Arnold Schneider is president, chief investment officer and principal of Schneider Capital Management Corp. He manages a portfolio composed of 68 stocks with a value of $534 million. The following are the best performers of his investments.
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) with a market cap of $12.01 billion has gained 17.0% year to date. Schneider's stake represents 0.11% of the company's outstanding shares and 2.66% of his total assets.
Marathon Oil is an energy company engaged in the exploration, production and marketing of liquid hydrocarbons and natural gas, production and marketing of products manufactured from natural gas and oil sands mining.
It is trading with a price-book (P/B) ratio of 0.63; over the last 12 months the price has dropped by 22%, trading now 29.42% below its 52-week high and 117.48% above its 52-week low.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 4 out of 10 with negative returns (ROE -10.97%, ROA -6.30%) that are outperforming 63% of the competitors in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10 with a cash to debt of 0.36 that is below the industry median of 0.45.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is HOTCHKIS & WILEY with 5.37% of outstanding shares followed by Daniel Loeb (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.47%, Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.27% and Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.25%.
Zions Bancorp (ZION) with a market cap of $6.29 billion has gained 13.8% year to date. Schneider's holding represents 0.01% of the company's outstanding shares and 0.13% of his total assets.
Zions provides banking and related services through its banking and other subsidiaries in Utah, California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
The company is trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.44; over the last 12 months the price has risen by 10%, trading now 4.67% below its 52-week high and 55.98% above its 52-week low. The stock is overpriced by 73% at $30.65. The DCF calculator gives a fair value of $17.76. The Peter Lynch earnings line gives a fair value of $24.9.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10 with easy returns (ROE 4.48%, ROA 0.69%) that are underperforming 77% of the competitors in the Global Banks - Regional - US industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10 with a cash to debt of 3.89 that is above the industry median of 2.11.
Third Avenue Management (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 1% of outstanding shares followed by RS Investment Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.79%, HOTCHKIS & WILEY with 0.3%, Ray Dalio (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.3% and Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.01%.
PulteGroup Inc. (PHM) with a market cap of $6.67 billion has gained 10.6% year to date. The stake represents 0.18% of the company's outstanding shares and 2.28% of his total assets.
PulteGroup is engaged in the homebuilding business. Its business includes the acquisition and development of land for residential purposes within the U.S. It is also engaged in mortgaging banking operations.
The company is trading with a forward P/E ratio of 12.86; over the last 12 months the price has risen by 1%, trading now 13.39% below its 52-week high and 32.79% above its 52-week low. The stock is overpriced by 20% at $19.4. The DCF calculator gives a fair value of $16.16. The Peter Lynch earnings line gives a fair value of $22.6.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10 with strong returns (ROE 11.34%, ROA 5.93%) that are outperforming 69% of the companies in the Global Residential Construction industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10 with a cash to debt of 0.08 that is below the industry median of 3.20.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is Paul Singer (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.46% of outstanding shares followed by Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.16%.
SunTrust Banks Inc. (STI) with a market cap of $22.16 billion has gained 6.8% year to date. The stake represents 0.14% of the company's outstanding shares and 5.53% of his total assets.
SunTrust Banks is a bank holding company and a financial holding company with commercial banking organizations whose businesses provide financial services to consumer, business and corporate clients.
It is trading with a P/E ratio of 12.09; over the last 12 months the price has risen by 12%, trading now 3.79% below its 52-week high and 43.90% above its 52-week low. The stock is overpriced by 13% at $44.71. The DCF calculator gives a fair value of $39.49. The Peter Lynch earnings line gives a fair value of $55.4.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10 with ROE of 7.96% that is underperforming its main competitors and ROA of 1.02% that is outperforming 60% of the companies in the Global Banks - Regional - US industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10 with a cash to debt of 0.29 that is below the industry median of 2.11.
HOTCHKIS & WILEY is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.66% of outstanding shares followed by Schneider with 0.14%, Dodge & Cox with 0.11%, Simons with 0.04%, Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.01% and David Dreman (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.01%.
Regions Financial Corp. (RF) with a market cap of $12.56 billion has gained 6.7% year to date. The stake represents 0.24% of the company's outstanding shares and 4.82% of his total assets.
Regions Financial provides traditional commercial, retail and mortgage banking services and other financial services in the fields of asset management, wealth management, securities brokerage, insurance, trust services and other specialty financing.
The company is trading with a P/E ratio of 12.84; over the last 12 months the price has risen by 12%, trading now 4.39% below its 52-week high and 43.00% above its 52-week low. The stock is overpriced by 17% at $10.01. The DCF calculator gives a fair value of $8.56. The Peter Lynch earnings line gives a fair value of $12.0.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10 with returns (ROE 6.02%, ROA 0.87%) that are underperforming 67% of the companies in the Global Banks - Regional - US industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10 with a cash to debt of 0.47 that is below the industry median of 2.11.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is Richard Pzena (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.42% of outstanding shares followed by HOTCHKIS & WILEY with 1.04%, Simons with 0.25%, Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.1%, Brandes with 0.06% and Dalio with 0.01%.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) with a market cap of $242.62 billion has gained 5% year to date. The stake represents 0.32% of his total assets.
JPMorgan Chase is a financial services firm and a banking institution. Its segments are Consumer & Community Banking, Corporate & Investment Bank, Commercial Banking and Asset Management.
It is trading with a P/E ratio of 11.58; over the last 12 months the price has risen by 8%, trading now 2.74% below its 52-week high and 27.94% above its 52-week low. The stock undervalued at price of $67.17. The DCF calculator gives a fair value of $85.56 with a current margin of safety of 21%. The Peter Lynch earnings line gives a fair value of $87.0.
The company has a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10 with easy returns (ROE 8.83%, ROA 0.99%) that are outperforming 54% of the competitors in the Global Banks - Global industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10 with a cash to debt of 1.10 that is below the industry median of 2.11.
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.83% of outstanding shares followed by Dodge & Cox with 0.77%, PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.6%, Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.49% and Fisher with 0.39%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
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