World Cup Soccer Stock Portfolio

The 2010 FIFA World Cup, the top international association soccer (called football outside the US) tournament started yesterday. It is being held in South Africa, and will continue until July 11, 2010. The World Cup is an extremely popular event, and the last game is expected to be the most watched sports game ever. With lots of viewers, there will be lots of money involved.

Several publicly traded companies are either official partners or sponsors, and could be used to build a World Cup Soccer portfolio.

One of the partners is Adidas (ADDYY.PK), the athletic shoe manufacturer, sportswear, and other sports equipment. The stock has a market cap of $10.9 billion.

Coca Cola (KO) is another partner. The stock has a PE of 17 and a yield of 3.4%.

Hyundai Motor (HYMTF.PK), the automobile manufacturer is also on the partner list.

Sony (SNE), the electronic equipment manufacturer, has a forward PE ratio of 12 and a PEG of 1.92.

The credit card company Visa (V) has a PE of 23.5 and pays a yield of 0.7%.

Budweiser, which is made by Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) is one of the official sponsors. The stock has a PE of 17.7 and a yield of 0.8%.

McDonalds (MCD) is another sponsor. It has a PE of 16.4 and a yield of 3.3%.

The sponsor Yingli Solar, is a brand of Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (YGE). The stock has a PE of 11.5 and a PEG of 0.65.

Mahindra Satyam (SAY) is a sponsor that was formerly known as Satyam Computer Services Ltd. The stock has a market cap of $3.4 billion.

MTN Group Ltd. (MTNOY.PK), a South Africa-based telecommunications company, is a sponsor with a market cap of $25.5 billion.

If you like interesting portfolios, you should check out the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, which can be downloaded, sorted, and added to.

Author owns MCD.

By Stockerblog.com

5 Stocks Under $5 per Share

Investors love low priced stocks, and if they can buy stocks for less than $5 per share with favorable financials, they are ecstatic. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find those types of stocks. Here are a group of five that have market caps over $275 million, have a debt to capital ratio of less than 14% (that means really low debt), and selling for less than book value (that means that if the company went out of business today, sold all assets, paid off debts, and distributed all proceeds to shareholders, the shareholders would receive more than what the stock is trading at).

Denison Mines Corp. (DNN) has a market cap of $431.4M has a debt to capital ratio of 0.04% and a price to book ratio of 0.55.

Adaptec, Inc. (ADPT) has a market cap of $367.1M has a debt to capital ratio of 0.10% and a price to book ratio of 0.91.

Satyam Computer Services Limited (SAY) has a market cap of $3.3B has a debt to capital ratio of 5.14% and a price to book ratio of 0.91.

Cowen Group, Inc. (COWN) has a market cap of $275.2M has a debt to capital ratio of 11.47% and a price to book ratio of 0.54.

New Gold Inc. (NGD) has a market cap of $1.7B has a debt to capital ratio of 13.18% and a price to book ratio of 0.94.

Do your homework on these thoroughly, as some of the above have generated negative earnings. If you like low priced stocks, don't forget to check out the list of 11 stocks under $10 per share at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com