4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Philips

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 130,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, global conglomerate Koninklijke Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG  ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

Philips facts

Headquarters (founded)	Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1891)
Market Cap	$14.60 billion
Industry	Industrial conglomerate
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$35.83 billion
Management	President/CEO Gerard Kleisterlee (since 2001) CFO Pierre-Jean Sivignon (since 2005)
Return on Equity (average, last three years)	8.1%
Dividend Yield	6.1%
Competitors	General Electric (NYSE: GE  ) Sony (NYSE: SNE  )
CAPS members bullish on PHG also bullish on	Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL  ) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ  )
CAPS members bearish on PHG also bearish on	General Motors (NYSE: GM  ) Motorola (NYSE: MOT  )

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

Over on CAPS, 425 of the 450 members who have rated Philips -- or 94% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include dirkness and masher41.

In January, dirkness tapped Philips as a low-cost way to light up your portfolio: "LED advances connect directly to reduction in energy usage. As energy climbs so will [Philips] as companies look for ways to reduce consumption."

In a pitch from last month, masher41 sheds even more LED on the situation:

Philips Electronics at $17 is a good value, if you bought the company and sold its parts, the stock is worth considerably more than $17. [Philips] is moving aggressively into LED lighting products, playing off of the energy savings craze throughout the world. With the aging of the industrialized world's population, [Philips'] medical products will also provide solid growth in the near future. The only segment of their business that is troublesome is consumer electronics.

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