Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool’s free investing community, aircraft components maker Precision Castparts has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at Precision Castparts and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Precision Castparts facts
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Headquarters (founded)
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Portland, Ore. (1949)
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Market Cap
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$28.0 billion
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Industry
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Aerospace and defense
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$7.9 billion
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Management
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Chairman/CEO Mark Donegan
CFO Shawn Hagel
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)
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15.4%
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Cash/Debt
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$483.3 million / $3.8 billion
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Dividend Yield
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0.1%
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Competitors
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Alcoa
Allegheny Technologies
Carpenter Technology
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 1,319 members who have rated Precision Castparts believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, SmoothHughes, succinctly summed up the Precision Castparts bull case for our community: “I lost a company I really liked to [Precision Castparts] when they bought [Titanium Metals]. This is a way to get some of [Titanium Metals] back, and buy into the future growth of airplane and other precision manufacturing.”
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The article Why Precision Castparts Is Poised to Keep Flyin’ originally appeared on Fool.com.
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