August 21, 2007: Ideas: Large caps with a nice Return On Equity

Time for another stock screen. Here are several large cap stocks with very attractive REOs, selling quite cheap. I am looking at several for investment, and own a couple. Insurance, drillers, banks and ADRs lead the way on this screen for ideas.

CRH PLC ADR (CRH) 18.25%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML) 34.70%
Telefonica SA ADR (TEF) 38.46%
Aetna (AET) 18.29%
BG Group plc ADR (BRG) 25.50%
Transocean Inc (RIG) 26.42%
Cummins Inc (CMI) 25.33%
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (DO) 36.92%
PT Telecommunications Indonesia (TLK) 44.15%
Humana Inc (HUM) 19.96%
DIRECTV Group Inc (DTV) 23.27%
America Movil SA de CV ADR (AMX) 43.04%
ABB Ltd. ADR (ABB) 31.82%
Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold (FCX) 33.12%
Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK) 20.18%
CNOOC Limited ADR (CEO) 34.30%
Aluminum Corporation of China ADR (ACH) 30.51%
Sasol Limited ADR (SSL) 27.63%
Global SantaFe Corp (GSF) 25.91%
Huaneng Power International ADR (HNP) 17.21%
Portugal Telecom SGPS ADR (PT) 45.68%
BASF AG ADR (BF) 18.46%
PACCAR Inc (PCAR) 30.44%
Noble Corp (NE) 28.39%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR (PBR) 27.26%
Valero Energy (VLO) 33.69%
XL Capital (XL) 19.74%
Deutsche Bank AG (DB) 21.27%
Morgan Stanley (MS) 25.87%
Unilever plc adr (UL) 36.94%
ACE Limited (ACE) 18.43%
Merrill Lynch (MER) 26.67%
Allied Irish Banks ADR (AIB) 24.46%
The Chubb Corp (CB) 20.24%
The Travelers Company (TRV) 18.98%
Goldman Sachs (GS) 31.27%
SK Telecom, Ltd. ADR (SKM) 19.98%
Credit Suisse Group ADR (CS) 24.14%