By Jae Jun on July 2, 2009
Bargain Growth aka Growth at a Reasonable Price (GARP: 0.00 N/A N/A)
Companies 11 through 20 are categorized as stalwarts or companies that can consistently create growth. This is the Peter Lynch style section of the portfolio.
Another Lynch precept is to invest only in companies with debt-to-equity ratios below 0.33. That requirement eliminated three of our 2008 holdings: 3M, McKesson, and Parker Hannifin all carry slightly too much debt. Meanwhile, two of our other stocks, Accenture and Microsoft, managed to generate more free cash flow last quarter, proving themselves to be what Lynch calls “stalwarts,” or consistent performers. They remain on our roster. - Fortune
Now let’s look at the next 10.
40 Best Retirement Stocks: No.11-20
1. Cisco Systems (CSCO)
2. Microsoft (MSFT)
3. Walgreen (WAG)
4. Gilead Sciences (GILD)
5. Mastercard (MA): Outside circle of competence
6. Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
7. Baker Hughes Inc (BHI)
8. Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX)
9. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
10. Carlisle Companies (CSL)
Although I understand what Mastercard does I’m still uncertain about the valuation process and my abilities to get deeper into financials so I’ll let it be. If you look at the embedded spreadsheet at the bottom of the post, you’ll see that I didn’t highlight a single one out of this 10 because I don’t believe there are any bargains in this list as the categorization suggests.
BHI, BDX and MSFT were priced lower than my valuations but BHI is too inconsistent and unreliable to be included in any long term portfolio. BDX looks to be a good company but the margin of safety just isn’t there.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17024416/Fortune40-Best-Stocks-to-Retire-on-Part2
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