4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Baker Hughes
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, oilfield service specialist Baker Hughes (NYS: BHI) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Baker Hughes' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Baker Hughes facts
Headquarters (founded) | Houston (1972) |
Market Cap | $19.6 billion |
Industry | Oil and gas equipment and services |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $21.3 billion |
Management | CEO Martin Craighead |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 8.1% |
Cash/Debt | $792.0 million / $5.0 billion |
Dividend Yield | 1.3% |
Competitors |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 1,231 of the members who have rated Baker Hughes believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Six months ago, one of those bulls, All-Star JPresbrown, tapped Baker Hughes as a particularly solid bargain opportunity:
A bit of a contrarian play -- the stock has massively underperformed the market and been downgraded by analysts because of the glut of natural gas. Everyone knows business is slowing which makes this a good time to establish a position in a solid company with decent fundamentals.
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