Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, industrial gases producer Praxair
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Praxair's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Praxair facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Danbury, Conn. (1907) |
| Market Cap | $32.8 billion |
| Industry | Industrial gases |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $11.3 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Stephen Angel CFO James Sawyer |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 25.1% |
| Cash/Debt | $90.0 million / $6.6 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2% |
| Competitors |
Air Products & Chemicals L'Air Liquide SA The Linde Group |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 690 members who have rated Praxair believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, All-Star rd80, tapped the stock as solid income opportunity:
Praxair issued bonds a while back and include share repurchase in the use of proceeds. Bond move so I did a little research to see if it was also a Foolish move.
Turns out the company is fairly priced with a solid track record of earnings and dividend growth. In fact, if the 19-year streak of [dividend] hikes continues, using record low interest borrowing to buy shares probably improves after tax cash flow in a couple of years.
Combine that with a business -- industrial gasses -- that should improve as the economy recovers and a green thumb is in order.
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