Kapitall’s Most Traded Stocks of August 2012

One of the great things about Kapitall.com brokerage site is that it allows users to see what stocks and ETFs other members are most actively viewing and most held.

Today we add the long-awaited list of the month’s most traded stocks. In doing so we hope to shed some light on the Kapitall community’s interests and investing behavior.

A few things of note: The Kapitall community is largely composed of buy and hold investors, although there are a fair share of active ones. The list of the 5 most bought stocks in August heavily correlates with the most traded (which is a combination buy and sell list)

Here are the 5 most traded stocks (aggregates buy and sell activity). List sorted by volume, with Facebook as the most traded of all equities.

1.  Facebook, Inc. (FB, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Social media site engaged in building products to create utility for users, developers, and advertisers. Market cap at $40.92B, most recent closing price at $19.10. The company is committed to its dividend, which pays 6.79%. Shares are being punished due to its exposure to China’s demand for copper.

2. Apple Inc. (AAPL, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. Market cap at $631.32B, most recent closing price at $673.47.

3. Sprint Nextel Corp (S, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Offers wireless and wireline communications products. Market cap at $14.58B, most recent closing price at $4.86.

4.  Zynga, Inc. (ZNGA, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Develops, markets and operates online social games as live services played over the Internet and on social networking sites and mobile platforms. Market cap at $2.25B, most recent closing price at $2.96.

5. Clearwire Corporation (CLWR, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Provides wireless broadband services. Market cap at $2.45B, most recent closing price at $1.68.

Here are the 5 most bought stocks. Note the consistency in names and order. Again, the list is sorted by volume, with Facebook being the most purchased stock of the month.  List Average 1-Year Return: 8%

1.  Facebook, Inc. (FB, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Social media site engaged in building products to create utility for users, developers, and advertisers. Market cap at $40.92B, most recent closing price at $19.10. The company is committed to its dividend, which pays 6.79%. Shares are being punished due to its exposure to China’s demand for copper.

2. Apple Inc. (AAPL, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. Market cap at $631.32B, most recent closing price at $673.47.

3. Knight Capital Group, Inc. (KCG, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to buy-and sell-side firms, and corporations, as well as offers capital markets services to corporate issuers and private companies primarily in the United States. Market cap at $273.87M, most recent closing price at $2.80.

4. Sprint Nextel Corp (S, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Offers wireless and wireline communications products. Market cap at $14.58B, most recent closing price at $4.86.

5.  Zynga, Inc. (ZNGA, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Develops, markets and operates online social games as live services played over the Internet and on social networking sites and mobile platforms. Market cap at $2.25B, most recent closing price at $2.96.

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• Apple Inc. (AAPL, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Sprint Nextel Corp (S, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Zynga, Inc. (ZNGA, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Clearwire Corporation (CLWR, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Facebook, Inc. (FB, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Apple Inc. (AAPL, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Knight Capital Group, Inc.  (KCG, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Sprint Nextel Corp (S, Chart, Download SEC Filings)
• Zynga, Inc. (ZNGA, Chart, Download SEC Filings)

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