4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Seaspan

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, containership operator Seaspan (NYSE: SSW) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

Seaspan facts

Headquarters	Majuro, Marshall Islands
Market Cap	$394.72 million
Industry	Shipping
TTM Revenue	$238.3 million
Management	CEO Gerry Wang (since 2005) CFO Sai Chu (since 2005)
Compound Annual Revenue Growth (over last three years)	40.6%
Dividend Yield	6.6%
Competitors	Danaos (NYSE: DAC)
CAPS members bullish on SSW also bullish on	Vale (NYSE: VALE) General Electric (NYSE: GE) Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
CAPS members bearish on SSW also bearish on	Lennar (NYSE: LEN) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)

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

Over on CAPS, fully 506 of the 535 members who have rated Seaspan -- some 95% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include alexsvs and JMJeffrey.

Just last month, alexsvs locked in on Seaspan's attractive long-term moves:

Superior business model of pairing long-term contracts with new ships prior to purchase, minimizing exposure to the spot market. They also cut their dividend in a conservative move from balance sheet management motivation, not from a debt maturity nor from a liquidity crunch perspective.

In a pitch from two weeks later, JMJeffrey expands on Seaspan's international tailwinds:

Big ship passing through! Well a little shipping company trying to capitalize on globalization. I think that the need for this industry (like trains) is not going away and that while capital intensive it will float and rise with expansion global commerce. Recent fear of debt and scaling back of key clients has the market trying to sink this ship, but while I cannot predict the short term I do believe that investors at these prices will be rewarded. Outperform!

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