Among the many outstanding features of Kapitall.com is the ability for users to see what stocks others in the Kapitall community are viewing and trading.
When it comes to the most viewed the list is largely populated with the usual suspects: Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Bank of America (BAC), Microsoft (MSFT) and so on. There are also the occasional surprise name that tops the charts due to recent news.
We thought it interesting to compare the list of Kapitall’s most viewed with Kapitall’s 10 most held stocks (by number of portfolios, not shares). For the most part there’s a strong overlap. Among some others, Apple, Cisco (CSCO) and Facebook (FB) top both lists.
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The 10 most viewed list stocks of the last month have an average return of 25%. The 10 most held have a 23% average return. It it led by Apple with an 87.7% 1-year return and dragged by Facebook, down 54.78% since its IPO and Nokia’s -51% 1-year return.
Below is the list of the top-ten held stocks on Kapitall along with a brief explanation of what the firm has been up to lately.
1. Facebook, Inc. (FB, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): The firm is continuing to slowly recover from its IPO debacle in May and is continuing to try to facilitate new ways for business to connect with customers in order to maximize advertising revenue.
2. Apple Inc. (AAPL, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): The tech giant continues to push out new products and excitement over the iPhone5 and iPad has helped spur share price to new highs.
3. Ford Motor Co. (F, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): The company announced that its sales fell 10% in Europe for the first half of the year, and it continues to struggle in the continent.
4. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Last month Microsoft announced its first ever quarterly loss. The Windows 8 platform will be released on October 26.
5. Bank of America Corporation (BAC, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Provides banking and financial services to individuals, small- and middle-market businesses, corporations, and governments primarily in the United States and internationally. Market cap at $88.59B, most recent closing price at $8.22.
6. Zynga, Inc. (ZNGA, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Market cap at $2.48B, most recent closing price at $3.26. The CEO announced a goal to cross over more seriously into mobile and reach a billion players.
7. Nokia Corporation (NOK, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Provides Internet and digital mapping and navigation services worldwide. Market cap at $11.04B, most recent closing price at $2.88. Nokia will announce two Windows Phone 8 devices on Sep. 5, sources tell The Verge.
8. Intel Corporation (INTC, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. Market cap at $128.73B, most recent closing price at $25.73.
9. General Electric Company (GE, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Operates as a technology, service, and finance company worldwide. Market cap at $219.41B, most recent closing price at $20.78. Seeking Alpha reports “European unit Opel reaches an agreement with unions to halt production for a total of 20 days between September and the end of 2012 at two of its four German plants as the carmaker looks to cope with falling demand in the region.”
10. Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Designs, manufactures, and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. Market cap at $102.96B, most recent closing price at $19.22. Cisco reported stellar earnings and boosted the entire information technology with it.
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Written by Rebecca Lipman
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