Based on the aggregated intelligence of 165,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, wireless communications specialist TeleCommunication Systems (Nasdaq: TSYS) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

TCS facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Annapolis, Md. (1987)

Market Cap

$230.7 million

Industry

Systems software

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$320.5 million

Management

Founder/CEO Maurice Tose

CFO Thomas Brandt Jr.

Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)

30.5%

Compound Annual Revenue Growth (Over Past 3 Years)

36%

Cash/Debt

$76.4 million / $183.1 million

Competitors

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD)

Motorola (NYSE: MOT)

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

On CAPS, 95% of the 384 members who have rated TCS believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Stars TSIF and UltraLong, both of whom are ranked in the top 0.2% of our community.

Just a couple of months ago , TSIF sent a bullish message about TCS:

In a growing industry, effectively helping networks pass on the growing level of text messages. If you have or know any teenagers, then you'd know that text messaging is growing exponentially. Add in internet content and location based applications and you have both commercial and government … sides of the house gaining new business.

While TCS, indeed, continues to land attractive new business (most recently from the U.S. Army and U.K.-based Tesco Bank), Mr. Market remains down on the stock: Shares of TCS have plunged more than 40% over the past three months. To be sure, TCS' smallish size puts it at a disadvantage to rivals General Dynamics (on the government side) and Motorola (on the commercial side), both of whom sport significantly greater financial, marketing, and distribution resources. And with enough time and capital, it would be possible for those giants, as TCS' 10-K cautions, "to replicate our products and services."

Of course, with the stock now trading at a mouth-watering price-to-earnings-ratio of 8.5, CAPS All-Stars like UltraLong think the risks are more than baked into TCS' price:

Telecommunications Systems is suffering from an acute case of stupiditis. It's a problem where shareholders overlook a good value and dump shares as fast as they can. … They have seen a pretty much flawless integration of the four businesses they acquired in 2009 and aside from an unwelcome pile of debt, they have had growing cash flow. ... Their backlog is strong at 586M dollars and aside from a gap in their chart between $3.56-$3.84 there's a strong likelihood that they will move up over the next few months/years as they continue to gain wireless market share.

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