Strength in telecom stocks was apparent during Thursday's trading even before the news that Warren Buffett had established a major position in Verizon.
These 3 telecoms had already made the list of new 52-week highs prior to the disclosure that the Omaha oracle picked up half a billion dollars worth of Verizon:
1. Windstream Windstream Corporation (NYSE:WIN) With a price-earnings ratio of 25, it would be hard to call this a value stock. Part of the attraction of VZ for Buffett is that low p/e of 10. Windstream is paying a 10% dividend while sitting on a great deal of debt. Some analysts have wondered if that level of dividend payment can be sustained. The stock price has galloped from 7 in February to 9.5 in May. That's quite an uptrend in a short period of time.
2. CenturyLink CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) This is another telecom that's been moving upward a lot lately — from 27 to 37 in the last 4 months. Because the company did not earn money last year, there is no price/earnings ratio. Last I checked, the 5.7% dividend was still being paid.
3. BCE BCE, Inc. (NYSE:BCE) The Canadian company has a p/e of 19 and pays a 4.9% dividend. Since February, BCE has moved from 40 to almost 46 — another telecom with a nice 4-month uptrend.
You want to take notice of stocks that make new highs on days when the market as a whole is selling off — especially when Warren Buffett is making purchases from that sector.
Disclosure: I have a long position in BCE.
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