Based on the aggregated intelligence of 150,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, human tissue processing specialist CryoLife (NYSE: CRY ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at CryoLife's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
CryoLife facts
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Headquarters (Founded)
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Kennesaw, Ga. (1984)
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Market Cap
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$212.3 million
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Industry
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Health-care equipment
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$111.7 million
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Management
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Founder/CEO Steven Anderson
CFO David Lee
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Compound Annual Revenue and Net Income Growth (Over Past 3 Years)
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11.2% and 187.6%
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Cash / Debt
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$30.1 million / $315,000
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Competitors
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Baxter International (NYSE: BAX )
Edwards LifeSciences (NYSE: EW )
St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ )
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Other Highly Rated Health-Care Equipment Stocks
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Medtronic (NYSE: MDT )
Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG )
Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH )
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 311 members who have rated CryoLife believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include Ochlocracy and All-Star nibs61, who is ranked in the top 15% of our community.
Just last month, Ochlocracy helped Fools get to the heart of the matter:
Strengths: conservative management team and is a sole provider of pediatric heart valves. Company has growth potential with [BioGlue] and its derivatives, cryopatch and quick sealing surgical adhesive. Pipeline has a spinal disc.
Concerns: Merger complications with Medafor; Companies working on cardiac stem cells that may be able to repair heart tissue, however, I doubt this would apply to a malfunctioning or damaged pediatric heart valve.
In a pitch from two weeks earlier, nibs61 expands on CryoLife as a potent way to heal wounded portfolios:
[A] solid stock that is recession proof but what really made me look hard is their R&D projects. If they can get their BioGlue to work for herniated discs this could be off and running. Also they have government funding to research BioFoam to help … wounded soldiers in the field. Speculative on the upside and solid on the earnings side so as to not lose if the new projects don't come to fruition.
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