5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: China Medical

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 120,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, health-care equipment maker China Medical Technologies (NYSE: CMED) 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 China Medical's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

ChinaMedical facts

Headquarters (founded)	Beijing, China (1999)
Market Cap	$502.15 million
Industry	Medical Instruments & Supplies
TTM Revenue	$144.6 million
Management	Founder/CEO Xiaodong Wu CFO Takyung Tsang
TTM Return on Equity	26.1%
Dividend Yield	2.6%
Competitors	Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT)
CAPS members bullish on CMED also bullish on	Suntech Power (NYSE: STP), China Mobile (NYSE: CHL)
CAPS members bearish on CMED also bearish on	China Finance Online (Nasdaq: JRJC), China Unicom (NYSE: CHU)

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

Over on CAPS, fully 1,163 of the 1,191 members who have rated China Medical -- some 98% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These Foolish bulls include lilly21 and ETFinnovators.

In October, lilly21 updated our community on some of the stock's developments: "Two new additions to their product line. They are awaiting FDA approval here and in Europe. They have approval in asia for their HIFU, FISH and skin diagnostic system. A no brainer long term."

In a pitch from last week, ETFinnovators chimed in on China Medical's recent purchase of a human papillomavirus (HPV) detection system:

China Medical is trading near its IPO levels of August 2005 despite excellent growth prospects and is a buy below 20 bucks with a dividend yield of 2.5% and market cap of $540M as uncertainty over a $345M acquisition has spooked some investors, sending the stock down sharply by over 50% in the past three months. The acquisition provides [China Medical] with a molecular diagnostics platform for HPV, including strains that cause cervical cancer – which is an estimated $700M market in China alone.

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