4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Vodafone

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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, U.K. mobile giant Vodafone Group (NYSE: VOD) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

Vodafone facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Newbury, England (1984)
Market Cap	$116.7 billion
Industry	Wireless communications
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$58.9 billion
Management	CEO Vittorio Colao (since 2008) CFO Andrew Halford (since 2005)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)	2.2%
Cash/Debt	$7 billion / $59.4 billion
Dividend Yield	5.7%
Competitors	AT&T (NYSE: T) Telefonica (NYSE: TEF)
CAPS Members Bullish on VOD Also Bullish on	Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
CAPS Members Bearish on VOD Also Bearish on	Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)

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

On CAPS, 92.8% of the 639 members who have rated Vodafone believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include hendrixtrader and All-Star PsychoDr, who is ranked in the top 5% of our community.

One week ago, hendrixtrader tapped the stock as an interesting international call: "One of the best diversified companies in the game. They are big in Europe [and] Asia, and thanks to a large stake in [Verizon's (NYSE: VZ)] Verizon Wireless they are big in the U.S. as well."

In a pitch from three days later, PsychoDr also encouraged Fools to answer the Vodafone:

Telecom is a rapidly evolving tech domain that continues to see infrastructure development, even during the world recession. [Vodafone] is an international leader, with nice foothold in developing markets. While AT&T has iphone in US, [Vodafone] has grabbed this handset in Europe. ... With a 45% stake in [Verizon Wireless], you get major exposure to the US market as well. Huge dividend is sustainable because of the gynormous free cash flow generated.

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