially touches everything in the networking industry, from security to storage to application switching.

Cisco’s historical revenue and net income:

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The analysis on Cisco reports that the company’s revenue per share has slowed down over the past year, its price is near a 5-year high and over the past three years the company has issued $4.2 billion.

The Peter Lynch Chart suggests that the company is currently overvalued:

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Cisco Systems has a market cap of $126.53 billion. Its shares are currently trading at around $24.70 with a P/E ratio of 16.70, a P/S ratio of 2.80and a P/B ratio of 2.30. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 9.30% over the past ten years.

GuruFocus rated Cisco the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

Intel (INTC)

As of the close of the first quarter there were 40 guru owners of Intel. During the past quarter there were 15 gurus buying shares of INTC and there were 17 gurus making sells of their stake in the company. These gurus maintain a combined weighting of 43.87%.

Top three guru shareholders of Intel:

1. James Barrow (Trades, Portfolio): 54,414,773 shares, representing 1.09% of the company’s shares outstanding and 2% of the fund’s total portfolio.

2. Jean-Marie Eveillard (Trades, Portfolio): 38,202,874 shares, representing 0.77% of the company’s shares outstanding and 2.6% of his total portfolio

3. PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio): 31,330,051 shares, representing 0.63% of the company’s shares outstanding and 0.92% of his total portfolio.

Intel is a semiconductor chip maker, which develops advanced integrated digital technology products, mainly integrated circuits, for industries such as computing and communications.

Intel’s historical revenue and net income:

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The analysis on Intel reports that the company’s operating margin is expanding, its revenue per share has slowed down over the past year, and its dividend yield is near a 3-year low. The analysis also notes that the company’s price is sitting near a 10-year high.

The Peter Lynch Chart suggests that the company is currently overvalued:

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Intel has a market cap of $150.48 billion. Its shares are currently trading at around $30.23 with a P/E ratio of 16.20, a P/S ratio of 2.90, and a P/B ratio of 2.60. The dividend yield of Intel is at 3.00%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 8.30% over the past ten years.

GuruFocus rated Intel the business predictability rank of 2-star.

Bank of America (BAC)

As of the close of the first quarter there were 38 guru owners of Bank of America. During the past quarter there were nine gurus buying shares of BAC and there were 20 gurus making sells of their stake in the company. These gurus maintain a combined weighting of 118.29%.

Top three guru shareholders of Bank of America:

1. Dodge & Cox: 124,668,488 shares, representing 1.16% of the company’s shares outstanding and 2.2% of the fund’s total portfolio.

2. Bruce Berkowitz (Trades, Portfolio): 98,942,515 shares, representing 0.92% of the company’s shares outstanding and 17.2% of his total portfolio

3. James Barrow (Trades, Portfolio): 83,858,673 shares, representing 0.78% of the company’s shares outstanding and 2.1% of his total portfolio.

Bank of America Corporation, through its banking and various non-banking subsidiaries throughout the United States and in selected international markets provides a diversified range of banking and non-banking financial services and products through five business segments.

Bank of America’s historical revenue and net income:

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The Peter Lynch Chart suggests that the company is currently overvalued:

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Bank of America has a market cap of $164.46 billion. Its shares are currently trading at around $15.64 with a P/E ratio of 20.70, a P/S ratio of 2.00, and a P/B ratio of 0.70. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 16.50% over the past five years.

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