Why J&J Is Poised to Outperform

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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, health care products gorilla Johnson & Johnson has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

J&Jfacts

Headquarters (founded)

New Brunswick, N.J. (1886)

Market Cap

$205.6 billion

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$67.2 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Alex Gorsky
CFO Dominic Caruso

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

19.8%

Cash/Debt

$19.8 billion / $16.9 billion

Dividend Yield

3.3%

Competitors

Covidien
Novartis
Pfizer


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

On CAPS, 96% of the 14,045 members who have rated J&J believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those Fools, brenoboyle, succinctly summed up J&J bull case for our community:

[J&J] has had some nice quarterly reports recently, looks undervalued by cash flow and seems to be in the midst of a successful turnaround. They are controlling costs and leveraging the firm's comparative advantage.

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