5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Steinway Musical Instruments
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, musical instrument maker Steinway Musical Instruments (NYS: LVB) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Steinway's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Steinway facts
Headquarters (founded) | Waltham, Mass. (1993) |
Market Cap | $309.8 million |
Industry | Leisure products |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $348.0 million |
Management | Chairman/CEO Michael Sweeney |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 2.8% |
Cash/Debt | $40.5 million / $71.5 million |
Competitors | Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 92% of the 66 of the members who have rated Steinway believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, All-Star XMFConnor, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Steinway Musical Instruments has many of the attractive elements I look for in an investment: a dominant market position in its core business, solid downside protection, hidden asset value, smart and incentivized insiders, and several foreseeable catalysts all rolled into a small-cap, underfollowed stock. I believe this $25 stock is worth ~$47 (88% upside) and that there are several probable catalysts (as early as Q3 this year) that could drive the share price closer to my estimate of intrinsic value.
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