5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Syntel

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, IT services specialist Syntel (NAS: SYNT) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Syntel's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Syntel facts

Headquarters (founded)

Troy, Mich. (1980)

Market Cap

$2.3 billion

Industry

Data processing and outsourced services

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$667.8 million

Management

CEO Prashant Ranade (since 2010)
CFO Arvind Godbole (since 2006)

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

30.2%

Cash/Debt

$334.4 million / $0

Dividend Yield

0.4%

Competitors


Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 94% of the 200 members who have rated Syntel believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last week, one of those bulls, JohnStuartMill, touched on the trends working in Syntel's favor:

Outsourcing continues to be the norm in business today. [Syntel's] businesses of Application, Knowledge Process, e-Business, and Team Sourcing all play into this. [Syntel] will benefit from this operation mode. With high-tech down a bit right now, this may be a good value play.

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