Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, aircraft components maker Precision Castparts (PCP.DL) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Precision Castparts and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Precision Castparts facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Portland, Ore. (1949) |
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Market Cap |
$28.0 billion |
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Industry |
Aerospace and defense |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$7.9 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO Mark Donegan CFO Shawn Hagel |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
15.4% |
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Cash/Debt |
$483.3 million / $3.8 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
0.1% |
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Competitors |
Alcoa Allegheny Technologies Carpenter Technology |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 1,319 members who have rated Precision Castparts believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, SmoothHughes, succinctly summed up the Precision Castparts bull case for our community: "I lost a company I really liked to [Precision Castparts] when they bought [Titanium Metals]. This is a way to get some of [Titanium Metals] back, and buy into the future growth of airplane and other precision manufacturing."
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