5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: MVC Capital

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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, business development company MVC Capital (NYSE: MVC) 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 MVC's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

MVC facts

Headquarters (founded)	Purchase, N.Y. (1999)
Market Cap	$268 million
Industry	Closed-End Fund
TTM Revenue	$30 million
Management	Chairman/CEO Michael Tokarz CFO Peter Seidenberg
Return on Equity (average, last three years)	19.9%
Dividend Yield	4.4%
Competitors	Harris & Harris (Nasdaq: TINY), Allied Capital (NYSE: ALD)
CAPS members bullish on MVC also bullish on:	American Oriental Bioengineering (NYSE: AOB), Middleby (Nasdaq: MIDD)
CAPS members bearish on MVC also bearish on:	Citigroup (NYSE: C), Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's), and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, 99% of the 1,002 members who have rated MVC believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include FAOFool and CAPS All-Star TSIF.

Last week, FAOFool tapped MVC as a way to get the best of several investment worlds: "Offering a solid dividend, selling below book value, with a P/E of 4.2...this is a value play. Given it's small size, though, this company will provide healthy returns for years to come."

In a more detailed pitch from late last month, TSIF elaborates on that bullish logic:

Price well below book and NAV. IF you understand these type of plays (buy what you know), then upside here is very good for someone patient with a small amount of risk. Strong dividends, core business is in a strong/unique opportunity. If they do what they do best, invest in distressed or growth companies that are willing to deal and then grow, then return could be substantial ... Stronger play than [Harris & Harris] and risk/reward there. Having the word Capital in it's name is clearly depressing some investors, who once burned, will heal and forget to buy again.....

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