Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, air pollution control specialist Fuel Tech (Nasdaq: FTEK ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Fuel Tech's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Fuel Tech facts
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Headquarters (Founded)
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Warrenville, Ill. (1987)
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Market Cap
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$196.1 million
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Industry
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Environmental and facilities services
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$70.8 million
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Management
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CEO John Norris, Jr. (since 2006)
CFO John Graham (since 2008)
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Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)
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5.7%
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Cash/Debt
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$13.2 million / $2.2 million
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Competitors
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Foster Wheeler (Nasdaq: FWLT )
Ashland (NYSE: ASH )
General Electric (NYSE: GE )
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CAPS Members Bullish on FTEK Also Bullish on
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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ )
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CAPS Members Bearish on FTEK Also Bearish on
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Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU )
First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR )
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 1,041 members who have rated Fuel Tech believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star holyemo, who is ranked in the top 10% of our community, and petecraig4.
Just last week, holyemo noted that Fuel Tech "makes industrial efficiency equipment, has a strong history of profits, and should fundamentally recover from a year of weak sales and low investment." Our CAPS member concludes: "Strong growth in profits anticipated."
In a pitch from two weeks earlier, petecraig4 expands on how Fuel Tech absolutely cleans up:
[T]his is technology which is profitable to the companies that buy it, continues to generate revenues to [Fuel Tech] in chemical sales, and is being picked up by a good number of coal-burners in the US as well as some in China. … Coal isn't going anywhere, especially in China and other developing nations where plants can be much more quickly built and implemented than nuclear, and to own a company which helps the environment in this setting is additionally rewarding. The price has to be near compelling at this point.
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