The revenue per share of the S&P 500 index, which is a benchmark for the U.S. market, increased at a yearly average rate of approximately 4.1% over the past five years. The value of the index has risen 56.4% to $3,251.84 over the past year through July 20.

Thus, investors may be interested in the following stocks, as they have outperformed the index in terms of a higher five-year revenue per share growth rate.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc

The first company that possesses the above criteria is International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF).

The New York-based manufacturer of

As we know, GuruFocus keeps us posted on what the investing giants, the gurus, are up to in managing their portfolios and funds. One of the tools it provides for tracking the gurus is the S&P 500 screener, which aggregates all the buys, sells and holdings in one large table.

On May 12, the company at the top of the buy list on the screener was DuPont de Nemours Inc. (DD), a company selling at a significant discount, as shown in this 10-year chart:

Its price began falling in

Although gurus hold positions in the following companies, their share prices and returns have suffered declines recently. These are the worst-performing stocks over the past six months that have a long-term presence in multiple gurus' portfolios.

International Flavors & Fragrances

Shares of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) declined 9.19% over the past six months through Jan. 16. The stock is held by five gurus.

The company's largest guru shareholder is Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.32% of outstanding shares, followed by Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.50% and Tom Gayner (Trades,

According to GuruFocus’ list of 52-week lows, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-week lows.

Cigna reached the 52-week low of $166.09

The price of Cigna Corp. (CI) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $166.09, which is 28.3% off the 52-week high of $226.61. The company has a market cap of $63.12 billion.

Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 15.76 and a price-sales ratio of 0.92 as of March 22. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.02%. The forward dividend yield is 0.02%.

Cigna operates in the healthcare industry, providing medical, dental, disability, life

According to GuruFocus’ list of 52-week lows, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-week lows.

Cigna reached the 52-week low of $166.45

The price of Cigna Corp. (CI) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $166.45, which is 28.3% off the 52-week high of $226.61. The company has a market cap of $63.26 billion.

Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 15.79 and a price-sales ratio of 0.92 as of March 15. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.02%. The forward dividend yield is 0.02%.

Cigna Corp operates in the healthcare industry, providing medical, dental, disability,

The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “February 2019” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to these filters, the following are trades from company insiders this week.

Part owners MPM BioVentures 2014 L.P., the Oncology Impact Fund (Cayman), Upnorth Investment Ltd and directors Morana Jovan-Embiricos and Ansbert Gadicke, bought a combined 4,319,999 shares of TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. (TCRR) for an average price of $15 per share on Feb.

Company overview

We have had our eye on International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) for years now. We have been waiting for the right buy opportunity and had established a 20% pull-back rule, whereby we would take a position anytime the stock dropped 20% below its 200-day moving average line. Unfortunately, not too many buy opportunities have arisen.

Operationally, this company has almost always passed our quality tests. The company is a leading manufacturer of natural and artificial flavoring and fragrance chemicals, seasonings, spices, enzymes, and fortified products. It serves primarily the food, consumer, beverage, perfumes, cosmetics, and soap industries. In

The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “October 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to the above filters, the following are trades from company insiders this week.

Winder Investment Pte Ltd., 10% owner of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF), bought 150,000 shares for an average price of $138.79 per share on Oct. 23.

The manufacturer of flavors and fragrances has a market cap of $14.9 million and an enterprise value of

The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “October 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to the above filters, the following are trades from company insiders this week.

Axar Capital Managemnet LP, 10% owner of Stonemor Partners LP (STON), bought 62,616 shares for an average price of $5.14 per share on Oct. 18.

The company, which owns and operates cemeteries and funeral homes in the U.S., has a

The MS Global Franchise Fund (Trades, Portfolio), part of Morgan Stanley, released its second-quarter portfolio this week, listing one new position. It also divested of four holdings.

Managed by a nine-person team, the fund invests in high-quality companies around the world in order to achieve long-term capital appreciation. It looks for companies that have resilient business franchises and growth potential.

The fund established a position in Baxter International Inc. (BAX) during the quarter and sold its British American Tobacco PLC (BTI), Intuit Inc. (INTU), Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) holdings.

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