Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, methanol producer Methanex (Nasdaq: MEOH ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Methanex's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Methanex facts
| Headquarters (Founded) |
Vancouver, Canada (1968) |
| Market Cap |
$2.85 billion |
| Industry |
Commodity chemicals |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$2.12 billion |
| Management |
CEO Bruce Aitken (since 2004)
CFO Ian Cameron (since 2003)
|
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) |
5.8% |
| Cash/Debt |
$239.8 million / $1 billion |
| Dividend Yield |
2.2% |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 225 members who have rated Methanex believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include buffalonate and WestCoastInsight.
Earlier this month, buffalonate summed up the Methanex bull case with just three simple words: "Great growth company."
Over the next five years, in fact, Methanex is expected to grow its bottom line at a particularly brisk rate of 46% annually. That's much faster than larger chemical plays like Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW ) (7%), DuPont (NYSE: DD ) (10.1%), and PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG ) (8.9%).
CAPS member WestCoastInsight expands on the growth opportunity:
Methanex is the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. That means every day -- the world over -- Methanex plays a vital role in people's lives. Methanol is an important ingredient in many of the essential industrial and consumer products that make the world a better place in which to live, work and play.
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