Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Canadian gold explorer Rubicon Minerals
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Rubicon's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Rubicon facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Vancouver, Canada |
| Market Cap | $805.9 million |
| Industry | Gold |
| Trailing-12-Month EBITDA | ($7.1 million) |
| Management | President/CEO David Adamson (since 2001) CFO Robert Lewis (since 2005) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | (5.3%) |
| Cash/Debt | $87.0 million / $0 |
| Competitors |
Goldcorp Kirkland Lake Gold Planet Exploration |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 798 members who have rated Rubicon believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A few months ago, one of those Fools, gamblingkev, nicely summed up the bull case for our community:
This could be the best junior miner in Canada now with a terrific mine that should soon become a major gold producer in the Red Lake district with its Phoenix project and a number of other projects in the works. They have plenty of funding and could even be bought out by one of the big producers for a tidy sum. Either way, in a few years a lot of people are going to regret not picking up [Rubicon] in the 3-4 dollar range.
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