The Top Stocks of Buffett, Soros, Icahn, Pickens
If several people put their heads together on a project, the end result oftentimes can be much greater than what each individual would be able to accomplish on his own. With that line of thinking in mind, Stockpickr decided to look at the stock picks of the "Dream Team" of stock traders -- Warren Buffett, George Soros, Carl Icahn and T. Boone Pickens -- to see if there are any stocks that more than one would agree on.
Stockpickr combed through the lists of all their shareholdings and came up with the
stocks where at least two agreed on a particular name
.
ConocoPhillips
(COP) - Get Report
, one of the largest multinational oil companies in the world, is stock held by both Buffett and Soros. The stock has a price-to-earnings ratio of 13, a P/E-to-growth ratio of 1.2 and a yield of 1.9%.
ConocoPhillips appears to be a favorite of several top stock traders including
, longtime
Forbes
columnist and money manager
and noted value investor
.
Another stock that Fisher likes is
Schlumberger
(SLB) - Get Report
, which happens to be owned by Pickens as well. Schlumberger has a P/E of 25, a PEG of 1 and a yield of 0.7%. One of Michael Price's picks is
Tyco International
(TYC)
, which is also a Buffett holding. Tyco has a forward P/E of 16, a PEG of 0.86 and a yield of 2.7%.
Another stock selection found among the top four is
Anadarko Petroleum
(APC) - Get Report
, which is owned by Pickens and Icahn. Anadarko, which is an oil and gas producer that has wells in the U.S., the Gulf of Mexico and Algeria, just announced that it will continue to drill for natural gas in spite of the drop in gas prices. The stock has a low P/E of 5, a PEG of 4.1 and a yield of 0.7%.
Anadarko is also held by
, the famous contrarian
Forbes
columnist. Dreman also owns
Bank of America
(BAC) - Get Report
, as does Buffett. Bank of America, which recently took a large position in
Countrywide Financial
(CFC)
, has a P/E of 10, a PEG of 1.3 and a fairly generous yield of 5.1%.
One more favorite among the top four traders is
Kraft Foods
(KFT)
, which both Buffett and Icahn own. Kraft, the largest food and beverage company in North America and the second largest in the world after
Nestle
, has a P/E of 20, a PEG of 2.5 and a decent yield of 3.2%.
Kraft is also a stockholding of
, the richest man in the world. Slim also owns shares of
Altria Group
(MO) - Get Report
, one of the world's largest tobacco companies. It has a P/E of 13, a PEG of 2.1 and a yield of 4.5%.
You can check out the portfolios of the top traders below:
At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.
James Altucher is president of Stockpickr LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TheStreet.com and part of its network of Web properties, and a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs a fund of hedge funds. He is also a weekly columnist for
The Financial Times
and the author of
Trade Like a Hedge Fund
,
Trade Like Warren Buffett
and
SuperCa$h
. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback;
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