5-Star Bargain Stocks Ready to Bounce: Interactive Brokers

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, electronic brokerage operator Interactive Brokers Group (NAS: IBKR) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Interactive Brokers and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Interactive Brokers facts

Headquarters (founded)

Greenwich, Conn. (1977)

Market Cap

$696.2 million

Industry

Specialized finance

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$1.2 billion

Management

Founder/Chairman/CEO Thomas Peterffy
CFO Paul Brody

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

9.6%

Cash/Debt

$23.0 billion / $2.0 billion

Competitors

Charles Schwab
E*TRADE Financial
TD AMERITRADE


Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 96% of the 603 members who have rated Interactive Brokers believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those bulls, johnstrobel, tapped the stock as a solid bargain opportunity:

Confidence in the stock market is relatively low and [Interactive Brokers] is suffering from lower trading volumes. In fact, trading volumes are at a 5 year low. Despite this, [Interactive Brokers] has a strong balance sheet and is a good value buy. ... I think as investor confidence returns when we emerge from this long recession, this stock will rise. It may require some patience, but at today's price, may be well worth it.

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The article 5-Star Bargain Stocks Ready to Bounce: Interactive Brokers originally appeared on Fool.com.

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