Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, scandal-surviving Mahindra Satyam (NYSE: SAY ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Satyam's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Satyam facts
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Headquarters (founded)
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Hyderabad, India (1987)
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Market Cap
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$1.8 billion
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Industry
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Information Technology Services
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TTM Revenue
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$2.07 billion
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Management
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CEO C. P. Gurnani (since June 2009)
CFO S. Durga Shankar (since June 2009)
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Return on Invested Capital (average, last five years)
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50%
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Cash/Debt
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$1.15 billion/$100.6 million
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Competitors
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Accenture (NYSE: ACN )
IBM (NYSE: IBM )
Infosys (Nasdaq: INFY )
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CAPS members bullish on SAY also bullish on
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL )
Vale (NYSE: VALE )
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CAPS members bearish on SAY also bearish on
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS )
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Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, fully 385 of the 398 All-Star members who have rated Satyam -- some 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include TMFSTX and porcelain808, both of whom are ranked in the top 20% of our community.
Just last week, TMFSTX tapped Satyam as a good bet to get back to honest business:
Take a dash of forgiveness, add a pinch of greed, stir in a low price and you’ve got a recipe for a run-up. Yeah, this is a gamble but I’ll bet on the fact that there’s a real business lurking below the schemes and that [Satyam] is poised to make some real cash for a change.
In an earlier pitch, porcelain808 also chose to focus on the company's core:
Solid business that will work through a financial scandal. The company has catered to best-of-class talent in India, helping to attract some of the best IT folks and prevent a modicum of brain drain. A super-friendly work environment and solid business model will help keep [Satyam] afloat through the worst and then spring them ahead when the dust settles.
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