5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Boardwalk Pipeline
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, natural gas storage and transportation company Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (NYS: BWP) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Boardwalk Pipeline's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Boardwalk Pipeline facts
Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
Market Cap | $5.9 billion |
Industry | Oil and gas pipelines |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.14 billion |
Management | CEO Stanley Horton (since 2011) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 7.2% |
Cash/Debt | $3.9 million / $3.4 billion |
Dividend Yield | 7.5% |
Competitors | El PasoEnergy |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 424 members who have rated Boardwalk Pipeline believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, TMFCane, succinctly summed up the Boardwalk Pipeline bull case for our community: "Significant insider ownership, as another mentioned, and an unbeatable [dividend yield]. Underperforming the market as of recently, and although that's not a reason to dive in, it's also a natural gas play."
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