Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, IT services specialist Syntel
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Syntel's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Syntel facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Troy, Mich. (1980) |
| Market Cap | $2.3 billion |
| Industry | Data processing and outsourced services |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $667.8 million |
| Management | CEO Prashant Ranade (since 2010) CFO Arvind Godbole (since 2006) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 30.2% |
| Cash/Debt | $334.4 million / $0 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.4% |
| Competitors |
Infosys Tata America International Wipro |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 200 members who have rated Syntel believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, JohnStuartMill, touched on the trends working in Syntel's favor:
Outsourcing continues to be the norm in business today. [Syntel's] businesses of Application, Knowledge Process, e-Business, and Team Sourcing all play into this. [Syntel] will benefit from this operation mode. With high-tech down a bit right now, this may be a good value play.
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