3 Stocks For Every Kind Of Investor
It's rare to come across a stock that fits everyone's investment parameters - fundamentalists, growth addicts and dividend chasers alike - and rarer still that those stocks emerge during a general equity pullback. But we've turned up three such winners: shares that have six months worth of rock-solid price appreciation, yield high dividends and carry low Price-Earnings (P/E) and Price-to-Book (P/B) ratios.
Here they are for your investment edification.
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In What Business?!
Walter Investment Management (NYSE: WAC) is engaged in (gasp!) providing subprime, non-conforming and other residential loans to customers across the southeasternUnited States .
Currently, the shares pay 11.5% annually and have a P/E ratio of just 2.58. And in case you think WAC is a stock that's bound to get whacked, think again. In the last six months, the company's shares rose over 22%, a far better showing than the broad financial sector, as represented by the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF), which tacked on a mere 1% over the same period.
In the last three years, Walter Investment has grown sales by better than 97%, and for the last five years by 67%. It's little wonder the shares are hoarded by the institutional set, who own in excess of 74% of the company's float.
Walter Investment Management has a market cap of roughly $446 million.
Trading At Half The Company's Breakup Value
Kohlberg Capital (Nasdaq: KCAP) is a closed-end investment fund that invests in privately held, middle market companies. (Learn more about these funds in Uncovering Closed-End Funds.) The company's shares are up by 8.7% in the last six months despite the fact that the broad market, as represented by the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (NYSE: SPY), gained only 0.5%.
Kohlberg Capital pays an annual dividend of 14% and is valued at 4 times last year's earnings and just 0.5 times book value.
KCAP has a market cap just under $110 million and is 41% institutionally held.
The Sky's The Limit
Formerly known as Babcock & Brown, Fly Leasing (NYSE: FLY) is in the business of leasing out its fleet of 62 commercial jet aircraft. Based inDublin , Ireland , the company has enjoyed tremendous share performance in 2010. Year to date, the stock is up almost 26%. It pays a 7.0% dividend and trades with a 5.8 P/E ratio.
P/B on FLY shares is a mere 0.7.
The Wrap
In a market that's off 10% from its highs for the year, some stocks have still powered ahead by at least that much. And some, like the above-mentioned trio, also offer great dividend yields and superior valuation measures - a little something for everyone.
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Here they are for your investment edification.
IN PICTURES: 20 Tools For Building Up Your Portfolio
In What Business?!
Walter Investment Management (NYSE: WAC) is engaged in (gasp!) providing subprime, non-conforming and other residential loans to customers across the southeastern
Currently, the shares pay 11.5% annually and have a P/E ratio of just 2.58. And in case you think WAC is a stock that's bound to get whacked, think again. In the last six months, the company's shares rose over 22%, a far better showing than the broad financial sector, as represented by the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF), which tacked on a mere 1% over the same period.
In the last three years, Walter Investment has grown sales by better than 97%, and for the last five years by 67%. It's little wonder the shares are hoarded by the institutional set, who own in excess of 74% of the company's float.
Walter Investment Management has a market cap of roughly $446 million.
Trading At Half The Company's Breakup Value
Kohlberg Capital pays an annual dividend of 14% and is valued at 4 times last year's earnings and just 0.5 times book value.
KCAP has a market cap just under $110 million and is 41% institutionally held.
The Sky's The Limit
Formerly known as Babcock & Brown, Fly Leasing (NYSE: FLY) is in the business of leasing out its fleet of 62 commercial jet aircraft. Based in
P/B on FLY shares is a mere 0.7.
The Wrap
In a market that's off 10% from its highs for the year, some stocks have still powered ahead by at least that much. And some, like the above-mentioned trio, also offer great dividend yields and superior valuation measures - a little something for everyone.
Use the Investopedia Stock Simulator to trade the stocks mentioned in this stock analysis, risk free!

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