Ken Heebner's Highest-Yielding Stock Picks
Updated from 7:01 a.m. EDT
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Ken Heebner is one of the top money managers in the country and a favorite of Jim Cramer. He's the general partner and portfolio manager of Capital Growth Management and portfolio manager of the CGM Focus Fund. The fund was ranked No. 3 for the year and had a return of 79.9% for 2007.
Stockpickr has put together a list of the
highest-yielding stocks that Heebner owns
.
One of his highest-yielding stocks is
Bank of America
(BAC) - Get Report
, with a 6.9% yield. BofA just announced that it will stop making private student loans so it can concentrate on federal student loans. The stock has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 11 and a P/E-to-growth ratio (PEG) of 1.27.
Bank of America is also owned by the
, a Morningstar-rated 5-star fund managed by Josef Lakonishok. The fund has had an average annual return of 13.7% over the past five years. LSV also owns
Exxon Mobil
(XOM) - Get Report
, which yields 1.5%,
ConocoPhillips
(COP) - Get Report
, with a 2.3% yield, and
Parker Hannifin
(PH) - Get Report
, yielding 1.1%.
Another high-yielding Heebner stock is
Citigroup
(C) - Get Report
, with a payout of 5.5%. The CEO, Vikram Pandit, just announced that he would cut the bank's costs by as much as 20%, which could result in job reductions to the tune of tens of thousands. The stock has a P/E of 34 and a PEG of 2.07.
Citigroup is also owned by the
, managed by Bruce Berkowitz, which invests in stocks that sell at a significant discount to their perceived value. The fund has had an average annual return of 20.2% over the past five years. The fund also owns
The St. Joe Company
(JOE) - Get Report
, which yields 1.6%,
Progressive
(PGR) - Get Report
, with a 0.8% yield, and
Canadian Natural Resources
(CNQ) - Get Report
, with a 0.5% yield.
Merrill Lynch
( MER) is another high-yielding Heebner stock, with a yield of 3.1%. On Thursday, the company said that it had negative earnings for the third consecutive quarter, wrote down assets by an additional $6.6 billion and will continue to have job layoffs. The stock has a forward P/E of 9 and a PEG of 1.72.
Merrill shows up in the portfolio of the
, managed by Scott Schoelzel. Janus also owns shares of
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan
(POT)
, with a 0.2% yield,
Goldman Sachs
(GS) - Get Report
, with a 0.8% yield, and
Procter & Gamble
(PG) - Get Report
, with a 2.4% yield.
To see the entire list of the
highest-yielding Heebner stocks
, go to Stockpickr.com.
At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.
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Financial Times
and the author of
Trade Like a Hedge Fund
,
Trade Like Warren Buffett
and
SuperCa$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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