Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Procera Networks (NASDAQ: PKT) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. The company provides deep packet inspection technology that enables mobile companies to manage private networks.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Procera and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Procera facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Fremont, Calif. (2002) |
Market Cap |
$324.2 million |
Industry |
Communications equipment |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$58.7 million |
Management |
CEO James Brear (since 2008) CFO Charles Constanti (since 2009) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
(2.6%) |
Cash/Debt |
$133.0 million / $0 |
Competitors |
Allot Communications Cisco Systems Juniper Networks |
On CAPS, 95% of the 96 members who have rated Procera believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, fellow Fool Rich Duprey (TMFCop), succinctly summed up the outperform case for our community:
The Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) market will be a $2 billion business in 2 years and Procera will be a leader in both the enterprise market that is its specialty and among ISPs. While [Allot] is seen as the leader for [Verizon's] DPI business, [Procera] could win [AT&T's].
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