4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: TBS International

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 125,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, drybulk shipper TBS International (Nasdaq: TBSI) has earned a respectable four-star ranking.

Let's take a closer look at TBS' business,and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

TBS facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Hamilton, Bermuda (1993)
Market Cap	$355.74 Million
Industry	Marine
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$589 Million
Management	Founder/Chairman/CEO Joseph Royce CFO Ferdinand Lepere
Return on Equity (Average, Past Three Years)	32.4%
Competitors	Tidewater (NYSE: TDW) Kirby (NYSE: KEX)
CAPS Members Bullish on TBSI Also Bullish on:	Excel Maritime Carriers (NYSE: EXM) Vale (NYSE: RIO)
CAPS Members Bearish on TBSI Also Bearish on:	DryShips (Nasdaq: DRYS) Citigroup (NYSE: C)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS. 

On CAPS, 151 of the 171 All-Star members who have rated TBS -- 88% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include daharkleroad and TheHuney.

Last month, daharkleroad tapped TBS as a tasty bet during the downturn: "With sales growing at over 40% and income growing at nearly 120% and [profit margins] nearly 33% in a recession, imagine what will happen when things improve."

Two days ago, TheHuney followed that contrarian line of thinking:

Drybulkers are obviously suffering right now, but my motto when it comes to cyclical stocks - buy in when everyone is afraid to touch these stocks. … [W]ith a strong balance sheet, I like them to survive the current economic climate and this stock should see a big jump in the next boom phase. It sold for nearly $60 in the summer of '08. Even if it only gets to $40 and it takes 10 years to get there, that's still a nearly 30% annually - not too shabby, eh?

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