5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Techne

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, biotech products specialist Techne (Nasdaq: TECH  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Techne facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Minneapolis (1976)
Market Cap	$2.85 billion
Industry	Life sciences tools and services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$272.64 million
Management	Chairman/CEO Thomas Oland (since 1985) CFO Gregory Melsen (since 2004)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)	23%
Cash/Debt	$194.86 million / $0
Dividend Yield	1.4%
Competitors	Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT  ) Beckman Coulter (NYSE: BEC  ) Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO  )

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

On CAPS, 97% of the 274 members who have rated Techne believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include Clint35 and All-Star FAOFool, who is ranked in the top 2% of our community.

Earlier this month, Clint35 touched on Techne's attractive fundamentals: "Very impressive numbers. Great balance sheet. Pays a dividend. Still has a lot of room to grow."

Techne even boasts a whopping three-year average operating margin of 57.3%. That's much higher than that of listed rivals Abbott (20.3%), Beckman (11.4%), and Thermo Fisher (12%).

CAPS All-Star FAOFool elaborates on the Techne bull case:

Demographics ... just look at all those 'Doctor' shows on TV! We are definitely getting older as a society due to the population demographics and longer life span, but all these shows, and debate about health care, have everyone much more focused on health care. TECH is a great company to capitalize on both, given its product breadth and solid financials.

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