4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Polaris Industries
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, all-terrain vehicle maker Polaris Industries (NYS: PII) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Polaris' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Polaris facts
Headquarters (founded) | Medina, Minn. (1987) |
Market Cap | $4.6 billion |
Industry | Leisure products |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $2.7 billion |
Management | CEO Scott Wine (since 2008) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 54.2% |
Cash/Debt | $325.3 million / $107.3 million |
Dividend Yield | 2.2% |
Competitors | Arctic Cat |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 88% of the 226 members who have rated Polaris believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A couple of months ago, one of those bulls, fellow Fool Andy Cross (TMFOpie), highlighted several of the company's positives:
Polaris is the leader in the off-road recreational vehicle market, a market that has actually been doing quite well since the recession lifted and financing improved. It is run by veterans and has a nice distribution system here in the US and a growing one internationally. They are just getting started overseas, especially in India and China, and recent acquisitions in motorcyles will help distribute sales outside of off-road (where Polaris is having a lot of success in side-by-side vehicles, the best growing market). Furthermore, Polaris has performed quite well in Europe, too, where no one is really doing all that well. So overall I like the market, the company, the management.
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