5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: PotashCorp
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, fertilizer giant PotashCorp (NYS: POT) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at PotashCorp's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
PotashCorp facts
Headquarters (founded) | Saskatoon, Canada (1953) |
Market Cap | $35.1 billion |
Industry | Fertilizers and agricultural chemicals |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $7.9 billion |
Management | CEO William Doyle (since 1998) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 29.1% |
Cash/Debt | $491.0 million / $4.2 billion |
Dividend Yield | 1.4% |
Competitors | BASF |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 4,896 members who have rated PotashCorp believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A few months ago, one of those bulls, MoneyAndWealth, succinctly summed up the PotashCorp bull case for our community:
- Demand for food and fertilizer will increase with population growth
- [PotashCorp] controls 20% of world capacity
- [Potash] reserves are heavily concentrated to a few select countries
- High barriers to entry (large investment $and 7 years to build a potash mine)
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