Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, wireless technology developer InterDigital
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at InterDigital's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
InterDigital facts
| Headquarters (founded) | King of Prussia, Pa. (1972) |
| Market Cap | $1.2 billion |
| Industry | Communications equipment |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $292.6 million |
| Management | CEO William Merritt (since 2005) CFO Scott McQuilkin (since 2007) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 51.5% |
| Cash/Debt | $616.0 million / $194.5 million |
| Dividend Yield | 1.5% |
| Competitors |
Alcatel-Lucent Freescale Semiconductor Qualcomm |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 1,297 members who have rated InterDigital believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those bulls, jackycheng, highlighted the slumping stock price as a possible bargain opportunity: "Though the business is slowing down and the company is lacking of management skill to monitor the recurring incomes, it would not be a bad choice to buy it now after the great drop as the [patent portfolio is likely] worth more than the current market value."
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