How Many Turkey Stocks Can You Name? The Thanksgiving Stock Portfolio

In just a few days, it will be time to give thanks and eat turkey. There are many companies that will benefit from the Thanksgiving holiday. How many of these stocks can you name? Here are a few to get you started.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) Hillshire Brands

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) Pepperidge Farm stuffing

ConAgra, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) Marie Callender’s pumpkin pie

Kraft Heinz (NYSE:KHC) Heinz Gravy, Stove Top Stuffing

Hormel (NYSE:HRL) Jennie-O brand of turkeys

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc, (NYSE:MSO) wine and cookbooks

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ)  Mondavi and many other wines

Lifetime Brands (NYSE:LCUT) KitchenAid utensils

Happy Thanksgiving!

How to Invest in Thanksgiving

Americans are expected to spend over $1 billion on turkeys for this Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 24, according to new research by personal finance comparison website finder.com . With that much money going towards this holiday, several companies are bound to benefit.

One of the best ways is to look at the turkeys. Turkey is the number one dish served for Thanksgiving dinner. There are several turkey producers in the US, a few of which are owned by publicly traded companies.

Butterball is the largest, but unfortunately, you can’t invest in it because it is privately held.

The second largest is Jennie-O Turkey Store, which is owned by Hormel Foods (HRL). The stock trades at 23 times trailing earnings, 21 times forward earnings, and pays a yield of 1.6%.

Hillshire Brands is another top turkey producer, which is owned by Tyson Foods (TSN). Tyson has a trading price to earnings ratio of 14 and a forward P/E of 11. It pays out a dividend rate of 0.9%.

The Oscar Mayer division of Kraft Heinz (KHC) is also a turkey producer in the top ten. The stock trades at 37 times earnings and yields 3%.

Hopefully, your stock portfolio will provide you with a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written. 

By Stockerblog.com

Turkey Stocks are Worth Nibbling

According to the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, also known as AFIRE, a recent study showed that the country of Turkey has the fourth best opportunity for real estate price appreciation of all countries around the world, up from ninth place the previous year. The country is ranked 15th in terms of Gross Domestic Product on a Purchasing Power Parity basis. Less that two months ago, Fitch raised the credit rating of Turkey to investment grade. The literacy rate is approximately 94%.

So what is the best way to invest in this growing country? WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has turned up ten different Turkish stocks available to US investors. The best way to invest with diversification is through an Exchange Traded Fund, the iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index (TUR). The stocks in the ETF have an average price to earnings ratio of 11 and the fund pays a yield of 1.9%. The fund has had a 12.9% average annual return over the last three years.

The fund's three largest holdings are Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (GARAN), Akbank TAS (AKBNF), and Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. (HALKB). About 46% of the funds assets are in the financial services industry and almost 16% in industrials.

Another alternative which provides diversification is the Turkish Investment Fund (TKF), a closed end fund. Last year, the fund was up over 49%.

If you want do invest directly in a Turkish company, you should consider Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri (TKC), which trades at 12.7 times trailing earnings and 12.1 time forward earnings. The company is a provider of provides wireless telephone services, sports and news entertainment, Internet services, and other telecommunications services. Earnings for the latest reported quarter were up 1% on a 3.8% rise in revenues. The stock has $4.15 in cash per share.

If you want a free list of stocks based in Turkey, that you can download, sort, and update, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.