4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Fluor

Brian D. Pacampara, The Motley Fool
Updated

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, engineering services specialist Fluor (NYS: FLR) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

Fluor facts

Headquarters (founded)

Irving, Texas (1912)

Market Cap

$7.8 billion

Industry

Construction and engineering

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$24.6 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO David Seaton
CFO Biggs Porter

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

18.1%

Cash/Debt

$2.2 billion / $532.8 million

Dividend Yield

1.4%

Competitors

Jacobs Engineering Group
Shaw Group
URS


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

On CAPS, 97% of the 1,310 members who have rated Fluor believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those Fools, MagicDiligence, touched on the several tailwinds working in Fluor's favor: "Refinery demand in U.S., infrastructure spending critical in both U.S. and worldwide, continued high commodity prices, winning gov't contracts it didn't compete on before. Stock trades well below historical multiples."

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