4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: BP
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, integrated oil giant BP (NYS: BP) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at BP's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
BP facts
Headquarters (founded) | London (1889) |
Market Cap | $133.5 billion |
Industry | Integrated oil and gas |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $376.6 billion |
Management | CEO Robert Dudley (since October 2010) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 12% |
Cash/Debt | $15.2 billion / $47.7 billion |
Dividend Yield | 4.4% |
Competitors | Chevron |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 5,257 members who have rated BP believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A few months ago, one of those bulls, swedishsquirrel, succinctly summed up the BP bull case for our community:
BP, still recovering from the Macondo well incident, has several new projects scheduled to come online within the next 5 years, which I believe will help grow the bottom line. The dividend has a long way to go before it reaches pre-spill value, but that just allows for additional shareholder gain.
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