Best Five Consumer Goods Stocks with Higher Intuitional Ownership – MJN, LKQ, GMCR, DLPH, COH

Institutional ownership is the percentage of common stock owned by all reporting institutions such as pension funds, mutual funds, etc. On the other hand, inside ownership is the percentage of common stock owned by all officers and directors as a group, plus beneficial owners who possess over 5% of firm’s stock as announced in the most recent proxy statement.

It is important for investors to note that institutional ownership is not governed solely by a particular security’s fundamental prospects. SEC regulations, internal policies or objectives, time horizon and numerous other factors can have a key impact on a particular institution’s investment decisions like some institutions may be restricted from investing in certain corporations or industries.

In this article we will discuss top five stocks of consumer goods sectors with higher intuitional ownership and market volume over 2 million.

Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (NYSE:MJN) institutional ownership was 97% and high in all consumer goods stock with market volume over two million. The company has the market capitalization of 14.16 billion while its 203.02 million shares were outstanding. The Beta factor, which measures the riskiness of the stock, was 0.69. Net profit margin of the company was 14.86% while operating profit margin as 19.93%.

LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) has the market capitalization of 6.69 billion while its 297.02 million shares were outstanding. The company made $255.18 million in earlier 12 month on sales of $3.99 billion. Net profit margin of LKQ was 6.39%. Shares of company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 6.01% while head off 20 days simple moving average with 5.69. Intuitional investors own 93.13% shares of the company.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc’s (NASDAQ:GMCR) institutional ownership was 93% while inside ownership was 6.34%. The company has the market capitalization of 5.98 billion. Its EPS was $2.28 while outstanding shares were 148.45 million. Company’s Net profit margin was 9.42% while operating profit margin was 14.74%. Stock volatility for the month was 3.88% while for the week was 4.096%.

Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE:DLPH) has the market capitalization of 12.13 billion while 317.55 million shares were outstanding. ATR value for the stock was 0.76. Return on equity was recorded as 60.91% while ROI was 24.85%. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio was recorded as 1.61 while quick ratio was 1.30. Stock volatility for the week was booked as 1.26% while for the month was booked as 2.06%.

Coach, Inc (NYSE:COH), which has 15.78 billion market capitalization, was also among highly institutional owned companies. The company has institutional ownership of 91% while insider ownership was 0.87%. The company has P/S ratio of 3.24 while its P/B ratio was 7.91. Net profit margin of COH was 21.45% while its gross profit margin was 72.76%. ROE was recorded as 54.86%, which is relatively strong in this sector.

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