(12-08-2014, 01:26 PM)Roadmap2Retire Wrote:(12-08-2014, 11:07 AM)Be Here Now Wrote:(12-08-2014, 10:48 AM)Vincenzo Wrote: I saw a headline on Yahoo Finance that hedge funds are betting the rout in oil is coming to an end. I don't place much stock in what I read on Yahoo Finance, but I was wondering what your thoughts were.
Hedge funds are getting it wrong more often than right. Plus, they are not investors in the sense of Graham and Buffett, they are speculators. Ignore them, do your own due diligence, follow your plan, don't over-pay.
This! What 'Be Here Now' said. Stop paying attention to the talking heads on CNBC and the so called "analyst". Most of them did not see the housing crisis coming and fortunes and lives were lost.
Look for solid blue chip companies that can weather storms and if they attractively priced, buy them. Do your own due diligence before investing instead of listening to traders. Hope that helps.
R2R
Hm...
I'm not sure what gave people the impression that I'm only basing my buy decisions on Yahoo Finance headlines when I stated in my OP, "I don't place much stock in what I read on Yahoo Finance". That last bit about the headline was really just an aside to my main post in an attempt to get other peoples opinion about the OPEC situation and whether they agreed the worst is over.
HP has managed to grow revenues by 17.98% per year over the past 10 years. Over that same time period, they've managed to grow EPS by 33.25%. For the past five years, those numbers are 15.17% and 35%, respectively. This is according to Morningstar.
HP's profit margin is 19.05% and its operating margin is 28.45% according to Yahoo Finance.
HP's ROE is 15.19% and it's 10-year average ROE is 17.1% according to Morningstar.
HP's debt/equity is 1.64 and its current ratio is 2.52 according to Yahoo Finance.
HP has been paying uninterrupted dividends for >= 25 years. Their 10-year dividend growth rate is 70%/year according to nasdaq.com. If you disregard the huge spike in payout in 2013 (from $0.07 to $0.50) and only count the years 2008-2012, the 5-year dividend growth rate is 9.56%/year.
HP's 5-year average dividend yield is 1.5% according to Yahoo Finance. It now stands at around 4%.
HP's payout ratio stands at 38% according to Yahoo Finance and Morningstar.
HP's 52-year high is 118.95, and it's 52-year low is about where it sits now (62.76), according to Yahoo Finance.
HPs 10-year average P/E is 15.96, according to Morningstar. It now stands at 9.77.
Currently, the company has a four-star rating on Morningstar, for whatever that's worth.
My favorite Warren Buffett quote, "Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful". In my opinion, others are being fearful now.
Would love to hear your thoughts based on these things. Thanks!