5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Jones Lang LaSalle

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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, global real estate services provider Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) 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 Jones Lang LaSalle's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Jones Lang LaSalle facts

Headquarters (founded)	Chicago, Ill. (1997)
Market Cap	$873.96 million
Industry	Real estate services
TTM Revenue	$2.76 billion
Management	CEO Colin Dyer (since 2005) CFO Lauralee Martin (since 2002)
Return on Equity (average, last three years)	23.9%
Dividend Yield	2%
Competitors	CB Richard Ellis (NYSE: CBG) Grubb & Ellis (NYSE: GBE)
CAPS members bullish on JLL also bullish on:	Hurco (Nasdaq: HURC) Buffalo Wild Wings (Nasdaq: BWLD)
CAPS members bearish on JLL also bearish on:	Citigroup (NYSE: C) Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS)

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

Over on CAPS, 870 of the 893 members who have rated Jones Lang LaSalle -- or 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include KarolKarol and whitepapers.

Last month, KarolKarol tapped the stock as a classic book-value bargain: "Too many assets on their balance sheet valued at below market levels. The current valuation is assuming the whole world will stop going to work tomorrow. I don't think so."

In a pitch from one week earlier, whitepapers shares that contrarian line of thinking:

Times are tough and they're trying to digest a big bite in The Staubach Company purchase. Anything real estate related is being trounced lately. Add in the fact that their dividend was cut-which I personally think was a smart idea-you can see why the stock price is down so far. This is a premier company with positive cash flow and a reasonable amount of debt. [Jones Lang LaSalle] is a steal at today's price.

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