5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Cemex

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Mexican cement giant Cemex (NYSE: CX) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Cemex facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Garza Garcia, Mexico (1906)
Market Cap	$9.89 billion
Industry	Construction materials
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$16.91 billion
Management	CEO Lorenzo Trevino (since 1985) CFO Rodrigo Trevino (since 1997)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 5 Years)	15.6%
Cash / Debt	$978.6 million / $19.26 billion
Competitors	Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC) Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM)
CAPS Members Bullish on CX Also Bullish on	General Electric (NYSE: GE) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)
CAPS Members Bearish on CX Also Bearish on	Ford Motor (NYSE: F) Citigroup (NYSE: C)

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

On CAPS, 98.2% of the 1,464 All-Star members who have rated Cemex believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include TMFSTX and JakilaTheHun, both of whom are ranked in the top 3% of our community.

Just last month, TMFSTX tapped Cemex as a solid way to play a pair of powerful trends: "Large infrastructure projects pending in the USA and Mexico. Industry consolidation."

In a pitch from one week later, JakilaTheHun expanded on Cemex as a good, but not great, value proposition:

Cemex has good growth prospects. They are well positioned in emerging markets. Historical earnings and cash flows have been around the $0.75 - $1.30 range. I liked this a lot when it crept under $7; and especially under $5, where it was an outright steal! At $13, I'm becoming more neutral on it. ... While cash flows are strong, I believe they support a valuation somewhere in the $14 - $23 range.

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