Why Raven Industries Is Ready to Fly
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, manufacturer Raven Industries has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Raven, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Raven facts
Headquarters (founded) | Sioux Falls, S. Dak. (1956) |
Market Cap | $999.2 million |
Industry | Industrial conglomerates |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $412.9 million |
Management | CEO Daniel Rykhus (since 2010) CFO Thomas Iacarella (since 1998) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 29% |
Cash/Debt | $48.1 million / $0 |
Dividend Yield | 1.5% |
Competitors | Graco Sigma Plastics Group Spartech |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 476 members who have rated Raven believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, All-Star joryko, succinctly summed up the Raven bull case for our community:
Target 10-15% Revenue and EPS Growth a year. Proven to be true over the last decade. Great opportunity to get in on the [precision agriculture] game as their biggest business segment, Applied Technologies, focuses GPS guided farming.
Trading below its 10 year P/E average and returning a 1.5% dividend (which has increased for 26 consecutive years ), I'll be more than happy to hold this one for the future.
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