We'd all like to invest like the legendary Warren Buffett, turning thousands into millions or more. Buffett analyzes companies by calculating return on invested capital, or ROIC, to help determine whether a company has an economic moat -- the ability to earn returns on its money above that money's cost.
In this series, we examine several companies in a single industry to determine their ROIC. Let's look at priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN ) and three of its industry peers, to see how efficiently they use cash.
Of course, it's not the only metric in value investing, but ROIC may be the most important one. By determining a company's ROIC, you can see how well it's using the cash you entrust to it and whether it's actually creating value for you. Simply put, it divides a company's operating profit by how much investment it took to get that profit. The formula is:
Top 5 Warren Buffett Stocks To Invest In 2014: First Community Corporation(FCCO)
First Community Corporation operates as a bank holding company for First Community Bank, N.A. that provides various commercial and retail banking products and services to small-to-medium sized businesses, professional concerns, and individuals. It accepts various deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, checking accounts, NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits, as well as certificates of deposits. The company also offers commercial loans comprising secured and unsecured loans for working capital, business expansion, and the purchase of equipment and machinery; consumer loans, such as secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; real estate construction and acquisition loans; and fixed and variable rate mortgage loans. In addition it provides other banking services, which include Internet banking, cash management services, safe deposit boxes, travelers checks, dir ect deposit of payroll and social security checks, and automatic drafts for various accounts. Further, the company provides non-deposit investment products and other investment brokerage services, VISA and MasterCard credit card services, and insurance services, as well as involves in issuing trust preferred securities. It offers its banking products and services through its main office in Lexington, South Carolina; and 11 full-service offices located in Lexington, Forest Acres, Irmo, Cayce-West Columbia, Gilbert, Chapin, Northeast Columbia, Prosperity, Newberry, and Camden. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Lexington, South Carolina.
Top 5 Warren Buffett Stocks To Invest In 2014: Nordstrom Inc.(JWN)
Nordstrom, Inc., a fashion specialty retailer, offers apparel, shoes, cosmetics, and accessories for women, men, and children in the United States. It offers a selection of brand name and private label merchandise. The company sells its products through various channels, including Nordstrom full-line stores, off-price Nordstrom Rack stores, Jeffrey? boutiques, treasure & bond, and Last Chance clearance stores; and its online store, nordstrom.com, as well as through catalog. Nordstrom also provides a private label card, two Nordstrom VISA credit cards, and a debit card for Nordstrom purchases. The company?s credit and debit cards feature a shopping-based loyalty program. As of September 30, 2011, it operated 222 stores, including 117 full-line stores, 101 Nordstrom Racks, 2 Jeffrey boutiques, 1 treasure & bond store, and 1 clearance store in 30 states. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Kevin1977]
Director of Nordstrom Inc., Felicia D Thornton, bought 1,140 shares on 9/09/2011 at an average price of $47.89. Nordstrom, Inc. is one of the nation's fashion specialty retailers, with stores located in a number of states, including full-line stores, Nordstrom Racks, Faconnable boutiques, and free-standing shoe stores. Nordstrom Inc. has a market cap of $10.44 billion; its shares were traded at around $47.89 with a P/E ratio of 15.7 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Nordstrom Inc. stocks is 2% Nordstrom Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 27.3% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Nordstrom Inc. the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.
On August 11, Nordstrom Inc. reported net earnings of $175 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended July 30, 2011. This represented an increase of 20 percent compared with net earnings of $146 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, for the same quarter last year.Second quarter same-store sales increased 7.3 percent compared with the same period in fiscal 2010. Net sales in the second quarter were $2.72 billion, an increase of 12.4 percent compared with net sales of $2.42 billion during the same period in fiscal 2010.
Last week, Director Felicia D Thornton bought 1,140 shares of JWN stock.
Executive Vice President Ken Worzel and Director Philip G Satre bought shares in August.
Top 10 Construction Material Stocks To Buy For 2014: Avon Rubber(AVON.L)
Avon Rubber p.l.c. engages in the design, test, and manufacture of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear respiratory protection products and solutions for military, homeland security, law enforcement, first responder, emergency services, fire, and industrial markets primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company?s products include respirators or gas masks with various spares and accessories; emergency hood and self contained breathing apparatus; consumable filters; thermal imaging camera equipment; hovercraft skirts; industrial coated fabric solutions; and flexible storage tanks and fittings for military, industrial, and agricultural markets. It is also involved in the manufacture and sale of dairy products, primarily rubberware, such as liners and tubing used in the automated milking process under the Milk-Rite brand. Avon Rubber p.l.c. sells its respiratory protection products through a distribution network in the United States; and diary p roducts to original equipment manufacturers, as well as through distributors. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Melksham, the United Kingdom.
Top 5 Warren Buffett Stocks To Invest In 2014: Cairn Energy(CNE.L)
Cairn Energy PLC, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the discovery, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas. It has license interests in various blocks located in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Greenland, Albania, and Spain. As of December 31, 2010, the company had proven plus probable reserves of 315.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. Cairn Energy PLC is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.
Top 5 Warren Buffett Stocks To Invest In 2014: BioDelivery Sciences International Inc.(BDSI)
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing products in the areas of pain management and oncology supportive care. The company uses its patented BioErodible MucoAdhesive (BEMA) and Bioral cochleate drug delivery technologies in the development of its products. The BEMA technology is a small erodible polymer film for application to the buccal mucosa; and the Bioral cochleate drug delivery technology encapsulates a selected drug or therapeutic in a cochleate cylinder. Its pain franchise consists of products utilizing the patented BEMA technology, including ONSOLIS, a fentanyl buccal soluble film for the management of pain in opioid tolerant adult patients with cancer; and BEMA Buprenorphine, which is in the development stage for the treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain, as well as for the treatment of opioid dependence. The company also engages in developing product candidates utilizing the B EMA technology for conditions, such as nausea/vomiting. BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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