5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Zhongpin

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 125,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese meat and food processor Zhongpin (Nasdaq: HOGS) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Zhongpin facts

Headquarters	Changge City, China
Market Cap	$215.1 Million
Industry	Meat Products
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$500.6 Million
Management	Founder/Chairman/CEO Xianfu Zhu CFO Feng Wang
Return on Equity (Average, Past Two Years)	19.25%
Competitors	China Yurun Food Group People's Food Holdings
CAPS Members Bullish on HOGS Also Bullish on:	General Electric (NYSE: GE)
CAPS Members Bearish on HOGS Also Bearish on:	Citigroup (NYSE: C) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)

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

Over on CAPS, 594 of the 604 members who have rated Zhongpin -- or 98% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include BWharam and mulledover.

In December, BWharam tapped the stock as a "yummy" opportunity:

This is one of the major suppliers for Yum! Brands [ (NYSE: YUM)] in China. As the world economies turn China will be a major beneficiary and YUM, and therefore [Zhongpin], will get their piece of the pie.

Also; I had read that [Zhongpin] is adding veggies to the items they supply. The only real downside I see is the dependency on YUM, I would like HOGS to be a little more diversified.

In a more recent pitch from January, mulledover added more meat to the bull case:

Earning estimates for 25% a year growth and sales that seem to be doubling year over year and a nice simple business (pork processing) in a fragmented industry. Comparing current revenues (500M) to those of Hormel [ (NYSE: HRL)], Tyson [ (NYSE: TSN)] (7B to 27B), it would appears that there is room for further growth.

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