4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Nuance Communications
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, speech-software specialist Nuance Communications (NAS: NUAN) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Nuance's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Nuance facts
Headquarters (founded) | Burlington, Mass. (1992) |
Market Cap | $6.5 billion |
Industry | Application software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.5 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Paul Ricci |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 0.4% |
Cash/Debt | $976.9 million / $1.4 billion |
Competitors | IBM |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 5,715 members who have rated Nuance believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A few months ago, fellow Fool Anders Bylund (TMFZahrim) tapped the stock's recent slump as an attractive long-term opportunity:
Nuance hit a little speed bump and investors are treating it like a spike strip? Fine by me -- the company is a human-to-machine interface juggernaut that is just getting started. The long-term opportunity is larger than ever, just hidden behind those lumbering but unstoppable long-term mobile agreements.
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At the time thisarticle was published Fool contributor Brian Pacampara owns no position in any of the companies mentioned. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Nuance and Microsoft, as well as creating a bull call spread position in Microsoft. The Fool owns shares of IBM and Microsoft. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days.We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Fool's disclosure policy always gets a perfect score.
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