5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Astronics
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, aerospace and defense company Astronics (NAS: ATRO) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Astronics' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Astronics facts
Headquarters (founded) | East Aurora, N.Y. (1968) |
Market Cap | $339.3 million |
Industry | Aerospace and defense |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $238.2 million |
Management | CEO Peter Gundermann (since 2003) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 14.5% |
Cash/Debt | $8.2 million / $27.6 million |
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 314 members who have rated Astronics believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, dreamjob, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Growing owner earnings and free cash flow at a nice clip, high [return on invested capital] and [cash return on invested capital], sales and earnings growing nicely, and priced right. I would like to see a little less debt, but this company is small and growing fast -- I'll be slightly forgiving here. It's an un-sexy industry as well.
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