5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Rowan Companies

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, contract driller Rowan Companies (NYSE: RDC  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Rowan facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Houston (1923)
Market Cap	$2.8 billion
Industry	Energy equipment and services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$1.98 billion
Management	CEO Matt Ralls (since January 2009) CFO William Wells (since January 2007)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)	18.6%
Cash / Debt	$681.1 million / $866.1 million
Competitors	Transocean (NYSE: RIG  ) Diamond Offshore (NYSE: DO  )
CAPS Members Bullish on RDC Also Bullish on	Noble (NYSE: NE  ) Vale (NYSE: VALE  )
CAPS Members Bearish on RDC Also Bearish on	Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX  ) Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX  )

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

On CAPS, 96.3% of the 655 members who have rated Rowan believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include utuk and All-Star 2Cores, who is ranked in the top 15% of our community.

In August, utuk reminded Fools that Rowan is all primed to pump up the profits: "Contract drilling services will only increase as oil demand picks back up world wide and Rowan has good margins and competent management to take advantage of further opportunities in the sector."

In a pitch from last month, 2Cores helps our community drill even deeper:

Besides being a contract driller, Rowan manufactures equipment. The latter pushed me into its arms as an investor. It has the advantage of manufacturing for three industries that are going to need its products ... desperately. Drilling rigs, mining equipment, and timber harvesters. I call that a sweet spot. Bring it!

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