5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Titanium Metals (TIE.DL)

5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Titanium Metals

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, titanium products manufacturer Titanium Metals (NYSE: TIE ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

TIMET facts

Headquarters (founded)	Dallas (1950)
Market Cap	$2.81 billion
Industry	Diversified metals and mining
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$1.0 billion
Management	CEO Bobby O'Brien (since 2009) CFO James Brown (since 2007)
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)	6.8%
Cash/Debt	$96.0 million / $0
Dividend Yield	1.9%
Competitors	Allegheny Technologies Carpenter Technology RTI International Metals

Source: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 97% of the 2,628 members who have rated TIMET believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last month, one of those Fools, badducky, highlighted TIMET as a solid growth opportunity:

The future of our economy, as the baby boomers ride off into the sunset, is going to be in high technology consumer goods, and a lot of these things benefit from precious metals, rare earth minerals, etc. Titanium is going to be huge, and it's already huge. [TIMET] is a powerful, consistent player in the field.

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