Public Dashboard: Barron's (2008)
Barron's top (12) stocks for 2008. The starting value was $1000 on 1/4/2008.
| Dashboard: Barron's (2008) |
Date: 05/13/2008 |
| Company |
Symbol |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
% of Total |
Growth |
Proj P/E |
Proj Yield |
Fin Str |
EPS Stab |
Qlty |
PAR |
| Comcast (A) |
CMCSA
|
4.948 |
$22.04 |
$109 |
11.6% |
8.0% |
24.0 |
0.0% |
37% |
34 |
42.7 |
14.7% |
| Micron Tech |
MU
|
13 |
$8.32 |
$108 |
11.5% |
11.4% |
4.9 |
0.0% |
8% |
9 |
41.5 |
13.4% |
| Kohl's |
KSS
|
2.038 |
$49.07 |
$100 |
10.6% |
12.0% |
17.0 |
0.0% |
97% |
80 |
94.2 |
18.3% |
| Southwest Airlines |
LUV
|
7.3 |
$13.30 |
$97 |
10.3% |
10.1% |
19.0 |
0.1% |
71% |
61 |
65.2 |
9.9% |
| Time Warner |
TWX
|
5.238 |
$16.04 |
$84 |
8.9% |
5.0% |
22.0 |
0.5% |
46% |
32 |
46.0 |
14.8% |
| Comerica |
CMA
|
2.088 |
$39.69 |
$82 |
8.8% |
5.6% |
12.0 |
4.0% |
94% |
80 |
66.2 |
13.5% |
| Suntrust Banks |
STI
|
1.418 |
$56.77 |
$80 |
8.5% |
9.9% |
11.0 |
3.8% |
99% |
99 |
73.0 |
14.9% |
| Starbucks |
SBUX
|
4.6 |
$16.04 |
$73 |
7.8% |
16.4% |
29.0 |
0.0% |
84% |
96 |
81.6 |
26.1% |
| Gannett |
GCI
|
2.378 |
$30.07 |
$71 |
7.6% |
6.9% |
10.0 |
2.7% |
94% |
86 |
80.0 |
19.2% |
| Legg Mason |
LM
|
1.2 |
$55.86 |
$67 |
7.1% |
9.1% |
18.0 |
0.8% |
88% |
82 |
63.5 |
25.9% |
| American Intl Group |
AIG
|
1.506 |
$38.37 |
$57 |
6.1% |
8.2% |
13.0 |
1.0% |
98% |
66 |
70.0 |
27.1% |
| Bear Stearns* |
BSC
|
1.056 |
$10.38 |
$10 |
1.2% |
2.0% |
2.0 |
0.0% |
1% |
44 |
26.0 |
16.4% |
| Totals & Averages |
$942 |
100.0% |
9.3% |
16.2 |
1.1% |
69% |
62 |
64.1 |
17.2% |
| Portfolio Averages |
| PAR |
17.2% |
| Quality |
64.1 |
| Growth |
9.3% |
| Average P/E Ratio |
16.2 |
| Average Yield |
1.1% |
| Financial Strength |
69 |
| EPS Stability |
62 |
| Quality Legend: |
| Blue | Excellent with quality greater than 65. |
| Green | Good with quality between 55 and 65. |
| Neutral | Average or below average with quality between 35 and 55. |
| Red | Poor with quality less than 35. |
| PAR Legend: |
| Green | PAR is within the target range of MIPAR +5-10%, currently 16.7-21.7%. |
| Yellow | PAR is above the target range of MIPAR +10%, currently 21.7%. |
| PAR | Projected Annual Return |
| MIPAR | The Manifest Investing Median PAR of all stocks in the database. |
| MIPAR | 11.7% |
| * | Not covered by Value Line Standard Edition. |
| b | Uses price-to-book value for valuation purposes. |
| ~ | Exhibits cyclical tendencies. |