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Great Stocks To Buy In 2. MONEYFear of failure drives many mutual fund managers to spread their bets widely. Actively managed U. S. World funds average 2.
The stewards of the funds on the following pages are different. They invest in 5. Each fund's five- year return has beaten those of more than half of the funds investing in similar stocks. For the three funds that are at least a decade old, the same is true of their 1.
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Follow the managers' advice and you may prosper too. Prahba Carpenter at Homestead Value. Mike Mc. Gregor. The Pros: Mark Ashton, Prabha Carpenter, and Gregory Halter. Homestead Value Fund (HOVLX) has returned an average of 1. The managers: Mark Ashton, at the helm since 1. Prabha Carpenter, who joined the fund in 2.
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Gregory Halter, who started in 2. The strategy: The trio stick to stocks of large firms selling at a discount to the value of the underlying businesses. They also screen for earnings growth rates in the high single digits or better, ample cash flow, and top brass who they believe use resources wisely. One area the Homestead team likes is pharmaceuticals, which make up five of the fund's 4. Big drug companies, says Carpenter, are rolling out new medicines but are not as expensive as their biotech peers.
The managers' instincts have often been correct. Homestead Value ranks in the top 2. Next: Ashton, Carpenter, and Halter's three stock picks. Pfizer drugs Advil and Robitussin, and Allergan's Refresh eye drops are pictured in this photo illustration in the Manhattan borough of New York October 2. Carlo Allegri—Reuters.
Pfizer. Price: $3. P/E RATIO: 1. 3. 4. Ticker: Why Ashton, Carpenter, and Halter like it: In recent years big pharmaceutical firms have been hurt by patent expirations of popular prescription drugs. But Carpenter says Pfizer is replenishing its portfolio with smart acquisitions, like its intended merger with global pharma company Allergan. Pfizer could face political fallout for its plans to move to Ireland for a lower tax rate. But if the merger goes through, the company will have more than 1.
Pfizer's forward price/earnings ratio is just 1. And the stock has an attractive dividend yield of 3. In this photo taken, July 1.
ATMs at a branch office of Bank of America in New York. Mark Lennihan—APBank of America. Price: $1. 6. 0. 8P/E RATIO: 1.
Ticker: Why Ashton, Carpenter, and Halter like it: Bank of America has been digging itself out from under the housing market mess—and making progress. In the third quarter of 2. One year later the bank needed less than $1 billion to cover such costs. Meanwhile, demand for its products is growing. From July to September, mortgages and home- equity- loan originations expanded 1. And noninterest income rose 2%, to $1.
The stock trades at just one times Bank of America's tangible book value (assets that would remain if the bank had to liquidate). Says Carpenter, . CEO David Cote says he wants Honeywell to be the Apple of industrials, and in 2. Lyric smart thermostat, attractive and easy to use.
The efforts are paying off: Analysts expect Honeywell's 2. At the same time, the stock trades below the S& P 5. P/E of 1. 7. 4. Bill Nygren. Mike Mc. Gregor. The Pros: Bill Nygren and David Herro. Oakmark Global Select Fund (OAKWX) has returned an average of 1. The managers: To make their selections, Bill Nygren and David Herro look for stocks selling at a steep discount to the price they believe a buyer expecting a reasonable return would pay for the company. The strategy: Nygren and Herro also screen for firms that have a combined earnings growth rate and dividend yield that's at least equal to the market's average (about 7% today) and management teams focused on per- share growth.
Free to invest in thousands of companies worldwide, the fund has remarkably few holdings at any given time: about 2. It is currently invested about 4. U. S. In place of growth at any cost, AIG is getting leaner. In October, for example, it said it was pulling back in Central America and Japan. The trimming, says Nygren, should improve the company's return on equity (a measure of profitability). AIG's stock trades at an inexpensive 7.
As the legacy of AIG's bad business continues to fade, Nygren says earnings will improve. In fact, analysts estimate that profits will jump 1. Mercedes- Benz C4. AMG Sedancourtesy Mercedes- Benz USADaimler. Price: $7. 6. 8. 2P/E RATIO: 9.
Ticker: Why Nygren and Herro like it: Volkswagen's emissions scandal and slow growth in emerging markets weighed on stocks of auto companies in 2. But Nygren says that Germany's Daimler is resilient.
Third- quarter sales of its Mercedes- Benz cars rose 1. U. S. And cost cutting helps: From January through September, earnings per share rose 1.
TE Connectivity. TE Connectivity. Price: $6. 2. 0. 8P/E RATIO: 1.
Ticker: Why Nygren and Herro like it: Nygren likes the oft- overlooked TE Connectivity, which makes sensors and connectors used in cars, industrial products, and communication systems. In 2. 01. 5, TE sold a subsidiary for $3 billion, earmarking almost all of that for stock buybacks to boost earnings per share. And demand is rising. TE forecasts 2. 01.
Timothy Fidler (l.) and John Rogers of Ariel Investments Mike Mc. Gregor. The Pros: John Rogers and Timothy Fidler. Ariel Appreciation Fund (CAAPX) has returned an average of 1. The managers: John Rogers, in charge since 2. Timothy Fidler, who joined the fund in 2. The strategy: To execute their winning formula, the managers buy when shares trade at a 4. And though the bull market hits its seventh anniversary in March, the two say they have no trouble finding bargains.
Industrials and energy are two sectors where the mood has been particularly gloomy—and where Rogers and Fidler are hunting. The fund's five- year return beats those of more than 7. Next: Rogers and Fidler's three stock picks. In December 2. 01. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Bristow flies helicopters for the global offshore oil industry, taking workers to and from rigs.
Clients have cut spending, but the company gets 6. And Bristow is reducing its reliance on the energy market: It recently agreed to provide civilian search- and- rescue services for the U. K. Analysts expect profits to rise 3. March 2. 01. 7, but Fidler says Bristow is already a deal: . Kennametal was run inefficiently, says Fidler, operating too many factories. But under a new CEO, the company is slimming down.
The managers value the stock at $3. Rogers, given the potential for bigger profits, especially if industrial spending picks up. A natural gas rig run by Quicksilver Resources in Fort Worth, Texas, April 2.
Quicksilver Resources is part of the KKR & Co. Gray/Fort Worth Star- Telegr—Getty Images. KKR & Co. Price: $1. P/E RATIO: 6. 0. Ticker: Why Rogers and Fidler like it: As money flows into alternative investments, KKR, a private equity firm with $9. Investors worry that it's getting harder for KKR to find bargain companies to buy, but Rogers counters that it has diversified with international and real estate funds. It's also returning cash to shareholders.
Last year, KKR (a master limited partnership whose dividend is called a distribution) said it would pay $0. Rogers says the stock is worth $3. Elizabeth Jones Mike Mc. Download Your Name (2017) Movie Tumblr. Gregor. The Pro: Elizabeth Jones. Buffalo Large Cap(BUFEX) has returned an average of 1.
The manager: Elizabeth Jones, who joined Buffalo Large Cap in 2. The strategy: ,Jones screens for firms that are leaders in their markets and add value to customers' lives. She also favors companies that can generate impressive returns on their investments and build their business in North America, where she believes economic expansion is sound. And overarching everything are 2.
Buffalo Funds, from changing demographics to health care costs. Jones owns stocks of no more than 4. The fund's five- year return beats those of 5. Next: Jones' three stock picks. T. J. Maxx in Boston's Downtown Crossing, September 1. Wendy Maeda—The Boston Globe via Getty Image.
TJX Companies. Price: $7. P/E RATIO: 1. 9. 4.