4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: BMC Software
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, business software maker BMC Software (NAS: BMC) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at BMC's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
BMC facts
Headquarters (founded) | Houston (1980) |
Market Cap | $7.2 billion |
Industry | Systems software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $2.2 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Robert Beauchamp |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 29.7% |
Cash/Debt | $1.6 billion / $843.8 million |
Competitors |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 330 members who have rated BMC believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, CoreAndExplore, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Now THIS is how you can profit from the cloud computing transition. BMC is a company with serious competitive advantages and an established "moat" with sticky customer relationships and real pricing power. Earnings growth will be in the 12-20% range for years. At [current valuation] you're definitely far better off with BMC than say [salesforce.com] or Netsuite. Definite strong BUY on this stock.
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