50. Federal-Mogul Holdings is held by 8 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,464
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 81.2%
Recent news: Federal-Mogul saw a steep decline in earnings per share in Q2, compared to the same period last year. The company also made several large leadership changes in July.
Source: FactSet
49. ThyssenKrupp is held by 3 funds
Sector: Materials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,488
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 15.1%
Recent news: ThyssenKrupp recently raised its earnings outlook for the year, and expects to break even or return a profit in September.
Source: FactSet
48. LyondellBasell Industries is held by 19 funds
Sector: Materials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,498
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 4.9%
Recent news: The company reported record earnings in Q2.
Source: FactSet
47. Hertz Global Holdings is held by 20 funds
Sector: Industrials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,522
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 20.1%
Recent news: On Wednesday the Hertz Global Holding stock dropped 12% after an announcement that 2014 results will be "well below" its forecast. Before that, on Monday, the stock rose to a one-year high.
Source: FactSet
46. Pioneer Natural Resources is held by 18 funds
Sector: Energy
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,567
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 7.8%
Recent news: Pioneer Natural Resources reported second quarter earnings that were above estimates, but the company fell nearly $10 million short of expected revenues — leading investors to sell off the stock.
Source: FactSet
45. EP Energy is held by 11 funds
Sector: Energy
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,595
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 45.9%
Recent news: EP Energy's CEO Brent J. Smolik bought 27,250 shares of the stock on August 15th for a total amount of $501,945.00. And their CFO Dane E. Whitehead bought 7,500 shares of the stock on August 18th for a total amount of $140,925.00.
Source: FactSet
44. Verizon is held by 20 funds
Sector: Telecommunication Services
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,602
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 1.3%
Recent news: In July, a report was released that Verizon is beating out its competitors, including Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile, in monetizing mobile data plans.
Source: FactSet
43. Danske Bank is held by 4 funds
Sector: Financials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,663
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 9.3%
Recent news: Danske Bank announced the closing of two branches in Dungiven and Maghera. They will merge with the Limavady and Magherafelt branches of the bank.
Source: FactSet
42. QUALCOMM is held by 23 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,665
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 2.0%
Recent news: Qualcomm's executive vice president Donald J. Rosenberg sold 33,000 shares of the stock for approximately $2.47 million on August 15. Qualcomm announced that its subsidiary Qualcomm Life, Inc. will be collaborating with ResMed, King's Daughters Medical Center, and CareCentrix.
Source: FactSet
41. JPMorgan Chase is held by 18 funds
Sector: Financials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,679
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 1.2%
Recent news: Approximately 50% of portfolio companies held by JP Morgan Chase's private equity unit — One Equity Partners — will be acquired by Lexington Partners and AlpInvest partners.
Source: FactSet
40. McGraw Hill Financial is held by 18 funds
Sector: Financials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,779
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 12.3%
Recent news: McGraw Hill Financial saw profit in Q2 grow 12%, on revenue that rose 7.7%.
Source: FactSet
39. Google is held by 25 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $$2,795
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 1.7%
Recent news: Google celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its IPO this week; since August 2004, the stock has gone up $1,294%.
Source: FactSet
38. Chesapeake Energy is held by 14 funds
Sector: Energy
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,795
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.3%
% of shares outstanding: 13.5%
Recent news: Chesapeake Energy is currently fighting charges on racketeering and fraud.
Source: FactSet
37. Hess Corporation is held by 15 funds
Sector: Energy
Market value held by funds (in millions): $2,925
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 9.4%
Recent news: Hess Corporation's Q2 earnings of $1.38 beat estimates, but fell compared to the prior year's earnings of $1.51 per share.
Source: FactSet
36. Dollar General is held by 24 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,152
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 18.1%
Recent news: Dollar General outbid Dollar Tree's bid for Family Dollar, offering $9.7 billion for its discount retail peer.
Source: FactSet
35. Dow Chemical is held by 20 funds
Sector: Materials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 5.1%
Recent news: Dow Chemical announced that it was opening an office in Addis Ababa.
Source: FactSet
34. Anadarko Petroleum is held by 21 funds
Sector: Energy
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,165
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 5.7%
Recent news: Brightoil Petroleum bought Anadarko's Chinese unit for $1.046 billion.
Source: FactSet
33. Citigroup is held by 24 funds
Sector: Financials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,241
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 2.3%
Recent news: Citigroup is considering selling its Japanese consumer-bank, according to Bloomberg.
Source: FactSet
32. Crown Castle International is held by 20 funds
Sector: Financials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,358
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 13.5%
Recent news: Crown Castle's second quarter earnings dropped 35%.
Source: FactSet
31. DIRECTV is held by 19 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,358
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 7.9%
Recent news: The FCC recently launched a review of the proposed merger between AT&T and DirecTV.
Source: FactSet
30. Priceline is held by 23 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,433
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 5.4%
Recent news: Priceline is planning to invest $500 million in Ctrip.com International, a Chinese online travel company.
Source: FactSet
29. CVR Energy is held by 9 funds
Sector: Energy
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,484
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 83.3%
Recent news: CVR Energy reported earnings of $0.96 per share in Q2, more than the $0.87 expected by analysts.
Source: FactSet
28. Facebook is held by 22 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,524
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 2.6%
Recent news: Facebook's Q2 earnings were at $0.42 per share on revenue of $2.91 billion.
Source: FactSet
27. American Airlines is held by 23 funds
Sector: Industrials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,562
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 11.5%
Recent news: American Airlines recently stopped serving meals on flights shorter than 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Source: FactSet
26. Twenty-First Century Fox is held by 22 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,576
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 7.1%
Recent news: Fox bid $85 per share for Time Warner, but ultimately withdrew the proposal.
Source: FactSet
25. Equinix is held by 14 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,591
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 34.3%
Recent news: Equinix recently added CloudSigma and Blue Box.
Source: FactSet
24. Adobe Systems Incorporated
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,592
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.4%
% of shares outstanding: 10.0%
Recent news: CEO Shantanu Narayen sold 36,762 shares of Adobe stock for a total transaction of $2,535,842.76.
Source: FactSet
23. MasterCard is held by 21 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,780
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 4.6%
Recent news: SFX Entertainment and MasterCard will announce a multi-year partnership.
Source: FactSet
22. Wells Fargo is held by 19 funds
Sector: Financials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,789
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 1.4%
Recent news: Wells Fargo is looking to double its asset-management unit to $1 trillion over the next ten years.
Source: FactSet
21. Netflix is held by 17 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,883
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 14.7%
Recent news: Netflix and Time Warner Cable signed a deal in order to provide users with faster streaming speeds.
Source: FactSet
20. Motorola Solutions is held by 19 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $3,891
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 23.0%
Recent news: Motorola Solutions sold $1.4 billion of debt, and is planning more layoffs.
Source: FactSet
19. Baidu is held by 19 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,074
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 7.9%
Recent news: Baidu Inc., reported Q2 profits up 34% over the last year, largely because of mobile business growth.
Source: FactSet
18. Comcast is held by 23 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,201
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 3.6%
Recent news: Comcast lost 144,000 cable subscribers in Q2, but made $2 billion in profit that same quarter.
Source: FactSet
17. Liberty Global is held by 22 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,216
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 17.8%
Recent news: Liberty Global was downgraded to "sell" by analysts following a "dismal" second quarter. The company lost 72,000 video costumers in Q2.
Source: FactSet
16. Walgreen Co. is held by 22 funds
Sector: Consumer Staples
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,247
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 6.0%
Recent news: Walgreens recently announced the replacement of CFO Wade Miquelon.
Source: FactSet
15. Thermo Fisher Scientific is held by 21 funds
Sector: Health Care
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,302
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 9.1%
Recent news: Q2 revenue increased by 33%, and earnings grew by 30% to $1.72.
Source: FactSet
14. eBay is held by 25 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,326
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 6.8%
Recent news: EBay is "in talks" to accept Bitcoin as payment.
Source: FactSet
13. Monsanto is held by 21 funds
Sector: Materials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,534
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 6.9%
Recent news: Monsanto recently lost its permit to plant genetically engineered soy in the Yucatan peninsula. Monsanto has a partnership with Tekmira, a biopharmaceutical firm that "has a $140 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop the drug" TKM-Ebola.
Source: FactSet
12. Canadian Pacific Railway is held by 14 funds
Sector: Industrials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,563
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.5%
% of shares outstanding: 14.4%
Recent news: Revenue increased by 11% in Q2, following a 7% slip in Q1.
Source: FactSet
11. Micron Technology is held by 22 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,722
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.6%
% of shares outstanding: 13.4%
Recent news: CFO Ronald C. Foster sold 20,000 shares of the stock on August 11 for a total value of $613,600.
Source: FactSet
10. Charter Communications is held by 20 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,768
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.6%
% of shares outstanding: 27.8%
Recent news: Berkshire Hathaway invested in Charter Communications, holding 2.309 million shares worth $365.6 million.
Source: FactSet
9. American International Group is held by 25 funds
Sector: Financials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $4,794
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.6%
% of shares outstanding: 6.1%
Recent news: American International Group's Q2 profits rose by 13% to at $2.10 per share.
Source: FactSet
8. Air Products and Chemicals is held by 19 funds
Sector: Materials
Market value held by funds (in millions): $5,030
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.6%
% of shares outstanding: 18.4%
Recent news: The new CEO Seifei Ghasemi recently stated that Air Products & Chemicals needs to "change its corporate culture and make better investment decisions."
Source: FactSet
7. Time Warner Cable is held by 26 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $5,192
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.6%
% of shares outstanding: 12.7%
Recent news: Time Warner Cable and Netflix recently signed a deal to deliver faster streaming to users.
Source: FactSet
6. Valeant Pharmaceuticals is held by 21 funds
Sector: Health Care
Market value held by funds (in millions): $6,676
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.8%
% of shares outstanding: 15.8%
Recent news: The SEC is currently reviewing Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Pershing Square Capital Management's "hostile" takeover over bid for Botox-maker Allergan.
Source: FactSet
5. Microsoft is held by 25 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $7,213
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 0.9%
% of shares outstanding: 2.1%
Recent news: Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, resigned from the Microsoft board on Tuesday.
Source: FactSet
4. Allergan is held by 24 funds
Sector: Health Care
Market value held by funds (in millions): $8,612
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 1.0%
% of shares outstanding: 17.1%
Recent news: Allergan has allegedly approached Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. regarding a possible acquisition in order to hold off the hostile takeover by Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
Source: FactSet
3. Icahn Enterprises is held by 2 funds
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Market value held by funds (in millions): $10,565
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 1.3%
% of shares outstanding: 89.4%
Recent news: Icahn Enterprises reported Q2 earnings per share of $4.32, which was greater than the estimate of $2.70.
Source: FactSet
2. Actavis is held by 29 funds
Sector: Health Care
Market value held by funds (in millions): $11,623
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 1.4%
% of shares outstanding: 17.2%
Recent news: On Tuesday Actavis announced "positive topline results from... Phase III studies evaluating the potential for the investigational antibiotic" which would be a treatment for "adult hospitalized patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections," according to the WSJ.
Source: FactSet
1. Apple is held by 28 funds
Sector: Information Technology
Market value held by funds (in millions): $13,060
Weight of stock in Top 50's aggregated portfolio: 1.6%
% of shares outstanding: 2.3%
Recent news: Apple's stock broke $100 on Tuesday, and closed at $100.53.
Source: FactSet
