5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Horsehead Holding

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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, zinc producer Horsehead Holding (Nasdaq: ZINC) 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 Horsehead's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Horsehead facts

Headquarters	Pittsburgh
Market Cap	$139 million
Industry	Industrial Metals and Minerals
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$473.32 million
Management	CEO James Hensler III (since 2004) CFO Robert Scherich (since 2004)
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity	20.1%
Competitors	Teck Cominco (NYSE: TCK), Lundin Mining (NYSE: LMC)
CAPS members bullish on ZINC also bullish on:	Dawson Geophysical (Nasdaq: DWSN), General Electric (NYSE: GE)
CAPS members bearish on ZINC also bearish on:	Alcoa (NYSE: AA), Corning (NYSE: GLW)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, Yahoo! Finance and Motley Fool CAPS.

Over on CAPS, 97% of the 128 All-Star members who have rated Horsehead believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include kaskoosek and devilinside, both of whom are ranked in the top 20% of our community.

Late last month, kaskoosek predicted that Horsehead "is going to explode soon. Low debt + zinc demand is not going to be hampered = Watch out people."

In an earlier pitch from last month, devilinside agrees, highlighting Horsehead as an odds-on favorite to win:

Plenty of cash on hand. Solid management. Gets paid to take what others don't want to produce their products. How can you go wrong?

5 Zinc mining operations shutting down = rapid reduction of current surplus on the market. Look for a price jump in the spot market by 1qtr 09. This one could be a 6 bagger going forward.

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