Leon Cooperman’s Top Ten Delivering Alpha Stock Picks

Hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman’s top ten stock picks from 2012’s conference.

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At last year’s Delivering Alpha he tipped equities as the “best house in the financial neighborhood.”

At this year’s Delivering Alpha he tipped equities as the “best house in the financial neighborhood.”

But in case you thought Leon Cooperman of hedge fund Omega Advisors had mixed up his notes and given last year’s Best Ideas presentation this year, we’ve got his top ten stock picks for 2012’s Delivering Alpha conference.

Leon Cooperman’s Top Stock Picks
COMPANY 07/12/12
PRICE
2012
EPS
2012
PE
2013
EPS
2013
PE
DIV.
YIELD
GROWTH RATE
3 TO 5 YEARS
AIA Group Ltd 3.47 0.29 12.10 0.34 10.2 1.6% 15.0%
Capital One Financial Corp 53.36 6.50 8.2 7.30 7.30 0.4% 7%
Express Scripts Holding Co 55.79 3.70 15.1 4.74 11.8 0.0% 20.0%
Gannett Co 14.24 2.19 6.5 2.41 5.9 5.6% 6.0%
Halliburton Co 28.41 3.30 8.6 3.95 7.2 1.3% 12.0%
Kinder Morgan Inc 33.34 1.14 29.2 1.42 23.5 3.8% 15.0%
Metlife Inc 29.89 5.2 5.7 5.75 5.2 2.5% 11.0%
Qualcomm Inc 53.73 4.11 13.1 5.22 10.3 1.9% 17.0%
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc 75.17 5.80 13.0 8.60 8.7 0.0% 16.0%
Western Union Co 16.47 1.76 9.4 2.02 8.2 2.4% 13.0%
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