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Buffett’s Best-Yielding Holdings

Published 09/25/2012, 02:00 PM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM

Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks from Warren Buffett’s billionaire’s fund. He own 37 stocks, of which 28 pay dividends. The highest yielding stock is GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British drug company. Its dividend yield is 4.87 percent. The top stocks are a mix of drugs, oil & gas and newspaper businesses.

As of Q2/2012 (June 30, 2012), he has 37 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 74,321,382,000. Buffett bought two new companies and added eight additional stocks. The biggest influence had Philips 66 (PSX) with a change to his portfolio of 1.21 percent.

  • Sanofi (NYSE: SNY) has a market capitalization of $117.27 billion. The company employs 113,719 people, generates revenue of $45,501.50 million and has a net income of $6,312.95 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $13,281.33 million. The EBITDA margin is 29.19 percent (operating margin 16.18 percent and net profit margin 13.87 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 15.41 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 27.46 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.42 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.15. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.72 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.07, P/S ratio 2.61 and P/B ratio 1.62. Dividend Yield: 3.79 percent. The beta ratio is 0.92.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Sanofi
Long-Term Dividends History of Sanofi (SNY)Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Sanofi (NYSE SNY)
  • General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has a market capitalization of $23.41 billion. The company employs 93,500 people, generates revenue of $32,677.00 million and has a net income of $2,552.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,418.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.52 percent (operating margin 11.71 percent and net profit margin 7.81 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.27 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 29.70 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.23 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.85. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.88 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.68, P/S ratio 0.71 and P/B ratio 1.78. Dividend Yield: 3.08 percent. The beta ratio is 1.24.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of General Dynamics
Long-Term Dividends History of General Dynamics (GD)Long-Term Dividend Yield History of General Dynamics (NYSE GD)
  • Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has a market capitalization of $185.38 billion. The company employs 264,400 people, generates revenue of $49,412.00 million and has a net income of $16,211.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $31,310.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 63.37 percent (operating margin 29.22 percent and net profit margin 20.03 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 13.28 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 124.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.19 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.03. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.48 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.60, P/S ratio 2.28 and P/B ratio 1.43. Dividend Yield: 2.52 percent. The beta ratio is 1.33.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Wells Fargo
Long-Term Dividends History of Wells Fargo (WFC)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Wells Fargo (NYSE WFC)
  • Intl. Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has a market capitalization of $234.60 billion. The company employs 433,362 people, generates revenue of $106,916.00 million and has a net income of $15,855.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $26,266.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 24.57 percent (operating margin 19.64 percent and net profit margin 14.83 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 155.54 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 73.43 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $13.75. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.90 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.93, P/S ratio 2.20 and P/B ratio 11.90. Dividend Yield: 1.65 percent. The beta ratio is 0.67.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Intl. Business Machines
Long-Term Dividends History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Intl. Business Machines (NYSE IBM)Take a closer look at the full table of the best yielding stocks from Warren Buffett's Investment Portfolio. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 20.72 and forward P/E ratio is 13.34. The dividend yield has a value of 2.37 percent. Price to book ratio is 6.93 and price to sales ratio 2.70. The operating margin amounts to 18.71 percent and the beta ratio is 1.05.

Here's The Full Table:
Warren Buffetts's Best Yielding Stock Holdings
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