Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Stock Of The Month: CPSI

First, the usual housecleaning. Sold from "The Distressed" are irredeemable losers Acme Packet (APKT), Hansen Medical (HNSN), MAKO Surgical (MAKO), and Zipcar (ZIP)...the proceeds from which go towards the least-awful bank stock money can buy, and now a proud Distressed graduate, Wells Fargo (WFC). (It must be good, because Warren likes it.)

This month's stock is plainly named and in a semi-boring business (hospital IT), but pays a nice dividend...


Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI)

Positives:
Healthy ROA (32%), ROE (46%), and margins (22% operating, 15% profit).
Zero debt.
Steady, never-slashed 3.8% dividend yield.

Negatives:
Shrinking revenues (-6%) and meager earnings growth (+4%).


Here's my current portfolio. As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.

Apple (AAPL) 17.72%
Baidu (BIDU) 8.32%
Google (GOOG) 7.67%
Southern Copper (SCCO) 6.13%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 5.20%
American Capital Agency (AGNC) 4.84%
Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 4.27%
Ace Limited (ACE) 3.96%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) 3.17%
American Software (AMSWA) 2.99%
Amazon (AMZN) 2.97%
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) 2.53%
Tesla Motors (TSLA) 2.48%
Apache (APA) 2.47%
Intel (INTC) 2.43%
Prospect Capital (PSEC) 2.29%
Vodafone (VOD) 2.25%
McDonald's (MCD) 2.13%
Under Armour (UA) 2.01%
Blackstone (BX) 1.99%
DuPont (DD) 1.98%
BreitBurn Energy Partners (BBEP) 1.65%
China Mobile (CHL) 1.59%
The Distressed (BEBE, EA, ESI, GSOL, JSDA, LZB, MSI, PCS, RBCN, RVR, SRZ) 1.54%
F5 Networks (FFIV) 1.48%
ConocoPhillips (COP) 1.46%
Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI) 1.34%
Wells Fargo (WFC) 0.87%