52-Week High Companies: Abbot Laboratories, Cisco Systems Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, SPDR S&P 500, McDonald's Corp., and British Tobacco

52-Week High Companies: ABT, CSCO, TD, SPY, MCD, BTI

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Feb 28, 2010
According to GuruFocus updates, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-Week Highs: Abbot Laboratories (ABT, Financial), Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO, Financial), the Toronto Dominion Bank (TD, Financial), SPDR S&P 500 (SPY, Financial), McDonald’s Corp. (MCD, Financial), and British Tobacco PLC (BTI, Financial).


Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Reached the 52-Week High of $54.28


Abbott Laboratories is a health care company engaged in discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health. Abbott Laboratories has a market cap of $83.96 billion; its shares were traded at around $54.28 with a P/E ratio of 14.5 and P/S ratio of 2.7. The dividend yield of Abbott Laboratories stocks is 2.9%. Abbott Laboratories had an annual average earning growth of 4.4% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Abbott Laboratories the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.


On January 27, Abbott Laboratories reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Diluted earnings per share, excluding specified items, were $1.18, reflecting 11.3 percent growth, at the high end of Abbott's previous forecast. Diluted earnings per share under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) were $0.98, up 10.1 percent. Worldwide sales increased 10.6 percent to nearly $8.8 billion, including a favorable 2.4 percent effect of exchange rates. Full-year 2009 sales were $30.8 billion.


Abbot Laboratories is in the portfolios of Robert Bruce, Edward Owens, Ronald Muhlenkamp, Diamond Hill Capital, and Jeremy Grantham.


This month, Sell:: Chairman and CEO Miles D White sold 29,300 shares of ABT stock.Sell:: Director David Owen, Sell:: Senior Vice President John C Landgraf, Sell:: Executive Vice President Olivier Bohuon, Sell:: Executive Vice President Richard W Ashley, and Sell:: Senior Vice President Heather L Mason all sold shares in November.[/b]


Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco Systems Inc. has a market cap of $139.96 billion; its shares were traded at around $24.33 with a P/E ratio of 21.2 and P/S ratio of 3.9. Cisco Systems Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 17.1% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Cisco Systems Inc. the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.


On February 3, 2010, Cisco reported its second quarter results for the period ended January 23, 2010. Cisco reported second quarter net sales of $9.8 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.9 billion or $0.32 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.3 billion or $0.40 per share.


Cisco Systems Inc. is in the portfolios of Oak Value, Jeremy Grantham, Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., Chris Shumway, and John Hussman.


This month, Sell:: Chairman and CEO John T Chambers sold 2,200,000 shares of CSCO stock. Sell:: VP, Corporate Controller & PAO Prat Bhatt and Sell:: Director Steven M West sold shares the same month. Sell:: EVP, Worldwide Operations Robert Wayne Lloyd shares in November.[/b]


Toronto Dominion Bank is a Canadian chartered bank and offers a wide range of business and consumer services. The Torontodominion Bank has a market cap of $54.98 billion; its shares were traded at around $63.89 with a P/E ratio of 14.5 and P/S ratio of 2.3. The dividend yield of The Torontodominion Bank stocks is 3.7%. The Torontodominion Bank had an annual average earning growth of 16.9% over the past 5 years.


The Toronto Dominion Bank recently reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Reported diluted earnings per share were $1.12, compared with $1.22. Reported net income was $1,010 million, compared with $1,014 million.


Toronto Dominion Bank is in the portfolios of Jeremy Grantham, Jim Simons, Paul Tudor Jones, bruce Koyner, Steven Cohen, and George Soros.


Standard and Poor's Depository Reciepts trust is involved in the financial services industry. SPDR S&P 500 has a market cap of $85.04 billion; its shares were traded at around $110.74 . The dividend yield of SPDR S&P 500 stocks is 2.1%.


SPDR S&P 500 is in the portfolios of David Swensen, Richarad Perry, Louis Moore, Murray Stahl, and John Keeley.


McDonald's Corporation develops, operates, franchises and services a worldwide system of restaurants that prepare, assemble, package and sell a limited menu of value-priced foods. Mcdonald's Corp. has a market cap of $68.91 billion; its shares were traded at around $63.85 with a P/E ratio of 16.1 and P/S ratio of 3.1. The dividend yield of Mcdonald's Corp. stocks is 3.4%. Mcdonald's Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 7.2% over the past 10 years.


On January 22, McDonald’s Corp. reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Results included global comparable sales increase of 3.8%, fueled by the U.S. 2.6%, Europe 5.2% and Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa 3.4%, growth in McDonald's combined operating margin to 30.1%, and consolidated operating income increase of 6% (10% in constant currencies) over the prior year.


McDonald’s Corporation is in the portfolios of Steve Mandel, John Griffin, Bill Gates, David Winters, and Diamond Hill capital.


[b]This month, Sell:
: Corp Exec Vice Pres and CFO Peter J Bensen sold 21,400 shares of MCD stock. Sell:: Director Cary D Mcmillan,[/b]


Sell:: President, McDonald's APMEA Timothy J Fenton, Sell:: Corp Exec VP, Chf Mktg Officer Mary Dillon, Sell:: Corp Sr Vice Pres - Controller Kevin Ozan and Sell:: Director Roger W Stone sold shares the same month.


British American Tobacco PLC (BTI) Reached the 52-Week High of $67.9


British American Tobacco is the holding company of a group of companies which manufacture, market and sell tobacco products. British American Tobacco Plc has a market cap of $68.44 billion; its shares were traded at around $67.9 with and P/S ratio of 3. The dividend yield of British American Tobacco Plc stocks is 4.1%. British American Tobacco Plc had an annual average earning growth of 13.1% over the past 10 years.


British American Tobacco PLC is in the portfolios of Sarah Ketterer.