4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Solazyme
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, renewable oil producer Solazyme (NAS: SZYM) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Solazyme's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Solazyme facts
Headquarters (founded) | San Francisco (2003) |
Market Cap | $592.6 million |
Industry | Consumable fuels |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $44.8 million |
Management | Co-Founder/CEO Jonathan Wolfson |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | (41.8%) |
Cash/Debt | $218.7 million / $20.25 million |
Competitors | FuelCell Energy |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 294 members who have rated Solazyme believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A couple of months ago, one of those Fools, SamsaricSufferer, helped bring the opportunity to our community's attention:
[Solazyme] continues to devote tremendous resources to R&D as it seeks to expand its potential markets far beyond biofuels. They have spent money to protect that R&D through patents. These patents have been wide ranging, extending its potential into medical, nutritional, agricultural markets. As many know, building up a portfolio of [intellectual property] grants one a substantial moat against competition. ... Speculative? Of course. Foolish? Only in the best sense of this site.
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