Based on the aggregated intelligence of 130,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, titanium products maker Titanium Metals
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Titanium Metals' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Titanium Metals facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Dallas (1950) |
Market Cap |
$1.52 billion |
Industry |
Industrial Metals and Minerals |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$1.15 billion |
Management |
CEO Steven Watson (since 2006) CFO James Brown (since 2007) |
Return on Equity (average, last three years) |
26.8% |
Competitors |
Allegheny Tech RTI International Metals |
CAPS members bullish on TIE also bullish on |
General Electric
Apple |
CAPS members bearish on TIE also bearish on |
Citigroup
Bank of America |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's), and Motley Fool CAPS.
Over on CAPS, 2,162 of the 2,234 members who have rated Titanium Metals -- or 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star mtracy9, who is ranked in the top 20% of our community, and SmoothHughes.
In late March, mtracy9 wrote that Titanium Metals "has reserves needed to weather the current economic storm." Our CAPS member concludes: "As the economy begins to recover and as the [Boeing
In a pitch from last month, SmoothHughes elaborates:
This company has no debt and continues to show positive cash flow even with a steep decline in the price of titanium. These two factors should see [Titanium Metals] through the recession to benefit from increasing industrial orders over the next few years. The worldwide demand for this metal should continue to increase because of its high strength-to-weight ratio (excellent for more making vehicles such as airplanes more fuel efficient) and exceptional resistance to corrosion (desalinization plants, chemical refining, etc). Plus titanium is my favorite element.
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