Stock Portfolio Analysis

Analysis of a stock portfolio. One goal was to identify outliers in shares held and performance. Another goal was to identify how dividend paying securities performed against non dividend payers. Lastly, a weighting of the holdings was analyzed to make possible recommendations as to rebalancing.

The outlier is MSFT, a security held in this portfolio since the early 90s. SNX and CNXC looked like early bets that should have been increased at time of purchase.

Not surprisingly FBGRX is the laggard due to the recent decline in tech/growth shares.

The top five gains represent 25 percent of the portfolio.

Perhaps lighten some of these holdings and put the cash to work elsewhere.

Looking at Dividend Yield/TotalGain

It is no surprise those with the highest dividend yields tend to have lower returns than those that do not pay a dividend. Two that stand out are BTI and BNS which both yield north of 5% , both have negative returns in this portfolio.

On the positive side PM and MET both offer attractive dividends and have outsized gains. This can possibly be attributed to the fact these two have been held for years, as compared to BTI and BNS which were only added in the last few months

Looking at quantity held/dividend yield it seems to indicate the owner of this portfolio favors income, the top five holdings by share count all pay dividends. . BNS PFE and ABBV might be good securities to increase exposure if income is the goal

Two fidelity mutual funds, FDVLX and FCNTX have outsized shares held amounts and both have negative returns. While this may be attributed to the recent decline in growth stocks due to rising interest rates, it may be worth exploring consolidating these holdings into one fund with a lower expense ratio but with mostly similar holdings.

See this study for further info on the fund expense ratios.

https://www.mavenanalytics.io/project/2217