4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: RF Micro Devices

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, handset chip maker RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq: RFMD  ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

RF Micro facts

Headquarters (founded)	Greensboro, N.C. (1991)
Market Cap	$1.2 billion
Industry	Semiconductors
TTM Revenue	$886.5 million
Management	CEO Robert Bruggeworth (since 2003) CFO William Priddy, Jr. (since 1997)
Competitors	Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM  ) SkyWorks Solutions
Major Customers	Nokia (NYSE: NOK  ) Samsung
CAPS members bullish on RFMD also bullish on:	Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO  ) General Electric (NYSE: GE  )
CAPS members bearish on RFMD also bearish on:	Motorola (NYSE: MOT  ) Vonage Holdings (NYSE: VG  )

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

Over on CAPS, 490 of the 517 members who have rated RF Micro -- some 95% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include deepvein and All-Star ipfmanager, who is ranked in the top 1% of our community.

Two weeks ago, deepvein helped Fools weigh the stock's pros and cons: "Maybe a long term stock 'gamble' as potentially the company is in good position with some strong customers. However, risky and dependent on future product development."

Late last month, ipfmanager also urged our community to put their chips on the chip maker. Below is an excerpt, but don't forget to check out the full pitch here:

[RF Micro] is a world leader in its industry. ...

[RF Micro] has a 5- year EPS growth [estimate] of 12%. Are you kidding me? 4g is knocking on our door and China still has a 3g revolution ahead. There is no way that projection will stay there, I'd double or triple it ... I know it's a pipe-dream but with all that said, lets hope the stocks price could run up to $15-$20 with everything blowing in the right direction. ...

Even if way I'm way off which I know I am, we should beat the market on this one.

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