Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Dutch chip maker NXP Semiconductors (NXPI 1.29%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at NXP and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
NXP facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Eindhoven, Netherlands (2006) |
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Market Cap |
$6.5 billion |
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Industry |
Semiconductors |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$4.2 billion |
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Management |
CEO Richard Clemmer |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
(19.3%) |
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Cash/Debt |
$702.0 million / $3.6 billion |
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Competitors |
Infineon Technologies |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 99% of the 626 members who have rated NXP believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
This past summer, one of those bulls, fellow Fool Matthew Argersinger (TMFMattyA), tapped NXP as a particularly attractive long-term opportunity:
Seeing solid growth in Identification segment, which includes fast-growing mobile NFC applications. Softness in Europe is biting revenue and margins in the short-term, but new NFC products, strength in China and Asia-Pacific markets, and growing adoption across mobile OEMs should keep growth flowing.
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