5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Noah Education

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese interactive-education specialist Noah Education Holdings (NYSE: NED) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Noah facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Shenzhen, China (1999)
Market Cap	$203.2 million
Industry	Education services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$98.3 million
Management	Founder/CEO Dong Xu CFO Dora Li
Compound Annual Revenue and Net Income Growth (Over Past 3 Years)	19.5% and 53.8%
Cash / Debt	$113.7 million / $0
Other Education Service Companies	Apollo Group (NYSE: APOL) Strayer Education (Nasdaq: STRA)
CAPS Members Bullish on NED Also Bullish on	General Electric (NYSE: GE) Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
CAPS Members Bearish on NED Also Bearish on	Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL)

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

On CAPS, 97% of the 331 members who have rated Noah believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include Macsblow and SIO394.

A couple of months ago, Macsblow helped educate investors on Noah's promising potential: "The way China is advancing, education will be of crucial importance over the next few decades as they continue to compete with Western European countries. This company should be a solid investment as they have good returns, lots of cash on hand and [no] debt."

In a pitch from just last week, SIO394 also urged Fools not to miss the boat:

Education online -- Imagine that! [Noah] has a variety of educational services that are sure to grow in the China Market. The "Learn English Segment" of the services they provide should prove to be at the top of the list for grabbing sales in this market. Never under estimate the power of an education. Today in our tech. generation, online is the way to go.

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