Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, constructions and engineering services company Foster Wheeler (Nasdaq: FWLT ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Foster Wheeler's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Foster Wheeler facts
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Headquarters (Founded)
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Clinton, N.J. (1894)
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Market Cap
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$3.6 billion
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Industry
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Construction and engineering
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$5.4 billion
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Management
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Chairman and CEO Raymond Milchovich
CFO Franco Baseotto
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Return on Capital (Average, Past 3 Years)
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46.4%
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Cash / Debt
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$965.8 million / $226.2 million
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Competitors
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KBR (NYSE: KBR )
Fluor (NYSE: FLR )
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CAPS Members Bullish on FWLT Also Bullish on
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Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX )
Transocean (NYSE: RIG )
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CAPS Members Bearish on FWLT Also Bearish on
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Bank of America (NYSE: BAC )
Citigroup (NYSE: C )
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, almost 98% of the 1,759 members who have rated Foster Wheeler believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include JRedhawk11 and All-star pigwings6, who is ranked in the top 2% of CAPS.
In October, JRedhawk11 eyed the company as a cornerstone of a value-oriented portfolio:
Good cash, good balance sheet. It'll be relatively depressed until the global industrial gears get fully rolling again but I look to see this company go far in the next few years and beyond. They have a strong foothold in some of the major emerging world markets so that's never a bad thing.
In a pitch from a week earlier, pigswings6 echoes that sentiment and highlights Foster Wheeler's strength:
Just bought in this in real life. The P/E is below 10 on a huge company that's been around for years. Plus, the balance sheet on this company looks quasi-perfect, with more than double the amount of cash needed to pay both long and short debt. Probably won't bounce back for a while, but in the long run I believe that this company will outperform along with the other beaten down sectors.
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