Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, fertilizer giant PotashCorp (POT) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at PotashCorp and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
PotashCorp facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Saskatoon, Canada (1953) |
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Market Cap |
$26.0 billion |
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Industry |
Fertilizers and agricultural chemicals |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$7.5 billion |
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Management |
CEO William Doyle (since 1998) CFO Wayne Brownlee (since 1999) |
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Return on Equity (average, past three years) |
29.2% |
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Cash/Debt |
$630.0 million / $3.5 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
4.7% |
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Competitors |
Agrium CF Industries Mosaic |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 5,004 members who have rated PotashCorp believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, keithelane, tapped PotashCorp as a particularly attractive bargain opportunity:
Fear over the end of the potash cartel by Uralkali is overblown. [PotashCorp] is financially strong enough to overcome a temporary drop in prices resulting from this, and I expect any significant drop to be just that -- temporary. This stock may take a while to recover, but I believe that they will recover and pay a nice dividend in the meantime.
