5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Tata Motors

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of more than 110,000 investors participating in the Fool’s free investing community, Motley Fool CAPS, Indian automaker Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.

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

Tata Motors facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Mumbai, India (1945)
Market Cap	$4.06 billion
Industry	Auto Manufacturers
TTM Revenue	$8.95 billion
Management	CEO Ravi Kant (since 2005) CFO C. Ramakrishnan (since 2007)
TTM Return on Equity	30.2%
CAPS members bullish on TTM also bullish on	Cemex (NYSE: CX) Vale (NYSE: RIO) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)
CAPS members bearish on TTM also bearish on	General Motors (NYSE: GM) Ford Motors (NYSE: F) Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, 556 of the 577 All-Star members who have rated Tata Motors -- some 96% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These All-Star bulls include mkeszler and MJKpayday, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.

In April 2007, mkeszler fearlessly forecasted that Tata "Will become world's largest automaker by number of cars sold some day soon. The growth in India is unbelievable. Roads are being constructed everywhere...."

A more recent pitch from MJKpayday in January of this year shared that bullish belief, noting Tata's tasty prospects outside of India, as well:

An outperform for India's TATA motors is like an outperform for a sure up and coming underdog, not just a pick for one emerging country, but a company for all emerging countries. TATA motors is India's most recognized industrial company with interest in vehicles, engines, marine applications, information technology services and construction. They've experienced decades of growth and are sure to profit through the next few decades as not just India's up and coming middle class arrives, but the middle class of much of Asia arrives.

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