Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, air conditioner and heater maker AAON (Nasdaq: AAON) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at AAON's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
AAON facts
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Headquarters (founded)
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Tulsa, Okla. (1987)
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Market Cap
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$349.4 million
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Industry
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Building Products
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TTM Revenue
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$278.2 million
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Management
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Founder/CEO Norman Asbjornson
CFO Kathy Sheffield
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Return on Equity (average, last three years)
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24.5%
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Dividend Yield
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1.8%
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Competitors
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Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR)
United Technologies (NYSE: UTX)
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CAPS Members Bullish on AAON Also Bullish on:
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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
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CAPS Members Bearish on AAON Also Bearish on:
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Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX)
Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG)
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, 256 of the 269 members who have rated AAON -- some 95% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star BoiseKen, who is ranked in the top 15% of our community, and tenmiles, the sixth-ranked player in all of CAPS-dom.
Just last month, BoiseKen tapped AAON as a hot opportunity at a cool price:
What is not to like -- little dividend, small cap, no [long-term debt], high growth (over 30% for the last 3 years), and silly low p/e.... Return on equity is 28.1%. I need to do more reading, but this is now on a serious watch list!
In a pitch from two days later, tenmiles also helped Fools feel more comfortable with the stock:
Like its core business of heating and air conditioning … Above average small cap -- significant [free cash flow], high ROE, [long-term debt] free, decent dividend. Over half of their business now derived from replacement sector, so fits as ongoing play on government incentives to efforts to improve energy efficiency. Likely to be a significant money maker for those with 3-5 year investment horizon.
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