4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: POSCO
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Korean steel giant POSCO (NYS: PKX) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at POSCO's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
POSCO facts
Headquarters (founded) | Seoul, South Korea (1968) |
Market Cap | $25.0 billion |
Industry | Steel |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $60.4 billion |
Management | CEO Joon-Yang Chung |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | 8.1% |
Cash/Debt | $5.7 billion / $23.3 billion |
Dividend Yield | 3.2% |
Competitors | ArcelorMittal |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 986 members who have rated POSCO believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, All-Star BlacknGold, highlighted POSCO as an attractive bargain opportunity:
The company is trading at a huge discount to fair book value. ... The steel, minerals, and mining industries never perform well when dark economic clouds are overhead, so there is some risk to rushing in now. However, I feel that plenty of risk has been priced into shares already.
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