5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Brookfield Asset Management

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 115,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, global holding company Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.

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

Brookfieldfacts

Headquarters	Calgary, Alberta
Market Cap	$10.6 billion
Industry	Asset Management
TTM Revenue	$12.4 billion
Management	CEO Bruce Flatt (since 2002) CFO Brian Lawson (since 2002)
Return on Equity (average last three years)	16.4%
Competitors	Franklin Resources, T. Rowe Price
CAPS members bullish on BAM also bullish on	General Electric (NYSE: GE), Cemex
CAPS members bearish on BAM also bearish on	Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Citigroup (NYSE: C)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, some 96% of the 215 All-Star members who have rated Brookfield believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These All-Star bulls include safevalue and TMFMattyA, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.

In late June, safevalue noted that Brookfield is "involved in high quality long life assets, that produce free cash flows ... the company has a great CEO who is value and investor conscience ( Bruce Flatt)."

An earlier pitch from TMFMattyA in March shares that bullish sentiment, highlighting the stock's cheapish valuation (which, like everything else, is even cheaper today):

Finally, BAM is on sale. You just don't get too many opportunities to invest in a management team like this at a reasonable price. This company controls a vast portfolio of quality, stable, cash-producing assets, and features a management team that really knows how to allocate capital prudently. Like [Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B)] and [Markel (NYSE: MKL)], I think this is one of those few companies that you can hold onto forever.

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