5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: North American Palladium

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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, special-metals miner North American Palladium (NYSE: PAL) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

North American Palladium facts

Headquarters (founded)	Toronto, Canada (1968)
Market Cap	$146 million
Industry	Precious Metals and Minerals
TTM Revenue	$173.4 million
Management	President/CEO William Biggar CFO G. Fraser Sinclair
Compound Annual Revenue Growth (over last three years)	21.6%
Competitors	Stillwater Mining (NYSE: SWC)
CAPS members bullish on PAL also bullish on:	Vale (NYSE: RIO) Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX)
CAPS members bearish on PAL also bearish on:	General Motors (NYSE: GM) PMI Group (NYSE: PMI)

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

Over on CAPS, 863 of the 895 members who have rated North American Palladium -- or 96% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include bottomfeedr and kkconway.

Last week, bottomfeedr identified a few of the stock's "catalysts" for our community:

Catalyst metals are rare, and will be utilized in transforming whatever green energy that is developed. [Platinum Group Metals] have been hammered, and this stock has a track record of bouncing with the price of [Platinum Group Metals].

In a pitch from four days later, kkconway expands on the company's long-term tailwinds:

People will start buying cars again someday. [North American Palladium] will supply the palladium for their catalytic converters. Russia's reserves are depleting, and [North American Palladium] has a P/Book of 0.4 at today's price, and plenty of cash to wait out the demand trough.

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