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BofA analysts have updated their US 1 List, which comprises their best investment ideas from U.S. buy-rated stocks. The list is managed with the aim of achieving superior investment performance over the long term, as per BofA analysts. The latest additions to the US 1 List are Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:...

BofA analysts have updated their US 1 List, which comprises their best investment ideas from U.S. buy-rated stocks. The list is managed with the aim of achieving superior investment performance over the long term, as per BofA analysts. The latest additions to the US 1 List are Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS), and S&P Global (SPGI). The newest deletions from the list are Arista Networks (ANET), Thomson Reuters (TRI), and US Bancorp (USB), although they still remain buy-rated by BofA. Current constituents of the US 1 List include: * Spotify Technology SA (SPOT) * Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) * Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) * Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) * Progressive Corp. (PGR) * Blue Owl Capital Inc. (OWL) * Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) * Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) * Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) * FedEx Corp. (FDX) * Vertiv Holdings Co. A (VRT) * Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) * The Azek Co. Inc. (AZEK) * Fortinet Inc. (FTNT) * Amphenol Corp. (APH) * Marvell Technology Inc. (MRVL) * Apple Inc. (AAPL) * Salesforce Inc. (CRM) * Vontier Corp. (VNT) * Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) * Sealed Air Corp. (SEE) * Welltower Inc. (WELL) * Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) * S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) * Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) * US Bancorp (USB) * Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI) * Arista Networks Inc. (ANET)

More about Cisco Systems Inc

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley. Cisco develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, software, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.

Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, Webex, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes in specific tech markets, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management. On January 25, 2021, Cisco reincorporated in Delaware.

Sector: TECHNOLOGY
Industry: COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
Market Cap: 195.33B
P/E Ratio: 14.57
EPS: 1.56
Dividend Yield: 3.29%
52-Week High: 14.07
52-Week Low: 0.235
Shares Outstanding: 572.33M
Public Float: 57.02M
Beta: -0.031
Rev. per Employee: -0.059

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City. It offers services in investment management, securities, asset management, prime brokerage, and securities underwriting. It also provides investment banking to institutional investors.

Industry: Finance

Sector: Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies

Market Cap: 130.09 billion

Current Price: $15.45

50-Day Moving Average: $10.75

200-Day Moving Average: $25.68

52-Week High: $138.22

Relative Strength Index (RSI): 0.202

Volume: 46.73 billion

EPS: $436.34

Dividend Yield: 0.317

Beta: 0.121

More about S&P Global Inc

S&P Global Inc

S&P Global Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial information and analytics.

Industry: Trade & Services

Sector: Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies

Market Cap: 130.84 billion

Current Price: $49.76

Dividend Yield: 3.6%

P/E Ratio: 8.21

52-Week High: $39.25

52-Week Low: $0.21

Volume: 12,497,000

Revenue: $12.497 billion

EPS: $492.39

Beta: 0.367

Volatility: 0.073

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Arista Networks Summary

Arista Networks (formerly Arastra) is an American computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking (SDN) solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and high-frequency trading environments.

Industry

Technology, Computer Communications Equipment

Key Financials

Market Cap: 82.15 billion

Current Price: $39.99

Dividend Yield: None

P/E Ratio: 6.57

EPS: 18.94

Beta: 0.356

Volume: 5,860,168,000

Revenue: $291.59

Gross Margin: 41.8%

Operating Margin: 20.8%

More about Thomson Reuters Corp

Company: Thomson Reuters Corp

Business Segment: Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Publishing

Revenue: 68,985,537,000

Stock Price: $26.72

Change: $1.96

Change Percentage: 5.7%

Market Cap: $14.67 billion

Dividend Yield: 0.397

Net Income: $6,794,000,000

EPS: $155.17

P/E Ratio: 2.187

ROE: 2.8%

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U.S. Bancorp Stock Analysis Summary

U.S. Bancorp is an American bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and incorporated in Delaware. The company provides banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services products to individuals, businesses, governmental entities, and other financial institutions.

Sector: Finance

Industry: National Commercial Banks

Market Cap: 63.89 Billion

Stock Price: $12.54

Dividend Yield: 1.93%

Price/Earnings Ratio: 3.27

EPS: 16.68

Beta: 0.211

Shares Outstanding: 25.738 Billion

Book Value: $48.55

Year-to-Date Return: -14.2%

52-Week Price Range: $0.209 - $12.54

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Spotify Technology SA Stock Analysis

Spotify Technology SA provides audio streaming services worldwide. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Sector: TECHNOLOGY

Industry: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS

Market Cap: $58.22 billion

Dividend Yield: N/A

Yearly Change: -2.91%

Stock Price: $68.03

Earnings per Share: -0.0402

Revenue: $13.247 billion

PE Ratio: 277.56

Beta: 0.569

EPS: 0.16

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Amazon.com Inc

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook. The company has been referred to as one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world, as well as the world's most valuable brand.

Industry: TRADE & SERVICES

Sector: RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES

Market Cap: 1907023151000

Price: 63.21

Dividend Yield: None

P/E Ratio: 2.9

EPS: 55.78

Beta: 0.0529

Volume: 574784995000

52-week High: 209.59

52-week Low: 50.69

Change: 0.139

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More about Costco Wholesale Corp

Company: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Industry: Trade & Services, Retail-Variety Stores

Market Cap: 317.54 billion

Current Price: $46.95

Dividend Yield: 4.08%

P/E Ratio: 15.25

52-Week Range: $560.61

Beta: 0.0273

Volume: 248.83 million

Avg. Volume: 779.64 million

EPS: 0.188

ROI: 0.057

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Schlumberger NV, Schlumberger Limited is an oilfield services company.

Schlumberger has four principal executive offices located in Paris, Houston, London, and The Hague.

Industry: Energy & Transportation

Sector: Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC

Market Cap: 73,696,772,000

Current Price: $17.72

PE Ratio: 1

EPS: $2.91

52-week High: $23.25

52-week Low: $0.127

Revenue: 33,135,000,000

EBITDA: $63.9

Profit Margin: 0.042

Operating Margin: 0.141

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More about Progressive Corp

Progressive Corp,The Progressive Corporation is an American insurance company, one of the largest providers of car insurance in the United States. The company insures motorcycles, boats, RVs, and commercial vehicles and provides home insurance through select companies.

Industry: FINANCE, FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE

Market Cap: 122.03 billion

Current Price: $21.33

Change: $1.15

Change (%): 9.77%

52-Week High: $111.14

Dividend Yield: 0.089

Revenue: 65.02 billion

EPS: $227.13

P/E Ratio: 4.253

Beta: 0.206

More about Blue Owl Capital Inc

Blue Owl Capital Inc. is an asset manager headquartered in New York, New York.

Sector: Finance

Industry: Investment Advice

Market Cap: $26,218,480,000

Stock Price: $183.5

Change: 0.56 ( 0.1%)

Volume: 3,738,000

EPS: $0.0314

Shares Outstanding: 1,731,608,000

PE Ratio: 22.2

Dividend: $7.52

Dividend Yield: 0.249%

More about Fidelity National Information Services Inc

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) Analysis

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) is a Fortune 500 company based in Jacksonville, Florida, with a global workforce of approximately 63,000 employees. FIS is a leading developer of Financial Technology (FinTech) and operates in three primary segments: Merchant Solutions, Banking Solutions, and Capital Market Solutions.

Trade & Services Sector Overview

Industry: Services - Business Services, NEC

Market Cap: 40,767,668,000

Current Price: $83.18

Price Change (Day): $2.08

Price Change (Year): $0.85

Price-Earnings Ratio: 16.62

Dividend Yield: -0.677%

Volume: 9,821,000,000

52-Week Range: $74.09 - $0.202

EPS (TTM): -0.006

More about Boston Scientific Corp

Boston Scientific Corp

Boston Scientific Corporation, doing business as Boston Scientific, is a manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medical specialties, including interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, endoscopy, oncology, urology, and gynecology.

Industry: LIFE SCIENCES

Sector: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS

Market Cap: 100,129,595,000

Stock Price: $63.66

Dividend Yield: None

P/E Ratio: 1.07

EPS: 9.8

ROE: 0.112

Revenue: 14,240,000,000

High 52-week: $73.51

Low 52-week: $2.856

Price to Sales: 0.149

More about Intuitive Surgical Inc

Intuitive Surgical Inc,Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery, most notably with the da Vinci Surgical System.

Industry: LIFE SCIENCES

Sector: ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES

Market Cap: $134.18 billion

Current Price: $75.26

Dividend Yield: None

Price/Earnings Ratio: 5.03

Return on Equity: 20.29%

Beta: 0.252

Shares Outstanding: 71,241,000,000

50-Day Moving Average: $414.8

200-Day Moving Average: $0.857

Short Interest Ratio: 0.165

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FedEx Corporation Summary

FedEx Corporation, formerly Federal Express Corporation and later FDX Corporation, is an American multinational delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Industry: ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION

Sector: AIR COURIER SERVICES

Market Cap: $65,196,700,000

P/E Ratio: 15.29

EPS: 5.04

Dividend Yield: 1.73%

52-Week High: $350.76

52-Week Low: $139.15

Price/Sales: 0.0502

Revenue: $87,513,997,000

Operating Margin: 313.15

Return on Equity: -13.3%

Return on Assets: 13.9%

More about Vertiv Holdings Co

Vertiv Holdings Co

Vertiv Holdings Co designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and lifecycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Industry

Real Estate & Construction

Sector

Blank Checks

Market Cap

$31,275,700,000

Stock Price

$68.81

Change

$0.025

Change %

1.19%

PE Ratio

18.05

Dividend Yield

0.0671

Revenue

$6,863,200,000

Net Income

$87.7

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

$7.47

Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E)

0.127

More about Union Pacific Corporation

Company: Union Pacific Corporation

Description: The Union Pacific Corporation (Union Pacific) is a publicly traded railroad holding company. It was incorporated in Utah in 1969 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the parent company of the current, Delaware-registered, form of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Industry: ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION, RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING

Market Cap: 142.73 billion

Current Price: $22.13

Dividend Yield: 5.2%

P/E Ratio: 10.45

EPS: $39.59

Beta: 0.265

Volume: 24.12 million

52-Week High: $262.91

52-Week Low: $0.012

Price Change (1 Year): -0.003

More about Azek Company Inc

AZEK Company Inc. is dedicated to the design, manufacture, and sale of construction products for the residential and commercial markets in the United States. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Industry: Manufacturing, Plastics Products, NEC

Stock Symbol: 6655499000

Current Stock Price: $57.77

Dividend Yield: None

Price Change (1 Year): 0.79

Price Change (5 Years): 9.34

Price/Earnings Ratio: 0.0857

Market Cap: $139,450,1000

52-Week Low: $52.35

52-Week High: $0.285

Price/Sales Ratio: 0.112

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Stock Summary: Fortinet Inc (Nasdaq: FTNT)

Fortinet Inc is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It develops and sells cybersecurity solutions, including physical products like firewalls, software, and services such as anti-virus protection, intrusion prevention systems, and endpoint security components.

Sector: Technology

Industry: Computer Peripheral Equipment

Stock Price: $44.16

Dividend Yield: None

Price/Earnings Ratio: 1.46

Return on Equity: 6.81%

Beta: 0.216

Market Cap: $53.04 Billion

Shares Outstanding: 75.6 Million

EPS: $0.035

Profit Margin: 10.3%

More about Amphenol Corporation

Amphenol Corporation Summary

Amphenol Corporation is a major producer of electronic and fiber optic connectors, cable, and interconnect systems such as coaxial cables.

Amphenol is a portmanteau from the corporation's original name, American Phenolic Corp.

Industry: Manufacturing, Electronic Connectors

Market Cap: 67.72B

Current Price: $36.08

Day Change: $0.85

EPS: $3.12

P/E Ratio: 21.05

Dividend Yield: 0.154

Revenue: $12.55B

Net Income: $115.7M

Debt to Equity: 0.011

Current Ratio: 0.027

More about Marvell Technology Group Ltd

Marvell Technology, Inc. operates in the manufacturing sector within the semiconductors and related devices industry. The company has a market capitalization of $59.13 billion and does not pay a dividend. Its price-to-earnings ratio is 0.24 and earnings per share is -1.08. The stock has shown a 6.39% increase over the last year and a -0.17% change in the last month. The company's annual revenue is $5.51 billion with a stock price of $88.15. The stock's beta is -0.702 and its current ratio stands at 0.006.

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Company: Apple Inc.

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More about Salesforce.com Inc

Salesforce.com Inc.

Salesforce.com, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) service and also provides a complementary suite of enterprise applications focused on customer service, marketing automation, analytics, and application development.

Sector: Technology

Industry: Services-Prepackaged Software

Market Cap: 269.09 Billion

Current Price: $66.21

Dividend Yield: 0%

Price/Earnings Ratio: 4.19

52-Week High: $35.79

52-Week Low: $0.119

Annual Sales: 34.85 Billion

EBITDA: $10.00 Billion

Price/Book: 4.952

Price/Sales: 0.108

More about Vontier Corp

Vontier Corporation is dedicated to the research and development, manufacture, sale and distribution of equipment, components, software and critical technical services for manufacturing, repair and service in the mobility infrastructure industry worldwide. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Industry: Life Sciences

Sector: Totalizing Fluid Meters & Counting Devices

Revenue: $6,246,394,000

EPS: 16.69

Dividend Yield: 0.1

P/E Ratio: 2.42

Market Cap: $19.96

Beta: 0.122

Shares Outstanding: 3,095,200,000

Current Price: $45.63

50-Day Moving Average: 0.623

Relative Strength Index (RSI): -0.095

More about Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company which produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 21 in the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue; it was the world's largest software maker by revenue as of 2016. It is considered one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook.

Industry: Technology

Sector: Services-Prepackaged Software

Market Cap: 306.80 billion

Current Price: $37.30

PE Ratio: 2.86

EPS: 11.07

52-week High: $30.61

52-week Low: $0.363

Volume: 227,583,001

Average Volume: 435.44 million

Dividend Yield: 0.332

Beta: 0.176

More about Sealed Air Corporation

Sealed Air Corporation Technical Analysis Summary

Sealed Air Corporation is a packaging company known for its brands: Cryovac food packaging and Bubble Wrap cushioning packaging.

Sector: LIFE SCIENCES

Industry: PLASTIC MATERIAL, SYNTH RESIN/RUBBER, CELLULOS (NO GLASS)

Market Cap: 4592445000

P/E Ratio: 13.48

EPS: 2.34

Stock Price: $38.01

Dividend Yield: 0.0622

Revenue: 5488900000

Operating Margin: 42.09

Return on Equity: 0.324

Net Income: -0.02

More about Welltower Inc

Welltower Inc. Stock Analysis Summary

Welltower Inc. is a real estate investment trust that invests in healthcare infrastructure.

Sector: Real Estate & Construction

Industry: Real Estate Investment Trusts

Market Cap: 53,016,912,000

PE Ratio: 130

EPS: 2.44

Dividend Yield: 0.69%

Beta: 12.87

Return on Equity: 5.12%

Revenue: 6,637,995,000

Stock Price: $103.53

Price to Book: 0.041

Debt to Equity: 0.199

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