5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: KHD Humboldt Wedag

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 125,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, plant engineering and equipment supply company KHD Humboldt Wedag (NYSE: KHD) 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 woefully lag the market average.

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

KHD facts

Headquarters (founded)	Central, Hong Kong (1951)
Market Cap	$400.75 million
Industry	Construction and engineering
TTM Revenue	$638.17 million
Management	CEO James Busche (since 2006) CFO Alan Hartslief (since 2007)
Return on Equity (average, last three years)	15.4%
Competitors	FLSmidth & Co. Polysius
CAPS members bullish on KHD also bullish on:	Cemex (NYSE: CX) Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX)
CAPS members bearish on KHD also bearish on:	D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) Gushan Environmental Energy (NYSE: GU) E-House (China) Holdings (NYSE: EJ)

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

Over on CAPS, 99% of the 1,039 members who have rated KHD believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include CAPS All-Star saunafool and CavalierGator.

Late last month, saunafool summed up exactly why Fools think the stock is a no-brainer: balance-sheet bargain. "The market cap is less than cash on hand and KHD is still cash flow positive."

In a pitch from two weeks earlier, CavalierGator shares that sentiment, citing KHD's backlog of business as reason to remain bullish:

Even though their order backlog is shrinking, the fact that it still exists - pessimistically in excess of $700 million - is an encouraging sign they will weather this storm and emerge in a strong position. I also think they are in a good position to benefit from the coming increases in infrastructure investment. All in all, a great long term choice.

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