4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Suntech Power

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, solar module maker Suntech Power (NYSE: STP) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Suntech's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Suntech facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Wuxi, China (2001)
Market Cap	$2.34 billion
Industry	Electrical components and equipment
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$1.65 billion
Management	Founder/CEO Zhengrong Shi CFO Amy Zhang
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity	(0.9%)
Cash/Debt	$760 million / $1.6 billion
Competitors	First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) SunPower (Nasdaq: SPWRA)
CAPS Members Bullish on STP Also Bullish on	Vale (NYSE: VALE) General Electric (NYSE: GE) Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
CAPS Members Bearish on STP Also Bearish on	Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 96.6% of the 4,418 members who have rated Suntech believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include davbeirney and CAPS All-Star jamespeer, who is ranked in the top 5% of our community.

Less than two months ago, davbeirney kindly reminded Fools that Suntech "is a solar leader in China, and is poised to take a large portion of the Chinese market, along with some of the European market." Our CAPS member concludes: "Solar power is going to be big eventually, and [Suntech] already has a foothold in China, which will need more power to feed its growing energy needs."

In a pitch from one month earlier, jamespeer also sees bright days ahead:

[C]hinese growth combined with german efficiency. Over the last year, they have secured highly valuable contracts in the US and the middle east. Their increase in operational efficiency is extremely impressive and it is obviously an extremely well run company. ... Pluto technology has already shown its great potential and will also give them a competitive advantage in the market. Basically, solar energy is a big focus for the future, and I believe Suntech will be the world leaders for years and years to come.

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