Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, engineering and construction services provider URS (NYSE: URS) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at URS and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
URS facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
San Francisco (1904) |
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Market Cap |
$3.0 billion |
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Industry |
Construction and engineering |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$10.4 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO Martin Koffel |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
3.5% |
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Cash / Debt |
$289.2 million / $2.2 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
2.1% |
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Competitors |
AECOM Technology (NYSE: ACM) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 262 members who have rated URS believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star Staka, succinctly summed up the opportunity for our community:
Positive:
- Cashflow, dividend, reasonable valuation
- Big and well diversified
- More recently they signed some big new contracts. [M]ostly with the US government.
Negative:
- Cyclical company
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