Over the last year and few months I wrote a couple of posts high lighting the famous value investor Ben Graham titled "A Few More Ben Graham Nuggets" and "Ben Graham Nuggets Part 2". Both post high lighted a basket of seven stocks, notice the number... "7"... Lucky number seven (ha ha).
- Current ratio of 1.5 or better
- A Book Value of 1.5 or less
- A p/e ratio under 15
- Positive eps growth over last 5 years
- Very low or NO debt
- Pay a dividend
Company | Ticker Symbol | Closing price on Oct 30Th 2008 $ | Closing price on March 24Th 2010 $ | Cumulative Return | ||
Abercrombie & Fitch | ANF | 27.06 | 44.38 | +64.01% | ||
Ashland | ASH | 21.98 | 53.43 | +143.08% | ||
Bel Fuse | BELFB | 18.70 | 22.04 | +17.86% | ||
Movado Group | MOV | 14.29 | 11.79 | -17.49% | ||
Nam Tai Electronics | NTE | 7.28 | 4.91 | -32.55% | ||
Seaboard Corp | SEB | 1098.00 | 1389.75 | +26.57% | ||
Thor Industries | THO | 17.50 | 31.78 | +81.60% | ||
Total Cumulative Return Graham Nuggets | +40.19% return | S&P Index cumulative return Oct 30Th 2008 thru Mar 24Th 2010 954.09-1167.72 | +22.40% return |
Company | Ticker Symbol | Closing price on Dec 10Th 2008 $ | Closing price on March 24Th 2010 $ | Cumulative Return | ||
Intersil Corp. | ISIL | 9.36 | 14.74 | +57.48% | ||
Lufkin Industries | LUFK | 35.26 | 79.48 | +125.41% | ||
bebe stores | BEBE | 6.64 | 9.40 | +41.57% | ||
Heidrick & Struggles | HSII | 20.66 | 28.21 | +36.54% | ||
Titanium Metals | TIE | 8.54 | 16.71 | +95.67 | ||
Williams-Sonoma | WSM | 8.59 | 27.72 | +222.70% | ||
Williams Pipeline | WMZ | 14.35 | 30.14 | +110.03 | ||
Total Cumulative Return Graham Nuggets | +98.49% return | S&P Index cumulative return Dec 10Th 2008 thru Mar 24Th 2010 899.24- 1167.72 | +29.90% return |