George Soros’s Biggest Dividend Stock Buys As Of Q1/2013

George Soros is a well known investor and hedge fund manager with holdings of around $8.56 billion invested in 207 stocks. Last quarter alone, he added 74 new companies to his stock portfolio.

Today I'm focusing on the biggest dividend stock buys from among Soros' holdings. Only eight of his 20 biggest stocks pay dividends.

In total, George Soros has a very diversified fund. His biggest position, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF – Put, has a portfolio weighting of 4.8 percent. The second biggest position is the oil & gas company Pioneer Natural Resources with a 3.4 percent share.

MeadWestvaco (MWV) has a market capitalization of $6.24 billion. The company employs 16,000 people, generates revenue of $5.459 billion and has a net income of $215.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $796.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.58 percent (the operating margin is 5.61 percent and the net profit margin 3.94 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 24.28 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 64.38 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.48 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.98. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.00 in the form of dividends to shareholders. MWV is a new stake and had an impact to the full portfolio of 0.78 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 36.18, the P/S ratio is 1.14 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.84. The dividend yield amounts to 2.83 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.66.






Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has a market capitalization of $5.55 billion. The ETF generates revenue of $122.50 million and has a net income of $-862.61 million. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $76.71 million. The EBITDA margin is 62.62 percent (the operating margin is 62.56 percent and the net profit margin -704.16 percent).

Last fiscal year, the ETF paid $0.46 in the form of dividends to shareholders. GDX is an existing stake and had an impact to the full portfolio of 0.51 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the ETF: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 43.71 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.59. The dividend yield amounts to 1.69 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.58.






Mosaic (MOS) has a market capitalization of $25.66 billion. The company employs 8,000 people, generates revenue of $11.107 billion and has a net income of $1.917 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.119 billion. The EBITDA margin is 28.08 percent (the operating margin is 23.51 percent and the net profit margin 17.26 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 6.31 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.79 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.34 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.47. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.28 in the form of dividends to shareholders. MOS is an existing stake and had an impact to the full portfolio of 0.71 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.47, the P/S ratio is 2.31 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.14. The dividend yield amounts to 1.66 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.32.






Energen (EGN) has a market capitalization of $3.85 billion. The company employs 1,575 people, generates revenue of $1.617 billion and has a net income of $253.56 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $900.54 million. The EBITDA margin is 55.69 percent (the operating margin is 28.41 percent and the net profit margin 15.68 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 29.09 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 67.12 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.93 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.50. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders. EGN is an existing stake and had an impact to the full portfolio of 0.43 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.28, the P/S ratio is 2.39 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.44. The dividend yield amounts to 1.09 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.22.






Virgin Media (VMED) has a market capitalization of $13.67 billion. The company employs 12,742 people, generates revenue of $6.213 billion and has a net income of $4.322 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.505 billion. The EBITDA margin is 40.32 percent (the operating margin is 12.47 percent and the net profit margin 69.57 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 56.44 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 187.77 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 150.28 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $14.18. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.15 in the form of dividends to shareholders. VMED is an existing stake and had an impact to the full portfolio of 0.87 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 3.56, the P/S ratio is 2.20 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.84. The dividend yield amounts to 0.32 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.63.






EQT Corporation (EQT) has a market capitalization of $12.19 billion. The company employs 1,873 people, generates revenue of $1.641 billion and has a net income of $196.41 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $972.36 million. The EBITDA margin is 59.23 percent (the operating margin is 28.66 percent and the net profit margin 11.96 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 28.54 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 70.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.10 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.40. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.88 in the form of dividends to shareholders. EQT is an existing stake and had an impact to the full portfolio of 0.79 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 57.69, the P/S ratio is 7.42 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.37. The dividend yield amounts to 0.15 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.87.






Take a closer look at the full list of George Soros's biggest dividend stock buys as of Q1/2013. The average P/E ratio amounts to 25.24 and forward P/E ratio is 15.11. The dividend yield has a value of 0.98 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.35 and price to sales ratio 3.48. The operating margin amounts to 4.75 percent and the beta ratio is 1.51. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.78.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):



These are the 20 biggest stock buys of Geroge Soros:


Related stock ticker symbols:
GOOG, LBTYA, VMED, EQT, LCC, MWV, MOS, BRCD, RHT, CX, CZR, STZ, LBTYK, GDX,
EGN, VMW, CHTR, BMC, RDN, PXD

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